The West has a new front in the war over electric cars

Grist News

March 12, 2021

A carbon-free future requires a lot of mining. A battle brewing in Nevada shows it won’t be easy.

Orlando's journey to accelerate sustainability and resilience

GreenBiz Group

March 11, 2021

Cities are home to more than 50 percent of the global population and as a result are presented with ever-growing challenges, including finding a balance between social equity, economic vitality and environmental sustainability. Cities also have extraordinary potential to enable change and the ability to find harmony between people, prosperity and the planet that creates a better future for

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The world’s first ‘carbon-neutral’ cargo ship is already low on gas

Grist News

March 8, 2021

Shipping giant Maersk announced plans for a green methanol-powered vessel by 2023. But there isn't enough of the fuel to go around.

FedEx pledges to be carbon neutral by 2040

GreenBiz Group

March 3, 2021

Global logistics giant FedEx on Wednesday announced a goal to be carbon neutral by 2040. The plan includes a $2 billion investment across electric vehicles, clean energy for operations and a new academic center with Yale focused on capturing carbon. FedEx — which uses over 180,000 vehicles to deliver packages across continents and operates the world's largest cargo airline — has

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EVs are just one part of sustainable transportation

GreenBiz Group

February 17, 2021

Want more great analysis of electric and sustainable transport? Sign up for Transport Weekly, our free email newsletter. While electric vehicles hold big promise in 2021, another aspect of decarbonizing transportation could get major support this year: reducing car driving. Cutting down on car trips isn't about guilt-tripping folks into abandoning cars. Many of us need to use cars. It's

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The Future of Urban Travel

Karlyn McKell

February 9, 2021

Technology is rapidly changing the way we commute, travel and transport our goods and COVID-19 has sped up some innovation. Discover the big changes coming to our cities roadways and skies.

Networks gear up for electric vehicle grid demands

Sustainability Matters

February 9, 2021

The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) has announced $1.6 million in funding to Jemena to undertake a residential electric vehicle (EV) charging trial with four other electricity networks in the ACT, Victoria and Tasmania. Jemena will work with Distribution Network Service Providers (DNSP) AusNet, Evoenergy, TasNetworks and United Energy on a 176 EV residential trial to demonstrate the use of

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Regional NSW ripe for local EV manufacturing hub

Sustainability Matters

February 8, 2021

A local manufacturing hub in an established NSW regional centre, such as Lithgow, would speed up the NSW Government’s electric vehicle (EV) vision for the state, according to Western Sydney Regional Organisation of Councils (WSROC). NSW Minister for Roads and Transport Andrew Constance recently launched Western Sydney’s first electric-powered bus in Leppington, marking a key step in the

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Electric car batteries with 5-minute charging times produced

Grist News

January 24, 2021

first factory production means recharging could soon be as fast as filling up petrol or diesel vehicles.

The electric revolution needs sustainable battery materials

GreenBiz Group

January 20, 2021

To electrify many of the world's vehicles in the coming years, the EV industry will need to procure a massive amount of lithium-ion batteries. And that will require brand-new sources and technologies to find, extract and process battery materials such as lithium, cobalt and nickel. These materials currently are extracted from beneath the earth through mining. Sometimes that mining process is

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