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New England to become the second coal-free region in the US

Baua Electric

That’s following a settlement between Sierra Club, The Conservation Law Foundation, EPA, and Granite Shore Power. million tons of carbon emissions from New England. It has hundreds of pre-vetted solar installers competing for your business, ensuring you get high-quality solutions and save 20-30% compared to going it alone.

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The Growing List of EVmatch Partners

EV Match

EVmatch and Silicon Valley Clean Energy are working together to install charging stations at multi-family properties in Santa Clara County, California. BED offers an additional $500 per installed charger to help cover the installation costs of each station if the owner agrees to make it publicly available from 9am – 5pm.

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Vermont just passed a 100% renewable electricity mandate

Baua Electric

Vermont has one of the least carbon-intensive electricity sectors of any state, but because it’s part of the New England grid that’s powered mainly by natural gas, it’s still consuming fossil fuels. Plus, it’s free to use and you won’t get sales calls until you select an installer and you share your phone number with them.

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What Are Zero Emission Day and National Drive Electric Week?

Blink Charging

Plug In America, along with the Electric Vehicle Association and the Sierra Club , joined the effort and the first National Plug In Day was held on October 16th, 2011. Attend an online or in-person event. In 2014, the day was expanded to a whole week and National Drive Electric Week was born. Watch an EV parade. They’re safer.

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Electric Cars and a Smarter Grid - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

The idea of self-sufficient cities is gaining currency in the European Union, which has set itself the ambitious task of cutting carbon dioxide (CO{-2}) emissions to one-fifth below 1990 levels by 2020 ? “We have 10,000 engineers out there every day, installing and servicing boilers,&# he added. link] — Chris Dudley 13.

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Electric Car Makers: Oregon Wants You - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

A very low cost EV is taking a golf cart transaxle or whole GC rear/seat and weld, ect a MC front end, frame, title to it, change the batteries from 6vdc to 12vdc to double the voltage and use larger dia VW Rabbit tires and you can have a nice 1- 3 person MC trike that goes 45-55mph and 50+ mile range. Next: a carbon tax.

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Traveling Through Time, Exploring the String Theory and Hugging the Giant Sequoias

Creative Greenius

There was a nice selection of books, especially guides to the flora and fauna of the High Sierras. I pulled an old issue of Sierra (the magazine of the Sierra Club) from July/August 1997. We also found magazines ( Utne Reader anyone?) CDs and Blueray DVD movies and documentaries.

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