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Why EVs Aren't a Climate Change Panacea

Cars That Think

Behavioral change is hard How willing are people to break their car dependency and other energy-related behaviors to address climate change? In fact, some 74 percent of those polled indicated they were already “proud of what [they are] currently doing” to combat climate change.

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Lung Association report highlights health and climate costs of petroleum-based transportation and the benefits of shifting to ZEVs

Green Car Congress

Under this scenario, the estimated total health and climate change costs associated with passenger vehicle fleet pollution drops from to $37 billion annually to $15.7 —Bonnie Holmes-Gen, senior director of Air Quality and Climate Change with the American Lung Association in California. Massachusetts: $2.9

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Massachusetts sets state GHG emissions limit for 2020 at 25% below 1990 levels, releases plan with additional measures, including Pay As You Drive auto insurance

Green Car Congress

Massachusetts Energy and Environmental Affairs (EEA) Secretary Ian Bowles has set the statewide greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions limit for 2020 required by the Global Warming Solutions Act of 2008 at 25% below 1990 levels, the maximum authorized by the Act, saying that measures already in place will get Massachusetts much of the way toward that goal.

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How EV Charging Boosts Your Workplace Benefits Package

Blink Charging

In Deloitte’s Global 2022 Gen Z and Millennial Survey , Gen Z (born 1995-2003) and Millennials (born 1983-1994) ranked climate change in their top concerns after the cost of living. One of those is the federal government’s Alternative Fuel Infrastructure Tax Credit. Not sure how to get started?

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How EV Charging Boosts Your Workplace Benefits Package

Blink Charging

In Deloitte’s Global 2022 Gen Z and Millennial Survey , Gen Z (born 1995-2003) and Millennials (born 1983-1994) ranked climate change in their top concerns after the cost of living. One of those is the federal government’s Alternative Fuel Infrastructure Tax Credit. Not sure how to get started?

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The Further Adventures of The Solangelist

Creative Greenius

The city and county gets the funding from a bond issue and we pay back the loans as an annual assessment on our property taxes. The County’s Treasure Tax Collector has already provided an assessment of the viability of the County implementing a program under AB 811.

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The State of Medium- and Heavy-Duty Vehicle Electrification

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Electrification of medium- and heavy-duty (MHD) vehicles is an important component of reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and mitigating climate change. However, that is likely to change. Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, Washington, and Vermont are adopting the same rules. What do we mean by MHDs ?