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Hydrogen Trains Continue To Derail

November 28, 2024 admin Canada, carbon emissions, clean transport, climate change, commuter rail, ev batteries, France, GERMANY, green economy, green jobs, heavy rail, hydrogen, India, investment, Italy, Malaysia, Manufacturing, mass transit / public transit, policy & politics, South korea, trains / rail, usa

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Tue, 26 Nov 2024 03:05:53 +0000

Recently I collaborated with David Cebon, head of the Cambridge Centre for Sustainable Road Freight, and interested parties on a complete list of all of the abandoned hydrogen bus trials globally. There are a couple of dozen of them, and I’m pretty sure there are more transit agencies that have … [continued]

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The Peril & Promise Of Solar Power In Pakistan

November 27, 2024 admin clean power, Pakistan, policy & politics, Solar energy

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2024 18:06:12 +0000

Cheap solar panels from China are driving a boom in solar power in Pakistan, but that is not good news for all members of its society.

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It’s Time To Pass the EXPLORE Act

November 27, 2024 admin Joe Biden, national parks, policy & politics

Credit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2024 12:10:34 +0000

Before I got really deep into clean technologies (15 years ago), I had a terrible nightmare. I was hiking to visit a historic cabin a couple miles into Guadalupe Mountains National Park. As a kid, I had visited Pratt Cabin a number of times with my grandparents. While certainly not … [continued]

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US Automakers Face Major Changes To EV And Emissions Policies

November 27, 2024 admin cafe fuel economy standards, cafe standards, clean transport, Donald Trump, Electric vehicles, elon musk, emissions standards, ev subsidies, policy & politics, Republicans, subsidies, tax credits

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Sun, 24 Nov 2024 17:13:31 +0000

Ford, GM, Stellantis, and other US automakers and suppliers have invested nearly $146 billion over the past three years in the design, engineering, and manufacturing of electric vehicles according to the Center for Automotive Research in Ann Arbor, Michigan. But in MAGAmerica, much of that investment could be wasted if … [continued]

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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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