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WHYY reports Philadelphia’s Proterra electric bus fleet sidelined due to cracked chassis and other defects

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But internal communications, obtained by WHYY’s PlanPhilly through a right-to-know request, reveal the incident shook SEPTA’s top executives and triggered a serious reevaluation of its plans to convert more of its fleet to electric power. million federal grant, that she had doubts about “the future of electric vehicle procurement.”.

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Obama Announces Steps to Boost Biofuels, Clean Coal; RFS2, BCAP, BIWG and Carbon Capture and Storage Task Force

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If we can develop the technology to capture the carbon pollution released by coal, it can create jobs and provide energy well into the future. We’re also working to make sure that we can start turning things like plants and woodchips into heat, power, and biofuels, and that will create new economic opportunities for rural communities.

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