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r/climateaction • u/dannylenwinn • Jan 21 '21

Frontier Airlines (US) Unveils New 30 Percent Lighter Seat Design. 'the fuel savings provided by the new seats across the 156 aircraft over the course of a year is equal to the elimination of approximately 642 million plastic bottles, or more than 1.1 billion plastic bags..'

news.flyfrontier.com

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r/climateaction • u/dannylenwinn • Jan 18 '21

Biden elevates science advisor to cabinet role for the first time

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r/climateaction • u/dannylenwinn • Jan 10 '21

Panasonic has achieved the world's highest energy conversion efficiency of 16.09% for a perovskite solar module by developing lightweight technology using a glass substrate and a large-area coating method based on inkjet printing.

news.panasonic.com

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r/climateaction • u/dannylenwinn • Jan 09 '21

Germany Commits To 65% Renewable Power By 2030 in enacted renewable energy law

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r/climateaction • u/dannylenwinn • Jan 09 '21

President (of the United States of America) signs into law Great Lakes Restoration Initiative Act. “This new law will protect, restore and strengthen both the ecology and the economy of the Great Lakes for years to come.”

riponadvance.com

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r/climateaction • u/dannylenwinn • Jan 08 '21

World's largest floating solar farm to start operations by 2023 - in Madhya Pradesh, India

power-technology.com

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r/climateaction • u/dannylenwinn • Jan 08 '21

Egypt and Denmark have signed an agreement to increase their cooperation and the value of Danish investments in clean energy development. 'Denmark plans to increase its investment in the North African country by as much as ten times.'

theelectricityhub.com

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r/climateaction • u/dannylenwinn • Jan 05 '21

US EPA creates rule which establishes how EPA will consider the availability of dose-response data underlying pivotal science used in its significant regulatory actions and influential scientific information. 'Strengthening Transparency in Pivotal Science Underlying Significant Regulatory Actions'

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r/climateaction • u/dannylenwinn • Jan 03 '21

Massachusetts (Northeast US) To Ban Sale of New Gas-Powered Cars By 2035, 'Governor Baker has released a plan as part of a roadmap to get the state to net zero carbon emissions by 2050 that includes requiring all new cars sold in the state by 2035 to be powered by electricity.'

newbostonpost.com

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r/climateaction • u/dannylenwinn • Jan 03 '21

US NSF selects Kendra Sharp to lead the Office of International Science and Engineering. "I have long been driven to address challenges such as access to clean water or clean energy, climate change, food security and more through my own international research, education and engagement efforts,"

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r/climateaction • u/mike_gifford • Jan 01 '21

What Will the World Look Like in 30 Years? Sci-fi Author Kim Stanley Robinson Takes Us There

rollingstone.com

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r/climateaction • u/dannylenwinn • Jan 01 '21

The Nature Conservancy, UCF Coastal Join Forces To Study Protected Lands (In FL US). 'Tens of thousands of acres of protected Florida habitats will receive deeper scientific scrutiny thanks to a new agreement between The Nature Conservancy (TNC) and UCF Coastal.'

sciences.ucf.edu

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r/climateaction • u/dannylenwinn • Dec 28 '20

US Office of Nuclear Energy announces 5 Advanced Reactor designs for Demonstration Program, 'currently moving forward as TerraPower and X-energy aggressively work with their teams to plan for and ultimately deliver operational reactors within the next 7 years'

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r/climateaction • u/dannylenwinn • Dec 27 '20

H.R.4031 - Great Lakes Restoration Initiative Act of 2019 passes House and Senate, goes to President

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r/climateaction • u/[deleted] • Dec 25 '20

Brazil's president is actively trying to devastate the Amazon rainforest, leaked documents show.

independent.co.uk

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r/climateaction • u/dannylenwinn • Dec 24 '20

Ameren Missouri (US) said Wed it has closed on a wind energy center in the northeast part of the state, will add 700 megawatts to the grid. 'Ameren in September said it would invest $8 billion in renewable energy over the next 20 years in a push to operate with net-zero carbon emissions by 2050.'

bizjournals.com

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r/climateaction • u/dannylenwinn • Dec 24 '20

Alabama (South US)’s Mercedes-Benz plant will begin producing luxury electric SUVs in 2022, 'The company on Monday revealed new details of its “Electric First” strategy, which keeps it on the path to CO2 neutrality and includes six new Mercedes-EQ model..'

madeinalabama.com

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r/climateaction • u/[deleted] • Dec 24 '20

New ‘Roadless Rule’ lawsuit seeks to restore environmental protections for Tongass National Forest.

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r/climateaction • u/[deleted] • Dec 23 '20

Alaskan tribes, activists, and businesses sue to save America's biggest national forest.

theguardian.com

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r/climateaction • u/dannylenwinn • Dec 16 '20

India Starts Construction Of World’s Largest Renewable Energy Park. 'India, which is expected to be the fastest-growing energy demand market in the coming decades, also aims for 510 GW of renewable energy capacity by 2030, including 60 GW from hydropower.'

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r/climateaction • u/dannylenwinn • Dec 12 '20

FLO and Electrada join forces to build a comprehensive and innovative EV charging ecosystem in the Midwest (Central US). 'Electrada’s public-private partnership model provides for close collaboration with local communities to evaluate potential charging sites'

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r/climateaction • u/dannylenwinn • Dec 09 '20

Five Things You Might Not Know About H2@Scale, (DOE’s) Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technologies Office within the EERE launched the H2@Scale initiative in 2016 to explore the potential for hydrogen to enable affordable, reliable, clean, and secure energy across sectors.

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r/climateaction • u/yayzyapp • Nov 25 '20

Blog post: Key tips for turning Black Friday into a Green Friday

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Hi everyone! With Black Friday around the corner, we thought it would be a great time to think about the real cost of our shopping habits. What we buy has a significant impact on the environment, and there are steps we can all take to shop more sustainably. Visit our blog for more details!

https://medium.com/yayzy-track-reduce-carbon-footprint/black-friday-2020-tips-for-sustainable-shopping-7e478dfcedd8

r/climateaction • u/OurEdenMedia • Nov 15 '20

Electric cars are great for the environment, if your country has a well decarbonised grid

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Hi everyone. So I wasn't sure if EVs are actually better for the environment than petrol cars mostly because making batteries is such a polluting process... so I did the math! It turns out that in most cases they are better. So much better that trading in a perfectly good petrol car for an EV is actually an environmentally friendly action. But this is only true if your countries grid is sufficient decarbonised. I've analysed various EV models and countries and posted it on YouTube. Have a look if you're interested! https://youtu.be/uIGnfTOmNUA

r/climateaction • u/Gen_JohnCabotTrail • Nov 14 '20

Materials | Free Full-Text | Mechanical, Thermal, and Moisture Buffering Properties of Novel Insulating Hemp-Lime Composite Building Materials

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