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Hype Taxi Using Massive European Grants To Pay For Champagne-Scale Hydrogen Costs

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billion in losses, $55 million a year, since 2000 with no profits ever is one. continued] The post Hype Taxi Using Massive European Grants To Pay For Champagne-Scale Hydrogen Costs appeared first on CleanTechnica. In the crazy world of hydrogen for transportation plays, some endeavors stand out. Ballard’s $1.3

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Toyota Environmental Activities Grant Program accepting application for 2017 awards

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Toyota Motor Corporation has begun accepting applications today for this year’s Toyota Environmental Activities Grant Program , which is designed to support environmental revitalization and conservation activities aimed at sustainable development both in Japan and overseas. 2016 Toyota Environmental Activities Grant Program Recipients.

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LADOT launches $17.8M universal basic mobility pilot; e-bikes, shared EVs and on-demand EV shuttle

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The pilot will bring e-bikes, shared EV cars and on-demand EV shuttle service, in addition to a partnership with the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (METRO) to subsidize transit fares for 2000 pilot area residents who have historically lacked options for how to get to where they need to go safely.

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UK names first 7 plug-in vans eligible for grants

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UK Transport Secretary Justine Greening and Business Minister Mark Prisk announced the first vans eligible for the Government’s new Plug-in Car Van Grant. Nevertheless climate change is a global challenge we simply have to meet head on. Faam – JOLLY 2000. Earlier post.) It cannot be ignored or side-stepped. Faam – ECOMILE.

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Wärtsilä to begin long-term, full-scale testing of ammonia as marine fuel in four-stroke engine

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million) grant from the Norwegian Research Council through the DEMO 2000 program. This DEMO 2000 project is another stepping stone for reaching our ambitious climate targets and it is also aligned with our recently published hydrogen strategy. The testing is made possible by a NOK 20-million (US$2.1

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Devil in the Details: World Leaders Scramble To Salvage and Shape Copenhagens UNFCCC Climate Summit

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Although most countries have already revealed their opening emissions reduction proposals, UNFCCC Executive Secretary Yvo de Boer pointed out Thursday that “ we still await clarity from industrialized nations on the provision of large-scale finance to developing countries for immediate and long-term climate action. by Jack Rosebro.

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PwC analysis finds meeting 2 C warming target would require “unprecedented and sustained” reductions over four decades

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Since 2000, the global rate of decarbonization has averaged 0.8%; from 2010 to 2011, global carbon intensity fell by just 0.7%. —Leo Johnson, Partner, Sustainability and Climate Change, PwC. Resilience will become a watch word in the boardroom—to policy responses as well as to the climate. a year from now to 2050.