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Electric Vehicle Sales in US Hit the Accelerator Pedal

Union of Concerned Scientists

With more electric vehicle choices than ever, EV sales in the US are hitting new heights. In just the first half of 2023, over 670,000 EVs were sold with over 80 percent of those fully-electric battery electric vehicles (BEVs ). million since 2010), other states across the US are also seeing accelerating sales.

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Ask a Scientist: It’s Getting Easier for US Car Owners to Go Electric

Union of Concerned Scientists

Since the beginning of 2022, electric vehicle sales in the United States have been downright electrifying. Last year, US drivers bought more than 800,000 new electric vehicles (EVs), 65 percent more than in 2021, even as overall car sales declined. billion to help California drivers switch from gasoline to electricity.

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California Must Not Abandon its Climate Leadership

Legal Planet

According to CARB’s analysis, the amended program would spur development and use of sustainable aviation fuels, more than cover the cost of infrastructure needed to support California’s groundbreaking zero emission truck goals for the next decade, and inject over $100 billion into the electric vehicle market alone.

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Home Depot Has Cut Electricity Consumption by 44% Since 2010. How?

Environmental Leader

The post Home Depot Has Cut Electricity Consumption by 44% Since 2010. Home Depot’s stores will run entirely on renewable energy by 2030. Solar will provide 75% of that by the end of 2023. appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader.

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5 Powerful Facts for Global Wind Day

Union of Concerned Scientists

The ones that’ll soon be gracing areas over the horizon are powerful enough, each one, to generate the equivalent of an average home’s daily electricity use in just a few seconds. Even more important, though, wind is an impressive piece of our electricity supply. Wind is now the largest source of renewable energy in the country.

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Home Depot has cut electricity consumption by 44% since 2010. How?

Environmental News Bits

In 2021, it had … Continue reading Home Depot has cut electricity consumption by 44% since 2010. Headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, it operates in Mexico and Canada and has nearly 500,000 employees.

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Climate Policy and the Audacity of Hope

Legal Planet

Rooftop solar costs in 2020 were a third of what they had been in 2010. In 2020, the cost of single-axis utility scale solar was only a fifth of what it was in 2010. The Department of Energy estimates the cost of an electric vehicle lithium-ion battery pack declined 89% between 2008 and 2022.