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Study: countries seeking to cut CO2 emissions must get a handle on city-level emissions

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Energy-producing cities, and cities with lots of manufacturing, have higher CO 2 outputs than high-tech and service-based cities. You can demand that the country cuts CO 2 production by 60%, but to do this successfully you need to have a good idea of how to cut pollution at a local level without devastating local economies.

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We Need to Decarbonize Software

Cars That Think

Companies like Salesforce have launched their own software sustainability initiatives , while the Green Software Foundation now comprises 64 member organizations, including tech giants Google , Intel , and Microsoft. The green software movement is fast gaining momentum. Are my third parties green?

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The BMW Group’s 360-degree approach to sustainability

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As the issue of climate change heats up, it’s natural to ask “are we doing enough” and, on World EV Day in particular, will switching to EVs be enough to reduce the CO2 emissions produced by the world’s cars? BMW CONTENT HUB: Plug-in hybrid vs pure EV: Which green tech is right for you? Think again. BMW i-Vision Circular concept.

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Researchers Aim to Decarbonize Chemical Industry by Electrifying It

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Early this Fall, the DC-MUSE team gathered members of the industry, including big names from the pharmaceutical and energy sectors, to gather ideas and assess industrial needs. Beyond the School, Modestino has been establishing connections with local green-tech industries.

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Documenting the EV battery material supply chain: Traceability challenges, Part One

Charged EVs

Statesmen are keen to bring raw material mining and processing to North America and Europe not only to boost economic activity at home, but also because, as the war in Ukraine has shockingly demonstrated, it’s a bad idea to become dependent on hostile or unstable countries for critical materials.

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Better Carbon Sequestration With AI

Cars That Think

Strickland: So we’ll get into some of these super tech details in a little bit. So people that have looked even at storing CO 2 at the bottom of the ocean, which we kind of moved away from that idea now. But before we get to those, let’s do a little basic tutorial on the climate science here.

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Polestar’s plan to survive and thrive: How an idiosyncratic EV start-up will carve its place in the electric space

EV Central

If you want an idea of the challenges for new electric car brands in a fast-evolving market then Polestar is an interesting case study. The Polestar 4 does without a rear window, instead turning to tech for rear vision. Volvo has been here for decades of course, while the other two Chinese newcomers are on the way.

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