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What Are Zero Emission Day and National Drive Electric Week?

Blink Charging

Plug In America, along with the Electric Vehicle Association and the Sierra Club , joined the effort and the first National Plug In Day was held on October 16th, 2011. They’re better for the environment, even when accounting for their manufacturing carbon emissions and when using electricity from coal plants.

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The Business of Plugging In: Building the Full Ecosystem for a Successful Plug-in Vehicle Industry in the US

Green Car Congress

Topics covered the expected gamut of policy (especially carbon policy), infrastructure, batteries and consumers. Think of them as a giant fan club and focus group. Infrastructure, recharging and business models. These customers can describe what they hope for, what they get, what they like, what they want to see in version 2.0

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BREAKING NEWS: Exxon/Mobil Ordered Out of Torrance, Guilty of Greenhouse Gas Pollution

Creative Greenius

You think HE’s working very hard to end our nation’s sick addiction to carbon based fuels that kill people and destroy our civilization? I’m thinking he likes our carbon-based economy just the way it is. I think the hefty carbon tax we’ll be levying on Exxon/Mobil can pay for the whole thing.

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Trump reportedly told oil execs he’ll end electric car incentives for $1 billion in donations

Baua Electric

The Trump administration attempted to eliminate the tax credit for electric vehicles in the original version of their 2020 budget, though the provision never passed. Now, the Washington Post reports that it had sources in a meeting between Trump and oil executives in Trump’s Mar-a-Lago Club last month.

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Greenius Is Fired Up Over Obama’s Green Economic Recovery Bill!

Creative Greenius

Tax Incentives to Spur Energy Savings and Green Jobs. Consumers to Benefit from Tax Relief, More Green Jobs. Read the letter Lisa Jackson, new head of the EPA, sent the Sierra Club and Joe Romm’s excellent analysis here. Read: Here’s What’s Green In It. Landmark Energy Savings at Home. Some people never will.

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

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Home Page Todays Paper Video Most Popular Times Topics Search All NYTimes.com Energy & Environment World U.S. Next post States’ Proposals for Gas Taxes Sputter 11 Comments 1. Many EV groups online for more info or google EV clubs or EV racing and follow the website’s links. Next: a carbon tax.

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Hey, Torrance City Council! Was That $80,000 Check You Took From Exxon A Bribe? Hush Money? Or Did You Just Sell Your Soul?

Creative Greenius

It happened on October 20 and I was there in-person, sitting in the front row with Torrance Democratic Club President, Rick Wagner, when Furey practically soiled himself in his seat, so enthusiastic and praise-filled was his shameless ballwashing of Exxon as our great neighbor who contributes to the health and well-being of our community.