Low Carbon Prosperity

MAY 16, 2024

When Governor Jay Inslee spoke at the Clean & Prosperous Institute’s Future of Carbon Policy Forum , he expressed his “unreasonable enthusiasm” for our state’s growing clean energy economy. By putting a market-based price on carbon emissions, it requires polluters to clean up or pay up. Add your name HERE.

52

52

Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 14, 2023

The Plastic Waste Management Framework lays out a framework with policy levers and actions that can be used to develop national action plans for advancing waste management systems and help effect systems change, according to the group behind it, non-profit organisation the Alliance to End Plastic Waste (supported by Roland Berger). .

Plastics 290

Plastics Recycling Recycling Waste 290

Low Carbon Prosperity

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

Evaluating regulations, subsidies, pricing mechanisms, and hybrid policies. The latest, most urgent call to action from the IPCC has increased attention on policies to reduce CO2 emissions and enhance carbon sequestration. Regulation: The most effective carbon reduction policy option is regulation.

Policy 72

Policy Carbon-neutral Carbon Pollution 72

Energy Innovation

FEBRUARY 5, 2023

By Olivia Ashmoore This week, Energy Innovation Policy & Technology LLC® and RMI published 48 state Energy Policy Simulator (EPS) models. The free, open-source, peer-reviewed, and nonpartisan EPS model empowers users to analyze the effects of hundreds of climate policies. climate goals. With the release of the U.S.

Policy 52

Policy Innovation Technology Methane 52

Smart Energy International

JANUARY 7, 2024

In discharge the battery takes in oxygen from the air and converts iron metal to rust. Each individual battery module containing about 50 1m-tall cells is about the size of a side by side washing machine and dryer. Have you read? Sign up to our newsletter and stay informed Originally published on Power Engineering International.

Energy 145

Energy Energy Lithium Batteries 145

Elemental Excelerator

APRIL 21, 2022

In our work deploying first-of-their-kind projects with climate tech entrepreneurs, we hear again and again that policy barriers present constant challenges, regardless of the industry in which they operate. It’s clear that we need to accelerate climate policy innovation with the same urgency and equity lens that we devote to tech innovation.

Startups 52

Startups Policy Innovation Government 52

Business Green

MAY 7, 2021

With G7 and COP26 fast approaching, Environmental Audit Committee chair Philip Dunne argues the government must adopt a solutions-driven approach to environmental policy. Now is the time for effective government policy interventions to deliver these commitments to protect our environment.

Policy 93

Policy Government Fashion Biodiversity 93

GreenBiz

JUNE 10, 2020

Because diesel-powered trucks and buses are responsible for a disproportionate amount of transportation-related carbon emissions and are also a source of air pollution, much of it in disadvantaged communities, who live closer to industrial areas or freeways. Why does this matter? Ford is making an electric transit van. Subscribe here.

Electricity 494

Electricity North America Transportation Demand 494

GreenTechMedia

JUNE 2, 2020

The groups argued that California utilities shouldn’t be adding new carbon and pollution-emitting resources when the state is trying to meet ambitious zero-carbon goals. Now PG&E is planning to rely on mobile diesel generators instead, at least for this year. Natural gas vs. diesel vs. solar-storage.

Natural gas 130

Natural gas Solar Energy Monitor Home Energy Monitoring Resilience 130

Clean Energy Canada

DECEMBER 19, 2023

In fact, reductions in battery costs as well as available rebates mean that some EVs are already cheaper to buy than fossil-fuelled equivalents, allowing drivers to start saving the moment they drive off the lot. It’s a tried and tested policy. More than 15,300 premature deaths each year in Canada are linked to air pollution.

Electric vehicle 130

Electric vehicle Electricity Health Pollution 130

The Environmental Blog

AUGUST 18, 2020

An electric vehicle is a useful tool that would allow us to start controlling CO2 emissions and other pollutants produced by transport activity. The production of batteries, the key element of electric cars, involves the extraction of materials such as lithium, cobalt, nickel, or copper.

Electricity 195

Electricity Electric vehicle Pollution Lithium 195

Business Green

NOVEMBER 8, 2020

Some ministers are said to accept a 2030 or 2032 date is needed to put the UK on track for net zero emissions by 2050 and cement the UK's leadership position in the fast-expanding EV market, while others fear a media and public backlash to a policy that would effectively halt the sale of internal combustion cars within a decade.

