Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 12, 2011

Currently, Coca-Cola has the largest heavy-duty hybrid electric fleet in North America with more than 650 hybrid delivery trucks deployed in major US cities, including New York, Los Angeles, Washington, D.C., The new eStar trucks will be deployed in San Francisco, New York City, Washington, D.C. Atlanta and Miami. and Hartford, Conn.,

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 10, 2015

At the same time, Sommer said in his presentation at the 2015 Electric Drive Congress in Washington DC, continued legislative support is needed to reach the next level of electric vehicle adoption. Earlier post.) As a market, we are not where some predicted we would be.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 27, 2016

University of Washington. SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory. Binghamton University (State University of New York). Stanford University. University of California, San Diego. University of Texas at Austin. IBM (advisory board member).

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 21, 2016

At an event in Washington, President Obama announced that the Smart Manufacturing Leadership Coalition (SMLC) will lead the new Smart Manufacturing Innovation Institute, in partnership with the Department of Energy. The Smart Manufacturing Innovation Institute is the ninth manufacturing hub awarded by the Obama Administration.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 14, 2012

The Department plans to make additional requests to Congress for up to $20 million over the next four years, subject to available appropriations, that will be used to support work conducted by US institutions and individuals. As part of a planned five-year initiative, the Energy Department will make $5 million available in fiscal year 2012.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 17, 2010

The Honorable Christian Paradis, Minister of Natural Resources, initiated the working group with leaders from countries with heavy oil potential in the Americas during the Ministerial meeting of the Energy and Climate Partnership of the Americas (ECPA) in Washington, DC on 16 April.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 6, 2009

On 26 January 2009, President Barack Obama requested that EPA revisit the matter of the denial. There will also be a public hearing to be held 5 March 2009 in Washington, DC. The waiver request was made by California on 21 December 2005, to allow the state the right to control greenhouse gas emissions from motor vehicles.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 6, 2009

” “ Some have even suggested that coal state representatives in Washington should block any advancement of national health care reform legislation until the coal industry’s demands are met by the EPA, ”, wrote Byrd. That is a stubborn fact that vexes some in the environmental community, but it is reality.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 25, 2019

In 2009, the Obama administration launched the Car Allowance Rebate System, a program that was intended to not only stimulate spending, but also to improve energy efficiency and safety by encouraging people to upgrade to new cars. Three professors in the W. Carey School of Business analyzed a unique data set.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 29, 2009

In its statement, GM said that it is awaiting further announcements by President Obama and the Task Force on Automotive Reconstruction (due Monday), and that it will have additional comments at that time. Press reports had surfaced earlier on Sunday of Wagoner’s ousting by the Obama Administration. Kresa became a GM director in 2003.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 18, 2010

Cooperation between US and Russian companies on energy efficiency and smart grid development is also a focus of the bilateral Presidential Working Group formed last year by President Barack Obama and President Medvedev.

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Creative Greenius

DECEMBER 7, 2009

One of the other big business groups the WSJ is talking about is the motley group of US Senators and US Congress members who got their money directly from the oil, gas and coal industry. Now the EPA is about to smack both of you upside the head – and these are only the opening smacks you both have coming.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 30, 2009

Shortly after taking office in January, President Barack Obama directed EPA to assess the appropriateness of denying the waiver. EPA received a letter from California on January 21, 2009, raising several issues for Administrator Jackson to review regarding the denial.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 8, 2011

Bush, is calling for policymakers to employ technology neutral policies as they begin to implement the new CAFE regulations proposed by President Obama. Washington, DC’s current focus is electric vehicles (EVs) and electric technology. Through the examples above, it is clear that Washington is not seeking a technology neutral solution.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 26, 2012

These awards are part of a more than $5 billion investment strategy by the Obama Administration in advanced low-emission coal technologies and R&D. Washington University. The selection of Phase 2 projects will occur next year based upon Phase 1 results. DOE Investment: $599,000; Recipient Cost-Share: $156,000.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 29, 2009

The 15 th Congress, also known as the 15 th Conference of Parties, or COP 15, was initially intended to be a largely procedural summit, with many major negotiating points settled and most environmental ministers prepared to sign a binding emissions treaty that contained specific emissions targets as well as commitments to financing structures.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 23, 2013

This week in Washington, the company held a series of media drives (“TDI Efficiency Rally”) for the Q5, A6 and A7 diesel models to highlight their efficiency and performance, and also offered up its—as well as several other experts’—perspectives on the potential for diesel in the US market. V6 TDI diesel engine. Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 20, 2009

President Obama later distanced himself from that requirement, remarking afterward “we can actually monitor a lot of what takes place through satellite imagery and so forth. As heads of state convened, an abbreviated document was hurriedly produced to minimize sticking points and shopped around among leaders of developed countries.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 8, 2010

