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  • Time to retire ‘hard to abate’ as climate solutions become more affordable

    In a world of BS talking points… it’s heartening to see this one die. Michael Liebreich, chief executive officer of Liebreich Associates and managing partner of EcoPragma Capital, is more blunt. “There are no longer any so-called hard-to-abate sectors,” he wrote for BloombergNEF earlier this year. “There are only some sectors in which clean solutions…

  • Uber deal could add 100,000 ridehailing EVs to roads

    This feels like a gigantic deal… not in numbers, but in impact. Uber is teaming up with BYD to bring 100,000 of the Chinese automaker’s electric vehicles to the ridesharing app. The multiyear partnership will roll out in Europe and Latin America first, giving drivers “best-in-class pricing and financing” for BYD vehicles used with Uber. https://www.theverge.com/2024/7/31/24210369/uber-byd-partnership-ride-hailing-evs That…

  • Ford saw a $1.1 billion loss in its EV business, dragging Q2 profit well below Wall Street forecast

    Shares of Ford Motor Co. fell 11.6% in the extended session Wednesday after the car maker reported quarterly profits well below Wall Street’s expectations and notched another billion-dollar loss on EVs. https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/ford-saw-a-11-billion-loss-in-its-ev-business-dragging-q2-profit-well-below-wall-street-forecast/ar-BB1qzrGo This is the thing I don’t get, right. EVs are less complex than ICE vehicles… so why aren’t Western auto makers able to…

  • WHERE SEAS ARE RISING AT ALARMING SPEED

    The Gulf of Mexicohas experienced twice the global average rate of sea level rise since 2010, a Post analysis of satellite data shows. Few other places on the planet have seen similar rates of increase, such as the North Sea near the United Kingdom. “Since 2010, it’s very abnormal and unprecedented,” said Jianjun Yin, a climate…

  • More than one in five cars sold worldwide this year will be electric — IEA

    Electric cars sales in China are projected to reach 10 million this year, accounting for about 45% of all car sales in the world’s largest automotive market. This is why oil giant Sinopec recently said gasoline demand in the country likely peaked in 2023.

  • China will hit 1,200GW wind and solar target this year, IEA says

    China will have 1,200 gigawatts (GW) of installed wind and solar energy capacity by the end of 2024 — a full six years earlier than the government had targeted, according to the International Energy Agency’s estimates. Why it matters: The IEA says the unrivalled renewables boom underway in the world’s second-largest economy has increased the chances…

  • Indigenous Peoples’ Food Systems and Agroecology: Synergies and Convergences

    Indigenous food systems are systems of production, distribution, and consumption of foods based on Traditional Knowledge and practices of Indigenous Peoples. These systems are characterized by their diversity, sustainability, and resilience, which makes them preferable to conventional industrial food systems. In a webinar organized by the Agroecology Fund (AEF) in November 2023, representatives of Indigenous Peoples and non-governmental organizations…

  • A vision for the alleviation of water scarcity in the US Southwest and the revitalization of the Salton Sea

    Casey’s writing on solar power has transformed the way I look at at power related problems… when you realize we have an unlimited amount of power raining from the sky (that we can capture) then it changes the economics of problems. Cheap and power inefficient becomes the play of the day. The advent of cheap…

  • Why We Need Socialism

  • The Value of Indigenous Knowledge in Permafrost Research

    Permafrost emissions are the climate change issue that really keep me awake at night. Like wild fires we need to tap into the lived knowledge of the people who have inhabited that biome for centuries if we’re to stand any chance. But according to Patrick Murphy, a field research technician with the Woodwell Climate Research…