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Kia EV6 achieves product carbon footprint certification from the Carbon Trust

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AUGUST 12, 2021

Kia EV6 ( earlier post )has achieved product carbon footprint certification and ‘ Carbon Measured ’ label from the global climate change and sustainability consultancy the Carbon Trust, becoming the first Korean vehicle manufacturer to achieve the certificate.

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Study finds limiting warming to 2 °C would require at least a $200/t carbon tax globally

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MAY 6, 2022

Some will suffer greatly from climate change, while others may even benefit. Lloyd Distinguished Service Professor in Economics, and José-Luis Cruz of Princeton University assesses the local social cost of carbon (LSCC) and how that cost aligns with the carbon reduction pledges countries made under the Paris Agreement.

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ESA approves Norwegian CCS Full-Scale carbon capture and storage project; up to €2.1bn in aid

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JULY 19, 2020

The CCS Full-Scale project is a central part of Norway’s efforts to reduce its carbon footprint and meet the European goal of climate-neutrality by 2050. The approved project would allow for the establishment of carbon capture facilities at Norcem, a cement factory in Brevik, and Fortum Oslo Varme, a Waste-to-Energy plant.

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Study: 25% EV adoption would save US $17B annually from avoided climate change & pollution damages

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AUGUST 18, 2020

A new study led by researchers from Northwestern University projects that if electric vehicles replaced 25% of combustion engine cars currently on the road, the United States would save approximately $17 billion annually by avoiding damages from climate change and air pollution.

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How serious is Norway about climate change? So much that its streetlights self-dim

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Nissan to be carbon-neutral by 2050; 100? of new vehicle offerings in key markets to be electrified by early 2030s

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JANUARY 27, 2021

has set the goal to achieve carbon neutrality across the company’s operations and the life cycle of its products by 2050. The company will also strive for greater energy and material efficiencies to support longer-term carbon neutrality ambitions. Nissan Motor Co.,

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Virginia Tech researchers find estimates of the carbon cycle are incorrect; implications for models

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APRIL 3, 2022

Virginia Tech researchers, in collaboration with Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, have discovered that key parts of the global carbon cycle used to track movement of carbon dioxide in the environment are not correct, which could significantly alter conventional carbon cycle models.

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UK awards £28M for 5 demonstration-phase low-carbon hydrogen production projects

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FEBRUARY 18, 2020

As part of a larger £90 million (US$117 million) package of awards to cut carbon emissions in industry and homes, the UK is awarding £28 million (US$36.5 million) to five demonstration phase projects for low-carbon hydrogen production. HyNet – low carbon hydrogen plant. Contract value: £3.12 million (US$4.1 Contract value: £7.48

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Origin Materials launches Net Zero Automotive Program with Ford; carbon-negative PET

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JUNE 19, 2021

Origin Materials has developed technology which turns sustainable wood residues into cost-advantaged, carbon-negative materials that reduce the need for fossil resources. The Origin platform converts C-6 cellulose into four isolated building-block chemicals in one chemo-catalytic step in liquid-phase reactors with almost zero carbon loss.

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ExxonMobil, FuelCell Energy expand agreement to optimize carbonate fuel cell technology for large-scale carbon capture

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NOVEMBER 10, 2019

signed a new, two-year expanded joint-development agreement to further enhance carbonate fuel cell technology for the purpose of capturing carbon dioxide from industrial facilities. ExxonMobil is exploring options to conduct a pilot test of next-generation fuel cell carbon capture solution at one of its operating sites.

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Barbados receiving 35 BYD electric buses; first electric bus fleet for public transport in the Caribbean

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SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

BYD delivered the first electric bus fleet for public transport in the Caribbean, opening up an exciting new chapter in the region’s efforts to tackle climate change. The bus delivery is an important milestone for the Barbados National Climate Change Plan, which sets a goal of 100% renewable energy and carbon neutrality by 2030.

