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Drive Electric Submission Land Transport (Clean Car) Amendment Bill

Drive Electric

By using these standards, we can better access vehicles manufactured in and for the United Kingdom, a far larger right-hand-drive EV market. Moving to zero emissions vehicles, as the cliche goes, is the low hanging fruit in New Zealand’s fight against climate change. The United Kingdom applies the EU emissions standards.

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UN report finds world needs incremental $1.9 trillion invested in green technologies to avert planetary catastrophe; global per capita cap on primary energy consumption of 70 GJ/yr may be required

Green Car Congress

trillion in 2010) would be required to overcome poverty; increase food production to eradicate hunger without degrading land and water resources; and avert the climate change catastrophe. The reports estimates that incremental green investment of about 3% of world gross product (WGP) (about $1.9

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Light-powered nano-bio hybrid organisms consume CO2, create plastics and fuels

Green Car Congress

We’re looking at a technique that could improve CO 2 capture to combat climate change and one day even potentially replace carbon-intensive manufacturing for plastics and fuels. Therefore, these resting cells function as nano-microbial factories powered by light. —Ding et al. Yuchen Ding, John R. 9b02549.

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Drive Electric Submission on the Emissions Reduction Plan Discussion Document

Drive Electric

An affordable, convenient, safe and sustainable transport system is one that enables active and public transport, embraces changes to the ways we design and live in cities, and encourages new ideas and technologies, like Mobility-as-a-Service (Maas). . We also don’t need to ‘reinvent the wheel’. New Zealand receives less than 0.17

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World Earth Day & The Green Reset

My Energi

It’s estimated that UK households waste 4.5million tonnes of food every year , which creates greenhouse gases 21 times more damaging to the environment than CO2 when left to rot in landfill. To take it one step further, at myenergi we have designed the world’s first solar compatible EV charger – zappi. What’s not to like?

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