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46 New Electric Buses In Anaheim Get 20-Year Charging-As-A-Service Agreement

September 27, 2020 admin 0 Comments amply electric bus, amply power, anaheim electric buses, anaheim transportation network (atn), byd, charging as a service, clean transport, electric buses, Electric vehicles, ev charging, ev charging stations, mass transit / public transit, policy & politics, rec solar, transit charging as a service

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Wed, 23 Sep 2020 23:40:02 +0000

In a world first, 46 new electric buses for the Anaheim Transportation Network (ATN) will be charged via a 20-year charging-as-a-service agreement. The city of Anaheim’s transit network intends to be California’s first all-electric bus fleet. The 20-year charging-as-a-service agreement is with AMPLY Power, which is supposed to manage “all aspects of charging.”

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In 10th Year, National Drive Electric Week Shifts Online

September 26, 2020 admin 0 Comments Bill Nye, cars, chelsea sexton, chevy bolt, chris paine, clean transport, clippercreek, consumer technology, electric auto association, electric cars, Electric vehicles, electrify america, ev battery recycling/reuse, ev charging, HEALTH, hybrid electric cars, jay leno, jim motavalli, joel levin, leilani munter, national drive electric week, Nissan, nissan leaf, peter sagal, phev, plug in america, policy & politics, press releases, Sierra Club, Transportation

Credit to Author: Press Release| Date: Wed, 23 Sep 2020 21:36:27 +0000

More than 100 virtual events will highlight the many benefits of electric vehicles

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Statewide EVolve NY Charger Network To Expand Use Of Electric Vehicles & Make Fast Charging More Accessible & Convenient

September 26, 2020 admin 0 Comments air quality, Andrew Cuomo, charge ny, clean transport, climate change, climate leadership and community protection act, climate week, co2 emissions, Electric vehicles, ev charging, ev charging stations, evolve ny, evolve ny charger network, gil quiniones, policy & politics, US

Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Wed, 23 Sep 2020 03:59:14 +0000

During Climate Week, Governor Cuomo Announces State’s First Evolve NY High-Speed Electric Vehicle Charging Hub Located In Mid-Hudson Region

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2035: Clean Grid 90%, Electrify 50%

September 26, 2020 admin 0 Comments “the economic case for clean energy”, #electrifying, 100% clean electricity, carbon price, carbon pricing, carbon tax, clean power, climate change, co2 emissions, Conservation, cost of electricity, decarbonization, Electric vehicles, electrifying cities, electrifying transport, energy efficiency, Energy Storage, Fossil Fuels, green economy, grid, gridlab, intermittency, investment, Manufacturing, mark z. jacobson, market research, microgrids, policy & politics, policy research, renewable energy, renewable energy standard, research, SCIENCE, Solar energy, uc berkeley, US, waste reduction, wind energy

Credit to Author: Brad Rouse| Date: Tue, 22 Sep 2020 22:15:34 +0000

For those deeply interested in our future energy system and how it will evolve, I highly recommend two in-depth papers published in the last year. Here I will show a similar vision step-by-step using some of the same assumptions and publicly available data using “back of the envelope calculations” (spreadsheets)

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Dirty Louisiana Politicians Are Getting Paid To Push A Pipeline Through Black & Indigenous Communities

September 25, 2020 admin 0 Comments big-oil, Fossil Fuels, Lobbying, Louisiana, natural gas, Oil, pipelines, policy & politics, Republicans

Credit to Author: Johnna Crider| Date: Tue, 22 Sep 2020 15:35:05 +0000

Southerly has reported that public records show a Louisiana lawmaker is getting paid to push a proposed 280-mile Delta Express pipeline through Black and Indigenous communities

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The RPM Act — How A Multi-Billion Dollar Industry Is Trying To Ruin Our Air

September 25, 2020 admin 0 Comments air quality, clean air act, clean transport, climate change, co2 emissions, Congress, consumer technology, dieselgate, EPA, Fossil Fuels, magnaflow, NOx, Oil, policy & politics, public health, recognizing protection of motorsports act, research, rpm act, SCIENCE, soot, specialty equipment market association (sema), United States, US

Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Tue, 22 Sep 2020 04:55:21 +0000

With “defeat devices” once again in the news, thanks to yet another manufacturer failing to comply with the Clean Air Act, now seems as good a time as any to remind folks how the automotive industry is actively working to undermine the protections of the Clean Air Act and increase the use of defeat devices in passenger cars and trucks

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Tesla Battery Day — A Travel Diary, Day #1: Travelling In The Time Of Corona

September 24, 2020 admin 0 Comments air travel, batteries, battery day, California, clean transport, corona virus, Electric vehicles, Energy Storage, ev charging, german autobahn, GERMANY, lithium-ion batteries, market research, munich airport, policy & politics, research, san francisco, tesla, tesla battery day, tesla model 3

Credit to Author: Alex Voigt| Date: Mon, 21 Sep 2020 20:48:57 +0000

My week involves business travel from Germany to Tesla’s headquarters in Fremont, California, during the worst pandemic the world has seen for century

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Bad EPA Decision On Infamous Kid-Toxic Pesticide Expected Soon

September 24, 2020 admin 0 Comments Berkeley, brain abnormalities, chlorpyrifos, Columbia University, Donald Trump, EPA, epa political appointees, Fossil Fuels, pesticide regulations, pesticide testing, pesticides, policy & politics, policy research, research, SCIENCE, Stanford

Credit to Author: NRDC| Date: Mon, 21 Sep 2020 16:47:46 +0000

EPA has publicly promised that by the end of summer it will issue a new analysis of the risks from the widely used insecticide chlorpyrifos; we expect that reassessment will be published in the next several days

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While Decisionmakers Quarrel, Danes Just Buy Electric Vehicles

September 23, 2020 admin 0 Comments cars, clean transport, danish automobile commission, danish climate council, danish ev policy, danish ministry of finance, dr, electric cars, Electric vehicles, fdm, hybrid electric cars, phev, policy & politics

Credit to Author: Jesper Berggreen| Date: Mon, 21 Sep 2020 03:59:41 +0000

A couple of weeks ago, I wrote about a report that the so-called Automobile Commission of Denmark published after 18 months of number crunching with the purpose of guiding the government to accomplish its goal of drastically cutting transportation emissions in the country

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Trump Vs. TikTok Teenagers Doesn’t Help Americans Displaced By Climate Change

September 23, 2020 admin 0 Comments California wildfires, climate change, Donald Trump, hurricane laura, hurricanes, lake charles, policy & politics, tiktok

Credit to Author: Johnna Crider| Date: Sun, 20 Sep 2020 23:24:30 +0000

Trump’s war against TikTok has been an odd thing to watch, and it just shows that he is more concerned about Gen Z-ers hating him than he is about Americans who have lost their homes in the California wildfires and, let’s not forget, the hurricane-slammed people of Lake Charles

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