Cars That Think

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

A specific challenge would-be-conversions must face is that the NRC’s standards—both for atmospheric pollution and for the amount of radiological material a reactor can release—are much tighter than federal standards for coal plants. In West Virginia, once coal’s citadel, the state government eliminated its old ban on nuclear power plants.

Coal 145

Coal Convert Power Powered 145

Green Car Congress

APRIL 10, 2010

Cap-and-trade was first tried on a significant scale twenty years ago under the first Bush administration as a way to address the problem of airborne sulfur dioxide pollution–widely known as acid rain–from coal-burning power plants in the eastern United States. INTRODUCTION. Senators Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), John Kerry (D-Mass.)

Gas 244

Gas Climate Change Emissions Climate 244

The Truth About Cars

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

California's zero-emission rules [claims it] will cut by 25 percent smog-causing pollution from light-duty vehicles by 2037. The rules mandate that 35 percent of the new cars sold be plug-in hybrid electric (PHEV), EVs or hydrogen fuel cell by 2026. percent of U.S. vehicles sold in 2022 that were EVs.

California 105

California Emissions Gas EPA 105