Car manufacturers have created a new generation of zero-emission hydrogen fuel cells vehicles. But there are concerns over how successfully the new technology can be rolled out. It’s a classic chicken and egg conundrum: Consumers hesitate to buy the new cars without assurance that there will be adequate infrastructure for fueling up. Companies hesitate to invest in […]
Clean Fuels and Public Health
An excellent op-ed from Dr. David Tom Cooke, providing a totally different lens on the Clean Fuels case, is making the rounds. Via the Sacramento Bee: I’ve spent the better part of my life as a doctor, caring for my patients, working to make their lives better and helping them live longer. Modern medicine, innovative research […]
Clean Fuel Program Saves Big
There are dozens of reports that show how Clean Fuels Programs boost jobs, economic development, and savings at the pump. (See here and here, for a few examples.) But Clean Fuels boost our economy in other real, tangible ways in addition to these traditional economic indicators. Via National Resources Defense Council: But even outside reduced […]
Ready for Clean Fuels?
Did you catch the op-ed in support of Oregon’s Clean Fuels Program this week? Via Sustainable Business: Founded by entrepreneurs looking to reduce waste from their own well-loved fruit company, Summit takes what is essentially trash from local farmers and food producers — contaminated flour, fruit trimmings — and figures out the best way to […]
Electric Vehicles About to get A Lot Cheaper
An incredible move from Tesla. Tesla is partnering with Panasonic and other businesses to develop low cost, mass produced battery packs to drive down the cost of electric vehicles. Via Slate: The Gigafactory is Tesla’s name for the massive, all-in-one battery factory it’s planning to build somewhere in the American West, starting in the next few […]
May Asthma Awareness Month
In honor of May Asthma Awareness Month, take action for Oregon Clean Air. Add your name to the growing list of Oregonians who support Clean Fuels for Clean Air! In honor of Asthma Awareness Month, we call on the Oregon Legislature to take action. Clean air is an important health concern for all of us, and even […]