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Audi will phase out gas engines by 2033, reversing past stance of CEO

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Audi will now phase out gas engines by the year 2033, CEO Markus Duesmann announced at the Berlin Climate Conference earlier today. Duesmann said that “Audi is ready to make its decisive and powerful move into the electric age,” finally accepting the challenge of ditching gas engines for electric ones.

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Tesla and GM sign on to use supply chain emissions database

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Tesla, General Motors (GM) and others have signed an agreement to use a database tracking greenhouse gas emissions, with this year’s report having been shared by U.S. Vice President Al Gore at the COP28 climate conference this weekend. billion Tonnes CO2e100. In 2021, Tesla urged a U.S.

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GE unveils LNG In A Box system

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GE Oil & Gas introduced the LNG In A Box system, a small-scale, plug-and-play, re-deployable liquefied natural gas (LNG) fueling solution based on proven technology that can help accelerate the use of natural gas as a cost-effective, cleaner transportation fuel.

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California Governor orders more stringent GHG reduction target for the state: 40% below 1990 levels by 2030

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issued an executive order (B-30-15) to establish a California greenhouse gas reduction target of 40% below 1990 levels by 2030—the most aggressive GHG reduction target enacted by any government in North America to reduce GHG emissions over the next decade and a half.

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GM adds 3 acres of solar arrays in Michigan

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After the projects are complete this fall, GM will house more than 38 MW of solar power at 13 facilities around the world and more than 60 MW of renewable energy globally when combined with its landfill gas and biomass energy use. Ever since our first solar array in 2006, GM has realized the benefits of renewable energy.

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LanzaTech collaborating with Swayana to convert waste gases from ferroalloy production to ethanol

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LanzaTech’s first commercial facility will be online at the end of 2017 in China, producing fuel-grade ethanol from captured steelmaking off-gas. noted that: Ferroalloys are most commonly produced by electric submerged arc furnaces with graphite electrodes or consumable Søderberg electrodes. during steel manufacturing. Resources.

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Say it ain’t so: BMW, Volkswagen, and Renault take aim at Europe’s ICE ban

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Next year, the policy will tighten ahead of the full ban of gas and diesel cars in 2035, leaving automakers to pay steep fines if they fall short. By the end of 2025 the world will note that it’s not that easy,” he added, speaking at the automaker’s annual results conference. “By China rules, the U.S.

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