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Can California’s cap and trade address environmental justice?

GreenBiz

In fact, when California passed its landmark 2006 climate law — which directed the state to cut greenhouse gas emissions down to 1990 levels by 2020 — supporters claimed that it would save thousands of lives through improved air quality alone. California has done exactly that. New York may offer an interesting model.

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Catalytic Converter Theft: Explained

Hydrogen Fuel News

Unlike other vehicular components that might bear serial numbers or unique identifiers, catalytic converters are generally anonymous once detached, making them difficult for law enforcement to trace back to a specific crime. This step increases the chances of recovery and helps law enforcement trace the part back to a specific crime.

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How to get HOA solar approval: Tips for success

Solar Power World

Before Texas enacted protective solar access laws that limited what restrictions HOAs could place on solar installations in their neighborhoods, HOAs meant a lot of frustration. In some areas, Homeowners Associations (HOAs) can present significant barriers to homeowners’ ability to install solar.

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For Wind and Solar Sectors, Biggest Coronavirus Risk May Be a Damaged Economy

GreenTechMedia

Amish Shah, a partner at law firm Eversheds Sutherland who works with a range of developer clients in wind and solar, said he’d not heard of projects being delayed yet but it may only be a matter of time. “The question is, are we going back to 2009, where there was limited tax equity?”

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Massive solar array to power airside electric ground service vehicles at JFK Airport’s New Terminal One

Charged

In 2009, Eagle brought its expertise in designing and manufacturing A/C electric tow tractors to the aviation market. Nonetheless, given the law of variable constants and proportions, it is likely that on rareor perhaps not so rareoccasions, some EVs will receive 100% solar energy.

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Vauxhall faces mass action lawsuit over alleged emissions test 'cheating'

Business Green

Up to 600,000 cars sold to UK drivers over a 10-year period may have been installed with defeat devices, according to law firm fronting mass claim. A Vauxhall spokesperson rejected Vauxhall Pay Up's allegations and insisted its vehicles complied with the law. Our vehicles meet the applicable regulations.".

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After Pandemic, New York’s Buildings Face Daunting Decarbonization Mandate

GreenTechMedia

Saturday marked the one-year anniversary of the passage of perhaps the most ambitious law ever adopted by a U.S. Local Law 97, one of 10 bills in the sweeping Climate Mobilization Act , requires New York City’s 50,000 largest buildings to reduce their carbon emissions by 40 percent by 2030 and by 80 percent by 2050.

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