Charged

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer has signed an executive directive requiring the state government to convert its fleet of cars and trucks to zero-emission vehicles by 2040. Light-duty vehicles would have to be converted to zero-emission vehicles by 2033, and medium- and heavy-duty vehicles would have to be converted by 2040.

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Renew Economy

DECEMBER 6, 2023

The post Solar module prices are at record lows, but they could halve again by 2040 appeared first on RenewEconomy. The meteoric rise of solar PV – the quiet conqueror of coal around the globe – is showing no sign of slowing down because the cost of production is sinking to record lows.

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Inhabitat - Innovation

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

General Motors has announced an ambitious plan to be carbon-neutral by 2040. The largest U.S. auto maker also aims to eliminate tailpipe emissions from light-duty vehicles by 2035.

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The Verge: Energy

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Illustration by Hugo Herrera / The Verge The European Commission today recommended reducing carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuels by 90 percent by 2040 compared to 1990 levels. The EU released a strategy document for capturing carbon dioxide emissions today alongside the 2040 plan. As always, though, the devil is in the details.

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PV Tech

JANUARY 31, 2024

The European Commission has targeted a 90% share of EU electricity consumption by 2040 to come from renewables – mostly solar and wind – and complemented by nuclear energy, according to a leaked draft first obtained by French media Contexte.

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Charged

JANUARY 29, 2024

Under the new regs, manufacturers will have to cut the average emissions of new trucks by 45% in 2030, 65% in 2035 and 90% in 2040. Transport & Environment (T&E) estimates that the newly-agreed targets will result in around 30% of trucks sold in 2030, and 75% in 2040, being zero-emission vehicles.

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Terra Infirma

MARCH 8, 2024

The post Net Zero by 2030, 2040 or 2050 – which to choose? In these days of all-powerful algorithms, you, yes, you! can make a real difference to how far we spread the word. If you sign up to the Low Carbon Agenda mailing list ( ) you won’t miss a thing. appeared first on Terra Infirma.

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Renew Economy

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

The post Bowen rejects CCA call for home gas ban and zero emissions for cars by 2040 appeared first on RenewEconomy. Two key calls from Climate Change Authority, including for phase out of gas connections for new and existing homes, have been rejected by the federal energy minister.

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PV Tech

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

The recommendation suggests a 90% reduction in net greenhouse gas emissions by 2040 compared to the levels in 1990.

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Energy Energy 84

Envirotec Magazine

JULY 20, 2022

A new “Jet Zero Strategy” seemingly commits UK domestic aviation to achieving net zero emissions by 2040, and for all airports in England to be zero-emission by the same year. Image credit: Tea N Bickie Photography / Shutterstock.com.

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GreenBiz

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

A new report highlights 15 policies that could drive a major decrease in plastic use around the world — but will governments adopt them as part of a new global plastics treaty?

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Renew Economy

AUGUST 20, 2023

EnergyAustralia's new climate action plan leaves the closure date for the Mt Piper coal plant at 2040, but says it might operate like a battery in its dotage. The post EnergyAustralia won’t retire Mt Piper coal before 2040, but may run it like a battery appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Batteries 97

ThinkGeoEnergy

MARCH 25, 2024

Munich city utility Stadtwerke München (SWM) has laid out a plan for the heating transition in Munich, Germany that aims to establish CO2-neutral heating by 2040 at the latest, ahead of the 2045 target set by the federal government. The network is expected to grow by a further 600 kilometers by 2040.

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Global Renewable News

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Today (Feb 6) the European Commission put forward an ambitious 2040 climate proposal for the EU, proposing to target at least a 90% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2040 on 1990 levels.

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Charged

JULY 19, 2021

New CEO Toshihiro Mibe has announced that his company hopes to go all-electric by 2040. Honda has already announced plans to sell only electrified vehicles in Europe by 2022, and to go all-electric in North America by 2040. According to Bloomberg, some Honda-watchers wonder whether the 2040 goal is realistic.

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Charged

MARCH 4, 2021

FedEx has announced a goal to achieve carbon-neutral operations by 2040. By 2040, FedEx says its entire parcel pickup and delivery (PUD) fleet will consist of electric vehicles. FedEx’s timid 2040 objective seems likely to be overtaken by technological change.

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GreenBiz

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Salesforce, Coca Cola, and Unilever are among the firms advocating for a stretching climate target to give businesses confidence to invest in the net-zero transition.

