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USDOT announces $84.9M through Lo-No program to expand advanced bus technologies

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The City of Tucson will receive funds to purchase electric buses with dedicated charging stations and provide maintenance and first responder training for the new technology. Lextran will receive funds toward the design and construction of a covered storage area and the incremental cost of additional zero emission vehicles.

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US DOE Awarding Up To $62M for Concentrating Solar Power Research and Development

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CSP plants can include low-cost energy storage, allowing them to provide electricity even when the sun is not shining. eSolar will design, build, and test a CSP power plant system with fundamentally new components. Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne will build on and advance the current solar power tower plant design. eSolar, Inc.

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Study Claims EVs Will Not Save the Environment, All Cars Are Bad

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& For those unfamiliar, Vision Zero is an initiative designed to change government policy around driving by reducing speeds and restricting automotive traffic — with an end goal of totally eliminating “traffic fatalities and severe injuries, while increasing safe, healthy, equitable mobility for all.” tire dust) while mitigating others.