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New analysis suggests Uber adding significantly to pollution and traffic in European cities

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Uber is adding more polluting car trips to already-clogged European cities such as London and Paris, new analysis by European NGOs suggests —contributing to air pollution and climate change and exploding the company’s sustainability claims. Source: “Europe’s giant ‘taxi’ company: is Uber part of the problem or the solution?”.

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Calif. Energy Commission to award more than $44M for hydrogen refueling and alternative fuel vehicle projects

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For the current fiscal year, the program is slated to invest approximately $90 million to encourage the development and use of new technologies, and alternative and renewable fuels, to help the state meet its climate-change goals. Expanding hydrogen fueling stations in California. Garden City Sanitation, Inc.,

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Better Place Debuts EV Services Platform and Partners at Frankfurt Motor Show

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Better Place has signed up orders from more than 50 Vision Partners in Israel—representing a total car park of approximately 35,000 ICE (internal combustion engine) vehicles—which have committed to convert a portion of their ICE fleets to Better Place when commercially available in 2011.

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Using the PHEV (Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicle) to Transition Society Seamlessly and Profitably From Fossil Fuel to 100% Renewable Energy

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This change in vehicles and fuel would provide our sought-for zero net CO 2 fueling or energy system. All we really need in addition to fleets of new paradigm vehicles are additional solar and wind generation sources. This helps to explain the climate changes we are now experiencing.

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Why Warren Buffett is investing in electric car company BYD - Apr. 13, 2009

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The first buyers will be fleet users, which will build central fast-charging facilities. near Motorola, and another 20 or so work in San Francisco, not far from Apple. His people at MidAmerican have studied clean technologies like batteries and wind power for years because of the threat of climate change.

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