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International

JPMorgan Chase joins UN’s Net-Zero Banking Alliance

Posted on December 1, 2021

JPMorgan Chase signed a pledge to join the United Nations’ Net-Zero Banking Alliance climate initiative, the bank announced Fiday [October 12], according to Reuters and Bloomberg. The Net-Zero Banking Alliance is composed of 61 banks across the globe that have committed …

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Climate Pledge Exceeds 100 Corporate Signatories

Posted on April 1, 2021

The Climate Pledge, an international program that asks corporations to pledge to achieve net zero emissions by 2040 (10 years in advance of the Paris Accord), exceeded 100 members to mark Earth Day 2021. Companies …

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Taipei Tower Targets Carbon-absorbing Design

Posted on April 1, 2021

Vertical forest architecture is realized in the eco-designed, energy-conserving and carbon-absorbing 21-story green apartment tower in Taipei that is nearing completion. Tao Zhu Yin Yuan (Agora Garden Tower), designed by Vincent Callebaut Architectures, uses the …

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Algae Energy Production Facade

Posted on March 4, 2021

Living algae facades cover buildings, sucking in CO2 and sun to produce renewable energy. See footage on Mashable

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Fossil fuel air pollution responsible for 1 in 5 deaths worldwide

Posted on January 1, 2021

Article originally published by E&E News. More than 8 million people died in 2018 from fossil fuel pollution, significantly higher than previous research suggested, meaning that air pollution from burning fossil fuels like coal and …

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Ford To Go All Electric in Europe by 2030

Posted on January 1, 2021

Ford pledged that it would sell only electric cars in Europe by 2030. It will spend $1 billion to convert its manufacturing plant in Cologne, Germany to it first electric passenger vehicle facility in Europe …

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Affordable Compact Tesla EV Game Changer

Posted on January 1, 2021

A Teslarati article from January entitled “Tesla to produce $25K car as early as 2022 in Gigafactory Shanghai”  is reported as game changing where their entry-level compact EV in China will be affordable and sold …

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Vanilla – The Ingredient of Ground-breaking Sustainable Energy Storage

Posted on December 1, 2020

Using green chemistry, researchers at the Institute of Bioproducts and Paper Technology at Graz University of Technology in Austria, successfully made flow batteries more sustainable by replacing the heavy metals or rare earths in the …

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Revealed: the countries leading the way in renewable energy

Posted on March 1, 2020

Article originally published by Smart Energy International Across the world, countries are facing increasing pressure to reduce the ecological imprint they leave on the planet, slow down climate change, and protect the environment for future …

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VW Hippy Van to Go Electric

Posted on November 1, 2019

Volkswagen will produce the I.D. Buzz, an electric version and seventh generation of their iconic hippy van of the 50’s and 60’s. Compared to the first VW Microbus with 30 hp in 1950, the I.D. Buzz is a 369 hp all wheel drive …

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