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Ryder Awarded First-of-Its-Kind Natural Gas Heavy Duty Truck Rental and Leasing Project Using $19.3M in Stimulus Funding

Green Car Congress

This is the first time that natural gas trucks will be deployed into a large commercial truck rental and leasing operation. tons of diesel particulate emissions from local neighborhoods. Ryder will use $19.3 As part of the project, Ryder will purchase more than 200 heavy-duty natural gas powered trucks.

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DOE to Award Up to $300M in Stimulus Bill Funding for Projects to Expand Use of Alt-Fuel and Advanced Technology Vehicles

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The FOA modifies a much smaller and earlier-issued FOA by incorporating a supplemental $300 million appropriated by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) of 2009 (the stimulus bill) for the Energy Policy Act (EPACT) of 2005 Section 721 to fund a competitive grant pilot program to be administered through the Clean Cities Program.

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Greenius Goes All AB 811 Over Green Task Force

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SBESC's Marilyn Lyon talks about Federal Stimulus Funding / photo (c) Debra Bushweit Galliani. We also learned from Marilyn Lyon that Federal Stimulus money will be coming L.A. The main Solar Map page offers information on existing residential and commercial solar installs throughout the county.

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Chrysler unveils new electric minivan for the US Postal Service

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

The head of Chryslers ENVI division, Lou Rhodes, told AutoblogGreen this morning that Chrysler is marketing this battery-only version of the van to commercial fleet customers who typically have shorter range requirements. Thats such a pretty metallic blue; I would love to see these postal vehicles around my neighborhood. Looks sharp.

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The electric car and grid parity - OregonLive.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

The solar market, for example, has been around for some time, but it has been a fringe technology in commercial terms. and Mark Brady, the departments sustainable development liaison. It also gives a boost to Japanese solar energy companies, who have lost ground this decade to competitors in other countries.)

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