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Canada’s EV Policy Shift Is About Credits, Not Mandates
Canada has quietly shifted into a new phase of EV focused industrial policy, not by announcing a dramatic ban or a sweeping mandate, but by changing the arithmetic that governs the automotive market. The federal government has moved away from explicit EV sales quotas and toward steadily tightening fleet average ... [continued]
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Wie frühe Klimaführerschaft Deutschland auf die falsche Wasserstoffwette festlegte
Die deutsche Wasserstoffpipeline von nirgendwo nach nirgendwo entstand nicht aus Ignoranz oder Gleichgültigkeit. Sie entstand aus guten Absichten, die früh gefasst wurden, als Klimarisiken klar und glaubwürdig waren, praktikable Lösungen jedoch rar. In den 1990er- und frühen 2000er-Jahren hatten Regionen, die die Klimawissenschaft ernst nahmen, nur eine sehr begrenzte Auswahl ...
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Stellantis Stumbles In A Staggering EV Retreat
Stellantis announced that it is taking a $26 billion hit associated with backtracking on EVs. The vast majority of the write-down is specific to North America, where Stellantis has essentially given up on plug-in vehicles. EV production is being replaced with a return of ICE powertrains, including the “Hemi.” This ... [continued]
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Which of the 132 Chinese EV Automakers Will Enter Canada?
Will the Chinese use Canada as their North American beachhead? As Chinese electric vehicle manufacturers look beyond Europe and Southeast Asia, Canada is quietly emerging as the most realistic entry point into North America. It combines stringent safety and environmental regulations, a consumer base already primed for electrification, and—crucially—slightly more ... [continued]
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Tesla Powerwall Facing Headwinds & Nasty Comments
Sales of Tesla Powerwall batteries are in danger of sputtering out, even as the company launches its own line of residential solar panels.
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Op-Ed: Manila Doesn’t Need Dutch Micromobility — It Needs Dutch Thinking
The original title of this piece was “Will Dutch Mobility Work in the Philippines?” And immediately, the answer is no. There are too many nuances in how the Netherlands managed its small footprint, pedaled and motored mobility as well as a collective effort that didn’t shrug off any road user. ... [continued]
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You Can’t Just Walk Out On Climate Frameworks!
The US has withdrawn from the historic Paris global climate frameworks. Can any US president unilaterally the country from the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change? That’s the question that former US senator from Wisconsin, Russ Feingold asks. There are many problems with the decision to abandon a legal ... [continued]
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Will Water-Powered Microgrids Work in the Real World?
Webinar Series Will Highlight How Researchers Test and De-Risk Marine Energy Microgrid Technologies in the Lab In remote places where water flows freely but electricity often does not, the potential to harness the power of waves, currents, and tides is palpable. But is it possible? Although marine energy technologies like ... [continued]
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How Flexibility, Not Nuclear, Can Secure Ontario’s Electricity Future
Ontario is moving forward with planning for an entirely new nuclear generation site in Port Hope, 100 km east of Toronto, at a moment when its electricity system is already one of the most nuclear-heavy in the world. Nuclear power today provides roughly 55% of Ontario’s electricity, with hydro adding ... [continued]
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Waymo Showers Us With More Information On Driving Simulation
It’s been a busy week for Waymo. The California company, born out of Google many seasons ago, is at a critical point in its life and development. The company is on the verge of something, but that something is completely different depending on who you ask. This week, Waymo has ... [continued]
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Could Light Be Used To Drive Enzymes for Efficient Ammonia Production?
Nanocrystal–Nitrogenase Biohybrids Harvest Light To Reduce N₂ Gas. Abundant High-Energy Electrons Are Essential. By Justin Daugherty, NLR Ammonia, a key part of nitrogen fertilizers, is central to sustaining global food production. However, its manufacture is also energy intensive: ammonia production requires 2% of global energy to meet global demand. Fifty ... [continued]
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From Airports to Elementary Schools, New Examples of Geothermal Heating & Cooling Sites Emerge
5 New Case Studies Add to Database of Geothermal Systems Installed Across the Nation By Becca Sweet, NLR The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Geothermal (OG) has published five new case studies on a variety of geothermal heating and cooling applications. These case studies, researched and written by the ... [continued]
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Waymo’s Fully Autonomous Vehicles Have Fleet Response Agents in the Philippines
Waymo’s confirmation that some of its autonomous vehicles receive assistance from remote human operators based in the Philippines has intensified a debate in Washington over how autonomous robotaxi systems truly are — and whether offshore human involvement introduces new safety, cybersecurity, and accountability risks. The issue first drew wider public ... [continued]
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Donald Trump Forgoes Enforcement of Toxic Coal Ash
Public Health Cannot Wait Almost Three Years Today, Donald Trump’s Environmental Protection Agency gave a group of polluters a 33-month extension to clean up coal ash dump sites. This is twice as long an extension as what the EPA had proposed last year. According to the Sierra Club’s Trump Coal Pollution Dashboard, ... [continued]
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Is Spain’s Prime Minister Right Banning Social Media For Kids? And How To Do It?
Spain’s prime minister, Pedro Sánchez, is looking to make a bold move and lead the way on an issue most of the world is struggling with but doesn’t know how to handle. He wants to ban social media use by kids under 16 years old in Spain, calling social media ... [continued]
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