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Tesla gets closer to opening first dealership in Vermont

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The City Planning Commission of South Burlington recently approved zoning changes bringing a Tesla Vermont center closer to approval. Tesla plans to refurbish a former Hannaford grocery store in South Burlington into its first dealership in Vermont. Tesla Vermont Center. Tesla used to dominate Vermont’s EV sales.

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EPA Grants California Vehicle GHG Regulations Waiver

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More importantly, this decision reinforces the historic agreement on nationwide emissions standards developed by a broad coalition of industry, government and environmental stakeholders earlier this year. EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson. California is preserving its right to establish more stringent standards in the future.

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More states follow California’s clean car standards

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The 13 states are: Arizona, Connecticut, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont and Washington. From 2012 onwards, the new national standards would be deemed to reflect the state standards and the auto industry would dismiss its legal challenges.

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Rivian teams up with Ben & Jerry’s on an electric ice cream truck

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along with joining a series of pop-up events in Vermont, where Ben & Jerry’s is headquartered. “Working with Rivian, an industry leader that is committed to sustainability is an ice cream dream come true,” notes Sean Slattery, Ben & Jerry’s U.S. Integrated Marketing project lead.

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Perspective: Regional Greenhouse Gas Cap-and-Trade Programs May be the Solution

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Environmentalists and industries resurrected the idea in recent years as a centerpiece of measures to address global warming and growing oil imports. They are looking at cutting the nation’s greenhouse gas output by targeting, in separate ways, three major sources of emissions: electric utilities, transportation and industry.

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After Musk commits $180m, Trump says he’ll end EV mandate that doesn’t exist

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Those regulations were supported by Tesla – whose CEO just committed $180 million to the same person who seems to know nothing about the industry Tesla operates in. They could have been better, but after lobbying from the auto and oil industries, those regulations were softened compared to the original proposal. Lie number two.

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Gas War: U.S. House Suggests Ending California Emissions Authority, White House Says Nope

The Truth About Cars

Furthermore, the EPA cannot legally issue a formal ban on combustion vehicles. However, the legal hurdles confronted by the Trump administration were vast and Biden undid any headway it had made by subsequent executive order. Ultimately, it doesn’t really matter if the proposed bill makes it through the House and Senate.