A new initiative could make it easier to visit national parks without hurting the environment. California officials approved $1.5 million last week for the National Park Service to install at least 15 electric vehicle chargers at park sites across the state. The grant from the California Energy Commission could allow the park service to build charging stations in places like Joshua Tree and Death Valley national parks, which don't have electric vehicle chargers and are diffic

California may end up removing all of the caps on plug-in hybrid access to carpool lanes (currently allotted via green HOV solo-access stickers) until the year 2019 — if all of the amendments to current laws implied by a recent governor’s budget trailer bill are implemented, that is. The amendments in question would also extend the unlimited access currently granted to all-electric vehicles (EVs) through “white stickers” until 2025. Carpool sticker California The current gree