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The top 25 most sustainable fleets

GreenBiz

It could be one of the first fleets in the country to get long-haul zero-emission vehicles, and it has a plan to convert its entire long-haul dedicated fleet to ZEVs by 2025. At the same time, it's already adopting renewable natural gas to power its natural gas trucks in its short-haul fleet. . despite the U.S.'s

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The Texas Polar Vortex Resurrects the Question of Fuel Diversity for the Decarbonized Grid

GreenTechMedia

natural gas supply network was stressed by record demand and prices. Energy Information Administration, for the 9-day stretch from February 9 through yesterday February 17, natural gas provided about 35 percent of the U.S. Weighing the costs of redundant natural gas or renewables build-outs. First, the U.S.

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Global Energy Trends From The 2023 Statistical Review Of World Energy

R-Squared Energy

Natural gas and coal demand stayed nearly flat with oil rebounding close to pre-pandemic levels. in 2022, to the highest level of coal consumption since 2014. Global natural gas demand declined by 3% in 2022 dropping just below the 4 trillion cubic meter mark achieved for the first time in 2021.

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Is 'net zero' much ado about nothing?

GreenBiz

It feels almost quaint to remember way back when "80 by 50" — an 80 percent reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 — was a bold goal for a company or government entity to make. The "way back when" in this case seems to be around 2014. It was seen by many as audacious, possibly unachievable, but still a necessary target.

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How China Can Cut 95% of its Road Transportation Emissions

The City Fix

China’s cars, buses, trucks, shipping and other transport generated 828 million tonnes of greenhouse gases in 2014. The world’s ability to overcome the climate change challenge hinges, in part, on what happens on China’s roads. That’s almost the equivalent of the EU. Continue reading on TheCityFix.com.

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Media brief: The impact of clean stimulus measures on the U.S. economy following the 2008 downturn

Clean Energy Canada

Jobs spanned industries such as , renewable energy, energy efficiency, hybrid and electric vehicles, as well as advanced grid and energy storage. The overnight capital cost of utility-scale photovoltaic systems halved between 2008 and 2014. In 2020, renewable energy will account for 21% of total electricity used in the U.S.,

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Will Covid-19 Permanently Shrink The Fossil Fuel Industry?

R-Squared Energy

The primary culprits behind coal’s decline are competition from cheap natural gas brought on by the shale gas boom in the U.S., But the natural gas and subsequent oil boom were victims of their own success. Global oil demand fell by as much as 30 million BPD, followed by gas and coal demand.