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California Air Resources Board Unveils $3.7M in Rebates for Plug-in Hybrid and Zero-Emission Vehicles

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The California Air Resources Board announced $3.7 Eligible vehicles are cars, trucks, commercial medium- and heavy-duty vehicles, motorcycles or neighborhood electric vehicles. Cleaner vehicles reduce California smog and climate change emissions, and save consumers money. ARB was appropriated approximately $42.3

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Driving Your City Forward With Clean Electric Public Transportation

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Electric public transportation is essential to creating cleaner, greener cities. An investment in clean public transportation could reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 0.71 Many cities and countries are putting their resources into electric public transportation. Let’s look at why — and how to get there.

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

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Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf announced that 34 cleaner energy transportation projects will receive $8,489,844 in Driving PA Forward grants and rebates. The buses will operate on the 88 Penn route, linking downtown with East End neighborhoods. million settlement with Volkswagen. Camp Hebron, Inc.: Lackawanna and Fulton Counties.

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The Ins and Outs of Scrap Car Recycling

Clean Fleet Report

Material’s Transformational Dance: The recycling process dances through material separation and recovery, transforming aged cars into valuable resources. Beyond the potential for financial incentives, it paves the way for a cleaner environment and champions the circular economy.

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CARB adopts electric truck rule: Advanced Clean Trucks

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The California Air Resources Board has adopted a first-in-the-world rule—the Advanced Clean Trucks ( earlier post )—requiring truck manufacturers to transition from diesel trucks and vans (Class 2b to Class 8) to electric zero-emission trucks beginning in 2024.

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LEED Certification and EV Charging Stations: What you need to know

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LEED can be applied to newly designed, built, or renovated commercial buildings, homes, neighborhoods, and even entire cities. Protect and restore water resources. 5% impact natural resources. 5% impact natural resources. indoor environmental quality. Enhance individual human health. Enhance community quality of life.

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Berkeley study finds clean vehicle rebates have predominantly benefited wealthy, white Californians

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The distribution of California’s clean vehicle rebates across different socioeconomic groups has been uneven, with higher income groups more likely to receive rebates, according to a new study by a team from the University of California, Berkeley. fewer rebates per 1,000 households (b = −0.0544, p =.000). —Rubin and St-Louis (2016).

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