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Newsby StaffJuly 29, 2009

Amtrak to report GHG emissions

Company has joined The Climate Registry, a non-profit organization founded to set consistent and transparent standards for businesses and governments to calculate, verify, and publicly report their greenhouse gas emissions.

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Newsby StaffJuly 28, 2009

Report: Expanding public transit lowers GHG emissions

According to the EPA, emissions have had the fastest growth in the transportation sector, with 28 percent of the United States' total GHG emissions coming from transportation.

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Newsby StaffJuly 28, 2009

AASHTO transportation Website targets GHGs

Real Transportation Solutions for Green House Gas Emissions includes best practices, state examples, research findings, and links to other climate change information sites.

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Newsby StaffJune 22, 2009

EPA releases clean energy guidebook

States spend about 10 percent of their operating budgets on energy bills, which can be greatly reduced by implementing well-designed energy management and greenhouse gas reduction programs.

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Newsby StaffMay 27, 2009

EnerDel to equip AC Transit fuel cell buses

The transit authority will use the company’s lithium-ion batteries on its 16 new hybrid-electric fuel cell buses. Twelve of the buses will be used by a consortium of Bay Area transit operators in the California Air Resources Board's only Advanced Zero-Emission Bus Demonstration program.

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Newsby StaffMay 21, 2009

DART shelters, stops equipped with solar lighting

Adding lighting at shelters and stops is expensive due to the high cost of electricity, construction costs and the periodic moving or removing of bus stops. These new solar-powered units provide a cost savings and they can be moved or relocated where they are the most effective.

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Newsby StaffMay 15, 2009

VTA kicks off power plant partnership

The new High Gain Solar power plant, built by Skyline Solar, is the first grid connected solar power plant built using Skyline Solar equipment, which solves the two main barriers to solar, cost and scalability, according to the company.

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Newsby StaffMay 13, 2009

GE unit to build advanced storage battery plant

The new $100 million production facility, scheduled to be fully operational by mid-2011, will be located in upstate New York in the Capital Region and will create 350 new manufacturing jobs.

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Newsby StaffMay 5, 2009

Foothill Transit, Proterra announce electric bus project

The project will be funded through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 and will be deployed in early 2010 along Foothill Transit’s Line 291.

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Newsby StaffApril 27, 2009

L.A. Metro completes transit solar panel installation

Will reduce purchase of utility power, which is anticipated to reduce carbon emissions by more than 3,700 metric tons, equivalent to planting more than 550 acres of trees and taking more than 600 cars off the road.

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