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GM awarded two EPA ENERGY STAR Partner of Year awards

Green Car Congress

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has named General Motors as one of its 2015 ENERGY STAR Partners of the Year award for Sustained Excellence in Energy Management. Eliminated the use of coal at Wentzville, Mo., GM also received the ENERGY STAR Climate Communication s award. and Detroit-Hamtramck, Mich., assembly plants.

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Our Energy crisis is self made in europe

EV Info

Europe has made its own bed, disassembling dispatchable fuel diversity by closing well-operating coal and nuclear power plants. In the 4th quarter of 2021, the International Energy Agency reported that average European wholesale electricity prices were more than four times their 2015-2020 average. In the U.K.,

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Electric-Car Fans Rally Around the Volt - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

During his campaign, President Obama said he would work to put one million plug-in hybrids on American roads by 2015. OK, Oh Brainless One, spouter of endless lies and idiocies, explain how your dream of one million electrics on the road by 2015 has any significance? For more information, please see our Comments FAQ.

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What is COP26?

My Energi

A crucial moment for this change happened at COP21 in 2015 when The Paris Agreement was formed. The notion towards implementing eco-smart technology in new homes as standard will provide another way in which we can remove the need for burning coal, and thus reduce strain on the grid. degrees Celsius. That is why we have created eddi.

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Electric Car Makers: Oregon Wants You - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

So imagine a million electric cars on US roads which all need to change these batteries in say 2015. Read more in this blog post: [link] — Gregory Hancock 5. Even if you charge your EV with electricity made from coal fired generators you reduce your car’s pollution by half. If you charge with solar, is way less.

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Inflation Reduction Act – How It Supercharges the Electric Vehicle Industry

EV Match

In our latest blog post, EVmatch advisor Jeff Pickett takes a deep dive into the landmark bill, looking at what the IRA means for climate change mitigation and the EV industry. Some pundits have said that the landmark 2015 Paris Accord international treaty on climate change, which the U.S. Utility-scale photovoltaic solar array.

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Climate Of Courage – Smart Women Are Making Me Think, Question My Beliefs & Change My Mind

Creative Greenius

As I mentioned in public remarks I made in January of 2015, I’ve been a member of The Lucky Sperm Club since 1957 – As I turn 62 this week it still ain’t easy dealing with the high expectations that come with being the beneficiary of undeserved while male privilege. The people never stood a f **g chance.

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