Environment
A pilot project in the North Sea will develop floating solar panels that glide over waves ‘like a carpet’
Floating solar panels in the Netherlands. A number of major energy firms are looking into the potential of combining floating solar with other energy sources. Mischa Keijser | Image Source | Getty Images German energy firm RWE is to invest in a pilot project centered around the deployment of floating solar technology in the North […]
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Monarch butterfly is added to the international threatened species list
A monarch butterfly in the butterfly pavilion at the LA County Natural History museum Wednesday, June 1, 2022. David Crane | MediaNews Group | Los Angeles Daily News via Getty Images The iconic black and orange monarch butterfly is threatened with extinction because of habitat destruction and climate change, international conservationists said on Thursday. The monarch […]
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Amazon is starting to deliver packages with Rivian electric vans
Amazon said Thursday it will begin to start using electric vans developed in partnership with Rivian to make deliveries. Amazon Amazon is beginning to roll out some of the electric delivery vans that it developed with Rivian Automotive, the companies announced Thursday. In September 2019, Amazon founder and then-CEO Jeff Bezos stood on stage at […]
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Ford reassures investors it has the battery supplies it needs for ambitious EV goals
Ford F-150 Lightning pickup trucks sit on the production line at the Ford Rouge Electric Vehicle Center on April 26, 2022 in Dearborn, Michigan. Bill Pugliano | Getty Images Ford Motor said Thursday that it has secured 100% of the battery supplies needed to deliver electric vehicles at a rate of 600,000 per year by […]
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‘They need to get real’: Airlines slammed for betting on alternative fuels to reduce emissions
One of the ways that the sector is seeking to replace conventional fossil jet fuel is by exploring the use of sustainable aviation fuels, or SAF. Justin Tallis | Afp | Getty Images FARNBOROUGH, England — Airline executives at Britain’s Farnborough International Airshow are betting on the use of so-called sustainable aviation fuels to reduce […]
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Toyota plans to roll out hydrogen fuel-cell trucks for the Japanese market next year
A Toyota Mirai hydrogen fuel cell vehicle photographed in Berlin, Germany, in August 2021. The Japanese automotive giant started working on the development of fuel-cell vehicles back in 1992. Krisztian Bocsi | Bloomberg | Getty Images Automotive giant Toyota, along with three other partners, will work on the development of light-duty fuel cell electric trucks […]
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Biden announces new climate change programs, but no emergency declaration
U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks on climate change and renewable energy at the site of the former Brayton Point Power Station in Somerset, Massachusetts, U.S. July 20, 2022. Jonathan Ernst | Reuters President Joe Biden announced new executive steps to combat climate change on Wednesday, but fell short of issuing a climate-emergency declaration as […]
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Latest photos of European heat wave show future ‘normal’ as London fire department has busiest day since WWII
An aerial view shows the rubble and destruction in a residential area following a large blaze the previous day, on July 20, 2022 in Wennington, Greater London. Leon Neal | Getty Images Europe is suffering under an unprecedented heat wave, leaving firefighters in London dealing with a huge surge in emergency calls. “Yesterday was the […]
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Google and Chevron invest in nuclear fusion startup that’s raised $1.2 billion
Michl Binderbauer, CEO of TAE Technologies Photo courtesy TAE Technologies Google and Chevron are part of a $250 million funding raise announced Tuesday for TAE Technologies, a nuclear fusion startup with an unconventional strategy that has now raised a total of $1.2 billion. Nuclear fusion is often referred to as the holy grail of clean […]
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‘Heat apocalypse’: Photos show Europe’s devastating fires as temperatures surge
Dubbed a “heat apocalypse” by one French meteorologist, many nations in Europe are sweltering under record temperatures, causing devastating fires in some parts of the continent. Spain and Portugal have seen over 1,000 deaths in the last week attributed to the weather, according to Reuters. Firefighters in France and Greece have also been out in […]
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