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Risk of Atlantic Current Collapsing Much Higher Than Previously Expected

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Unsurprisingly, climate risks keep growing. However, it’s not great to hear that one of the possibilities that has concerned me the most for almost two decades is getting more likely. That is the collapse of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC). The AMOC brings warm water from tropical parts of … [continued]

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BMW iX3 Demand Higher Than Expected, Volkswagen ID Buzz Demand & Production Dropping

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Well, we’ve got some good news and bad news on electric vehicles here. The BMW iX3 is apparently seeing more demand than BMW expected. However, VW ID Buzz demand is reportedly lower than expected or hoped, and production is being paused. BMW Happy Starting with the good news, the BMW … [continued]

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“We Don’t Need No Stinking New Models!” —Tesla

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Riffing on a unique story or two by Zachary Shahan yesterday, Reuters this morning has a report with this cheery headline: “Tesla gambles that introducing new models no longer matters.” CleanTechnica readers, being unusually astute, are well aware that Tesla has not introduced a new mass market model since the … [continued]

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Brazil’s Sustainable Fuels Pledge Is Dangerously Ambitious and Risks Repeating Mistakes of the Past

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Huge biofuels expansion without safeguards would drive deforestation. Next month the world’s spotlight will turn to Belém, a city on the edge of the Amazon rainforest, as Brazil hosts the COP30 climate summit. The setting is symbolic. The Amazon, “the lungs of the planet,” is a wealth of biodiversity and … [continued]

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ETS2 Reform Will Limit Price Spikes and Make Redistribution Easier, Says T&E

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It is now down to governments to properly support low and middle-income families to transition away from fossil fuels and to a more secure energy future The EU Commission last night confirmed that it will keep prices for its upcoming carbon price on road and heating fuels stable, to avoid … [continued]

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