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IEA: global carbon dioxide emissions have rebounded strongly

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MARCH 3, 2021

The Covid-19 crisis in 2020 triggered the largest annual drop in global energy-related carbon dioxide emissions since the Second World War, according to IEA data, but the overall decline of about 6% masks wide variations depending on the region and the time of year. But our numbers show we are returning to carbon-intensive business-as-usual.

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Study estimates California’s GHG reductions since 2003 could be wiped out by 2020 wildfires

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OCTOBER 18, 2022

In an open-access report in the journal Environmental Pollution , researchers from UCLA and the University of Chicago estimate that California’s wildfire carbon dioxide equivalent (CO 2 e) emissions from 2020 (~127 mmt CO 2 e ) are approximately two times higher than California’s total greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reductions since 2003.

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Multicomponent catalytic system efficiently converts carbon dioxide to methanol

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JULY 26, 2020

Inspired by naturally occurring processes, a team of Boston College chemists used a multi-catalyst system to convert carbon dioxide to methanol at the lowest temperatures reported with high activity and selectivity. It can be produced from hydrogen and carbon dioxide, mitigating greenhouse gas emissions and storing hydrogen in the process.

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Cummins announces PLANET 2050 strategy; net-zero carbon emissions by 2050

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NOVEMBER 16, 2019

announced its next environmental sustainability strategy—PLANET 2050—which includes science-based goals that meet or exceed the goals in the United Nations Paris agreement on climate change. By 2050, Cummins is targeting net-zero carbon emissions. Cummins Inc. —Eric Olson, Senior Vice President at BSR.

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BMW i Ventures invests in Prometheus Fuels; CO2 air-capture and conversion to carbon-neutral gasoline

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JUNE 10, 2020

BMW i Ventures has invested in Prometheus Fuels ( earlier post ), a company removing CO 2 from the air and turning it into zero-net carbon gasoline that it will sell at gas stations, at a price that competes with fossil fuels, starting as early as this year. —Greg Smithies, Partner, BMW i Ventures.

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DHL to use biofuel to neutralize carbon emissions of all ‘less-than-container’ load shipments in ocean freight globally

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

DHL Global Forwarding, the air and ocean freight specialist of Deutsche Post DHL Group, says it will be neutralizing the carbon emissions of all less-than-container load (LCL) ocean freight shipments from 1 January 2021. To fight against climate change, the transport sector needs true decarbonization.

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Study finds carbon emissions benefits of reduction in oil demand depend on size of drop and global oil market structure

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NOVEMBER 4, 2021

New research led by Mohammad Masnadi, assistant professor of chemical and petroleum engineering at the University of Pittsburgh Swanson School of Engineering, offers a closer look at the relationship between decreasing demand for oil and a resilient, varied oil market—and the carbon footprint associated with both. Masnadi, M.S.,

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Study: annual climate impact of wild pigs could be greater than 1.1M cars

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JULY 20, 2021

By uprooting carbon trapped in soil, wild pigs (feral swine), are releasing around 4.9 million metric tonnes of carbon dioxide annually across the globe, the equivalent of 1.1 Their study appears in Global Change Biology. —UQ’s Dr Christopher O’Bryan. —Nicholas Patton.

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Ford sets target to become carbon-neutral globally by 2050

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JUNE 25, 2020

Ford Motor Company intends to achieve carbon neutrality globally by 2050, while setting interim targets to address climate change challenges more urgently. Carbon neutrality refers to achieving zero carbon emissions by balancing such emissions with carbon removal.

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Stanford study finds current carbon capture technology inefficient & increases air pollution

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OCTOBER 27, 2019

Jacobson, professor of civil and environmental engineering at Stanford University, suggests that carbon capture technologies are inefficient and increase air pollution. All sorts of scenarios have been developed under the assumption that carbon capture actually reduces substantial amounts of carbon.

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IEEE Educational Video for Kids Spotlights Climate Change

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JUNE 19, 2024

When it comes to addressing climate change, the “in unity there’s strength” adage certainly applies. Using age-appropriate language, the video, which is posted on TryEngineering’s climate change page , explores the issue through visual models and scientific explanations.

