GreenTechMedia

OCTOBER 26, 2019

In states around the country, oil-backed groups are fighting utility electric vehicle plans. Their strategy is reminiscent of the lobbying campaign against California's auto regulations in the 1990s, which set electric vehicle adoption back by a couple decades. Support for this podcast is brought to you by Sungrow.

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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. That is, to a large extent, a political decision.". Volvo Trucks plans to be at the forefront of that push.

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Business Green

MARCH 29, 2023

In addition, from 2035 a ban on the sale of new carbon-emitting vehicles will come into effect, but in a move that has angered environmental campaigners the rules will allow for the sale of internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles that make use of so-called e-fuels, which advocates maintain can be produced in a way that results in zero emissions.

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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. For example, people can make money from technological expansion, among other types of innovation. The same applies to hydrogen technologies for heavy vehicles and more. “If Policy & Politics. Sponsored Article.

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Clean Energy Canada

APRIL 19, 2024

s clean energy sector could grow six per cent a year out to 2050, if our political leaders seize the opportunity. At the household level, residents are similarly embracing the transition away from fossil fuels to a cheaper and cleaner future. residents and businesses. industries adapt to climate impacts.

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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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Business Green

OCTOBER 27, 2022

The findings present a picture of a world that has made significant progress on climate action, powered by the rapid roll-out of clean energy technologies, the acceleration of the electric vehicle (EV) transition, and a growing understanding of the economic and geopolitical benefits ending reliance on coal, oil, and gas.

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Business Green

MARCH 12, 2020

The coronavirus crisis gripping the global economy has forced clean energy analyst BloombergNEF (BNEF) to downgrade its expectations for the solar, battery, and electric vehicle (EV) markets, in one of the first signals that the escalating pandemic could undermine urgent efforts to combat climate change.

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 3, 2024

Of the 64 total board members at Omnicom Group , WPP , Interpublic Group (IPG), Publicis Groupe , Dentsu and Havas , 32 have significant experience in carbon-heavy sectors such as fossil fuels, fossil fuel financing, plastics, utilities, and aviation. Twenty-two are still serving in roles at such companies.

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Business Green

MARCH 12, 2020

The coronavirus crisis gripping the global economy has forced clean energy analyst BloombergNEF (BNEF) to downgrade its expectations for the solar, battery, and electric vehicle (EV) markets, in one of the first signals that the escalating pandemic could undermine urgent efforts to combat climate change.

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Renewable Energy World

OCTOBER 19, 2021

Achieving a rapid transition from fossil fuels is a key part of the solution.". We already have the tools and the technology we need to tackle climate change," said Rebecca Williams, director of COP26 at the GWEC. "We What we don't have yet is the unprecedented political will we need to make this happen.".

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

The government's mooted policy changes will damage, but not derail the net zero transition - but Sunak's political cynicism threatens to burn down something precious I must admit, I didn't think they would do it. The government has just made it considerably harder for the UK to attract investment in the electric vehicle (EV) supply chain.

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Business Green

JUNE 29, 2022

It would be easy at this point to simply list the litany of policy failures and the paucity of political leadership documented by the CCC's almost satirically titled progress report. The lack of action on domestic energy efficiency that has now been evident for so long it has become a point of cliché for campaigners to point it out.

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Net Zero Watch said it hoped the new steps would be a “significant first move towards a complete reassessment of the unilateral net zero targets embedded in the Climate Change Act”, referring to the legally binding 2008 act that was passed with an overwhelming majority across political parties.

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

It claims that the development of electric vehicles could cost 114,000 jobs, yet quoted a study that said the electric car market could support 246,000 jobs by 2040. This comes as Prime Minister Rishi Sunak last week announced several delays to the implementation of his government’s net zero policies.

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Business Green

JULY 18, 2023

More broadly, if the mission is to avert the worst of the climate crisis it makes no sense to deploy emissions targets, technologies, and theories of change that demonstrably fail to achieve that goal. What of the constant risk of political backlash? What of planning constraints? What of supply chain bottlenecks?

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Business Green

MARCH 29, 2022

Investment in renewables and other clean technologies must reach $5.7tr a year by 2030, Abu Dhabi based body warns. The world's leading renewables authority has this morning raised the alarm that governments continued investment in fossil fuel infrastructure is pushing climate goals dangerously out of reach.

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Renewable Energy World

APRIL 2, 2021

With the ban of new petrol and diesel cars in place in the UK by 2030, sales of electric cars are expected to surge. Plug-in hybrid and electric vehicles accounted for more than 1 in 10 vehicle registrations in 2020, up from 1 in 30 in 2019, according to data published by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders.

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 25, 2021

But if ministers take the right steps, they believe, the new demand for renewables and low carbon technologies could deliver up to 1.7 These industries are likely to be politically harder to decarbonise too. This is mitigated by the considerable opportunity to generate new net zero jobs through low and zero carbon technologies.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Global sales of heat pumps are set to hit record levels again this year, as demand for the low carbon technology soars in key markets around the world. The technology is tried and tested, even in the coldest of climates.

