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Fossil Gas Crisis & EV Taxis in Colombia: A Surprisingly Promising Pair

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Colombia’s fossil gas climate crisis could spark EV adoption as the affordable FAW Nat Taxi lands at $23,000. Climate change is no joke. Last year, Colombia faced one of its harshest droughts in the last three decades, which forced the country to rely heavily on fossil-fuel generation to maintain healthy.

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Researchers say policies to curb short-lived climate pollutants could yield major health benefits; methane and black carbon

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Methane and black carbon (soot) are the second- and third-most powerful climate-warming agents after carbon dioxide. Shindell, professor of climate science at Duke University’s Nicholas School of the Environment, co-authored the paper with colleagues from the Institute for Governance & Sustainable Development in Washington, D.C.;

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Canada Launches Heavy Oil Working Group to Promote Cleaner Fossil Fuels

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The Honorable Christian Paradis, Minister of Natural Resources, initiated the working group with leaders from countries with heavy oil potential in the Americas during the Ministerial meeting of the Energy and Climate Partnership of the Americas (ECPA) in Washington, DC on 16 April.

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Plug In America joins global alliance

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Sharing our experiences and learning from others puts all of us in a better position to push for clean electric vehicles in every country.”. One of the first joint activities of the Global EV Drivers’ Alliance will be participating in the United Nations Climate Change Conference COP26, which will be held in Glasgow in November 2021.

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MIT Report Finds Natural Gas Has Significant Potential to Displace Coal, Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions; Role in Transportation More Limited

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The interim report just published is intended to contribute to the energy, security and climate debate. The study received support from the American Clean Skies Foundation, Hess Corporation, Agencia Nacional de Hidrocarburos of Colombia, and the Energy Futures Coalition and the MIT Energy Initiative.

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The ABCs of National Drive Electric Week

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Minnesota Clean Cities Coalition staff managed the EV test drive part of the event where guests were able to choose to ride or drive in a Polestar 2, Tesla Model Y, Subaru Solterra, Nissan Ariya, BMW iX, Kia Niro, or Kia EV6. Twenty-two EV owners brought their vehicles and talked to visitors about their driving experiences.

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IEA: power use to soar through 2027, but renewables will keep up

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Droughts in Ecuador, Colombia, and Mexico further strained hydropower generation. Dave Jones, insights director at global energy think tank Ember, said: The Age of Electricity has to be the Age of Clean Electricity to realize the cost, security, and climate benefits of electrification.