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Nissan To Go 100% Electric & Hybrid In China By 2025

November 3rd, 2020 | by Jo Borrás

Nissan to go 100% electric & hybrid in China by 2025 with up to nine new, all-electric models coming soon

Newsom Administration Issues 6 More Fracking Permits To Aera Energy

October 20th, 2020 | by Guest Contributor

The Newsom Administration issued six more fracking permits to Aera Energy late on Friday afternoon at a time of great risk to the environment and to the public health of affected communities also exposed to Covid 19, Consumer Watchdog said today

Clean Power

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Brexit Or Not, Cornwall Determined To Lead EU Green Recovery

October 9th, 2020 | by Tina Casey

Cornwall eyeballs green recovery with massive floating offshore wind turbine scheme and zero carbon lithium, too

Climate Change

Stop Treating Oil Drilling As A Climate Policy Afterthought

October 7th, 2020 | by NRDC

There’s no doubt about it: Governor Newsom’s climate policy executive order issued last week was groundbreaking in many respects

Air Quality

Newsom Signs Law to Clean California Air Inside & Out of School

October 6th, 2020 | by NRDC

Governor Newsom signed into law a bill authored by Assemblymember Phil Ting that will make the air safer to breathe and the water safer to drink in public schools, while reducing energy bills. It also accelerates the installation of charging infrastructure for electric vehicles needed to combat the largest source of air pollution

Cars

Ford Thinks It Is “The Only American Automaker” Supporting California’s Climate Action Plan?

September 27th, 2020 | by Johnna Crider

Ford’s COO, Jim Farley, took to Twitter this week to share how proud Ford was to be "the only American automaker to stand with California for reduced greenhouse gas emissions." Perhaps read that once more

Electric Cars

California Governor Orders End Of Gasoline & Diesel Car Sales By 2035

September 24th, 2020 | by Steve Hanley

California will ban the sale of new gasoline and diesel powered cars beginning in 2035 according to a new executive order by governor Gavin Newsom.

Clean Power

No, Renewables Did Not Cause California’s Blackouts

August 27th, 2020 | by Guest Contributor

California’s grid operator has called for building more clean power, not less

Clean Transport

California “Requires” Trucks Clean Up Their Act — But The Rule Is Late & Weak

June 27th, 2020 | by Zachary Shahan

California thinks it's strutting its stuff again and showing off its green leadership. Yesterday, the California Air Resources Board (CARB) proudly proclaimed that it was the first in the world to adopt a requirement that truck manufacturers switch from producing diesel trucks to producing zero-emissions trucks

Cars

Tesla Asks Federal Court To Quash Alameda County Lockdown Order

May 10th, 2020 | by Steve Hanley

The ace CleanTechnica legal team weighs in on the lawsuit brought by Tesla against the county of Alameda. Read on to see why we think this tactic will not succeed

Cars

Breaking: Lawsuit Filed Over The Reopening Of Tesla’s Factory In Fremont

May 9th, 2020 | by Paul Fosse

Those in the auto industry are well acquainted with the concept of "bait and switch." This is where a retailer runs an appealing ad for a car or other good at a great price, but when you drive to the retailer to get the great deal, you find out that good isn't available and the salesperson then tries to sell you a higher priced good

Health

Standing With Workers During The COVID-19 Crisis

April 23rd, 2020 | by NRDC

The COVID-19 pandemic is an unprecedented public health crisis that has overwhelmed our already thinly stretched public health resources and forced Americans to make difficult economic choices. With millions of workers finding themselves unemployed or working through this pandemic there are big questions about how we can keep workers safe while still allowing everyone to make ends meet