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15 countries agree to work toward 100% ZEV truck and bus sales by 2040

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In a coordinated effort, subnational governments—such as Québec (Canada), and Telengana (India)—as well as top manufacturers and fleets such as Scania, DHL, and Heineken are endorsing the MOU and agreeing to work collaboratively toward the same 2030 and 2040 goals. California is the new chair.

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Aemetis closes $30M equity investment for biomethane pipelines and dairy digesters to produce below zero carbon renewable natural gas (RNG)

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million tranche to subsidiary Aemetis Biogas to build, own and operate dairy biomethane digesters, pipelines and gas cleanup/compression facilities primarily under 20-year agreements with dairy farms in California. and funded the first $8.3-million The Aemetis plant supplies Wet Distillers Grain feed to about 100 dairies.

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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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ICAO establishes 2050 net-zero CO2 emission goal for international aviation

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The agreement is exciting, in part because ICAO has stopped pretending to be a global climate cop. California is moving to require the use of sustainable aviation fuels (SAFs) under its Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS). To get to net-zero in 2050, we’ll need to peak emissions as soon as 2025, with richer countries taking the lead.

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2019 Keeling Curve Prize winners include Opus 12; conversion of CO2 into fuels and chemicals

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The Keeling Curve Prize (KCP) has selected 10 winners for 2019, among them Opus 12 (Berkeley, California) which is developing a device that recycles CO? CalCEF/Nexus (Oakland, California) is forming a Qualified Clean Energy Opportunity Zone Fund to deploy solar, wind, energy storage and other clean economy assets. Earlier post.).

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Lancet Series Finds That Cutting Greenhouse Pollutants Will Have Major Direct Health Benefits Worldwide

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The studies use case studies to demonstrate the co-benefits of tackling climate change in four sectors: electricity generation, household energy use, transportation, and food and agriculture. Climate change threatens us all, but its impact will likely be greatest on the poorest communities in every country.

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China and Norway Lead the World’s EV Switchover

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However, according to the World Resources Institute , “EVs need to account for 75 percent to 95 percent of passenger vehicle sales by 2030 in order to meet international climate goals aimed at keeping global warming to 1.5 Analysts are optimistic that electric vehicle sales will reach the levels necessary to help avert climate disaster.

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