Energy Innovation

MARCH 9, 2022

This week, Energy Innovation launched the Oregon Energy Policy Simulator (EPS) , our newest state-specific, open-source, peer-reviewed, and nonpartisan model that estimates the environmental, economic, and public health impacts of hundreds of climate and energy policies. By Shelley Wenzel.

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GreenBiz

APRIL 20, 2021

The push to quickly transition carbon-intensive activities away from fossil fuels while meeting the world’s growing energy needs has put electricity producers and consumers squarely in the forefront of the emerging clean economy. Manufacturing is going electric, too, as companies ratchet up their net-zero-carbon goals.

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 12, 2021

Former Top Gear host Quentin Willson has acrimoniously quit a motoring lobby group currently working with a group of MPs to stop the government’s planned phase-out of petrol and diesel cars, accusing it of spreading “old urban myths” about electric vehicles.

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 26, 2020

Thanks to converging forces — including supportive policies, dropping battery costs and aggressive climate goals — transportation leaders at large and small organizations are increasingly turning to new zero-emission and low-carbon options that decarbonize fleets and in some cases save money. One of Genentech's electric buses, made by BYD.

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GreenBiz

DECEMBER 16, 2020

Pollution, poverty and race collide in many other disadvantaged communities across California — and the country — and some argue that the state’s climate policies haven’t helped. The overall "cap" lowers every year, forcing polluters to reduce their emissions or purchase allowances from others who do.

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Clean Energy Canada

DECEMBER 19, 2023

OTTAWA — Joanna Kyriazis, director of public affairs at Clean Energy Canada, made the following statement in response to the federal government’s final electric vehicle availability standard : “With record numbers of Canadians choosing an EV over a gas car in recent months, it’s clear that they want electric vehicles.

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The Environmental Blog

AUGUST 18, 2020

An electric vehicle is a useful tool that would allow us to start controlling CO2 emissions and other pollutants produced by transport activity. – 3 percent reported owning an electric vehicle. Future car ownership: Electric cars or not? – 40 per cent saying they are somewhat likely.

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The City Fix

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Residents of Jakarta, Indonesia woke up on August 31, 2023, to a thick blanket of haze and news that their city was again ranked the most polluted in the world — one of many times during the last several months when air quality became.

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Business Green

MAY 24, 2022

As the electric vehicle (EV) transition gathers momentum, rethinking the way vehicles are built is fast emerging as the next frontier for the decarbonisation of transport. While industrial polluters such as steel makers have to date been exempted from the tax, this could change as Sweden's 2045 net zero goal approaches.

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GreenBiz

JUNE 5, 2020

The right to breathe isn't just related to surviving interactions with police," said Alexis Cureton, former electric vehicle fellow at GRID Alternatives , an organization that works to bring clean energy jobs and access to low-income communities. "It times more hazardous pollution than white people — regardless of income.

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Energy Innovation

FEBRUARY 5, 2023

By Olivia Ashmoore This week, Energy Innovation Policy & Technology LLC® and RMI published 48 state Energy Policy Simulator (EPS) models. The free, open-source, peer-reviewed, and nonpartisan EPS model empowers users to analyze the effects of hundreds of climate policies. climate goals. With the release of the U.S.

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DeSmogBlog

JANUARY 12, 2024

Cox is running to be London Mayor in May for Nigel Farage’s right-wing party Reform UK, which calls for the UK’s net zero policies to be “scrapped”, and is funded by climate science deniers and fossil fuel interests. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak cited it when watering-down some net zero policies in September.

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Energy Innovation

JUNE 16, 2022

This week, Energy Innovation released new rese arch evaluating California’s climate progress and identifying a policy pathway that would reaffirm California as a climate leader. includes important new metrics to track the economic, environmental, and public health impacts of hundreds of climate policies. By Olivia Ashmoore.

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Greenability Magazine

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

“This is a big and bold step toward cleaner air, reducing greenhouse gas emissions, and decreasing the city’s dependence on fossil fuels,” said Kansas City Manager Brian Platt. “We Air pollution contributes to the high rate of asthma in the central city, so reducing gas emissions will make breathing easier for many residents.

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Low Carbon Prosperity

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

Evaluating regulations, subsidies, pricing mechanisms, and hybrid policies. The latest, most urgent call to action from the IPCC has increased attention on policies to reduce CO2 emissions and enhance carbon sequestration. Regulation: The most effective carbon reduction policy option is regulation.

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Charged

JUNE 8, 2022

Automakers are continuing to improve their electric vehicles, expanding the selection of models, and (finally!) The report noted that most companies tend to advocate for better climate policy in direct proportion to their future EV production goals. running some substantial ad campaigns for their EV offerings.

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Business Green

JUNE 7, 2021

Investment in clean energy from fossil fuel majors saw a marked uptick during the pandemic in 2020, research suggests. Electric vehicle sales continued to surge throughout the pandemic and are expected to grow rapidly in the coming years as almost every major auto manufacturer plots a future beyond the internal combustion engine.

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GreenBiz

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

This includes poor air quality due to proximity to polluting facilities such as fossil fuel power plants and refineries, which compounds the impacts of crises such as COVID-19. . This can include reducing harmful on-site emissions as well as off-site fleet electrification in high pollution areas.

