• Sustainability

Why Equitable, Clean Transportation is Key to a Sustainable Economic Recovery

• clean air
• electric vehicles
• EVs
• Infrastructure
• Political Climate
• public transit
• public transportation
• Third Way

By Julia Pyper, host/producer Political Climate As Congress looks toward the next coronavirus relief package, a growing number of stakeholders from across the political spectrum are calling for a comprehensive clean energy infrastructure plan to address the nation’s economic challenges. Updating America’s transportation system offers a ripe opportunity to create jobs while lowering carbon emissions. […]

• Energy

Electric Vehicles Still Charging Ahead

• electric vehicles
• EVs
• Fisker
• IPO
• Made in the USA
• SUV
• Tesla

Investment in electric vehicles and their components and infrastructure continue to grow in spite of the pandemic and economic downturn, not to mention the infancy of the market.  According to MarketWatch.com, there is “sky high” investor interest in clean energy and electric vehicle companies.

Why This Matters:  Former Vice President Biden’s new clean energy jobs proposal revives the “cash for clunkers” program but in a way that would juice this market.

• Politics

House Dems Chart Course on Climate Change Action

• carbon tax
• clean energy
• Climate Action Plan
• climate change
• electric vehicles
• House of Representatives
• Nancy Pelosi
• net zero emissions
• offshore oil and gas leasing
• oil and gas

Later this morning, House Democrats — Speaker Pelosi and (FOP) Representative Kathy Castor of the House Special Committee on Climate — will unveil the most detailed and sweeping proposal in a decade for dealing with the climate crisis, which reportedly also weaves environmental justice into every element of the plan. 

Why This Matters:  This is not a plan that the President can lambast as an end to capitalism.

• Sustainability

Ford Takes Comprehensive Approach To Sustainability, Will Be Carbon Neutral by 2050

• #cleancars
• carbon neutral
• climate change
• conservation
• electric vehicles
• environment
• EVs
• Ford
• recycling
• sustainability

In its annual Sustainability Report, Ford Motors made several key pledges in addition to the promise to be carbon neutral as a company by 2050.  In addition, they will use 100 percent locally sourced renewable energy for all manufacturing plants globally by 2035, aspire to achieve zero air emissions from our facilities, only use recycled and renewable plastics in our vehicles globally and eliminate single-use plastics from our operations by 2030, and achieve true zero waste to landfill across our operations, among other social responsibility commitments.

Why This Matters:  Other car companies have focused on products — Daimler Chrysler, VW, and Tesla come to mind.

• Energy

Bipartisan Bill Could Help Boost Florida’s Growing EV Market

• electric vehicles
• EVs
• Florida

As AP reported, one of Florida’s newest laws–the Essential State Infrastructure bill–will lay the groundwork for building a vast network of electric vehicle charging stations along highways. Last week, Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis signed the bill which had bipartisan support in the state legislature. As WGCU added, the law is part of a broader strategy, […]

• Climate Change

India Is Charting A Low Carbon Future — Building Better From the Start

• #climatecrisis
• climate change
• conservation
• electric vehicles
• India
• Paris Agreement

The Washington Post took a closer look at India’s chances for pulling itself out of poverty without a concomitant increase in its greenhouse gas emissions, noting that while China was unable to do so, India just might have a chance — it is on track to meet its two major pledges under the Paris agreement on climate change ahead of schedule before 2030.

Why This Matters:  Countries like India that are just now building up their middle class have the opportunity, if the cost is low enough, to leapfrog more developed countries and go directly to low-carbon, energy-efficient technologies.