Researchers at Harvard have proposed a plan for sulphate dispersal they say could cool the Earth by 1.5 degrees C within 15 years at minimal cost. Is ir real or just pie in the sky?
Volkswagen will offer customers in China a choice of 5 electrified cars in 2019. It has added a dedicated EV page to its website in the UK. Yet it has nothing to say about electric cars for customers in the US. Why?
If fossil fuel companies are contributing to the death of millions and the destruction of the environment, why are their leaders not in jail?
Albertsons, the second largest grocery chain in America, has plunked down $200,000 to reserve 10 Tesla Semi tractors when they become available. The electric trucks will be added to the company’s existing fleet of 1,400 trucks and will be used in Southern California.
An airplane with no moving parts has flown a distance of 60 meters. Is that a big deal? It is if you consider that on a cold December day in 1903, Orville and Wilbur Wright’s first airplane changed the world when it flew a distance of only 37 meters. What new ideas could a solid-state airplane with no jet or internal combustion engine lead to?
Under the Clean Air Act, only California has been granted a waiver that permits it to impose more stringent vehicle emissions rules than the federal standard. But other states are free to adopt the California rules if they wish to. So far, a dozen states and the District of Columbia have done so. As the result of the governor Hickenlooper’s executive order, Colorado has now become the 13th state to sign on to the CARB initiatives.
An analysis by UBS finds Tesla’s cost of producing EV batteries is 20% less than its nearest competitor, a clear advantage for Tesla going forward.
Ships powered by electricity are appearing all around the globe as the world transitions to zero emissions from the transportation sector. Here are several examples in the news today.
23 scientists have done a review of more than 3000 studies about climate change. Using this interdisciplinary approach, they predict many places on Earth will face up to 6 impacts from warming temperatures simultaneously by the end of this century, with potentially disastrous results.
The Boring Company’s tunnel boring machine has broken through to the middle of the residential parking garage where the first station will be located. It has also created a new company called simply The Brick Company to sell the bricks made from the compressed earth left behind by the tunnel boring machine.
