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False Starts: The Story of Vehicle-to-Grid Power

Cars That Think

During the 1990s, Brooks formed a team at AeroVironment that provided support for GM’s EV programs until he too tired of the corporate routine and joined ACP in 1999. He recruited Rippel and Cocconi for both jobs. Before cofounding AC Propulsion, Alan Cocconi worked on Sunraycer, a solar-powered car for GM.

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What Does Henry Waxman Know About Climate That Made Him Quit?

Creative Greenius

If he thought he had passed the carbon tax or climate bill torch to someone else he was confident would bring it across the finish line he would have said so. Waxman knows that the Canadian tar sands are game over for the climate. There are no coincidences when a 20 term Congressmen picks his adios announcement day. c) Joe Galliani.

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World Earth Day & The Green Reset

My Energi

Step away from them screens for a few hours and get your creative juices flowing! Surfers against sewage are making sure the government recognise the importance of a thriving ocean, for the planet and people, and to utilise its capacity as a solution to the climate crisis. Upcycle and recycling projects. Switch to renewables.

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Cleantech Blog: Smart Grids and Electric Vehicles

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Cleantech Blog Cleantechblog.com, the premier cleantech site for commentary on news and technology relating to clean tech, greentech, energy, climate change and carbon, and the environment. Ontological Shock An Open Letter to Fred Krupp Report from GridEcon Conference SGS Climate Change Head on the First Carbon Credit.

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Perspective: Why Carbon Emissions Should Not Have Been the Focus of the UN Climate Change Summit and Why the 15th Conference of the Parties Should Have Focused on Technology Transfer

Green Car Congress

Oceans, already expanding from warmth and melting glaciers, would rise, increasing coastal flooding; a chain reaction of climate changes is projected to lead to harsher, more widespread droughts and more powerful storms. Lomborg estimates that for every dollar spent, the world will avoid only about two cents of climate damage.

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Opinion: Stop Subsidizing Electric Vehicle Programs

The Truth About Cars

Your author would argue that the juice simply isn’t worth the squeeze. That’s according to the latest data from the Texas Public Policy Foundation , which is skeptical of climate change and has a vested interest in pointing out faults that might make Democrat politicians look like they’re doing a poor job.