Engineering
Increasing energy efficiency in buildings can save money—and it can also decrease the carbon emissions and air pollution that lead to climate change and health harms. But the climate and health benefits of reducing buildings' ...
Sep 11, 2023
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Energy & Green Tech
If the region surrounding Chicago—North America's largest freight hub—shifted just 30% of its current on-road heavy-duty vehicles to electric versions, it would substantially reduce pollution and save hundreds of lives ...
Sep 5, 2023
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Energy & Green Tech
The green transition is happening too slowly. We are in a climate emergency and it is clear that we need to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by transitioning to more sustainable transportation.
Aug 28, 2023
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Energy & Green Tech
Whenever you fill up your gas tank, a portion of that fuel, usually around 10%, comes from corn ethanol—the most abundant biofuel produced by the United States. The industry for corn ethanol and other biofuels has exploded ...
May 24, 2023
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Business
The US space agency NASA is teaming up with aviation giant Boeing to develop a next-generation commercial aircraft that emits less carbon.
Jan 19, 2023
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Energy & Green Tech
A new study led by Argonne National Laboratory has found that electric vehicles will soon have the potential to cost less to own and operate than traditional gas vehicles, all while cutting greenhouse gas emissions by half ...
Oct 27, 2022
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Energy & Green Tech
One of the world's biggest climate challenges is decarbonizing fossil energy uses that cannot be directly electrified using renewable power. Among so-called "hard-to-abate" (HTA) sectors are major industries that rely on ...
Sep 29, 2022
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Energy & Green Tech
An EU-backed project has started up a pilot CO2 capture plant in Norway. Such developments will go a long way in transforming the EU into a modern, resource-efficient and competitive economy with no net greenhouse gas emissions ...
Aug 29, 2022
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Energy & Green Tech
Australia's energy ministers on Friday voted to make emissions reduction a key national energy goal, in a major step forward in the clean energy transition.
Aug 12, 2022
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Business
The COVID-19 pandemic changed the way grocery stores do business, with online sales rising more than 50% from 2019 to 2020 in the United States.
Aug 8, 2022
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