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JULY 18, 2020

The SMUD (2020 Sacramento Municipal Utility District) Board of Directors adopted a climate emergency declaration that commits to working toward an ambitious goal of delivering carbon-neutral electricity by 2030.

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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 new targets for 2030 are: A further 30% reduction in Rio Tinto’s emissions intensity from 2018 levels.

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NOVEMBER 27, 2018

Progress on increasing the use of renewable energy and improving energy efficiency is slowing across the European Union, putting at risk the EU’s ability to achieve its energy and emissions reduction targets. EU progress towards 2020 and 2030 targets on climate and energy. Progress on renewables.

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JUNE 12, 2019

This year’s edition highlights the growing divergence between demands for action on climate change and the actual pace of progress on reducing carbon emissions. As I have said before, this is not a race to renewables, but a race to reduce carbon emissions across many fronts. in 2018, faster than at any time since 2010-11.

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OCTOBER 1, 2020

The paper is published in the journal Nature Climate Change. A lot of people think that a large-scale shift to EVs will mostly solve our climate problems in the passenger vehicle sector. As a test market, they chose the United States, which is second only to China in terms of passenger vehicle sales.

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

For this reason, Bosch and Weichai aim to steadily refine this technology with an eye to protecting the climate and environment. Bosch and Weichai launched their joint development project in September 2018. On the one hand, Bosch aims to become the market leader in electromobility with battery and fuel cell-powered vehicles.

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OCTOBER 23, 2020

The California Air Resources Board released GHG emissions data for 2018 showing that emissions remain below 1990 levels but are effectively flat compared to 2017, while the economy grew by 4.3%. Total statewide 2018 GHG emissions were 425.3 million metric tons between 2017 and 2018, the first such decline since 2013.

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MAY 17, 2023

Neste announced its final investment decision on additional renewable products production capacity in Singapore in December 2018. Neste is also supplying SAF to various fuel marketing companies, broadening its availability outside its own airport network. Amsterdam (AMS) in the Netherlands, and Helsinki Airport (HEL) in Finland.

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APRIL 17, 2021

Total GHG emissions decreased from 2018 to 2019 by 1.7% (after accounting for sequestration from the land sector). from 2018 to 2019, and CO 2 emissions just from fossil fuel combustion decreased 2.7% from 2018 to 2019. CO 2 emissions decreased 2.2% Total GHG emissions in 2019 were up 1.8% over the same period.

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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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NOVEMBER 26, 2019

New investment in wind, solar, and other clean energy projects in developing nations dropped sharply in 2018, largely due to a slowdown in China. thousand terawatt-hours in 2018, up from 6.4 Across the 104 emerging markets surveyed in Climatescope, coal accounted for 47% of all generation. thousand in 2017. billion and $2.7

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APRIL 21, 2020

Power-to-X is an umbrella term for various emerging technologies that utilize renewable electricity, CO 2 captured from the air or directly from emissions streams, and hydrogen to create carbon-neutral and renewable synthetic fuels. It gives us a brilliant opportunity to speed up the move to a 100 percent renewable energy future.

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APRIL 28, 2023

The round included participation from one of North America’s largest commercial fleets, Chevron Renewable Energy Group, and Pittsburgh regional investors including: Idea Foundry, Inc., ​ Optimus Technologies recently announced a $17.8-million million Series A funding round led by Mitsui & Co. out of Tokyo, Japan.

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APRIL 9, 2020

Building on an existing collaboration announced on 27 Jun 2018 with Ballard Power Systems, the leading global provider of proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cell solutions, ABB and HDF intend to optimize fuel cell manufacturing capabilities to produce a megawatt-scale power plant for marine vessels. —Damien Havard, CEO of HDF.

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MAY 31, 2021

It stresses the need to accelerate capital flows rapidly to nature-based solutions by making nature central to public- and private-sector decision-making related to societal challenges, including tackling the climate and biodiversity crises. A total investment of $8.1 —“State of Finance for Nature”.

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JULY 23, 2018

Yet, despite ambitious pledges and investments by governments and automakers, it is by no means clear that these vehicles will ultimately reach mass-market consumers. Carbon pricing alone is insufficient to bring low-carbon vehicles to the mass market, though it may have a supporting role in ensuring a decarbonized energy supply.

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DECEMBER 16, 2021

Digital and Head of Marketing & Sales, Product Line e-Mobility at Volkswagen. In Germany, the Volkswagen brand also offers a suitable electricity supply contract with “Volkswagen Naturstrom”, to guarantee fully certified green electricity from renewable energies. Support for expansion of renewable energy generation.

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MAY 18, 2016

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed increases in renewable fuel volume requirements across all types of biofuels under the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) program. Total renewable fuel volumes would grow by some 690 million gallons between 2016 and 2017. billion gallons in 2018, up from 1.9 Renewable fuel.

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JUNE 17, 2021

In 2026, SSAB aims to supply the market with fossil-free steel at a commercial scale. In the short term, these and other steps aim to reduce the life cycle carbon footprint per car by 40% between 2018 and 2025. By 2040, Volvo Cars’ ambition is to be a climate-neutral company.

