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ADEME selects two Air Liquide hydrogen mobility projects for funding

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Launched during the 2015 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP21) in Paris, it now has around 100 vehicles. The partners thus intend to test this heavy transport solution by using low-carbon hydrogen co-produced in the Marseille-Fos port area. Hype is developing the world’s first fleet of hydrogen-powered taxis.

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Rio Tinto, China Baowu, Tsinghua U sign MOU to explore improving environmental performance across steel value chain

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Rio Tinto, one of the world’s largest iron ore producers, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with China Baowu Steel Group (China’s largest steel producer) and Tsinghua University to develop and implement new methods to reduce carbon emissions and improve environmental performance across the steel value chain.

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Mexico proposes new heavy-duty vehicle emission standards aligned with Euro VI and EPA 2010

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The new standards would require new heavy-duty diesel vehicles sold after 1 January 2018 to meet emissions standards equivalent to those in the United States (EPA 2010) and European Union (Euro VI). Final adoption of the standard will virtually eliminate fine particle and black carbon emissions from new diesel trucks.

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ITF launches global initiative to decarbonize transport

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The International Transport Forum (ITF) at the OECD has launched a major global initiative towards carbon-free transport. It is now up to the transport sector to demonstrate how carbon-free mobility can be achieved. Transport activity currently contributes 23% of global CO2 emissions from fossil fuels, with the share expected to rise.

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WHO: 9 out of 10 people worldwide breathe polluted air; 7M deaths per year

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includes pollutants, such as sulfate, nitrates and black carbon, which pose the greatest risks to human health. This year WHO will convene the first Global Conference on Air Pollution and Health (30 October – 1 November 2018) to bring governments and partners together in a global effort to improve air quality and combat climate change.

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This Fusion Reactor Is Held Together With Tape

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At that point, we’ll be one step closer to a new era of carbon-free baseload electricity,” says Sorbom. “We We just hope we can do it in time to be a major part of the solution to the climate crisis.” Maybe there really is a future where we put thousands of these plants out to the world by 2050, and solve the climate crisis.

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We Need More Than Just Electric Vehicles

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With all this, consumers and policymakers alike are hopeful that society will soon greatly reduce its carbon emissions by replacing today’s cars with electric vehicles. about 60 percent of its electricity from fossil fuels, primarily natural gas, which produces less carbon than coal does. falls somewhere in the middle, deriving.