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California ARB Pulls the Plug on Cool Cars Regulation

Green Car Congress

After listening to this input and accounting for the legal deadline to finalize the rule, today we are announcing that the AB32 “cool cars” rulemaking will cease. Cool Cars specified that vehicle windows must meet certain standards for heat transmission.

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Top 7 Best, Classy and Fastest Electric Cars In Today?s World

DIY Electric Car

If you have purchased the 2016 version, it can get to that speed in just 8.4 When this car was presented in Geneva Motor Show 2016, there were some improvements that were made with the car. The Tesla Model S is probably the fastest street legal electric car in your mind to make it in our list. Tesla Roadster. Front View.

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US House Members Introduce Bipartisan Disapproval Resolution to Block EPA Regulation of GHG; Mirrors Murkowski Resolution

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When Congress passed the Clean Air Act, it never gave EPA the explicit authority to regulate greenhouse gas emissions for the purpose of stopping global climate change. The resulting set of new standards will cover model years 2012-2016, and will require an average fuel economy standard of 35.5

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Arctic oil on life support

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As drilling technology advances, conventional oil reserves become harder to find, and climate change contributes to melting sea ice, the Arctic has moved up on the list of priorities in oil company board rooms. Reuters reported on January 30, 2015 that Rosneft would have to delay drilling until 2016 at the earliest.

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Federal Task Force Concludes CCS is Viable, But Carbon Price Is Critical; Sends Recommendations to President Obama on Fostering the Technology

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The lack of comprehensive climate change legislation is the key barrier to CCS deployment. It addresses the incentives for CCS adoption and any financial, economic, technological, legal, institutional, or other barriers to deployment.

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EPA Grants California Vehicle GHG Regulations Waiver

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EPA also found that the California program meets legal requirements regarding the protectiveness of public health and welfare as well as technological feasibility. The resulting new national standards will cover model years 2012-2016, and will require an average fuel economy standard of 35.5 Earlier post.)

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Solar Smackdown in Torrance – Installer Sues City on Behalf of the Sun

Creative Greenius

The city attorney asked me if I would dismiss my case if the city of Torrance would change their rules. I said I would consider it, but that I was really hoping to establish a precedent, legally speaking, beyond Torrance. I want to change the industry here because I deal in a lot of cities, a LOT of cities. That’s pitiful.

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