Lordstown Motors gave rides in prototypes of its upcoming electric Endurance pickup truck on June 21, 2021 as part of its “Lordstown Week” event. Michael Wayland / CNBC Lordstown Motors sa...
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Vestas launches ‘world’s tallest onshore tower for wind turbines’
A Vestas wind turbine photographed in Denmark. The company said Tuesday it would launch an onshore wind turbine tower with a hub height of 199 meters. Jonas Walzberg | Picture Alliance | Getty Images ...
Hurricane Ian makes landfall near Sanibel, Captiva Islands, Florida
Hurricane Ian made landfall over the west coast of Florida as a category 4 storm on Wednesday afternoon, according to the National Hurricane Center. The storm greatly intensified as it neared land, re...
GE to convert gas-fired power station into battery storage facility
Pylons photographed in the U.K. The project involving Centrica and GE will store energy from onshore wind farms in Lincolnshire. Gareth Fuller | PA Images | Getty Images A decommissioned gas-fired pow...
Hertz and BP installing EV chargers in US
Tesla Model 3 electric vehicles at a Hertz neighborhood location. Hertz Hertz is teaming up with oil giant BP to build a new network of electric vehicle charging stations throughout the United States....
EV drivers in Britain see jump in public charging cost
The U.K. has laid out plans to ramp up the number of electric vehicles on its roads over the next few years. Coldsnowstorm | E+ | Getty Images Electric car drivers in the U.K. have seen the cost of us...
Aviation’s race for breakthrough climate change fuel is just starting
American Airlines jet parked at LaGuardia International Airport in New York. Adam Jeffery | CNBC In 1928, one person crossed the Atlantic; in 2018 there were 4.3 billion passenger journeys recorded. ...
WEF Launches Crypto Sustainability Coalition to Leverage Web3 Technologies in Climate Change Battle – Blockchain Bitcoin News
The World Economic Forum (WEF) has launched the Crypto Sustainability Coalition, an initiative dedicated to assessing the role of Web3 technologies in the fight against climate change. The organizatio...
Electric vehicle (EV) sales set to hit an all-time high in 2022, IEA says
Tesla electric cars photographed in Germany on March 21, 2022. According to the International Energy Agency, electric vehicle sales are on course to hit an “all-time high” this year. Sean ...
WEF Launches Coalition to Deal with Climate Change through Web3.0
The World Economic Forum (WEF) has established a Crypto Sustainability Coalition to investigate the capability of Web3 in tackling climate change. In a statement, the WEF noted that blockchain tools w...
Corporate climate commitments improving, with exceptions: Just Capital
Jose A. Bernat Bacete | Moment | Getty Images The vast majority of Americans support both corporate transparency on climate as well as federal requirements for corporations to disclose their climate d...
U.S. approves Kigali Amendment to curb climate-warming chemicals
U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) speaks to the media after the 51-50 vote passed the “Inflation Reduction Act of 2022” on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., U.S. August 7, 2...
Patagonia must remain competitive for climate donation to work: CEO
A Patagonia store signage is seen on Greene Street on September 14, 2022 in New York City. Yvon Chouinard, founder of Patagonia, his spouse and two adult children announced that they will be giving aw...
Big businesses trumpet ESG credentials. Scrutiny is on the rise
As the 2020s progress, discussions about climate change, the environment and issues related to equality and diversity are at the forefront of many people’s minds. The corporate world is no excep...
Seven Ways “Climate Citizens” Can Help Reach America’s Climate Goals
The Inflation Reduction Act is the most important climate action in United States history, estimated to cut U.S. emissions about 40% by 2030 compared to their 2005 peak. But even this generational leg...
Tesla Nevada Gigafactory works to cut Mosquito Fire smoke exposure
Water tender crews monitor a backfire during the Mosquito fire in Foresthill, an unincorporated area of Placer County, California on September 13, 2022. Josh Edelson | AFP | Getty Images As a massive ...
Crypto Traders Liquidated to Tune of Nearly $450,000,000 in Less Than 24 Hours As Macro Climate Shifts
Crypto traders are getting hammered with liquidations, with Ethereum (ETH) bulls seeing the worst of it. According to data from Coinglass, traders have been hit for $448 million in the last 24 hours, ...
9 errors in White House’s report on climate implications of crypto mining
President Joe Biden’s executive order on cryptocurrencies included tasking the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) with carrying out a study into the climate implications of cry...
The Weekend Shift: Crypto, Billionaires, Climate Change
Welcome to the 85th Weekend Shift! What’s the deal? Over the weekend, we’ll update this post with some of the most interesting articles, podcasts, charts, and opinion pieces we’re too busy to write ab...
Bitcoin is Fueling the Climate Crisis: Greenpeace USA
Greenpeace USA – an environmental advocacy group – is calling out Bitcoin for having what it calls an “outdated and efficient” code system. In a tweet on Thursday, the organization doubled down on cl...
Toomey tells SEC chief to be ‘on notice’ that Supreme Court may overrule new climate rule
Republicans on the Senate Banking Committee took aim at Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Gary Gensler’s plan to implement a new rule requiring disclosure of climate change risks during a heari...
Siemens commissions German production plant
A Siemens logo in Germany. The industrial giant says that a newly commissioned green hydrogen plant in the country will use wind and solar power from the Wunsiedel Energy Park. Daniel Karmann | Pictur...
Patagonia Founder Gives Away Entire Company To Fight Climate Change
Topline Patagonia founder Yvon Chouinard and his family—who made a 10-figure fortune from his outdoor outfitter empire—have relinquished their ownership of the 49-year-old company, transferring it to ...
Disruptions In Energy Security And Climate Security Part 2: What’s Coming.
The LNG (liquefied natural gas) tanker Flex Volunteer, in the Loire estuary, France in 2022. AFP via Getty Images Part 1 was about energy and climate security in the present. Alarming recent events ha...
Patagonia founder donates entire company to fight climate change
Yvon Chouinard, founder and owner of Patagonia. Courtesy of Jeff Johnson and Patagonia Patagonia founder Yvon Chouinard, his spouse and two adult children are giving away their ownership in the appare...
Biden announces first round of funding for EV charging network across 35 states
President Joe Biden announced Wednesday the release of the first round of funding for a nationwide electric vehicle charging network, financing the construction of stations in 35 states. “I̵...
Jim Beam ramps up bourbon production in $400 million renewable energy push
Bottles of Jim Beam Kentucky Straight Bourbon whiskey stand on display during a news conference in Tokyo, Japan, Jan. 30, 2020. Noriko Hayashi | Bloomberg | Getty Images Beam Suntory said Wednesday it...
Volvo starts series production of heavy-duty electric trucks
This image shows workers at Volvo Trucks’ plant in Sweden. Volvo Trucks Volvo Trucks said Wednesday that production of three heavy duty electric truck models was now underway, with its president...
UN warns of ‘uncharted territories of destruction’
Boys, victims of the flood, reach out for food from a relief worker, following rains and floods during the monsoon season in Nowshera, Pakistan August 30, 2022. Fayaz Aziz | Reuters The United Nations...
sustainability efforts and profits can coexist
Making profits and doing right by shareholders and working on ways to protect the environment and mitigate climate change are not mutually exclusive, Adam Selipsky, CEO of cloud leader Amazon Web Serv...