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The Amount Of Plastic Waste Is Surging Because Of The Coronavirus Pandemic

Forbes Green Tech

A lot of the personal protective equipment, the masks and gloves and other medical equipment, is plastic, and much of it is being thrown carelessly away.

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New Satellite Data Reveals Dangerous Methane Emissions in Permian Region

DeSmogBlog

Read time: 6 mins New research based on satellite data confirms that the oil and gas industry in the Permian region of Texas and New Mexico is leaking record amounts of methane. The new research published in the journal Science Advances found that methane emissions in the Permian Basin were equivalent to 3.7 percent of the total methane produced by the oil and gas industry there.

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COVID-19 Exposes Supply Chain Vulnerabilities that Cause Food Insecurity

Green Market Oracle

The cornavirus pandemic has highlighted supply chain weaknesses that are causing food shortages. As explained in an FAO report , the global pandemic is threatening supply lines leading to concerns about food insecurity. "A protracted pandemic crisis could quickly put a strain on the food supply chains, a complex web of interactions involving farmers, agricultural inputs, processing plants, shipping, retailers and more," the report said.

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'Glacial pace': ShareAction slams European banks over sluggish action on climate crisis

Business Green

Scorecard published by responsible investment group shows that banking sector is falling well short of best practices for climate risk management and disclosure. The European banking sector has largely flunked a scorecard tracking efforts to tackle the climate crisis, with progress in delivering new green finance products undermined by many banks ongoing support for fossil fuel projects.

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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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Lithium-Ion Energy Storage Cost vs. Pumped Hydro Or Flow Battery Cost Are Dependent On Time

CleanTechnica

You may have heard the claim that lithium-ion storage will only last 4 hours. It is often cited as support for other energy storage solutions. However, as an engineer.

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US Electric Vehicle Maker Says Clean Energy For Me & Thee — CleanTechnica Interview

CleanTechnica

GM is taking a whole-of-car approach to the electric vehicle field, with green grid, plastic recycling, zero waste, and lightweighting all in the mix.

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KIA Teases 800 Volt 300 Mile EV With 25 Minute Recharge Time

CleanTechnica

KIA says it is working on an electric SUV with 300 miles of range and a 20 minute charge time for the US market. Enough talking, KIA. Build It!

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Tesla Model 3 Shines In Transition Month In China

CleanTechnica

With the Chinese market slowly returning to normal, now that China has endured the first wave of the COVID pandemic, sales have started to recover from February’s fall into the abyss. In March they dropped just 51%, to around 60,000 units, a significant improvement from the 65% fall of the previous month.

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Trump’s Ignorance of Science & Flippant Suggestions are Endangering People’s Lives

CleanTechnica

The Trump administration’s claim that two anti-malarial drugs, hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine, should be regarded as treatment options for COVID-19 may be one of its most dangerous forms of misinformation yet.

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New Research Turns Old Soda Bottles Into Battery Electrodes In Microwave

CleanTechnica

Researchers at Purdue say they have invented a process that can convert PET plastic bottles to battery anode material in about 2 minutes using a microwave.

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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.

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Universal Community Solar Revolution Brewing Under COVID-19 Crisis

CleanTechnica

The Energy Department revives an Obama-era program aimed at universal, affordable renewable access by 2025, through community solar programs. No, really!

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Close Console Lid Gently, Please — Tesla Model 3 Becomes Sentient, Sort Of

CleanTechnica

My Tesla Model 3 is named "Colin," named after a small security guard robot in the Douglas Adam's novel The Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy that is captured and gets its reward circuits rewired to find ecstatic pleasure in anything its master commands of it! However, it seems Colin has limits.