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No regrets: A Phoenix mom moves beyond her gas-powered car and doesn’t look back

Plug in America

Written by Amanda Goebel – During daily pick-up and drop-offs at her daughter’s elementary school in Phoenix, Arizona, Jazmin L.’s The answer was simple for Jazmin, a researcher who works for the City of Phoenix. Our car is cleaner and healthier for you.” s six-year-old noticed something peculiar about her mom’s vehicle.

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GreenPower delivers its first electric school bus in Arizona

Baua Electric

The electric school bus was delivered to Phoenix Elementary School District #1, which operates 15 schools in the center of Phoenix. To make sure you find a trusted, reliable solar installer near you that offers competitive pricing, check out EnergySage , a free service that makes it easy for you to go solar. Get started here. –ad*

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Heat Pumps—The Well-Tempered Future of A/Cs

Cars That Think

During heat waves in Phoenix, Arizona, while some people fry eggs on sidewalks , Matt Heath, a heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) service manager at AC by J , is on the front line, helping maintain air conditioners in people’s homes.

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US EPA settles with three trucking companies over California diesel rule; $201K in penalties

Green Car Congress

The companies either failed to install particulate filters on their own heavy-duty diesel trucks or failed to verify that trucks they hired for use in California complied with the state rule. EPA is committed to helping California achieve cleaner, healthier air by ensuring compliance with the state’s pollution rules. Earlier post.)

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CleanFUEL USA and Ferrellgas Working Together on Propane Refueling Network in US

Green Car Congress

The companies expect to break ground on the first Dallas-Fort Worth station in the third quarter of 2010, which will be followed with projects in Austin, Baton Rouge, Chicago, Indianapolis, Lake Charles, New Orleans, Orlando, Phoenix, San Antonio and St. Tony Dale, Ferrellgas national director of engine fuels/Autogas.

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Students Use Their Tech Know-How to Protect the Environment

Cars That Think

Waterproof sensors that track flooding As part of the Sunny Day Flooding Project, Katherine Anarde, assistant professor in North Carolina State University’s Environmental, Water Resources, and Coastal Engineering Group [right] and another researcher install low-cost water-level sensors in storm drains.

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Nissan Updates on Nissan Green Program 2010; New Vehicle CO2 Needs to Be Reduced 90% by 2050

Green Car Congress

Agreements already have been reached between the Alliance and Kanagawa Prefecture and Yokohama City in Japan; the State of Tennessee; the State of Oregon; Sonoma County and San Diego in California; Phoenix and Tucson in Arizona; Seattle, Wash.; Raleigh, N.C. and Washington, D.C.

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