Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Fri, 01 Jul 2022 03:10:17 +0000
Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg on Thursday launched a $1 billion first-of-its-kind pilot program. The program is aimed at helping reconnect cities and neighborhoods racially segregated or divided by road projects, pledging wide-ranging help to dozens of communities.
Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Mon, 27 Jun 2022 11:13:04 +0000
Statement by Mark Specht, Western States Energy Manager at the Union of Concerned Scientists. SACRAMENTO — California’s draft plan to achieve carbon neutrality by 2045 overly relies on carbon dioxide removal and should instead incorporate more ambitious emissions reductions, particularly in the electricity sector, according to the Union of Concerned Scientists. The Scoping Plan, updated every […]
Credit to Author: Transport & Environment (T&E)| Date: Mon, 27 Jun 2022 03:57:12 +0000
UK airlines were allowed to pollute for free and given subsidies via the UK’s flagship scheme to reduce carbon emissions, new study finds. The UK government is giving airlines so many free pollution permits through the carbon market for aviation that they don’t have to pay for any of their climate-warming emissions. Airline polluters received […]
Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Sat, 25 Jun 2022 16:14:15 +0000
Preparing for emergencies and preventing disasters requires planning, equipment and communications. This is true for fighting fires and for keeping the electric power system operating in extreme weather. Firefighters have strategic plans regarding territory to address, as well as operational plans. Equipment includes fire trucks, protective gear and hoses. First responders need to share communications, […]
Credit to Author: Transport & Environment (T&E)| Date: Fri, 24 Jun 2022 04:55:31 +0000
On Tuesday 21 June, the trilogue negotiations between the European Commission, Parliament and Council concluded with an agreement for the EU Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD).
Credit to Author: U.S. Department of Energy| Date: Sat, 25 Jun 2022 12:10:13 +0000
Scientists turn century-old material into a thin film for next-gen memory and logic devices The silicon-based computer chips that power our modern devices require vast amounts of energy to operate. Despite ever-improving computing efficiency, information technology is projected to consume around 25% of all primary energy produced by 2030. Researchers in the microelectronics and materials sciences […]
Credit to Author: NRDC| Date: Fri, 24 Jun 2022 19:43:28 +0000
With a unanimous decision, the Colorado Public Utilities Commission (PUC) has approved Xcel’s plan to accelerate the end of coal in the state. The updated settlement — which was supported by NRDC, Sierra Club, and other parties and approved by the PUC with some modifications — is a win for the climate, Xcel customers, and […]
Credit to Author: Transport & Environment (T&E)| Date: Fri, 24 Jun 2022 04:57:31 +0000
On Tuesday 21 June, the trilogue negotiations between the European Commission, Parliament and Council concluded with an agreement for the EU Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD).
Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Fri, 17 Jun 2022 16:30:48 +0000
Two dozen leading solar industry executives are in Washington this week urging Congress to pass critical clean energy policies in budget reconciliation legislation. This lobbying blitz comes in the wake of President Biden’s executive actions that paused new solar tariffs for 24 months and invoked the Defense Production Act to help support domestic clean energy manufacturing. The […]
Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Sun, 19 Jun 2022 17:50:20 +0000
Energy providers, shipping companies and NGOs call on the EU to introduce a minimum quota of 6% sustainable and scalable hydrogen fuels by 2030 A broad coalition of energy providers, shipping companies and NGOs — including Siemens Energy, Viking Cruises, Green Power Denmark and Brussels-based organisations Hydrogen Europe and Transport & Environment (T&E) — has […]