"It is still early days for the market. While that increases the chance it develops in unexpected ways, it also gives the likes of Air Liquide time to adapt."
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Volkswagen Plans $7 Billion Investment To Build Electric Cars In North America
"Volkswagen Group announced this week it will invest $7.1 billion to produce battery-electric cars in North America, and will offer 25 new EV models to customers in the US, Mexico, and Canada by 2030. Its goal is for 55% of its cars to run on electricity by the beginning of the next decade."
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Why high gas prices fall harder on lower earners
"[L]ow earners funnel a bigger share of their budgets to transportation costs and other staples, like food and energy, relative to wealthier households."
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Green Startups, Flush With Cash, Face Pressure to Make Climate Advances
"Whether or not investors turn a profit, the cash could jump-start the transition away from fossil fuels if companies achieve breakthroughs for longstanding challenges in areas such as energy storage, sustainable products and supplies of raw materials."
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Georgia-Pacific Mill is Working to Solve Papermaking’s Water Problem
An idea born in a single mill could have a ripple effect across the entire industry. Blankenship should be proud of his team and their work. What is happening at Georgia-Pacific demonstrates powerfully that market-based innovation truly is the best option when tackling some of our biggest challenges to sustainability.
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Equinor sees renewables generating 10% of its energy by 2030
"The company aims to have 12-16 gigawatt (GW) of renewable energy capacity by 2030, up from 0.5 GW in 2020, mainly due to investments in offshore wind."
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U.S. Shale Oil and Gas Are the Key to a Renewable Future
"The first and most immediate step is to prioritize North American oil production over imports from less desirable suppliers. Permian Basin shale oil can be brought online quickly to substitute for the absence of Russian oil on global markets. Alongside the obvious security and economic benefits to the West, the oil-and-gas industry has the opportunity to ensure the Permian is the cleanest hydrocarbon source in the world."
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American Battery Factory plans battery cell gigafactories to support U.S. storage market
"According to ABF, the company’s batteries will perform at least 10,000 discharge cycles with a 20-30 year lifespan. The products will be designed for storage systems on the utility- and residential-scale level, as well as military uses and certain large electric vehicles like trucks, buses and trams."
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Russia Can Hold Nickel Hostage
"America’s only high-grade nickel mine is in Michigan, and it’s expected to exhaust deposits in 2025. Other proposed mines in northern Minnesota are opposed by green groups. The Biden administration has slowed permitting for mining lithium (Nevada), copper (Alaska, Arizona, Minnesota) and antimony (Idaho)."
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Aspiration is Letting You Spend Green to Go Green
Companies like Aspiration, however, are changing the world of green banking, bringing consumers significant financial incentives alongside standard environmental wins.
