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Texas awards $3.2M in EV infrastructure grants to Plano-Based Universal EV Chargers

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Universal EV Chargers has also won grants in Ohio, North Carolina, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware. The company launched in 2021 as a division of Universal Green Group, which has been a solar energy competitor in Texas and the Southwest since 2009.

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DEC and NYSERDA announce $24M in Volkswagen Settlement Funds to support electric transit buses in environmental justice communities

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million to fund the new electric transit buses through the New York Truck Voucher Incentive Program and the New York Power Authority (NYPA) will manage $6 million for associated charging infrastructure. As part of the state’s $127.7-million

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KLM to operate regular biofuel-powered flights between JFK and Schiphol

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KLM Royal Dutch Airlines will operate a new series of biofuel-powered intercontinental flights in partnership with Schiphol Group, Delta Air Lines and the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. KLM will run weekly flights from John F. Kennedy Airport to Schiphol using a blend of sustainable biofuel.

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Lucid Air Dream Edition shows impressive initial build quality thanks to human craftsmanship

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While Van Deerling attended the West Coast-located ceremony, which included breakfast, numerous speeches from Lucid executives, and a trunk full of Lucid-inspired goodies, she is a resident of New Jersey, and putting 3,000 miles on the car in the first few days was not what she planned for.

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Berkeley Lab report finds installed cost of solar PV systems in the US dropped sharply in 2010

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According to the report, the decline in PV installed costs seen by customer-owners of such systems in 2010 follows a significant drop in the wholesale cost for PV modules in 2009. W from 2008 to 2009, even though wholesale module prices dropped substantially over this period. W between 2009 and the first six months of 2010.

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BMW Group and Vattenfall Europe begin second phase of MINI E fleet test in Berlin

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This included two six-month successive phases of use (beginning in June 2009), and represented nearly 500,000 kilometers of driving. The MINI E Fleet trials began in 2009 in the USA (New York, Los Angeles and in the state of New Jersey), UK (Oxford / London) and Germany (Munich and Berlin).

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EPA Awards $56M in Recovery Funding to 10 States to Clean Up Underground Petroleum Leaks

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The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the distribution of about $56 million to 10 states under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) to assess and clean up underground storage tank petroleum leaks. New York: $9M. New Jersey: $4.8M. North Carolina: $7.5M. Georgia: $4.9M. Alabama: $4M.

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