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Retraining Electricians to Install EV Charging Stations – Verde Energy Efficiency Experts

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“Like the majority of businesses in 2020, my company was negatively impacted by Covid 19. We need to physically be in a space to see what we can recommend and install – which is commercial and public building energy efficiency upgrades. . Do we pay installers to stay home, or do we not pay them?

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LADOT count shows a 22% increase in biking, 6% drop in walking in 2019 from 2017

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LADOT was set to capture travel at 40 additional locations in spring 2020, but due to irregular travel patterns and safety concerns as the result of the COVID-19 pandemic, this count was postponed indefinitely. What gets measured matters. —LADOT General Manager Seleta Reynolds. 40% of people walking are female.

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Secretary of the Navy Sets Target for 50% of Total Energy Consumption from Alternative Sources by 2020; Role for Biofuels and EVs

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In a speech at the Naval Energy Forum, US Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus set out five energy targets for the department to meet over the course of the next decade, including the overall goal of half of the total energy consumption for ships, aircraft, tanks, vehicles, and shore installations coming from alternative sources by 2020.

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

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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. Learning to install solar with GRID Alternatives in 2009. Learning to install solar with GRID Alternatives in 2009. Installing the 5.2

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Electrify America, Sacramento announce Green City investments: ZEV car-sharing, ZEV bus and shuttle routes, EV charging systems

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To support powering the fleets, Electrify America will also install charging stations with ultra-fast chargers to power each service. More than 90 percent of the micro-shuttle’s service territory is in a low-income or disadvantaged Sacramento neighborhood. EV CHARGING INFRASTRUCTURE.

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PA Governor Wolf announces $8.5M from Volkswagen Settlement to reduce transportation pollution

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Port Authority of Allegheny County: A $1,104,000 grant to replace two diesel transit buses with two new battery electric buses and install two charging stations. The buses will operate on the 88 Penn route, linking downtown with East End neighborhoods. A $16,400 rebate to purchase and install two Level 2 EV chargers.

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Elon Musk’s sale of Gene Wilder’s Bel-Air home paints a remarkable story

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Back in 2020, Tesla CEO Elon Musk announced that he would be offloading all his residential properties in California as a way to trim down his possessions. But while he was in the neighborhood one day with his wife, the filmmaker was pleasantly surprised to see the house still standing. “It’s magic,” she said.

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