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What Are Zero Emission Day and National Drive Electric Week?

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Fast forward to 2008 and Wallace started taking advantage of the internet’s ability to reach vast amounts of people simultaneously. As the story goes , its origins go back all the way to the 1980s when graphic designer Ken Wallace was walking outside of his Nova Scotia home with his daughter and noticed idling vehicles.

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EPA Proposes Transport Rule to Cut Pollution from Power Plants in 31 States and DC; New Approach for Pollution Reduction

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These pollutants are carried on the wind to other states, contributing to health problems for their residents and interfering with states’ ability to meet air quality standards. The proposal would replace and improve upon the 2005 Clean Air Interstate Rule (CAIR), which the US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit ordered EPA to revise in 2008.

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Aura System’s Generator Incorporated into Azure’s Balance Hybrid for USPS

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The stators are made from a steel ribbon with copper windings. s vertical wind turbines. In late 2001, AC/DC units as well as an 8kW unit were introduced. In the second quarter of 2008 the Company introduced and started to sell an all-electric refrigeration system for midsize trucks powered by the AuraGen. Aura Systems.

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EPA finalizes Cross-State Air Pollution Rule (Transport Rule)

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The Cross-State Air Pollution Rule replaces and strengthens the requirements of the 2005 Clean Air Interstate Rule (CAIR), which the US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit ordered EPA to revise in 2008. The court allowed CAIR to remain in place temporarily while EPA worked to finalize the replacement rule.).

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Federal Appeals Court vacates EPA Cross-State Air Pollution Rule

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CSAPR (also called the Transport Rule) was finalized in July 2011 and replaced and strengthened the requirements of the 2005 Clean Air Interstate Rule (CAIR), which the US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit ordered EPA to revise in 2008. Earlier post.).

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Electric Powered.Jerry Asher's Spirit of DC travels promote vehicles of the future

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Electric Powered Jerry Asher's Spirit of DC travels promote vehicles of the future By Gary Dickson -- Record-Bee Publisher LAKEPORT - Jerry Asher drove into Lakeport on Thursday, November 20. He is touring America with the Spirit of DC, a plug-in hybrid electric Toyota Prius. Asher said the DC on the car can be as in Washington, D.C.,

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"Spirit" with the Tehachapi EAA, Sunday Noon, 23 November 2008

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It was a pleasant but windy day, but wind is a good thing for those of us in Tehachapi. A large amount of the energy we use to charge our EV's comes from all the wind farms surrounding our town. We attracted a couple of new members, and the local paper with our luncheon. Check out the TCEAA web site at [link]

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