transportation
In Massachusetts, momentum builds for carbon pricing for transportation
State lawmakers aren’t waiting for a multi-state partnership to put a price on carbon emissions from cars and trucks.
electric buses
Boston businesses want commitment to electrify city’s transit system
A letter to the governor and the region’s top transit official last month calls for purchasing electric vehicles only by 2030.
electric vehicles
Virginia taps Volkswagen money to tackle transportation emissions
The state will invest $14 million into a public-private partnership with a West Coast charging station developer.
solar
Biking the sun: Wisconsin professor cycles around the Midwest for solar
Jim Tinjum, a University of Wisconsin-Madison engineering professor, covered about 2,000 kilometers of the Upper Midwest to raise money awareness for solar energy projects.
‘RGGI for transportation’ could be in the works in Massachusetts
Massachusetts might be on the verge of becoming the second state to introduce a carbon pricing program aimed at the transportation sector – if lawmakers can agree on how to do it.