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Methane-Emitting Livestock Burps & Farts Need To Be Taxed In The US

December 23, 2024 admin Agriculture, beef, cattle, climate change, Denmark, industrial agriculture, livestock, methane, methane emissions, policy & politics

Credit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Thu, 19 Dec 2024 21:51:02 +0000

Burps and farts. They’re the fodder of fun prepubescent comedy. When the burps and farts come from livestock, though, they generate significant amounts of methane, a greenhouse gas that is 25 times more potent than carbon dioxide in warming the planet. In fact, animal agriculture produces more greenhouse gas emissions … [continued]

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Oil Consumption Growth Trends in China, India, & USA — Is 2025 Forecast Accurate?

December 23, 2024 admin China, clean transport, Electric vehicles, energy information administration (eia), Fossil Fuels, India, market research, middle east, Oil, oil consumption, research, US, us oil

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Thu, 19 Dec 2024 18:06:31 +0000

The US Energy Information Administration put out an interesting article today. The headline focused on growth of oil consumption in India compared to China — “India to surpass China as the top source of global oil consumption growth in 2024 and 2025.” I sat looking at the chart for several … [continued]

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US DOE SOLVE IT Prize Awards $1.5 Million To Communities Driving Clean Energy Projects

December 23, 2024 admin batteries, clean power, energy efficiency, Energy Storage, grid, grid storage, lithium-ion batteries, microgrids, office of energy efficiency and renewable energy (eere), Solar energy, us department of energy (doe)

Credit to Author: US Department of Energy| Date: Thu, 19 Dec 2024 17:09:04 +0000

DOE announced 10 Phase 2 winners of the Solutions for Lasting, Viable Energy Infrastructure Technologies (SOLVE IT) Prize, awarding winning teams $150,000 each for their proposed community-driven clean energy solutions. Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced 10 Phase 2 winners of the Solutions for Lasting, Viable Energy Infrastructure … [continued]

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Musk & xAI Colossus Brings Spike In Emissions & Demand For Electricity To Memphis

December 22, 2024 admin AI, Artificial Intelligence, colossus, consumer technology, elon musk, Memphis, policy & politics, tennessee, xai

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Thu, 19 Dec 2024 16:35:52 +0000

Colossus, the new supercomputer facility for xAI, is a wonder of the modern world, but some local residents have expressed concerns.

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GM/ChargePoint Deal Shows The Complex Future Of EV Charging

December 22, 2024 admin chargepoint, clean transport, Electric vehicles, ev charging, ev charging stations, gm

Credit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Thu, 19 Dec 2024 12:32:14 +0000

A new deal between GM and ChargePoint has many EV enthusiasts feeling a bit lost. I mean, didn’t GM recently make a lot of progress building stations with EVgo and host businesses like Pilot and Flying J? To get to the bottom of this, we have to first explore some … [continued]

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New Tesla Model Y with Facelift Going into Production in January — Report

December 22, 2024 admin China, clean transport, electric cars, Electric vehicles, tesla, tesla china, tesla model y, tesla model y china, tesla model y juniper, tesla shanghai

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Thu, 19 Dec 2024 04:59:23 +0000

We’ve long been waiting for a new, facelifted Tesla Model Y (“Model Y Juniper”) to launch following the launch of the new, facelifted Tesla Model 3 (“Model 3 Highland”). After all, they are mostly the same vehicle — the Model Y being just a bit taller and longer. Initially, about … [continued]

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Saving the Day in Disaster — Solar Microgrid in New Orleans, Louisiana

December 22, 2024 admin batteries, clean power, community solar, Energy Storage, grid, lithium-ion batteries, Louisiana, microgrids, New Orleans, rooftop solar, Solar energy

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Thu, 19 Dec 2024 04:59:04 +0000

We write about solar microgrids all the time, but we seldom feature specific projects and how they are helping real, live humans. The video below does a great job of highlighting a small project in New Orleans, Louisiana. “What do solar panels and battery-powered microgrids have to do with protecting … [continued]

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BYD Seal Wins a Japan Car of the Year Award — 1st Chinese Car to Achieve This!

December 22, 2024 admin byd, byd seal, clean transport, electric cars, Electric vehicles, Japan

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Thu, 19 Dec 2024 04:58:01 +0000

BYD news has been flying in. Here are a few more stories. BYD Seal Wins Prestigious Japan Car of the Year Award BYD is on a roll, but even with that said, I was a bit shocked to see it winning a Japan Car of the Year award! A Chinese … [continued]

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US EPA Funds Brownfields Job Training Across the Country

December 22, 2024 admin green economy, green jobs, policy & politics

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Thu, 19 Dec 2024 04:40:44 +0000

One of Hillary Clinton’s “big mistakes” in the 2016 presidential campaign was admitting that the coal industry could not and would not be revived, but saying that she’d put programs in place to help with retraining and to help coal workers find new jobs. That was not a popular thing … [continued]

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As Gogoro Expands in Latin America, Executive Changes Come in Taiwan

December 22, 2024 admin batteries, battery swapping, chile, clean transport, Colombia, Electric vehicles, Energy Storage, ev battery swapping, gogoro, latin america, motorcycles + scooters, Santiago, South America

Credit to Author: Raymond Tribdino| Date: Thu, 19 Dec 2024 03:19:33 +0000

Latin America is Gogoro CEO Horace Luke’s last official function After opening shop in Bogota, Colombia, last May, Gogoro launched in Santiago, Chile, just last month. In both instances, the battery swapping and smartscooter company inked deals with fuel and lubricant companies — Tepel in Colombia and Copec in Chile. … [continued]

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