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Massachusetts should follow Rhode Island to zero-emission electricity

Green Energy Consumers

Rhode Island just passed legislation that requires the state’s electric suppliers to procure 100% renewable electricity by 2033, using the highest quality (“Class I” or “new”) Renewable Energy Certificates.

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Governors of 8 states sign MoU to put 3.3M zero-emission vehicles on roads by 2025; 15% of new vehicle sales

Green Car Congress

The governors of 8 states—California, Connecticut, Maryland, Massachusetts, New York, Oregon, Rhode Island and Vermont—have signed a memorandum of understanding ( MoU ) to take specific actions to put 3.3 This multi-state effort is intended to expand consumer awareness and demand for zero-emission vehicles.

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Act On Climate was a big step for RI. Now let’s work quickly to implement it

Green Energy Consumers

You may be reading more about climate policy in the news because of COP26, the global conference in Glasgow to address the climate crisis hosted by the United Nations. This work is important for the sake of international cooperation and because climate change is a global issue.

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EPA Grants California Vehicle GHG Regulations Waiver

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On a conference call on Tuesday, EPA officials said they expected to release the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) for the vehicle greenhouse gas regulations later this year. Using the projected California fleet mix, ARB calculates the average emissions form the MY2016 new vehicle fleet will be approximately 243 g/mi (or about 36.6

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US DOT Awards $100M in Recovery Act Funds to 43 Transit Projects to Reduce Energy Consumption and Greenhouse Gas Emissions

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System improvements include high performance fluorescent lighting, LED exit signs, retrofitting existing pole lights; and installing occupancy sensors for private offices, conference rooms and bathrooms. Rhode Island Public Transportation Authority – RIPTA, Rhode Island: $345,000.

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From Home Brew to Hasbro

Cars That Think

We were invited out to Hasbro corporate headquarters in Rhode Island to give a presentation to the engineering team about what we could do. Ted Larson at Hasbro HQ in Rhode Island. Bob asked if we needed to prepare a formal presentation, but Hasbro told us to just show up and bring some robots.

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The Story Behind Pixar’s RenderMan CGI Software

Cars That Think

It executed instructions at a rate of 40 MIPS, making it 200 times faster than the VAX 11/780, according to the Rhode Island Computer Museum. The movie premiered at the Association for Computing Machinery ’s 1984 Special Interest Group on Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques conference.

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