Headline News:
- “How an Assembler In Guangzhou – Not A Gigafactory – Won The Flying Car Race” • Aridge, a subsidiary of Xpeng, is selling electric flying cars. Last month, it announced that it had received an order for 600 of them from a group of organizations in the UAE, Kuwait, and Qatar. This is the first large order, but Aridge says it is filling 7,000 pre-orders. [CleanTechnica]
Xpeng Land Carrier and Flying Car (Xpeng image)
- “Antarctic Glacier Retreating At Rate Ten Times Faster Than Previously Measured: Study” • Glaciologists recorded a five-mile retreat in just two months on the Hektoria Glacier on the eastern Antarctic Peninsula, a rate almost ten times as fast as ever before measured for a grounded glacier, according to a paper published in Nature Geoscience. [ABC News]
- “World Heading For 2.8°C Warming As UN Report Reveals Climate Pledges Are ‘Barely Moving The Needle'” • Ahead of COP30, the UN Environment Programme released its yearly UNEP Emissions Gap Report. It says global temperatures would rise by 2.3 to 2.5°C. Implementing only current policies would see global rise by 2.8°C. [Euronews]
- “US Climate Groups Ready To Battle Trump Policies At UN Climate Summit COP30” • On the eve of COP30, the US has announced that none of its officials will attend the climate talks, which will be set in Brazil’s Amazonian city of Belém. This should not be a surprise. But with the US at the talks, there is a chance of progress. [CleanTechnica]
- “Port Of Oakland Sets Renewable And Zero-Carbon Power Records And Secures New Clean Energy Storage Agreement” • In 2024, 62% of the Port’s energy supply was renewable, including geothermal, solar, and biomass, while an additional 24% came from large hydroelectric power. The Port also secured long-term energy storage. [American Journal of Transportation]
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