GreenBiz

DECEMBER 28, 2020

2020 was the year that…. Joel Makower. Mon, 12/28/2020 - 02:11. It was a very long year. True, just 366 days (it was a leap year, after all), each one, I’m told, containing only the standard 24 hours. But it was much, much longer than that. Remember 2019? Neither do I. To recall some of the key developments, as I have done each December for more than a decade, I’ve plumbed the nearly 1,300 stories, columns and analyses we've published on GreenBiz.com since the dawn of 2020 — a.k.a. the beforetim

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McKinsey Sustainabilty

DECEMBER 1, 2020

In 2021, the COVID-19 pandemic will accelerate industry trends, with shopping shifting to digital channels and consumers continuing to champion fairness and social justice.

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CleanTechnica

DECEMBER 31, 2020

As we enthusiastically bid 2020 farewell, for many reasons 2021 is starting to feel like a year to be hopeful. While the rollout of vaccines signal an impending slow-down to the pandemic, recent activity in DC is offering a similar glimpse to solutions on the horizon for the climate crisis.

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GreenBiz

DECEMBER 16, 2020

These were 10 key sustainable transport trends of 2020. Katie Fehrenbacher. Wed, 12/16/2020 - 01:00. Have you ever been more ready for a year to be over? In a little over two weeks, this dumpster fire of a year will be relegated to history. And while the world will be dealing with COVID-19 for many more months into 2021, something just feels so good about leaving 2020 behind. .

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Speaker: Nikhil Joshi, Founder & President of Snic Solutions

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CleanTechnica

DECEMBER 31, 2020

In 2019, U.S. annual energy consumption from renewable sources exceeded coal consumption for the first time since before 1885, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration’s (EIA) Monthly Energy Review. This outcome mainly reflects the continued decline in the amount of coal used for electricity generation over the past decade as well as growth in renewable energy, mostly from wind and solar.

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CleanTechnica

DECEMBER 31, 2020

Ever since Tesla's original Roadster demonstrated that a plugin electric vehicle with over 240 miles of rated range was technically possible, even with the nascent technology that was deliverable way back in 2008, the ultimate transition of road transport from combustion to plugins has been largely inevitable.

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CleanTechnica

DECEMBER 31, 2020

Here it is again, for the very first time-- Cleantechnica's list of the 21 best e-bikes and electric motorcycles you can buy in 2021!

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CleanTechnica

DECEMBER 31, 2020

A week ago, Nissan put out a press release detailing the 2021 LEAF's pricing and options. To be perfectly honest, I feel bad for whoever Nissan has writing these, because nothing has changed. Keep reading, though, because I'm going to make this a whole lot more entertaining than Nissan's people did.

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CleanTechnica

DECEMBER 31, 2020

I have never seen the nuclear industry address the question of why their safety analysis calculations are off by an order of magnitude. Until they do, and I think it should include a gigantic mia culpa, my own choice would be not to allow any of their fantastical designs to be built.

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CleanTechnica

DECEMBER 31, 2020

Electric bus adoption shows no signs of slowing down. We regularly share stories of transit authorities buying another batch of electric buses, and it's happening all over the world. Most recently, we got some big orders. Berlin, Germany, added 90 electric buses and Bogota, Colombia, added.

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Speaker: Kevin Kai Wong, President of Emergent Energy Solutions

In today's industrial landscape, the pursuit of sustainable energy optimization and decarbonization has become paramount. ♻️ Manufacturing corporations across the U.S. are facing the urgent need to align with decarbonization goals while enhancing efficiency and productivity. Unfortunately, the lack of comprehensive energy data poses a significant challenge for manufacturing managers striving to meet their targets. 📊 Join us for a practical webinar hosted by Kevin Kai Wong of Emergent Ene

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CleanTechnica

DECEMBER 30, 2020

First, What is FAANG? Let's start by explaining the FAANG list of stocks. These are all household name tech stocks.

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CleanTechnica

DECEMBER 30, 2020

Jay Leno has been a fan of Tesla since the beginning. He has featured Tesla vehicles on his CNBC show Jay Leno’s Garage many times — highlights include an episode from 2012 in which Tesla Chief Designer Franz von Holzhausen gives Jay a grand tour of the brand-new Model S, and one from 2020 in which Leno and Elon Musk take the Cybertruck for a trip through the Boring Company’s tunnel below Los Angeles.

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CleanTechnica

DECEMBER 30, 2020

I am well satisfied with our new solar power system. The solar revolution has been launched in Kenya and is quickly gaining “sunshine.”.

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CleanTechnica

DECEMBER 30, 2020

We've written at length about the vast need for lithium if the electric vehicle market is going to keep growing at the pace it's been growing at. Lithium is abundant on Earth, but it takes years to set up lithium mines and manufacturing facilities to get that lithium ready for use in a battery, so it's not a resource issue, but rather a business and investment issue.

