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Oceans reached record heat, acidity in 2021: UN report
A diver inspects transplanted coral near Dibba Port in Fujairah, United Arab Emirates, June 15, 2020. Christopher Pike | Reuters Oceans reached their hottest and most acidic levels on record last year...
Keeping Illinois nuclear plants open saving some customers $237 a year
Byron, UNITED STATES: The Exelon Byron Nuclear Generating Stations running at full capacity 14 May, 2007, in Byron, Illinois. (Photo credit should read JEFF HAYNES/AFP via Getty Images) JEFF HAYNES | ...
How Big Oil sells off polluting assets in a bid to look green
An oil flare burns at Repsol’s oil refining complex in Cartagena, Spain. Repsol was one of the top sellers of assets between 2017 and 2021 in EDF’s analysis. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty ...
Climate change made India heatwave 100x more likely: U.K . Met Office
A farmer pours water on himself while working at a wheat farm in the Ludhiana district of Punjab, India, on Sunday, May 1, 2022. T. Narayan | Bloomberg | Getty Images The blistering heatwave in northw...
Why Tesla was kicked out of the S&P 500’s ESG index
An aerial view of the Tesla Fremont Factory on May 13, 2020 in Fremont, California. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images The S&P 500 booted electric vehicle maker Tesla from its ESG Index in an annual r...
EV battery costs set to spike as raw material shortages drags on
Attendees look at the all-electric Ford F-150 Lightning pickup truck at the Washington Auto Show in Washington on Tuesday, January 25, 2022. Bill Clark | CQ-Roll Call, Inc. | Getty Images The cost to ...
Seaweed could be a vital ingredient in the fight against climate change
Like many coastal communities around the world, people living by the sea in the United Kingdom have harvested and consumed seaweed for centuries. In Wales, Welsh laverbread — made from cooking a type ...
Toyota ramps up efforts to look at potential of hydrogen vehicles
One of Toyota’s Sora busess photographed in Japan on Nov. 5, 2021. Toyota started working on the development of fuel-cell vehicles back in 1992. Korekore | Istock Editorial | Getty Images Toyota...
Argo AI robotaxis ditch human safety drivers in Miami and Austin
Argo AI begins driverless operations in Miami and Austin. Courtesy: Argo AI Robotaxi start-up Argo AI said Tuesday it has begun operating its autonomous test vehicles without human safety drivers in t...
FastBlade tidal turbine testing site opens in Scotland
An image of the £4.6 million FastBlade facility. Scotland has a long association with North Sea oil and gas production, but in recent years it’s also become a hub for companies and projects focu...
Electric vehicle stocks surge
Rivian R1T all-electric truck in Times Square on listing day, on Wednesday, Nov. 10, 2021 in New York. Ann-Sophie Fjello-Jensen | AP Beaten-up shares of several electric-vehicle start-ups moved sharpl...
Rivian recalls some R1T trucks over child airbag defect
Rivian R1T Field pickup Source: Rivian Rivian Automotive is recalling some of its electric pickups because of an airbag defect that could injure a child in a crash, according to a letter from the Nati...
Tesla CEO Elon Musk dismisses hydrogen as tool for energy storage
Elon Musk has a history of expressing strong opinions about hydrogen and hydrogen fuel cells. A few years ago, when the subject came up during a discussion with reporters at the Automotive News World ...
Lordstown Motors factory sale to Foxconn closes
Workers install door hinges to the body shell of a prototype Endurance electric pickup truck on June 21, 2021 at Lordstown Motors’ assembly plant in Ohio. Michael Wayland / CNBC Embattled electr...
Rivian (RIVN) Q1 2022 earnings
Production of electric Rivian R1T pickup trucks on April 11, 2022 at the company’s plant in Normal, Ill. Michael Wayland / CNBC Electric vehicle maker Rivian Automotive on Wednesday maintained i...
Plugin Weather Forecast Node by XDC Supercharges Climate Data Modules with Blockchain Instruments
Vladislav Sopov Powered by XDC Network’s distributed infrastructure, Plugin Weather Forecast Node changes the narrative in real-world adoption of blockchain tools With the growing threat of climate ch...
How electric pickups stack up in price, range
SAN ANTONIO — Ford Motor’s new F-150 Lightning is an electric pickup truck. That may seem obvious given it looks like a truck and has electric motors and a battery pack instead of an engine, but...
VW is looking to bring back the Scout brand as an electric vehicle
This image, from 2019, is of a refurbished Scout. The brand was originally built by International Harvester between 1961 and 1980. Future Publishing | Future Publishing | Getty Images Volkswagen is pl...
Is Bitcoin The Climate Savior?
Since Bitcoin has risen to prominence, the media has attacked the crowned asset based on its power consumption. As per The Guardian, one Bitcoin transaction utilizes a similar amount of energy that a ...
How Plugin’s Blockchain Technology Helps Industries Adapt To Climate Change
With the growing threat of climate change, many industries need precise weather forecasting every hour. Plugin’s blockchain solution provides decentralized, verifiable weather data. Problems with exis...
A Carbon Tax Won’t Fight Climate Change, But Will Make Life More Expensive
A misguided group in Congress is trying to hammer out a scheme to levy tariffs on such imports as steel, cement and aluminum, whose production in certain countries supposedly causes a higher output of...
Rivian (RIVN) Q1 2022 earnings preview
Rivian CEO RJ Scaringe inside the company’s customer experience center outside of its plant on Aptil 11, 2022 in Normal, Ill. Michael Wayland / CNBC Electric-vehicle maker Rivian Automotive will...
Lordstown Motors RIDE Q1 2022 earnings loss Foxconn
The Lordstown Motors Corp. Endurance electric pickup truck sits on stage during an unveiling event in Lordstown, Ohio, U.S., on Thursday, June 25, 2020. Matthew Hatcher | Bloomberg | Getty Images Stru...
Rivian stock plummets as Ford sells shares of EV start-up
Production of electric Rivian R1T pickup trucks on April 11, 2022 at the company’s plant in Normal, Ill. Michael Wayland / CNBC Shares of Rivian Automotive opened Monday at a new low following a...
Here’s how the crypto market is tackling the climate question
Over the past few years, we have seen a drastic increase of the cryptocurrency market. From being relatively unknown, the phenomenon rose to a buzzword almost overnight. The market keeps expanding by ...
Ice cream freezers to get ‘warmed up’ in trial by Unilever
According to Unilever, the industry standard for freezer temperatures in many markets stands at minus 18 degrees Celsius (around 0 degrees Fahrenheit). The temperature of freezers in the trials will b...
Orsted moves forward with plans to grow corals on wind turbines
Alongside their natural beauty, coral reefs have an important role to play in the natural world. According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, around one quarter of the ocean’...
Lucid (LCID) earnings Q1 2022
CEO Peter Rawlinson poses at the Lucid Motors plant in Casa Grande, Arizona, U.S. September 28, 2021. Caitlin O’Hara | Reuters Electric luxury vehicle maker Lucid Group said Thursday it now has ...
HSBC Executive’s Incendiary Climate Comments
The HSBC building is seen at Canary Wharf March 1, 2004 in London, England. The London-based bank, … [+] which operates in 79 countries, gave an upbeat tone for the global economy, including its...