green highway

^{Discovery Institute
May 5, 2009
Cascadia}

Rep. Eddy’s HB 1481 To Expand Electric Vehicle Infrastructure

_{Discovery Institute
May 5, 2009
Cascadia}

Washington State Rep. Deb Eddy (D-48th) sponsored HB 1481, which passed the legislature in the recently-completed session and has been signed into law. The bill contains numerous provisions to help accelerate the development of electric vehicle infrastructure and the use of electric vehicles in Washington state. This "Green Highways" bill's passage in Washington comes as the Seattle and Portland regions and the entire West Coast are stepping up their commitment to planning for electric vehicles, plug-in hybrid electric vehicles, and a "smart grid" electrical system that can optimally schedule vehicle charging loads, and add capacity for storage of renewable energy to power green vehicles and much more. Here is HB 1481, as passed by the state legislature. Some highlights follow, here. Read More ›

^{February 11, 2009
Cascadia}

Governors Envision Eco-friendly Fuels At I-5 Rest Stops

_{February 11, 2009
Cascadia}

Discussion Brief: “Greening The Highway From Baja California To British Columbia,” Cascadia Center For Regional Development, September, 2007 Cascadia Center’s September, 2007 “Greening The Highway” symposium overview and TVW video links Cascadia Center’s September, 2008 “Beyond Oil” symposium overview – program, speaker PowerPoints, TVW video (including Shai Agassi, James Woolsey, Microsoft’s Rob Bernard), links to media coverage “Columbia River Crossing: Read More ›

^{Matt Rosenberg
September 19, 2007
Cascadia}

Greening The Highway From Baja to B.C.

_{Matt Rosenberg
September 19, 2007
Cascadia}

pdf file “By 2050, the number of vehicles in the world is expected to go up by a factor of three. That should scare you. It scares me.” – John Heywood, director, Sloan Automotive Laboratory, MIT, Washington Post, May 20, 2007 “While some stakeholders believe that their particular alternative fuel can meet the 2020 goal exclusively, the staff believes that Read More ›

^{Bruce Agnew
May 31, 2007
Cascadia}

Bruce Agnew Radio Interview, On West Coast “Green Highway” Initiative

_{Bruce Agnew
May 31, 2007
Cascadia}

Discovery Institute Fellow Bruce Agnew was interviewed by Bill Good of CKNW-AM in Vancouver, B.C. about the emerging West Coast “Green Highway” initiative. The full interview can be found here.