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Tesla’s 2020 Impact Report shows why an “ecosystem” of products is key to addressing climate change

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With this in mind, and to achieve a true zero-emissions future, Tesla’s efforts have been focused on creating a system that could effectively address the threat of climate change using products and services that are steadily getting cleaner. Credit: Tesla Inc.

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Santos reports successful CO2 capture and storage injection trial in Moomba CCS project

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Experts, including the International Energy Agency (IEA) and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change have identified CCS as a critical technology to achieve the world’s climate goals. —Kevin Gallagher.

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Euro Parliament Environment Committee approves 147 g CO2/km target for light commercial vehicles by 2020; caps van speed

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To enable automakers to reach the 147g target, innovation should be encouraged by giving “super-credit” weightings to each maker’s cleaner vehicles, the committee said. Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) said the scheme should apply to manufacturers producing more than 1,000 vehicles a year. vans in 2014, falling to 1.3

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Study: countries seeking to cut CO2 emissions must get a handle on city-level emissions

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Energy-producing cities, and cities with lots of manufacturing, have higher CO 2 outputs than high-tech and service-based cities. Prof Dabo Guan, professor of climate change economics at the University of East Anglia (UEA), led the research, along with Dr Yuli Shan from UEA’s School of International Development.

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Provisional agreement reached on European CO2 standards for heavy-duty trucks; 30% lower by 2030

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The new targets and incentives will help tackle emissions, as well as bring fuel savings to transport operators and cleaner air for all Europeans. —Commissioner for Climate Action and Energy Miguel Arias Cañete. The introduction of a benchmark system for truck manufacturers totally ignores the demand side.

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How EVs Are Reducing Carbon (CO2) Emissions

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As the world grapples with the pressing issue of climate change, it is evident that we need swift action to avert its worst impacts. Lifecycle Emissions from EVs Although EVs do not produce carbon emissions during their operation, manufacturing and producing EVs still often involves the use of fossil fuels.

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Euro Parliament committee approves new 95 g/km CO2 target for cars; super credits and a switch to WLTP

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Car makers would therefore have to produce, in addition to older, heavier or polluting models, enough cleaner ones to achieve a balance of 95g en 2020, on pain of penalties. Any increase in the emissions target for each manufacturer deriving from the “super-credits” calculation would be capped at 2.5 Draft report.