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Financial Watchdog: Markets Could Soon Freak Out From Climate Catastrophes

January 23, 2025 admin climate change, green economy, insurance, insurance companies, investment

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2025 04:10:36 +0000

The Financial Stability Board (FSB) has warned in a new report that financial markets could be disrupted by climate change and associated catastrophes in a number of ways. From costs rising slowly but significantly over time to sudden unexpected shocks having huge ripple effects, climate change is going to be … [continued]

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China Curbed Oligarchs, Made Education & Housing Cheaper for 90% — Meanwhile, In USA…

January 23, 2025 admin air quality, byd, carbon emissions, China, china carbon emissions, clean power, clean transport, climate change, Electric vehicles, Energy, Energy Storage, green economy, green jobs, HEALTH, investment, Manufacturing, policy & politics, renewable energy, Solar energy, wind energy

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2025 01:24:59 +0000

I have a habit of picking up books on China, as it’s the biggest country in the world that doesn’t tell everyone everything it’s doing all the time, unlike my southern neighbor, the United States. I’ve read books by Chinese authors, global diplomats, historians, and youth influencers about the country. … [continued]

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“Zuckerberg Poisons the World — Selling Digital Opioid”

January 23, 2025 admin elon musk, Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg, social media, Twitter, Uncategorized

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2025 01:12:25 +0000

Social media often seems minor and harmless, just an app or two on the side for entertainment and learning. Originally, it was supposed to be a wonderful thing that brought the world together. World peace was finally at our fingertips, or at least fun cat videos. Unfortunately, we have learned … [continued]

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Sheep To Defend US Solar Industry With Agrivoltaic Projects

January 23, 2025 admin Agriculture, agrivoltaic, agrivoltaics, clean power, sheep, Solar energy, solar energy industries association (seia), solar grazing, solar panels, us department of energy (doe), usa

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Tue, 21 Jan 2025 23:08:40 +0000

The solar grazing phenomenon is taking off like a rocket as more developers incorporate agrivoltaic design into solar arrays on farmland.

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How Many Sales Will Tesla Have in 2025?

January 23, 2025 admin clean transport, cleantechnica, cleantechnica exclusive, electric cars, Electric vehicles, ev forecasts, tesla, tesla forecasts, tesla sales

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Tue, 21 Jan 2025 21:55:25 +0000

Okay, the story has been repeated enough: Tesla was supposed to be achieving 50% growth per year through 2030, yet sales actually declined year over year in 2024. Some Tesla fans want us to be positive about that, but even beyond the fact that sales didn’t match the longer-term forecast … [continued]

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Borobotics Unveils Autonomous Drill For Geothermal Applications

January 23, 2025 admin boroboitics, clean power, geothermal, geothermal energy, green economy, ground source heat pump, heat pumps, research

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Tue, 21 Jan 2025 21:10:48 +0000

Borobotics, a Swiss startup company, has created a compact boring machine that is compact enough to be used almost anywhere.

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Fossil Fuels Advertising Banned In The Hague, Netherlands

January 22, 2025 admin air quality, climate change, Fossil Fuels, INTERVIEWS, netherlands, The Hague

Credit to Author: Jake Richardson| Date: Tue, 21 Jan 2025 20:52:39 +0000

A ban on fossil advertising in the Hague went into effect in January 2025. The city council approved the ban in September 2024. The Hague is the first city in the world to implement such a ban, which covers fossil fuel advertising in public spaces. A city council is by … [continued]

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Is Tesla’s Decline Good or Bad for the EV Revolution?

January 22, 2025 admin clean transport, electric cars, Electric vehicles, ev revolution, tesla

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Tue, 21 Jan 2025 19:34:18 +0000

Tesla’s sales dropped in 2024 year over year. You don’t have to be a genius to know that isn’t close to what Tesla’s plans were for 2024 just a few years ago, or even in 2023. It was a significant failure to reach the company’s growth targets. It also came … [continued]

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Renewable Energy Production & Use In Utah

January 22, 2025 admin clean power, clean transport, Electric vehicles, Solar energy, Utah, wind energy

Credit to Author: Arthur Frederick (Fritz) Hasler| Date: Tue, 21 Jan 2025 17:04:13 +0000

In my travels across the country, I’ve seen massive wind farms in Wyoming, South Dakota, and Iowa, as well as huge wind farms and solar farms in southern California. However, living in Utah for 20 years and traveling north to south and east to west, the only grid-scale clean energy … [continued]

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Tesla’s Autonomous Driving Strategy Stranded By Technological Divergence

January 22, 2025 admin AI, autonomous, autonomous car, autonomous vehicles, clean transport, climate change, Electric vehicles, full self driving, green economy, investment, machine learning, Manufacturing, tesla

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Tue, 21 Jan 2025 15:55:41 +0000

It’s been a decade since I first wrote about Tesla’s approach to autonomous driving, comparing it to Google’s (now Waymo’s). At the time, my technical assessment based on my experience with both AI and robotics was that Tesla’s approach was superior. It still is, but it might need to pivot. … [continued]

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