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California Governor signs two bills to strengthen emission standard for trucks; Executive Order leverages $700B portfolio to strengthen climate resiliency

Green Car Congress

California Governor Gavin Newsom signed two bills to strengthen emission standards for trucks, semis and other high-pollution vehicles. The Governor also issued an executive order directing the leveraging of the state’s $700-billion CalPERS, CalSTRS and UC Retirement Program portfolio to drive investment toward carbon-neutral technologies. The order also directs the California Air Resources Board (ARB) to push automakers to produce even more clean vehicles, and to find ways for more Californians

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Winners of ContractHireAndLeasing.com Car of the Year Awards 2014 announced

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24 states, LA and NYC file suit against Trump Administration over One National Program Rule

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California Attorney General Xavier Becerra today, with Governor Gavin Newsom and the California Air Resources Board, led a coalition of 24 state attorneys general and the cities of Los Angeles and New York in filing a lawsuit against the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). The lawsuit challenges the Trump Administration’s newly announced One National Program Rule ( earlier post ) designed to preempt California’s greenhouse gas emissions and Zero-Emission Vehicle (ZEV) standar

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Trump vs. California, Ford Escape Hybrid drive, Tesla Model 3 safety: The Week in Reverse

Green Car Reports

Which hybrid model was cancelled and won’t return for 2020? Which hybrid crossover was finally confirmed for the U.S.? And what sound should your electric car be making? This is our look back at the Week In Reverse—right here at Green Car Reports—for the week ending TKTKTK, 2018. Two big, unresolved stories hovered over the.

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How serious is Norway about climate change? So much that its streetlights self-dim

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