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Report: 50 years ago, GM and Ford understood climate change was an issue

Green Car Reports

General Motors and Ford knew about the possible impact of climate change as far back as 50 years ago, according to a new report from E&E News.

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EVgo Completes Business Combination with Climate Change Crisis Real Impact I Acquisition Corporation Home

EV Obssesion

LOS ANGELES – July 1, 2021 – EVgo Services, LLC (“EVgo”), the nation’s largest public fast charging network for electric vehicles (EVs) and first powered by 100% renewable electricity, today announced that it has completed its previously announced business combination with Climate Change Crisis Real Impact I Acquisition Corporation (“CLII”).

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Report finds says “negative emissions technologies” need to play a large role in mitigating climate change

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To achieve goals for climate and economic growth, “negative emissions technologies” (NETs) that remove and sequester carbon dioxide from the air will need to play a significant role in mitigating climate change, according to a new report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine.

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Nissan CEO Ghosn: Climate Change Must Be Corporate Humanitarian Cause

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But the need to curtail climate change is at the root of many of these.' Cars that plug in to travel on batteries charged from the electric grid respond to perceived customer demand for more-efficient transportation, and they help companies comply with tightening global emissions standards.

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GM achieves perfect scores on climate change data disclosure and performance in CDP report

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General Motors for the first time achieved perfect scores on both climate change data disclosure and performance submitted to CDP , the world’s only global environmental disclosure system. The CDP program enables management of greenhouse gas emissions and risks and opportunities associated with climate change.

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How Corporations Can Help the U.S. Reach its EV Goals

Clean Fleet Report

How Corporations Can Help the U.S. Meanwhile, the electrification of city- and corporate-owned vehicles has been dominating recent headlines. And large corporations like Amazon aren’t the only ones currently converting their fleets from gas to electric. Reach its EV Goals A Look at the Pathway & Companies’ Role U.S.

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Group of 285 global investors with more than $20T in assets under management calls for urgent action on investment-grade climate change and energy policies; guidelines for governments

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Saying that “ investment-grade climate change and clean energy policy is required to shift private sector investment from high-carbon to low-carbon assets ”, a group of 285 investors has urged governments and international policy makers to take new and meaningful steps in the fight against climate change.