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Cars That Think
JUNE 19, 2024
When it comes to addressing climate change, the “in unity there’s strength” adage certainly applies. To help bring the climate collection to more students, TryEngineering has partnered with the Museum of Science in Boston. The video encourages students to contribute to a global solution by making small, personal changes.
Green Car Congress
AUGUST 19, 2020
The study, set in Singapore, suggests that better air quality will bring about climate co-benefits in reducing electricity generation via lower household demand, and thus mitigating carbon emissions. This is important for policymakers when forecasting and influencing future emissions paths in the context of climate change.
Green Car Congress
MAY 28, 2021
, finds that private jets are 10 times more carbon-intensive than airliners on average, and 50 times more polluting than trains in terms of CO 2 emitted per passenger-km. According to the report, a four-hour private flight emits as much as the average person does in a year. —Andrew Murphy, Aviation Director at T&E.
Green Car Congress
OCTOBER 23, 2020
The data shows a slight increase in overall emissions from the previous year, and a slight decline in emissions from transportation, which is the state’s main source of both GHGs and air pollutants. tons per person to 10.7 tons per person in 2018, a 24% decrease. Source: California Air Resources Board (ARB).
Green Car Congress
NOVEMBER 24, 2019
The report is the culmination of MITEI’s three-year Mobility of the Future study, which is part of MIT’s Plan for Action on Climate Change. The report highlights the importance of near-term action to ensure the long-term sustainability of personal mobility. —MITEI Director Robert C.
Cars That Think
NOVEMBER 12, 2022
Starting a company to develop an energy technology that fights climate change is hard—a lot harder than starting a software company. That’s what John Hennessy, Stanford professor (and former president) and chairman of Alphabet , told attendees at the Stanford Global Energy Forum , held in-person this month on the Stanford University campus.
Green Car Congress
JULY 12, 2018
The state’s latest Greenhouse Gas Emissions Inventory shows that California emitted 429 million metric tons of climate pollutants in 2016—a drop of 12 million metric tons, or three percent, from 2015. They fell 23% from a peak of 14 metric tons per person (roughly equal to driving 34,000 miles) in 2001 to 10.8
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