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Obama Administration Announces $8.33B in Loan Guarantees for New Nuclear Power Reactors in Georgia; First New US Nuclear Power Plant Project in Nearly 3 Decades

Green Car Congress

Vogtle Electric Generating Plant—Vogtle units 3 and 4—will supplement the two existing reactor units at the facility. To meet our growing energy needs and prevent the worst consequences of climate change, we need to increase our supply of nuclear power and today’s announcement helps to move us down that path.

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The origins of NDEW and DEED

Plug in America

Plug In America watchers know that Drive Electric Earth Day (DEED), celebrated for the entire month of April, is an extension of September’s National Drive Electric Week (NDEW). Pavley wrote the nation’s first global warming law , AB 32, and AB 1493 , which required a reduction in tailpipe greenhouse-gas emissions.

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Gas War: 25 States Sue EPA Over Updated Emissions Regulations

The Truth About Cars

Grievances include claims that the executive branch is unconstitutionally manipulating the marketplace by setting requirements higher than manufacturers can adhere to, effectively mandating sales of electric vehicles that have been broadly unpopular in the United States. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit last week.

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