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Pilot Project Sends Kelp–and Carbon–to the Seafloor

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At daybreak, the cranks pull the ring back up to the surface to soak up sunlight and carbon dioxide. The Climate Foundation , the Seattle-based company behind the project, has found that this deep cycling makes kelp grow three times as fast as it can when kept in shallow waters, as seaweed farmers do now.

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Lyft commits to 100% EVs by 2030

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In 2018, Lyft started a carbon-offsets program to make rides on the Lyft platform carbon-neutral. Lyft is now ending the carbon offsets program to focus on direct decarbonization through the switch to EVs. Last year Lyft launched hundreds of EVs onto the Lyft platform through Express Drive in Seattle, Atlanta, and Denver.

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UCS: ride-hailing trips can produce nearly 70% greater emissions compared to private car trips

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A new report by the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) finds that the rising use of ride-hailing services is increasing carbon emissions, with ride-hailing trips producing nearly 70% greater emissions compared to the trips they are replacing. They can also encourage shared ridership by discounting pooled trips to make them more affordable.

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Harbour Air and magniX partner to build world’s first all-electric airline; seaplanes to ePlanes

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Operating 12 routes between hubs such as Seattle and Vancouver and across the Pacific Northwest, Harbour Air welcomes more than 500,000 passengers on 30,000 commercial flights each year. Through this partnership, both companies are furthering the vision to someday connect communities with clean, efficient and affordable electric air travel.

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Nissan Leaf Hits Seattle

Revenge of the Electric Car

Listen to what happens when the Nissan Leaf roadshow reaches Seattle. Mark Perry, Nissan North America’s Director of Product Planning, says Seattle is part of a DOE project to place 2,500 charging stations to the Puget Sound region this summer. Nissan expects the Leaf to be the first affordable, all-electric car.

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Chevron invests in nuclear fusion start-up Zap Energy

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a Seattle-based start-up company developing a next-generation modular nuclear reactor with an innovative approach to advancing cost-effective, flexible, and commercially scalable fusion. We see fusion technology as a promising low-carbon future energy source. Chevron Corporation made a Series A investment in Zap Energy Inc. ,

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U Delaware team develops prototype efficient direct ammonia fuel cell for transportation

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Carbon-neutral fuels are needed for sustainable transportation to overcome the range and recharge limitations of batteries and the scale limitations of biofuels. An alternative approach to hydrogen distribution infrastructure in transportation is using hydrogen-rich fuels based on carbon or nitrogen. … —Zhao et al. Zhao et al.

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