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CleanTechnica

DECEMBER 30, 2020

Zap-Map asked 2000 drivers of electric and PHEV cars whether they would consider owing an gasoline or diesel powered car again. 91% said no.

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CleanTechnica

DECEMBER 29, 2020

Despite the overall automotive market being in the doghouse, -14% year over year (YoY), Europe's passenger plugin market is on fire, having score a record 166,000 registrations in November (+198% YoY). That placed last month's plugin share at 16% share — 8% full electrics (BEV).

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CleanTechnica

DECEMBER 29, 2020

It is a bit hard to believe how the times have changed. Just two years ago, all major news outlets would have jumped at any negative news article related to Tesla. Today is the first time we've seen where a very concerning article questioning quality standards and worker conditions in Giga Shanghai has not gone viral in US and European media.

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CleanTechnica

DECEMBER 29, 2020

As we look back at 2020 and reflect on what comes next for North Carolina in clean energy and climate, one thing becomes clear, Governor Cooper’s climate and clean energy legacy will be determined by the ability to take the many critical policy initiatives from discussion to implementation in.

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Speaker: Hortense Grouvel

In this new webinar, you will learn firsthand how to set up a sustainable supply chain program that will help meet increasing ESG requirements stemming from regulators, customers, consumers, and investors alike. Hortense Grouvel, ESG expert at IntegrityNext, and Sean Whelan, Global Senior Manager at Halliburton, will look at how ensuring compliance will also help you increase sustainability performance, resilience, and innovation, allowing you to unlock the full potential of your supply chain op

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CleanTechnica

DECEMBER 29, 2020

More Than $16 Million in Volkswagen Settlement Funds and Technical Support for Five Large Transit Operators. Additional $2.5 Million Available Statewide for School Buses that Reduce Emissions.

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CleanTechnica

DECEMBER 29, 2020

To show the good small drones are doing, DJI has an online map and counter showing how many people have been saved by drone operators. According to the company, drones have not only found missing people so others could rescue them, but they have also brought supplies to trapped survivors and found people through smoke and darkness who were unconscious.

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CleanTechnica

DECEMBER 29, 2020

Franklin County, New York recently got its first non-Tesla DC fast charging station, and it's part of a larger plan for charging hubs to be located throughout the state.

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CleanTechnica

DECEMBER 28, 2020

Europe's seven largest commercial truck makers have jointly agreed to end the sale of diesel-engined trucks by 2040. Instead, Daf, Daimler, Ford, Iveco, Man, Scania, and Volvo will switch focus to hydrogen fuel cell and battery-electric vehicles, allowing them to achieve their zero-emissions goals a full decade earlier than previously planned.

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CleanTechnica

DECEMBER 29, 2020

Norsepower, a company that builds modernized sails to reduce fuel consumption and emissions on ships, got an order to install five of its Rotorsails on a bulk carrier in 2021. This is the first order for a bulk carrier, and the company's sixth installation since founding in.

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CleanTechnica

DECEMBER 29, 2020

Commonwealth Fusion Systems says it plans to build a compact, affordable fusion reactor that will begin generating electricity in 10 years.

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CleanTechnica

DECEMBER 28, 2020

A Tesla Model S caught fire in California last month, and the Washington Post — yes, the Washington Post, one of the best journalistic outfits in the world and one I happily support as a paying subscriber — thought it was an important story to cover.

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CleanTechnica

DECEMBER 28, 2020

Today, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will finalize standards for greenhouse gas emissions from new aircraft that take effect in 2028. The rule copies international standards from 2016 that set a greenhouse gas emissions floor for aircraft flying international routes at levels a decade behind what aircraft could already do in.

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Temperatures are rising (and not just metaphorically) as key stakeholders anxiously anticipate the outcomes of COP28. While companies reconsider their 2024 environmental sustainability strategies, there is another aspect of ESG that deserves exploring, the social sector. In the latest edition of "Navigating ESG Comms Through the Cosmos - Sagittarius Edition", 3BL hones in on this sign’s bold quality of asking questions others are burning to know the answers to.

CleanTechnica

DECEMBER 28, 2020

Going into 2021, CleanTechnica is taking a look at electricity generation changes over the past decade. We have been publishing monthly US power capacity reports and monthly US electricity generation reports for a long time. However.

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CleanTechnica

DECEMBER 28, 2020

To help our readers spread good information about this topic, I'm going to cover a few of the popular 5G conspiracy theories and explain why they are fundamentally impossible.

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CleanTechnica

DECEMBER 28, 2020

It’s deeply unfortunate that nuclear geopolitics massively extended our use of fossil fuels and hence the power of the fossil fuel industry to pivot to gas generation and delay renewables, but their time has come as well.

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CleanTechnica

DECEMBER 28, 2020

EDF Renewables and Jinko Power HK, two of the world's largest renewable energy developers, have just scored a big one — the financial closing of the 2 gigawatt (GW) Al Dhafra PV2 solar project in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. This is a record breaking solar project in a few regards.

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