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Creative Greenius
APRIL 20, 2009
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Six trucking firms deploy ultra clean near-zero RNG trucks at Ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles
Green Car Congress
MAY 8, 2018
Six trucking firms operating in the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach are deploying trucks powered by Cummins Westport (CWI) near-zero ISX12N engines ( earlier post ), and fueled with Clean Energy Fuels Corp.’s
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Feds Block Purchase Of Chinese BYD Electric Buses In Long Beach
Green Car Reports
MARCH 11, 2014
Plans by the California city of Long Beach to purchase BYD electric transit buses has hit another speed bump. The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) may block the purchase of the Chinese company''s buses, the Long Beach Press-Telegram reports (via ChargedEVs).
Shell and Toyota moving forward with hydrogen facility for freight at Port of Long Beach with $8M award from CEC
Green Car Congress
APRIL 20, 2018
Equilon Enterprises LLC, doing business as Shell Oil Products US, and Toyota have been provisionally awarded $8 million by the GFO-17-603 to develop the first hydrogen-truck refueling station at the Port of Long Beach. Shell and Toyota expect the facility to encourage the use of zero-emission hydrogen fuel cell electric trucks in and around Long Beach, one of the world’s largest freight hubs.
Toyota fuel-cell Class 8 prototype to start drayage routes at Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach
Green Car Congress
OCTOBER 12, 2017
With testing and development miles completed, Project Portal will begin initial feasibility study routes, moving goods from select Port of Los Angeles and Long Beach terminals to surrounding rail yards and warehouses for distribution.
Give Me A #BreakFreeLA & Then Give Me 100% Renewables RIGHT NOW
Creative Greenius
APRIL 26, 2016
in Long Beach and throughout the LA basin who are right over the fence from the refinery or the port operations or the the urban oil extraction and toxic chemicals that go with it. I’ve lived in my house in Torrance, California for 23 years now. Been in L.A.
BYD and Long Beach Transit terminate electric bus contract
Green Car Congress
MARCH 27, 2014
has agreed to mutually terminate its contract with Long Beach Transportation Company (LBT) for the delivery of 10 electric buses. In an effort to demonstrate our good will to both the people of Long Beach and the FTA, we have agreed to mutually terminate the Long Beach Transit contract so it can be re-bid without delay. BYD Motors, Inc.
Long Beach Transit receives $600K grant for 40 Cummins near-zero CNG engines
Green Car Congress
DECEMBER 4, 2017
Long Beach Transit (LBT) recently received a $600,000 grant from the Mobile Source Air Pollution Reduction Review Committee (MSRC) of the South Coast Air Quality Management District Near Zero Incentive Program for the purchase of 40 Cummins “near-zero” compressed natural gas (CNG) engines.
LA, Long Beach mayors commit to move ports to zero emissions
Green Car Congress
JUNE 14, 2017
Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti and Long Beach Mayor Robert Garcia signed a joint declaration today that sets ambitious goals for the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach to make the transition to zero emissions in their Clean Air Action Plan (CAAP). The Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach will release a detailed timeline and process for CAAP within 15 days, and fully complete the update by November.
Prototype Mack heavy-duty plug-in hybrid truck part of e-Highway demo near Ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles
Green Car Congress
DECEMBER 9, 2017
The demo was conducted near the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach as part of a project with Siemens and sponsored by the South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD).
Republic Services opens new CNG fueling station in Long Beach; >75% of local fleet powered by alternative fuel
Green Car Congress
AUGUST 15, 2016
The new fueling station is designed to support the recent addition of 56 new CNG-powered collection trucks that serve customers throughout greater Long Beach, California. The additional CNG trucks have replaced older diesel-powered trucks, and bring the total number of alternative fuel vehicles operated by Republic Services of Long Beach to 147. The new fueling station is Republic’s second alternative fuels facility in Long Beach.
