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Local Climate Action in US Proves Resilient to COVID-19	17.9.2020	THE CITY FIX
In spite of a global pandemic and the worst economic conditions in nearly a century, U.S. states, cities and businesses are continuing to lead the fight against climate change. A new report by America’s Pledge provides crucial evidence that state ...
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Not Enough Climate Action in Stimulus Plans	15.9.2020	WRI Stories
Not Enough Climate Action in Stimulus Plans Comments\|Add Comment\|PrintElectric vehicle charging stations, Ontario, Canada. Photo by Mariordo/Wikimedia Commons Governments have already announced $11.8 trillion in fiscal stimulus in response to the COVID-19 health and economic crisis, more than three times the amount spent in response to the Great Recession of 2008-09. While most of it will prioritize healthcare and direct support to the unemployed, about 30% of stimulus packages are being spent... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ...
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Local Climate Action in US Proves Resilient to COVID-19	15.9.2020	WRI Stories
Local Climate Action in US Proves Resilient to COVID-19 Comments\|Add Comment\|PrintIn the United States, market shifts are accelerating the transition to clean energy, including wind energy. Photo by USDA NRCS Montana/Flickr In spite of a global pandemic and the worst economic conditions in nearly a century, U.S. states, cities and businesses are continuing to lead the fight against climate change. A new report by America’s Pledge provides crucial evidence that state and local governments and... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ...
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Bottom-Up Climate Action in US Proves Resilient to COVID-19	15.9.2020	WRI Stories
Bottom-Up Climate Action in US Proves Resilient to COVID-19 Comments\|Add Comment\|PrintIn the United States, market shifts are accelerating the transition to clean energy, including wind energy. Photo by USDA NRCS Montana/Flickr In spite of a global pandemic and the worst economic conditions in nearly a century, U.S. states, cities and businesses are continuing to lead the fight against climate change. A new report by America’s Pledge provides crucial evidence that state and local governments... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ...
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What Makes a Child-Friendly City? Redesigning Safer and Healthier Urban Spaces for Young People	10.9.2020	THE CITY FIX
Children are often under-prioritized or even disregarded in urban planning and design. It’s estimated that up to 500 children die daily in road crashes around the world; thousands more incur injuries and psychological trauma from collisions with vehicles that can ...
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Commercial trucking's future is in the details	8.9.2020	Small Business \| GreenBiz.com
Commercial trucking's future is in the details Rick Mihelic Tue, 09/08/2020 - 01:45 One downside of a career as an engineer is that you are trained to notice detail. Robert Downey Jr., playing Sherlock Holmes in the 2011 movie "Sherlock Holmes: Game of Shadows," is asked what he sees. His answer: "Everything. That is my curse." It can make you the invaluable go-to person for information and analyses, and it also can make you the brunt of sarcasm and stereotyping. You are what you are. I had my son snap this photo as we were driving. I thought this one image captured a great deal of salient points I’ve learned after several years of researching medium- and heavy-duty alternatives such as battery electric, fuel cell electric and a variety of hybrid systems for the North American Council for Freight Efficiency (NACFE). Let’s start with the obvious first: Feeding North America requires trucks and truck drivers. Trucks require energy. This energy has to be replenished regularly. COVID-19’s impact on the North ...
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Our new report shows the importance of “accelerating to 100% clean” vehicles	2.9.2020	Climate 411 - Environmental Defense Fund
Air pollution is the largest environmental cause of disease and death in the world. In the U.S. almost half of all people live in communities with unhealthy levels of air pollution. More than 20,000 Americans die prematurely every year as a result of the motor vehicle pollution on our roads and highways, according to a […]
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Tesla's co-founder is pioneering a circular system for electric vehicle batteries	2.9.2020	Business Operations \| GreenBiz.com
Tesla's co-founder is pioneering a circular system for electric vehicle batteries Katie Fehrenbacher Wed, 09/02/2020 - 01:30 This week, I've been thinking a lot about electric vehicle batteries and the massive potential for battery recycling and reuse. As the market for electric vehicles takes off, that means eventually hundreds of millions of EV batteries will be in use and then face end of life. The industry needs to make the process of EV battery production, use, reuse and recycling much more efficient. Why? A few reasons: Battery materials are very valuable, and a lot of money is invested into pulling those metals out of the ground. The production of EV batteries is very wasteful, meaning companies are losing a lot of money through wasted materials. After electric car batteries aren't very good at moving a car anymore, they can be taken and used for other applications, such as for the power grid, potentially for several years. EV batteries contain materials that can be toxic and need to be safely ...
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Why Do Oil Companies Care So Much About Your Carbon Footprint	31.8.2020	Mother Jones
This piece was originally published in Grist and appears here as part of our Climate Desk Partnership. If only there were an app that would let you track your personal carbon footprint in real-time, like a FitBit. You could watch the weight of your emissions grow as you drove to the store, took a bus to […]
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Editorial: California is leading again on clean trucks and cleaner air	30.8.2020	LA Times: Opinion
California has taken big steps toward slashing emissions from heavy-duty diesel trucks that contribute heavily to smog, soot and planet-warming gases.
