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Tesla’s invite-only Giga Fest at Gigafactory Texas draws concerns from local citizens

Teslarati

“We’re currently working through that invite list, and the invites have not been sent out yet but they will be pretty soon,” the person said. ” Paul stated he represented the Environmental Justice Organization based in East Austin. What if I moved to the neighborhood and said nothing to anyone for two years?

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We Don’t Need a Jetsons Future, Just a Sustainable One

Cars That Think

Where everyone had access to preventative health care that was both personalized and less invasive? Last year, Jeff Bezos created a US $10 billion fund to make investments in organizations fighting climate change. What about reducing pollution in urban and poor communities?

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Air Quality: Easy to Measure, Tough to Fix

Cars That Think

All outdoor activity in my neighborhood ceased for weeks, yet staying indoors didn't guarantee relief. Sold for US $299, the View Plus can gauge seven critical metrics: radon , particulates, carbon dioxide, humidity, temperature, volatile organic compounds, and air pressure. Harry Campbell. The summer of 2020 brought wildfire to.

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UNECE: claim that diesel on-road vehicles are the cause of increased lung cancer is misleading

Green Car Congress

Decisions and performance oriented emission regulations have been adopted that set limits and targets resulting in the dramatic decrease in PM and other emissions; Other economic sectors are lagging behind in their initiatives, strategies and actions to address their share of PM and pollutants emissions. tuning should be warranted.

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CA’s solar tax supporters are trying to run a “wealthy vs disadvantaged” narrative: It doesn’t have to be

Teslarati

Tesla launches efforts to stop CA’s solar tax, which Musk dubs as “anti-environment” As critics of the initiative, such as Tesla and other renewable companies and organizations in the state, launched efforts to combat the NEM 3.0 proposal, organizations supporting the CPUC’s proposal have adopted a pretty similar stance.

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The Long View from SAE 2009 World Congress

Green Car Congress

Organized by Shane Chang at Honda Research Institute USA Inc., He calls Stockholm’s neighborhoods a “ string of pearls ” with a balanced use of land for work and housing—and yet Stockholm has relatively high level of car ownership (555 cars/ 1000 inhabitants). by Bill Cooke. TOD is about “ advancing the right kind of a balanced model.

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Inside The Green Task Force

Creative Greenius

For more than a year now in this blog I’ve been researching and reporting on climate change, energy and transportation issues and related environmental stories covering them on both a personal and a global perspective. The truth is, I’m unabashedly fascinated by and truly interested in the work they’re doing.

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