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Video Friday: ARTEMIS

Cars That Think

We also post a weekly calendar of upcoming robotics events for the next few months. Please send us your events for inclusion. Tevel ] My favorite RoboCup event, where the world championship robots take on the RoboCup trustees! And here's an overview of the wider event, from Tech United Eindhoven. Tech United ] One copter?

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Pasha, Port of LA and California ARB partner on $26.6M Green Omni Terminal demo project; emerging zero and near-zero emission tech

Green Car Congress

and the Port of Los Angeles are launching the Green Omni Terminal Demonstration Project, a full-scale, real-time demonstration of zero and near-zero emission technologies at a working marine terminal. million grant from the California Air Resources Board (CARB) for reducing greenhouse gases and other pollutants.

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PlugStar program continues to grow, expand

Plug in America

In 2022, it is going to relaunch its LA program with the Los Angeles Department of Water & Power (LADWP). PlugStar is also working with partners in Sacramento to run additional outreach events. PlugStar is hosting some virtual ride and drive events with potential in-person ones later this year.

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PlugStar program continues to grow in 2022

Plug in America

In 2022, it is going to relaunch its LA program with the Los Angeles Department of Water & Power (LADWP). PlugStar is also working with partners in Sacramento to run additional outreach events. PlugStar is hosting some virtual ride and drive events with potential in-person ones later this year.

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Study finds paved surfaces in Houston worsen air quality

Green Car Congress

New research by a team from the US, China and Japan focusing on the Houston, Texas area suggests that widespread urban development alters weather patterns in a way that can make it easier for pollutants to accumulate during warm summer weather instead of being blown out to sea. ““The very existence of the Houston area favors stagnation.”

Houston 247
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The View From Here Today

Creative Greenius

Meanwhile our long term drought, now its its third year with no end in sight, means less available water to fight the fires with. And this summer it also means we’re experiencing mandatory water rationing that restricts our landscape watering to two days a week and forces other cutbacks in water use across the board.

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We Are ALL Tongan

Creative Greenius

When I first met Elizabeth I had no idea that there were so many Tongan Americans living in large communities in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Salt Lake City, Dallas and other cities across the USA. It’s a huge tragedy in such a small place and it has saddened all Tongans around the world.

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