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Coal-Heavy Queensland Commits $2 Billion to Clean Energy Jobs
Australia’s fossil-heavy state of Queensland is committing A$2 billion to create what Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk called a “self-reinforcing cycle of investment—a job-generating clean energy ... -
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Ford’s New Electric Truck Offers Backup Home Energy Storage
Ford Motor Co. may have introduced a major, new twist in the off-grid energy storage market, thanks to a feature of its new F-150 ... -
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Investment Must Triple by 2030 to Hit 1.5°C Target, IEA Warns
Global clean energy investment must triple by 2030 to fulfill the projected 1.5°C future in the International Energy Agency’s net-zero by 2050 roadmap, the ... -
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Renewables in South Australia Grid Leap from 0 to 60% in Just 14 Years
The breakaway success of the South Australian electricity grid, which literally took renewable energy from zero to 60% of total demand in just 14 ... -
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Biden Connects Climate to Jobs as Coal Miners Hold Out for Results
With a US$2-trillion infrastructure plan on offer, and a $1.8-trillion American Families Plan backing it up, U.S. President Joe Biden took advantage of his ... -
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Analysts See Ford’s F-150 Electric Truck Bringing EV’s to Mainstream
A Twitter video this week of a smiling U.S. President Joe Biden trying out an F-150 Lightning electric truck along a Ford Motor Co. ... -
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Critics Pounce after Kerry Says 2050 Carbon Cuts Depend on ‘Technologies We Don’t Yet Have’
U.S. climate envoy John Kerry is receiving severe pushback for his comment in a weekend interview that half of the greenhouse gas emission reductions ... -
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Community Solar Microgrid to Save $4 Million for Northern Ontario First Nation
Nearly three dozen households in the Taykwa Tagamou Nation in northern Ontario stand to save hundreds of dollars per month on their power bills ... -
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Good ‘Regulatory Tailwinds’ Prompt Lion Electric to Build in Illinois
Quebec-based electric school bus and truck manufacturer Lion Electric is citing a friendly operating environment in its decision last week to locate a US$70-million ... -
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Victoria LNG Project Gets Swept Away in Australian Renewable Energy Surge
As Australian energy provider AGL officially pulls the plug on its proposed Victoria coast LNG import terminal, a new report predicts a surge in ... -
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New York School E-Bus Fleet Could Help Utility Cut Peak Power Demand
An energy management company in Baltimore and a fleet operations company from California are looking to electric vehicles as “mobile microgrids” to help utilities ... -
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Biden Connects Climate to Jobs as Coal Miners Hold Out for Results
With a US$2-trillion infrastructure plan on offer, and a $1.8-trillion American Families Plan backing it up, U.S. President Joe Biden took advantage of his ... -
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Federal Budget Puts $17.6 Billion into Green Recovery, Tips 36% Emissions Cut by 2030
The federal government is getting decidedly mixed reviews for a 2021 budget that announces but doesn’t quite spell out C$17.6 billion in green recovery ... -
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‘Battery Swapping’ Could Boost EV Uptake
Biden administration officials gearing up to fund 500,000 fast-charging stations for electric vehicles might be better off investing in the mechanics of “battery swapping”, ... -
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Biden Jobs, Infrastructure Plan Aims to ‘Turbocharge the Transition’ Off Fossil Fuels
U.S. President Joe Biden travelled to Pittsburgh last Wednesday to unveil a US$2-billion jobs and infrastructure plan that includes a 10-year, $650-billion commitment to ...
