Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

Battery electric cars emit less greenhouse gases and air pollutants over their entire life cycle than petrol and diesel cars, according to a European Environment Agency (EEA) report. Emissions are usually higher in the production phase of electric cars, but these are more than offset by lower emissions in the use phase over time.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

Mining giant Rio Tinto will invest around $1 billion over the next five years to support the delivery of its new climate change targets and a company objective for net zero emissions from operations by 2050. The production of aluminium, copper and high-grade iron ore will play a part in the transition to a low carbon economy.

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CleanTechnica EVs

MARCH 5, 2024

By Victoria Beasley, Partner at Gigascale Capital In the fast-evolving world of climate tech, everything under the hard tech umbrella. continued] The post Why One Climate Tech Investor Is Betting On Hardware appeared first on CleanTechnica.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 5, 2021

BNSF Railway Company and Wabtec began testing battery-electric locomotive technology in revenue service between Barstow and Stockton, California. The battery-powered locomotive ( FLXdrive ) will be situated in a consist between two Tier 4 locomotives, creating a battery-electric hybrid consist.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

CN has purchased Wabtec’s FLXdrive battery-electric freight locomotive ( earlier post ). CN’s Bessemer & Lake Erie Railroad (B&LE) Company received a grant from the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) to help with the purchase of the battery-electric locomotive.

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CleanTechnica EVs

MARCH 15, 2024

For several years I’ve been iterating The Short List of Climate Actions That Will Work. The work of organizations like Mark Z. Jacobson’s Stanford team around energy and Carbon Drawdown’s around everything are excellent in different ways, but also indigestible to most people. The short list really is that. It’s.

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CleanTechnica EVs

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

This article focuses on the 2023 findings of the annual State of Climate Action report series. View past articles here: [continued] The post Tracking Climate Action: How the World Can Still Limit Warming to 1.5°C C appeared first on CleanTechnica.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 28, 2019

With nuclear power facing an uncertain future in many countries, the world risks a steep decline in its use in advanced economies that could result in billions of tonnes of additional carbon emissions, according to a new report by the International Energy Agency. Investment in new nuclear projects in advanced economies is even more difficult.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 3, 2020

Porsche, Siemens Energy and partners are developing and implementing a pilot project—the “Haru Oni” project—in Chile that is expected to yield the world’s first integrated, commercial, industrial-scale plant for making synthetic climate-neutral fuels (eFuels). Electrolyzers will use wind power to produce green hydrogen.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 1, 2020

a,b, Baseline cases (top dark-blue bar) and changes in emissions associated with increasing LDV travel demand, fuel consumption standards and electrification assuming current fuel economy policy (SAFE standards) (a) and stringent fuel economy policies (CAFE standards for conventional vehicles, along with high vehicle size and weight control) (b).

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CleanTechnica EVs

APRIL 3, 2024

As part of its EVeryone Charging Forward™ initiative, the Siemens Foundation’s most recent investment will provide wraparound supportive services to improve access to the clean energy economy.

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Baua Electric

MARCH 23, 2024

In today’s world, climate change is a reality we have to contend with and among the various measures undertaken to combat it, carbon credits can prove to be an effective solution. Weaving a new framework in the climate space, carbon credits incentivize sustainable practices by assigning a financial value to reductions in GHG emissions.

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Cars That Think

JANUARY 28, 2023

“Electric cars will not save the climate. This is not to imply in any way that electric vehicles are worthless. Nevertheless, for EVs themselves to become true zero emission vehicles, everything in their supply chain from mining to electricity production must be nearly net-zero emission as well.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 17, 2021

Addressing climate change requires not only a clean electrical grid, but also a clean fuel to reduce emissions from industrial heat, long-haul heavy transportation, and long-duration energy storage. However, they note, a clean US hydrogen economy will require a comprehensive strategy and a 10-year plan. —Arun Majumdar.

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CleanTechnica EVs

JUNE 2, 2023

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has established a causal link between climate change and the rise in armed conflicts in sub-Saharan African countries: Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Chad, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Somalia, and Sudan. This region has become the global epicenter of violent extremist activity. “On the […]

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CleanTechnica EVs

APRIL 11, 2024

continued] The post The Short List Of Climate Actions That Will Work — India Edition Transcript appeared first on CleanTechnica. The theme was Electrify Everything Everywhere All At Once. This was within the frame of the presentation I gave at the India Smart Utility Week on March 14th. In honor of the start of.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 25, 2013

Among the transportation-related elements of US President Barack Obama’s new climate action plan, which he is outlining today in a speech at Georgetown University, is the development of new fuel economy standards for heavy-duty vehicles post-2018. Preparing the US for the impacts of climate change. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 30, 2023

One of the challenges of constructing a global hydrogen economy is hydrogen transportation by sea. The world is undergoing an energy transition to reduce CO 2 emissions and mitigate climate change. The hydrogen is liquefied where electricity is cheap. Solid air hydrogen liquefaction, the missing link of the hydrogen economy.”

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Green Energy Consumers

APRIL 27, 2022

The Massachusetts Senate made big news last week by passing a massive climate bill that tackles transportation, buildings, and our electricity supply.

