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Why EVs Aren't a Climate Change Panacea

Cars That Think

“Electric cars will not save the climate. Just accounting for miles driven , however, BEVs cars and trucks appear cleaner than ICE equivalents nearly everywhere in the U.S. Behavioral change is hard How willing are people to break their car dependency and other energy-related behaviors to address climate change?

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Group of 285 global investors with more than $20T in assets under management calls for urgent action on investment-grade climate change and energy policies; guidelines for governments

Green Car Congress

Saying that “ investment-grade climate change and clean energy policy is required to shift private sector investment from high-carbon to low-carbon assets ”, a group of 285 investors has urged governments and international policy makers to take new and meaningful steps in the fight against climate change.

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Thomas Friedman Explains Climate Change Action For You

Creative Greenius

From Today’s, December 9, New York Times: Thomas Friedman, “If we prepare for climate change by building a clean-power economy, but climate change turns out to be a hoax, what would be the result? Well, during a transition period, we would have higher energy prices.

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Obama climate plan calls for new fuel economy standards for heavy-duty vehicles post-2018; cleaner fuels and investment in advanced fossil energy

Green Car Congress

Among the transportation-related elements of US President Barack Obama’s new climate action plan, which he is outlining today in a speech at Georgetown University, is the development of new fuel economy standards for heavy-duty vehicles post-2018. Preparing the US for the impacts of climate change. Earlier post.).

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Charging Up to Drive Cheaper & Cleaner Just Got A Lot Easier in Virginia

CleanTechnica EVs

Amid record high gas prices and record high climate-changed temperatures, there’s a sliver of good news this week.

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SoCalGas reduces CNG price by $0.26 per gallon at its fueling stations by using LCFS credits

Green Car Congress

SoCalGas) will lower the price of compressed natural gas at all of its 13 public access natural gas vehicle fueling stations by $0.26 For example, the average pump price at utility compressed natural gas stations was $2.37 Southern California Gas Co. per gallon beginning 1 April. per gallon, and the average cost of diesel was $3.73

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Making Information Tech Greener Can Help Address the Climate Crisis

Cars That Think

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change delivered its starkest warning ever. The IPCC concluded that human influence has unequivocally warmed the planet and changed weather patterns. At the same time, it noted, there is still a window in which humans can alter Earth's climate path. In August the. estimated 1.4

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