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Study finds that replacing older, highly polluting school buses could lead to 1.3 million fewer daily absences annually

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In districts with higher levels of estimated ridership on replaced buses and older fleets of buses, the numbers were higher, with 14 more students per day attending school in high ridership districts and 45 more students attending each day in districts that replaced buses built before 1990. million additional days of attendance a year.

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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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stemming from claims reaching back to Dynegy and the California energy crisis in 2000 and 2001) that will mostly be applied to fund the construction of a statewide network of plug-in vehicle charging stations, including at least 200 public fast-charging stations and another 10,000 plug-in units at 1,000 locations across the state.

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Union Pacific Railroad investing $20M to test emissions-reducing locomotive technology in California; moving toward Tier 4 compliance with combination of EGR, DOC and DPF

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In 2008, EPA estimated the social cost of the new program (rail and marine) will be approximately $740 million in 2030. EPA expects the impact of these costs on society are expected to be minimal, with the prices of rail and marine. transportation services in 2030 estimated to increase by about 0.6%

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What You Need To Know About Pickup EVs

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The initial cost of electric vehicles is still much higher than standard ones. However, modern electric vehicles have had around a 20% failure rate ( The Telegraph ) since 2000, compared to 29% of ICE cars. The post What You Need To Know About Pickup EVs first appeared on Clean Fleet Report.

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Report finds that total transportation energy demand in California in 2050 could be reduced 30% relative to 2005

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Battery costs will fall, and the market will move well beyond early adopters. Subsidies and other financial incentives for PEV purchases will be phased out as vehicle costs decline, though some policies, such as feebates, may continue to persist. Maximum fleet share for PEVs appears to be limited due to two factors.

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The New Supersonic Boom

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Those objections added to the concerns environmentalists were raising about the ozone layer—a scenario seemingly justified a few years later by MIT researchers, who concluded that a future fleet of 500 supersonic airliners would deplete the ozone layer by 16 percent. Senate ceased funding the development of a supersonic airliner in 1971.

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Campaign Begins

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Austin’s template calls for cities to initiate citizen petition drives and to encourage government and businesses to issue “soft” orders or expressions of interest in purchasing plug-ins. consumers purchased more than 200,000 hybrid vehicles, which have grown from two models in 2000 to 11 models today. Last year, U.S.