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The Importance of Electrifying Municipal Vehicles

Clean Fleet Report

Additionally, vehicle pollution is one of the largest contributors to climate change. With those tax credits, electric municipal vehicles make sense in terms of saving money. Snow plows, trains, buses and more can all be electrified, leading to cleaner cities and lower fuel expenditures. Fuel prices remain steep.

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State Auditor says California may not meet 2030 GHG reduction goal; says aspects of CARB efforts lacking

Green Car Congress

To help the California Air Resources Board (ARB)—the state’s key organization in this area—to fight climate change by reducing GHG emissions, the Legislature has allocated more than $2 billion from the State’s Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund (cap?and?trade CARB’s inability to measure the GHG reductions from its cap?and?trade?funded

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The Advantages of Establishing EV Charging Stations in Residential Areas

Setec Powerr

This plays a pivotal role in climate change mitigation and fostering a cleaner living environment. This is a tangible step toward achieving sustainable development goals, ensuring a greener future for the upcoming generations.

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

Green Car Congress

The report, Clean Air Future: Health and Climate Benefits of Zero Emission Vehicles , was produced by the American Lung Association in California. Under this report’s “ZEV Future” scenario, 100% of the new car sales and approximately 65% of all cars on the road are assumed to be ZEVs by 2050 in the 10 ZEV States.

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LEED Certification and EV Charging Stations: What you need to know

Blink Charging

To gain a LEED point for future EV charging plans, a project must: Make 10% of all parking spaces (or at least 6 spaces) EV Ready. LEED’s stated goal is to help create buildings that: Reduce contribution to global climate change. Make sure they use regionally standard EV connectors. How does LEED work?

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Canada, US and Mexico commit to align light- and heavy-duty fuel efficiency and GHG standards out to 2025 and 2027, respectively

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Enhancing trilateral collaboration on greening of government initiatives including the purchase of more efficient products, cleaner power, and clean vehicles. Short-lived climate pollutants such as methane, black carbon, and hydrofluorocarbons are up to thousands of times more potent than carbon dioxide.

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Expert panel report finds achieving 1M plug-in vehicles in US by 2015 would require concentrated action to overcome barriers

Green Car Congress

Given the high cost of battery production, a BEV that approaches affordability (with generous tax credits) has a driving range of about 70-100 miles on a full charge. The potential impacts of PEVs on climate change are of particular concern. Policy Instruments. Long-Term R&D Commitments.

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