This week’s Current Climate, which every Saturday brings you the latest news about the business of sustainability.
took root decades ago when former Governor Jerry Brown proposed a. In 2008 the state’s voters approved a $10 billion bond to fund an electric line from San Francisco to Los Angeles that backers estimated said would cost $40 billion and have a fraction of the carbon emissions of car and plane travel. Since then, cost estimates have ballooned to $105 billion–with decades of work ahead to build and fund it.
. There’s a long way to go and critics see a wasteful boondoggle, but it’s a milestone for a project that at one point looked like it might never leave the station.USPS To Boost Purchase Of Electric Delivery Vehicles Environmentalists were irate after the U.S. Postal Service said its plans to overhaul its massive fleet of delivery vehicles only included a relatively tiny number of battery-powered models. It modified those plans this week saying 40% of its new vehicles will be electric, up from just 10% previously.
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