Community Spotlight: Henry Sollitt on driving his Hybrid EV in Jackson

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Henry Sollitt is a young Jackson native who participates in the “ski bum lifestyle” while also driving a plug-in hybrid vehicle. He drives a 2013 Ford C-Max Energi, which in his experience runs on all-electric for about 24 miles and then switches to hybrid mode. Henry stated that it is incredibly easy to charge his […]

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Climate Actions Events Happening in Jackson!

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Important events related to climate action are happening in the Jackson community! Last Thursday, YTCC in partnership with Energy Conservation Works and local community partners, welcomed Professor Robert Davies for a discussion of the current climate emergency and potential solutions at the Center for the Arts. This event was a huge success with a great […]

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JH Fine Dining Off-Season Special Features YTCC

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November 18th- 24th Jackson Hole’s Fine Dining Restaurant Group is sponsoring Yellowstone-Teton Clean Cities (YTCC) as one of their nonprofits for their Fall 2019 off-season specials the week of November 18th- 24th. They offer a buy “one entree, get the second for only $2” special to their guests with 100% of the proceeds from that […]

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2019 Jackson Hole Inventory of Greenhouse Gas Emissions

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Yellowstone-Teton Clean Cities (YTCC) in partnership with the Town of Jackson and Teton County commissioned an update to the 2009 emissions inventory. The entity that performed the original inventory, Climate Mitigation Services (CMS), was hired to update the inventory using the same methodologies and boundary as the previous report to ensure accurate comparisons over time […]

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Fall Stakeholder Meeting, 2019 Green Fleet Awards, & Climate Strike

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Fall Stakeholder Meeting This past week, YTCC hosted our fall stakeholder meeting in Idaho Falls, ID. At the meeting, we heard from Idaho National Laboratory (INL) regarding their 25-year transportation plan that touched on plans for nuclear-powered buses, hydropower potential, and much more. We also heard from INL about the progress of electric self-driving vehicles. […]

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Stakeholder Spotlight: Michael Donch with the Custer Gallatin NF

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Michael moved back to Bozeman in 2001 and started managing the Custer Gallatin National Forest’s green fleet of vehicles. When he started as Fleet Manager there was only a singular hybrid vehicle in the fleet, a 2005 Ford Hybrid Escape that was driven. In 2008 and in 2010, he added three more Hybrid Escape’s to […]

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Stakeholder Meeting Recap

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Thank-you to everyone who was able to join us for our stakeholder meeting last week in Bozeman, Montana. For those of you who were not able to join us, I wanted to provide a very brief recap.     I began the meeting by providing an update on Yellowstone-Teton Clean Cities activities. One of our […]

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Purchasing an EV in Bozeman, MT

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Buying an electric vehicle is not always as simple as you would think, and therefore it is important to know your options for dealerships and vehicles available in your area. Many dealerships in the Bozeman area do not offer any electric vehicle options. While the dealerships that do have electric vehicles offer only one or […]

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VW Settlement Fund Progress

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Background  In 2016, the United States, on behalf of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), filed a complainant against Volkswagen due to violations of the Clean Air Act. The allegations were that certain Volkswagen vehicles made between 2009 and 2016 were producing nitrogen oxide (NOx) emissions significantly greater then the act allows. The United States and California […]

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