Headline News:
- “The Option For Low-Speed Airborne Transportation” • A large, helium-filled 21st-century airship with many potential applications, including renewably powered west-to-east freight transportation, is being developed by Lockheed Martin. Other developers are looking into modern hot-air craft for similar purposes. [The Maritime Executive] (East-to-west travel uses more energy because of prevailing winds.)
Lockheed Martin airship (Lockheed Martin image)
- “Heavy-Duty Hydrogen: Fuel Cell Trains And Trucks Power Up For The 2020s” • The first hydrogen rail project in the US will be in California, where the San Bernardino County Transportation Authority plans to operate a FLIRT H2 train from Swiss supplier Stadler, starting in 2024. Hydrogen is also going into use as a fuel for large trucks. [Forbes]
- “Green New Deals For The World Are Green Good Deals” • World leaders at the UN Madrid climate talks failed to agree on a path forward. The core of the problem is the belief by some leaders that solving global warming will be expensive and drain the economies of their countries. However, new research indicates that this belief is incorrect. [CleanTechnica]
- “What’s Behind Big Oil’s Promises Of Emissions Cuts? Lots Of Wiggle Room” • Like never before, energy companies are publicly acknowledging the threat posed by climate change and the need for society to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. But at the same time, oil and gas production in the US and globally continues to soar. [InsideClimate News]
- “The Lost Decade: How We Awoke To Climate Change Only To Squander Every Chance To Act” • We may see 2009 to 2019 as the “lost decade,” a time when the world awoke to the reality of climate change only to squander every chance to take action. Now, many scientists fear the targets we need to hit to avoid catastrophe are slipping out of reach. [HuffPost]
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