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The Complex Calculus of Clean Energy and Zero Emissions

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Congress has provided hundreds of billions of dollars to speed the deployment of clean-energy technologies. As legislation worked its way through Congress, Jenkins’s team provided elected officials, staffers, and stakeholders with a running tally of the possible trade-offs and payoffs in emissions, jobs, and economic growth.

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Perspective: Government Leadership Needed for Electric Vehicles to Succeed

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The opinions expressed in this article do not necessarily reflect those of these organizations.]. The critical need for government leadership in the emergence of electric vehicles dominated a recent Green Fleet Management discussion in Toronto, hosted by Fleet Challenge Ontario. This could be another air mail idea.

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Worldwide Campaign for Neurorights Notches Its First Win

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constitutional amendment that was passed by the National Congress of Chile and signed by the president, the people of Chile are the first in the world to be granted a new kind of human rights—“neurorights”—which advocates say are made necessary by rapid advances in neurotechnology. Chile’s congress is currently considering.

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3 Oil Majors That Bet Big On Renewables

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Thanks to that savvy M&A move, Total is not only currently developing the largest energy storage facility in France, but it is also providing batteries for diverse industries including electric vehicles, military vehicles, medical applications, and even to the oil and gas sectors. Link to original article: [link].

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A 100 m.p.g. truck? A Bright IDEA | Freep.com | Detroit Free Press

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A Bright IDEA BY SARAH A. WEBSTER • FREE PRESS AUTOMOTIVE EDITOR• April 21, 2009 Print this page E-mail this article Share this article Del.icio.us will be unveiling its IDEA, a 100 miles-per-gallon plug-in hybrid electric vehicle. Bright is planning to sell its IDEA to commercial businesses only.

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Opinion: Could A Lithium Shortage De-Rail The Electric Car Boom?

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We’ve gone electric, and there’s no going back at this point. You may suspect electric vehicles are too much buzz and not enough real future. It won’t be a shortage in terms of ‘peak lithium’; rather, it will be a game of catch-up with the electric car boom, with miners hustling to explore and tap into new reserves.

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Opinion: Elon Musk’s Hyperloop Takes A Step Forward

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Elon Musk famously proposed the idea of the Hyperloop a few years ago [ earlier post ], and suggested it could be a revolutionary method for travel based on available technology today. More on that in a future article. Article Source: [link]. So how much energy would be needed to “shoot” a Hyperloop canister along the tube?

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