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California Offers Up To $9,500 To Purchase Used Or New Electric Vehicle, Focus On Lower-Income Motorists

January 5, 2020 admin air quality, bmw i3, California, california cap & trade, california cap and trade, california carbon tax, cap and trade, carbon pricing, cars, chevy bolt, clean transport, co2 emissions, consumer technology, electric cars, Electric vehicles, ev charging, ev charging stations, ev sales, ford, ford c-max energi, Fossil Fuels, HEALTH, hybrid electric cars, mass transit / public transit, Nissan, nissan leaf, Oil, phev, policy & politics, subsidies, US

Credit to Author: Cynthia Shahan| Date: Sun, 05 Jan 2020 22:58:08 +0000

I understand income barriers. So, bravo to California for helping those who want to change afford to change. California’s new electric vehicle (EV) incentives for the lower income help them improve air quality and fight climate change by going electric. They can now get $9,500 in EV incentives in certain regions, or even $14,000 if you add in state incentives and all requirements are met

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Tesla Roadster to 2012 Model S to 2022 Cybertruck (Reflections & Videos)

January 5, 2020 admin air quality, autonomous vehicles, batteries, bmw i3, cars, clean power, clean transport, climate change, co2 emissions, consumer technology, electric cars, Electric vehicles, electrify america, elon musk, energy efficiency, Energy Storage, ev charging, ev charging stations, ev sales, Fossil Fuels, franz von holzhausen, green economy, Hero, lithium-ion batteries, Manufacturing, Oil, rooftop solar, SCIENCE, Solar energy, solar panels, tesla, tesla autopilot, tesla cybertruck, tesla model 3, tesla model s, tesla model x, tesla model y, tesla roadster, tesla smart summon, tesla supercharging, United States

Credit to Author: Cynthia Shahan| Date: Sun, 05 Jan 2020 21:21:59 +0000

I became more aware of electric cars around 2013, but it was a few years later when conversations popped up with more people who were interested in electric cars, and in particular Tesla (and Elon Musk). Then, from diverse directions, old and young mentioned Tesla. I began sensing the rise of a new kind of techno folk hero

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Utility-Scale Solar Has Led U.S. Solar Since 2012

January 5, 2020 admin batteries, caiso, California, clean power, co2 emissions, consumer technology, Energy Storage, lawrence berkeley national laboratory, lcoe, lithium-ion batteries, market research, policy & politics, policy research, ppa, research, SCIENCE, Solar energy, solar lcoe, solar power plants, solar ppa, solar prices, solar-plus-storage, texas, us solar energy, us solar lcoe, us utility-scale solar, utility-scale solar, utility-scale solar energy, utility-scale solar lcoe

Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Sun, 05 Jan 2020 18:58:58 +0000

The utility-scale solar sector has led the overall U.S. solar market in terms of installed capacity since 2012. In 2018, the utility-scale sector accounted for nearly 60% of all new solar capacity, and is expected to maintain its market-leading position for at least another six years

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15 New Electric Articulated Buses Deployed In NYC — 500 Planned To Serve All 5 Boroughs

January 4, 2020 admin air quality, clean transport, co2 emissions, electric articulated buses, Electric vehicles, energy efficiency, ev charging, ev charging stations, ev sales, fast forward plan, lithium-ion batteries, mass transit / public transit, metropolitan transportation authority (“mta”), new electric buses, new flyer, new flyer of america, NYC, policy & politics, press releases, United States, US

Credit to Author: Cynthia Shahan| Date: Sun, 05 Jan 2020 04:47:44 +0000

New York City’s MTA announced on December 15, 2019, that it has deployed the first phase of its new all-electric articulated bus fleet. The now historic 2020–2024 Capital Plan includes $1.1 billion to acquire 500 new electric buses to serve all 5 boroughs. This first phase includes 15. The first electric articulated bus took off on one of the city’s busiest crosstown routes – the 14th Street busway

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Tesla Powerwall 2 Update — Nearly 2 Years Later

January 4, 2020 admin batteries, cars, clean power, clean transport, cleantechnica, cleantechnica exclusive, cleantechnica reviews, co2 emissions, consumer technology, electric cars, Electric vehicles, energy efficiency, Energy Storage, home energy management, lithium-ion batteries, mass transit / public transit, rooftop solar, smartphone apps, Solar energy, solar panels, tesla, tesla energy, tesla model s, tesla powerwall, tesla powerwall 2, tesla solar, tesla solar panels, United States, US, vermont

Credit to Author: Bob Borsh| Date: Sun, 05 Jan 2020 00:23:06 +0000

Greetings from Vermont on New Year’s Day 2020 (at time of writing). Looking back into my archived articles here on CleanTechnica, it appears I have not had anything published since November 20, 2018. My first article regarding our rooftop solar + Tesla Powerwall 2 system was published on April 21,

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20 Reasons Why 2019 Gave Us Climate Hope

December 31, 2019 admin billie eilish, Chris Hemsworth, clean power, clean transport, climate activism, climate change, climate movement, co2 emissions, consumer technology, Electric vehicles, Fossil Fuels, green economy, greta thunberg, Jaden Smith, jane fonda, joaquin phoenix, Lizzo, Malala Yousafzai, policy & politics, Prince Harry, public awareness, reese witherspoon, rooftop solar, SCIENCE, shawn mendez, Solar energy, waste reduction, wind energy

Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Wed, 01 Jan 2020 04:54:55 +0000

Why did this year bring us climate hope? Advances in solutions and the truly unprecedented momentum the climate movement gained in just one year

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In Mississippi, The Costs Of Coastal Flooding Are Adding Up (VIDEO)

December 31, 2019 admin buildings, cities, climate change, climate disasters, co2 emissions, Fossil Fuels, Mississippi, nature, policy & politics, United States, US

Credit to Author: Nexus Media| Date: Wed, 01 Jan 2020 04:43:30 +0000

“A lot of people are just selling out and getting out.” Ankle-deep in the overflow of the river that drew her here two decades ago, Calinda Crowe looked across her land, envisioning the future. She didn’t like what she saw

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A Peak Inside the Unisphere, One of the World’s Largest Net-Zero Buildings

December 31, 2019 admin buildings, clean power, co2 emissions, energy efficiency, Energy Storage, led, led lights, lighting, net zero building, solar panels, unisphere, united therapeutics, waste reduction

Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Tue, 31 Dec 2019 12:10:59 +0000

It is hard to build a net-zero building — one that produces more energy than it consumes — in the middle of a city. For one thing, nearby skyscrapers might block sunlight from reaching rooftop solar panels. For another, urban office buildings are cramped for space, and it generally isn’t possible to set up wind turbines on site

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Investing In Fossil Fuels = Burying Your Money — 20th Century Fuel Is Staying In The Ground

December 31, 2019 admin clean power, clean transport, climate change, co2 emissions, Coal, divestment, Electric vehicles, Fossil Fuels, green economy, investment, market research, natural gas, Oil, oil industry, policy & politics, research, United States, US

Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Tue, 31 Dec 2019 07:33:59 +0000

Given the accelerating effects of climate breakdown — established by scientific consensus and visible with our own eyes — it is rational for investors to expect much tighter carbon regulation in the near future

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