Ford Mustangs go through assembly at the Ford Flat Rock Assembly Plant August 20, 2015 in Flat Rock, Michigan. Getty Images Ford Motor said Thursday that it will add about 6,200 union jobs in the Midw...
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How Power Contract Transparency Can Help Fight Poverty And Climate Change
Energy is the most important issues of present world. These high voltage power lines passes through … [+] a artificial lake inside Dhaka City where power is a constant crisis and mass people suf...
Southern California water restrictions start today as drought worsens
Paul Ramirez, 54, waters the front lawn at his home on St. Louis St. in Boyle Heights, as his dog Bandit, a 2 year old Yorkshire terrier, jumps for joy. Mel Melcon | Los Angeles Times | Getty Images S...
GM slashes prices of Chevy Bolt EVs despite rising commodity costs
2022 BOLT EUV Source: Chevrolet DETROIT – Despite rising commodity costs, General Motors on Wednesday slashed the price of its 2023 Chevrolet Bolt EV, likely making it the least expensive electric veh...
Ford CEO expects industry consolidation as electric-vehicle transition fuels costs
Ford CEO Jim Farley poses next to a model of the all-new Ford F-150 Lightning electric pickup truck at the Ford Rouge Electric Vehicle Center in Dearborn, Michigan, April 26, 2022. Rebecca Cook | Reut...
GM’s new concept car to revolutionize the brand for EVs
Buick Wildcat concept Buick DETROIT — General Motors on Wednesday unveiled the Buick Wildcat, a new concept car designed to signal a revolutionary change for the brand, as it moves to offer only elect...
Nio May 2022 sales constrained by Covid; XPeng, Li Auto gain ground
Nio began deliveries of its new ET7, an upscale electric sedan, on Monday, March 28, 2022. Nio Chinese electric vehicle maker Nio delivered more than 7,000 vehicles in May, up 4.7% from a year ago but...
Croatian EV supercar maker Rimac raises 500 million euros
Rimac Group, the Croatian company best known for its 1,900 horsepower Nevera electric sports car, said it has raised 500 million euros (about $537 million) from investors including Goldman Sachs, Pors...
Dogecoin Co-Creator Shares Thoughts on Current Crypto Climate
Jackson Palmer – one of Dogecoin’s founders – sees the cryptocurrency space as an ecosystem where wealthy people are getting even more prosperous on the back of tax avoidance or scammed individuals. H...
Siemens Mobility inks $8.7 billion deal for high-speed rail in Egypt
A train passes through a station in Egypt. The project involving Siemens Mobility will use trains that can reach a top speed of 230 kilometers per hour, and the line will be fully electrified. Paulvin...
Japanese Financial Firm Nomura Invests in Blockchain Climate Startup Allinfra – crypto.news
Nomura, a Japan-based financial holding company participated in a $6 million Series A funding round of Allinfra, a Hong-Kong blockchain startup geared toward battling climate change. Allinfra Raises $...
Airbus sets up UK facility to focus on hydrogen tech for aircraft
A model of one of Airbus’ ZEROe concept planes, photographed in November 2021. The firm has said it wants to develop “zero-emission commercial aircraft” by the year 2035. Giuseppe Ca...
How Corporations Like Chevron Use The Law To Get Their Way
In 2008, I attended Chevron’s CVX annual meeting in Richmond, California, alongside indigenous activists from Ecuador concerned about their ownership of Texaco and the legacy of environmental destruct...
SEC unveils rules to prevent misleading claims by ESG funds
Gary Gensler, chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission, at the SEC headquarters in Washington, on July 22, 2021. Melissa Lyttle/Bloomberg via Getty Images The Securities and Exchange Commiss...
Biden moves to protect major Alaska watershed from mining
Humpaback whale in Bristol Bay, Alaska Enrique Aguirre Aves | Photodisc | Getty Images The Biden administration on Wednesday moved to ban the disposal of mining waste in Alaska’s Bristol Bay wat...
Controversial WeWork founders back with crypto solution for climate change
? Want to work with us? CryptoSlate is hiring for a handful of positions! Flowcarbon, which describes itself as “a pioneering climate technology company working to build market infrastructure in the v...
Could GameFi and carbon currencies reverse blockchain’s climate stigma?
