Green Car Congress
JUNE 26, 2022
The rapidly growing space industry may have a greater climate effect than the aviation industry and undo repair to the protective ozone layer if left unregulated, according to a new study led by UCL and published in the journal Earth’s Future as an open-access paper. Effect of rocket launch and re-entry emissions on global climate forcing.
Green Car Congress
APRIL 8, 2021
Polestar, the premium electric performance car brand founded by Volvo Cars and Geely Holding, has set a goal of creating the first climate-neutral car by 2030. Questions around the long-term carbon-storage capacity of forests and soils remain, as a forest might be logged, devastated by fire or altered by climate change.
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Green Car Congress
DECEMBER 17, 2021
Rolls-Royce will ensure a climate-neutral energy supply at the container terminal currently under construction at the Port of Duisburg, Germany. It will not only set new standards in cargo handling, but also in climate-friendly energy supply.
Green Car Congress
JULY 20, 2021
The researchers used predictive population models coupled with advanced mapping techniques to estimate the climate damage wild pigs are causing across five continents. Since soil contains nearly three times as much carbon than in the atmosphere, even a small fraction of carbon emitted from soil has the potential to accelerate climate change.
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Green Car Congress
SEPTEMBER 6, 2020
of the human-made climate impact; two-thirds of this impact are caused by emissions other than CO 2 , according to a new study by researchers in Europe and the US. Schematic overview of the processes by which aviation emissions and increased cirrus cloudiness affect the climate system. Aviation accounts for 3.5% —Lee et al.
Green Car Congress
NOVEMBER 20, 2022
The US Department of Agriculture has awarded Bridgestone and several partners a $35-million grant to continue its investment in desert shrub guayule ( earlier post ) to advance a climate-smart domestic rubber industry and offer a solution for growers amid the ongoing water crisis in the Southwestern US.
Innovation News Network
JANUARY 18, 2023
UCLA researchers have found that global atmospheric dust has masked the full potential of greenhouse gases’ role in climate change. The post Climate change could accelerate if dust levels stop rising appeared first on Innovation News Network.
Innovation News Network
MARCH 8, 2023
Mussels play an important role as ecosystem engineers and will help protect coastal environments in the face of climate change. The post How important are ecosystem engineers for climate change mitigation? appeared first on Innovation News Network.
Green Car Congress
OCTOBER 25, 2022
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) mobilized a $135-million climate financing package for VinFast Trading and Production Joint Stock Company (VinFast) for manufacturing Vietnam’s first fully-electric public transport bus fleet and first national electric vehicle (EV) charging network.
Green Car Congress
NOVEMBER 11, 2020
Global renewable energy investment increased between 2013 and 2018, reaching its peak at US$351 billion in 2017, according to a new report by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) and Climate Policy Initiative (CPI). The 2020 edition of Global Landscape of Renewable Energy Finance highlights however, that while a cumulative US$1.8
CleanTechnica EVs
SEPTEMBER 24, 2021
In this episode of CleanTech Talk, renowned climate author and social movement leader Bill McKibben and I talk about the climate change crisis we’re quickly rolling into, climate grief and how to deal with it, US climate policy, rampant conspiracy theories, the great energy transition, and more.
Innovation News Network
MARCH 6, 2023
The post Solar geoengineering research boosted despite climate change worries appeared first on Innovation News Network. Researchers in Africa are set to receive grants worth tens of thousands of dollars to study the impact of solar geoengineering.
Green Car Congress
NOVEMBER 5, 2020
In the long run, Astypalea will strive to become a model island for climate-neutral mobility. The Hellenic Republic supports this transformation within the framework of its National Energy & Climate Plan. To that end, the current transport system on the island will transition to electric vehicles and renewable power generation.
Innovation News Network
MARCH 2, 2023
Carbon capture utilisation and storage is an essential tool in fighting climate change in sectors such as cement and steel production. The post Developing large-scale CCUS projects to fight climate change appeared first on Innovation News Network.
