Business Green

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

Fresh analysis from Carbon Tracker warns the challenges of shifting from a carbon-heavy economy will be borne disproportionately by some poorer fossil fuel producer states - and that could have repercussions for everyone. How will they react as their main revenue streams are curtailed?

Fossil fuels 53

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 11, 2021

In 2014, the electrical engineer and MBA became the first woman to lead a U.S. As electric vehicles drive toward the mainstream, General Motors has come full circle as well. It mass-produced the first electric car in the 1990s, then literally crushed most of them in 2003. One in five is Black.

Sustainability 520

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Business Green

MARCH 9, 2023

The Committee's overarching conclusion is both clear as day and extremely pertinent at the current geopolitical juncture: a net zero energy system is technologically, financially, and politically achievable within the 2035 timeframe, but the government simply cannot afford to waste anymore time in building it.

Hydrogen 55

Hydrogen Power grid Carbon-negative Government 55

R-Squared Energy

MARCH 16, 2021

Political leaders don’t like to depend on other countries for their energy supplies, but this is frequently an accepted trade-off due to economic considerations. . That pattern has long held true for fossil fuels, with OPEC maintaining a stranglehold on the world’s oil supplies until the U.S. supply chains more resilient.

Energy 60

Energy Energy Carbon-neutral Government 60

Grist

MARCH 17, 2023

A category of metals that play an essential role in technologies ranging from smartphones to wind turbines to electric vehicle motors, rare earths are currently mined only at a single site in the United States. Geological Survey, or USGS, announced the discovery of rocks that are rich in rare earth elements near Pennington Mountain.

Government 73

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AGreenLiving

JANUARY 11, 2021

In 2014, the electrical engineer and MBA became the first woman to lead a U.S. As electric vehicles drive toward the mainstream, General Motors has come full circle as well. It mass-produced the first electric car in the 1990s, then literally crushed most of them in 2003. One in five is Black.

Sustainability 28

Sustainability Building Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor 28

Business Green

MAY 27, 2022

JPMorgan Chase, the largest lender to the fossil-fuel industry , remained in the index, as did Amazon, which has its own regulatory challenges with labour issues. He noted that lithium, cobalt and nickel supply chains have human capital issues. Exxon claimed its statements constituted free speech.)

Carbon-negative 39

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Mr. Sustainability

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

Don’t agree on the assessment or the different pathways to get rid of fossil fuels? This is a review of an article from the Financial Times , which first appeared in February 2020 just before the fossil fuel industry had its worst year ever. Comment down below. The article was called ‘can the world kick its oil habit?’.

Building Energy Monitoring 78

Building Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor Fossil fuels 78

Clean Energy Canada

AUGUST 22, 2022

The Senate Democrats’ heroic rescue and rebranding of President Joe Biden ’s proposed Build Back Better Act is ripped from the pages of a political thriller. Importantly, the IRA also clearly names fossil fuels as largely responsible for recent inflation-related affordability concerns for many Americans.

North America 62

North America Batteries Politics Carbon 62

Grist

MARCH 12, 2021

When Edward Bartell first learned that a lithium mine might be moving into his remote corner of northern Nevada, the longtime cattle rancher wasn’t upset. “I He knew that lithium is a key metal used in batteries for electric vehicles and the power grid, and he knew the United States is going to need a lot of it to transition off fossil fuels.

Lithium 132

Lithium Electricity Law Fossil fuels 132

GreenTechMedia

AUGUST 20, 2020

And the political will toward climate mitigation is growing rapidly in many places, even if the U.S. A common criticism of stationary battery storage is that it just isn’t up to the task of backing up all of the variable/intermittent solar and wind power the world will need to replace fossil fuels.

Batteries 130

Batteries Fossil fuels Electricity Wind power 130

CleanTechnica

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

As Europe and the rest of the world continues to reduce its use of fossil fuels on the path to net zero, […]. Some EU governments want to slow down the introduction of standards that would ensure batteries are low carbon, made with ethically sourced metals, and are fully recycled at the end of their life.

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CleanTechnica

OCTOBER 31, 2021

T&E and Amnesty team up to campaign for improvements in EU battery legislation to ensure ethical sourcing of minerals for EV batteries.

Fossil fuels 0

Fossil fuels Ethics Batteries Energy 0

CleanTechnica

JUNE 12, 2021

Originally published on Transport & Environment. By Paul Bell The EU and the UK risk wasting €27bn in battery investments if they fail to strengthen car and van CO2 emission standards, analysis from Transport & Environment (T&E) shows.

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CleanTechnica

APRIL 24, 2021

President Biden has stepped up and made a commitment for the US to reduce carbon emissions 50% by 2030 versus 2005 levels. We need to do it and we can do it! But what is the best path? There is strong underlying logic behind this new commitment. The math is simple but […].

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CleanTechnica

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

By Alex Grant, Principal, Jade Cove Partners, San Francisco, USA, & Paul Martin, Chemical Process Development Expert, Toronto, Canada Exxon first correctly identified combustion of their hydrocarbon products as the cause of future catastrophic climate change as early as 1977.¹

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CleanTechnica

JANUARY 27, 2021

Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI) is part of new coalition of climate leaders focused on supercharging efforts to decarbonize some of the world’s highest-emitting industries in the next 10 years.

Transportation 0

Transportation Fossil fuels Lithium Electric vehicle 0

CleanTechnica

DECEMBER 16, 2020

Whenever you encounter an article about the environmental impacts of EVs, here are a few facts to keep in mind and a few questions to ask while reading, so you can make sure you consider the facts in context.

