Sat.May 28, 2022

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The Economic Turning Point. Are we there yet? Take a look at what Deloitte just said!

Energy Central

The Turning Point: The new study of the Deloitte Center for Sustainable Progress models the impacts of an increase of 3 ° C of global average temperatures compared to pre-industrial levels, which is consistent with the current world trajectory. An uncontrolled climate change will be a major obstacle to economic growth from now on and over the next 50 years, costing around.

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Engineers, policymakers discuss resource adequacy, cybersecurity under changing grid conditions

Smart Energy International

Grid operators can only plan for contingencies that they have seen before. That was the message from Julia Matevosyan, Chief Engineer at Energy Systems Integration Group (ESIG) and former Lead Planning Engineer at ERCOT. Matevosyan was speaking on a panel along with former Governor of Texas Rick Perry and Massoud Amin, Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at University of Minnesota.

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Climate change made India and Pakistan’s 2022 early heatwave ‘30 times more likely’

Eco-Business

An unusually early heatwave which struck India and Pakistan in March and April this year was made at least 30 times more likely by human-caused climate change, a rapid analysis finds.

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Truck Manufacturers Sue to Continue Polluting

CleanTechnica

On the Friday before Memorial Day weekend, the Truck and Engine Manufacturers Association (EMA) and their member companies filed a lawsuit to delay a lifesaving California clean truck regulation: the Heavy-Duty Omnibus (HDO) rule. The HDO rule dramatically cuts air pollution from new diesel vehicles by reducing allowable oxides of nitrogen (NOx) emissions from heavy-duty trucks by roughly […].

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Manufacturing Sustainability Surge: Your Guide to Data-Driven Energy Optimization & Decarbonization

Speaker: Kevin Kai Wong, President of Emergent Energy Solutions

In today's industrial landscape, the pursuit of sustainable energy optimization and decarbonization has become paramount. Manufacturing corporations across the U.S. are facing the urgent need to align with decarbonization goals while enhancing efficiency and productivity. Unfortunately, the lack of comprehensive energy data poses a significant challenge for manufacturing managers striving to meet their targets.

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Twin crises of heat and floods expose neglect in India and Bangladesh

Eco-Business

Despite clear evidence that extreme weather events such as heatwaves and floods are becoming more frequent, India and Bangladesh are neglecting adaptation, at heavy cost to their poor.

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Musk: Self Driving Cars Next Year

CleanTechnica

Cars that need no human driver are coming next year, Elon Musk says -- again.

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Coming Soon To A Campground Near You: The Electric RV

CleanTechnica

As you get ready to explore the scenic countryside this summer, you wish you could travel in an electric RV. What advances has the industry made?

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DHL Orders Some Volvo Electric Trucks

CleanTechnica

All over the world, if you want to get something there fast (especially documents), DHL are usually the folks to go to. Americans might not know how big they are, largely because the yellow vans disappeared from our roads in 2008, but before that happened, they were known for being lightning fast. That’s still the […].

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Why Even Fox Loves The Ford F-150 Lightning

CleanTechnica

Sometimes it’s easy to get caught up in an echo chamber, especially with social media. It’s more fun and less frustrating to deal with like-minded people, and when it comes to electric vehicles, the sheer volume of misinformation just isn’t something anyone has time for. We know what works and what doesn’t, and those of […].

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6,000 Registrations for Funky Cat, 16 Kia e-Niro Ambulances, “Project Thunderball” — EV News Today

CleanTechnica

The Funky Cat, Kia e-Niro ambulances, the all-electric “Project Thunderball” roadster, and the first ever, genuine, full-speed Electric MOKE — there’s lots of fun EV news to share today, beyond what we’ve written about ourselves. Scroll down to see even more. Electric Car News 6,000 registrations of interest for the Funky Cat, which will launch […].

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Electrofuels Are the Future: The Driving Force to Decarbonizing Heavy Transport

Speaker: Ayesha Choudhury - Senior Vice President, Head of Capital Markets at Infinium

With the first wave of the energy transition, renewable energy sources (such as solar and wind) have begun replacing coal power generation. However, some sectors are lagging behind and struggling to decarbonize more than others, including large-scale transportation like commercial aviation, shipping, and rail transit. Electrofuels (aka eFuels) are the next generation of solutions to help the hardest-to-abate sectors pivot from their reliance on fossil fuels.