Author: sherwin@eyeconz.com

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April 22, 2024 Sustainability

NGO links H&M and Zara cotton to deforestation in Brazil’s Cerrado

Earthsight says Asian garment manufacturers supplying top fashion brands use cotton linked to land-grabbing in the Cerrado region.

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April 22, 2024 Manufacturing

7 New High-Tech & Elegant Electric Cars Launching In China This Week

The 2024 Auto China motor show is being held in Beijing this week. Being a massive electric vehicle market, there are numerous electric vehicles being launched at the show. In fact, there are reportedly at least 20 EVs being launched there! The ones ...

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April 22, 2024 Manufacturing

Study Unlocks Opportunities To Bridge The US Wind Energy Workforce Gap

NREL Study, the First To Use a System Dynamics Model To Quantify This Gap, Outlines Possible Solutions U.S. land-based and offshore wind energy markets are expected to grow significantly over the next few decades. With this growth, the demand for pro...

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April 21, 2024 Manufacturing

Tesla Model Y Cheaper Than Ever in USA

One week ago, I wrote about the Tesla Model Y (and the Tesla Model 3) having a base price below the average selling price of a new car in the US. In fact, taking the US EV tax credit into account, the Model Y was essentially $10,000 cheaper than the ...

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April 21, 2024 Manufacturing

Tesla’s Strengths & Struggles, Kia EV9 Review, Solar Boom in South America — Top CleanTechnica Stories of the Week

Let’s stroll through some of the top stories of the past week and a half here on CleanTechnica. It’s been a bit of a wild week, particularly because of the happenings at a certain cleantech company, but there’s a lot more going on than that as well. ...

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April 20, 2024 Sustainability

South Pole and GenZero launch new centre to scale ‘high-impact first-of-a-kind’ carbon credits in Asia

Co-led by two senior South Pole staff, the Singapore-based Asia Centre of Carbon Excellence seeks to grow nascent decarbonisation projects in the region, such as early coal phase-out, greener shipping fuels and carbon capture and storage.

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April 20, 2024 Manufacturing

Kia EV9 Offers Special Feature for NBA Fans

Someone at Kia is apparently a big NBA fan. The award-winning EV9 is getting an update that allows those with exceptional amounts of team spirit to show what NBA team they support — just in time for the playoffs. Unfortunately, the sample images incl...

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April 19, 2024 Sustainability

Filipinos strongest supporters of plastic reduction ahead of UN treaty talks

Filipinos want efforts to tackle ocean pollution to focus on plastic production cuts, a survey by Greenpeace found ahead of the penultimate meeting for the first ever pact on plastic trash.

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April 19, 2024 Manufacturing

What’s Going On With The Tesla Cybertruck That Wouldn’t Work After A Car Wash?

I just ran across an interesting report on Jalopnik. The source news is from a Tesla Cybertruck owner on TikTok. It’s a befuddling situation, but some of the comments on it are a bit misleading and add to the confusion. Before I get to all of that, t...