Four main results stood out, according to the authors: All the policy scenarios modeled fail to meet the Obama administration’s goal of reducing total US GHG emissions 14% below 2005 levels by 2020. Ross, Kelly Sims Gallagher, Gustavo Collantes, Henry Lee.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 22, 2009

Since President Obama signed ARRA into law in February, grants totaling more than $7.2 Snohomish County Public Transit Benefit Area – Community Transit, Washington: $3,000,000. Link Transit, Washington: $2,925,000. Clark County Public Transportation Benefit Area, Washington: $1,500,000. The DOT is making $48.1

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Creative Greenius

APRIL 3, 2010

It’s perfectly obvious that President Obama is attempting to reach out to the right and members of Congress who are owned by the oil industry with his move this week to make offshore drilling part of his energy mix. org off shore drilling President Obama Senator Graham Senator Lieberman Surfrider Foundation.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 16, 2009

President Barack Obama, along with Vice President Joe Biden and Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood, released a strategic vision and plan for a high-speed passenger rail (HSR) system in the US. Southeast Corridor (Washington, Richmond, Raleigh, Charlotte, Atlanta, Macon, Columbia, Savannah, Jacksonville). Source: DOT. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 21, 2011

Washington. Executive Order 09-05 directs the Washington Department of Ecology to assess LCFS provisions that would best help the state meet its GHG goals. In 2007, then-US Senator Barack Obama proposed a National Low Carbon Fuel Standard (NLCFS) based on the California LCFS. US National LCFS. Earlier post.)

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Creative Greenius

FEBRUARY 10, 2010

Here in the United States our President and Congress haven’t shown the leadership or sense of urgency necessary to prevent a climate catastrophe and they’ve given the people no hope for their children’s future at the national level. We don’t need President Obama and the Senate and the House.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

In a speech on Tuesday at the National Automobile Dealers Association meeting in Washington, US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Andrew Wheeler outlined the Trump Administration’s thinking on national fuel economy standards and California. Earlier post.). Earlier post.). Environmental impact. The George W.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

The only question is a carbon TAX the kind of change Obama believes in. Unfortunately, the Electric Power Industry has resisted the implementation and worked vigorously to block any efforts by the US Congress or local governments of these “green technologies&# for more efficient use and less pollution by products from coal.

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Revenge of the Electric Car

NOVEMBER 7, 2008

President-elect Barack Obama signaled his intentions Friday to help the auto industry, calling it “the backbone of American manufacturing” during his news conference. “I Congress has already provided $25 billion in low-interest loans to help car companies build more fuel-efficient vehicles. A bankruptcy filing by G.M.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 27, 2010

President Obama Actions on Offshore Drilling. In remarks this morning on the Gulf spill, President Obama said that the Administration will put into place aggressive new operating standards and requirements for offshore drilling companies, based on the completion of a just concluded 30-day safety and environmental review.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 2, 2011

The announcement of the new awards comes a day after high-profile solar company Solyndra, which had received a $535-million Federal loan guarantee under the Obama Administration’s stimulus program, ceased operations, laid off its 1,110 workers and filed for bankruptcy. — Washington Post , 1 Sep 2011.

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Cars That Think

OCTOBER 10, 2023

The Open Internet Order was implemented under a Democratic-majority FCC led by Tom Wheeler during the Obama administration. The Commission has the onus here of showing that these regulations are needed, and that they’re justified,” says Diane Holland , a partner at the Washington D.C.–based based law firm Wiley Rein.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 28, 2010

Over the past year the United States has experienced rising unemployment, public frustration with Washington and a divisive health care debate, largely pushing climate change out of the news. Despite growing scientific evidence that global warming will have serious impacts worldwide, public opinion is moving in the opposite direction.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 10, 2010

The Cantwell-Collins plan is almost exactly what Mr. Obama proposed in the campaign and after first taking office–a 100 percent auction of permits and a large tax rebate to the public. states (Arizona, California, Montana, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, and Washington) and four Canadian provinces (British Columbia, Manitoba, Ontario, and Quebec).

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Creative Greenius

MARCH 2, 2009

org He’s in Washington DC with thousands, protesting the coal-fired Capitol Power plant–a dirty symbol of our dirty energy history. With President Obama and a new US Congress, there is more possibility for climate action than ever before. It’s happening right now. Today is one of those days.

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EV Match

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

Democrats now control the White House and both chambers of Congress. Just as President Obama passed the Affordable Care Act in the two short years when Democrats had a unified government, this could be the country’s chance to enact aggressive and long-lasting climate legislation. But how can we get there? energy goal.

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