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CSIRO produces Australia’s first home-grown carbon fiber

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CSIRO scientists have produced Australia’s first entirely home-grown carbon fiber, paving the way for Australian industry to mass-produce the next generation materials, used in everything from bicycles and tennis rackets to satellites and fighter planes. It’s a major leap forward in turning the region into an international carbon fiber hub.

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Four key Hyundai Motor Group affiliates join Climate Group’s RE100, aim to expand renewables usage

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Under the goal of carbon neutrality, the four companies plan to establish a joint RE100 response system at global sites where they operate in common. Kia Tigers baseball club will cooperate with Kia. The Group plans to successfully achieve its carbon neutrality goal by various ways as well as RE100 initiatives.

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Walmart to electrify fleet by 2040

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Transitioning to low-impact refrigerants for cooling and electrified equipment for heating in its stores, clubs, and data and distribution centers by 2040. —Doug McMillon, president and CEO, Walmart, Inc.

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New England to become the second coal-free region in the US

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That’s following a settlement between Sierra Club, The Conservation Law Foundation, EPA, and Granite Shore Power. It will be integral in supporting reliability daily during peak hours and acting as storage for the wind power now being built off the coast of Martha’s Vineyard and in the Gulf of Maine.

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CicLaVia is Back This Sunday & We’ll Be Rolling Against Coal!

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My favorite part of this next CicLaVia is t he Bike Parade coming from my friends at Greenpeace and Sierra Club which they’re calling ROLL AGAINST COAL. ’s power supply and that’s exactly what Greenpeace and Sierra Club have in mind with their BEYOND COAL CAMPAIGN. It’s long been time to kick coal out of L.A.’s

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IEEE’s Plan To Help Combat Climate Change

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For example, organizations such as the Sierra Club and the World Wildlife Fund aspire to make the world carbon-neutral in 30 to 40 years. You cannot make wind and solar energy useful throughout the day unless you can store it. Renewables such as solar, wind, and hydroelectricity. Carbon sequestration.

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Energy Secretary Chu says US faces a new Sputnik Moment in Chinas clean energy successes

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In a speech at the National Press Club, US Energy Secretary Steven Chu said that the success of China and other countries in clean energy industries represents a new “Sputnik Moment” for the United States, and will require a similar mobilization of innovation to enable the US to compete in the global race for the jobs of the future.

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