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Christiana Figueres and Tom Rivett-Carnac: 'Every day is a chance that will not come again'

GreenBiz

As the U.N. negotiators behind the Paris Agreement, Figueres and Rivett-Carnac have done a lot of work together. We caught up with them about their latest collaboration, a book called "The Future We Choose: Surviving the Climate Crisis.".

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New Study from Bogotá Shows How Women Experience Transport Differently

The City Fix

Cities around the world are slowly realizing that gender dynamics play an important role in how people interact with transport systems. Taken as groups, women and men tend to have different travel patterns, different safety concerns, and even make different. Continue reading on TheCityFix.com.

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Benefits of Using Eco-Friendly Paint for Your Home

U.S. Green Technology

Advantages of Using Eco-Friendly Paint for Your Home Much of the world has realized by now that the time for environmentally conscious initiatives is now more than ever. Businesses in almost every industry have taken steps in one way or another to offer products and services that can help reduce both their carbon footprint and. The post Benefits of Using Eco-Friendly Paint for Your Home appeared first on U.S.

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Coronavirus And Global Supply Chain Disruption: A Wake-Up Call For Climate Policy?

Forbes Green Tech

Coronavirus reveals how supply disruption abroad can derail decarbonization at home. Decarbonization should not become a victim of poorly managed economic globalization.

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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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The National Environmental Policy Act Needs Your Help

Rinexii

Fresh air, clean water, and conservation of our natural resources are some of the biggest perks of living in our nation. We take for granted that when we turn on the tap, the water that comes out is potable and safe to drink—but what if that all changed? What if incidents like what happened in Flint, Michigan become the new normal everywhere? If the National Environmental Policy Act is rolled back, that’s what we will see.

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Christiana Figueres and Tom Rivett-Carnac: ‘Every day is a chance that will not come again’

AGreenLiving

As the U.N. negotiators behind the Paris Agreement, Figueres and Rivett-Carnac have done a lot of work together. We caught up with them about their latest collaboration, a book called “The Future We Choose: Surviving the Climate Crisis.

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Tesla Model Y Images Appear In Latest Tesla App Update

CleanTechnica

When a Tesla owner with a tech background found out the latest version of the Tesla Android App was available around a week ago, he just looked at its source using the Android Package Kit (APK) and, voila, what he found was new pictures of the Tesla Model Y added to the app. This is in anticipation of the expected start of deliveries by the middle of this month.

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Tesla Offers Model S & X Owners Infotainment System Upgrade For $2,500

CleanTechnica

There is some exciting news for Tesla Model S and Model X owners whose cars were built prior to March 2018 (the infotainment system* in these cars has gone legacy by today’s Tesla standards) — Tesla is offering Model S and X owners the option to update their system to the latest and fastest yet version for a $2,500 fee.

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Amsterdam–Paris With Renault ZOE — Hypermiling While Hyperventilating With 0% Battery Charge

CleanTechnica

What to do when Renault invites you to the Twingo Z.E. launch event in Paris? Will you travel from the Netherlands by train or by plane, or drive in a Renault electric vehicle? We decided on driving there in our new Renault Zoe. With a 0% battery level, we arrived at our destination in Paris. This is a story of hypermiling, hyperventilation, and the joy of slow travel.

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Dealership Association Excludes Tesla From Kansas City Auto Show

CleanTechnica

The Kansas City Auto Show, which had hundreds of new vehicles, excluded Tesla due to its sales model. Tesla allows buyers to buy directly from the manufacturer, and dealerships don't like that.

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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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Waymo Unveils Its 5th Generation Autonomous Driving Technology

CleanTechnica

In its latest blog post, Waymo says it has cut the cost of its autonomous driving sensors by half while doubling how far they can see under all conditions.

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Autonomous Vehicles Can’t Come Soon Enough

CleanTechnica

Autonomous vehicles have many pros and cons. Those on either side of the issue have very intense beliefs as to why autonomous vehicles are human saviors or why they are the ultimate evil and should be feared. I am here to remind you that all influential technologies are tools that can be used for good.

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UK Company Is Bringing The Electric Revolution To Hippy Camper Vans

CleanTechnica

Kit Lacey is the director of eDub Services, a company in the challenging niche business of updating old classic vehicle gems with powerful electric motors and high capacity batteries. His main focus has so far been on converting the legendary VW T2 Camper that was introduced in 1966 (the first VW T1 was introduced in 1949). But he is ready to convert anything you throw at him, as long as it's an old timer (+30 years or so).

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Norway Rises Above 68% Plug-In Vehicle Market Share In February!

CleanTechnica

Norway, the global leader in the transition to electric vehicles, has seen its strongest ever February with over 68% market share for plug-in passenger vehicles. The vast majority of plug-ins were pure electric (BEV), which took 49.7% of the overall market.

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AR/VR Simulations for Sustainable, Regenerative, Circular Cities

Speaker: Nik Gowing, Brenda Laurel, Sheridan Tatsuno, Archie Kasnet, and Bruce Armstrong Taylor

With 191 country signatories to the Paris Climate Agreement now hard at work in the race to zero carbon by 2050, much of the heavy lifting in ecosystem sustainability falls on the shoulders of the world's densely populated urban centers. This conversation considers how today's AI-enabled simulation media, such as AR/VR, can be effectively applied to accelerate learning, understanding, training, and solutions-modeling to sustainability planning and design.

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7 Things To Know About Decarbonization In The American Energy Innovation Act

CleanTechnica

A new legislative package on energy is working its way through the U.S. Senate. The American Energy Innovation Act (AEIA) is a compilation of dozens of energy bills that have passed the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, most with bipartisan support.

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1st Time Driving A Volkswagen E-Golf, Gas Car Driver Finds Surprise, Excitement, Joy, & Grace

CleanTechnica

Editor's note: I encouraged a friend to write his first impressions driving his son's new Volkswagen e-Golf recently in California. At home in Florida he drives a non-electric car. He seems to have his eye on an electric vehicle now. A thank-you to Frank Semmens for taking the time to write up his original review.