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EC proposes modernizing EU legislation on batteries to enhance sustainability and safety

Green Car Congress

Providing legal certainty will additionally help unlock large-scale investments and boost the production capacity for innovative and sustainable batteries in Europe and beyond to respond to the fast-growing market. Since 2006, batteries and waste batteries have been regulated at EU level under the Batteries Directive (2006/66/EC).

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My Tour Operator Is a B Corp. What Does That Mean? Should I Care?

Baua Electric

Certified B Corp enterprises must meet standards set by B Lab , a Pennsylvania-based nonprofit founded in 2006 that awards for-profit companies with certifications for social and environmental performance, transparency and accountability. It can take years — and thousands of dollars — to achieve this accreditation. “I

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Group of 285 global investors with more than $20T in assets under management calls for urgent action on investment-grade climate change and energy policies; guidelines for governments

Green Car Congress

According to the group, an integrated climate change and clean energy policy framework should include: Clear short-, medium- and long-term greenhouse gas emission reduction objectives and targets, and comprehensive, enforceable legal mechanisms and timelines for delivering on these objectives and targets. Resources.

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Perspective: The UN Approval Process for Carbon Offsets

Green Car Congress

Additionality is proof that the renewable-energy project would not happen without the capital generated by selling carbon credits. Renergie is in the process of transferring its proven renewable energy technology worldwide by working closely with developing countries in Latin America, the Caribbean, Asia and Africa. CONCLUSION.

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Solar Smackdown in Torrance – Installer Sues City on Behalf of the Sun

Creative Greenius

Just two people live in its 3000+ energy-wasting square feet. I said I would consider it, but that I was really hoping to establish a precedent, legally speaking, beyond Torrance. It’s just this mind-blowing waste of time. Oh how it dwarfs the normal sized other homes all around it. I want it to be all of California.

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Audi highlights its range of electrification efforts; Q7 diesel PHEV, A7 fuel cell PHEV, BEV, 48V and more; 750 Wh/l by 2025

Green Car Congress

This makes it possible for the waste heat from the electrical drive components to be made available to the interior of the Q7 e-tron quattro. Alternatively they can serve as buffers for renewables such as wind and solar power—whether as part of the grid or as home installations.

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CalCars and PHEVs Frequently Asked Questions

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

We also think that with more people realizing that global warming is our greatest challenge, and that evolving the transportation sector to zero-carbon via cellulosic ethanol plug-in hybrids plus electricity from renewable sources may be our best strategy, the discussions about payback are a narrow answer to big questions.

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