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EPA GHG Inventory shows US GHG down 1.7% y-o-y in 2019, down 13% from 2005

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APRIL 17, 2021

Key findings from the 1990-2019 US Inventory include: In 2019, US greenhouse gas emissions totaled 6,558 million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalents, or 5,769 million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalents after accounting for sequestration from the land sector.

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Audi introduces longer range and AWD quattro versions of Q4 e-tron compact electric SUV

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JULY 31, 2021

Audi manufactures the Q4 e-tron and the Q4 Sportback e-tron with net-zero carbon emissions; this has now been officially confirmed through their successful certification as “carbon-neutral products” by the independent auditing company TÜV. seconds and a top speed of 180 km/h, which is electronically limited. —TÜV Nord.

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Study links increased black carbon pollution to increase in cases of lung adenocarcinoma worldwide

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NOVEMBER 28, 2021

g/m 3 ) increment of black carbon is associated with a 12% increase in LADC incidence globally. Black carbon is a pollutant that is classified as under PM 2.5. Our findings pinpoint the necessity and urgency to reduce air pollutant emissions especially black carbon. micrograms per cubic meter (?g/m In North America, a 0.1 ?g/m

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UGA study finds black carbon aerosols from GDI engines will worsen public health, climate; need for GPFs

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JANUARY 25, 2020

The gasoline direct injection (GDI) engine is one of the most prominent technologies car manufacturers adopted to achieve the fuel economy and carbon dioxide emission goals established in 2012 by the US Environmental Protection Agency. A strong absorber of solar radiation, black carbon exhibits significant climate warming properties.

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Canada Nickel exploring incorporating carbon capture & storage in mining tailings in Crawford project

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JANUARY 5, 2023

Canada Nickel Company announced that its latest test work results support the incorporation of carbon capture and storage into the Crawford Project.The company’s In-Process Tailings (IPT) Carbonation process is a novel method for accelerated carbon capture and storage. IPT Carbonation – Crawford Nickel Project.

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U of Toronto study finds US electrification of LDV fleet not a silver bullet for tackling climate change in vehicle sector

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OCTOBER 1, 2020

The paper is published in the journal Nature Climate Change. A lot of people think that a large-scale shift to EVs will mostly solve our climate problems in the passenger vehicle sector. The team estimated 2015–2050 LDV sectoral carbon budgets of 44–50 GtCO 2 between the SSPs.

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Canada Nickel launches subsidiary to develop zero-carbon production of nickel, cobalt and iron

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AUGUST 17, 2020

has created a wholly-owned subsidiary, NetZero Metals, to begin the research and development of a processing facility that would be located in the Timmins, Ontario region with the goal of utilizing existing technologies to produce zero-carbon nickel, cobalt and iron products. Canada Nickel Company Inc.

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SANY developing hydrogen fuel cell construction vehicles

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APRIL 5, 2021

At the 2020 United Nations Climate Change conference, Chinese President Xi Jiping proposed that China’s carbon dioxide emissions should peak in 2030 and that carbon neutrality should be achieved by 2060.

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Study: Fossil fuel CO2 emissions reached max daily decline of 17% in April

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MAY 20, 2020

A preliminary analysis of global data has found that carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuel sources reached a maximum daily decline of 17% in April as a result of drastic decline in energy demand that have occurred during the COVID-19 pandemic. Percentage change in global daily fossil CO 2 emissions, Jan-May 2020. carbon dioxide.

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Yamaha Motor invests in CO? removal biotechnology startup Andes

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MARCH 20, 2023

This marks the first investment made through the US$100-million Yamaha Motor Sustainability Fund established in June last year specifically for investing in early stage companies working to address climate change. As the microbes thrive in combination with crops (i.e.

