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

Green Car Congress

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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Study: Crop relocation can help buffer US agriculture from climate change but southern states may face massive loss of productive land

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OCTOBER 5, 2020

Projected extreme temperatures under climate change are predicted to reduce average yields for several of the United States’ major crops. These changes in productivity would drive farmers to change crops and move into new areas. Farmers are particularly exposed to the problems of climate change.

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Climate Change Climate United States Production

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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Barbados BYD Transportation Fleet

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. Tackling climate change is not a one-country, one-sector or one-technology job.

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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

While some of the carbon release from fires will be balanced by later vegetation regrowth, it will not occur quickly enough to avert highly dangerous levels of increased emissions, temperatures, and climate change, the researchers said. Miriam Marlier, a UCLA Fielding School professor and co-author. million in damages for California.

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2003 2020 Climate Change Pollution

Hyundai Motor to expand XCIENT fuel cell truck entry into US market

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MAY 10, 2022

Our ultimate goal is to fight climate change and build a sustainable future. Climate change and on-going supply chain issues will accelerate the transition to clean energy sources. We are running out of time to limit global warming.

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Hyundai Motoring Motor Motors

Study forecasts even with modest warming, global energy demand to increase by mid-century

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JUNE 24, 2019

A new study published in Nature Communications by researchers from IIASA, Boston University, and the Ca’ Foscari University of Venice found that by mid-century, climate change will increase the demand for energy globally, even with modest warming. —lead author Bas van Ruijven, a researcher with the IIASA Energy Program.

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Climate Change Global Energy Climate

BYD lands largest ever electric bus order in Finland; 106 buses for Nobina

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OCTOBER 4, 2020

The figures make a significant contribution to helping reverse climate change, and highlight BYD’s and Nobina’s commitment to delivering a sustainable transport solution. After five years operating the pure-electric BYD brand, Nobina has racked-up more than seven million electric kilometers (over 4.3

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Finland BYD Climate Change Sustainable Transportation

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. In practice, countries and regions tend to consider the implications of climate change for themselves, not for the whole world. It also presents the evolution in the most extreme Intercontinental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) scenario, RCP 8.5.

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Tax Carbon Global Climate Change

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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Climate Emissions CO2 Climate Change

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

This impartial, policy-neutral report, has been compiled annually since 1993 and submitted to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.

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2005 2019 EPA Climate Change

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

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APRIL 3, 2022

This finding has the potential to change predictions for climate change, though it is unclear at this juncture if the mismatch will result in more or less carbon dioxide being accounted for in the environment. What we found is that the models of the ecosystem’s response to climate change need updating. Dorheim, K.

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Virginia Carbon Climate Change Climate

Virtual Peaker partners with Fermata Energy to bring V2G bi-directional vehicle charging technology to utilities

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2020

The joint venture will make it easier for utilities and their customers to combat climate change by seamlessly managing two-way access to the grid for electric vehicles (EVs), maximizing the use of renewable energy sources, and reducing grid operating costs. Fermata Energy V2X bi-directional charger.

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Energy Charging Grid Climate Change

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

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JULY 20, 2021

Since soil contains nearly three times as much carbon than in the atmosphere, even a small fraction of carbon emitted from soil has the potential to accelerate climate change. University of Canterbury PhD candidate Nicholas Patton said the research would have ramifications for curbing the effects of climate change into the future.

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

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MAY 20, 2020

Percentage change in global daily fossil CO 2 emissions, Jan-May 2020. The analysis, published in Nature Climate Change , was conducted by researchers from the University of East Anglia, Stanford University, the CICERO Center for International Climate Research and CSIRO as part of the Global Carbon Project. Le Quéré, C.,

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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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Carbon Kia Production Climate Change

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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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. Hype is developing the world’s first fleet of hydrogen-powered taxis. The “2020 HYPE 600” project aims to reach the 600-taxi mark by the end of 2020.

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Hydrogen Taxi Climate Change 2020

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 project will establish infrastructure for capture, transport and storage of CO 2 emissions that can pave the way for future investments, innovation and technology in CCS as a climate-change mitigation tool.

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Carbon Climate Change Climate Waste

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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Hydrogen Fuel Vehicles Climate Change

Gemilang International to deliver 140 electric school buses to California

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JANUARY 9, 2022

In fact, GML has been supplying bus bodies for various EV makers such as BYD and CRRC to several markets including Malaysia, Singapore, Australia since 2015, and we expect more countries to catch up with the transition to EV as an increasing number of climate change mitigation commitments have been announced by governments around the globe.

