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New Study: E-Bike Subsidies A Top Climate Investment For California

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A new study has revealed that subsidies for electric bikes are more cost-effective than electric vehicle incentives when it comes to reducing greenhouse gas emissions from passenger cars.

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Oregon transit district buying 11 New Flyer electric buses and 7 ABB depot chargers

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The study found the two greatest opportunities to reduce community greenhouse gas emissions existed in ridership increases and reduction of fleet vehicle emissions. More than half use electric hybrid propulsion, helping to lower emissions from public transit.

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UK Oil & Gas announces significant onshore oil-in-place in South of England

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Bakken wells analyzed by NUTECH show a contacted OIP of between 10-20 MMBO per square mile, from a formation thickness of 40-150 feet, containing one hybrid carbonate reservoir to mudstone source-rock pairing. The Kimmeridge in HH-1 now shows three carbonate reservoir-mudstone source-rock pairings.

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New Flyer selected for the State of Oregon Transit Bus Cooperative Agreement

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Under the contract, New Flyer can provide a wide range of products on its proven Xcelsior platform, including thirty-five-foot and forty-foot buses offered in electric, low-emission diesel-electric hybrid, low-emission compressed natural gas (CNG), and clean diesel propulsions. Earlier post.).

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LA Unified School District Orders 130 CNG School Buses from Thomas Built

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Thomas Built Buses, Daimler Trucks North America’s (DTNA) school bus manufacturer, has received an order for 130 compressed natural gas (CNG) school buses—the biggest contract for natural gas buses in the company’s history—from the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD).

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Enterprise Rent-A-Car Adds 5,000 Hybrids to Nationwide Fleet

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Enterprise Rent-A-Car is adding approximately 5,000 additional gas/electric hybrids to its nationwide fleet and designating nearly 80 rental locations across the country as “hybrid branches.” Louis; Seattle; and Washington, DC. per rental to fund certified offset projects through TerraPass.

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Kenworth Receives Largest Hybrid Tractor and Truck Order Yet

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Coca-Cola Enterprises has ordered 150 Kenworth T370 diesel-electric tractors and 35 Kenworth T370 hybrid trucks, all of which will be on the road this year. GCW) are the largest hybrid delivery truck on the road in North America. The CCE order is the largest yet received by Kenworth for hybrid tractors and trucks.

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