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Port of Los Angeles breaks ground on $137M railyard that will increase on-dock rail efficiency, reduce congestion and improve environment

Green Car Congress

The Port of Los Angeles broke ground on a new $137.7-million million intermodal storage railyard that will function as a critical link between the Port of Los Angeles and the Alameda Corridor, providing staging and storage for trains using the corridor. The Port secured $51.2 million from METRO-awarded federal funds.

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California ARB Begins Process to Revise Diesel Control Regulations

Green Car Congress

We fully recognize that the economy has had an effect on the owners and operators of big rigs, buses and construction equipment, and has also resulted in emissions from these vehicles being lower than we expected. A new emissions estimate will be used in the rule revision process. ARB Chairman Mary D.

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Navistar Officially Unveils eStar, Its First Purpose-Built All-Electric Commercial Truck

Green Car Congress

million federal stimulus grant to build electric trucks. FedEx showcased a prototype of the eStar electric truck during last month’s “Charge Up Route 66” tour that began in Chicago and ended in Los Angeles as part of the Fortune Brainstorm Green Conference. e-Star Quick Specs. 80 kWh Li-ion pack. GVWR: 12,100 lbs.

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Coulomb, MasterCard, and the future of public charging

Plugs and Cars

The charge stations and installations were paid for with federal stimulus and California Energy Commission grants won by Coulomb. If you are a business in a program area, you can get the same deal - free charge stations paid for by stimulus money. ChargePoint America is looking for hosts for charge stations. But for whom?

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California Goes To Hell In A Handbasket But Greenius Says AB 811 is Our Route To Green Heaven

Creative Greenius

The treasure chest was cleverly disguised in the form of Federal stimulus money from the ARRA, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. Looking at that on the local level, here in Los Angeles County, we’ve got 3,400,000 existing housing units for our 10 million people. Imagine that. million existing housing units. (75%