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New Jersey adopts Advanced Clean Truck Rules

Green Car Congress

The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) announced the adoption of the Advanced Clean Truck and Fleet Reporting rules. The adoption of these rules establishes New Jersey as one of the first states to require phasing in of clean electric commercial trucks to replace diesel-powered trucks.

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Nine states and DC to design regional approach to cap greenhouse gas emissions from transportation

Green Car Congress

A coalition of nine Northeast and Mid-Atlantic states and the District of Columbia announced their intent to design a new regional low-carbon transportation policy proposal that would cap and reduce carbon emissions from the combustion of transportation fuels, and invest proceeds from the program into low-carbon and more resilient transportation infrastructure. (..)

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When You See Something, Say Something: Climate Emergency Alarm Bells Ringing While Local Electeds Pretend Not To Hear

Creative Greenius

Not my own City of Torrance, still content to suck at the monetary teat of the Torrance Refinery which continues to leak, flare and spew toxic pollution into the air we breathe every second of every day. The second obvious step is to start implementing that plan with an urgent climate mobilization. .

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Converting Coal Power Plants to Nuclear Gains Steam

Cars That Think

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.

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This is New Jersey’s largest high-rise residential rooftop solar array

Baua Electric

Solar makes sense on multi-family buildings, and especially becauseJersey City is vulnerable to the impacts of climate change, projects like this should become the bar for new development. The post This is New Jersey’slargest high-rise residential rooftop solar array appeared first on Bauaelectric EV News.

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#EVmyValentine: Your Creative Odes to Electric Vehicles

Plug in America

Many of you also mentioned how EVs are greener because they don’t pollute with tailpipe emissions. Eliminating vehicle emissions results in improved air quality, which means better health outcomes and a slowing of climate change. Side note: There are lots of studies, from the EPA and Dept.

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This Tesla driver just finished an electric around-the-world trip. For the fourth time.

Baua Electric

Central Asia proved the most challenging part of the trip Between these troubles and the international nature of climate change, de Mestre has largely decided that borders are a roadblock to solving many of the world’s problems. Cooperation is the answer, not isolation.