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Electric Vehicle Sales in US Hit the Accelerator Pedal

Union of Concerned Scientists

From 2014 through 2017, more than half of all EVs sold in the US were purchased in California, but that fraction has now fallen to one third. million since 2010), other states across the US are also seeing accelerating sales. More widespread adoption of EVs across the US is also a factor.

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How energy storage made headlines in 2017

Edouard Stenger

2017 will remain for me the year energy storage broke ground. According to numbers from Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF), ion lithium batteries have gotten 20 percent cheaper year on year from 2010 to 2016 , going from $1,000 per kWh of energy stored in 2010 to $273 in 2016. So, backup solutions are being sought.

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Analysis: Vietnam targets net-zero but struggles to break coal dependence

A Greener Life

Around 2010, Vietnam stopped building big dams, instead favouring coal power, when it released its seventh power development plan (PDP7) for 2011–2020. Data from Global Energy Monitor show that since 2010 Vietnam’s coal sector has received at least US$29 billion in foreign investment. It’s just back and forth, back and forth.”.

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PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices/Opportunities To Comment - April 8

PA Environment Daily

PA Bulletin, page 2007 ) Air Quality Permits -- Greylock Midstream, LLC - Veres Compressor Station: DEP accepted General Permit-5 for Veres Compressor Station for associated compressors, pigging operations and other air pollution sources at the facility in Greene Twp., PA Bulletin, page 2010 ) -- National Fuel Gas Supply Corp.

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Back in Black: Creating positive changes by focusing on a short-lived pollutant

HumanNature

Outdoor air pollution accounts for approximately 3.7 – 4.8 Particulate Matter Air Pollution and Cardiovascular Disease.” link] Climate & Clean Air Coalition. Short-Lived Climate Pollutants. Health Effects of Fine Particulate Air Pollution: Lines That Connect.” Arden, Brook Jeffrey R.,

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Guest Post: Climate Litigation in Japan: Citizens’ Attempts for the Coal Phase-Out

Law Columbia

Japan’s dependency on fossil fuel s had been slightly declining until 2010. Civil lawsuits were filed in Sendai in 2017 and Kobe in 2018 by citizens against corporations that planned to build new coal-fired power plants. In September 2017, in Sendai Citizens v. Civil law cases. Kobe Steel Ltd.,

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CEQA Mixed-Use “Mix and Match” Upheld: Second District Holds Stable Project Description Requirement Does Not Mean Ultimately Approved Version of Revised Mixed Use Project Must Match An Alternative Analyzed In EIR, And New Project Alternative Added to FEIR Does Not Require Recirculation

CEQA Developments

The City’s 2017 DEIR for the project described it as demolishing the vacant structures and constructing seven new buildings containing 422 market-rate residential units (totaling 387,000 square feet), 200,000 square feet of commercial space (including a theater complex and grocery store), and a multi-story parking structure with 1,690 spaces.

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