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19 Nov

The Norwegian Company Blamed for California’s Hydrogen Car Woes

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In the meantime, Fulton says California has pivoted to building infrastructure for heavy-duty vehicles like trucks and buses, with the hope that the passenger market can reboot with the help of a growing freight market.By focusing on the heavy-duty market, California can, in theory, create a stronger supply of clean hydrogen that brings costs down and increases availability, says Fulton, who is also an advisor to ARCHES, the California hydrogen hub that has won $1.2 billion of conditional funding from the US Department of Energy.“ARCHES is targeting 50 to 60 truck-oriented stations around the state by 2030, and with different…

12 Sep

Amazon’s Shipping and Delivery Emissions Just Keep Going Up

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“Amazon prides itself on being an ambitious and innovative company, but it’s making quite a problem for itself with its air freight cargo growth,” Archer says. “If Amazon is serious about climate progress, that’s a really easy place to start: stop flying so much.”Amazon is no stranger to climate criticism. Its overall emissions have skyrocketed since it rolled out the Climate Pledge in 2019, despite an incremental drop in 2023. Last year, Amazon lost the support of a key UN-backed global climate organization, the Science Based Targets Initiative, for not meeting certain deadlines to set targets to reduce emissions; it…