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Electric Vehicles Combat Climate Change

Global Green

According to the United States Environmental Protection Agency, the largest source of greenhouse gas emissions is from transportation. They are much more efficient than gas powered vehicles and the electrical grid is getting greener. The second major sustainability advantage for EVs is that the electrical grid is getting greener.

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Changes to California’s Electric Truck Proposal Could Reap Huge Climate and Air Quality Gains

Union of Concerned Scientists

The ACF includes four primary pillars, focusing on state and local public agency fleets, large commercial and federal fleets, drayage operations, and a continuation of the ACT rule requiring 100 percent zero-emissions truck sales by 2040. pollution from California vehicles.

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What Happened in the California Legislature in 2023?

Union of Concerned Scientists

Bidirectional means the battery in your electric car powers the car (one direction) and could provide power for your home, appliances, power tools, and even the grid (the second direction). Bidirectional capable EVs could provide huge benefits to Californians when the power goes out or when the grid is strained by high electricity demand.

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Changes to California’s Resource Adequacy Program Will Have Huge Consequences for the Power Grid

Union of Concerned Scientists

In many ways, the CPUC’s current resource adequacy system is similar to the systems used by grid operators in many other parts of the country. The toughest period for California’s grid used to be during peak demand (5 p.m. The current “peak load” framework. in this graph). after solar production had dropped but demand remained high.

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Monday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips - 1.29.24

PA Environment Daily

.” - - Article I, Section 27 Pennsylvania Constitution [It’s Not A Suggestion] Governor’s Budget Address: February 6 Senate next voting day February 5, 6, 7, March 18, 19, 20 -- Committee Schedule -- Senate Agency Budget Hearing Schedule. Click Here to RSVP. Ohio State House, Room 313, 1 Capitol Square, Columbus, OH. Read more here.

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Senate, House Climate Caucus Calls On General Assembly To Act On Meaningful Climate Legislation, Protect Public Health

PA Environment Daily

The 43rd Grand Jury report uncovered systematic failure by government agencies in overseeing the fracking industry and fulfilling their responsibility to protect Pennsylvanians from the inherent risks of industry operations. More renewable energy on the grid insulates the consumer from volatile fossil fuel prices. Read more here.

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EPA’s Power Plant Rule is Not Bold. It’s What’s Required.

Legal Planet

Today’s the day for the long-awaited release of Environmental Protection Agency regulations to tackle planet-warming pollution by the nation’s power plants. In the year 2023, the U.S. still does not limit carbon emissions from existing power plants, which generate 25 percent of our greenhouse gases. Four years later under George W.