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Election Misinformation: How Trump & Musk Spit Out Fallacies That Undermine Democracy

November 5, 2024 admin carbon emissions, clean transport, climate change, elon musk, policy & politics

Credit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Sat, 02 Nov 2024 00:50:35 +0000

Fallacies have been rampant throughout the Trump for President campaign. Standing alongside the guy who perfected the Art of the Steal Deal is Tesla CEO Elon Musk, the world’s richest man, who has committed more than $70 million to boost Trump in the election. The New York Times reports that … [continued]

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Why Has The Term “Nature-Based” Been Crucial To Dialogue At COP16 Convention On Biological Diversity?

November 4, 2024 admin air quality, Biodiversity, carbon emissions, climate change, ecosystems, investment, Massachusetts, nature, policy & politics, the nature conservancy

Credit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Thu, 31 Oct 2024 19:53:35 +0000

The 16th Conference of the Parties (COP16) to the UN Convention on Biological Diversity is now well underway in Cali, Colombia, bringing together nearly 190 nations. They’re gathered to find answers to the critical challenge of halting ever-increasing biodiversity loss, investigating its relationship with the climate crisis, and enhancing the … [continued]

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China Will Electrify & Decarbonize Much Faster Than Europe Unless EU Puts Act In Action

November 3, 2024 admin carbon emissions, China, clean power, climate change, Energy, Europe, events, green economy, green jobs, hydroelectric, India, investment, Manufacturing, Solar energy, wind energy

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Thu, 31 Oct 2024 16:15:47 +0000

This week I had the privilege of speaking in Brussels, steps from the European Parliament, among a group of speakers that included the Belgian energy minister and a member of European parliament, then participating in a panel discussion. The event was a launch of the second edition of Supergrid Super … [continued]

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Brussels Conversations: Port Decarbonization, Economics Of Climate Refugees, Logistics Strategy & More

November 3, 2024 admin carbon emissions, clean transport, climate change, climate economics, climate refugees, economics, electric truck, Electric vehicles, Europe, ev charging, freight, green economy, green jobs, HEALTH, INTERVIEWS, investment, Logistics, Manufacturing, microgrids, Shipping

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Thu, 31 Oct 2024 15:50:49 +0000

When people found out I was going to be in Brussels, invitations for lunch and dinner came out of the woodwork, and people started booking train rides, including two from London. Lengthy conversations on different decarbonization challenges ensued, around the main event itself, the book launch of the second edition … [continued]

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Rewilding Must Help Damaged Forests To Work Symbiotically With Nature

November 1, 2024 admin Agriculture, carbon emissions, climate change, green economy, reforestation

Credit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Tue, 29 Oct 2024 15:29:12 +0000

Did you know that reestablished forests — revitalized through planting and seeding — rarely manage to fully replicate the rich ecosystems of natural forests? Forests support all kinds of life, such as insects, flora, fauna, humans, and microbes. Compromised woodlands have an innate capacity to regrow and flourish — if … [continued]

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New Flyer Bus OEM Has Its Strategy Wrong & Will Lose Market Share

October 30, 2024 admin byd, carbon emissions, clean transport, climate change, electric buses, electric trucks, Electric vehicles, Energy, ev sales, fuel cell, green economy, green jobs, hydrogen, hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicles, investment, Manufacturing, mass transit, mass transit / public transit, new flyer

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Mon, 28 Oct 2024 15:45:58 +0000

New Flyer is the leading provider of transit buses in North America. It’s also the leading provider of hydrogen buses in North America, which is a problem for it, although it feels like an opportunity. That’s where the bad strategy comes in. As always when I talk about strategy — … [continued]

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Real World Hydrogen Refueling Stations With Electrolysis Far Less Efficient Than Assumed

October 30, 2024 admin carbon emissions, clean transport, electric trucks, Electric vehicles, electrolysers, Energy, energy efficiency, fuel cell, green economy, green jobs, hydrogen, hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicles, investment, Manufacturing, policy & politics, policy research, research, SCIENCE, us department of energy (doe)

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Sun, 27 Oct 2024 12:42:20 +0000

Unsurprisingly, when it comes to hydrogen, the more real-world data collection and analysis that is done and published, the worse it looks. The latest black eye for the tiny molecule that so many love is in the efficiency of making hydrogen at refueling stations. The Hydrogen Research and Fueling Facility … [continued]

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No Bird Collisions At Offshore Wind Site, Study Determines

October 27, 2024 admin carbon emissions, Norway, offshore wind energy, offshore wind farms, research, siemens, siemens gamesa, siemens gamesa renewable energy, wind energy, wind farms birds, wind turbines birds

Credit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Thu, 24 Oct 2024 13:37:32 +0000

For more than two years, the floating offshore wind turbine TetraSpar at METCentre off the coast of Norway has been monitored by a bird camera. No bird collisions have been recorded. The Norwegian company Spoor that is responsible for the bird monitoring. Since January 2022, they have mapped bird activity … [continued]

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Don’t Let Election Nastiness Affect The Future Of Decarbonization

October 26, 2024 admin carbon emissions, clean power, clean transport, climate change, decarbonization, electric cars, Electric vehicles, ev charging, Solar energy, wind energy

Credit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2024 18:55:06 +0000

What will it take to reduce the emissions of the formidable power, buildings, transportation, and agriculture industries? It will require hundreds of wind turbines, solar panels, electric vehicles, and storage batteries. The production of these industries, in turn, will require water, energy, rare earth elements, and critical metals to produce, … [continued]

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Methane Expert Rob Jackson Of Global Carbon Project Talks Solutions

October 26, 2024 admin Agriculture, air quality, buildings, carbon emissions, carbon pricing, cattle, clean power, climate change, Energy, Fossil Fuels, HEALTH, heat pumps, Landfill, methane, natural gas, policy & politics, research, shale oil, usa

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2024 18:21:39 +0000

Recently I had the opportunity to sit down with Rob Jackson, scientist, author, and director of the Global Carbon Project to talk cow burps, landfills, and shale oil, all in aid of the very big global warming problem that is methane. This is the second half of our conversation, lightly … [continued]

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