Pollution 77

Pollution Electric vehicle Retail Policy 77

GreenBiz

JUNE 17, 2020

The decade-long goal could result in millions of electric vehicles purchased for ride-hailing operations, encourage greater electric vehicle charging deployments and motivate stronger city, state and federal policies that could make EVs more economical. Aggressive policies around the world are helping spur this electric transition.

Electric vehicle 545

Electric vehicle Policy Electricity Scooters 545

Clean Energy Canada

JANUARY 29, 2020

Not everyone is tracking the cost curves of lithium ion batteries or the deployment rates of solar panels. Solving climate change with policy is paramount. It’s no secret that many of Canada’s biggest industries are also Canada’s biggest polluters, from oil and gas to steel and cement. That means being accountable.

Policy 52

Policy Climate change Lithium Pollution 52

Smart Energy International

OCTOBER 18, 2022

Sunrun, a US home solar, battery storage and energy services provider, has completed its first successful season running a residential Virtual Power Plant (VPP) in a wholesale capacity market, touted as a first-of-its-kind in the country.

Demand 131

Demand Batteries Energy Energy 131

Charged

JUNE 28, 2022

As regular Charged readers know, California, which suffers from some of the worst air pollution in the US, has an alphabet soup of incentive and grant programs intended to promote adoption of zero-emission or low-emission commercial vehicles. marine, construction and agricultural vehicles) doesn’t have a widely available electric alternative.

Natural gas 122

Natural gas Fossil fuels Pollution Organic 122

Clean Energy Canada

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

With a looming deadline to deliver a clear plan for reaching Canada’s 2030 climate target, the Liberal government has put all climate policies on the table. Elected officials and government staff are now in a mad dash to decide which policies are in, which policies are out, and where these emission reductions are going to come from.

Policy 104

Policy Electric vehicle Pollution North America 104

Business Green

MARCH 30, 2021

The government has today announced fresh funding for the green transport sector, providing a multi-million pound boost to support the switch to zero emission bus fleets and accelerate the development of innovative battery and hydrogen technologies. Zero-emission buses are great news all round," she said. "As

Government 66

Government Batteries Electric vehicle Automotive 66

Clean Energy Canada

MARCH 4, 2021

OTTAWA — Joanna Kyriazis, senior policy advisor at Clean Energy Canada, made the following statement regarding the federal government’s investment of $2.75 It also presents an opportunity to support Canadian jobs building the buses and the batteries that power them. Op-ed | ‘Clean stimulus’ isn’t idealistic, it’s good economic policy.

Investment 112

Investment North America Recycling Recycling 112

Smart Energy International

MARCH 28, 2024

Clean and sustainable transition of energy and transport sectors towards climate neutrality R&I activities will develop more performant, safe, affordable, sustainable and circular battery technologies and other storage solutions according to sectoral needs.

Energy 52

Energy Energy Europe Carbon-neutral 52

Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 4, 2023

The need for continuous Indoor Air Monitoring Policies both at home, at work and in public indoor spaces is paramount; in the UK only three per cent of local authorities have an IAQ policy. Air pollution obscures the smell of flowers, making it much harder for pollinators to find them.

Energy Monitor 147

Energy Monitor Building Energy Monitoring Home Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring 147

Smart Energy International

AUGUST 4, 2022

Of the two, transportation is expected to register higher growth owing to soaring sales of battery-operated electric vehicles, which help to keep vehicular pollution in check, and expanding railway networks. Vehicle pollution as a market driver. Vehicle pollution as a market driver.

Energy 59

Energy Energy Pollution Batteries 59

Clean Energy Canada

JANUARY 21, 2021

According to the International Energy Agency, Canadians drive the most polluting cars in the world. And over the past 20 years, carbon pollution from transportation has gone up. His team analyzes the policy, technology and economic factors shaping the future of road transport. Canada has a car conundrum. Flavio Volpe.

Automotive 127

Automotive Transportation Pollution Electric vehicle 127

Energy Innovation

OCTOBER 11, 2020

But, “we have to stop building polluting cars, we have to stop creating more internal combustion engines, and more leaky houses and more dirty factories, because those are a drag on our ability to decarbonize the entire economy.”. This will take strategic investments in battery storage and other clean technologies, Doerr points out.

Policy 52

Policy Innovation Technology Climate change 52

Charged

JUNE 21, 2023

The giant automaker’s corporate right hand pursues a number of EV initiatives around the world, while its left hand continues to spread misinformation and lobby against pro-EV policies. In May, Toyota launched BEV Factory, which is not actually a manufacturing facility, but rather “an organization dedicated to battery EVs.”

