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China Hits EV Target 10 Years Early, Still Hasn’t Reached 2020 Nuclear Target

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On October 27th of 2020, the China Society of Automotive Engineers laid out a roadmap for how the country was going to achieve 50% of all cars sold in 2035 being fully electric, plug-in hybrid, or hydrogen, with 95% of them of course being fully electric.

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Can a New Power Link Boost the EU’s Energy Independence?

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meet its increasingly strict emissions targets. In 2016, for example, the country set a goal of sourcing 20 percent of its energy from renewables by 2020. During fighting in 2020, Azerbaijan retook the land, and in 2021 the government declared that the region would be developed as a carbon-neutral green energy zone.

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In Argentina, a Boom in Antarctic Cruises Is Straining the ‘End of the World’

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Her sightseeing agency, Latitud Ushuaia , has grown to 28 employees from six at the beginning of 2020. Last summer, a record of nearly 640,000 tourists visited Argentinas portion of Tierra del Fuego, far outnumbering the 190,000 people who live in the province. The rush has reshaped Silvana Ponces business.

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Trump’s Tariffs Are An Economic & Environmental Boomerang

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Between 2018 and 2020, Trumps tariffs on solar panels cost the US an estimated 10.5 The first Trump trade war was a disaster for US cleantech, and it looks like 2025 is setting up to be an encore performance. GW of lost solar capacity, delaying the transition to clean energy.

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Taxing the Distance

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IEA: global carbon dioxide emissions have rebounded strongly

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The Covid-19 crisis in 2020 triggered the largest annual drop in global energy-related carbon dioxide emissions since the Second World War, according to IEA data, but the overall decline of about 6% masks wide variations depending on the region and the time of year. China was the only major economy that grew in 2020.

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SwRI engineers develop near-zero emissions diesel engine technology; 90% reduction of NOx

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Southwest Research Institute engineers have developed the next generation of clean diesel engine technology to reduce hazardous nitrogen oxides (NO x ) and carbon dioxide emissions while minimizing fuel consumption. g/hp-hr NO x emissions). Final results are expected in summer 2020. and Rao, S. Sarlashkar, J.,