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German Government Threatens to Block EU Truck CO2 Law

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It’s the third time the Scholz government has threatened a last-minute U-turn on European environment laws. continued] The post German Government Threatens to Block EU Truck CO2 Law appeared first on CleanTechnica. A planned vote on.

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RWE and ArcelorMittal intend to build and operate offshore wind farms and hydrogen facilities for low-emissions steelmaking

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Energy company RWE and steel producer ArcelorMittal have signed a memorandum of understanding to work together to develop, build and operate offshore wind farms and hydrogen facilities that will supply the renewable energy and green hydrogen required to produce low-emissions steel in Germany. —Reiner Blaschek, CEO ArcelorMittal Germany.

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Rock Tech Lithium to collaborate with Fraunhofer Institute and Circulor to pursue CO2-neutral lithium

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Rock Tech, which plans to supply lithium hydroxide to manufacturers of batteries for electric cars from 2024, plans to build the first European lithium hydroxide factory (converter) in Brandenburg, Germany. Ilka Gehrke, head of the Environment and Resource Utilization department at Fraunhofer. Earlier post.)

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Ford poll finds Europeans want freedom of car ownership, but worry about traffic, cost of driving, environment

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A new Ford Motor Company-sponsored poll of 6,000 people across Europe found that most Europeans remain committed to car ownership, but have growing concerns about traffic congestion, the cost of driving and the environment. 6,028 people were questioned across six European countries; Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the UK.

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VW’s Winterkorn underscores VW’s CO2 targets with Greenpeace, with caveat about customers

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Martin Winterkorn, Chairman of the Executive Board of Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft, during a meeting with Brigitte Behrens, Executive Director of Greenpeace Germany, in Hanover. I guarantee that we will do everything in our power to reach carbon dioxide emissions of 95 grams without any reservations. This is of course our objective.

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Tesla calls for a change in Germany’s approval process for factories

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The first phase of Tesla’s Gigafactory Berlin is nearing completion, and for all intents and purposes, the massive electric vehicle factory is on track to start producing the Made-in-Germany Model Y soon. With this in mind, a month of delays for Gigafactory Berlin could result in over one million tons of additional CO2 emissions. .

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EU agreement pushes full implementation of 95 g/km CO2 target for cars back 1 year to 2021, expands use of supercredits

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Our objective was to stand firm and not weaken our targets, in order not to hold back innovation in the car industry and EU efforts against climate change. —Environment Committee chair Matthias Groote (S&D, DE). The earlier agreement had capped supercredits at 2.5 grams per year. We must ensure that this doesn’t happen again.

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