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California Governor announces $120M settlement with NRG will fund electric car charging stations across California; new Executive Order to accelerate commercialization of ZEVs

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California Governor Edmund Brown Jr. and the California Public Utilities Commission to announced a $120-million settlement with NRG Energy Inc. The Governor also signed an executive order (EO) designed to accelerate the commercialization of zero emission vehicles (ZEVs). billion for Dynegy plants in California and Maine. ].

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California 2017 GHG inventory shows 1.2% total drop from 2016; transportation sector emissions up 1%

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The California Air Resources Board’s latest state inventory of greenhouse gas emissions shows that California’s GHG emissions continue to decrease. These reductions have occurred while California’s economy has continued to grow. Compared to 2016, California’s GDP grew 3.6% Trends in California GHG Emissions.

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California ARB releases draft plan to cut short-lived climate pollutants

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The California Air Resources Board (ARB) released a draft Short-Lived Climate Pollutant Reduction Strategy. California has cut emissions of black carbon by well over 90% since the 1960s. However, black carbon emissions from these sources have declined significantly, as well—by almost 30 percent since 2000. …

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ExxonMobil acquires 49.9% stake in Biojet AS

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The company anticipates commercial production to begin in 2025 at a manufacturing plant to be built in Follum, Norway. Since 2000, ExxonMobil has invested more than $10 billion to research, develop and deploy lower-emission energy solutions. ExxonMobil is acquiring a 49.9% ExxonMobil’s majority-owned affiliate, Imperial Oil Ltd.,

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Junkyard Find: 1986 Dodge Aries SE Four-Door Sedan

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Today, we'll look at a K sedan that survived 36 years before being retired in California. The emissions sticker tells us that this car was originally sold in California, and that its first owner paid $99 extra ($277 now) for the equipment that made it meet the Golden State's smog requirements. This car has the base 2.2,

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Northvolt acquires US Li-metal battery company Cuberg; next-gen battery cells for electromobility

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Cuberg spun out of Stanford University in 2015 with the goal of commercializing next-generation battery technology based on a liquid electrolyte combined with a lithium metal anode. The company’s investors and financial backers include Boeing HorizonX Ventures, Activate.org, the California Energy Commission, the U.S.

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California ARB holding Advanced Clean Transit Advisory Committee meeting in Jan; at work on regulatory proposal

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The California Air Resources Board (ARB) has tentaively scheduled the first Advanced Clean Transit Advisory Committee meeting for 29 January 2016 in Sacramento.

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