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California Assemblymembers introduce bill phasing out gasoline-fueled small off-road engines

Green Car Congress

AB 1346 would require new sales of SORE to be zero-emission by 2024 or whenever the California Air Resources Board (CARB) determines is feasible, whichever is later. Today, operating the best-selling gas-powered commercial leaf blower for one hour emits air pollutants comparable to driving a 2017 Toyota Camry from Los Angeles to Denver.

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University of Texas at Austin study measuring methane emissions released from natural gas production

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Pioneer Natural Resources Company, Shell, Southwestern Energy, Talisman Energy, USA, and XTO Energy, an ExxonMobil subsidiary. Final results of the study will be published in a peer-reviewed journal and made publicly available. Large amounts of natural gas are now domestically available because of major advancements in technology.

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AI-Guided Robots Are Ready to Sort Your Recyclables

Cars That Think

For countries that do curbside recycling, the number—called the recovery rate—appears to average around 70 to 90 percent, though widespread data isn’t available. That’s a lot of material made from finite resources that needlessly goes to waste. That doesn’t seem bad. But in some municipalities, it can go as low as 40 percent.

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