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Cal Energy Commission grants Hydrogen Energy California suspension, denies request to terminate power plant project

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The California Energy Commission committee reviewing the proposed 390-megawatt Hydrogen Energy California (HECA) power plant ( earlier post ) rejected a motion to terminate the project’s application for certification (AFC) and granted a separate request to suspend the AFC for six months.

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California cap-and-trade spending doubles to $1.4 billion in 2018; xEV rebates, affordable housing, wildfire prevention, public transit

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Expanding a network of community air-quality monitors operated by Casa Familiar in San Ysidro, one of 28 community-based organizations and tribes statewide receiving grants to engage residents in efforts to reduce local air pollution. Overall, 60 new clean school buses were delivered to rural school districts throughout the state.

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USDA to invest up to $100M to boost infrastructure for renewable fuel use; seeks to double number of higher blend ethanol fuel pumps

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Specifically, USDA will administer competitive grants to match funding for state-led efforts to test and evaluate innovative and comprehensive approaches to market higher blends of renewable fuel, such as E15 and E85. USDA will post a Notice of Solicitation of Applications in June.

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EPA: GHG emissions standards for cars and light trucks should be revised; joint process with NHTSA (updated with more reactions)

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Sierra Club: “These roll-backs from Scott Pruitt mean Americans will pay more at the pump while our air gets dirtier, just so Pruitt can help the corporate lobbyists and polluters who give him favors and marching orders. ”. It would be wasteful to discard those consumer savings, but EPA now appears poised to do just that.”.

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Tesla’s software fixes, the NHTSA’s status quo, and an impending need for updated recall terminologies

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Granted, it only affected about half as many vehicles as Tesla’s seat belt chime recall, but its hardware-based nature suggested that the risk presented by the issue was great. Compare this with General Motors’ recall last year of 400,000 pickup trucks in the US.

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