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California ARB approves $200M VW zero-emission vehicle investment in California; first phase of $800M investment

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The investment is part of a multi-pronged settlement agreement resulting from the automaker’s use of defeat device software in its 2009-2016 diesel passenger cars. Those cities are Fresno, Los Angeles, San Francisco, San Jose, San Diego, and Sacramento. Earlier post.) million to the State in penalties.

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Study: more stringent O3 and PM2.5 air pollution standards could save thousands of lives, greatly improve public health

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The authors emphasized that their findings do not specifically address an individual’s health risk or the personal benefits of cleaner air, but rather assess population level health impacts. Fresno, CA: 260 lives saved, 672 fewer morbidities and 390,551 fewer impacted days.

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Refiners and Truckers Associations Challenge California LCFS in Federal Court

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The National Petrochemical & Refiners Association (NPRA) filed a legal challenge to California’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) with the US District Court, Eastern District of California, Fresno Division. The LCFS is an ineffective tool for reducing GHG emissions. NPRA President Charles T. LCFS Complaint.

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California ARB Report Finds Fine Particle Air Pollution Responsible for 9,000 Premature Deaths in State Each Year; Based on US EPA Peer-Reviewed Study

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These assessments were required as part of the federal agency’s periodic review of the national air quality standards for fine particle matter, or PM 2.5. In 2006, voters approved Proposition 1B, a $1-billion bond initiative to transition to cleaner technologies and clean up emissions from school buses, heavy-duty trucks and diesel equipment.

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Cleantech Blog: Smart Grids and Electric Vehicles

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As part of the solution framework, the Israeli government will provide tax incentives to customers, Renault will supply the electric vehicles, and Project Better Place will construct and operate an Electric Recharge Grid across the entire country. DE (1) Platform technology (1) Play Pumps (1) Podcast (1) Prius (1) Prius 2010 (1) QCEG.F (1)

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