Cleantech & EV’s

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Twenty-two global leading experts held an urgent virtual workshop, convened by the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES), about the connection between the degradation of nature and increasing pandemic risks. The resulting report (which you can read here) states that future pandemics will become more frequent, spread more rapidly, do more damage…

In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB): Exxon is making big cuts to its personnel, which could be close to 15% of the global workforce. Protect the earth and its biodiversity or face deadlier, more frequent pandemics, says a new report. A new report from Wärtsilä shows how a net-zero electricity system in the US is possible by 2035. Arcadia Power is committed to making clean energy…

The number of electric bicycles with belt drives has been increasing seemingly overnight. What was once a rarity for just the “super nice e-bikes” is now finding its way onto a wider range of e-bike styles than ever before. Belt drives are generally considered to be an upgrade over chains when it comes to bicycle drivetrains. Instead of greasy, archaic metal chains using…