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CLIMATEWIRE | The Inflation Reduction Act could drive down U.S. emissions by as much as 48 percent by 2035, according to a new analysis in the journal Science. The paper, released Thursday, is the first to compile results from nine major models to examine the implications of the climate law's $369 billion in energy and climate spending. More than 30 researchers — from the Department of Energy, EPA and numerous universities and environmental nonprofits — collaborated on the study. Researchers concluded that by 2035, U.S.…

In addition to securing supply for Mercedes’s European factories over the coming years, the companies have also agreed to explore potential steel production in North America. In addition to securing supply for Mercedes’s European factories over the coming years, the companies have also agreed to explore potential steel production in North America. FOLLOW US ON GOOGLE NEWS Read original article here Denial of responsibility! Techno Blender is an automatic aggregator of the all world’s media. In each content,…

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain There's a song anyone who lives near an airport or directly under the flight path of incoming and departing jets daily wishes they could play: Simon and Garfunkel's "The Sound of Silence." How bad is airplane noise? In a 2022 report, scientists in New Jersey—which,…

On desktop, using /mute brings up a pop-up which allows you to quickly mute a noisy channel or group thread.On mobile, type /mute and return inside a channel to mute it. You can also mute it by typing /mute #channel.  Using either /away and /active instantly enables you to toggle your status as, you guessed it, away or active -- without you having to click into your profile to change your status. Other commands to know Getting the hang of it? I thought you might. But what about other handy slash commands?…

CLIMATEWIRE | EPA will release its most stringent power plant standards in history Thursday, but it won't be enough on its own to deliver President Joe Biden's near-future climate goals. Biden has built his commitment to the Paris Agreement around a U.S. power grid that runs on 80 percent clean energy by 2030 — and that has net-zero emissions five years later. By contrast, EPA’s rule would achieve relatively light emissions reductions from power plants until 2030. The draft rules EPA will unveil Thursday morning would…

The Hollywood writers’ strike could give studios and streamers an opportunity to slash costs by exiting undesirable talent contracts if the work stoppage drags on for an extended period, some entertainment executives said.  Members of the Writers Guild of America, which represents some 11,500 writers, went on strike this week after failing to reach a new deal Monday with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers, whose members include Netflix , Disney, Warner Bros. Discovery and…

New technology promises to dramatically improve the performance of batteries, fuel cells, and the electrolyzers that make green hydrogen and other fuels from electricity. The advance—used in a type of “flow battery” that’s becoming common for storing renewable energy—boosted the speed at which the battery could provide power fivefold. That jump in performance could sharply reduce the cost of storing green energy for use on the grid, making it easier for societies…

The Environmental Protection Agency is preparing to issue new rules that would slash the amount of planet-warming greenhouse gases produced by U.S. power plants in the coming decades, according to people familiar with the matter.  For the first time, emissions from both new and existing natural-gas plants, as well as existing coal-fired plants, would be regulated, the people said. Electric utilities would have various options for meeting the tougher standards by installing new carbon-capture systems or…

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New-energy electric vehicles are seen at a Nio store in Shanghai, China, March 19, 2023.Future Publishing | Future Publishing | Getty ImagesSHANGHAI — Chinese electric car company Nio will keep its prices high rather than cut them, CEO William Li told CNBC in an interview."For us, we will certainly not join the price war," Li said, claiming Nio's products and services are worth the price. That's according to a CNBC translation of his Mandarin-language remarks.related investing newsTesla, Elon Musk's car company, this year…