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Leclanché introduces modular, all-in-one EV battery system

Charged

It also features built-in liquid cooling and thermal hazard protection. An optional IoT tool allows remote data logging and real-time access to battery status, performance and diagnostic data. INT-39 Energy HV has been certified for on-road applications by the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe, ECE R-100.02

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How climate change drives hotter, more frequent heat waves

Grist

Yafali and his family found respite in their AC, but they were fortunate outliers; Seattle, known for its cool, wet winters and mild summers, is one of the least air conditioned big cities in the country. They took refuge in shady parks or in community cooling centers. Earlier this month, Earth logged its seven hottest days ever.

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Saving the Scottish Wildcat from extinction

AGreenLiving

Unfortunately, historical persecution, habitat loss from mismanaged logging and genetic integrity dilution from interbreeding with either domestic or feral cats have all pushed the Scottish wildcat closer to extinction in the wild. It’s a symbol for Scotland, a symbol for the wild nature that we have.”

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Climate Obstructionism Runs Deep in the UK — Watch Out for It at the Election

DeSmogBlog

Trade associations, and the companies they represent, can be omitted from official parliamentary transparency logs as only benefits in kind above £1,500 a year must be declared — a threshold many industry bodies claim not to meet. The rules governing APPGs often inhibit public scrutiny.

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10 European firms every sustainability professional should know

Business Green

Below is a list of 10 firms in Europe that could make practical additions to your sustainable business arsenal. It then invests the capital raised into innovative climate projects, such as Cool Roof France (reflective building cladding, $540,000 invested) and Beyond the Sea (kite-pulled ships, $1.1m A large percentage is regional.

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Does planting trees actually help the climate? Here’s what we know.

Grist

A report out last Thursday found that the understudied cooling effects of trees — like their role in the water cycle and the compounds they emit — have kept the planet half a degree Celsius cooler, not even accounting for the carbon dioxide they capture. “My It all comes down to trade-offs.

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Natural debate: Do forests grow better without our help?

Grist

This excludes land under cultivation or built on, along with existing valuable ecosystems such as grasslands and boreal regions, where the warming effects of dark forest canopy outweigh the cooling benefits of carbon take-up. It now makes up about a tenth of the forest. Italy, for instance, has grown its forest cover by 2.5 million acres.

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