Drive Electric

JULY 28, 2021

The London Congestion Charge was first introduced in 2003. It aims to reduce levels of traffic within the English capital, helping to lower pollution in the process. Not only is the charge helping to lower levels of pollution in London, it’s also a huge source of income for the government. What is the London Congestion Charge?

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 27, 2012

But while leaded gasoline usage has decreased drastically in the last few decades, lead is still pervasive in the environment. The result, he says, is that the Indian Ocean has had less time than the Atlantic and Pacific to dissipate lead pollution.

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Plugs and Cars

JULY 3, 2007

The LA Times headline, Mixed messages in the air, The governor's actions often work against his tough talk on pollution tells the story. It is not the first time the governor has made bold promises on the environment while his administration dragged its feet behind the scenes.

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Creative Greenius

MARCH 8, 2009

In Torrance we don’t want citizens telling politicians what to do or controlling how the industries that pollute in own city act. Eight in 10 (80%) believe steps should be taken right away, a percentage that has increased 7 points since 2003. That’s too much democracy for Torrance. But of course, it shouldn’t be.

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Creative Greenius

JANUARY 17, 2009

Right now the dock workers and the people who live near the ports are choking on the worst air pollution anywhere in the area. Meanwhile the plug-in EV RAV-4s they made in 1997-2003 are still working just fine - the ones they didn’t crush and actually allowed people to buy. This driver told the press he loves his electric truck.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 26, 2010

Based on the work of the multidisciplinary team, with advice from a board of 16 leaders from industry, government and environmental groups, the report examines the future of natural gas through 2050 from the perspectives of technology, economics, politics, national security and the environment.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 30, 2009

Bush in 2003 committed$1.2 Fuel Cells Fuel cells create electricity in a chemical process thatcombines hydrogen and oxygen, emitting only water vapor.California, which requires big automakers to sell some non-polluting vehicles, rates Clarity a “zero-emission vehicle.” Honda’s American depositary receipts fell 66 cents, or2.3

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 26, 2015

million people living in London between 2003 and 2010. Anna Hansell, MRC-PHE Centre for Environment & Health at Imperial College London, co-author. During 2003-10 a total of 442,560 adults died from all causes, of which and 291,139 were elderly. The researchers analyzed data for 8.6

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Drive Electric

JULY 1, 2021

The congestion charging scheme was first introduced in central London in 2003, aiming to reduce the amount of traffic in the capital. As well as helping to reduce pollution and rising levels of carbon emissions, the charge was also designed to encourage people to walk, cycle and use public transport more often.

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Revenge of the Electric Car

JANUARY 22, 2009

Next week, the California Air Resources Board is expected to adopt strict new regulations based on the theory that the innovative technology sold by 3Prong Power and other companies may be bad for the environment. The board had voted in 1990 to require that at least 10 percent of cars sold in California to be zero-emissions vehicles by 2003.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 20, 2009

I mean, when the electricity it uses is produces, pollution still happens, just not "right from your car"? Having centralized energy production in that way allows for centralized pollution control measures, filters, so-called "clean coal" rather than depending on X number of cars, manufacturers, and consumers to deal with pollution control.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

The objections they raised for years -- "no one is interested, no one would plug in, the technology is too complex, the benefits are minimal, its just shifting the pollution from the tailpipe to the smokestack, theres no demand for these cars" -- still show up occasionally, but are by and large history. I got beaten down a number of times."

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 14, 2009

Californians clearly support policies to improve the environment. For only the second time since PPIC began asking the question in 2003, more Californians support expanding oil drilling off the coast than oppose it (51% favor, 43% oppose), the same as last year (51% favor, 45% oppose). Mark Baldassare, president and CEO of PPIC.

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