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September 11, 2024 Manufacturing

NREL’s Economic Impact Hits $1.9 Billion

The economic impact of the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) topped $1.9 billion nationwide in Fiscal Year (FY) 2023, according to a study by the University of Colorado Boulder’s (CU Boulder’s) Leeds School of Bu...

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September 11, 2024 Manufacturing

Greg Abbott Creates A Texas Court System To Protect Polluters

Texas loves polluters and has created special courts to protect them from ever having to take responsibility for their actions. The post Greg Abbott Creates A Texas Court System To Protect Polluters appeared first on CleanTechnica.

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September 10, 2024 Sustainability

Rabobank backs Musim Mas’ first sustainability-linked loan without finalising external verifiers

The palm oil giant says “reputable assessors” will track progress against goals in its US$217 million loan for “transparency and accountability.” Yet only one of two verifiers is confirmed, raising concerns about standard market practices...

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September 10, 2024 Manufacturing

Solutions to Improve Interconnection of Rooftop Solar & EV Chargers, Traffic Congestion Squanders Billions of Gallons of Gas, & More

Traffic congestion is estimated to have wasted 0.8 billion gallons of gasoline in the US in 1982, but it has grown and grown since then. That number peaked in 2019 at 3.6 billion gallons of wasted fuel. A rare positive of the pandemic is the downturn...

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September 10, 2024 Manufacturing

Cross-Canada Road Trip in 2019 Hyundai Kona EV

“We think you’re crazy!”  “Wow, we’d never try that!”  “What are you going to do if you get stranded?” Almost every time we broached the idea of driving our 2019 Kona EV across Canada, we got these responses in return. Except once. “You’re really wor...

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September 9, 2024 Sustainability

Malaysia’s top court allows NGOs to challenge state government on forest degazettement

A three-person bench unanimously agreed that the court should decide on a contested 20-year backdated degazettement by the Selangor government regarding the severely degraded Bukit Cherakah forest reserve.

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September 9, 2024 Sustainability

US election 2024: How Kamala Harris and Donald Trump differ starkly on energy and climate

On 5 November, US voters will elect either Kamala Harris or Donald Trump as their next president.

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September 9, 2024 Manufacturing

Electric SUV Reviews — Chevy Blazer EV, Volkswagen ID.4, And Honda Prologue

The electric SUV market segment now offers more choices than ever before, Here are comparisons of three of them. The post Electric SUV Reviews — Chevy Blazer EV, Volkswagen ID.4, And Honda Prologue appeared first on CleanTechnica.

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September 9, 2024 Manufacturing

EVs Take 20.6% Share In Germany — Tesla Model Y Top

August saw plugin EVs take 20.6% share in Germany, down from (an outlier) 37.0% share YoY. BEVs are now around the level they were in 2022, but PHEV share has halved since then. Overall auto volume was 197,322 units, down some 28% YoY, and far below ...