What If WE Owned The Tracks?

Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2023 19:25:50 +0000

electric trains railways railcars autonomous ParallelWhen it comes to energy efficient transportation in America, no transportation option is better than the railroads. They have been the freight transportation backbone of America for nearly 200 years, which is why all the recent news about train derailments and union strikes deserves our attention. While more profitable then they have ever been for […]

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U.S. President makes first official visit to Canada as two countries agree to update Safe Third Country Agreement

Credit to Author: Edana Robitaille| Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2023 11:30:36 +0000

Canada and the U.S. have announced they have agreed to reform the Safe Third Country Agreement. U.S. President Joe Biden is in Ottawa today on an official visit. Biden arrived in Canada’s capital city last night for a two-day trip. Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and President Biden are spending time together discussing common interests […]

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U.S. President Joe Biden makes first official visit to Canada

Credit to Author: Edana Robitaille| Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2023 11:30:36 +0000

U.S. President Joe Biden is in Ottawa today on an official visit. Note: This is a developing story. CIC News will update it as more information becomes available. Biden arrived in Canada’s capital city last night for a two-day trip. Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and President Biden are expected to spend time together discussing […]

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Comparing The Net Value of Geothermal, Wind, Solar, & Solar+Storage In The Western United States

Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2023 16:25:37 +0000

We are pleased to announce the recent publication of a new Berkeley Lab analysis — “Mind the Gap: Comparing the Net Value of Geothermal, Wind, Solar, and Solar+Storage in the Western United States” — in the journal Renewable Energy. Studies show that a diverse portfolio of zero-carbon resources will be needed to decarbonize the U.S. […]

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VinFast Delivers First Cars To US Customers Amidst Questions About Company Stability

Credit to Author: Raymond Tribdino| Date: Thu, 02 Mar 2023 18:05:04 +0000

Vinfast VF8sOn March 1, VinFast officially delivered the first 45 of 999 vehicles to customers in the US, setting the stage for a home delivery service which will continue across California in the next couple of days. The release of the vehicles, all of which arrived last December in Los Angeles and had gone through pre-delivery […]

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New Projection: US Pedestrian Deaths Rise Yet Again in First Half of 2022

Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Wed, 01 Mar 2023 16:35:59 +0000

Dangerous driving, inadequate infrastructure and larger vehicles lead to deadly conditions for people walking, with one death every 75 minutes Drivers in the United States struck and killed 3,434 people in the first half of 2022 — up 5%, or 168 more deaths, from the same period the year before, according to a new analysis […]

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US Auto Industry Down 3+ Million Sales (19%) Since 2019

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Mon, 27 Feb 2023 00:46:31 +0000

The US auto industry has been declining steadily for a few years at least. Compared to 2021, the American auto industry’s annual sales were down by more than 1 million units, or 8%. Compared to 2020, they were “only” down by 725,726 units (5%). But compared to 2019, they were down by more than 3 […]

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US Auto Industry Up 10% In 4th Quarter — But Down 16% Compared To Q4 2019

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Sun, 26 Feb 2023 15:15:56 +0000

The US auto industry is truly on the rebound. In the 3rd quarter, sales increasing 1% compared to the 3rd quarter of 2021, the first positive trend in a while. But was it just a lucky little blip? Seemingly not, as US auto industry sales in the 4th quarter of 2022 were 10% higher than […]

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More Than Half Of New US Electricity Generating Capacity In 2023 Will Be Solar

Credit to Author: U.S. Energy Information Administration| Date: Wed, 22 Feb 2023 12:00:43 +0000

Developers plan to add 54.5 gigawatts (GW) of new utility-scale electric-generating capacity to the US power grid in 2023, according to our Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory. More than half of this capacity will be solar power (54%), followed by battery storage (17%). Solar US utility-scale solar capacity has been rising rapidly since 2010. Despite […]

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