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Leveraging Parking Lot Solar Panels for EV Charging

Clean Fleet Report

The air would be cleaner, and people could knock out two birds with one stone, fueling their ride while tending to other necessary chores. Perhaps a future of energy surpluses isn’t beyond the imagination—what if humanity could collectively lower utility bills while reaping other perks? What the Future Holds.

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[PRESS RELEASE] DRIVE ELECTRIC RESPONSE TO CLEAN CAR DISCOUNT CHANGES.

Drive Electric

The changes to the Clean Car Discount appear designed to encourage even cleaner vehicles entering our fleet; this will mean more PHEVs and BEVs coming in and over time fewer petrol and diesel vehicles. Additional EVs brought in today under this scheme, are future second hand vehicles.”

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EPA Administrator Outlines Seven Key Themes for Agency in 2010 and Beyond

Green Car Congress

In all of this, we must also recognize that climate change will affect other parts of our core mission, such as protecting air and water quality, and we must include those considerations in our future plans. Improving Air Quality.

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WHO attributes more than 1 in 4 deaths annually of children under 5 years to unhealthy environment

Green Car Congress

—“Don’t Pollute My Future”. The report, Don’t pollute my future! A polluted environment results in a heavy toll on the health of our children Investing in the removal of environmental risks to health, such as improving water quality or using cleaner fuels, will result in massive health benefits.

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E-Waste is a Cybersecurity Problem, Too

Cars That Think

We spoke with Shegerian about e-waste’s effect on the future of our world and our privacy, and the role engineers can play in solutions. Eventually the linings [of devices] break, and when they're rained upon, the very toxic materials [they contain] — mercury, lead, arsenic, beryllium, cadmium — come out.

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Will an EV-Filled World Pass The Sulfuric Acid Test?

Cars That Think

In a net-zero future, a future where petroleum and natural gas production enter terminal decline and never return to their past carbon-spewing heights, sulfur production will fall away, too. The minerals that contain sulfur often also tend to contain toxic metals like mercury, arsenic, and thallium. Therein lies the problem.

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National Academies Report Examines Hidden Cost of Energy Production and Use in US; Estimates $120B in 2005

Green Car Congress

That figure does not include damages from climate change, harm to ecosystems, effects of some air pollutants such as mercury, and risks to national security, which the report examines but does not monetize. Damages from electricity generation. But even if complete, our various damage estimates would not automatically offer a guide to policy.

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