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Hyundai Motor Group, Aramco and KAUST collaborate on new e-fuel for novel combustion system

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MARCH 30, 2022

Hyundai Motor Group will collaborate with the Saudi Arabian Oil Company (Aramco) and King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) jointly to research and develop an advanced fuel for an ultra lean-burn, spark-ignition engine that aims to lower the overall carbon dioxide emissions of a vehicle.

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Teijin begins life-cycle analysis of its carbon fibers

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JANUARY 4, 2022

Teijin Limited has started to carry out a life-cycle assessment (LCA) of its carbon fibers to calculate their total carbon emissions—an industry first. Teijin’s LCA is useful in identifying carbon hotspots in manufacturing processes and evaluating options for emissions reduction.

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Study: 2/3 of aviation climate impact due to emissions other than CO2

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SEPTEMBER 6, 2020

It makes an important contribution to the scientific understanding we have of the role of aviation for climate change—an understanding decision-makers and politicians may need on the way to achieving the goals of the Paris Agreement. This new study is based on a thorough review of a decade of research on aviation emissions.

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IMO Environment Committee approves draft mandatory regulations to cut ship carbon intensity; technical and operational

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NOVEMBER 21, 2020

The International Maritime Organization (IMO) Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) has approved draft new mandatory regulations to cut the carbon intensity of existing ships. The draft amendments to the MARPOL convention would require ships to combine a technical and an operational approach to reduce their carbon intensity.

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LSBU researchers investigating metal hydride hydrogen storage for buses

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DECEMBER 2, 2020

Hydrogen fuel cell vehicles produce very low carbon emissions and no air pollution which makes them vital to cleaning our air and tackling climate change. The impact of carbon materials on the hydrogen storage properties of light metal hydrides.” EP/T022760/1. EPSRC funding award. Adelhelm, Philipp & Jongh, Petra.

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ADEME selects two Air Liquide hydrogen mobility projects for funding

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FEBRUARY 24, 2020

Launched during the 2015 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP21) in Paris, it now has around 100 vehicles. The partners thus intend to test this heavy transport solution by using low-carbon hydrogen co-produced in the Marseille-Fos port area. Hype is developing the world’s first fleet of hydrogen-powered taxis.

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Scottish Enterprise project converting train to hydrogen power

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DECEMBER 31, 2020

Our Rail Decarbonization Action Plan sets out to make our passenger railways emissions free by 2035, but to maximise our climate change ambitions, there is also a requirement to look at what we do with retired stock. If we can bring those back into use in a carbon-neutral way, there are huge climate gains to be made.

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SMUD Board of Directors adopts climate emergency declaration; carbon neutrality by 2030

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JULY 18, 2020

The SMUD (2020 Sacramento Municipal Utility District) Board of Directors adopted a climate emergency declaration that commits to working toward an ambitious goal of delivering carbon-neutral electricity by 2030. Furthermore, SMUD has reduced the carbon intensity of its power mix, which is now 50% carbon-free on average.

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Mote begins engineering work on biomass-to-hydrogen plant with carbon capture

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DECEMBER 16, 2021

With the engineering work of their first facility underway, Mote expects to produce approximately seven million kilograms of carbon-negative hydrogen and remove 150,000 metric tons of CO 2 from the air annually. Mote expects to start hydrogen production starting as soon as 2024. Mote is joined by Fluor Corporation and SunGas Renewables, Inc.

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Polestar announces goal of climate-neutral car by 2030

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APRIL 8, 2021

Questions around the long-term carbon-storage capacity of forests and soils remain, as a forest might be logged, devastated by fire or altered by climate change. By pushing ourselves to create a completely climate-neutral car, we are forced to reach beyond what is possible today. Offsetting is a cop-out.

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NREL releases comprehensive vision for deep decarbonization of transportation

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FEBRUARY 23, 2021

According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, greenhouse gas emissions must be reduced by 50%–85% by 2050 to limit global warming to two degrees Celsius (four degrees Fahrenheit). Like bioenergy, hydrogen sits at the center of NREL’s strategy for a transportation system decoupled from carbon emissions.