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International Malaysia California Singapore

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

The company’s electrification and emissions reduction efforts support the aims of the UN Paris Agreement on climate change and global progress toward carbon neutrality by 2050. The company will also strive for greater energy and material efficiencies to support longer-term carbon neutrality ambitions.

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Nissan Carbon Market Climate Change

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

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JUNE 19, 2021

The assessment studies Origin products across four environmental criteria: climate change; ecosystem quality, resource consumption; and human health. kg CO 2 eq/kg CMF; -1.7 kg CO 2 eq/kg HTC; -1.5 kg CO 2 eq/kg furfural; -1.4 kg CO 2 eq/kg levulinic acid.

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Carbon Ford Climate Change Climate

Volvo Cars launches all-electric Volvo C40 Recharge; all cars to be pure electric by 2030

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MARCH 3, 2021

It will allow us to meet the expectations of our customers and be a part of the solution when it comes to fighting climate change. We are firmly committed to becoming an electric-only car maker and the transition should happen by 2030. —Henrik Green, chief technology officer.

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Volvo Recharge All-Electric Cars

PSI team develops web tool for consumers to compare environmental impact of passenger cars in detail

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MAY 17, 2020

The system will graph lifecycle impact for a range of specified powertrains, for a large number of impact categories: Climate change [kg CO 2 -eq.]. The top sample above shows climate change impact; the subsequent chart shows human toxicity. Sample results from Carculator. Depletion of fresh water reserves [m 3 ].

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Mariner Climate Change DC Cars

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. But concerns have been raised about the size, cost and safety of hydrogen storage in buses.

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Hydrogen London Store Waste

Volvo delivers electric trucks with fossil-free steel frame rails to customers

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NOVEMBER 11, 2022

Volvo Trucks is committed to the Paris agreement on climate change and to achieving net-zero greenhouse gas emissions in the entire value-chain by 2040, at the latest. Also, up to 90% of the truck can be recycled at the end of its life.

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Volvo Climate Change Climate Electric

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. Cummins Inc. By 2050, Cummins is targeting net-zero carbon emissions.

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Emissions Carbon Climate Change Climate

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

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JULY 31, 2021

Emissions that cannot currently be avoided are offset via carbon credits that fund climate change mitigation projects. The production facility in Zwickau exclusively sources green power for production, and the battery cell suppliers are also under an obligation to only use energy from renewable sources in their production processes.

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Audi Range SUV Carbon

Trane bringing electric E-200 refrigeration unit for small trucks to US

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MARCH 9, 2021

Thermo King continues to innovate and expand our electric cold chain solutions to help our customers meet these needs in a sustainable way and bend the curve on climate change. —Karin De Bondt, president of Thermo King Americas for Trane Technologies.

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Li-ion Lithium Ion Climate Change Africa

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.

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Motoring Motor Motors Climate Change

Cummins to acquire Meritor in $3.7B deal

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FEBRUARY 23, 2022

Climate change is the existential crisis of our time and this acquisition accelerates our ability to address it. Our customers need economically viable decarbonized solutions.

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EPA: US GHG emissions up 6% in 2021 from 2020

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APRIL 14, 2023

This report has been compiled annually since 1993 and submitted to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. Under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), national inventories for UNFCCC Annex I parties should be provided to the UNFCCC Secretariat each year by 15 April.

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EPA 2020 Emissions Climate Change

KIST researchers develop promising solid electrolyte for solid-state batteries

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APRIL 11, 2020

This work was also supported by the Institutional Research Program of the Korea Institute of Science and Technology and the Technology Development Program to Solve Climate Changes of the National Research Foundation funded by the Ministry of Science and ICT. 9b04597.

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Li-ion Battery Batteries Climate Change

Nevada launches “Clean Cars Nevada” effort; adopting California LEV and ZEV

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JUNE 23, 2020

Without taking climate action, the state will fail to make meet the necessary greenhouse gas reduction goals set forth under SB 254 and pursuant to Governor Sisolak’s Executive Order on climate change.

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Nevada Clean Cleaning California

Polestar announces goal of climate-neutral car by 2030

Green Car Congress

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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Study finds stabilizing warming at 1.5 ?C would result in economic hit through 2100; benefits accrue by 2300

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OCTOBER 12, 2020

The results emphasize the temporal asymmetry between the costs of mitigation and benefits of avoided damages from climate change and thus the long timeframe for which climate change mitigation investment pays off. —Brown and Saunders.

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San Jose Climate Change Climate Global

ABB, Hydrogène de France jointly to manufacture megawatt-scale fuel cell systems capable of powering ocean-going vessels

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APRIL 9, 2020

ABB’s eco-efficiency portfolio, which enables sustainable smart cities, industries and transport systems to mitigate climate change and conserve non-renewable resources, accounted for 57% of total revenues in 2019. The company is on track to reach 60% of revenues by the end of 2020.

