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A big opportunity for small vessels in The Bahamas

By Danielle Carey, Sepp Haukebo and Eduardo Boné-Morón

Renowned for its turquoise waters and unique marine ecosystems, The Bahamas is a natural wonder of the world. Yet, with all its beauty, the country faces critical challenges, including rising energy costs, environmental degradation and the growing impacts and threat of climate change. These issues jeopardize the region’s biodiversity, and the livelihoods and culture deeply tied to its marine environment. Amid these challenges, communities in The Bahamas are looking towards a groundbreaking opportunity: the electrification of small vessels, such as fishing and guiding boats, and small ferries.

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From runways to residences: confronting aviation’s hidden air quality crisis with real solutions

By Pedro Piris-Cabezas and Glenda Chen

Airport activity emits a noxious cocktail of air pollutants, including ashy particulate matter, sulfur oxides, carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide, volatile organic compounds, hydrocarbons and nitrogen oxides. Among them, PM emissions from aircraft turbines often fly under the radar yet have an outsized impact on regional air quality and public health.

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A Tale of Two Basins: Colorado regional oil and gas pollution differences highlight need for action on the West Slope

By Nini Gu

Data recently collected by EDF’s MethaneAIR project in 2023 reveals a striking difference in the emissions profiles between the two major Colorado basins: the Denver-Julesburg (D-J) in the east, and the Piceance in the west. The D-J Basin exhibited a 1.7% methane loss rate from the total natural gas produced; by contrast, the loss rate for the Piceance Basin hit 7%, a high figure among all surveyed basins.  

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Affordable aviation e-fuels are on the horizon

By Pedro Piris-Cabezas and Glenda Chen

The adoption of electricity-based synthetic fuels, also known as e-fuels, will be essential for any hard-to-decarbonize sector with a stake in a resilient liquid fuels market. Chief among them is aviation.

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Southern California’s novel warehouse rule is reducing truck pollution

A new report from South Coast Air Quality Management District shows the District’s groundbreaking warehouse Indirect Source Rule is catalyzing hundreds of zero-emission truck acquisitions and, as result, reducing hundreds of tons of health-harming nitrogen oxide and small particulate matter pollution.

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2024 was another record year for electric truck deployments, proving that the shift to zero-emission is not slowing down

The shift to electric trucks is accelerating faster than ever. This has been another record year for medium- and heavy-duty electric vehicle deployment, with 2024 outpacing 2023 as the best year yet for EV adoption, according to a new Environmental Defense Fund analysis of Class 2b-8 fleet announcements. 

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