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Human Rights Abuses In Aluminum Supply Chain Need To Be Stopped

July 30, 2021 admin 0 Comments Agriculture, air quality, alcoa, alumina, aluminium stewardship initiative, aluminum, bauxite, bauxite mining, China, climate change, dadco, farming, fassaly, Human rights, Human Rights Watch, Mine, mines, Mining, research, rio tinto

Credit to Author: Jo Borrás| Date: Tue, 27 Jul 2021 17:10:34 +0000

In a recently published, 63-page report, Human Rights Watch describes the automotive supply chains that connect car manufacturers to aluminum mines, refineries, and smelters around the world. The report also documents a number of human rights impacts related to aluminum production and processing, from the destruction of ancestral farmland and damage to community water sources […]

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It’s Just Got To Be BEV

July 30, 2021 admin 0 Comments biofuels, cars, clean transport, climate change, co2 emissions, consumer technology, electric car benefits, electric cars, Electric vehicles, electrofuels, ev benefits, Fossil Fuels, greenhouse gas emissions, hybrid electric cars, hydrogen, hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicles, natural gas, phev, research, SCIENCE

Credit to Author: David Waterworth| Date: Tue, 27 Jul 2021 16:30:19 +0000

Only 100% battery electric vehicles (BEVs) have the potential to create the deep cuts in greenhouse gas emissions in the transport sector that the world needs to avoid catastrophic climate change. BEVs will become more efficacious as the grid gets greener around the globe. But what about hybrids, hydrogen fuel cells, biofuels, and electrofuels? Hybrids […]

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Appalachia Poised To Be Part Of Shift To Clean Energy

July 30, 2021 admin 0 Comments Appalachia, clean power, green economy, green jobs, investment, ohio river valley institute., policy & politics, reimagine appalachia, research, robert pollin, Solar energy, ted boettner, union of concerned scientists, university of massachusetts amherst, West Virginia, wind energy, wv center on budget and policy.

Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Tue, 27 Jul 2021 15:45:12 +0000

Originally published by Union of Concerned Scientists, The Equation. By Ted Boettner For over 150 years, the Appalachian region has provided the cheap energy that has powered the nation to become an industrial giant and build a middle class. At the same time, the enormous wealth pulled from the hills of Appalachia largely enriched other parts […]

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In 2020, the United States Produced the Least CO2 Emissions from Energy in Nearly 40 Years

July 29, 2021 admin 0 Comments clean power, climate change, co2 emissions, Coal, covid-19 pandemic, Fossil Fuels, market research, natural gas, pandemics, research, SCIENCE, Solar energy, transportation emissions, US, us co2 emissions, us coal, us coal emissions, us coal pollution, us natural gas, us natural gas emissions, us renewable energy, wind energy

Credit to Author: U.S. Energy Information Administration| Date: Mon, 26 Jul 2021 17:40:14 +0000

In 2020, as the country responded to the COVID-19 pandemic, CO2 emissions from energy consumption in the United States fell to the lowest level since 1983. The 4.6 billion metric tons (Bmt) of CO2 emitted in 2020 was an 11% decrease from 2019, the largest annual decrease on record, according to our Monthly Energy Review. Our new U.S. CO2 emissions from […]

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Tesla Model 3 Owners Are Most Satisfied Electric Car Owners In Norway (Chart)

July 28, 2021 admin 0 Comments bmw i3, cars, clean transport, elbil, electric cars, Electric vehicles, ev owner surveys, ev owners, ev surveys, hyundai kona ev, jaguar i-pace, Kia, kia niro ev, kia soul ev, market research, mercedes eqc, norsk elbilforening, Norway, norway ev owner surveys, norway ev surveys, polestar 2, research, tesla, tesla model 3, tesla model s, tesla model x

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Mon, 26 Jul 2021 01:30:38 +0000

Norway’s Electric Car Association has released the results from its “Electric Car List 2021,” which includes survey responses on how satisfied electric vehicle owners are with their vehicles. It should be said first of all that owners of many different models love their vehicles. Nonetheless, there has to be a winner, and this year it […]

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Plugin Vehicles Hit 19% Market Share In Europe In June! Tesla Model 3 Has Best Month Ever!

July 28, 2021 admin 0 Comments Audi, BMW, bmw group, cars, clean transport, cleantechnica, cleantechnica exclusive, cleantechnica reports, consumer technology, daimler, electric cars, Electric vehicles, Europe, europe ev sales, ev sales, fiat 500e, hybrid electric cars, hyundai kona ev, kia niro ev, market research, mercedes, Nissan, nissan leaf, peugeot, peugeot e-208, phev, renault, renault zoe, renault-nissan alliance, renault-nissan-mitsubishi alliance, research, skoda enyaq, stellantis, tesla, tesla model 3, tesla model 3 sales, tesla sales, Volkswagen, volkswagen e up!, volkswagen group, volkswagen id.3, volkswagen id.4, volvo, volvo xc40 phev

Credit to Author: José Pontes| Date: Sun, 25 Jul 2021 23:42:21 +0000

The European passenger plugin vehicle market continues in the fast lane, having gotten over 237,000 registrations in June and over a million registrations YTD — which is +157% year over year (YoY). Last month’s plugin vehicle share of the overall auto market was 19% (10% full electrics/BEVs), which pulled the 2021 plugin vehicle (PEV) share […]

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Vancouver IT firm wins contract to digitize 60 years of Jane Goodall's notes and photos

July 28, 2021 admin 0 Comments local news, news, research, science and technology

Credit to Author: Denise Ryan| Date: Wed, 28 Jul 2021 12:01:41 +0000

New ways of archiving Jane Goodall’s work will make her research more accessible globally, thanks to Vancouver entrepreneur David MacLaren

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Solving Electric Pickup Trucks’ Achilles Heel: Towing & Range

July 28, 2021 admin 0 Comments clean transport, cleantechnica, cleantechnica exclusive, cleantechnica reports, consumer technology, electric pickup trucks, electric trucks, Electric vehicles, ford f-150 lighting, ford f-150 lighting towing, research, rivian, tesla, tesla cybertruck, tesla model x, tesla model x towing, tesla model x towing capacity, towing

Credit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Sun, 25 Jul 2021 18:44:51 +0000

No matter who builds them, there’s no denying that it’s awesome to see the electric pickup truck world starting to come into reality. There’s the Tesla Cybertruck, which boasts some very impressive numbers, especially for the top package with 500 miles of predicted range. For buyers who think the Cybertruck is too disco, there’s the […]

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