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San Francisco commits to all-electric bus fleet By 2035; MUNI Board approves pilot program

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San Francisco Mayor Mark Farrell and the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA), which operates MUNI (the city’s public transit), announced San Francisco’s commitment to have an all-electric bus fleet by 2035. MUNI currently operates the largest fleet of electric trolley buses.

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SF Bay Area local governments roll out 90 EVs into their fleets

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The public agencies receiving vehicles are: Alameda County, Sonoma County, San Francisco, Concord, Santa Rosa, San Jose, Oakland, Fremont, the Marin Municipal Water District, and Sonoma County Water Agency. Sonoma County and the Sonoma County Water Agency purchased 27 vehicles through the program.

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In California, self-driving cars are immune to traffic tickets

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Photo by Brett Sayles on Pexels.com Anyone living in San Francisco knows that the city has been a testing ground for hundreds of self-driving cars – and there is probably a good reason why. Cruise, which has stopped all services after the pedestrian incident, had run 100 cars in San Francisco and about 300 at night.

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Statue Cruises signs agreement for completion of large hybrid ferry by April 2011

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The New York Hornblower Hybrid follows the 2008 launch of the San Francisco Hornblower Hybrid, the United States’ first hybrid ferry. Flat-panel LED video screens and LED lighting will minimize energy use, while long-life, low-VOC paints will cover the boat’s exterior. Rendering of the Hornblower hybrid ferry. Click to enlarge.

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Algae harvesting company OriginOil’s second CLEAN-FRAC licensing agreement targets Canadian oil sands market; urban algae demo project in Paris

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the developer of a process for harvesting algae and cleaning up oil & gas water, announced that its second original equipment manufacturer’s (OEM) agreement will target oil service companies in the Canadian oil sands market. OriginOil, Inc., LH was an early private investor in Athabasca Oil Corporation.

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Glamping With the Stars

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As I exited Harry Reid International Airport on a bright March afternoon, my hand flew up to protect my eyes, which had grown accustomed to the dull light of a long, gray Tennessee winter. The DarkSky Approved Lodging program is another step forward in the nonprofit’s history of advocacy for the reduction of light pollution.

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The Birthplace of the AC Grid

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He sought to use water wheels powered by the 48-km-long American River to operate sawmills and other industrial plants in the Folsom area. Natoma Water and Mining , in Sacramento, to turn the dream into reality. Natoma Water and Mining , in Sacramento, to turn the dream into reality. Pacific Gas and Electric.

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