Nonfungible tokens (NFT) and blockchain technology have developed an unfortunate stigma in some sections of the community for being bad for the environment. But, could that perception be changed by in...
NOAA forecasts a busy Atlantic hurricane season for 7th straight year
Alonzo Lewis rescues items from his mother’s home after it was destroyed by Hurricane Ida on August 30, 2021 in Laplace, Louisiana. Ida made landfall August 29 as a category 4 storm southwest of...
U.S. Navy climate plan calls to cut emissions, electrify vehicle fleet
U.S. Navy sailors operate onboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) in the Adriatic Sea, off Split, Croatia February 14, 2022. Milan Sabic | Reuters The U.S. Navy on Tuesd...
Stellantis, Samsung to invest $2.5 billion in Indiana EV battery plant
Stellantis CEO Carlos Tavares holds a news conference after meeting with unions, in Turin, Italy, March 31, 2022. Massimo Pinca | Reuters Automaker Stellantis plans to invest more than $2.5 billion in...
Sen. Cruz blasts Larry Fink over ‘woke’ shareholder votes on climate
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) speaks during a news conference at the U.S. Capitol October 6, 2021 in Washington, DC. Alex Wong | Getty Images Sen. Ted Cruz blasted BlackRock CEO Larry Fink on Tuesday for so-ca...
Electric vehicles are in short supply. Here’s what you can find as gas prices soar
Charging port for a Ford Motor Co. Mustang during the Washington Auto Show in Washington, D.C., on Friday, Jan. 21, 2022. Al Drago | Bloomberg | Getty Images As gas prices hit record highs, some Ameri...
Burning gas to produce electricity is ‘stupid,’ the CEO of power giant Enel says
Enel CEO Francesco Starace photographed in 2019. In an interview with CNBC on May 24, 2022, Starace said “you can produce electricity better, cheaper, without using gas.” Giulio Napolitano...
China oil demand must remain weak or we will have tough summer: IEA
Speaking to CNBC on Monday, the executive director of the International Energy Agency spoke about the intricacies of the energy transition and the competing challenges that will need to be balanced in...
Why the first autonomous vehicles winners won’t be in your driveway
An Apollo Robotaxi runs at Shougang Park as Baidu launches China’s first driverless taxi service in the city on May 2, 2021 in Beijing, China. He Luqi | Qianlong.com | Visual China Group | Getty...
Electric vehicle prices rise at Tesla, Rivian, GM and other carmakers
Tesla’s Model 3 at the Tesla store in Washington, D.C. Salwan Georges | The Washington Post | Getty Images Automakers from Tesla to Rivian to Cadillac are hiking prices on their electric vehicle...
Climate Change And Y2K, Elon Musk Calls ESG ‘A Scam’ And A Way To Beat Forever Chemicals
This week’s Current Climate, which every Saturday brings you the latest news about the business of sustainability. Sign up to get it in your inbox every week. Two digit dates had the potential to caus...
Ripple Invests $100 Million into Combating Climate Change
Alex Dovbnya Ripple has committed $100 million to bolster global carbon credit market Blockchain company Ripple has announced a $100 million investment in fighting climate change. The nine-figure fund...
Hope For The Formula Shortage, McDonald’s Leaves Russia, And Soaring Chicken Prices
Through the early weeks of the pandemic, fake meat sales grew some 200% at retail, and that hype helped drive the sector to secure more than $2 billion in funding. A lot of that came from venture capi...
Ripple Utilizing XRP To Fight Climate Change, Commits $100M to Prop Global Carbon Markets ⋆ ZyCrypto
Advertisement     San Francisco-based fintech firm Ripple has doled out $100 million in a range of efforts to fight against climate change. The funds will be directed ...
Hyundai to invest $5.5 billion to build EVs and batteries in Georgia
The logo of Hyundai is shown at the #WeAreMobility fair at the 97th edition of the Brussels Motor Show on 18 January 2019, in Brussels. Dirk Waem | AFP via Getty Images Hyundai Motor on Friday confirm...
Ripple Invests $100M in Carbon Markets in Effort to Address Climate Change
Back in 2020, Ripple initially announced its intention to go carbon neutral by 2030. In the same year, the protocol helped to decarbonize the XRPL, making it the first major blockchain to become carbo...