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Ford CEO Jim Farley Wakes After Decade-Long Nap, Shocked By China’s EVs

September 20, 2024 admin byd, carbon emissions, China, clean transport, climate change, electric cars, Electric vehicles, ford, green economy, green jobs, investment, jim farley, Manufacturing, tesla, usa

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Wed, 18 Sep 2024 00:13:43 +0000

Editor’s note: This article has been updated to correct Jim Farley’s role (he is only CEO, not also Chairman of Ford) and provide a response from Ford on its perceived EV leadership in the US. The points right here are from a Ford representative: Second, the article incorrectly states that Ford … [continued]

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What Is The Biggest Contributor To Methane Emissions: Fossil Fuels Or Cattle?

September 20, 2024 admin Agriculture, carbon emissions, climate change, HEALTH, methane

Credit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Tue, 17 Sep 2024 22:09:40 +0000

You might think that fossil fuels score at the very top level of methane emissions levels, but they don’t. It’s cattle and manure, according to a recent report from the Global Carbon Project, which updates its Global Methane Budget every few years. They say that despite an increasing policy focus … [continued]

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Carbon Capture Is Mostly An Oil & Gas Industry Shell Game — Masala Flavored

September 19, 2024 admin air quality, Carbon Capture, carbon emissions, clean power, climate change, Coal, Energy, Fossil Fuels, green economy, grid, India, investment, natural gas, Oil, policy & politics, Solar energy, waste reduction, wind energy

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Mon, 16 Sep 2024 21:45:36 +0000

The latest installment of the ongoing seminar series on global decarbonization that I’m leading for India’s utility professionals under the auspices of the India Smart Grid Forum was on carbon capture and sequestration (CCS). It’s an overly hyped, overly hoped for solution that isn’t and won’t scale remotely economically. When … [continued]

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Another Day, Another Nonsensical Oceanic Carbon Capture Non-Solution, This Time Italian

September 19, 2024 admin California, carbon emissions, climate change, Fossil Fuels, green economy, HEALTH, investment, Italy, Ocean, ocean acidification, research, SCIENCE, seafood

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Mon, 16 Sep 2024 17:40:52 +0000

Regular readers might think Californians have a lock on poorly thought-through ideas for ‘enhancing’ oceanic carbon uptake, but apparently Italy decided to throw a log on this fire. A startup is promoting the idea of digging up long-sequestered carbon dioxide in the form of limestone to make quicklime to make … [continued]

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For Power & Profit: The Retreat From Renewables Has A Dark & Dangerous Underside

September 18, 2024 admin carbon emissions, climate change, Fossil Fuels, policy & politics, renewable energy, Smart Grid

Credit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Sun, 15 Sep 2024 17:29:03 +0000

The existential climate crisis that confronts us requires political and policy solutions that disempower the fossil fuel industry and their state allies. Unfortunately, the current US presidential election season is filled with hyperbole, controversy, and disinformation. Such discourse threatens to spawn a retreat from renewables in favor of continued burning … [continued]

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Too Many Heavy, Large EVs Undermine The Benefits Of Green Transportation, Says Researcher

September 18, 2024 admin carbon emissions, clean transport, climate change, Electric vehicles, Manufacturing

Credit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Sat, 14 Sep 2024 20:52:48 +0000

Why do so many people want heavy, large EVs? They risk the progress that can be achieved by the transition to personal transportation electrification. So argues Christian Brand, professor of transport, energy, and climate change at the University of Oxford’s Transport Studies Unit. Brand calls the larger-is-better trend in EVs … [continued]

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Wucker’s Gray Rhino Is Essential Reading & Her Thoughts On Climate & COVID Compelling

September 18, 2024 admin Asia, black swan event, carbon emissions, China, climate change, climate risk, covid, financial risk, green economy, INTERVIEWS, investment, policy & politics, risk, risk analysis

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Sat, 14 Sep 2024 20:33:55 +0000

A year and a half ago I had the opportunity to sit down with Michele Wucker, author of The Gray Rhino and You Are What You Risk, to have a wide ranging conversation about risks we tend to ignore, Asian vs Western perceptions of risk, black swans, climate change, COVID, … [continued]

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Want To Know More About How To Design & Deliver Net Zero Policy?

September 16, 2024 admin carbon emissions, climate change, policy & politics, policy research, renewable energy, renewable energy standards

Credit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Fri, 13 Sep 2024 11:59:23 +0000

BloombergNEF’s (BNEF’s) new policy blueprint, the NetZero Pathfinders framework, has been designed to help governments and other stakeholders to devise and implement the best net zero trajectory programs for their markets. The framework helps to make transparent the various policy actions that can build together to achieve the goals of … [continued]

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Why Is “Fracking” Such A Swear Word In The US Presidential Race?

September 14, 2024 admin carbon emissions, climate change, Energy, events, Fossil Fuels, policy & politics

Credit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Thu, 12 Sep 2024 00:14:53 +0000

Politics is such a nasty game. While the two major US Presidential candidates had many topics about which to debate on Tuesday night, the climate crisis was the one most pressing on many of our minds. Unfortunately, it did not receive the attention it deserved. When the single question about … [continued]

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Foshan’s Hydrogen Transportation Market Strategy Derailed By Battery Dominance

September 14, 2024 admin carbon emissions, China, clean transport, climate change, electric cars, electric trucks, Electric vehicles, ev sales, fuel cell, green economy, hydrogen, hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicles, investment, Manufacturing, mass transit / public transit, policy & politics, trains / rail

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Wed, 11 Sep 2024 21:45:59 +0000

At the beginning of the year, I highlighted a few epicenters of hydrogen folly, cities or states that decided at some point in the past that hydrogen was the molecule they were going to double down on. Today, news arose of the inevitable failure of one of the signature hydrogen … [continued]

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