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California gas vehicle ban faces pushback from 17 states

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According to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch , the Missouri State Attorney General, along with Ohio, Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Montana, Nebraska, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Texas, Utah, and West Virginia have sued to prevent CARB from banning new ICE vehicles after 2035.

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Modeling study suggests 1.8M excess deaths attributable to urban air pollution in 2019

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It was conducted by researchers from George Washington University, the University of British Columbia, Washington University in St. Louis, the University of Washington, Dalhousie University, and the University of California. The second study was funded by Health Effects Institute and NASA.

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USDOT awarding $55M to support purchase of Low-No buses; electric buses and infrastructure

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St Louis Metro Transit will receive funds to replace older model diesel buses with battery electric city transit buses in the St Louis region. The goal is to integrate battery electric buses on specific high profile routes in the St Louis downtown and metropolitan area. Oregon Department of Transportation.

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

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Markets include California (Los Angeles, San Francisco, Sacramento and Fresno); Colorado (Denver); Florida (Orlando, Tampa); New York (Albany, Ithaca, New York City, Rochester); Oregon (Eugene, Portland); Texas (Austin, Dallas, Houston); Atlanta; Boston; Detroit; Minneapolis; Philadelphia; St. Louis; Seattle; and Washington, DC.

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Top 15 Nissan LEAF markets in US in 2013

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Oregon has a Chief EV Officer to promote EV use. Louis, where the reasons for growth in this “New Wave” market include enthusiastic dealer engagement that results in increased community education and awareness, corporate and university outreach and midwestern pragmatism that appreciates the value equation of an EV.

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EPA awards $8M in FY2014 clean diesel grants in 21 states, Puerto Rico

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Louis Clean Cities is replacing six school busses. Northeast States for Coordinated Air Use Management is repowering two unregulated fishing boats each with a new Tier 3 engine. Southwest Detroit Environmental Vision is replacing five short-haul trucks and one crane. New Jersey and New York. North Carolina. Puerto Rico.

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The Tailwinds Behind Massive Growth of EV Charging

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Oregon has implemented a similar program, while Washington is expected to ratify a program of its own in the near future. government mandates expanding EV charging availability at Federal buildings and workplaces, to say nothing of local governments and municipalities everywhere from St. Louis and Boston to Florida and Illinois.