(The Center Square) – Last month, Washington state Gov. Jay Inslee announced a $50 million electric vehicle rebate program through the state Department of Commerce to be implemented later this year and early next year allowing qualifying residents to get subsidies for leasing or purchasing an EV. The EV rebate program is part of a larger effort to electrify the transportation sector in the state in preparation for a 2030 gasoline vehicle sale and registration ban, all of which is...
12 awards were handed out in total to firms from Edinburgh to Stowmarket and Stockton-on-Tees to Powys. but CCU cleaned up with both the top prize and the innovation award to boot.
Vietnam is working hard to further develop its carbon market
But economists say it could be offset by the creation of new roles and non-automated sectorsBreakthroughs in artificial intelligence could lead to short-term increases in unemployment, a rise in carbon emissions and leave regulators trailing in the wake of technological advances, according to an international panel of experts.The inaugural report on the safety of advanced AI, inspired by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, raised a number of concerns about a technology which has shot...
As the world grapples with the urgent need to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, there is a growing interest in understanding how individual actions can contribute to this goal. The complexity and scale of energy use and carbon emissions data can be overwhelming for the average person, often leading to a disconnect between daily activities and their environmental impact.
(Bloomberg) -- When Microsoft Corp. pledged four years ago to remove more carbon than it emits by the end of the decade, it was one of the most ambitious and comprehensive plans to tackle climate change. Now the software giant's relentless push to be the global leader in artificial intelligence is putting that goal in peril.Most Read from BloombergSlovak Premier Fighting for Life After Assassination AttemptChina Considers Government Buying of Unsold Homes to Save Property MarketHow One of the...
Major concerns over commitments to battery production plants in EU. This includes the UK, despite huge Government backing for Nissan and JLR sites
Researchers at the University of Michigan have developed a catalyst material known as cobalt phthalocyanine that converts carbon dioxide—a significant driver of climate change—into renewable fuels such as methanol.
Officials outlined a two-stage plan for the establishment of a carbon credit exchange in Vietnam
The (Anti) Social Cost Of Carbon Authored by Jonathan Lesser via RealClearEnergy, Forty-two was the mystical number that explained “life, the universe, and everything” in Douglas Adams’ comic novel, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy. Today, another mystical number, the so-called social cost of carbon (SSC), is providing the excuse for the Environmental Protection Agency and green-energy-enamored state regulators to enact crippling energy policies. The SCC is the thumb on the...
Japan-based KDDI Group updated its environmental targets, setting the goal of achieving net-zero CO2 emissions from all direct and indirect activities (Scope 1 and 2) and its entire supply chain (Scope 3) by 2040.
Capturing carbon dioxide (CO2) from the atmosphere to store underground "sounds too good to be true", a climate expert told AFP, yet the technology to increase its capacity tenfold is already being tested.