"Even if Biden were able to encourage America automakers to rethink their production lines, China still controls the parts.”
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States and companies are now hotbeds of climate action
“Numerous states, cities and companies have pledged aggressive climate change goals over the past several years."
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How Artificial Intelligence Can Power Climate Change Strategy
Technological innovation and AI is expected to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 16%.
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10 energy and climate issues to watch in 2021
“[Biden will] focus on reversing all the environmental regulatory rollbacks by President Trump, but beyond that Biden is expected to incorporate climate policies into other agencies. Two I’m watching closely are independent but nonetheless traditionally pursue policies the sitting president supports.”
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Agriculture Industry Bets on Carbon as a New Cash Crop
"Farmers, following half a decade of lean crop prices, are contemplating a possible new source of income that is less dependent on weather and agricultural commodity markets.”
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China plans clean energy future
"China has mastered the technology to design and construct gigawatt-class nuclear power plants with pressurized water reactors, it adds. Breakthroughs have also been made in ‘multiple frontier technologies including those associated with fast reactors and advanced small modular reactors.’"
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A way forward on climate change: Focus on reducing heavy industry’s carbon emissions
“Heavy industry like iron, steel and cement production has an outsized impact on trade, job growth and the environment, which make it an alluring opportunity to reduce greenhouse gas emissions."
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Japan adopts green growth plan to go carbon free by 2050
“Japan aims to eliminate gasoline-powered vehicles in about 15 years, the government said Friday in a plan to achieve Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga’s ambitious pledge to go carbon free by 2050 and generate nearly $2 trillion growth in green business and investment.”
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Green Energy Will Need More Storage Space
“Governments around the world greatly raised their decarbonization ambitions this year. There is great uncertainty about how their promises will be delivered, but almost all scenarios involve massive building of solar and wind farms. As their share of power production grows, it will become crucial to bridge the times when the wind doesn’t blow and the sun doesn’t shine.”
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Mercedes-Benz’s EV Expansion Will Include Two Models To Be Built In Alabama
George Gardner on Forbes reports that Mercedes-Benz is launching an electric vehicle expansion.
