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Businesses and policymakers are working to clear obstacles to EV adoption, but the Rocky Mountain Institute believes one game-changing solution has received little attention: Lightweighting could be a key to widespread electrification of the U.S. personal vehicle fleet .<br />
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A bill that would require Colorado's largest utility to switch coal-fired power plants to cleaner fuels such as natural gas is heading to the state Senate in the next week. The natural gas industry and environmentalists support the bill but the coal industry opposes it, arguing it will drive up electricity costs and cost jobs.
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Last week, we released the sustainability rankings of the world's largest oil and gas companies. Despite the skepticism of whether the industry can ever be green, there are plenty of reasons to rank their sustainability efforts.
by Todd Cort
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Medium-duty trucks, a mainstay for American fleets, produce more than 80 million metric tons of carbon dioxide annually. Environmental Defense Fund and PHH Arval are now offering fleet managers a framework for reducing emissions from the vehicles.
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The latest industry rankings from Tomorrow's Value Rating looks at fossil fuel firms and finds that, despite solid leadership in innovation, the 10 largest companies are failing to take action on a number of environmental issues.
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It is becoming increasingly common for companies to measure and report the water they consume within their four walls. Yet they rarely track all the water used to make the electricity powering their operations. It's called the forgotten water footprint, and it's about to get a lot more attention.
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Devices developed by Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory that could save the U.S. trucking industry $10 billion a year in diesel fuel are being tested at NASA Ames Research Center, home of the world's largest wind tunnel.
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BP, Caterpillar and ConocoPhilliips will not renew their memberships in the U.S. Climate Action Partnership, choosing instead to devote resources to furthering their business interests through friendlier climate legislation or new product development.
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When it comes to the energy, Siemens Energy doesn't play favorites. It has a stake in the coal, nuclear, gas, wind and solar industries, as well as the smart grid and transmission business ... It's a big stake, too.
by Marc Gunther
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Although the U.K.'s 100 largest companies are making headway toward the country's climate change goals as a whole, its most carbon-intensive industries are lagging with emissions reduction targets that fall short of national goals.
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The year 2009 was a terrible year for Detroit, the worst in three decades. Americans bought 10.4 million cars -- 21 percent fewer than in 2008 and a whopping 40 percent fewer than the 17 million or so cars and light trucks sold, on average, in the early 2000s.
by Marc Gunther
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Critics of George Bush say he has led us into a quagmire in Iraq during the last decade from which we will never emerge. They say his way of doing business led to all the disagreements visible in the Copenhagen climate talks. They're wrong.<br />
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What will it take to secure a future free of fossil fuels and transition to efficient and renewable energy that is not just economically viable, but profitable? The Rocky Mountain Institute proposes to drive such a change and ignite further interest in efforts to transform the way people get and use energy.
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Eight big-name airlines such as Southwest, United and American will begin fueling ground service equipment at the Los Angeles International Airport with synthetic biodiesel in 2012.
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The world's first offshore gas field powered entirely by renewable energy has started up in the U.K. North Sea, project owners Shell and ExxonMobil have announced.
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In July, Shell Solar and German solar firm GEOSOL will open the world’s biggest solar power station. The total output capacity will be 5 megawatts, estimated to reduce CO2 emissions by 3,700 tons annually.
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Showa Shell Sekiyu KK has opened the first hydrogen station in Tokyo, part of a worldwide push to supply fuel cell powered vehicles.