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In recent weeks, the term rare earth elements—or “rare earths”—has gone from obscure scientific jargon to a national security headline. Why? Because these 17 metallic elements are essential to everything from smartphones and electric vehicles to fighter jets and wind turbines—and China controls nearly the entire supply chain.
Continue reading What Are Rare Earth Elements—and Why the U.S. Is Racing to Catch Up to China
photos courtesy of Bergen County Executive Jim Tedesco
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Hackensack NJ, Bergen County continues to lead by example in sustainability under the leadership of County Executive Jim Tedesco. As part of its ongoing efforts to reduce its carbon footprint, the County has added five new electric vehicles (EVs) to its fleet. These EVs are now being utilized by the County Division of Weights and Measures and the County Department of Health Services, reflecting a significant commitment to environmentally friendly practices.
Continue reading Bergen County’s Push for Sustainability: Electric Vehicles Join the Fleet
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Ridgewood NJ, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) finalized regulations aimed at curbing tailpipe emissions from passenger cars and light trucks as part of a broader strategy to shift the United States towards electric vehicles.
Continue reading EPA Limits Consumer Choice By Curbing Tailpipe Emissions
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Hackensack Nj, on March 8th at 01:30am the City of Hackensack Fire Department members of 4th platoon responded to 435 Main St on Box 5-6-2. An activation of the elevator pit smoke detector led Engine 5 to the lower level parking garage below the 6 story light weight occupied apartment building. It was there that Engine 5 was met with banked down smoke causing limited visibility while searching for the cause. A car fire was quickly located and 2 lines were stretched with one operating. The car fire was swiftly knocked down. Additional precautions and measures were required due to the fact that it was an electric vehicle (EV) which do not extinguish easily as regular vehicles do. Firefighters operated on scene for about 7hrs until the vehicle was fully extinguished and able to be safely removed from below the apartments. One firefighter was injured and was released from Hackensack Hospital overnight.
Continue reading City of Hackensack Fire Department Douses Electric Vehicle Fire in Parking Garage
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NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. (February 19, 2024) – Half of New Jersey residents do not support plans to phase out the sale of new gas-powered vehicles completely by 2035, as announced by Gov. Murphy last November, according to the latest Rutgers-Eagleton Poll.
Continue reading Rutgers-Eagleton Poll: Only Half of New Jerseyans Oppose Electric Vehicles Mandate
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Paramus NJ, on Thursday, Hertz Global Holdings (HTZ.O) announced plans to divest approximately 20,000 electric vehicles (EVs) from its U.S. fleet, constituting roughly one-third of its global EV fleet.
Continue reading Hertz Dumps 20,000 EVs from US Rental Fleet
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River Vale NJ, Senator Holly Schepisi (R-39) released the following statement after news broke of Connecticut’s Governor withdrawing his plan to mandate future electric vehicle purchases by 2035 after bi-partisan pushback from Connecticut’s Legislative Regulation Review Committee.
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Ridgewood NJ, The New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (NJBPU) has awarded a grant of $1.4 million to NJ TRANSIT that will be used to expand the agency’s non-revenue fleet of electric vehicles, and provide funding for the necessary charging infrastructure. NJ TRANSIT successfully secured 25% of the $5.7 million available in the NJBPU’s Clean Fleet EV Incentive Program, which is part of an overall $12.7 million in awarded grant funding for Fiscal Year 2023 from three of the NJBPU’s electric vehicle (EV) and charging infrastructure incentive programs.
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Ridgewood NJ, electric vehicle skeptics have frequently argued that the manufacturing and disposal of battery-electric vehicles like Teslas as well as reliance on coal to generate the electricity that powers them leaves EVs with a larger carbon footprint than nonelectric vehicles. Unfortunately, there is a dearth of studies that have tried to approve or disapprove this notion. But finally, the Manhattan Institute has compiled a comprehensive report ( https://manhattan.institute/article/electric-vehicles-for-everyone-the-impossible-dream ) that compares lifetime greenhouse gas emissions of EVs vs. ICEs by looking at dozens of parameters and data points.
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Paramus NJ, last month, Ford announced it had made a deal with Tesla that will allow Ford EVs to use Tesla’s charging stations with an adapter — and that starting in 2025, it will make Tesla’s charging tech standard on its own EVs. It was a surprising partnership between rivals, and on Thursday, General Motors said it struck a nearly identical deal with Tesla.
Continue reading Tesla Charging Partnerships with Ford and GM attempt to Level the Playing Field
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Ridgewood Nj, speaking of EV’s , Car and Driver magazine’s testing director Dave VanderWerp has compared the EPA’s fuel economy and range estimates to the results of his own real-world highway tests.
Continue reading Car and Driver magazine: Electric Vehicles Range is Greatly Exaggerated
THE RIDGEWOOD VILLAGE COUNCIL
PUBLIC WORKSHOP AGENDA
MAY 3, 2023
7:30 P.M.
Continue reading THE RIDGEWOOD VILLAGE COUNCIL PUBLIC WORKSHOP AGENDA MAY 3, 2023 7:30 P.M.
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Trenton NJ, Senate Republican Leader Steven Oroho and Senator Anthony M. Bucco blasted Governor Phil Murphy’s announcement today that he is accelerating his green energy plans and will require the use of renewable energy and electric vehicles (EVs) by 2035.
Continue reading Governor Murphy’s Green Energy Plan Called Extreme, Expensive & Totally Unrealistic
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Trenton NJ, Senator Anthony M. Bucco said statewide electricity rate hikes that will take effect this summer highlight the risk to consumers of Governor Phil Murphy’s extreme green energy plan that would phase out natural gas and force New Jerseyans to switch to electric appliances and expensive electric vehicles.
Continue reading Rising Electric Bills Show Risk of Murphy’s Plan to Electrify Everything
