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September 29, 2024 Manufacturing

100 Electric Buses for Uruguay — Thanks, Build Your Dreams (BYD)

BYD (Build Your Dreams) continues to help electrify the world. Aside from opening up dozens of markets to cheap electric cars, let’s not forget that the company has been deliveries thousands of electric buses and trucks around the world in recent yea...

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September 29, 2024 Manufacturing

Is The USA Becoming A Free Rider On Other Countries’ Climate Action?

The free rider problem in climate action arises when some countries or actors benefit from the efforts of others to mitigate climate change without contributing their fair share. Since the atmosphere is a global common good, actions taken by one coun...

Read More the-hydrogen-economy-in-america-faces-a-number-of-challenges
September 29, 2024 Manufacturing

The Hydrogen Economy In America Faces A Number Of Challenges

The basic facts about hydrogen are well known. It has the ability to significantly reduce emissions from the steel and cement industries. As a power source, it creates no waste products other than water and heat. While the US struggles to find ways t...

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September 29, 2024 Manufacturing

More Companies In Kenya Adopting Electric Motorcycles For Deliveries

The move towards electric vehicles in Africa, especially in the electric motorcycle sector, has mainly been driven by the private sector, led by small startups. Most of the developments have been concentrated along what is now known as the “boda belt...

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September 28, 2024 Sustainability

People hugely underestimate carbon footprint of the wealthy: report

A recent study found that people across different income levels significantly underestimate the carbon footprints of the wealthiest and overestimate those of the poorest, revealing widespread misconceptions about the inequality in personal carbon emi...

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September 28, 2024 Sustainability

Nepal pushes ahead with river diversion plans, despite risks

Catastrophic floods, exacerbated by climate change, destroyed the Melamchi water supply project in 2021. Reconstruction is underway, but community safety measures are absent.

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September 28, 2024 Manufacturing

JAC Philippines Launches the All-New Ytterby EV at New Pasig Dealership

JAC Philippines, under the umbrella of multinational mobility provider Astara, officially launched the all-new Ytterby electric vehicle (EV) on September 26, 2024. The event took place at the newly inaugurated dealership in Pasig, some 12 km (8 miles...

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September 28, 2024 Manufacturing

Hyundai Motor Groups 1st 100% EV Factory — Kia Gwangmyeong EVO Plant

Kia celebrates the completion of Hyundai Motor Group’s first dedicated EV manufacturing facility Kia Gwangmyeong EVO Plant, located at Kia Autoland Gwangmyeong, to mass-produce Kia EV3 and EV4 models The new facility to have production capacity of 15...

Read More working-for-climate-solutions-no-longer-requires-career-or-life-compromises
September 28, 2024 Manufacturing

Working For Climate Solutions No Longer Requires Career Or Life Compromises

A regular feature of my life is having long-term friends, co-workers, collaborators and even complete strangers reach out to me to ask how they can pivot or start their careers to help with climate change or the environment more generally. Most recen...