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Tighter EPA emissions rules for big trucks don’t mandate EVs

Baua Electric

Lion 6 Electric Truck These standards will avoid 1 billion tons of greenhouse gas emissions and provide $13 billion “in annualized net benefits to society,” encompassing public health, climate protection, and cost savings for vehicle owners and operators, according to the EPA.

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Earth Day 2024: each day is about reducing emissions | Autocar Professional

Baua Electric

People march, sign petitions, meet with their elected officials, plant trees, clean up their towns and roads. Faith leaders connect Earth Day with protecting the human race, biodiversity and the planet that we all live on. Air pollution was commonly accepted as the smell of prosperity. In CY2023, a record 15,26,433 or 1.52

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In a first, the US will restrict existing coal-fired plants’ emissions

Baua Electric

It’s the first time the federal government has restricted CO2 emissions from existing coal-fired power plants and one of four measures the EPA announced today to transition the US to a clean energy economy. If a coal plant retires by 2032, it’s exempt from the new final rule. Coal powered around 16% of US electricity in 2023.

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Green Star to Demonstrate Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicle

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Please see press release “Successful GSPI Electric Car Demonstration Covered by Media&# ( [link] ) dated April 9, 2009, and “Green Star Kentucky Electric Car Demonstration Covered by News Media&# ( [link] 09-04-16b.html ) dated April 16, 2009, for media coverage of the demonstration events. billion to electric vehicle development.

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