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Paris Closes Famed Champs-Elysees To Host Giant Open-Air Picnic

27 May 2024 | Synopsis

"...4,000 people sat in the sun enjoying an alfresco meal...provided with free baskets loaded with delicacies from some top Paris chefs, including puff pastries and creative sandwiches.

"A top tourist attraction, the avenue has been gradually abandoned by locals in recent years.

"Committee...due to present a 1,800-page study of possible ways to reinvent the Champs-Elysees."

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Students Press School Leaders To Buy An Electric School Bus

27 May 2024 | Synopsis

"Grace MacDonald has one last thing to accomplish before she graduates from Roseville (MN) Area High School...persuade the Roseville School Board apply for a federal grant to bring an electric school bus to the district.

"Students for Climate Action teamed with the environmental nonprofit MN350 and has stayed resolute in its desire to see the district apply for an electric school bus grant or switch to another bus company that will."

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Scientists Explore Mushrooms As Potential Solution For Problems With Global Energy Storage Applications - Here's How It Could Revolutionize Clean Energy

27 May 2024 | Synopsis

"Mycelium's unique properties, including its large surface area and ability to form intricate networks, make it a promising sustainable solution.

"When transformed into carbon, mycelium from certain mushroom species demonstrates higher electrical conductivity and storage capacity than other bio-based carbons. This makes mycelium a candidate for greener supercapacitors.

"When combined with algae, these fungal fuel cells produce electricity as protons move between the species."

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GM Says EV Hurdles Are 'Not An Issue Now' As New Models roll Out

23 May 2024 | Synopsis

"Barra confirmed the (battery cell) issues are 'behind us now.'

"The company aims to build 200,000 to 300,000 EVs this year, about 20 times more than GM did in 2024...Despite recent plans to boost its hybrid lineup, GM has several important all-electric models rolling out this year...With the $7,500 EV tax credit included, the electric Blazer can be bought for as low as $42,695. That’s for the base 2LT AWD model with up to 279 miles range.

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'EV Health Checker' Creator ClearWatt Reaches £200,000 Fundraising Target With Latest Investment From Prova

23 May 2024 | Synopsis

EV Health Checker app provides consumers and dealers with critical information needed to make more informed purchase decisions...by measuring and certifying EV battery health

"By using mobile telematics to collect driving data and measure key battery indicators, our self-service mobile app measures and certifies EV battery health..on a mission to revolutionise the second-hand EV marketplace by providing clarity, reassurance and certainty..."

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Kia Targets Mid-$40,000 Range For Smaller EV3 To 'Extend EV Ownership'

23 May 2024 | Synopsis

"The EV3 will have a choice of either a 58.3 or an 81.4-kilowatt-hour battery, using the fourth generation of Kia’s battery technology... Kia wants to tell Americans that the EV3 will have a range of more than 300 miles.

"The EV3 marks the next step in Kia's strategic journey of transformation to be a sustainable mobile solutions provider, and underscores our determination to create world-leading electric vehicles that are accessible to all."

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Global Warming Price Tag Hits $215 Trillion

23 May 2024 | Synopsis

"...new New Energy Outlook...shows that between now and 2050 [that] it will require a $215 trillion investment to keep rising temperatures at 1.75 degrees C above preindustrial levels.

"Bloomberg number is ten times the current US GDP, meaning the $215 trillion may not be available...Bloomberg number is ten times the current US GDP, meaning the $215 trillion may not be available.

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"Climate Arsonists": 8 Major Oil Companies Fail to Align With Paris Agreement

23 May 2024 | Synopsis

"Oil Change International's Big Oil Reality Check report, released Tuesday, concludes that the plans of BP, Chevron, ConocoPhillips, Eni, Equinor, ExxonMobil, Shell, and TotalEnergies would actually put the world on track for more than 2.4°C of warming...American fossil fuel corporations are the worst of the worst..Oil Change found that six out of the eight companies have official plans to increase oil and gas production..."

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We Get More Useful Energy Out Of Renewables Than Fossil Fuels

22 May 2024 | Synopsis

"It costs less energy to get fossil fuels, but we can't use them as efficiently

"...the researchers propose an alternate form of the energy return on investment (EROI) -something they call useful-stage EROI...oil products are at only 2, meaning we only get about twice as much energy out of gasoline as we put into producing and using it.

"Renewable energy...like wind and solar...can be used for things like heating, rail and road transit..."

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Study: Dip In Demand For Electric Cars Will Soon Be Over

22 May 2024 | Synopsis

"...market researchers are already forecasting rising market shares for 2025 in their EU Passenger Car Report 2024. Last year, 16 per cent of new vehicles sold in Europe were purely electric cars...the figure is expected to rise to 23 per cent as early as 2025, then to 33 per cent two years later and to 48 per cent in 2029.

"...research team...argues that technical progress, economies of scale and new competitors (presumably from China) will lead to price reductions for electric cars."

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