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How E-Scooters Are Shaping Green Urban Transportation

U.S. Green Technology

Ecologists identify carbon emissions as the leading climate change culprit. In response, companies develop new technology, decreasing atmospheric pollution and increasing the carbon neutrality of future society. The post How E-Scooters Are Shaping Green Urban Transportation appeared first on U.S.

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Lyft Pledges Shift to 100% Electric Vehicles by 2030

GreenTechMedia

Lyft announced it will end its two-year-old carbon offset program in order to focus its efforts on direct decarbonization through electrification. The company's app also lets users choose between different modes of transportation, including electric scooters. New California emissions rules just around the corner.

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Despite the hydrogen hype, electricity will drive net zero transport

Business Green

Cars, buses, trucks, scooters and even planes are going electric, and Britain needs an electricity grid able to cope with it, writes Onward's Ted Christie-Miller. Cars and vans are on their way to carbon neutrality. The UK's record on transport emissions is poor. This leads us on to another major system challenge: aviation.

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Panasonic: How a green technology drive can help deliver on internal carbon goals

Business Green

Latest batch of carbon analysis from electronics giant reveals how clean technologies can help slash emissions from transportation and distribution. The German-headquartered company first started collecting carbon data in 2020, and as such the data unveiled yesterday provides the first year-on-year comparison of its climate impact.

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The top 25 most sustainable fleets

GreenBiz

Thanks to converging forces — including supportive policies, dropping battery costs and aggressive climate goals — transportation leaders at large and small organizations are increasingly turning to new zero-emission and low-carbon options that decarbonize fleets and in some cases save money. The definition of fleet is evolving. Media Source.

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Revealed: Fossil Fuel Giants Are Using British Influencers to go Viral

DeSmogBlog

percent of their annual capital expenditures in low carbon technologies between 2010 and 2018. In 2021, Shell also sponsored GadgetsBoy – a consumer tech channel with 73,000 YouTube subscribers – to test the firm’s new e-scooter. The claim of ‘carbon neutral’ engine oil is ludicrous,” said Professor Trencher.

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20 C-suite sustainability champions for 2021

GreenBiz

The company, an early partner with the Ellen MacArthur Foundation, has positioned water and carbon emissions as equally critical in the climate crisis. Last year, Ecolab set a goal for net-zero carbon emissions by 2050, getting halfway there by 2030. No doubt those conversations will be at play in Starbucks’ 50th year.