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GM secures all energy needed to achieve renewable energy goal for 2025; 25 years ahead of target set in 2016

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This is in line with the accelerated target announced in September 2021, which was 5 years ahead of the 2030 target announced in early 2021 and 25 years ahead of the initial target of 2050, set in 2016. Sourcing renewable energy is a critical component of GM’s plans to decarbonize.

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Best Car To Buy 2014 Nominees, Audi Q1 Crossover, Coal Conundrum: Today's Car News

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Today on Green Car Reports: Audi mulls building a Nissan Juke-sized crossover called Q1, coal runs the risk of becoming a stranded asset, and we announce the nominees for our 2014 Best Car To Buy award. The Audi Q1 compact crossover could hit showrooms by 2016. All this and more on Green Car Reports.

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IEA: global energy efficiency progress drops to slowest rate since start of decade

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China continued to implement policies designed to shift households and businesses from coal to gas boilers, mainly for air quality reasons. In 2018, demand for coal continued to decline (by 3.5%), partly due to switches from coal to gas, noted above, although since 2016, the annual rate of decline has slowed.

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Opinion: Why Lithium Will See Another Price Spike This Fall

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So far, lithium has been the hottest metal of 2016, beating out gold, with exponential demand expected over the coming years. Given this new investment, plug-in electric vehicle (PEV) sales are expected to experience 62% year-over-year growth in 2016 , 60% in 2017, and likely 100% in 2018. by James Stafford of Oilprice.com.

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ICAO agrees to market-based measure to address aviation CO2

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substituting coal-fired stoves with solar cookers). The buying and selling of eligible emissions units happens through a carbon market. As of 29 September 2016, 64 states, representing more than 83.8% UNFCCC’s Clean Development Mechanism), programs (e.g. REDD+) or projects (e.g.

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Renewable Energy Generation: Change is not a destination, just as hope is not a strategy, a lesson exported from Detroit

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mpg by 2016. These companies have sunk costs invested in coal, gas and oil plants and are content in maximizing the return on these investments. Even with the implementation of the smart grid it seems unlikely that we will all be able to buy our power from West Virginia. in West Virginia to $6.12 in Connecticut.

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NYC Goes EV

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Many things in your life haven’t changed since 2010 but one thing certainly has: You won’t need to buy gas in order to drive. It found that 21 percent of city residents are considered potential early adopters, people looking to buy an electric vehicle as soon as they become available for purchase. Electric Options.