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New England to become the second coal-free region in the US

Baua Electric

Photo: PSNH/Flickr Both of New Hampshire’s coal plants are shutting, making New England the second coal-free region in the US. The Bow, New Hampshire-based power station has committed to retiring the coal-burning units at Merrimack and Schiller Stations in New Hampshire, by 2028 and 2025, respectively. Get started here. –ad*

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India’s Report Card Against Short List Of Climate Actions Is Better Than Most Realize

CleanTechnica EVs

For several years I’ve been iterating The Short List of Climate Actions That Will Work. The work of organizations like Mark Z. Jacobson’s Stanford team around energy and Carbon Drawdown’s around everything are excellent in different ways, but also indigestible to most people. The short list really is that. It’s.

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In a ‘monumental shift’, EU coal and gas collapse as wind and solar ascend

Baua Electric

Photo: Hornsea Project Europe’s coal electricity generation tanked by 26% and gas by 15% in 2023, according to a new report from energy think tank Ember. Interestingly, Europe’s shift away from fossil fuels wasn’t just about swapping coal and gas for wind and solar. Coal and gas are on their way out, and renewables are stepping up.

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Why EVs Aren't a Climate Change Panacea

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“Electric cars will not save the climate. to hit the 90 percent EV target, sales of all new ICE vehicles across the U.S. Greenpeace , on the other hand, argues that sales of all diesel and petrol vehicles, including hybrids, must end by 2030 to meet such a target. For the U.S. The answer is perhaps some, but maybe not too much.

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The Top 12 Climate Developments of 2022

CleanTechnica EVs

The past year saw amazing developments in climate, energy, and more that will make a difference for years to come. The past year might unfortunately be remembered as the year that Russia invaded Ukraine — or for some even stranger events such as the Oscar slap, Musk’s Twitter chaos, or Taylor Swift ticket mayhem. But […].

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ICCT LCA study finds only battery and hydrogen fuel-cell EVs have potential to be very low-GHG passenger vehicle pathways

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Natural gas does not offer climate benefits compared to gasoline and diesel, and many biofuel pathways do not, either. Drivers of plug-in hybrid electric vehicles rely too much on the gasoline engine for this pathway to be a long-term climate solution, the ICCT said.

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Plug-in electric car sales, Tesla & Nordstrom, Peabody Coal lobbying: Today's Car News

Green Car Reports

Today, we look at plug-in electric car sales for May 2016, Tesla plans to sell electric cars in Nordstrom department stores, and Peabody Coal's bankruptcy reveals the extent of the coal giant's lobbying efforts against climate-change science. All this and more on Green Car Reports.

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