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Obama Administration launches series of actions to accelerate EV adoption; inc. $4.5B in loan guarantees, pursuing 350 kW fast charge

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Louisville Gas & Electric and Kentucky Utilities. billion in loan guarantees to support innovative renewable energy and energy efficiency projects in the United States. Hackathons are events that bring together coders, data scientists, topic experts, and interested members of the public to discover insights and develop new solutions.

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Green Star to Demonstrate Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicle

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The demonstration will take place in Corbin, Kentucky, where the vehicle will be test driven and evaluated by industry representatives. Earlier this month, Green Star Products along with its International Consortium partner Global Green Cars had publicly tested its full electric vehicle version at tracks in Utah and Kentucky.

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Frankly, I’d Rather Be Getting Arrested with Bill McKibben Today

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But today’s event is just a few blocks a way from the White House at the the Capitol Power Plant–a dirty symbol of the dirtiest business on Earth, the combustion of coal. There are the profits it hands to the coal industry, which is literally willing to level mountains across West Virginia and Kentucky to increase its fat margins.

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