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British Columbians of all political stripes want a cleaner economy. Parties are missing an opportunity

Clean Energy Canada

When the federal government delivered its Throne Speech in late September, no words were minced: climate action would be a “cornerstone” of this government’s recovery. And it wasn’t just about climate change. It was also about ensuring Canada’s economy would be clean and competitive. But with a B.C. election now a mere week away, climate action has made few headlines out west.

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Decarbonization Investment: Can Investors Do Well While Doing Good?

E8 Cleantech Angels

Jeff Thiel and James Kempf We are not yet reducing global greenhouse gas emissions fast enough to avert catastrophic levels of global warming. That’s a grim and undisputable fact. It’s also an opportunity for savvy investors. We have the technology now to ensure a livable world for future generations, and investing in that technology will be good for our economy and our health too.

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Earth911 Reader: Sustainability, Recycling, Business and Science News

AGreenLiving

The Earth911 team combs news and research for interesting ideas … The post Earth911 Reader: Sustainability, Recycling, Business and Science News appeared first on Earth 911. Original post: Earth911 Reader: Sustainability, Recycling, Business and Science News.

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Electrify Everything — Save Tons of Money!

CleanTechnica

Running our energy system on renewable electricity will save every family in America thousands of dollars per year, create tens of millions of jobs and make our lives way more awesome.

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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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My Quest For Net Zero & Beyond With Tesla Model 3 — Part 5

CleanTechnica

I have now crossed the 30,000 miles (49,000 km) milestone in my 2019 Tesla Model 3, in just over 16 months, and in October I reached one full year on a set of Michelin CrossClimate+ tires, which will give some precise range data, so this is a perfect time for an update.

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US Energy 2050: 100% Carbon Free, 100% Electric, Up Our Game 6× (Part 1)

CleanTechnica

The energy system by 2050 can be completely transformed from where it is today, but we will need to really pick up the pace. We need to go from adding 20 or so gigawatts (GW) of wind and solar a year to around 130 GW a year for the next 30 years. This article goes through the numbers. .

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My Personal History With Global Warming

CleanTechnica

I served as a Peace Corps volunteer in Bolivia from 1964–1966. Being an avid skier from the Adirondack Mountains in New York, I wanted to test my skills at the highest ski resort in the world, Mount Chacaltaya, a 45-minute drive from the capital of Bolivia, La Paz. At 18,000 feet above sea level, Chacaltaya rises well above the tree line. A small shack at 12,000 feet, warmed by a wood stove, housed used skis, moldy leather boots, bags of salted yucca chips, and bottled water.

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Foxconn Unveils EV Platform; FCA To Build EVs In Canada

CleanTechnica

Foxconn has announced it is developing an electric car platform that it could sell to other car companies. Meanwhile, FCA says it is making a major investment in EV manufacturing in Ontario, Canada.

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Estimating Solar Energy Potential On House Roofs Virtually — Total & Google Cloud Team Up

CleanTechnica

Total and Google Cloud are enthusiastically sharing that they have pooled their expertise and created a tool called Solar Mapper. With this tool, they aim to "accelerate the deployment of solar panels for individuals (B2C) by providing an accurate and rapid estimate of the solar energy potential of their homes.".

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Gemtek’s Tesla Model 3 Will Be Taking On A Targa Rally Once Again

CleanTechnica

Back in August, I shared the story about a Tesla Model 3 winning a Targa rally for the first time. The race was held at Targa South West in Australia and was divided into different categories. For the first time, Gemtek's Tesla Model 3 won the Targa 130, which featured 16 stages.

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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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NRDC Sues US Department Of Energy Over Efficiency Standards Process Changes

CleanTechnica

Originally published on the NRDC Expert Blog. by Joe Vukovich NRDC sued the U.S. Department of Energy yesterday for once again altering its energy efficiency standards-setting process to make it more difficult to set rigorous energy-saving levels for America’s appliances and equipment. We believe this change will harm consumers — especially low-income households — and create [&hellip.

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New York Gives Big Boost To Renewable Energy

CleanTechnica

The Public Service Commission has issued an important order which sets out a roadmap for achieving the state’s ambitious goal of obtaining 70 percent of its electricity from renewable sources by 2030. A press release summarizing the order is available here.

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China Is Breeding A Herd Of Purebred Trojan Horses To Conquer The Western BEV Market

CleanTechnica

When Japanese automakers entered the European market over half a century ago, then Korean automakers did so in the '80s and '90s, and lastly Indian brands did so hardly a decade ago, they started at the bottom with low-priced and low-quality products.