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Business Green

MARCH 29, 2023

The ban on the sale of new petrol and diesel cars and vans from 2035 had originally been envisaged as a means of driving the shift to electric vehicles (EVs) or potentially hydrogen fuel cell vehicles and as such would ban the sale of all new ICE vehicles. Stick to the 2035 date, and no concessions for e-fuels.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 16, 2023

It was recognised for its energy insights tool and energy flexibility trials, successfully demonstrating the crucial role local authorities can play in moving away from the use of polluting fossil fuels. The work formed part of the Local Energy Oxfordshire scheme – also known as Project LEO.

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Business Green

MARCH 27, 2024

UK emissions are down 52 per cent since 1990 and fossil fuels last year provided just a third of UK power - change is happening Some good news for the Bank Holiday weekend. per cent of the UK's electricity - a record low. per cent compared to 1990 levels. Coal, gas, and oil together generated just 34.3

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GreenBiz

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

They stem from the system we chose when we grabbed and relied on fossil fuels," McCarthy said. McCarthy observed that the pandemic is one more example of how our system has left some communities behind, drawing a parallel to the disproportionate impact of climate change and pollution on communities of color. Policy & Politics.

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Clean Energy Canada

JUNE 29, 2021

Aside from the two provinces that already have similar policies in place (B.C. While there is plenty of demand for electric vehicles, supply can be a challenge—and tends to go to places with supportive EV policy. This policy is already helping put more electric vehicles on the road in B.C.,

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Elemental Excelerator

APRIL 21, 2022

In our work deploying first-of-their-kind projects with climate tech entrepreneurs, we hear again and again that policy barriers present constant challenges, regardless of the industry in which they operate. It’s clear that we need to accelerate climate policy innovation with the same urgency and equity lens that we devote to tech innovation.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 21, 2020

Most polluting fuels for wood burning stoves including coal and wet wood to be phased out from 2021-23 as part of crackdown on particle pollution. The move comes as the government continues to face calls from campaigners to accelerate efforts to tackle air pollution, especially in urban areas.

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Anti-net zero campaigners and climate science deniers are claiming credit for the Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s weakening of UK green policies, as a senior official told DeSmog that civil servants were left “scratching their heads” after being ignored by Sunak this week. Household energy efficiency standards would also be dropped.

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E2 Environmental Entrepreneurs

AUGUST 31, 2022

It will do so by driving in-state ZET technology innovation and manufacturing investments and jobs, reducing the greenhouse gases (GHGs) causing climate change, slashing truck tailpipe pollution to improve air quality and mitigate public health costs. In 2020, electric vehicles were the state’s most valuable export, producing over $5.6

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Business Green

JUNE 1, 2020

UK Electric Fleets Alliance launched in bid to make the case for faster switch to 100 per cent electric vehicle sales in the UK within 10 years. Transport is currently the UK's largest source of greenhouse gas emissions as well as being a major contributor to air pollution.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

EV100 report shows deployment of electric vehicles among members has grown 93 per cent over the past 12 months to 400,000 worldwide Sometimes, to truly understand how fast you are heading, it's worth looking back at the distance covered, rather than solely at the road ahead. tonnes, and 50 per cent for those weighing from 3.5

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 6, 2020

Across Europe electric vehicle sales are continuing to climb rapidly, and more and more manufacturers are responding to the growing demand. A recent study shows that 45 per cent of people have reconsidered their electric vehicle ownership plans as a result of the radical improvement on air pollution seen across the globe.

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Clean Energy Canada

JANUARY 29, 2020

Solving climate change with policy is paramount. It’s no secret that many of Canada’s biggest industries are also Canada’s biggest polluters, from oil and gas to steel and cement. But cutting pollution doesn’t mean cutting jobs and opportunities. Why not all zero-emission vehicle types and technologies?

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The City Fix

MAY 30, 2023

To cut transport emissions, moving vehicles away from burning fossil fuels is a fundamental step. However, the e-mobility transition is not only an opportunity to reduce emissions but to modernize mobility across the board, from expanding access to public transport.

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E2 Environmental Entrepreneurs

MAY 26, 2020

and the fossil fuels that power it?—?accounting accounting for nearly half of the greenhouse gases California emits annually, California can continue its legacy of climate leadership and economic prosperity by simultaneously decarbonizing our transportation sector and cultivating our nascent electric vehicle market.

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Business Green

MARCH 15, 2021

The Electric Vehicle Association is open to anyone currently driving or intending to drive an EV, with membership costing £20 a year. This technology will result in similar refuelling times to fossil fuels, it added. Membership is open to current, new, and prospective drivers of EVs and costs £20 a year.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

Children should not have to wait another 10 years to breathe clean air and we stand ready to work with government now on a detailed roadmap that will help position the UK to 'lead the world in zero emission vehicle technology'," the letter urges.

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Women in Cleantech and Sustainability

NOVEMBER 15, 2017

Cap-and-Trade programs, Electric Vehicles (EV) incentives, and the United States backing out of the Paris Climate Agreement were hot topics at WCS’s recent California Climate Policy panel discussion, hosted at Sandbox Suites in San Francisco. climate policy action of late. Electric Vehicles.

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Green Business Bureau

JULY 27, 2021

Reduce fossil fuel use. From litter and pollution to overfishing and habitat destruction, today’s unsustainable commercial fishing has a significant negative impact on the oceans’ ecosystems. Fisheries should implement a strict policy requiring all netting, lines and other onboard waste to be collected and disposed of properly.

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