Plug in America

JUNE 27, 2025

drivers will be shackled to expensive oil and gas, which also leads to more pollution and health problems. A multi-year transitional period would also provide the opportunity for Americans to continue adopting cleaner vehicles more affordably. The tax credits help build domestic supply chains and energy security.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 16, 2021

Over the last three years, EPA has provided nearly $300 million in grants and rebates to modernize diesel fleets with cleaner heavy-duty trucks and equipment, according to EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler. Region 5 (Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, Wisconsin) will accept applications requesting up to $3,000,000 in grant funds.

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Plug in America

JULY 28, 2021

Plug In America applauds the state of Minnesota and Gov. This makes Minnesota the first state in the Midwest and the 15th state in the nation to pass such a standard. Consumers want electric vehicles because they offer lower fuel and maintenance costs, a better driving experience, and cleaner air.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 11, 2019

Applicants may request funding to upgrade or replace diesel-powered buses, trucks, marine engines, locomotives and nonroad equipment with newer, cleaner technologies. Region 5 (Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, Wisconsin) will accept proposals requesting up to $3,000,000 in grant funds. Background.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 16, 2015

A new study by a team from the University of Tennessee, Tsinghua University and the University of Minnesota has found that the wide-scale deployment of electric vehicles in China can increase the Environmental Justice (EJ) challenge in that country. Credit: ACS, Ji et al. . —Ji et al.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 11, 2019

Disease-causing air pollution remains high in pockets of America, particularly those where many low-income and African-American people live, according to research presented at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association in New York. This was also true, but to a lesser extent, for increases in low-income white populations.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 10, 2010

Cap-and-trade was first tried on a significant scale twenty years ago under the first Bush administration as a way to address the problem of airborne sulfur dioxide pollution–widely known as acid rain–from coal-burning power plants in the eastern United States. INTRODUCTION. Midwestern Greenhouse Gas Reduction Accord (Midwestern Accord).

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