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Pulling Hanoi from the pollution precipice

Eco-Business

Hanoi’s extreme air pollution is a roadblock to healthy living and to Vietnam’s ambitious agenda of attaining living standards consonant with high-income status by 2045, and net-zero carbon emissions by 2050. This article was first published in Fulcrum , ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute’s blogsite. .

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Amazon aims to clean up aviation

GreenBiz

More specifically, Amazon's air shipping business, which along with its entire global logistics supply chain juggernaut is booming. . Infinium, spun out of another company called Greyrock Energy , says because the biofuel (dubbed an "electrofuel") is made with clean energy and CO2, it's a "net-zero carbon" fuel. Enter air cargo.

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Amazon to buy bio jet fuel to lower air cargo emissions

GreenBiz

On Wednesday morning, the logistics and retail giant announced that it plans to buy 6 million gallons of bio jet fuel via a division of Shell and produced by World Energy, a big biodiesel producer. Amazon has pledged to reach net-zero carbon emissions by 2040, and says it will make sure half of Amazon shipments are net-zero by 2030.

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Amazon hands Mercedes-Benz its biggest electric vehicle order to date

GreenBiz

The deal shows how companies are increasingly paying attention to ways to decarbonize transportation including buying more zero-emission commercial vehicles. Amazon plans eventually to have all of its shipments to customers become net-zero carbon, with 50 percent of all shipments net-zero by 2030. Sponsored Article.

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Etsy takes aim at shipping and packaging in setting 2030 net-zero goal

GreenBiz

For Etsy, the e-commerce marketplace known for handmade items like jewelry, art and apparel, Scope 3 emissions make up 99 percent of the company's carbon footprint. The ambition is part of the company's net-zero carbon emissions by 2030 goal, which it set in February. . “I Shipping & Logistics. Sponsored Article.

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BP, Shell, oil giants fund research into mobile carbon capture from ships at sea

GreenBiz

The research itself is also likely to provoke renewed criticism of the OCGI's priorities, given it focuses on CCS technologies that would in effect prolong the use of fossil fuels to power ships, rather than on alternative, low or zero carbon shipping fuels that could transition the sector away from fossil fuels altogether.

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Keep your eyes on these 9 electric truck and van companies in 2021

GreenBiz

That article was one of GreenBiz's most popular stories throughout the year. Given that trucks consume the vast majority of energy compared to other modes of freight transportation, electrification in this area has huge potential to decrease the carbon impact of fleets. Sponsored Article. Mon, 01/04/2021 - 02:00. Daimler Trucks.

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