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Exclusive Greenius Video: Bill McKibben on Hermosa Beach as a Carbon Neutral City

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Times Festival of Books. org and we’ve only previously talked together on the radio, so it was a great joy for me to meet Bill in person and exchange hugs and fist bumps. Bill’s newest book, Eaarth was the topic of of his wide ranging discussion with L.A. Times Festival of Books. Bill is the founder of 350.org

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Another Exclusive Greenius Video: 350.org’s Bill McKibben on Biking and the SBBC

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Bill McKibben signs his new book "Eaarth" at the L.A. Times Book Festival (photo by Debra Bushweit Galliani). org at the same table author, Bill McKibben , was signing copies of his new book “Eaarth.&# What I dug most was the way Bill personally connected with each person who had a book for him to sign.

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Bill McKibben’s Comments on GRID Alternatives and Rooftop Solar in an Exclusive Greenius Video

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Times Book Festival appearance at UCLA. Personally I haven’t stopped working since I began organizing for 350.org Tags: carbon producers citizen volunteer climate change environment fossil fuels green building renewable energy solar power 350.org The Greenius asks Bill McKibben a question at his L.A.

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How Roboticists Can Tackle Climate Change

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To solve the climate crisis, we need to cut this in half by 2030, and get to zero by 2050. However, there’s a shortage of roboticists tackling climate change, due to a lack of awareness of necessary and urgent applications. Surprisingly, many founders I talked with echoed the shortage of roboticists in climate tech.

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Yergin: overwhelming number of new car sales will be EVs in coming decades, but 2/3 of global fleet to remain gasoline-powered in 2050

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Electric vehicles will make up as many as 8 out of 10 new cars sold in 2050, but it will still be a long road before they dislodge gasoline as the predominant fuel in transportation, IHS Markit Vice Chairman Daniel Yergin writes in his new book, The New Map: Energy, Climate and the Clash of Nations. It has become multidimensional.

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TUM CREATE introduces tropical megacity e-taxi prototype at Tokyo; super-fast charging with twin charge ports

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Besides the cabin cooling system, EVA’s innovative seats provide a maximum comfort for both the driver and passengers driving in humid tropical climate. Unlike temperate climates, passenger cooling and battery pack heat management are issues specific to tropical and equatorial regions.

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AI’s Threats to Jobs and Human Happiness Are Real

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One such effort is a book that came out last fall called AI 2041: Ten Visions for Our Future. The book is co-written by. Charles Simonyi , the person who created Microsoft word. In the book, you say that an entirely new social contract is needed. Some people in the field are concerned that the.

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