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Study: California’s cap-and-trade air quality benefits go mostly out of state

Green Car Congress

The open-access study, published in the journal PLOS Medicine , assessed emissions and environmental-equity patterns of greenhouse gases and associated air pollutants between 2011 and 2012, before the start of California’s cap-and-trade program, versus from 2013 through 2015, after carbon trading began. Cushing et al. 1002604.

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Cleveland City Planners Change Policies to Create 15-Minute City

The Truth About Cars

Cleveland, Ohio, has approved new zoning and transportation policies that are angling to transform it into the next “fifteen-minute city,” The City Planning Commission voted to move forward with changes to building codes in several pilot neighborhoods it wants to make more pedestrian friendly.

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Study finds NYC Clean Air Taxi rules successful in cutting pollution

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Between 2009 and 2015, the legislation more than doubled the fuel efficiency of the fleet of 13,500 yellow taxis, leading to estimated declines in air pollution emissions. The findings are published in the Journal of Exposure Science & Environmental Epidemiology.

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CEO Mary Barra & General Motors Make Sure The Greenius Is Rewarded For His Many Years Of EV Advocacy

Creative Greenius

It’s rare when consumer karma actually works out for any buyer of any product made today, but then again, your friendly neighborhood Greenius is not your usual consumer. kW solar PV system on our own house in 2015. They then sold us a brand new 2021 Bolt EV Premier for $28,500. Let me tell you about it. Installing the 5.2

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California Air Resources Board Unveils $3.7M in Rebates for Plug-in Hybrid and Zero-Emission Vehicles

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The rebates offer up to $5,000 for the purchase of zero-emission (e.g., battery electric or fuel cell) and plug-in hybrid light-duty vehicles and up to $20,000 for the purchase of ARB-certified or approved zero-emission commercial vehicles on a first-come, first-served basis. The California Air Resources Board announced $3.7

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The EV Professor

Electric Auto Association

I gave the students the option of driving EVs after class,” said Cox, explaining that “some days I brought my Roadster, sometimes the Model S we’d purchased here in Lincoln. Many of the students were inspired to save their money when they got out of school so they could eventually purchase an EV,” Cox continued. “A

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Eindhoven University of Technology to make biofuels from its own wood waste; cyclic oxygenate CyclOx and ethanol

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Partial oxidation of cyclohexane to X1 is quite straightforward, which might explain why cyclohexanone (X1) could be purchased at less than a fourth of the price of TP and DB. In other words, an economically viable feedstock for X1 is available at any neighborhood gas station.

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