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Tag: Government Policies

CPUC aiming regulatory guns at utilities that over-do power shut-off events

October 28, 2019 October 28, 2019

What is California to do during it’s yearly fire season in October/November? The last ten years this state has seen an uptick in huge wildfires, with seemingly every year having the largest wildfire ever only to be superseded with the one the following year. Some of the wildfires have been…

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Sen. Schumer proposes US completely switch to ZEV’s by 2040

October 25, 2019 October 25, 2019

Today NY Senator Schumer proposed a bold plan to switch completely to clean vehicles, zero emission vehicles, like electric cars. As Schumer notes, “Scientists tell us that to avoid the most devastating effects of climate change, the world needs to be carbon neutral — to have net-zero carbon dioxide emissions…

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Bucharest City Council passes ban on polluting cars entering the city

October 25, 2019 October 25, 2019

Bucharest, the Capitol of Romania, has passed a special tax, the Oxygen Vignette, aimed at cars not meeting the Euro 5 standard. Cars not meeting the Euro 3 standard will be completely banned from entering an area designated as Action Zone for Air Quality (ZACA) in the center of Bucharest,…

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DOE Secretary Perry orders review of whether renewable energy erodes energy grid stability: Coal Versus Solar

April 17, 2017 April 17, 2017

In a letter to the Department of Energy, Secretary Perry describes having attended the G7 Energy Ministerial, and his reaction to discussion of “the need for an energy transition utilizing greater efficiency and fuel diversity.”   That transition is necessary because the prevailing electric energy paradigm is based in fossil…

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Uber transparency report raises Big Brother concerns in future Robotaxi services

April 12, 2016 April 12, 2016

As we move towards fully autonomous cars, many entrepreneurial types are chomping at the bit anxiously hoping to offer robotaxi services.  The plans are wrapped in this “car sharing” ideology that we won’t have to own cars, that instead we’ll pay a monthly fee for access to cars.  That could…

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NREL’s role in guiding US government to pick winning clean energy technology choices

February 11, 2016 February 11, 2016

The role of government is to nurture the common good.  Really.  The Preamble to the U.S. Constitution describes the role of government to “establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity.”  Therefore, isn’t it within…

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Phillips 66 wants SLO County to ignore oil train explosions in deciding on refinery expansion

February 4, 2016 February 4, 2016

What’s the scope of a local planning commission authority?  When that commission is considering construction project approval at an oil refinery to enable five oil trains (each a mile long) arrive per week at that refinery, does the local planning commission have the authority to consider issues outside on-site safety and…

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Obama Administration launches Federal Coal program review, freezes new Coal leases

January 15, 2016 January 15, 2016

Today the Obama Administration took a welcome step concerning coal consumption.  The news arrived to me saying they’d frozen new Coal leases on federal lands.  While that’s true, what’s actually happened is potentially better, depending on who the next President is.  Namely, the Interior Department has launched a review of…

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Environmentalists celebrating hollow victory with Keystone XL rejection

November 6, 2015 November 6, 2015

The Obama Administration has (finally) rejected the Keystone XL pipeline proposal, in a hollow victory for environmentalists who’ve staged this as a key battle in preventing climate catastrophe.  While this is an important victory, other news from today’s news feed demonstrates that the oil companies plan to simply take the…

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New DMCA exemption opens doors to jailbreaking cars, detecting Dieselgate-like problems, etc

October 28, 2015 October 28, 2015

An issue raised our investigation of the Dieselgate scandal is whether independent researchers are allowed to investigate the inner workings of our cars.  The Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) was originally enacted to protect the music industry from wholesale copying of digital media, but its application was broadened to protect software…

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Proposed law weakens pollution control laws, prevents researchers looking for Dieselgate-like problems

October 16, 2015 October 16, 2015

A draft bill (embedded below) being prepared in the US House Energy and Commerce Committee would increase the penalties for “hacking” cars, and gift automakers with an easy “out” on emissions control regulations.   The bill focuses on reforms at the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, and while it contains a…

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VW faces huge penalties for emissions cheating, most corporations get slaps on the wrist

September 22, 2015 September 22, 2015

Today, Volkswagen announced the “Dieselgate” scandal – VW’s cheating on emissions ratings – affects at least 11 million Volkswagen cars sold world-wide, and that the company is setting aside 6.5 billion euros, or about $7.3 billion — to cover the cost of fixing the cars to comply with pollution standards and…

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VW’s emissions cheating raises doubt over EPA’s clean air enforcement policies

September 18, 2015 October 21, 2015

Back in 2009-10 the VW Group released a series of TDI Diesel vehicles with excellent emissions results.  Those emissions were so good that at that time I wrote a piece saying VW’s TDI vehicles are not your grandfathers dirty diesel, and even raised the question whether VW would need hybrid vehicles…

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Obama reigns in power plant emissions as coal industry teeters into bankruptcy

August 3, 2015 August 3, 2015

Remember a few years ago the “debate” over whether CO2 is pollution?  With its announcement today of the “Clean Power Plan” the Obama Administration makes it clear that debate is over, and that action is required now rather than later.  The plan calls for strict rules over CO2 emissions, and…

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Are electric car perks green privilege for the wealthy? Or, for the common welfare?

June 24, 2015 June 24, 2015

Let’s face it, the $7,500 federal tax credit for the Tesla Model S is hard to defend.  Only the wealthy can afford a $100,000 car, and the wealthy hardly need the tax credit.  This factoid opens the door to criticism against the whole project of electric vehicle adoption.   I…

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