BYD's Long Beach, CA, Electric-Bus Deal On Indefinite Hold Now
Green Car Reports
APRIL 1, 2014
A deal under which the city of Long Beach would buy 15 electric transit buses from the Chinese automaker has fallen apart, according to ChargedEVs. Has California''s dream of zero-emission electric transit buses turned into something more akin to a nightmare? The city and BYD agreed to terminate the existing contract after the Federal Transit
Port of Long Beach has cut diesel PM by 81% since 2005
Green Car Congress
AUGUST 20, 2013
The Port of Long Beach has cut diesel particulates by 81% since 2005, according to its 2012 Emissions Inventory. The results for 2012 mark six straight years of improving air quality in the harbor area due to the Port’s focused efforts to reduce air pollution caused by goods movement.
Ports of LA, Long Beach approve 2017 Clean Air Action Plan; targeted GHG reductions; zero-emissions on-road drayage by 2035
Green Car Congress
NOVEMBER 3, 2017
The governing boards of the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach unanimously approved the 2017 Clean Air Action Plan (CAAP) Update , ushering in a new era of aggressive clean air strategies for moving cargo through the nation’s busiest container port complex. Expanding use of on-dock rail, with the long-term goal of moving 50% of all cargo leaving the ports by rail.
Maersk Line, Ports of LA & Long Beach in 3-year project to measure air pollution benefits from $125M eco-upgrade; real-time tracking 24x7
Green Car Congress
NOVEMBER 10, 2016
Shipping company Maersk Line and the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach are partnering to measure the environmental benefits of a $125-million upgrade for 12 Maersk container ships. The ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach will split the $1 million cost under their joint Technology Advancement Program (TAP).
Greenius Will Meet With Al Gore To Talk Climate Reality
Creative Greenius
JULY 26, 2012
I now travel across the country on a regular basis – when I’m not at my desk at our Manhattan Beach office – roll from one conference call to another on my iPhone, and wear a suit and tie to meetings and events. .
Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach to test new seawater scrubber device to cut vessel emissions
Green Car Congress
JANUARY 13, 2011
The Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach are co-sponsoring a project to test a seawater scrubber system for the first time on a container ship, beginning this spring. Jointly funded by the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, TAP has.
Cargotec and Vision Industries to demo hydrogen fuel cell hybrid terminal tractors in Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach
Green Car Congress
AUGUST 7, 2012
Vision Industries ( earlier post ) and Cargotec USA have agreed to cooperate to complete a zero-emission terminal tractor demonstration project for the Technology Advancement Program (TAP), a clean-air initiative sponsored by the twin Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach.
Port of Long Beach and Vision Motor Corp. to develop and demonstrate two fuel-cell-powered heavy-duty trucks
Green Car Congress
NOVEMBER 17, 2010
The Port of Long Beach and Vision Motor Corporation of El Segundo, California have entered into an agreement to develop and demonstrate one hydrogen fuel cell/plug-in electric TYRANO class-8 on-road truck ( earlier post ) and one hydrogen fuel cell/plug-in electric zero-emission terminal tractor (ZETT) ( earlier post ), which is produced jointly by Vision and Capacity of Texas. The Port of Long Beach is contributing $425,000 to assist in the project development and demonstration.
Greenius Will Meet With Al Gore To Talk Climate Reality
Creative Greenius
JULY 26, 2012
I now travel across the country on a regular basis – when I’m not at my desk at our Manhattan Beach office – roll from one conference call to another on my iPhone, and wear a suit and tie to meetings and events. .
Foss’ Green Assist Hybrid Tug Joins Fleet in Long Beach and Los Angeles
Green Car Congress
FEBRUARY 3, 2009
A Foss Maritime Company’ Green Assist hybrid tug ( earlier post ) has joined the Foss fleet for the ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles, California.
Green Earth's Biodegradable Oil Wins Long Beach Grand Prix
Green Car Reports
APRIL 21, 2010
And the team running it in the American Le Mans Series Le Mans Prototype Challenge (LMPC) class just took its first win at this weekend's Long Beach Grand Prix. Biodegradable oil? For race cars? As oddball as it may sound, there's now "green" oil, and it's being promoted as not only better for the earth, but better for racing, too.
Vision Motor delivering two Class 8 hydrogen fuel cell hybrid trucks to Ports of LA and Long Beach
Green Car Congress
DECEMBER 21, 2010
will deliver one big-rig truck and one terminal tractor for testing for 18 months to the ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles, with an anticipated start in early 2011. Under an agreement struck earlier this year ( earlier post ) Vision Motor Corp. Both vehicles are electric trucks, with batteries recharged by hydrogen fuel cells. The trucks will be tested under typical conditions for these short-haul vehicles.