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Vertimass and European Energy to partner on CO2 to hydrocarbons via methanol pathway

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JANUARY 13, 2022

Vertimass and European Energy have completed a Letter of Intent (LOI) to integrate technologies for capturing carbon dioxide and converting it into hydrocarbon products around the world.

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Kia EV6 achieves product carbon footprint certification from the Carbon Trust

Study finds limiting warming to 2 °C would require at least a $200/t carbon tax globally

ESA approves Norwegian CCS Full-Scale carbon capture and storage project; up to €2.1bn in aid

Study: 25% EV adoption would save US $17B annually from avoided climate change & pollution damages

How serious is Norway about climate change? So much that its streetlights self-dim

Nissan to be carbon-neutral by 2050; 100? of new vehicle offerings in key markets to be electrified by early 2030s

Virginia Tech researchers find estimates of the carbon cycle are incorrect; implications for models

UK awards £28M for 5 demonstration-phase low-carbon hydrogen production projects

Origin Materials launches Net Zero Automotive Program with Ford; carbon-negative PET

ExxonMobil, FuelCell Energy expand agreement to optimize carbonate fuel cell technology for large-scale carbon capture

Barbados receiving 35 BYD electric buses; first electric bus fleet for public transport in the Caribbean

IEA: global carbon dioxide emissions have rebounded strongly

Study estimates California’s GHG reductions since 2003 could be wiped out by 2020 wildfires

Multicomponent catalytic system efficiently converts carbon dioxide to methanol

Cummins announces PLANET 2050 strategy; net-zero carbon emissions by 2050

BMW i Ventures invests in Prometheus Fuels; CO2 air-capture and conversion to carbon-neutral gasoline

DHL to use biofuel to neutralize carbon emissions of all ‘less-than-container’ load shipments in ocean freight globally

Study finds carbon emissions benefits of reduction in oil demand depend on size of drop and global oil market structure

Study: annual climate impact of wild pigs could be greater than 1.1M cars

Ford sets target to become carbon-neutral globally by 2050

Stanford study finds current carbon capture technology inefficient & increases air pollution

IEEE Educational Video for Kids Spotlights Climate Change

EPA GHG Inventory shows US GHG down 1.7% y-o-y in 2019, down 13% from 2005

Audi introduces longer range and AWD quattro versions of Q4 e-tron compact electric SUV

Study links increased black carbon pollution to increase in cases of lung adenocarcinoma worldwide

UGA study finds black carbon aerosols from GDI engines will worsen public health, climate; need for GPFs

Canada Nickel exploring incorporating carbon capture & storage in mining tailings in Crawford project

U of Toronto study finds US electrification of LDV fleet not a silver bullet for tackling climate change in vehicle sector

Canada Nickel launches subsidiary to develop zero-carbon production of nickel, cobalt and iron

SANY developing hydrogen fuel cell construction vehicles

Study: Fossil fuel CO2 emissions reached max daily decline of 17% in April

Yamaha Motor invests in CO? removal biotechnology startup Andes

Hyundai Motor Group, Aramco and KAUST collaborate on new e-fuel for novel combustion system

Teijin begins life-cycle analysis of its carbon fibers

Study: 2/3 of aviation climate impact due to emissions other than CO2

IMO Environment Committee approves draft mandatory regulations to cut ship carbon intensity; technical and operational

LSBU researchers investigating metal hydride hydrogen storage for buses

ADEME selects two Air Liquide hydrogen mobility projects for funding

Scottish Enterprise project converting train to hydrogen power

SMUD Board of Directors adopts climate emergency declaration; carbon neutrality by 2030

Mote begins engineering work on biomass-to-hydrogen plant with carbon capture

Polestar announces goal of climate-neutral car by 2030

NREL releases comprehensive vision for deep decarbonization of transportation

Vertimass and European Energy to partner on CO2 to hydrocarbons via methanol pathway

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