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Mice Vote To Bell Cat: Climate Terror In Alberta

November 6, 2024 admin 0 Comments Alberta, alberta oil (tar sands), alberta tar sands, Canada, carbon emissions, clean power, clean transport, climate change, Coal, electric trucks, Energy, Europe, Fossil Fuels, green economy, heat pumps, natural gas, Oil, oil sands, policy & politics, renewable energy, Solar energy, wind energy

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Sun, 03 Nov 2024 15:32:45 +0000

Headlines out of Canada are making palms meet faces around the world. In Canada, the faces are often red with embarrassment about other Canadian’s actions. Other faces are red with anger. But it’s all theatrics during the inevitable dissolution of the oil sands. What are the headlines? Alberta’s ruling party … [continued]

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US DOE Funding Rolls Out For Energy Efficiency, Net-Zero Projects, & More

November 6, 2024 admin 0 Comments clean power, policy & politics, Solar energy, us department of energy (doe), wind energy

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Sun, 03 Nov 2024 03:50:01 +0000

Thanks to the Inflation Reduction Act and Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, funding has been rolling out constantly for a large variety of cleantech, manufacturing, and infrastructure projects. It’s hard to keep up with all of the announcements and all of the projects and programs. Frankly, there’s too much to keep it … [continued]

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Voting Against Fascism Means Respecting Civil Society And The Planet

November 6, 2024 admin 0 Comments climate change, Donald Trump, elon musk, HEALTH, policy & politics, us election 2024

Credit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Sat, 02 Nov 2024 23:40:28 +0000

The media is full of stories about the potential outcome of the 2024 election and how it will impact the clean energy industry. Most of us of a particular age never thought we’d see a candidate whose ideology was in sync with fascism. Can efforts to mitigate the climate crisis … [continued]

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Wind Energy Wins As Trump Campaign Winds Down On (B)low Note

November 6, 2024 admin 0 Comments bureau of ocean energy management (boem), clean power, Donald Trump, donald trump wind energy, Energy, floating wind, green economy, maine, offshore wind energy, policy & politics, renewable energy, usa, virginia offshore wind, wind energy, Women

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Sat, 02 Nov 2024 20:13:35 +0000

The US offshore wind energy industry has survived, and thrived, despite attempts by former President Trump and others to blow it off.

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Crops, Cows, & Solar — In Iowa!

November 6, 2024 admin agrivotaics, clean power, farms, Iowa, policy & politics, Solar energy

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Sat, 02 Nov 2024 19:21:45 +0000

Solar and farming go well together if properly managed. The Center for Rural Affairs wants to help that to happen.

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Enbridge Renewable Natural Gas A 1% Greenwashing Rounding Error

November 5, 2024 admin Agriculture, air quality, biofuel, biofuels, biomass, Canada, carbon emissions, clean power, clean transport, climate change, electric trucks, Electric vehicles, Energy, Fossil Fuels, green economy, green jobs, heat pumps, hydrogen, hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicles, investment, Manufacturing, mass transit, mass transit / public transit, natural gas, Oil, policy & politics, renewable energy, Solar energy, wind energy

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Sat, 02 Nov 2024 18:50:43 +0000

One of the amusing side notes of my recent foray into the challenges that the Canadian Urban Transit Research and Innovation Consortium (CUTRIC) is having was the tone deaf and counterproductive social media responses of their board member from Enbridge, the biggest natural gas firm in North America. When that … [continued]

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Biden–Harris Admin Aims to Help Slash Cost of EV Battery Recycling

November 5, 2024 admin batteries, clean transport, Electric vehicles, Energy Storage, lithium-ion batteries, policy & politics, subsidies

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Sat, 02 Nov 2024 03:25:00 +0000

As the electric vehicle (EV) market has grown to millions of sales a year, more and more batteries are getting out there onto the roads and will need to be disposed of in some way eventually. Because the market is so young, not much has been needed in this regard … [continued]

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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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Aptera Puts Its First Production-Intent Vehicle On The Road

November 4, 2024 admin aptera, carb, clean transport, Electric vehicles, policy & politics, zero emissions credits

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Fri, 01 Nov 2024 19:17:36 +0000

The first Aptera pre-production test vehicle has taken its first spin around the block as the company targets sales beginning next year.

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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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