Carbon emissions
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Today’s Pickup: Last-mile delivery growth will increase carbon emissions by 30% by 2030
WEF projects 36% growth in last-mile delivery vehicles by 2030; Tesla vehicle registrations in California halves in Q4 '19; Bendix signs on Geotab as telematics…
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Shipping companies propose crash program to reduce CO2
Organizations representing 90% for the world's merchant fleet have proposed spending $5 billion on research to reduce or eliminate carbon emissions.
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Could Europe unilaterally regulate shipping carbon emissions?
The EU is pushing to bring carbon pricing to shipping, but there are a lot more questions than answers.
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Maritime
Slowing ships may have little CO2 reduction benefit
An unreleased study reportedly discussed at IMO’s meeting this week suggests that setting ship engine power limitations would result in negligible CO2 emission reduction.
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Energy
U.K. retailer John Lewis to use cow manure to power its delivery fleets
John Lewis will now use carbon-neutral renewable biomethane to power hundreds of its delivery trucks by 2021.
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Energy
DHE electrifies yard trucks in Ontario facility
It's the first step in a broader plan to transform the site into an emission-free freight terminal.
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Trucking
Shifting freight demand from truck to rail will improve air quality, study finds
Maintaining strict emissions regulations and levying a carbon tax on freight movement will help reduce mortality rates due to air pollution.
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Sustainability
Carbon policies may ruin the world’s first global carbon offset program
“Flight shaming” campaigns failed to recognize that airlines only account for 2 percent of global carbon emissions.
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Economics
Germany €54 billion climate package might be too little too late
Germany has unveiled a climate package which experts believe is not ambitious enough, coinciding with the time Germany inches closer to an economic recession.
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