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The Role of E-mobility Trends in Decarbonizing Transport

2022/06 0 Comments By Daniel Energy Efficiency, Sustainability News CO2e, Decarbonize, e-bikes, E-mobility, electric vehicles, EV

Decarbonizing the Transportation Sector with E-mobility | It's no secret that transportation is a major source of greenhouse gas emissions. In fact, according to the Environmental Protection Agency, transportation accounted for 27% of all U.S. emissions in 2020. The good news is that there are a number of trends that are helping to decarbonize the transportation sector. One of the most promising is the rise of electric vehicles and other e-mobility options, like electric bikes and scooters. [Please click the thumbnail image to read more...]

5 Ways Cities Can Handle Waste More Sustainably

2022/04 0 Comments By Daniel All Posts, GCT featured articles, Green City Times green city, Sustainability News Copenhagen, pay-as-you-throw, recycling, sustainability, waste management, waste-to-energy, zero-waste

5 Ways for Cities to Implement Sustainable Waste Management | Article by Jane Marsh | Global and national policies for more sustainable waste management are years away, so cities must take on the responsibility of enacting change. Cities are setting their own guidelines for change and focusing on working toward a zero-waste system. San Francisco, a zero-waste leader in the United States, has worked hard to keep 80% of its trash out of landfills. [Please click on the thumbnail image to read more...]

10 Ways Smart Cities Improve Worker Safety

2022/03 0 Comments By Daniel GCT featured articles, Green City Times green city, Sustainability News, Sustainable Cities advanced meters, cybersecurity, green companies, information technology, Internet of Things (IoT), IoT systems, IoT technologies, smart city, sustainability

10 IoT Technologies for Sustainable Smart Cities | by Jane Marsh | As the conversation around greenhouse gas emissions and climate change intensifies, cities are implementing green initiatives to make life easier and healthier for the planet and citizens. [Please click thumbnail image to read more...]

10 Sustainable Technologies Improving Air Quality in Cities

2022/02 0 Comments By Daniel All Posts, GCT featured articles, Green City Times green city, Sustainability News air quality sensors, biomass stoves, e-bikes, electric vehicles, FCEVs, HVAC units, hydrogen, pollution-vacuuming pods, self-cleaning concrete, sustainability, wet deposition sprinklers

GREEN Tech for Healthy Air | Article by Jane Marsh | Cities are the heart of every global region. They are headquarters for the world’s biggest companies, and provide universities that produce the most innovative minds. It’s no wonder why so many people across the world want to live in a city. However, an increase in residents also creates additional air pollution that harms everyone’s health. These are some of the technologies improving air quality in cities to make them better places to live and work. [Please click on the thumbnail image to read more…]

5 categories of change in climate

2022/01 0 Comments By Daniel All Posts, Climate Change, Green City Times green city, Sustainability News climate change, energy, feedback loop, global warming, greenhouse gas emissions, sustainability

Climate change is adversely affecting all parts of the earth. There have been dramatic increases in greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs) globally since the industrial revolution of the 19th century. The planet warms faster as more GHGs are added to the earth's atmosphere. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, expressing the global scientific consensus, warns that “global net human-caused emissions of CO2 need to fall by about 45% from 2010 levels by 2030, reaching 'net zero' around 2050." [click thumbnail image to read more…]

California – Current Progress of a Climate Champion

2021/12 0 Comments By Daniel All Posts, Climate Change, Energy Efficiency, GCT featured articles, Green City Times green city, Sustainability News Building Decarbonization Coalition, cap-and-trade, decarbonization, Low Carbon Fuel Standard, reducing greenhouse gas emissions

Learning From California's Struggle to Balance Decarbonization With Energy Resilience | Since California passed the Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006, marking its commitment to reducing greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs), the state has continued to align itself with ongoing climate change initiatives and policies. After the first decade of the initial policy's implementation, California boosted […]

Climate Solution- Sustainable Ag.

2021/10 0 Comments By Daniel All Posts, Climate Change, Green City Times green city, Sustainability News agroforestry, biodiversity, carbon farming, carbon sink, cover crops, ecosystems, permaculture, polyculture, soil nutrition, sustainable agriculture, urban gardening

Benefits of Sustainable Agriculture Sustainable agriculture turns farms into thriving ecological lands that produce food crops, in addition to using plants that increase farms' biodiversity while sequestering atmospheric carbon. The health of ecosystems, including soil nutrition, on the farm, is a top priority when agriculture is managed sustainably. In most traditional farming of the past, […]

The future generation of batteries

2021/10 0 Comments By Daniel All Posts, Energy Efficiency, Green City Times green city, Sustainability News electric vehicles, li-ion cobalt, lithium iron phosphate, redox flow, vanadium

Advanced li-ion batteries | Next-generation lithium-ion (li-ion) batteries are being developed, and varieties are already currently in the marketplace. These next-gen li-ion batteries have 2-7X the efficiency of current batteries, often while reducing costs. New varieties of advanced li-ion batteries maintain a stable capacity for 20+ years. Next-gen li-ion batteries can charge in minutes, are […]

Clean Hydrogen Power

2021/10 0 Comments By Daniel All Posts, Climate Change, Energy Efficiency, GCT featured articles, Green City Times green city, Net Zero, Sustainability News blue hydrogen, build back better, carbon capture, carbon footprint, clean energy, green hydrogen, hydrogen fuel cells, low carbon, methane reforming, zero carbon

Hydrogen and the Clean Energy Transition | Hydrogen is one of the most promising emerging energy technologies to fill the rising global demand for clean low carbon and emission-free energy sources. The recent global societal shift towards environmental sustainability, and the global imperative for climate action, have significantly altered energy consumption patterns. Clean and renewable […]

Nuclear – necessary energy

2021/09 0 Comments By Daniel All Posts, Climate Change, Green City Times green city, Net Zero, Sustainability News climate change, climate solutions, energy, energy efficiency, greenhouse gas emissions, Thorium

Both nuclear and renewable energy are needed in the global energy mix to help fight climate change. In order to cut down on the share of fossil fuels in the world energy mix, nuclear is necessary. A total of WELL OVER 40% of the world's energy mix for renewable and nuclear energies combined is needed […]