Climate
Toyota secures funding to develop hydrogen fuel cell version of its Hilux pickup in the UK
A Toyota logo displayed on a vehicle in Poland. The Japanese automotive giant started working on the development of fuel cell vehicles back in 1992. Artur Widak | Nurphoto | Getty Images LONDON — A consortium led by automotive giant Toyota will receive millions in funding to develop a hydrogen fuel cell pickup truck in […]
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Rolls-Royce uses hydrogen produced with wind and tidal power to test jet engine
LONDON — Plans to reduce the significant environmental effects of aviation took a step forward this week after Rolls-Royce and easyJet said they had carried out the ground test of a jet engine that used hydrogen produced from tidal and wind power. In a statement this week, aerospace giant Rolls-Royce — not to be confused […]
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Tesla CEO Elon Musk kicks off to start with Semi truck deliveries
Tesla CEO Elon Musk kicks off deliveries of the firm’s hefty-responsibility truck, the Semi, at the Gigafactory in Sparks, Nevada. Tesla Inc. Tesla CEO Elon Musk kicked off deliveries of the firm’s first few generation Semi trucks on Thursday, talking on phase at the company’s manufacturing facility in Sparks, Nevada, with Dan Priestly, the company’s […]
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EV maker Fisker faces liquidity questions after short seller claims its cash is “tied up”
Henrik Fisker stands with the Fisker Ocean electric vehicle after it was unveiled at the Manhattan Beach Pier ahead of the Los Angeles Auto Show and AutoMobilityLA on November 16, 2021 in Manhattan Beach, California. Patrick T. Fallon | AFP | Getty Images Electric vehicle startup Fisker is facing new liquidity questions after a short […]
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Hurricane Ian was the costliest disaster and the second-largest insured loss on record after Hurricane Katrina
Remains of destroyed restaurants, shops and other businesses are seen almost one month after Hurricane Ian landfall in Fort Myers Beach, Florida, U.S., October 26, 2022. REUTERS/Marco Bello Marco Bello | Reuters Hurricane Ian, a category 4 Atlantic hurricane that struck Florida and South Carolina earlier this year, was the costliest catastrophe and the second-largest […]
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Biden administration grants $75 million to relocate three Native tribes away from rising oceans
Schoolchildren walk beside severe erosion of the permafrost tundra next to their school at the climate change affected Yupik Eskimo village of Napakiak on the Yukon Delta in Alaska on April 18, 2019. Mark Ralston | AFP | Getty Images The Department of the Interior under the Biden administration is providing three Native American tribes […]
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Tornadoes reported as storms cause flooding and damage across the South
A vehicle races along a Jackson, Miss., street as lightning streaks across the sky, Tuesday evening, Nov. 29, 2022. Area residents were provided a light show as severe weather accompanied by some potential twisters affected parts of Louisiana and Mississippi. Rogelio V. Solis | AP Tornado warnings for Alabama and Mississippi continued into the early […]
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Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act helps make inexperienced hydrogen worthwhile at scale, Goldman Sachs states
Hydrogen storage tanks photographed in Spain on May possibly 19, 2022. Hydrogen has a various variety of purposes and can be deployed in a large assortment of industries. Angel Garcia | Bloomberg | Getty Pictures The United States’ Inflation Reduction Act signifies a “turning point” when it comes to the economics of systems these types […]
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Airbus develops fuel-mobile motor for hydrogen airplane
The primary gate of the Airbus plant in Hamburg-Finkenwerder. Marcus Brandt | Photo alliance | Getty Visuals Airbus has begun acquiring a fuel-cell motor, it mentioned on Wednesday, sticking with ideas to introduce a hydrogen-run industrial aircraft by 2035. The system is just one of a number of selections getting deemed for a opportunity zero-emission […]
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Peter Thiel’s VC fund backs TreeCard, a fintech that plants trees when you spend
Crucial Details TreeCard, a weather-mindful digital funds application, raised $23 million from buyers which includes Peter Thiel’s Valar Ventures, EQT and World Fund. The organization makes use of 80% of the gains it would make from card interchange expenses to plant trees via its companion Ecosia, the Google lookup rival. The offer underscores greater fascination […]
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