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Green Business Bureau

JULY 27, 2021

Reduce fossil fuel use. Reduce Fossil Fuel Use. Fishing is one of the most energy-intensive industries and almost entirely relies on fossil fuels. of total global fuel consumption. Inventions like this help the fishing and shipping industries reduce the amount of fossil fuels they burn.

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Business Green

AUGUST 1, 2022

There's the technological challenge of developing the products and services necessary to decarbonise. And the political challenge of building public support for what is set to be the biggest and fastest industrial revolution in history. But political and corporate understanding of supply chain risks often remains patchy at best.

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GreenTechMedia

NOVEMBER 20, 2020

The report released Friday underscores the role that transportation in emerging economies will play in future oil demand, and how quickly falling battery costs and increasingly aggressive decarbonization policies are accelerating the shift from fossil-fueled to electric vehicles. Credit: Carbon Tracker).

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Business Green

MAY 18, 2021

Since it was first set up in the wake of the 1973 oil crisis, the International Energy Agency (IEA) has been a hugely influential player in world energy politics. The death knell is being sounded for fossil fuels. By far the most startling aspect of today's report is the outlook for fossil fuels.

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Business Green

AUGUST 9, 2022

The arguments against the net zero transition continue to be toppled, overwhelmed by economic, geopolitical, technological, and atmospheric reality, and undermined by their own rickety internal contradictions. per cent gain, almost entirely as a result of higher fossil fuel prices. per cent loss of GDP to a 0.5

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

The government must act now to prevent the transition to electric vehicles (EVs) burning a major hole in UK tax revenues that could see public services defunded and road congestion soar, MPs have warned. New taxes, which rely on new technology, take years to introduce," he said. "A We need to talk about road pricing," he said.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Solar panels and other clean technologies slash energy and fuel bills for households, while minimising exposure to future energy price hikes and air pollution. Which is great, but like Pratchett's boots you can only access those savings if you can afford to deploy the technologies in the first place.

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DeSmogBlog

JANUARY 16, 2024

If electricity prices in Alberta come down in the future, heat pumps will be the cheapest option there too. The belief that heat pumps are inefficient in cold climates seems to be a holdover from an era when the technology was less sophisticated. There were no reports of widespread heat pump failures in Alberta.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 9, 2020

Zero emission technologies can "outcompete" older carbon-intensive industries across multiple sectors worldwide within a decade, as investors, businesses, governments, and consumers demand a shift towards cleaner, greener solutions throughout the 2020s, a fresh analysis has today suggested.

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Business Green

APRIL 19, 2021

Political and business leaders have certainly talked a good game in the wake of the coronavirus crisis. When it comes to cutting emissions and rebuilding the economy after Covid, the prime minister really can have his cake and eat it," argued Chris Venables, head of politics at Green Alliance.

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Grist

DECEMBER 15, 2021

And, in the United States, political gridlock chopped the heart out of Congress’ most ambitious clean energy plan. . Renewable solar and wind power now typically costs less than fossil-fuel alternatives. That’s looking more doable as renewable-energy prices drop, providing an alternative to fossil fuels.

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Clean Energy Canada

MAY 1, 2023

A recent Clean Energy Canada report revealed that there would be 700,000 more energy jobs in 2050 than exist today if Canada and the world reach net zero, with growth in clean energy jobs outpacing declines in fossil fuels. Stefan Pauer , Manager of Technology and Economic Analysis at Clean Energy Canada.

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Business Green

JULY 23, 2021

How to maintain public and political support while all this is done. That means wind and solar capacity, batteries, energy efficiency upgrades, and electric vehicles (which we now know are cheaper than petrol and diesel vehicles ). They need to throw everything possible at destroying fossil fuel demand.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 17, 2021

The pace at which climate action has slipped down the political and media agenda, even as polling continues to show that it is a top priority for an overwhelming majority of the public , has been genuinely dizzying. The auto industry is finally leaning in to the electric vehicle transition.

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Business Green

MARCH 9, 2022

To become energy secure and genuinely resilient from volatile fossil fuel prices, the UK must accelerate its transition to a zero-carbon energy system, writes Nick Molho, from the Aldersgate Group. Developing new sources of fossil fuel production: a tempting but inadequate answer to the crisis.

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DeSmogBlog

JULY 29, 2022

By far the most politically contentious aspect of the new emissions budgets involves Ireland’s livestock-dominated agriculture sector, which currently accounts for 37.5 After the painful financial crash of 2008/9, the political atmosphere in Ireland ahead of the lifting of quotas was febrile.

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Business Green

MARCH 25, 2021

Ed Miliband is to unveil sweeping plans for an electric vehicle revolution, as opposition accuses government of delivering a badly 'underpowered' green industrial strategy. Labour would back our manufacturers and the communities with proud histories in the industry, but the government is asleep at the wheel.".

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