Tar Sands Pipeline “Line 3” Faces Ongoing Opposition Despite PUC Rubber Stamp

Credit to Author: Andrea Bertoli| Date: Tue, 04 Feb 2020 17:30:10 +0000

A new analysis released last week shows that building a controversial tar sands pipeline would create climate pollution vastly outweighing planned reductions in Minnesota’s emissions through initiatives like 100% clean energy and clean car standards

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Nashville’s Music City Center Receives 2019 Leadership Awards From U.S. Green Building Council

Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Tue, 04 Feb 2020 01:25:44 +0000

The Music City Center received two awards during the 2020 IMPACT Leadership Conference on January 30. The awards were the Overall Highest Score Award and the Carbon Emissions Reduction Award

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108 Million Americans Live In Areas That Had 100+ Days Of Polluted Air In 2018

Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Wed, 29 Jan 2020 22:58:07 +0000

One-third of all Americans live in areas that suffered through at least 100 days of poor air quality due to air pollution in 2018, according to a new report by Environment America Research & Policy Center, Frontier Group and U.S. PIRG Education Fund

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25 Climate Activists Occupy Chase Bank & Launch A Major New Campaign Targeting The Financial Industry

Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Tue, 14 Jan 2020 18:27:03 +0000

The “Stop the Money Pipeline” Mobilization aims to end the financing of fossil fuels and deforestation. 

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20 Utah Communities Committed To 100% Renewable Energy In 2019

Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Sun, 05 Jan 2020 12:10:52 +0000

Utah Communities Take Advantage of New Bill to Pave the Way to a Clean Energy Future

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

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

http://www.mta.info/?oldsite=trueNew 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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The Volkswagen ID.3’s Battery

Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Fri, 03 Jan 2020 04:30:00 +0000

Below is a Volkswagen press release from early December. We don’t typically publish straight press releases, but I figured this one could be a useful point of reference in years to come. There isn’t an enormous amount of information here, but there is a basic explanation of how the VW ID.3’s battery system is set up, including certain key specs and figures. Read on if you are curious

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Uber Adds to Pollution & Traffic in European Cities

Credit to Author: Cynthia Shahan| Date: Thu, 19 Dec 2019 05:06:38 +0000

https://www.transportenvironment.org/press/uber-adds-pollution-and-traffic-european-cities-tooIn terms of health, I believe pedestrian life, and more abundant, affordable electric mass transit is best. Yet, due to lack of good transit, inconvenience, work, and a litany of other issues, too many of us depend on car travel

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Six Flags Discovery Kingdom To Be 80% Powered By Solar Carport

Credit to Author: Cynthia Shahan| Date: Fri, 13 Dec 2019 22:48:54 +0000

screen shot from videoBorrego Solar Systems and sPower worked with the Six Flags Discovery Kingdom this year to manifest the first theme park on the West Coast powered by solar energy. In this case, the solar will account for 80% of the park’s energy usage. One difference in this theme park’s solar installation from other similar installations is that it will be powered by one of the most substantial solar carport installations in the country

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Batteries Are Breaking Through

Credit to Author: Cynthia Shahan| Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2019 12:00:05 +0000

file:///C:/Users/19412/Desktop/rmi_breakthrough_batteries%20(2).pdfA new Rocky Mountain Institute report released the end of October, Breakthrough Batteries Powering the Era of Clean Electrification, continues to confirm that clean electrification of transport technology is advancing at an impressive rate

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