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EDF Testifies in Support of California Proposal to Reduce Air Pollution from Heavy Duty Trucks	27.8.2020	Main Feed - Environmental Defense
EDF Testifies in Support of California Proposal to Reduce Air Pollution from Heavy Duty Trucks
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California targets diesel trucks, ships with biggest pollution cuts in years	27.8.2020	LA Times: Environment
California air quality officials are poised to adopt their biggest pollution-cutting regulations in more than a decade by targeting two leading sources of cancer-causing and smog-forming emissions: diesel trucks and oceangoing ships.
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Four reasons why investing in clean energy is essential for rebuilding the economy	25.8.2020	Climate 411 - Environmental Defense Fund
As federal lawmakers continue to debate different approaches for jump-starting our economy in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, they must also consider how the investments we make today can be designed to avoid the worst environmental, social and economic impacts of climate change in the long run. Amid much disagreement, one promising area of […]
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In a rural California town, schools try something extraordinary and risky: Classrooms with children	24.8.2020	LA Times: Health
In a vast, rural Northern California county with few cases of COVID-19, a public school district reopened to in-classroom instruction, even as most in the state are doing virtual distance learning. Last year, the district lost its campus buildings to black mold and is hoping to keep its doors open as long as possible.
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Do Hydrogen Fuel Cell Vehicles Make Sense for Cities?	19.8.2020	THE CITY FIX
Companies like Toyota, Nikola and H2X are doubling down on hydrogen fuel cell vehicles and positioning them as alternatives to their more popular zero-emission counterparts, battery electric vehicles. These companies and some advocates believe fuel cell vehicles could be key to ...
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Denver police seek 3 masked suspects, getaway car tied to arson fire that killed 5 in Green Valley Ranch	19.8.2020	Headlines: All Headlines
Denver police are searching for three masked suspects who they believe intentionally set a Green Valley Ranch home on fire earlier this month -- killing five members of a Senegalese family -- before fleeing in a dark-colored, four-door sedan.
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Officials report at least 6 were injured in Monday storms, 82,000 without power Thursday as northern Illinois continues to clean up	14.8.2020	Chicago Tribune: Popular
About 82,000 Commonwealth Edison customers remained without power by Thursday morning.
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This carbon challenge is bigger than cars, aviation and shipping combined	13.8.2020	Resource Efficiency \| GreenBiz.com
This carbon challenge is bigger than cars, aviation and shipping combined Adam Aston Thu, 08/13/2020 - 02:15 You may not know it, but you rely on industrial heat every day. It helped make the bricks that hold up your home; the cement underfoot. It forged the steel and glass in your car, and it also cooked the aluminum, plastic and silicon in the very screen on which you may be reading these words. Industrial heat is essential but largely invisible. To transform basic inputs into stuff we need, manufacturers constantly heat (and cool) minerals, ores and other raw materials to extreme temperatures. And for all the magic of this everyday alchemy, industrial heat poses a growing threat to the climate. The world’s kilns, reactors, chillers and furnaces are powered mostly by fossil fuels. High-temperature industrial heat, over 932 degrees F, poses a particular challenge because that’s the point at which fuels beyond electricity become the mainstay. Overall, industrial thermal energy accounts for about a ...
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Sustainable fleets are at an inflection point	12.8.2020	Resource Efficiency \| GreenBiz.com
Sustainable fleets are at an inflection point Katie Fehrenbacher Wed, 08/12/2020 - 00:15 Companies and cities are increasingly adopting lower-carbon fleets — including trucks and buses that run off electricity, renewable diesel and renewable natural gas — according to a new report from the research team at Gladstein, Neandross and Associates (GNA). It's still early days for many of these markets, and sustainability goals remain one of the top drivers for fleets to buy these vehicles. But the metrics that fleet managers care about — total cost of ownership — are becoming more competitive for these lower-carbon vehicles, the GNA report found. I read the analysis, which also covers diesel efficiency, natural gas and propane, and picked out these points that I thought were particularly interesting: Renewable diesel is winning fans: Fleet managers report satisfaction with the performance of renewable diesel, which can be dropped into diesel trucks and buses and can reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 65 ...
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How solar-charged HVAC keeps trucking cool	11.8.2020	Resource Efficiency \| GreenBiz.com
How solar-charged HVAC keeps trucking cool Mike Roeth Tue, 08/11/2020 - 00:01 When most businesspeople travel for their jobs, they retire to their hotel room at the end of the day. However, when long-haul truck drivers are finished with their work, they move to the back of their truck cab into what is called the sleeper compartment. Long-haul, over-the-road truck drivers typically are out on the road anywhere from one to three weeks at a time, delivering the goods we need for our daily lives. Most drivers spend their off-duty time in the sleeper compartments of their trucks, sometimes keeping the truck idling to get power and to cool or heat their space. This idling creates a significant amount of increased emissions, noise and wear on the main engine. To reduce fuel consumption — which by extension decreases emissions — trucking fleets are using auxiliary electric battery HVAC (heating, ventilation and air conditioning) units in combination with solar panels installed on truck roofs. Idling to keep ...
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