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California and Mexico sign agreement to reduce GHGs

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On Monday, California Governor Edmund G. For the past several years, the California Air Resources Board and Québec have worked together to fully harmonize their cap-and-trade programs. Strengthening fuel and truck efficiency standards and supporting green freight initiatives.

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Lung Association report highlights health and climate costs of petroleum-based transportation and the benefits of shifting to ZEVs

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The report, Clean Air Future: Health and Climate Benefits of Zero Emission Vehicles , was produced by the American Lung Association in California. Under this scenario, the estimated total health and climate change costs associated with passenger vehicle fleet pollution drops from to $37 billion annually to $15.7

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What is Advanced Clean Cars and why does it matter?

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These standards are created by the California Air Resources Board (CARB), but have since also been adopted by 17 other states, including Nevada, Oregon, Virginia and, most recently, New Mexico. These standards are a huge opportunity to transition to electric vehicles, reduce emissions, improve air quality, and slow climate change.

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The heavy-duty electric truck market could break out in 2024 – Charged EVs

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Electrifying heavy-duty trucks is essential if we’re to fight climate change and air pollution, but the pace of the transition has been painfully slow—many, many pilots, but few truly large-scale orders. The Tesla Semi has finally gone into production, and is hauling chips in California. Schneider will soon open a 4.8-megawatt

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Converting Coal Power Plants to Nuclear Gains Steam

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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 neighboring Montana, state legislators recently approved a study for converting one coal plant to nuclear.

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ICCT study finds state EV incentives playing a significant role in driving sales

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California, Georgia, Hawaii, Oregon, and Washington—have electric vehicle sales shares that are approximately 2–4 times the national average. Comparing California and states with little EV incentives or sales also helps illustrate the effect of total electric vehicle incentives on sales. Whereas California has over 2.4%

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Report: California Gasoline No Longer the Most Expensive

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Washington has officially managed to surpass California as the state with the highest fuel prices and looks as though it’s on track to compete for that dubious honor indefinitely.& The Seattle Times goes on to say climate change is decimating Washington’s salmon population, degrading the air quality, and worsening seasonal wildfires.