Sat.May 16, 2020

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Risk, doubt, and the burden of proof in the climate debate

GreenBiz

Risk, doubt, and the burden of proof in the climate debate. Barbara Freese. Sat, 05/16/2020 - 14:20. Excerpted from " Industrial-Strength Denial: Eight Stories of Corporations Defending the Indefensible, from the Slave Trade to Climate Change " by Barbara Freese, published by the University of California Press. © 2020 by the Regents of the University of California.

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Tesla says its new Terafactory will be producing Model Y by the end of this year

Charged

Tesla may have decided on the site of its anticipated Cybertruck plant, and it intends to waste no time. Electrek , citing “a reliable source familiar with the matter,” reports that the next Tesla Gigafactory (excuse me, make that “Terafactory”) will be built in the vicinity of Austin, Texas. (The AP is reporting that the list has been narrowed to Austin or Tulsa, Oklahoma.).

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Risk, doubt, and the burden of proof in the climate debate

AGreenLiving

Risk, doubt, and the burden of proof in the climate debate Barbara Freese Sat, 05/16/2020 – 14:20 Excerpted from ” Industrial-Strength Denial: Eight Stories of Corporations Defending the Indefensible, from the Slave Trade to Climate Change ” by Barbara Freese, published by the University of California Press. © 2020 by the Regents of the University of California.

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Former Inslee Staffers Urge Biden and House Dems to Embrace $1.2 Trillion Green Stimulus as Part of COVID-19 Recovery

DeSmogBlog

Read time: 4 mins By Julia Conley , Common Dreams. Originally published on Common Dreams under CC BY - SA 3.0 US. Staffers who helped develop Washington Gov. Jay Inslee's widely-praised climate policy during his 2020 presidential run are now calling on congressional Democrats to adopt the bold initiatives included in the plan to make a shift to a renewable energy economy within coronavirus relief legislation.

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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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After The Lockdown, Cities Set Examples

CleanTechnica

Many hope that improvements will come out of this global struggle with health and the Covid-19 pandemic. Ideally, the aftermath will continually show our old way of life giving way to positive new growth.

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Tesla Model 3 — 5× More US Sales Than Chevy Bolt In Q1, 433× More Than BMW i3

CleanTechnica

Based on CleanTechnica's sophisticated number crunching, in the first quarter of 2020, the Tesla Model 3 had 5× more sales than the Chevy Bolt, 14× more sales than the Nissan.

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Romanian Oil Company Powers Its Gas Stations With Solar Panels

CleanTechnica

OMV Petrom service stations in Romania are using new solar arrays to help generate electricity.

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CleanTech Weekly News Show — Tesla, New EVs, Green Economy, Clean Energy Jobs

CleanTechnica

This is the 8th edition of CleanTechnica's fairly new weekly news broadcast. We decided to do this because there is an information overload problem in the world.

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Tesla Fast Tracking Full Self-Driving Development With Advanced Neural Net Training Techniques

CleanTechnica

Autonomous driving has been one of the fundamental pillars of Tesla's push to electrify transport, and by all accounts, the California company is leading the pack in production deployments of autonomous driving technology.

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Governor Cuomo Rejects The Williams Pipeline — #CleanEnergyWillWin

CleanTechnica

The Williams Pipeline was just rejected by New York Governor Andrew Cuomo. It would have carried natural gas that had been fracked from Pennsylvania to parts of New York City.

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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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Tesla Model S P100D & Porsche Taycan Turbo S Drag Racing Again!

CleanTechnica

Porsche Taycan has emerged as the Tesla Model S arch rival when it comes to performance on the race track, be it in a straight line or circuits like the Nürburgring and the Laguna Seca.