Fossil fuels 0

Fossil fuels Climate change Lithium Recycling 0

CleanTechnica

NOVEMBER 26, 2020

I have been known as a strong critic of the German auto industry for many years, but the reality is there is always light and shadows.

Fossil fuels 0

Fossil fuels Lithium Electric vehicle Europe 0

CleanTechnica

OCTOBER 17, 2020

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. .

Carbon 0

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CleanTechnica

OCTOBER 4, 2020

The climate action report card is much better for Obama/Biden and Biden/Harris than for Trump/Pence, which is unsurprising given President Trump's rhetoric on the subject.

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Policy Climate change Natural gas Fossil fuels 0

CleanTechnica

OCTOBER 1, 2020

US fossil fuel firms eliminated about 105,000 positions — roughly 20 percent of their workforce — between March and June, according to Accenture. These are sad days in the oil patch. BW Research Partnership puts the job losses at 118,000 between March and July.

Fossil fuels 0

Fossil fuels Lithium Electric vehicle Batteries 0

CleanTechnica

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

California is already seeing the impact of climate change, with droughts, heat waves, and of course the unprecedented wildfires seen this summer. And even as the smoke from the fires has (mostly) cleared from the skies over much of the state, we know that we have to greatly reduce emissions to slow the rate of climate change.

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CleanTechnica

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

For those who follow the electric vehicle sector closely, it has been clear for several years that electric cars are far, far cleaner and greener than gasoline and diesel cars.

Electric vehicle 0

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CleanTechnica

JULY 27, 2020

Marathon Motor Engineering, a joint venture between Hyundai Motor Company and Olympic Champion Haile Gebrselassie, has started assembling the all-electric Hyundai Ioniq in Ethiopia.

Electricity 0

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CleanTechnica

JULY 27, 2020

Then other legislative pieces got added, including adding tax incentives for electric vehicles and clean energy. The centerpiece is the surface transportation bill (sometimes known as the highway bill) that gets passed about every 5 years.

Electric vehicle 0

Electric vehicle Transportation Resilience Electricity 0

CleanTechnica

JULY 17, 2020

One of the best ways to reduce emissions going forward is not to restrict the importation of used vehicles but to simply shift to cleaner and safer used vehicles. Used vehicles tend to come in at price points that are more affordable for the target market in most of these African countries.

Africa 0

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CleanTechnica

JULY 13, 2020

A secret and never written codex has been defined in the last 100 years that describes the relationship between the German auto industry and the government. Everybody follows the codex and its rules, but no one talks about it.

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CleanTechnica

JULY 8, 2020

End the use of fossil fuels fast. The EU wants to be fossil free by 2050. Joe Biden’s campaign wants the US to be fossil free by 2050 as well, based on his stated climate policy. What does the US need to do to help the world prevent the worst of climate change? Many are stepping up to the challenge with aggressive goals.

Fossil fuels 0

Fossil fuels Carbon Climate change Electricity 0

CleanTechnica

JULY 4, 2020

It’s very common for small African countries to have governments with at least 30 ministers and an equal number of deputy ministers. Quite fascinating really, considering much bigger economies have fewer than 15 ministers.

Africa 0

Africa Electricity Government Fossil fuels 0

CleanTechnica

JULY 4, 2020

Last Thursday, California made history by becoming the first state to mandate that truck makers move to zero-emission drivetrains. California Air Resources Board’s (CARB) new Advanced Clean Trucks regulation requires that half of the state’s trucks will need to be zero-emission by 2035, and the remaining half by 2045.

Fossil fuels 0

Fossil fuels Africa Lithium Electric vehicle 0

CleanTechnica

JULY 4, 2020

After my article "There Will Be Blood" was published here on CleanTechnica, Peter Mertens, the former Head of R&D at Audi and former Board Member of Audi, Volkswagen, Volvo, and Jaguar Land Rover, and now Board Member of Faurecia, Recogni and Chairman of the Advisory Board of Valenz, reached out to me and asked if I am interested in an interview (..)

Fossil fuels 0

Fossil fuels Lithium Electric vehicle Europe 0

CleanTechnica

JUNE 30, 2020

Despite the clear fossil fuel bias in this administration, the US Department of Energy has been paying a bit of attention to the electric vehicle (EV) revolution, and is looking to help secure critical battery supplies in the global battery supply chain and setting the foundation to do so.

Batteries 0

Batteries Fossil fuels Electric vehicle Energy 0

CleanTechnica

JUNE 20, 2020

Lindsey Boylan is taking on representative Jerry Nadler’s NY-10 seat in the upcoming 2020 House election. Running on a platform of climate change legislation, curbing systemic inequality, and expanding economic rights, Boylan is pitching herself as someone who will actively fight for a progressive future.

Policy 0

Policy Climate change Fossil fuels Lithium 0

CleanTechnica

JUNE 15, 2020

Escalation is the word that describes best what happened in recent weeks within Volkswagen, and it’s an escalation that is not helpful for CEO Herbert Diess, the Volkswagen Group, our society, Germany, or the environment.

Fossil fuels 0

Fossil fuels Lithium Electric vehicle Europe 0

CleanTechnica

JUNE 14, 2020

This article is not about COVID-19. It is not about what we should do in response to COVID-19, what government policies or our individual routines should look like.

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CleanTechnica

JUNE 12, 2020

The country is struggling to raise foreign currency to import these fossil fuels, so spending 30% of its hard-earned foreign currency by literally burning it in ICE vehicles is just crazy! Zimbabwe has been experiencing a prolonged petrol and diesel shortage for 3 years and counting, with no solution in sight.

Fossil fuels 0

Fossil fuels Electric vehicle Lithium Batteries 0