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Lung Association report highlights health and climate costs of petroleum-based transportation and the benefits of shifting to ZEVs

Green Car Congress

The report, Clean Air Future: Health and Climate Benefits of Zero Emission Vehicles , was produced by the American Lung Association in California. Under this report’s “ZEV Future” scenario, 100% of the new car sales and approximately 65% of all cars on the road are assumed to be ZEVs by 2050 in the 10 ZEV States. Oregon: $1.3

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Canada and California to work together on cleaner transportation

Green Car Congress

Canada’s Minister of Environment and Climate Change, Catherine McKenna, and the Chair of the California Air Resources Board, Mary Nichols, today signed a new cooperation agreement to advance cleaner vehicles and fuels. To date, California has invested $820 million in incentives for zero-emission and plug-in vehicles.

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What is Advanced Clean Cars and why does it matter?

Plug in America

These standards are created by the California Air Resources Board (CARB), but have since also been adopted by 17 other states, including Nevada, Oregon, Virginia and, most recently, New Mexico. This next set of standards, Advanced Clean Cars II, comes at a crucial moment to boost the electric vehicle industry and address climate change.

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Going with the talent flow

Electric Auto Association

A chapter in Oregon is guided by the genius of its members. Emerald Valley Electric Vehicle Association members take part in a Fourth of July parade in Eugene, Oregon. Most recently she has spearheaded efforts to include electric tractors in the list of EVs eligible for state rebates. ”We To finally decide.

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The size of Washington State’s largest wind farm just got cut by 50%

Baua Electric

The original plan was for the project to feature 244 wind turbines across 24 miles of hills, and three solar farms over 5,447 acres south of the Tri-Cities, near the Oregon border. By 2045, 100% of all electricity sold to Washington State customers must come from renewable or non-emitting sources.

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The heavy-duty electric truck market could break out in 2024 – Charged EVs

Baua Electric

Electrifying heavy-duty trucks is essential if we’re to fight climate change and air pollution, but the pace of the transition has been painfully slow—many, many pilots, but few truly large-scale orders. As Alan Adler writes in a recent FreightWaves article, 2023 was not the long-awaited Year of the Electric Truck.

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Converting Coal Power Plants to Nuclear Gains Steam

Cars That Think

In the United States, coal’s share of electricity generation has plummeted since its early 2000s peak; 28 percent of U.S. Not all of these remaining coal plants are perfect fits, however. But in the future, not all reactors might be so large. Are all of these sites going to get nuclear power plants?

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