Sat.Aug 22, 2020

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High-Speed Rail Heats Up In California As Brightline Eyes Las Vegas Route Extensions

Forbes Green Tech

The sole private passenger rail service in the U. S. got a green light from transit agencies to begin planning two extensions for its $5 billion high-speed train to Las Vegas.

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Earth 911 Reader: Plastic Is In People, Women Will Suffer More From Climate Change, and $46 Billion In Packaging Savings

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The Dictator’s Handbook - Summary

Mr. Sustainability

Summary - Politics is a tug-of-war for power and control of resources. Democracies are best in guaranteeing prosperity because the leaders depend on the citizens’ well being to remain in power. Autocracies lead to mass poverty and a few massively rich cronies because leaders depend on the cronies to stay in power, not on the average citizens. This summary by Lucio Buffalmano is taken from The Power Moves.

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Let’s Ride These Heatwaves With Heat Pumps

CleanTechnica

This weekend my family “sweltered” in place during a record West-wide heat wave while thunder and lightning cracked the skies and our utility threatened to shut off power. Ash is falling today on my neighborhood due to lightning-sparked wildfires. I can’t help feeling like the four horses of the apocalypse are trampling all over the California right now.

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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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California Focused On Cleaning Up Heavy-Duty Truck Pollution

CleanTechnica

Next Thursday, the California Air Resources Board (CARB) will vote a proposal to reduce smog-forming and soot emissions from heavy-duty vehicles sold in the state over the next decade. While CARB has already moved forward to accelerate the adoption of electric trucks in the state, this latest proposal is a critical part of cleaning up the trucking sector until that broader transformation takes place.

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Sierra Club Updates Nationwide EV Model Policy Toolkit

CleanTechnica

The Sierra Club has updated its nationwide EV model policy toolkit and reminds us just what is the leading cause of greenhouse gas emissions in the US: the transportation sector, which is 92% dependent on oil.

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Porsche Announces It’s Investigating Suspected Gas Engine Manipulation — How Bad Could It Be?

CleanTechnica

Here we go again. Porsche just announced that it's launching an internal investigation into suspected engine manipulation, according to Bild am Sonntag (BamS). It has informed KBA, Germany's automotive watchdog, the Stuttgart prosecutor's office, and authorities here in the US of the matter.

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What Is Causing Those Fires And Blackouts In California? Could It Be (Gasp!) Climate Change?

CleanTechnica

Are flesh eating pedophiles responsible for a warming planet? No, scientists say.

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Tesla Model 3 Owners Are Happiest With Their Cars … At All Ages — 70 Reasons Why

CleanTechnica

Earlier this year, Consumer Reports published its annual report on vehicle owner satisfaction. Once again, the report, which is based on extensive surveys of vehicle owners, found that Tesla owners are the happiest with their cars. Now they've split the ranking up by age.

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Xpeng Pros & Cons

CleanTechnica

As I wrote last night (er, early this morning), Xpeng has made the next step in its IPO process by indicating its expected share price at IPO ($11–13) and the fact that it aims to raise $1.1 billion on the high end of that target.

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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.