"This report is evidence that, instead, the U.S. should just keep doing what it is doing to cut its own emissions. The U.S. is the most successful major country at mitigating its own pollution, and the U.N. shows this.”
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Microsoft, Unilever Join Amazon’s Climate Pledge
Rachel Sandler of Forbes reports that Microsoft and Unilever have joined Amazon’s climate pledge.
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Voters have demanded bold leadership and common sense, not partisan gridlock
"Party leaders should continue efforts to support clean energy industries and implement policies that continue investing in tomorrow’s technologies today. The jobs and economic data don’t lie — the clean energy sector has been an economic engine that has allowed our nation to depend less on foreign oil, while also mitigating the impact of climate change in our communities.”
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How the road to renewables runs through mining
"The bill would require the federal government to identify deposits, expedite permitting, streamline regulatory processes and invest in research and training of workers with expertise in mineral exploration, manufacturing and recycling. Senate Republicans had included the legislation in their coronavirus relief bill, but it did not pass.”
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Smart Upgrades and Innovations Mean More Carbon-Free Energy Than Ever Before
“The world is focused on reducing carbon emissions now more than ever as policymakers prioritize getting all of the clean energy we can. But for the past 30 years, our nuclear plants—which provide nearly 55 percent of the carbon-free energy in the U.S.—have been quietly powering our way of life without carbon emissions and working to do so more efficiently.”
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Big carbon? Oil majors turn to nature to help plug revenue gap
“Shell plans to spend $100 million on average over the next year or two on nature-based carbon offsets and van Bergen expects emissions cuts from nature-based solutions or carbon sinks will be ‘material’ by 2030 or 2035.”
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Dynamic Line Rating: Expanding Transmission Grid Capacity for Clean Energy
Jeff St. John of Greentech Media outlines the importance of dynamic line rating in developing a clean energy grid.
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Coalition Aims for 25GW of Green Hydrogen by 2026
“ACWA Power, CWP Renewables, Envision, Iberdrola, Ørsted, Snam and Yara launched a coalition called the Green Hydrogen Catapult with the aim of deploying 25 gigawatts of renewables-based hydrogen production capacity by 2026.”
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Battery startup QuantumScape claims breakthrough
“‘According to QuantumScape’s data, its cell can charge to 80 percent of capacity in 15 minutes, it retains more than 80 percent of its capacity after 800 charging cycles, it’s noncombustible, and it has a volumetric energy density of more than 1,000 watt-hours per liter at the cell level, which is nearly double the energy density of top-shelf commercial lithium-ion cells.’"
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Toyota teases its first EV on new platform
"Toyota said it's working on six new purely electric vehicles, noting the platform is ‘highly versatile and easily adaptable for a range of product types.’"