Converted Plug-In Hybrid Electric Terminal Tractor to be Tested at Port of Long Beach
Green Car Congress
AUGUST 12, 2009
A plug-in parallel hybrid electric terminal tractor used to move shipping containers and cargo within the port will be tested at a Port of Long Beach shipping terminal. The equipment will be tested at SSA Container Terminal on Pier A at the Port of Long Beach for 3 months. The three-month Port of Long Beach demonstration project is part of a one-year demonstration, during which the tractor will also be tested and evaluated at ports in Savannah, Ga.,
Long Beach Transit Puts 25 New Gasoline-Electric Hybrid Buses in Service
Green Car Congress
MAY 1, 2009
Long Beach (California) Transit (LBT) has put 25 new gasoline-electric hybrid buses into service. The addition of these newly designed hybrid buses brings Long Beach Transit’s 40-foot hybrid fleet total to 87 buses, for a nearly 50% hybrid 40-foot fleet. Long Beach Transit serves more than 28 million annual boarding customers in the Long Beach area.
SCAQMD Approves Funding for 483 Natural Gas Trucks To Replace Diesels for Drayage at Ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles
Green Car Congress
SEPTEMBER 16, 2009
The South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD) Governing Board voted last Friday to approve funding for 483 natural gas-fueled (liquefied natural gas (LNG) and compressed natural gas (CNG)) trucks to replace old diesel trucks serving the Ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles.
A Holiday Classic Rediscovered! 1984’s Christmas Commentary: Mr. Joe & Santa @ the Springsteen Concert
Creative Greenius
DECEMBER 13, 2009
First broadcast in December 1984 on NPR affiliate, KLON, FM-88, Long Beach, California.
Toyota introduces second hydrogen fuel-cell powered semi working in Los Angeles
Green Car Reports
JULY 31, 2018
The company has been testing a fuel-cell powered semi for more than a year at the Port of Long Beach, California, ferrying goods from the Toyota Logistics facility to distribution points headed for factories and. Toyota is going big on fuel cells. Its latest effort expands on the Mirai sedan by converting semitrucks to hydrogen fuel-cell power.
CARB awards $20M in Cap-and-Trade funding to zero-emission transportation technology demos, H2 ferry, BEV locomotive
Green Car Congress
JUNE 25, 2018
Three battery-electric top handlers and two zero-emission yard trucks (fuel cell and battery-electric) at the Port of Long Beach (Cost $8.3 million; Grantee: City of Long Beach Harbor Department).
Toyota reveals second iteration of Class 8 hydrogen fuel cell truck: Project Portal 2.0; 300 miles per fill
Green Car Congress
JULY 31, 2018
Since it first began operation in April 2017, the Project Portal “Alpha” truck has logged nearly 10,000 miles of testing and real-world drayage operations in and around the Ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles while emitting nothing but water vapor.
Creative Greenius Loves Hermosa Beach Sharrows & You Should Too
Creative Greenius
OCTOBER 14, 2010
Members of the newly formed South Bay Bicycle Coalition are happy with the Hermosa Beach "sharrows," which allow bicyclists to use a lane of traffic on Hermosa Avenue. I think most of my friends in the South Bay Bicycle Coalition and the Beach Cities Cycling Club agree with me.
What Are The 10 Most Polluted U.S. Cities?
Green Car Reports
MAY 1, 2014
Topping the lists if the combined Los Angeles-Long Beach metropolitan area, followed California may be a haven for plug-in electric cars, but it''s also home to many of the most-polluted cities in the U.S. Of the 10 most polluted U.S. cities in the American Lung Association''s State of the Air report (via Mashable), seven are in the Golden State.