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France Manufacturer Mariner Fuel

IPG to demo Flameless Ceramic Turbine for clean, off-grid power in EV charging

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NOVEMBER 1, 2020

It also enables EV charging service providers to transition to truly net-zero fuel-based power, as biofuels and hydrogen become more available, supporting the Government’s efforts to tackle climate change. —IPG CEO Toby Gill.

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Grid Clean Cleaning Power

ARPA-E selects SwRI to create more effective burner to reduce methane emissions

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MARCH 8, 2022

It is one of several projects funded in support of the US Methane Emissions Reduction Action Plan, announced at the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26). The plan seeks to reduce methane emissions and promote American innovation and manufacturing of new technologies to achieve climate goals. The three-year, $2.9-million

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Emissions Escape Oil Gas

3 Oil Majors That Bet Big On Renewables

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AUGUST 31, 2020

As we have pointed above, ENI has the most ambitious climate change pledge with plans to lower its greenhouse gas emissions by 80% by 2050. Saft has already gained considerable traction after generating $100 million in free cash flow for its parent company in 2019. #3

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Oil Renewable Wind Gas-Electric

NTSB Chair questions safety impact of heavy EVs

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JANUARY 12, 2023

Ultimately, to manage climate change, the world needs to stop emitting greenhouse gases from vehicles and power plants. The researchers suggested that taxing heavy cars could be part of a solution, along with driving less, and other technology-based weight reductions efforts.

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F-150 Climate Petrol Hummer

Wärtsilä Power-to-X project gets €1M in government support

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APRIL 21, 2020

In the future, fossil fuels will be replaced by these renewable synthetic fuels to mitigate climate change, the company said. Under its X-Ahead project, Wärtsilä will form and lead a strong network of universities, research industries, and small and medium-sized enterprises on a national, as well as a global scale.

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Power Powered Finland Climate Change

State Auditor says California may not meet 2030 GHG reduction goal; says aspects of CARB efforts lacking

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FEBRUARY 25, 2021

To help the California Air Resources Board (ARB)—the state’s key organization in this area—to fight climate change by reducing GHG emissions, the Legislature has allocated more than $2 billion from the State’s Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund (cap?and?trade

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California Climate Change Emissions Purchase

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

Study: Crop relocation can help buffer US agriculture from climate change but southern states may face massive loss of productive land

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

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

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

Hyundai Motor to expand XCIENT fuel cell truck entry into US market

Study forecasts even with modest warming, global energy demand to increase by mid-century

BYD lands largest ever electric bus order in Finland; 106 buses for Nobina

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

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

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

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

Virtual Peaker partners with Fermata Energy to bring V2G bi-directional vehicle charging technology to utilities

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

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

Kia EV6 achieves product carbon footprint certification from the Carbon Trust

Scottish Enterprise project converting train to hydrogen power

ADEME selects two Air Liquide hydrogen mobility projects for funding

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

SANY developing hydrogen fuel cell construction vehicles

Gemilang International to deliver 140 electric school buses to California

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

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

Volvo Cars launches all-electric Volvo C40 Recharge; all cars to be pure electric by 2030

PSI team develops web tool for consumers to compare environmental impact of passenger cars in detail

LSBU researchers investigating metal hydride hydrogen storage for buses

Volvo delivers electric trucks with fossil-free steel frame rails to customers

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

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

Trane bringing electric E-200 refrigeration unit for small trucks to US

Yamaha Motor invests in CO? removal biotechnology startup Andes

Cummins to acquire Meritor in $3.7B deal

EPA: US GHG emissions up 6% in 2021 from 2020

KIST researchers develop promising solid electrolyte for solid-state batteries

Nevada launches “Clean Cars Nevada” effort; adopting California LEV and ZEV

Polestar announces goal of climate-neutral car by 2030

Study finds stabilizing warming at 1.5 ?C would result in economic hit through 2100; benefits accrue by 2300

ABB, Hydrogène de France jointly to manufacture megawatt-scale fuel cell systems capable of powering ocean-going vessels

IPG to demo Flameless Ceramic Turbine for clean, off-grid power in EV charging

ARPA-E selects SwRI to create more effective burner to reduce methane emissions

3 Oil Majors That Bet Big On Renewables

NTSB Chair questions safety impact of heavy EVs

Wärtsilä Power-to-X project gets €1M in government support

State Auditor says California may not meet 2030 GHG reduction goal; says aspects of CARB efforts lacking

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