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EV Tax Credits Are Working—Cutting Them Now Would Be a Costly Mistake

Plug in America

auto companies are multinational corporations. Tailpipe pollution and related health damages will increase, and climate change and related disasters will accelerate. The future of the auto industry is up for grabs, but the future of the auto industry is electric. In 2025, one in four vehicles sold globally will have a plug.

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Study Finds Elevated Ultrafine Particle Pollution Levels Near Regional Airports

Green Car Congress

Air pollution may pose an important but largely overlooked health concern for people living near smaller regional airports, according to a new study published in the ACS journal Environmental Science & Technology. Aircraft exhaust includes pollutants linked to a variety of health problems. ” Resources.

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A123 to Power Plug-in Hybrid Trouble Truck for Eaton Corporation

Green Car Congress

Eaton Corporation has selected A123 Systems to supply battery systems for production of a hybrid power system to be installed on a Ford F550-based Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle (PHEV). Earlier post.).

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BREAKING NEWS: Exxon/Mobil Ordered Out of Torrance, Guilty of Greenhouse Gas Pollution

Creative Greenius

Consider this fair and legal warning, world’s largest and most polluting oil company - I’m giving you 10 years to pack up and hit the road. After all, the same corporate culture that had both the Tiger that used to be in our tanks AND the flying horse, Pegasus, put to sleep and processed into dog food (are you listening PETA?)

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City of London Corporation bans diesel vehicle purchases for its business

Green Car Congress

The City of London Corporation—the municipal governing body of the City of London—has banned the purchase of diesel vehicles for its business, in a drive to reduce public exposure to air pollution. These vehicles will continue to be used until a clean alternative becomes available on the market.

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Alaska Native Corporation Proposes Underground Coal Gasification Project with Carbon Capture for Power Generation

Green Car Congress

CIRI), an Alaska Native corporation, is proposing an underground coal gasification (UCG) project that would use the resulting syngas to fuel a new 100 MW combined cycle power plant. Underground coal gasification uses paired wells in a coal seam: one an oxidant injection well, the other the syngas producer well. Source: CIRI. Click to enlarge.

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Virginia becomes 15th Clean Cars state; LEV and ZEV program signed into law

Green Car Congress

HB 1965 directs the State Air Pollution Control Board to implement a LEV program for criteria pollutants and greenhouse gas emissions and a ZEV program only for motor vehicles with a gross vehicle weight of 14,000 pounds or less, beginning with the 2025 model year.

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