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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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There’s A “Freedom of Speech” Scam Going On

October 26, 2024 admin consumer technology, Democrats, Donald Trump, elon musk, freedom, policy & politics, Republicans, smartphone apps, Twitter

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2024 15:42:49 +0000

There’s a lot of misinformation that gets spread around society every day — or, well, every millisecond — or, well, even every zeptosecond. We live in an era of information spread that is incomparable to anything in the 19th century or before, and much of that information is incorrect. Because … [continued]

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CUTRIC’s Hydrogen Bus Study Dodges $1.5bn In Costs To Justify Higher Emissions

October 26, 2024 admin California, Canada, carbon emissions, clean transport, climate change, electric trucks, Electric vehicles, Energy, Fossil Fuels, fuel cell, fuel cell buses, green economy, hydrogen, investment, Manufacturing, mass transit / public transit, Ontario, policy & politics, renewable energy

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2024 15:29:45 +0000

In the past week, I’ve been digging into the underpinnings of a few Canadian cities’ current fixation on wasting serious amounts of taxpayer money on hydrogen buses. I had been ignoring it, more than not, as I’d assessed global hydrogen fleet trials and results along with exorbitant global hydrogen transportation … [continued]

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Hyundai To Build EVs And EV Components In India

October 25, 2024 admin clean transport, electric cars, Electric vehicles, green economy, Hyundai, India, investment, policy & politics

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Tue, 22 Oct 2024 18:21:39 +0000

It’s no secret that India is hardcore about trying to force local manufacturing. This has been a barrier to Tesla entering India for a while, and to many others. However, it’s a giant vehicle market with a lot of potential, especially as we get to cheaper and cheaper electric vehicles … [continued]

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West Virginia Lobs An Energy Storage Brickbat At Fossil Fuel Stakeholders

October 25, 2024 admin batteries, critical materials, Energy, Energy Storage, esg, form energy, green economy, green jobs, investment, iron air battery, long-duration energy storage, Manufacturing, policy & politics, renewable energy, usa, west virgina

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Tue, 22 Oct 2024 15:47:21 +0000

These “power blocks” house new long duration iron-air energy storage systems, designed to shepherd more renewable energy into the grid.

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Project 2025 Would Kick A Leg From Under An Important Environmental Stool

October 25, 2024 admin Donald Trump, El Paso, policy & politics, project 2025, Republicans

Credit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Tue, 22 Oct 2024 11:27:28 +0000

A recent article at American Progress tells us about an often overlooked element of Project 2025. It’s not only bad in its own right to close up national monuments and un-protect federal lands, but there’s an even worse secondary effect that could hurt nature globally for decades to come. Project … [continued]

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$430 Million for US Clean Energy Manufacturing in Coal Communities

October 25, 2024 admin clean power, Coal, Fossil Fuels, green economy, green jobs, investing in america, Joe Biden, kamala harris, Manufacturing, policy & politics, Solar energy, us coal, wind energy

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Tue, 22 Oct 2024 04:55:48 +0000

Once upon a time, presidential candidate Hillary Clinton made the horrible mistake of telling people that coal power wasn’t coming back in the US, was going to continue to shrink, and people living in coal communities would need to be retrained in clean energy careers. Sacrilege! As bad as a … [continued]

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How Much Does Hydrogen Leak And How Much Does It Matter?

October 24, 2024 admin carbon emissions, clean power, clean transport, climate change, electric trucks, Energy, Energy Storage, Fossil Fuels, green economy, green hydrogen, hydrogen, investment, Manufacturing, mass transit, policy & politics, us department of energy (doe), usa

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Tue, 22 Oct 2024 00:46:40 +0000

Hydrogen is the gas that’s the second best escape artist in the universe. Helium has it by an edge because while helium is four times the mass of hydrogen per unit, it comes in atoms, not molecules. Hydrogen only comes with another hydrogen atom in the hydrogen molecule, which ends … [continued]

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University Of Toronto School Of Environment Says No To Fossil Fuel Money

October 24, 2024 admin Fossil Fuels, green economy, irving institute, policy & politics, University of Toronto

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2024 19:59:37 +0000

You might think this is a no-brainer, but the School of Environment at the University of Toronto has decided it will no longer accept funding from fossil fuel companies. According to a report by The Guardian, it has committed to stop taking funds from the fossil fuel sector for research, … [continued]

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Soaring Cleantech Manufacturing, EV Sales Records, Hurricanes — Top Cleantech Stories

October 24, 2024 admin batteries, clean power, clean transport, cleantechnica, cleantechnica exclusive, cleantechnica top 10, climate change, electric cars, electric motorcycles, Electric vehicles, Energy Storage, ev charging, ev charging stations, ev sales, green economy, green jobs, hurricanes, lithium-ion batteries, Manufacturing, market research, policy & politics, research, rooftop solar, Solar energy, tesla

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2024 15:39:08 +0000

Our operations here at CleanTechnica got quite disrupted by a couple of recent hurricanes — Hurricane Milton and Hurricane Helene. As a result, we’ve got a lot of news to catch up on for our regular roundups on top cleantech stories. In this edition, I’m going to break the highlights … [continued]

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