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Clean Trucks Rules Are Good for New Jersey

CleanTechnica EVs

By Kathy Harris & Shelby Parks A new, independent report shows that zero-emission trucks and buses will cut health-harming pollutants in New Jersey, protect lives, and provide $11.6 billion in societal benefits to the state over the next 30 years through a Clean Trucks New Jersey (NJ) program.

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UCOTD: 2001 Volkswagen Cabrio GLX

The Truth About Cars

Our seller says that the car has been well maintained and that there are plenty of new parts, including a Bilstein TC suspension, tires, spark plugs, spark-plug wires, valve cover gasket, cv joints/axles, and water pump. It's based in New Jersey and the asking price is $3,500. Click here to take a peek.

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UCOTD: Seventh-Generation Honda Accord Coupe

The Truth About Cars

The clutch, timing belt, and water pump have been replaced. The ask is $8,000 for this New Jersey-based ride. There are 134,200 miles on the car and it's mostly stock, save for the requisite K&N filter and NGK iridium spark plugs. So have the starter, brake pads, and rotors. There are some HFP parts on the exterior, as well.

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DOE awards up to $47M each to 3 offshore wind projects

Green Car Congress

The Energy Department selected three offshore wind demonstrations to receive up to $47 million each over the next four years to deploy innovative, grid-connected systems in federal and state waters by 2017. The projects are located off the coasts of New Jersey, Oregon, and Virginia.

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UMD-led study: road salts and other human sources are threatening world’s freshwater supplies

Green Car Congress

Kaushal and his team named these cascading effects of introduced salts Freshwater Salinization Syndrome, and it can poison drinking water and cause negative effects on human health, agriculture, infrastructure, wildlife and the stability of ecosystems. In the built environment, salts can degrade roadways and infrastructure.

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Primus Green Energy, partner commission FEED study on new GTL plant; gasoline the end product

Green Car Congress

The proposed joint venture plant will be a scaled-up version of Primus’s demonstration plant in New Jersey, which has safely and successfully produced methanol and gasoline. A series of catalytic fixed-bed reactors convert the syngas into gasoline and water via methanol and dimethyl ether intermediates. Primus Green Energy Inc.,

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The US just proposed 18 GW of new offshore wind sales

Baua Electric

The US has already held four offshore wind lease auctions in the New York–New Jersey region, off the Carolinas, and off the Pacific and Gulf of Mexico coasts. Gulf of Maine The first-ever offshore wind energy auction in the Gulf of Maine would include eight lease areas off the Maine, Massachusetts, and New Hampshire coasts.

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