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COP29: “Fighting Climate Change” is Euphemism for Ending Fossil Fuels

November 26, 2024 admin climate change, Coal, cop28, cop29, Fossil Fuels, natural gas, Oil, policy & politics, Saudi Arabia

Credit to Author: Maarten Vinkhuyzen| Date: Sun, 24 Nov 2024 04:16:48 +0000

After the only win from last year’s COP28 was saying out loud “End Fossil Fuels,” the Drill-Baby-Drill crowd under the leadership of Saudi Arabia is doing everything in their power to make it just a line in an “All of the Above” policy agenda. At every international forum — from … [continued]

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Aviation Contrails — Low Hanging Fruit of the Climate Fight

November 26, 2024 admin Aviation, climate change, cop29, green economy, policy & politics

Credit to Author: Maarten Vinkhuyzen| Date: Sun, 24 Nov 2024 03:46:08 +0000

In a recent report, “Contrail avoidance: aviation’s climate opportunity of the decade,” Transport & Environment explained how cheap it was to avoid 80% of the contrails damage. The report was published just before COP29. It got a followup with an event at the conference in BAKU. Recognizing the impact of … [continued]

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The Fight Over Emissions From Heavy Trucks Moves To The Courts

November 26, 2024 admin carb, clean transport, clean truck partnership, electric heavy-duty trucks, Electric vehicles, Nebraska, policy & politics

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Sat, 23 Nov 2024 21:39:26 +0000

Blame it on California. Its Air Resources Board (CARB) has been pushing to clean up emissions for diesel-powered heavy trucks for years. A significant amount of the goods that enter the United States from foreign countries every year arrive in ports in California. They cross the ocean in diesel-powered ships, … [continued]

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Milestone Puts Battery Recycling Industry One Step Closer to Increasing Lithium-Ion Processing in North America

November 26, 2024 admin batteries, battery factories, bipartisan infrastructure law, clean transport, Electric vehicles, Energy Storage, ev batteries, ev battery factories, green economy, green jobs, investing in america, Joe Biden, lithium-ion batteries, Manufacturing, policy & politics

Credit to Author: Cynthia Shahan| Date: Sat, 23 Nov 2024 04:44:04 +0000

A Cirba Solutions battery recycling and materials recovery facility in Lancaster, Ohio, will create battery-grade metal sulfates and lithium carbonate once it’s up and running. These will then become the raw materials for cathode active materials (pCAM) and cathode active materials (CAM) for batteries. The expansion of the site has … [continued]

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Parking Lot Full of Wooden Solar Canopies in France

November 26, 2024 admin clean power, clean transport, community solar, France, policy & politics, solar canopies, Solar energy, solar panels, solar parking lots

Credit to Author: Cynthia Shahan| Date: Sat, 23 Nov 2024 04:30:56 +0000

Plans are underway to install wooden-framed parking canopies in Saint-Quentin-la-Poterie (Gard) as part of a future communal self-consumption initiative. BoucL Énergie was chosen to construct photovoltaic canopies on the municipal car park on Chemin de la Carrierasse. The municipality’s self-consumption project aims to reduce CO₂ emissions by producing and sharing solar … [continued]

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Chinese EV Revolution, Best Electric Cars for Your Money, Solid-State Battery News — Top 13 Cleantech Stories

November 25, 2024 admin autonomous vehicles, Aviation, batteries, best electric cars, byd, catl, China, clean transport, cleantechnica, cleantechnica exclusive, Donald Trump, electric cars, Electric vehicles, elon musk, Energy Storage, ev charging, ev charging stations, ev subsidies, green economy, lithium-ion batteries, policy & politics, solid-state batteries, subsidies, tesla

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Sat, 23 Nov 2024 01:09:14 +0000

It’s the end of another week already, and I’m ready to share some of the top cleantech stories of the past week. The biggest stories of the week center around Chinese EV companies, and that’s probably going to be the case more and more. Check out the latest hot news out … [continued]

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Renewable Energy Investors Are Gearing Up For Another Big Year

November 25, 2024 admin clean power, coal retirements, community solar, green economy, green jobs, inflation reduction act of 2022., investment, Manufacturing, Massachusetts, offshore wind energy, policy & politics, Solar energy, wind energy

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Fri, 22 Nov 2024 16:53:13 +0000

Renewable energy stakeholders are getting an assist from coal producers, the community solar trend, overseas investors, and the IRA, too.

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What Happens Now with Clean Energy, EVs, & the US Economy? (VIDEO)

November 24, 2024 admin clean power, clean transport, cleantechnica, cleantechnica exclusive, cleantechnica videos, climate action, climate change, Donald Trump, Electric vehicles, elon musk, Environmentalism, ev adoption, Fossil Fuels, geoengineering, Geopolitics, green economy, green jobs, inflation reduction act of 2022., Joe Biden, Manufacturing, Media, Oil, policy & politics, policy research, renewable energy, research, Solar energy

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Fri, 22 Nov 2024 02:43:55 +0000

In this video episode of CleanTech Talk, Scott Cooney and I discuss the current state of climate action, reflecting on US policies of the past 16 years, the achievements of the Biden administration, the challenges ahead, leadership from other major economies, and more. We explore the importance of local politics … [continued]

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Winnipeg Is Making Major Local Transit Bus Firm New Flyer More Likely To Fail

November 24, 2024 admin Canada, carbon emissions, clean transport, climate change, electric buses, electric trucks, Electric vehicles, Energy, ev batteries, ev sales, Fossil Fuels, fuel cell buses, green economy, green jobs, hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicles, investment, Manufacturing, mass transit, mass transit / public transit, natural gas, new flyer, policy & politics, renewable energy

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Thu, 21 Nov 2024 16:55:03 +0000

I have a lot of sympathy for Winnipeg. I’ve been there for work many times. I’ve been there in their frigid, tens of degrees Celsius below zero winters. I’ve been there in their dusty summers. I’ve even tried to get across the main intersection that pedestrians still aren’t allowed to … [continued]

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