August Electric Vehicle Meet In CA: Batteries Only (No Volts Allowed)
Green Car Reports
FEBRUARY 7, 2014
To celebrate, the meet will bring together electric vehicles in Long Beach, California, to form the world''s largest electric vehicle gathering. This August, a group of electric vehicle drivers will travel from Mexico to Canada up the West Coast as part of the BC2BC annual all-electric vehicle rally. All electric cars are welcome--provided they run
California ARB fines California port terminal operator $2.5M over air quality violations
Green Car Congress
JANUARY 11, 2018
The Seattle-based company received a notice of violation for failing to repower, retire or retrofit its cargo-handling equipment at the ports of Long Beach and Oakland, and for failing to certify large spark ignition engines on yard trucks servicing those terminals, as required by state law. and its affiliates operate in various locations in California, including Oakland, Stockton, Long Beach, Port Hueneme, San Pedro and San Diego.
Electric Buses Good For CA? Not If Made By Chinese Company, It Seems
Green Car Reports
MARCH 22, 2013
That's why some are a little displeased by Long Beach Transit's decision to buy ten elecric buses--made by a Chinese company. We might live in a global economy, but in periods of economic downturn people like to know they're supporting their own country's economy. According to The Press-Telegram, the buses were bought under a $12.1 million
A Love Letter To My Other Woman
Creative Greenius
JULY 30, 2016
I am here in Santa Barbara with Deb, celebrating our 35th wedding anniversary, having driven up the coast 100 miles from our home in Redondo Beach to see Bonnie play at the Santa Barbara Bowl. And venues as intimate as the tiny auditorium at the Hermosa beach community center.
Workhorse Group to unveil W 15 range-extended electric pickup concept truck at ACT EXPO in May 2017
Green Car Congress
NOVEMBER 22, 2016
an original equipment manufacturer (OEM) of battery-electric vehicles, will present a working concept truck of the W-15 electric pickup work truck with range extender for fleet usage at the ACT EXPO Conference May 1-4, 2017 in Long Beach, CA. Workhorse Group Inc.,
U.K. Team to Attempt Electric Car Land Speed Record in 2013
All Cars Electric
JUNE 6, 2011
Pendine Sands, a 7-mile long beach on the south coast of Wales went down in history in 1924 when a journalist and motor racer by the name of Malcolm Campbell broke the world land speed record at a heady 146.16 mph in the Sunbeam 350HP car he called Blue Bird. Since then the U.K. equivalent to the Bonneville salt flats has hosted many successful
Lightning Systems battery-electric heavy-duty Ford Transit showing 61 MPGe city, 66 MPGe highway
Green Car Congress
APRIL 4, 2018
One will go westbound to California and throughout that state (Sacramento, San Francisco, Fresno, San Diego, Los Angeles, Long Beach), while the other will travel eastbound through Detroit to New York (Kansas City, Detroit, Albany, New York City).
Tropos Motors triples range of electric LSVs with new Li-ion-powered ABLE XR; 26 kWh pack
Green Car Congress
AUGUST 15, 2018
The Tropos Motors eLSVs will be on exhibit at EPRI’s Electrification 2018 Conference and Exhibition in Long Beach, 20-23 August. Tropos Motors has released the new eXtended Range, ABLE XR low-speed electric utility vehicle.
Celebrating Gustavo Rameriz
Creative Greenius
JANUARY 10, 2010
The South Bay bicycle community lost one of our finest members last week when Gustavo Rameriz was killed in a collision with a big rig while riding home to Belmont Shore in Long Beach from the job he loved at REI in Manhattan Beach. A long term fan of Lance Armstrong’s, he was a big supporter of the Livestrong Foundation and happily completed the Tahoe Century ride in 2009 on their behalf.
A Well Earned, Guilt Free #YearOfJoe
Creative Greenius
AUGUST 21, 2017
A year-long one. I’ve been talking about doing this for a long time now – ever since my colleagues at 350.org began taking 3 month long sabbaticals a few years ago and the whole notion of a sabbatical hit my radar screen.
And now…the Plug In Tanker
Revenge of the Electric Car
JUNE 4, 2009
It’s been a long time coming, but we have finally achieved the first “cold ironing&# of a tanker in the Port of Long Beach. Normally, these engines crank out massive amounts of pollution, equal to “a day’s worth of driving by 187,000 cars,&# according to estimates by the Port of Long Beach. Read about it in the La Times story: Port of Long Beach takes ‘giant step’ toward pollution reduction.
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