Innovation News Network
JANUARY 13, 2023
Climate induced-natural hazards can be better tracked by combining satellite technology with Machine Learning. The post Monitoring climate-induced natural hazards with Machine Learning appeared first on Innovation News Network.
Innovation News Network
FEBRUARY 7, 2023
American Diversified Enterprises shares insights on funding programs to fuel energy and climate innovation. The post Accelerating energy and climate innovation in the US appeared first on Innovation News Network.
Green Car Congress
MAY 27, 2021
Volvo Cars announced that its Torslanda site in Sweden is its first car manufacturing plant to reach fully climate-neutral status. This makes Torslanda the second plant in its overall manufacturing network to reach this status, after the Skövde engine plant in Sweden became climate-neutral in 2018. Torslanda plant.
Green Car Congress
FEBRUARY 12, 2021
President Biden has created a new Climate Innovation Working Group as part of the National Climate Task Force to advance his commitment to launching an Advanced Research Projects Agency-Climate (ARPA-C).
Green Car Congress
JULY 13, 2021
Many climate-related policies were already in place around the world prior to COVID-19, and the pandemic has accelerated the adoption of additional measures, but these interventions may not achieve their goal of reducing oil demand, according to the report. Lines represent global oil demand by study scenario.
Green Car Congress
JULY 12, 2022
Over the past year and a half, the company has invested around €10 million at Rolls-Royce Solutions in Augsburg in test bench modernization, hydrogen infrastructure and other measures as part of its ‘Net Zero at Power Systems’ climate protection program.
Electrek
JANUARY 18, 2023
Climate activists across three different social awareness groups have banded together to post over 400 irreverent billboards across Europe, using subvertising tactics to expose automakers like Toyota and BMW for promoting zero-carbon BEVs while simultaneously lobbying to keep combustion vehicles on roads for decades to come.
Green Car Congress
JULY 23, 2021
A climate-neutral alternative to petroleum-based fuels, they also offer the potential for significantly reduced overall emissions, allowing Tenneco’s Clean Air experts to better manage any remaining pollutants through the aftertreatment process. We are excited to be an active part in the development of this type of technology.
Innovation News Network
MARCH 14, 2023
The post Cargo ships powered by wind could help fight climate change appeared first on Innovation News Network. Future cargo ships are set to be powered by wind once again due to a new project that retrofits large vessels with ultra-modern wing sails.
Green Car Congress
MARCH 1, 2022
The US Department of Energy (DOE) announced a commitment from more than 90 companies and organizations to reduce their Scope 1 and Scope 2 carbon emissions by 50% by 2030 through DOE’s Better Climate Challenge. Among the inaugural partners in the Better Climate Challenge are vehicle makers and suppliers, including: Company. Commitment.
Green Car Congress
DECEMBER 12, 2022
IG Metall, Germany’s largest union as well as Europe’s largest industrial union, warns that at Hüttenwerke Krupp Mannesmann (HKM), the switch to climate-neutral steel production is may fail due to the lack of financing. HKM aims to reduce CO 2 emissions by 30% by the year 2025, and then be as climate neutral as possible by 2045.
Green Car Congress
JANUARY 29, 2020
The results of a new analysis by the International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT) show that, when combined with a trend toward higher methane leakage and combustion slip, there is no climate benefit from using liquefied natural gas (LNG) as a marine fuel—regardless of the engine technology. First, it contains very little sulfur.
CleanTechnica EVs
JANUARY 26, 2023
Rather than find common cause in tackling a challenge that both imperils and unites Virginians, Governor Glenn Youngkin (R) only attacks climate progress, all while offering zero solutions of his own.
Green Car Congress
APRIL 23, 2020
Audi of America (AoA) and the Audi Environmental Foundation are awarding a $100,000 grant to the California Institute of Technology (Caltech), the lead institution in the Climate Modeling Alliance (CliMA). The consortium is pursuing an aggressive timeline, with hopes to have the new climate model running within the next five years.
