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Ossipee Teen Working to Protect Our Aquifer

Posted on March 8, 2023 by Sandwich Climate

Climate change activist Greta Thunberg demonstrated how teens can make a big difference. In Ossipee Stella Lunt, a 15-year-old a sophomore at Kingswood Regional High School, has attended and spoken out frequently at the Meena gas station hearings in Effingham. … Continue reading →

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EV Pickup Trucks: Amazing, Powerful

Posted on November 25, 2021 by Sandwich Climate

Lawrence Ulrich of the New York Times gives a raving, Rivian review for the company’s new electric pickup. First paragraph reads: The redoubtable Rivian R1T, the first crusher in a coming wave of electric pickup trucks, can soar unscathed over gnarly … Continue reading →

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Biden Must Confront Three Sources of Global Warming

Posted on February 3, 2021 by Sandwich Climate

New York Times reporter Coral Davenport talking of President Biden’s climate policy challenges on The Daily says: There are three main sources of planet warming greenhouse gases in the U.S. economy…you have to drastically cut each one of these…pollution from … Continue reading →

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GM to End Petroleum Vehicle Production by 2035

Posted on January 28, 2021 by Sandwich Climate

The New York Times reports: General Motors said Thursday that it would phase out petroleum-powered cars and trucks and sell only vehicles that have zero tailpipe emissions by 2035, a seismic shift by one of the world’s largest automakers that … Continue reading →

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Biden: Replace US Government Fleet with EVs

Posted on January 26, 2021 by Sandwich Climate

News outlets like Reuters are reporting that: President Joe Biden on Monday vowed to replace the U.S. government’s fleet of roughly 650,000 vehicles with electric models as the new administration shifts its focus toward clean-energy. CleanTechnica reports on some of … Continue reading →

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Economist: Electric vehicles to equal price of conventional ones by 2025

Posted on January 22, 2020 by Sandwich Climate

Ellen Hughes-Cromwick, senior economist at the University of Michigan Energy Institute, told Yale Climate Connections (YCC) that in three to five years electric cars will likely cost the same as comparable gas-powered ones. Her prediction is made in part on … Continue reading →

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