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President Joe Biden & U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg Announce Availability of $1 Billion for Local Communities to Ensure Safe Streets & Roads for...

Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Provides Dedicated Funding for Safety Projects that Prevent Fatalities, Serious Injuries WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) today announced that...

£200 Million Boost to Rollout of Hundreds More Zero-Emission HGVs

Transition to zero-emission trucks will help improve air quality, create greener jobs and reduce reliance on imports of foreign oil Republished from Department for Transport and Trudy...

EU Parliament to Seal the Fate of New Carbon Market for Road Transport & Buildings

Can the European Parliament introduce an effective price on road transport and building emissions? The ETS2 is the carbon market for road transport and buildings, which was...

Saving The Books, Cooking The Planet

Oil and gas companies are increasingly using mergers and acquisitions to offload emissions from their own balance sheets as a way to meet corporate...

Ask a Scientist: Two Dozen States Can Meet 100% of Electricity Demand with Renewables by 2035

Part of a Series: Ask a Scientist Courtesy of Union Of Concerned Scientists.By Elliott Negin Since its founding in 2017, the US Climate Alliance — a coalition of states...

Renault Resumes Manufacturing At Russian Plants — Then Shuts Down Again

Renault resumed manufacturing at its plants in Moscow earlier this week, The Guardian and others reported, noting that the automaker was “bucking the trend” that several large global companies made by cutting ties with Russia. Initially, Renault suspended production at its plant in February due to logistical problems following the invasion of Ukraine. The automaker’s […]

California Solar Energy — Attacks on Solar Net Metering, Rooftop Solar’s Many Benefits

There have been attacks on solar net metering for a decade or more, due to the fact that net metering shifts revenue and profit from utilities to individual homeowners. An extreme attack on California solar net metering arose in the past year, but then recently stalled and got punted indefinitely after a lot of backlash. […]

The Hydrogen Risks For Homeowners & Public Money — CleanTech Talk

Paul Martin CleanTech TalkHydrogen diffuses through pipes, explodes more easily and under more conditions, and takes 3 times the energy to ship or pipe.

The Big Oil Windfall Profits Tax Legislation Targets Price Gouging

windfall profits"While Putin's war is causing gas prices to go up, Big Oil companies are raking in record profits," Senator Elizabeth Warren said. "We need to curb profiteering by Big Oil.. that starts with ensuring these corporations pay a price when they price gouge and using the revenue to help American families."

8 Key Steps For States To Prepare For The EV Charging Boom

After a century of dependence on oil, we are in the midst of a dramatic transformation of our transportation system. This transformation will have huge benefits for our environment, our communities, our national security, and our economy.   The federal Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) also known as the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, will invest billions […]

Europe A Key Destination For Russia’s Energy Exports (Charts)

In 2021, Russia was the largest natural gas-exporting country in the world, the second-largest crude oil and condensates-exporting country after Saudi Arabia, and the third-largest coal-exporting country behind Indonesia and Australia. Although OECD Europe received most of Russia’s crude oil and natural gas exports last year, countries in Asia and the Oceania region received most of Russia’s coal exports. Of the […]

The NHTSA & DOT Want Your Thoughts On Using Cameras Instead Of Traditional Mirrors

The National Transportation Highway Safety Administration (NHTSA) and the Department of Transportation want to know if you support using cameras instead of traditional mirrors. The two organizations opened a Federal Register Notice with a comment period that ends on April 13, 2022. According to the NHTSA, it is thinking about researching the involvement of the […]

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