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National Academies report finds US interstate highways need major overhaul; calls for 20-year blueprint for action

Green Car Congress

The report calls for a 20-year “blueprint for action,” which includes creating an “Interstate Highway System Renewal and Modernization Program,” increasing the federal fuel tax to help pay for it, and allowing tolls and per-mile-charges on more interstate routes. National Academy of Sciences.

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LEED Certification and EV Charging Stations: What you need to know

Blink Charging

LEED can be applied to newly designed, built, or renovated commercial buildings, homes, neighborhoods, and even entire cities. LEED’s stated goal is to help create buildings that: Reduce contribution to global climate change. indoor environmental quality. Enhance individual human health. Protect and restore water resources.

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Hey Google! Lets Reinvent Detroit Together Using Our Creative Greenius Before The Opportunivors Scavenge It

Creative Greenius

I went to Detroit last month and found myself in neighborhoods that looked like they had been attacked by enemy forces, had lost their battle and had now surrendered and in most part been abandoned. Climate change adaptation and Sustainability. photo by Galliani (c). The house above looks good to what I’m talking about.

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What’s In It For Me?

Creative Greenius

It cost a lot more in taxes to live there and my parents always struggled to make the mortgage, but I got a prep school quality education at Edison Jr. High School and Westfield Senior High School. I had every possible tool and resource and opportunity.

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Greenius Goes All AB 811 Over Green Task Force

Creative Greenius

I bring a passion that’s driven by my sense of urgency over our climate change crisis. No offense, and I wish we had luxury of time to wait on you and be patient, but from the climate change data I’m reviewing daily we’re already well past that point. But I also bring something more on top of all that.

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President Obama, DOT Secretary Foxx announce $600M for 6th round of TIGER funding for transportation projects

Green Car Congress

As outlined by the President, the proposal relies upon tax reform for about half of its funding—i.e., closing some tax loopholes and changing how businesses are taxed, resulting in about $150 billion. 4 billion to attract private investment in transportation infrastructure.

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Solar Smackdown in Torrance – Installer Sues City on Behalf of the Sun

Creative Greenius

The Torrance Hillside Overlay district , covers most of the historic Hollywood Riviera neighborhood where the Creative Greenius lives and I can tell you that it’s a zoning law that is pure politics. You pay your taxes on-line. You pay your corporate taxes on-line. Move big amounts of money around.

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