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GILLIG to supply Seattle transit agency with up to 395 battery-electric buses – Charged EVs

Baua Electric

Transit bus giant GILLIG has announced a new five-year contract with King County Metro, which serves the greater Seattle area. With these new additions to our fleet, our community members, customers, and operators will benefit from cleaner air as we continue to combat climate change.”

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Oregon transit district buying 11 New Flyer electric buses and 7 ABB depot chargers

Green Car Congress

Since then, LTD hired a Sustainability Program Manager and conducted carbon footprint analysis of its operations to measure the impacts and benefits of public transit on climate change.

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COP26 declaration on accelerating the transition to 100% zero emission cars and vans

Green Car Congress

Fleet owners and operators or shared mobility platforms: ABB; Astra Zeneca; BT Group; Capgemini; Centrica; Danfoss; E.On; EDP; GlaxoSmithKline; Highland Electric Fleets HP Inc.; Unilever; Vattenfall; Zenith; Zurich.

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Mayors of 12 major cities pledge to procure only zero-emission buses from 2025; major areas to be zero-emission by 2030

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The mayors of London, Paris, Los Angeles, Copenhagen, Barcelona, Quito, Vancouver, Mexico City, Milan, Seattle, Auckland and Cape Town have pledged to procure only zero-emission buses from 2025 and ensure that a major area of their city is zero emission by 2030. Lead by example by procuring zero emission vehicles for city fleets.

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Pilot Project Sends Kelp–and Carbon–to the Seafloor

Cars That Think

The Climate Foundation , the Seattle-based company behind the project, has found that this deep cycling makes kelp grow three times as fast as it can when kept in shallow waters, as seaweed farmers do now. The Climate Foundation harvests seaweed and also lets some fall to the seabed, where its carbon is sequestered.

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A Focus on EV Clean Fleets – Reflections from the 2021 Green Transportation Summit and Expo

EV Match

This year’s expo was heavily focused on clean fleets. What originally started as a heavy-duty alternative fuels industry event has evolved into a broader clean fleet conference. Angela Song from Seattle City Light noted the importance of “considering those not in the room” when these programs and policies are being developed. .

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Study finds cities can reduce CO2 more easily from residential conservation than transportation

Green Car Congress

The team also compared the effects of these local planning efforts to the reduction in emissions that would occur under the Obama administration’s plan to increase the fuel efficiency of the automobile fleet to 54.5 Changing circumstances could alter the model’s projections—e.g., a rapid electrification of the automobile fleet.