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Lessons For Europe & North America From Northvolt Collapse

December 6, 2024 admin batteries, carbon emissions, China, clean power, clean transport, climate change, Electric vehicles, Energy, Energy Storage, Europe, ev batteries, green economy, green jobs, hydroelectric, investment, Manufacturing, northvolt, policy & politics, subsidies, Sweden, usa

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Wed, 04 Dec 2024 04:50:39 +0000

The European Union lost a few things in the past week. The least of them was a couple of billion euros of loans and grants. A big one was a new supply of fresh and shiny Europe-made batteries. The biggest was a belief that anything China could do, they could … [continued]

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Finnish GTK Risks Credibility By Publishing Bad Minerals Study In Peer-Reviewed House Journal

December 6, 2024 admin batteries, battery minerals, carbon emissions, clean power, clean transport, climate change, Coal, Electric vehicles, Energy, Energy Storage, Fossil Fuels, grid, hydroelectric, lithium-ion batteries, natural gas, Oil, policy research, pumped hydro storage, renewable energy, research, SCIENCE, Shipping, Solar energy, trains / rail, wind energy

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Wed, 04 Dec 2024 03:02:17 +0000

A year ago I published an assessment of a quite remarkably bad, non-peer-reviewed paper by one of the Geological Survey of Finland’s (GTK) associate professors, Simon Michaux. The paper’s quite risible conclusions were that there wasn’t nearly enough metal in the ground to be able to electrify everything with renewables. … [continued]

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US Postal Workers Love Their New Electric Mail Trucks!

December 6, 2024 admin carbon emissions, clean transport, electric cars, electric mail delivery vehicles, Electric vehicles, fleet electrification, inflation reduction act of 2022., mass transit / public transit, oshkosh defense, renewable energy, usa, usps

Credit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Tue, 03 Dec 2024 21:21:49 +0000

New electric mail trucks have been spotted in communities across the US. It’s been all smiles for carriers since the US Postal Service launched its new fleet of electric mail trucks. What’s new with the new USPS electric mail trucks? Nearly everything, as the design of the vehicles hasn’t had … [continued]

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Why I Am A Vegetarian: A Life Journey Toward Interconnectedness

December 3, 2024 admin Agriculture, Cancer, carbon emissions, HEALTH, SCIENCE, vegetarian, waste reduction

Credit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Sat, 30 Nov 2024 20:24:38 +0000

A vegetarian diet seems unusual at best and anti-patriotic at worst to many folks. But I haven’t eaten red meat since 1980, and I’ve been able to accrue a whole lotta benefits from my decision to focus on eating plants — and so has the planet. Here’s the story of … [continued]

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Hard Sail Power Might Have Niche In Roro Vehicle Shipping

December 1, 2024 admin boats, carbon emissions, cargo shipping, clean shipping, clean transport, climate change, Coal, Electric vehicles, Europe, Fossil Fuels, green economy, green jobs, investment, natural gas, ocean shipping, Oil, Shipping, shipping emissions

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Thu, 28 Nov 2024 18:33:33 +0000

Sails on ships are a romantic and idealized vision of the world. Our history as a species includes innumerable tiny vessels pushed by wind across great expanses of featureless ocean, bold explorers and traders risking all on the science of sextants and the vagaries of the weather. But in recent … [continued]

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Why Business And Biodiversity Go Hand-In-Hand

November 30, 2024 admin carbon emissions, climate change, investment, Manufacturing, waste reduction

Credit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Thu, 28 Nov 2024 04:50:19 +0000

Business and biodiversity may seem odd bedfellows at first glance. After all, doesn’t it take every possible effort to create a thriving commercial activity? Strategic roadmaps. Detailed record-keeping. A climate of collegiality. So much is needed to produce profitable goods or services. Who has time to factor in biodiversity? Pharmaceutical … [continued]

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Massachusetts’ Climate Law Will Limit Gas Pipeline Expansion, Ease Siting For Renewables

November 29, 2024 admin air quality, carbon emissions, clean power, Massachusetts, policy & politics, Solar energy, wind energy

Credit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Wed, 27 Nov 2024 02:33:50 +0000

Globally, October 2024 was nominally the second warmest October since directly measured instrumental records began in 1850. Some US states are in a state of denial about the climate crisis and its effects on everyday citizens. Others are charging head-on into establishing policies and legislation that will address the shift … [continued]

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Hydrogen Trains Continue To Derail

November 28, 2024 admin Canada, carbon emissions, clean transport, climate change, commuter rail, ev batteries, France, GERMANY, green economy, green jobs, heavy rail, hydrogen, India, investment, Italy, Malaysia, Manufacturing, mass transit / public transit, policy & politics, South korea, trains / rail, usa

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Tue, 26 Nov 2024 03:05:53 +0000

Recently I collaborated with David Cebon, head of the Cambridge Centre for Sustainable Road Freight, and interested parties on a complete list of all of the abandoned hydrogen bus trials globally. There are a couple of dozen of them, and I’m pretty sure there are more transit agencies that have … [continued]

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How Is The Landscape Of Power Generation Moving Toward Decarbonization?

November 28, 2024 admin carbon emissions, clean power, climate change, Coal, decarbonization, Energy, Fossil Fuels

Credit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2024 20:09:34 +0000

A November 2024 article called “The Changing Landscape of Power Generation & Decarbonization Pathways“ offers several insights into ways that the grid is quickly evolving due to the increased adoption of renewable and other energy sources. Here’s a synthesis of the findings from authors René Leven, Aravind Rajagopal, and John … [continued]

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How Can A Canadian Transit Think Tank Be So Deeply Incompetent?

November 26, 2024 admin Canada, carbon emissions, clean transport, climate change, electric trucks, Electric vehicles, fuel cell buses, green economy, hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicles, mass transit, mass transit / public transit

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Sat, 23 Nov 2024 17:06:37 +0000

Recently, I had the opportunity to sit down with Michael Raynor, formerly a managing director of sustainability and thought leadership for Deloitte and author of multiple books on innovation and strategy. We talked about not only an innovative approach to addressing Scope 3 emissions that Raynor has developed, but also … [continued]

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