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Tighter EPA emissions rules for big trucks don’t mandate EVs

Baua Electric

Freightliner eM2 electric short-haul truck Guillermo Ortiz, Clean Vehicles Advocate at the National Resources Defense Council (NRDC), also said in a press-release statement that the rules “could have done more.”

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Hydrogen Council study: hydrogen could contribute to 20% of CO2 emissions reduction targets by 2050

Green Car Congress

Hydrogen is an indispensable resource to achieve this transition because it can be used to store and transport wind, solar and other renewable electricity to power transportation and many other things. The world in the 21st century must transition to widespread low carbon energy use. trillion and more than 2 million jobs around the world.

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Hot Tub Time Machine WayBack Wednesday – Reposted Word-for-Word from June 25 of 2008

Creative Greenius

If that’s too Al a Gore-ical for you then understand this – we have already reached the emergency landing point of our flight. And start speaking up and speaking out against patently stupid and dangerous ideas like drilling for more oil domestically or using our abundant coal resources. ” “Mom?”

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June '06 - The Film Opens, CARB Ducks, PHEV Debut in DC

Plugs and Cars

Global warming is taking center stage with the release of Al Gore’s An Inconvenient Truth, which is preceded by a trailer for the electric car documentary. See the trailer at www.whokilledtheelectriccar.com) Gore compellingly describes the problem. Paine’s movie offers up a solution.

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The Cat Is Still On The Roof – And The Roof! The Roof! The Roof Is On Fire!

Creative Greenius

If that’s too Al a Gore-ical for you then understand this – we have already reached the emergency landing point of our flight. And start speaking up and speaking out against patently stupid and dangerous ideas like drilling for more oil domestically or using our abundant coal resources. How’s mom doing?&#. “Mom?&#

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What about the Pickens Plan?

Plugs and Cars

And making electricity is simply a more efficient use of this resource. Tags: joe romm pickens plan t boone pickens al gore cng. Natural gas, like petroleum, is not forever. And today natural gas is a critical fuel for electricity generation. As if Americans weren’t confused enough already.

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Inflation Reduction Act – How It Supercharges the Electric Vehicle Industry

EV Match

Still, this is a time for celebration…however short a time said celebration should last before we all roll up our sleeves and begin the work of parlaying the gains in this legislative victory, as Al Gore said in a webinar from his Climate Reality Project on the IRA’s impacts.