New Legislation Commits Hawaii To Being Carbon Neutral By 2045
Hawaii has committed to becoming carbon neutral by 2045 — an ambitious goal given how dependent the islands are on supplies delivered by ships and airplanes.
Hawaii has committed to becoming carbon neutral by 2045 — an ambitious goal given how dependent the islands are on supplies delivered by ships and airplanes.
Researchers now say the transition to a low carbon economy has passed the point of no return and that countries that continue to invest in fossil fuels will suffer financially in coming years.
Europeans are in a quandary about whether to build battery factories now or wait for the next generation of solid state batteries to arrive. The decision is not an easy one to make.
288 of the world’s largest investors have written a letter to the G7 leaders, urging them to stop using coal to generate electricity and speed up their actions agreed to in Paris in 2015. A study this week says the world’s nations are still subsidizing fossil fuels to the tune of $100 billion a year.
A joint effort by two EV groups have completed the Round Australia Electric Highway, a network of public chargers that span the entire continent.
Fiat Chrysler says it will have 30 models with some degree of electrification on sale by 2022, although most of them will be ordinary hybrids with all the technical sophistication of a 2005 Prius.
An Norwegian insurance executive claims electric cars get in more road accidents than other cars because they are more powerful than people expect, and the Tesla Model S has been named the most expensive car to insure by the IIHS.
California is at the forefront of US states when it comes to reducing carbon emissions. Nearly 40% of those emissions come from the state’s transportation sector. Not only has California always been ground zero for car culture, but it’s also home to several of the largest ports in America, whose operations depend on heavy-duty trucks powered by diesel engines.
The Trump administration is considering a plan that would order utility companies to purchase electricity from coal and nuclear generating plants even though the cost of that electricity will be higher than what they pay natural gas facilities and renewable suppliers. In other words, the Trump administration wants to force you to buy more expensive, dirtier electricity that is more likely to cause you health problems and perhaps even premature death.
The Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission has issued a directive to three utility companies in the state telling them to include the social cost of coal in their future planning. Under the new guidelines, the cost of coal calculation will be $42 per metric ton by 2020 and rise to $60 per metric ton by 2040.