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Volvo Upgrades the XC60 & XC90 Plug-in Hybrids with Significantly More Fully Electric Range
Volvo’s design and engineering teams have been hard at work on a mid-cycle refresh of its full SUV lineup. They invited CleanTechnica out to London to be some of the first people in the world outside the company to see and learn about the newly refreshed vehicles. Most importantly, the … [continued]
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Over 110 Groups to Congress: Don’t Criminalize Protest in Pipeline Safety Bill
Washington, DC — More than 110 national, state, and local organizations joined a letter urging Congressional leaders to reject the inclusion of protest criminalization language in legislation reauthorizing the Pipeline and Hazardous Material Safety Administration’s (PHMSA) pipeline safety programs. The letter comes as Congressional leaders prepare to negotiate a final … [continued]
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Congress Must Reject Attack on Clean Air Protections for Port Communities
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congress is considering a slate of Congressional Review Act (CRA) resolutions that would roll back state clean air protections, including standards that cut toxic diesel pollution from ships and commercial harbor craft that will be voted on in the House this week. Repealing California’s longstanding maritime clean-air protection would force … [continued]
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New Report Examining APS’s Massive Gas Buildout Demonstrates How Ratepayers Could Be on the Hook for Decades
Phoenix, Arizona — Today the Sierra Club, in partnership with Synapse Energy Economics, published a new report, Passing the Buck: How APS’s Gas Rush Risks Ratepayer Dollars, that provides analysis on how the utility’s reliance on gas resources has changed over time, the impacts all of the added gas will have … [continued]
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Holcim Integrates Two Joule Hive Thermal Batteries Into Its Cement Making Facility
Two years ago, we brought our readers news about the Joule Hive thermal battery from Electrified Thermal Solutions. ETS is an MIT spin-off that began researching the benefits of electrified firebrick more than 12 years ago. Here’s why that is important. About 20 percent of all energy consumed globally each … [continued]
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