Tag: zero
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Global Briefing: French court orders government to justify failure to deliver bolder climate plan
French legal rulings, Indonesian forest protection efforts, and plans to make Australia a renewables superpower, all feature in this week’s green business round-up from around the world Court gives French government three months to explain why climate plan is not in line with emissions goals France has this week become the latest country where climate…
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Walmart drives toward zero-emission goal for its entire fleet by 2040
Walmart drives toward zero-emission goal for its entire fleet by 2040 Katie Fehrenbacher Wed, 09/23/2020 – 01:50 If you needed any more evidence that America’s vehicle fleets are driving toward zero-emission status, it’s this: Walmart just announced that it will electrify and zero out emissions from all Walmart vehicles, including long haul trucks, by 2040. That…
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Invest in bus travel to drive green recovery, studies urge
Public transport ‘essential’ to driving economic activity, study argues, as bus operator First Group pledges zero emission fleet by 2035 Increased investment in bus travel across England is “essential” to driving the economic recovery from Covid-19, boosting community connectivity and slashing transport emissions, fresh research published today by Greener Journeys argues. A study carried out…
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California’s new truck rule: It’s big, it’s bold, it’s controversial
California’s epic clean truck rule has arrived. It’s big. It’s bold. It’s controversial. After months of discussion, last week the California Air Resources Board (CARB) unanimously approved the Advanced Clean Truck rule, which says that more than half of the trucks sold in California have to be zero-emission by 2035. By 2045, all new commercial trucks sold in California must be…
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The time for electric trucks and buses is now
The Timing for electric Buses and Trucks is Currently Katie Fehrenbacher Wed, 06/10/2020 – 01:30 Regardless of the pandemic, earnings of electric trucks and buses are expected to spike from the United States and Canada over the next few years. And maybe, surprising to many, they will soar within this year (the year that may…
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‘Why are you not Elon Musk?’: The new boss of an oil-and-gas titan isn’t leaving clean energy to Tesla
Getty Images British oil-and-gas titan BP stated on Wednesday that it intends to lower its overall emissions to net zero and shift investment. Bloomberg TV anchor Alix Steel asked BP CEO Bernard Looney why he doesn’t leave clean energy to companies like Tesla that can”think out of the box in a particular way” and aren’t”moving…