Batteries 127

Batteries Europe Hydrogen Politics 127

GreenTechMedia

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

We have long advocated for a new system that relies on more distributed energy resources spread across communities, but state commissions have lacked modeling tools that show the pathway for local energy resources, like solar, batteries and geothermal for instance, to benefit our electricity grid.

Energy 246

Energy Energy Fossil fuels Investment 246

Elemental Excelerator

MAY 20, 2024

Forum Mobility is decarbonizing heavy trucking — and taking the burden of diesel pollution off frontline communities in the process. It’s a solution designed to help independent truckers and small fleets maintain and even grow their businesses, while adapting to California’s new policies by 2035. We need clean air to breathe.

Logistics 52

Logistics Education Real Estate Pollution 52

Clean Energy Canada

JANUARY 30, 2024

TORONTO — Rachel Doran, vice president of policy and strategy at Clean Energy Canada, made the following statement in response to the announced refurbishment of the Pickering nuclear plant: “Building clean electricity capacity is an economic strategy and climate action rolled into one. Previous review studies found similar results.

Natural gas 88

Natural gas Demand Electricity Policy 88

GreenBiz

JULY 1, 2020

The combination of these policies makes California one of the most aggressive regions in the world pushing electric trucks and buses. . CARB estimates that 2 million diesel trucks cause 70 percent of the smog-causing pollution in the state. The rule also could help kick-start an electric truck market, which has been slow to emerge.

Transportation 328

Transportation Electricity Law Carbon 328

Greenability Magazine

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

Platt signed the new policy, called an administrative regulation, to change the city’s vehicle purchasing policy to full-battery, all-electric vehicles where available. Air pollution contributes to the high rate of asthma in the central city, so reducing gas emissions will make breathing easier for many residents.

Electricity 76

Electricity Carbon-neutral Electric vehicle Resilience 76

GreenBiz

JUNE 30, 2021

Since its inception, the focus has been on trying to build strong international policies in favor of green transport. In the past, the strategy was around minimizing pollution through reducing the demand for miles, energy and engine efficiency, and mobility pricing.

Transportation 428

Transportation Europe Electric vehicle Climate change 428

Renewable Energy World

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

The compact is an effort to speed decarbonization of the world’s electricity systems by working with a global group of companies, policymakers and organizations to develop and scale technologies, policies and solutions.

Carbon 95

Carbon Energy Energy Hydropower 95

The Environmental Blog

DECEMBER 1, 2019

The buses introduced not only relieve the capital’s dismal air pollution problems; they also offer commuters free USB charging points. Modern businesses invest millions into energy-saving measures, ranging from paperless printing policies to LED-powered light bulbs. Electric Buses. Electric Cars used for Company Fleets.

Electric vehicle 195

Electric vehicle Transportation Logistics Electricity 195

Smart Energy International

APRIL 5, 2022

Have you read: Global leaders vow to strengthen energy security and accelerate clean energy transitions Decarbonisation more cost effective than polluting alternatives in Central America IRENA’s Francesco La Camera spotlights next steps for climate action after COP26. Climate change policy. Opportunities for emission reduction.

Global warming 98

Global warming Energy Energy Climate change 98

Business Green

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

Prime Minister Boris Johnson also announced plans for increased investment in electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure and supply chains, including proposals for the UK's first battery gigafactory. But there is also broad appetite in the UK business community to fight against the negative impacts of air pollution.

Transportation 99

Transportation Electric vehicle Government Pollution 99

Smart Energy International

JANUARY 25, 2023

Technology is moving much faster than policy. People are not welcome if they have a polluting vehicle. Have you read: Project BATRAW – raw material recovery from EV batteries 2023 predictions: Electric vehicle trends and challenges What is the role of policy in this mix? EU has proposed phasing out ICEs by 2035.

Electric vehicle 98

Electric vehicle Europe Batteries Policy 98

Business Green

MAY 10, 2021

Analysts have predicted that electric cars and vans will be cheaper than fossil fuel alternatives by 2027 as battery costs continue to fall, production ramps up, and new vehicle designs are developed. New polluting vehicles shouldn't be sold for any longer than necessary.". Copper prices rose 1.4

Fossil fuels 101

Fossil fuels Electric vehicle Electricity Batteries 101