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Converting Coal Power Plants to Nuclear Gains Steam

Cars That Think

As coal plants close, they leave behind empty building shells and scores of lost jobs. Such a conversion has never been done, but the report is another sign that the idea is gaining momentum—if with the slow steps of a baby needing decades to learn to walk. “A Conversion backers say the process has benefits for everybody involved.

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What’s up with the BMW MINI E?

Plugs and Cars

In June about 500 cars were placed in consumer and fleet hands in Los Angeles and New York and New Jersey for what BMW calls a " field trial." BMW found that the quickest and cheapest way to get the credits that it will need to accumulate is, of course, to build electric cars. The BMW Mini E has hit the streets.

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US DOE Awards $300 Million in Clean Cities Grants to Support Alternative Fuels, Vehicles, and Infrastructure Development

Green Car Congress

The project will result in expanded availability of alternative fuels with 17 new CNG and E85 fueling stations and 63 electric vehicle charging stations. New Jersey Clean Cities Coalition’s New Jersey Compressed Natural Gas Refuse Trucks, Shuttle Buses and Infrastructure. Total DOE award: $14,999,658.