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cleantechnica.com | 14 hrs. 26 min. ago

Aberdeen Paid £556k Per Hydrogen Bus. Five Years Later, First Bus Is Paying £30k

#Bus #fuel #hydrogen bus

Aberdeen’s hydrogen double-deckers have finally produced a useful market price, and it is more revealing than another theoretical argument about fuel-cell efficiency, hydrogen costs or refuelling infrastructure. First Bus is set to buy 23 Wrightbus StreetDeck Hydroliners for £30,000 each. Aberdeen City Council originally spent about £13.9 million on the ... [continued] The post Aberdeen Paid £556k Per Hydrogen Bus. Five Years Later, First Bus Is Paying £30k appeared first on CleanTechnica.

theguardian.com | 15 hrs. 23 min. ago

Hide and chic: are clothes and apparel made from alternative leathers better for the environment?

#Australia #carbon footprint #chemical pollution #deforestation #emissions #fossil fuel #fuel #habitat #Li #Methan #methane #study #sustainability #sustainable #sustainable fashion #sustainable living #vegan

Vegan leathers are complicated by questions of commercial viability and sustainability. How do they compare to traditional leather? Change by degrees offers life hacks and sustainable living tips each Saturday to help reduce your household’s carbon footprintGot a question or tip for reducing household emissions? Email us at changebydegrees@theguardian.comIn sustainable fashion, breathless promises about vegan leather have arrived thick and fast for over a decade. Innovations promise mushroom and cactus alternatives that look and feel like real leather – minus the negative associations with methane, deforestation, chemical pollution and animal welfare.While these next-gen materials have absorbed billions of dollars in capital under an environmental banner, experts are concerned they remain a shiny distraction while the fashion industry’s emissions and reliance on fossil fuel-derived materials grows. Continue reading...

newsbeep.com | 1 days ago

Mozambique: Foreign currency shortage and fuel crisis main obstacles for business environment – CTA

#fuel #Main #Mozambique

Photo: CTAMozambique’s Confederation of Business Associations (CTA) has appointed out to foreign currency shortages (particularly US dollars) and…

latimes.com | 1 days ago

Dana Point declares local emergency after at least 16 homes are damaged by strong surf

#coastal flood #flood #flooding #fuel #hurricane

The city of Dana Point has declared a local emergency after coastal flooding and strong surf fueled by Hurricane Marie severely damaged at least 16 beachfront homes.

scmp.com | 1 days ago

Chinese scientists boost hydrogen fuel cell power fourfold with new design

#clean energy #electricity #energy #fuel #fuel cell #fuel cells #hydrogen fuel #hydrogen fuel cell #study

Chinese scientists have developed a way to generate a fourfold increase in power output of hydrogen fuel cells, an advance that could broaden their use from road vehicles to space missions. Hydrogen is widely viewed as a promising clean energy source for a low-carbon future. Fuel cells convert the chemical energy in hydrogen directly into electricity, producing water as their only exhaust. In a study published in the peer-reviewed journal Science on Thursday, researchers at the Beijing Institute...

timesofisrael.com | 1 days ago

August was hottest month ever recorded worldwide, European climate monitor says

#climate #El Niño #fossil fuel #fossil fuels #fuel #Israel

El Niño pattern that triggered extremes expected to peak in 2027, but scientist warns that 'record-shattering months will simply keep on coming' as long as humans burn fossil fuels The post August was hottest month ever recorded worldwide, European climate monitor says appeared first on The Times of Israel.

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