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The Sierra Club’s Nationwide Study On The EV Shopping Experience

November 25, 2019 admin air quality, bmw i3, cars, chevrolet, chevy volt, clean transport, climate change, co2 emissions, consumer reports, consumer technology, electric cars, Electric vehicles, ev charging, ev charging stations, ev sales, fca, fiat chrysler automobiles, ford, Fossil Fuels, gm, green economy, honda, hybrid electric cars, Hyundai, Kia, market research, Nissan, nissan leaf, phev, policy & politics, polls/surveys, research, rev up electric vehicles report, Sierra Club, sierra club clean transportation for all, subsidies, the sierra club, toyota, union of concerned scientists, volkswagon

Credit to Author: Cynthia Shahan| Date: Tue, 26 Nov 2019 02:55:23 +0000

Back in 2015, when we shopped EVs and then leased a Nissan Leaf, we were the primary EV educators up to the point of sale, not the salespeople. Even during the test drive, we had more knowledge. Our grasp on the function and reality of electric cars seemed to overwhelm the salesperson. We passionately emphasized why we wanted an electric car. Our sales person remained less than enthusiastic

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#Sludge Report: Wells Fargo & Other Climate Destroying Banks

October 11, 2019 admin #divest wells fargo, activism, Bill McKibben, climate change, divestment, Fossil Fuels, Sierra Club, Wells Fargo

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Sat, 12 Oct 2019 00:00:04 +0000

The Sierra Club has created the #Divest Fossil Fuels campaign designed to convince people to stop doing business with banks that fund the fossil fuel industry.

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Big Oil Faces A Formidable Foe In Fight Against Electric Vehicles

October 2, 2019 admin american petroleum institute, americans for prosperity, Arizona, big-oil, California, cars, chargepoint, clean transport, consumer technology, electric cars, Electric vehicles, ev charging, ev charging stations, exxon, exxonmobil, Florida, florida municipal power agency, Fossil Fuels, gina coplon-newfield, grid, MARYLAND, Oil, pacific gas & electric, policy & politics, Sierra Club, tesla, union of concerned scientists, utilities, western states petroleum association

Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Wed, 02 Oct 2019 14:52:08 +0000

Electric utilities are keen on electric vehicles these days — they see them as a future revenue source. Utilities from California to Florida to Michigan are sponsoring the installation of public charging stations, and some are offering rebates to customers for installing home chargers. To date, at least 50 utilities in 25 states have launched or proposed programs to encourage the buildout of charging infrastructure

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Vistra Will Close Another Illinois Coal Plant

September 16, 2019 admin Business, climate change, Coal, courts, Illinois, Legal & Regulatory, luminant, national resources defense council, news, Sierra Club, vistra

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Mon, 16 Sep 2019 23:06:08 +0000

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A Vistra Energy subsidiary on Sept. 16 said it will close the nearly 60-year-old E.D. Edwards coal-fired plant in Bartonville, Illinois, by year-end 2022 under a settlement between the company and environmental groups the Sierra Club, the Natural Resources Defense Council, and the Respiratory Health Association. The groups made a joint announcement Monday of the […]

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Help Normal People Learn About Electric Cars In Sarasota, Los Angeles, Huntsville, Oxnard, San Diego, Ventura, DC, Iowa City, Mexico City, Melbourne, Taipei, Etc.

September 14, 2019 admin California, cars, chargepoint, clean transport, cleantechnica, cleantechnica exclusive, consumer technology, DC, electric auto association, electric cars, Electric vehicles, events, Florida, Los Angeles, national drive electric week, ndec, plug in america, san-diego, sarasota, Sierra Club

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Sat, 14 Sep 2019 06:11:27 +0000

National Drive Electric Week is starting. This annual event has been going on for nearly a decade to raise awareness around electric vehicles (EVs). It’s organized by Plug In America, the Sierra Club, and the Electric Auto Association, but the core of the work is in the grassroots around the United States and even now the world

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EIA: Gas, Renewables Outpacing Coal for Power Generation

May 10, 2019 admin biomass, Business, Coal, DOE, EIA, ercot, Gas, geothermal, Hydro, hydropower, michael bloomberg, natural gas, news, Nuclear, Renewables, Research and Development, Sierra Club, Solar, Wind

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Fri, 10 May 2019 16:54:21 +0000

The percentage of coal-fired generation in the U.S. electricity mix will continue to decline, the Energy Information Administration (EIA) said May 9, with gas-fired generation accounting for at least 40% of the nation’s power this summer and output from renewables continuing to rise. EIA’s latest Short-Term Energy Outlook (STEO) said coal-fired units will produce only […]

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Official: FERC, Other Agencies Identifying ‘Critical’ Coal, Nuclear Plants

August 9, 2018 admin Coal, dod, DOE, federal power act, ferc, Gas, Legal & Regulatory, Legislative, natural gas act, nsc, Nuclear, Renewables, resilience, Sierra Club, Trump

An official with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) told a nuclear industry group this week that the agency and Trump administration officials are trying to identify power plants they consider critical to the nation’s grid. The move is seen as part of the White House effort to prop up the struggling U.S. coal and […]

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