Category: Climate Action & Science

The recycling industry creates $184 billion in economic activity each year and supports 603,000 jobs. Unlike most American manufacturing, these jobs cannot be moved to lower-wage countries. Source: Earth911.

The UN body that regulates mining in international waters has defended its authority over ocean governance after two subsidiaries of deep-sea mining firm The Metals Company (TMC) launched legal action to halt an investigation…

The UK’s incoming prime minister Andy Burnham has remained tight-lipped on his views on climate change during his leadership campaign. When asked his views on reversing Labour’s manifesto pledge to stop new North Sea…

Two executive orders signed Monday afternoon slashed the size of the Utah national monuments revered by tribes and public lands advocates. Grazing, mining and drilling interests wanted them opened to extraction.By Wyatt Myskow Monday…

Volkswagen has hooked up with the premium e-bike maker n+ to launch a new two-wheeler billed as the “world’s smarted Ebike.” The post Can The World’s Smartest E-Bike Save Volkswagen? appeared first on CleanTechnica.

Yesterday, Masdar reached financial close on what it calls the “world’s first gigascale Round-the-Clock (RTC) renewable energy project.” As indicated in the title, this project involves a 5.2 gigawatt (GW) solar power installation and…

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The German government has awarded VINCI Concessions subsidiary eliso a contract to install and operate 25 charging stations for heavy vehicles in the north of the country. The contract will run for eight years,…

With plans to slash its lineup by up to 50%, several Volkswagen EVs, including those under the Audi and Porsche brands, may not be around for much longer. Source: Electrek.

Pebble has answered its most common customer question — what’s the smallest vehicle that can tow the Flow electric travel trailer — with a MINI Cooper-sized electric pickup. The company posted photos of TELO’s…

America’s big-box giant installed more DC fast chargers than Electrify America, EVGo, or Ionna. Source: InsideEVs.

America’s offshore wind farms have already shown their ability to keep electricity flowing during brutal winter storms. Now, the clean energy resource has proved it can also bolster the grid during major heat waves.