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New England to become the second coal-free region in the US

Baua Electric

That’s following a settlement between Sierra Club, The Conservation Law Foundation, EPA, and Granite Shore Power. Schiller Station (pictured), which is on the coast, will host a solar and battery storage system. There’s almost 33 GW of wind, solar, and storage planned for New England. Get started here. –ad*

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Study projects emission impacts of inexpensive, efficient EVs: 36% further reduction in LDV GHG by 2050, or 9% economy-wide

Green Car Congress

Compared to the reference case, in which gasoline vehicles (ICEVs) remain dominant through 2050 (BAU), OPT results in 16% and 36% reductions in LDV greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions for 2030 and 2050, respectively, corresponding to 5% and 9% reductions in economy-wide emissions. Credit: ACS, Keshavarzmohammadian et al. Click to enlarge.

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Hey Exxon! Hey Chevron! My Friends At the EPA Are Declaring What You Do Dangerous & You Will Pay. Pack Up Losers, It’s Time For You to Go!

Creative Greenius

Now the EPA is about to smack both of you upside the head – and these are only the opening smacks you both have coming. What it should have said is: “Polluters & Global Warmers Caught In The Act and Stopped – New Clean, Green, Sustainable Economy Begins Booming!&#. Did you think I was kidding?

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Obama climate plan calls for new fuel economy standards for heavy-duty vehicles post-2018; cleaner fuels and investment in advanced fossil energy

Green Car Congress

Among the transportation-related elements of US President Barack Obama’s new climate action plan, which he is outlining today in a speech at Georgetown University, is the development of new fuel economy standards for heavy-duty vehicles post-2018. The Administration will also seek to expand bilateral cooperation with major emerging economies.

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Fossil Fuels Renewable Energy and EV Modern Life

Setec Powerr

More than one generation, if not a bit longer, the transition to an environmentally sustainable economy. Current versions of renewable energy such as solar cells and windmills do far less damage to the environment than oil rigs, fracking, and strip mining, but they do damage the environment. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

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BNEF: Oil price plunge to have only moderate impact on low-carbon electricity development, but likely to slow EV growth

Green Car Congress

Wind and solar have been exhibiting very rapid growth, even as subsidies and support have in general become less generous, and that has been driven mainly by dramatic improvements to their cost-competitiveness, as well as by the removal of barriers such as grid bottlenecks. The US economy has grown by 8.9%

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Obama Administration releases progress report on its energy efforts

Green Car Congress

The accomplishments in the report represent the combined efforts of six Federal agencies: The Departments of Agriculture, Energy, Housing and Urban Development, Interior, Transportation, and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). —President Obama. Transportation.

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