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WEBFossil Phaseout Pledge at Risk as UN Climate Finance Negotiations Bog Down. Petrostates preparing for this year’s United Nations climate summit, COP29, are pushing to roll back the signature commitment to phase out fossil fuels that countries adopted at the end of last year’s COP negotiations. Energy Politics.
Researchers Find Clues to Extending EV Battery Life
WEB7 hours ago · Toney’s research team, which included partnerships with Argonne National Laboratory and other universities to conduct the study, published its findings in an article titled “Solvent-mediated oxide hydrogenation in layered cathodes” in the academic journal Science. Lithium-ion batteries are currently a crucial component of the electric vehicles that climate advocates say are key to ...
Cut Emissions 50-55% by 2035, Advisory Body Urges Ottawa
WEB8 hours ago · Cut Emissions 50-55% by 2035, Advisory Body Urges Ottawa. Canada should aim to reduce its climate pollution 50 to 55% from 2005 levels by 2035 and develop a carbon budget for its future emissions to keep pace with the “ambitious climate goals of its G7 partners,” the country’s Net Zero Advisory Body (NZAB) concludes in a report issued ...
‘Massive Victory’ for Nuclear as Three Mile Island Plant Set to …
WEB3 days ago · Primary Author: Marc Levy and Marc O’Brien. The owner of the shuttered Three Mile Island nuclear power plant said Friday that it plans to restart the reactor under a 20-year agreement that calls for tech giant Microsoft to buy the power to supply its data centres with carbon-free energy. The announcement by Constellation Energy, the country ...
Quebec Plant Unscathed For Now as Northvolt Cuts 1/5 of Global …
WEB7 hours ago · The Quebec government says it has received assurances that the Northvolt AB electric vehicle battery plant under construction at Saint-Basil-le-Grand, on Montreal’s South Shore, won’t see any immediate job losses after the Stockholm-based manufacturer announced it is laying off about one-fifth of its global work force.
‘Communicating Fire’ Spotlights ‘Really Charismatic Symptom’ of …
WEB5 hours ago · Subscribe. Fire is a “really charismatic symptom” of climate change, Vaillant told The Energy Mix. “We are hardwired to respond to fire and notice it, in the same way we’re hardwired to notice guns, and sudden movement in the person sitting next to you.”. Humanity’s connection to fire dates back before Homo sapiens, he said.
Cities Must Prepare for ‘Absolute Certainty’ of Power Outage
WEB1 day ago · Cities across the United States and Canada must do more to prepare for the lethal convergence of extended power outages and lengthy heat waves, say experts on both sides of the border. Christine B. Davis, of Humble, Texas (birthplace of Humble Oil, later Exxon) was 110 when she died this past summer. Cause …
Affordable Housing Squeezed as Climate Hits Insurance Market
WEB1 day ago · Back east, last year’s insurance hike of 62% hamstrung efforts to refinance capital improvements on a 129-unit low-income housing development in Rhode Island. “Overall, nearly one-third of affordable housing providers reported increases of at least 25%,” reports the Times, citing a National Leased Housing Association survey from last fall.
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WEBThe Energy Mix is a community news site and e-digest on climate change, energy, and the shift off carbon. It’s published by Energy Mix Productions Inc., a Canadian non-profit headquartered on unceded Algonquin Anishnaabe territory, also known as Ottawa. We respect the sovereignty of the many Indigenous peoples and communities on whose land ...