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California ARB Begins Process to Revise Diesel Control Regulations

Green Car Congress

ARB staff will conduct a series of workshops in May and June in Los Angeles, Sacramento and Fresno with stakeholders and the public to solicit information about proposed revisions to the regulations that will be presented to the Board in September. A new emissions estimate will be used in the rule revision process.

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CleanFUEL USA Secures $12.9 Million from US DOE for 100+ Propane Refueling Stations

Green Car Congress

million in two stimulus grants to CleanFUEL USA to establish more than 100 liquid propane (autogas) refueling stations in major US cities in coordination with CleanFUEL USA partners, including ConocoPhillips. The first station will be installed in Atlanta followed by Chicago, Houston, Denver and Sacramento.

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Feds Offer Free Chargers

Revenge of the Electric Car

The first nine communities to participate are: Sacramento, Los Angeles the San Francisco Bay-San Jose area, New York City, Orlando, Austin, Detroit, Washington and Redmond, Wash. Three of the nine communities for the program are in California: Sacramento, Los Angeles and the San Francisco Bay-San Jose area. “A A $2,000 value!).

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Coulomb, MasterCard, and the future of public charging

Plugs and Cars

The charge stations and installations were paid for with federal stimulus and California Energy Commission grants won by Coulomb. If you are a business in a program area, you can get the same deal - free charge stations paid for by stimulus money. ChargePoint America is looking for hosts for charge stations.

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A New Wildfire Watchdog

Cars That Think

Technology was on duty miles downwind, where, as the battle against these fires went on for days, even weeks, many residents of the Bay Area and Sacramento River Delta region turned to air-quality sensor networks, particularly AirNow , maintained by the U.S. government, and PurpleAir , created via crowd-sourcing of commercial sensors.

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The Summit On Clean Tech Law & The New Energy Policy

Creative Greenius

CALSEIA’s Executor Director Sue Kateley will be delivering her report on the newest renewable energy legal developments Sacramento. Stimulus Package allocated for renewables? Sunpower Corporation’s VP of public policy, Julie Blunden, will be sharing her views on how incentives and laws shape & drive demand for solar energy.

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California Goes To Hell In A Handbasket But Greenius Says AB 811 is Our Route To Green Heaven

Creative Greenius

The treasure chest was cleverly disguised in the form of Federal stimulus money from the ARRA, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. While it’s sad but true that the entire gang in Sacramento can no longer figure out how to make California work, President Obama and his “Yes I Can&# team do know what they’re doing.