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Green Energy Consumers

JULY 14, 2022

This blog covers strategies outlined in Massachusetts’ final Clean Energy and Climate Plan (CECP) to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in the buildings sector. For the last several years, we have seen emissions fall significantly from within the electricity sector, while building emission reductions have been more stubborn.

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CleanTechnica EVs

APRIL 29, 2021

President Biden highlighted his administration’s efforts to grow the American economy and create jobs by addressing the climate crisis in his first address to a joint session of Congress Wednesday night. For too long, we have failed to use the most important word when it comes to meeting the climate crisis,” Biden said.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 27, 2022

ElDorado National (California) or ENC, a subsidiary of REV Group, announced that its Axess Battery Electric Bus (BEB) successfully passed testing conducted by the Altoona Bus Research and Testing Center (BRTC). The Axess BEB is available in three lengths: 32', 35' and 40'.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 3, 2020

In the US, Model Year (MY) 2018 vehicle fuel economy was 25.1 Since MY 2004, CO 2 emissions have decreased 23%, or 108 g/mi, and fuel economy has increased 30%, or 5.8 Average estimated real-world CO 2 emissions are projected to fall 6 g/mi to 346 g/mi and fuel economy is projected to increase 0.4 miles per gallon, 0.8%

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Green Car Congress

JULY 16, 2013

Ford is boosting the on-road fuel economy performance of its 2013 model year hybrid vehicles in the US and Canada. Starting in August, the company will make calibration updates for owners at dealerships designed to improve on-road fuel economy of the 2013 Ford C-MAX Hybrid, 2013 Ford Fusion Hybrid and 2013 Lincoln MKZ Hybrid.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 25, 2021

The hydrogen strategies recently adopted by the state of North Rhine-Westphalia as well as those of the German Federal Government and the European Union underline the importance of hydrogen for a climate-neutral society. They endorse the development of a hydrogen economy and infrastructure in Germany and in Europe.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 29, 2018

To achieve goals for climate and economic growth, “negative emissions technologies” (NETs) that remove and sequester carbon dioxide from the air will need to play a significant role in mitigating climate change, according to a new report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine.

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CleanTechnica EVs

AUGUST 11, 2022

The narrative that Americans and many Europeans share about China and themselves is not aligned with observable reality, and the USA is in significant danger of economic decline even as the world improves.

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Green Energy Consumers

JUNE 12, 2023

Through the Global Warming Solutions Act (GWSA), Massachusetts is committed to reducing greenhouse gas emissions across the entire economy, including the transportation, electricity, and building sectors (45% by 2030 and net zero by 2050). The building sector, of course, includes about 73,000 public housing units in the Commonwealth.

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CleanTechnica EVs

MAY 4, 2022

What we don’t know yet is how much it will be destroyed and disrupted by an out-of-control climate catastrophe. Human society will not look the same in 2050 as it does today. We all know that. Various scientists and policymakers have tried to determine and show the best path forward to limit the catastrophe, to […].

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Teslarati

AUGUST 4, 2021

Russia’s Economy Ministry said earlier today that it has plans to utilize subsidy programs to boost the manufacturing and purchase of locally-built electric vehicles. Just 11,000 of the over 45 million vehicles driven in Russia last year were electric, with most being used cars. Don’t hesitate to contact us with tips!

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 11, 2022

Sanctioning Russian nickel will slow the adoption of electric vehicles (EVs) and hinder the decarbonization of Western economies, according to GlobalData. A skyrocketing nickel price would have major repercussions on the climate ambitions of countries around the world, and will ultimately hamper the adoption of EVs.

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CleanTechnica EVs

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Situmbeko Musokotwane, Zambia’s Minister of Finance and National Planning, announced that, “… to continue promoting the usage of clean energy as well as supporting the green economy and climate change mitigation, I propose the following measures: a) Remove customs duty on […]

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 21, 2019

As the state transitions to a carbon-neutral economy, and as other states and countries increasingly adopt ambitious climate policy, the state’s investments must align with the reality of this major market shift.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 1, 2017

million to bring 10 battery-electric buses and supportive infrastructure to serve disadvantaged communities in the south San Joaquin Valley city of Porterville. Funding is from the California Climate Investments (CCI), the state’s cap-and-trade program. California will award $9.5

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Green Car Reports

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

Rivian revealed its good-looking electric truck. A new report details how much climate change will hurt the U.S. General Motors announced it would kill the Chevrolet Volt in mid-2019. And new solid-state batteries from China. All this and more on Green Car Reports.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 1, 2020

A green bond is a type of fixed-income instrument that is specifically earmarked to raise money for climate and environmental projects. The proceeds of the bond will be used to fund the design, development and manufacturing of fully electric cars in line with the company’s recently established Green Finance Framework.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 23, 2016

The government of British Columbia recently unveiled its Climate Leadership Plan , targeting the reduction of net annual greenhouse gas emissions by up to 25 million tonnes below current forecasts by 2050 and the creation of up to 66,000 jobs over the next ten years. —Climate Leadership Plan. Carbon pricing mechanisms.

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