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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:107%">1. Between 2010 and 2018, the price of lithium-ion batteries dropped 85%. We may have already hit the peak of internal combustion vehicle sales. Electric transportation should be a lever on
oil development and oil profits. </span><a href="https://thinkprogress.org/gas-cars-electric-vehicles-battery-price-99d1f99ab987/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=tp-letters" id="LPlnk680202" class="OWAAutoLink" previewremoved="true"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:107%">https://thinkprogress.org/gas-cars-electric-vehicles-battery-price-99d1f99ab987/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=tp-letters</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:107%"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Gas car sales ‘have already peaked and may never recover’ as battery prices plunge The rise of electric cars means peak oil demand may only be a decade away, explains Bloomberg report.</div>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:107%">2. ALEC has taken on electric cars. They are attempting to kill the federal tax credit for EVs before they attack state accommodations and incentives. One goal is to saddle electrics with
heavy state fees. We do need to figure out how to fund the highway system with an alternative to the gas tax as we electrify transportation, but we should beware of vehicle fees used as a bludgeon by ALEC and the Koch brothers. </span><a href="https://cleantechnica.com/2019/05/17/whos-behind-the-war-on-electric-cars/?utm_source=CleanTechnica+News&utm_campaign=659de2883a-Daily+Email+CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_b9b83ee7eb-659de2883a-331994013" id="LPlnk820779" class="OWAAutoLink" previewremoved="true"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:107%">https://cleantechnica.com/2019/05/17/whos-behind-the-war-on-electric-cars/?utm_source=CleanTechnica+News&utm_campaign=659de2883a-Daily+Email+CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_b9b83ee7eb-659de2883a-331994013</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:107%"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Behind The War On Electric Cars? | CleanTechnica</a></div>
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Powerful forces, led by the Koch Brothers and the fossil fuel industry, are attacking electric car tax credits and advocating for higher fees on EVs. Push back. Call your elected officials today.</div>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:107%">3. Gregory Jaczko, former Chair of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, explains why he ceased to support nuclear power and founded Wind Future LLC.
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Gregory Jaczko served on the Nuclear Regulatory Commission from 2005 to 2009, and as its chairman from 2009 to 2012. The author of "Confessions of a Rogue Nuclear Regulator," he is the founder of ...</div>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:107%">4. What will the world be like in 2100 if we do not succeed in limit heating to 2C? The Guardian describes the results of 4C (and that is not the worst case).
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Experts agree that global heating of 4C by 2100 is a real possibility. The effects of such a rise will be extreme and require a drastic shift in the way we live</div>
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What was once the largest coal-fired power plant in North America has been converted to a 44-megawatt solar farm with 192,431 photovoltaic panels spread across 260 acres, the electric utility Ontario Power Generation announced.The facility, situated on the
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