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Cleveland City Planners Change Policies to Create 15-Minute City

The Truth About Cars

Cleveland, Ohio, has approved new zoning and transportation policies that are angling to transform it into the next “fifteen-minute city,” The City Planning Commission voted to move forward with changes to building codes in several pilot neighborhoods it wants to make more pedestrian friendly.

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Ohio Dealers Renew Assault Against Tesla Motors Sales

Green Car Reports

The legislative battle that pits Ohio car dealers against Tesla Motors and its company-owned stores continues. The Cleveland Plain Dealer reports that the car dealers are once again pushing legislation that would keep Tesla from selling cars in the Buckeye State.

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NASA awarding $45M to green rocket propellant technology demonstration mission

Green Car Congress

Hydrazine is an efficient propellant and can be stored for long periods of time, but it also is highly corrosive and toxic. The Space Technology Program will provide $45 million for the mission, with some additional cost-sharing by mission co-investigators. The use of hydrazine fuel for rockets, satellites and spacecraft is pervasive.

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Ford, Chevy and Buick-GMC-Cadillac dealerships promote throughout 4 states

Baua Electric

“Russo introduced me to Southworth, and we got along, and we thought it was a good price, and we bought the store,” he stated. At Penske, he was once an segment vp of Cleveland and Minneapolis and labored as a basic supervisor. The automobile store on Feb. facilitated the transaction, Jed Hunter stated.

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Omar Yaghi to direct Berkeley Lab’s Molecular Foundry

Green Car Congress

Other recognitions include the Solid State Chemistry Award of the American Chemical Society (ACS) and Exxon, the Sacconi Medal of the Italian Chemical Society, DOE’s Hydrogen Program Award, the Materials Research Society Medal, the AAAS Newcomb Cleveland Prize for the best paper published in Science, and the ACS’ Chemistry of Materials Award.

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Teen Creates App To Identify Nutrient Deficiencies

Cars That Think

More than 50 percent of pregnant people become anemic, according to the Cleveland Clinic , risking premature birth, low birth weight for the baby, and postpartum depression. The app stores some medical information as well as records of the analytics and recommendations from past scans.

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Testimony: Why I like my electric vehicle

Electric Auto Association

Conventional gasoline vehicles only convert about 30% of the energy stored in gasoline to power at the wheels—the balance (~70%) literally goes up in smoke. We routinely drive to see our daughter in Washington, DC and have driven to Cleveland, Boston, New York and Charleston, SC without concern.