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What Are Zero Emission Day and National Drive Electric Week?

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Wallace came up with the idea to give the earth one day free from fossil fuel emissions. The US Department of Energy’s Alternative Fuels Data Center also has a tool which compares the annual emissions of an EV versus internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicle on a national or state level.

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What If Europe Loses Russian Natural Gas?

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Mutasiak has been working with climate activist Bill McKibben , who just a few days after war broke out proposed in a blog post that the Biden administration invoke the Defense Production Act to lend U.S. And on 8 March, the Washington Post reported that the White House was taking this suggestion under serious consideration.

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Electric Cars and a Smarter Grid - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

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The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission , which regulates interstate transmission of electricity, is on board with the idea. For a Western Interstate, Alternative Fuels Beckon Electric Cars: What if There’s a Blackout? Electrifying the entire vehicle fleet would provide more than three times the U.S.’s

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Obama embraces PHEVs

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The Grist Magazine blog has posted the complete speech here. Barack Obama on Energy Independence Remarks of Senator Barack Obama Governor's Ethanol Coalition Washington, DC Feb. Barack Obama on Energy Independence Remarks of Senator Barack Obama Governor's Ethanol Coalition Washington, DC Feb.

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

When Lutz first proposed creating an electric car in 2003, the idea "bombed" inside GM, he says. "I Vice Chairman Bob Lutz in GMs FastLane blog ). 2/12/07 GM is aggressively pursuing plug-in hybrids "because of the tremendous potential to significantly increase fuel economy," according to spokesman Brian Corbett. Red Herring ).

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