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Super i-MiEV — The Japanese Car With The Chinese Heart

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Francisco Shi has a problem. He has a lot of spare parts left over from his battery building project. You can read here about his home power plant constructed from BYD Atto 3 electric vehicle batteries from wrecked cars. The answer? Create a Super i-MiEV, “hot up” the old Mitsubishi … [continued]

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Saugeen Valley against conservation authority consolidation

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The Saugeen Valley Conservation Authority has spoken out against a proposal to consolidate the province’s conservation authorities. On Friday, the conservation authority which encompasses 4,675 square kilometres in the counties of Bruce, Grey, Huron and Dufferin counties, said it had reviewed the Ontario government’s proposal to amalgamate the 36 conservation authorities into seven regional organizations, […]

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House Passes SPEED Act, Failing to Lower Energy Costs or Speed Clean Energy Deployment

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Washington, DC — Today, the House of Representatives passed the “Standardizing Permitting and Expediting Economic Development Act,” or the SPEED Act. Rather than fixing the real barriers slowing clean energy projects, the SPEED Act weakens the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) in ways that would do little to lower costs or … [continued]

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