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Global Renewable News

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Last week, the European Commission recommended that the EU commit to reducing its net greenhouse gas emissions by 90% by 2040.The The 2040 climate target forms an important stepping stone betwee.

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PV Tech

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Michigan has announced plans to meet 100% of its energy demand with renewable energy sources, such as wind and solar, by 2040.

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Renew Economy

MARCH 20, 2023

The post UN says Australia must quit coal by 2030, reach net zero by 2040, no new coal or gas appeared first on RenewEconomy. In case they missed the message from the IPCC, UN chief delivers the cold hard facts on climate and fossil fuels. Will Australia respond?

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

The European Commission has this week set out how it intends to achieve a 90 per cent cut in emissions by 2040, but the hugely ambitious plan is likely to face pushback from member states and MEPs

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Europe 57

Energy Central

AUGUST 14, 2023

Electrolyser capacity | Europe 2040 [link] Hydrogen Networks

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Europe Hydrogen 52

Business Green

MAY 16, 2023

Major UN report sets out roadmapfor slashing plastic pollution by 80 per cent by 2040 based on existing technologies and solutions

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Renewable Energy World

MARCH 5, 2021

announced this week that it wants to achieve carbon-neutral operations globally by 2040. By 2040, the entire FedEx parcel pickup and delivery (PUD) fleet will be zero-emission electric vehicles. The post FedEx says it will be carbon-neutral by 2040 appeared first on Renewable Energy World. FedEx Corp.

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GreenBiz

APRIL 10, 2023

Amazon wielded its considerable lobbying power and killed legislation that would have cut industry emissions to zero by 2040. The question is, why?

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Global Renewable News

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

It recommends a 90% net greenhouse gas emissions reduction by 2040 compared to 1990 levels, The Commission is charting the path to reach the goal of making the European Union climate neutral by 2050.

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Climate change 52

Smart Energy International

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

trillion could deliver savings of $3 trillion in the net zero transition by 2040, new analysis based on the Future Energy Outlook shows. With Europe’s power network already highly connected, only modest expansions are foreseen by 2040 but strengthened Euro-African links would help to decouple Europe from Russia.

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Renewable Energy World

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

As a result of an increase in electric vehicle use across Britain, electricity demand from the transport sector will increase by 31 times by 2040 from the current levels, according to a new report released by research firm Cornwall Insights. This is a 25% increase of current annual demand which stands at 299TWh (excluding losses).

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Business Green

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Auto trade body calls for new legislation to maximise potential of connected, automated mobility technology and deliver annual UK economic benefit as high as £66bn by 2040

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Technology 44

Forbes Green Tech

JANUARY 28, 2021

GM joins Volkswagen, Ford and others in pledging a move to carbon neutrality although the other automakers have announced a 2050 timeline while GM plans to achieve this goal by 2040.

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Global Renewable News

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer is poised to sign Senate Bill 271, which requires electric utilities in the state to meet a 100% clean energy standard by 2040. SB271 codifi.

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Charged

APRIL 28, 2021

Following Toyota’s announcement of a new line of battery-electric vehicles , Honda now says it plans to make battery-electric and fuel cell vehicles 100% of its North American sales by 2040. The 20-year timeline is also an eye-roller for EV-watchers, most of whom expect gas-burners to go the way of flip phones long before 2040.

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Charged

FEBRUARY 9, 2020

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio has signed an executive order that sets the city on a path to electrifying its entire municipal vehicle fleet by 2040. In 2018, the city announced plans to electrify its public bus system by 2040, and in 2019, it bought 15 New Flyer Xcelsior CHARGE electric transit buses.

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Business Green

JUNE 14, 2021

Burberry has beefed up its sustainability agenda, pledging late last week that it would become a 'climate positive' company by 2040 by investing in climate adaptation and mitigation initiatives outside of its value chain. Burberry said it is now working with climate solutions provider South Pole on its roadmap to achieving net zero by 2040.

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PV Tech

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Gretchen Whitmer has signed a number of bills into law to increase the contribution of renewable energy to the Michigan energy mix.

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Charged

JANUARY 5, 2021

Several of Europe’s largest truck manufacturers have promised to stop selling ICE vehicles by 2040. The chief executives of Daimler, Scania, MAN, Volvo, DAF, IVECO and Ford have signed a pledge to phase out combustion engines and focus on hydrogen, battery technology and “clean fuels.”.

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Energy Storage News

MARCH 21, 2024

There is a four-fold difference between how much energy storage the US Department of Energy (DOE) forecasted would be deployed by 2040 before the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), and how much it now forecasts.

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