Green Car Congress
JUNE 8, 2021
Fisker aims to produce a climate-neutral vehicle by 2027. The company seeks to utilize only climate-neutral materials in products and use only climate-neutral services to support the business. The supply chains of suppliers and logistics partners may contain offsets to achieve climate neutrality.
Green Car Congress
JANUARY 25, 2020
A strong absorber of solar radiation, black carbon exhibits significant climate warming properties. Therefore, the climate burden of the increase in BC emissions dominates over the US, especially over source regions. the increase in BC associated with the shift would lead to an annual average positive radiative effect over the U.S.
Cars That Think
MARCH 4, 2023
To solve the climate crisis, we need to cut this in half by 2030, and get to zero by 2050. However, there’s a shortage of roboticists tackling climate change, due to a lack of awareness of necessary and urgent applications. Surprisingly, many founders I talked with echoed the shortage of roboticists in climate tech.
Innovation News Network
JANUARY 23, 2023
Researchers have found that museum collections can be used as a tool for assessing how species will be affected by climate change. The post Researchers discover new method to assess responses to climate change appeared first on Innovation News Network.
Innovation News Network
FEBRUARY 2, 2023
The post How soil is contributing to climate change appeared first on Innovation News Network. Research suggests that nitrogen released by gas-powered machines causes dry soil to let go of carbon and release it back into the atmosphere.
CleanTechnica EVs
JANUARY 11, 2023
According to the science, over the next 7 years we must focus on reducing emissions of heat-trapping gases significantly to halve emissions by 2030 and avoid the worst impacts of climate change. Getting there requires an all-of-society approach; getting there requires leadership at all levels of government.
Green Car Congress
JANUARY 14, 2022
LanzaJet, a sustainable fuels technology company and renewable fuels producer, has secured financing for its Freedom Pines Fuels plant in Soperton, Georgia ( earlier post ), through the Microsoft Climate Innovation Fund. The remaining fraction is SPD with superior properties to conventional diesel.
Green Car Congress
AUGUST 25, 2021
California Climate Investments —a program designed to put billions of dollars to work to reduce greenhouse gas emissions—is funded with proceeds from the State’s Cap-and-Trade GHG emissions reduction program and is administered by the California Air Resources Board (ARB). Approximately $4.5 Background.
Innovation News Network
OCTOBER 28, 2022
EIP's Kate Munro discusses how the current cost-of living crisis coupled with a desire to tackle climate change, has encouraged consumers to buy and use electric cars. The post Are electric cars tackling climate change? appeared first on Innovation News Network.
Green Car Congress
MARCH 2, 2020
For years, scientists have known that these particles are affecting Earth’s warming climate, but measuring their exact effect has proved elusive. Absorption by black carbon strongly affects regional and global climate. If you have larger absorption, it contributes to warming and has greater climate impact.
Green Car Congress
NOVEMBER 14, 2019
earlier post ), a new study by a team at Environmental Defense Fund finds that the climate impact of hydropower facilities varies widely throughout the world and over time, with some facilities emitting more greenhouse gases than those burning fossil fuels. They also estimated emissions caused by flooding the reservoir.
Innovation News Network
JANUARY 18, 2023
The University of Bath aims to tackle the climate crisis and global sustainability issues by launching the new Institute for Sustainability. The post Climate crisis combatted by new University of Bath institute appeared first on Innovation News Network.
Green Car Congress
FEBRUARY 7, 2022
A new study from the International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT) has found that although liquid-hydrogen- (LH 2 )-combustion aircraft do not perform as well as their jet fuel counterparts, they can still play an important role in meeting aviation’s 2050 climate goals.
Creative Greenius
MARCH 13, 2019
My friend and mentor, Bill McKibben has an Op Ed about this Friday’s Student Climate Strikes in today’s on-line edition of the LA Times that will be news to LAT readers but not to Creative Greenius devotees. And when they don’t show up for school on Climate Strike Day neither does that $47 for the school budget.
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