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JUNE 1, 2021

The official data, submitted on behalf of the EU to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), show that EU Member States managed to reduce collectively their emissions by 3.8% from 2018 to 2019. This decrease brought EU emissions to 24.0%

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NOVEMBER 17, 2020

The Premier of Québec François Legault, and the Minister of the Environment and the Fight against Climate Change and Minister responsible for the Laval region, Benoit Charette, unveiled the 2030 Green Economy Plan (PEV 2030) and its first 2021-2026 implementation plan, with an envelope of $6.7 billion over five years.

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2019

In the long term, Audi is pursuing the vision of CO2-neutral mobility and aims to be climate-neutral throughout the company on balance by 2050. Audi is focusing on the electric car, which has the best carbon footprint of all drive systems in the largest markets over its entire service life. 97.9 - 111.9

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OCTOBER 23, 2020

“There is evidence that fossil fuel subsidies are socially inequitable, that they encourage smuggling and waste, and distort economies in ways that undermine economic efficiency while harming the environment and the climate,” wrote Jim Krane, the Wallace S. Costs ranged from a low of 0.3% Source: Baker Institute.

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MARCH 24, 2021

The joint venture ELYSIS —formed by Alcoa and Rio Tinto in 2018 ( earlier post )—is now further developing this process. The site has been supplied with renewable energy since 2020. The Audi e-tron GT is the first Audi electric car to be built in the Böllinger Höfe at the Neckarsulm site in Germany.

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MAY 8, 2014

The Group now takes one-third of its electric power from renewable sources. of the global passenger car market. The largest sales market for the Volkswagen Group is the Asia-Pacific region, followed by Western Europe, North America, South America and Central and Eastern Europe. Strategy 2018. By 2018, “Think Blue.

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NOVEMBER 9, 2020

The next step is to extend the solution to other industries, demonstrate its long-term stability and make it ready for the market. To pave the way for climate-neutral production, a 2MW alkaline water electrolyzer from thyssenkrupp Uhde Chlorine Engineers was operated in the pilot plant.

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

Climate impact of lithium-ion batteries & how to measure it . Read further to know more about the climate impact of lithium-ion batteries. . Climate impact of lithium-ion batteries. They still cause an impact on climate by the manufacturing of the car and not least the battery. Lithium-ion battery production.

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DECEMBER 19, 2020

Canada Minister of Natural Resources Seamus O’Regan, released a national SMR Action Plan, which responds to the 53 recommendations identified in Canada’s SMR Roadmap that was launched in November 2018. Develop international partnerships and open up new markets. —John Gorman, President and CEO, Canadian Nuclear Association.

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MARCH 16, 2021

The report is the initial analysis called for in Senate Bill 100 (SB 100, De León, Chapter 312, Statutes of 2018), the state’s policy requiring that renewable and zero-carbon energy resources supply 100% of electric retail sales to customers by 2045. About 36% of that comes from renewable sources, predominantly wind and solar.

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JUNE 26, 2018

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt issued a proposed rule under the Renewable Fuel Standards (RFS) program that would set the minimum amount of renewable fuels that must be supplied to the market in calendar year 2019, as well as the biomass based diesel volume standard for calendar year 2020.

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JUNE 16, 2016

With prices set to double by 2018, we’ve seen the bottom of the uranium market, and the negative sentiment that has followed this resource around despite strong fundamentals, is starting to change. The market has been skewed by negative sentiments that ignore the supply and demand fundamentals,” says Paul D. Not even close.

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

Ricardo has been working actively towards this goal of achieving Net Zero carbon emissions for some time and has been helping its broad client base in realizing their own climate change mitigation targets. The company’s strategy employs a number of levers to achieve Net Zero.

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APRIL 8, 2014

The US Department of Energy (DOE) released its five-year 2014-2018 Strategic Plan. The President’s Climate Action Plan contains a goal of doubling renewable energy generation from wind, solar, and geothermal sources between 2012 and 2020. Contribute to international efforts to address global climate change.

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NOVEMBER 22, 2021

The recent productivity advances in Viridos’ technology are an opportunity to turn CO2 into renewable diesel and sustainable aviation fuels, providing an essential component for the decarbonization of the heavy-duty transportation industry. —Vijay Swarup, vice president of Research and Development at ExxonMobil.

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AUGUST 14, 2020

Neste, the world’s largest producer of renewable diesel and sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) produced from waste and residue raw materials, is supplying Alaska Airlines, American Airlines and JetBlue Airways with sustainable aviation fuel for flights from San Francisco International Airport (SFO).

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JUNE 19, 2018

The result will be renewables eating up more and more of the existing market for coal, gas and nuclear. —Seb Henbest, head of Europe, Middle East and Africa for BNEF and lead author of NEO 2018. NEO 2018 sees $11.5 trillion being invested globally in new power generation capacity between 2018 and 2050, with $8.4

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MARCH 28, 2017

The companies are to start using battery-electric vehicles in the logistics provider’s normal operations in a pilot phase in Stuttgart and Hamburg in early 2018. Electric mobility plays a key role as part of our long-term strategy for climate and environmental protection.

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