With a new generation of EVs beginning to hit the market, and massive numbers of public chargers under construction from coast to coast, the electric future is beginning to take shape.
Washington D.C has unanimously passed a bill to ensure the state runs on 100 per cent renewable energy by 2032.
By the year 2029, all new mass transit buses in the whole state will have to be fully electric, according to a new rule adopted unanimously by the California Air Resources Board (CARB).
The projects funded by the new investment could help cut carbon emissions equivalent to those created by 800,000 cars a year.
Greenpeace, which has long pressured the palm oil giant to monitor its suppliers across all of their operations, hailed the move as a “potential breakthrough.”
More than 680 gigawatts (GW) of new wind power is expected to come online around the globe in the next decade, more than doubling current capacity, according to new research from Wood Mackenzie Power & Renewables.
Electricity from sugar cane now accounts for 14 percent of the island’s needs and, when combined with other renewable sources such as solar, wind and hydro, provides nearly a quarter of daily consumption.
The MDBs’ commitment goes beyond specific MDBs’ 2020 and 2030 climate finance targets, and builds on their ongoing contribution to climate finance, which amounted to US$35 billion in developing and emerging economies in 2017.
Free mass transit will be available across Luxembourg from the beginning of 2020 – making it the first country in the world to do so.
Volkswagen’s strategy chief, Michael Jost, told attendees at the Handelsblatt automotive summit conference on Tuesday that the company will launch its last generation of gas-powered cars in 2026.
