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FedEx pledges to be carbon neutral by 2040

GreenBiz

In 2019, the company added 400 electric vehicles to its fleet including delivery trucks, forklifts and airport ground service equipment and by the end of that year was operating close to 3,000 EVs. Decarbonizing FedEx's airline fleet will be even more difficult than moving its trucks to batteries.

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Commercial trucking's future is in the details

GreenBiz

Commercial trucking's future is in the details. Let’s start with the obvious first: Feeding North America requires trucks and truck drivers. Trucks require energy. Over 70 percent of all freight moved in the United States is on trucks. Over 70 percent of all freight moved in the United States is on trucks.

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Canoo Electric Pickup Truck, Oh Wow!

Green Tech Gazette

But that is not the case with Canoo Electric Pickup truck! Features of Canoo EV Pickup Truck: The Canoo electric truck: A table folds off the front for a mobile workspace. The external power plugs allow the users to take the charge equipment off the parked truck. Availability: The truck is available for pre-order.

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Sponsored content: Rigid trucks tick all the boxes for sludge transportation

Envirotec Magazine

Our contract work is very particular, so the team road-tested the truck over two days through the rolling Yorkshire Dales to see if they could handle the job. “We The fact Volvo allowed us to field-test the truck in our more challenging locations sealed the deal. The demonstrator performed exceptionally and ticked all the boxes.

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Comment: Pay-as-you-throw can drive the circular economy

Envirotec Magazine

Extracting raw materials has an impact on climate, as do the manufacturing processes that we use to make products.

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My best holiday shopping tip? Mozilla

Mozilla CSR

It’s that time of year again — when all of the mail carriers have overflowing trucks, malls are miraculously busy and budgets are tight. Anytime you come across a gift you think your partner may like, save it to Pocket, and add a tag to that link. You customize the tag with the name of your recipient or “gift ideas”.

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How to Reduce Carbon Emissions from Trucking and Logistics

B the Change

And it does this mostly with medium- and heavy-duty trucks. Carbon Emissions in the Trucking and Logistics Sector In 2020, a quarter of all U.S. transportation sector greenhouse gas emissions came from medium- and heavy-duty trucks. Many of them own trucks and employ their own drivers (“carriers”). And the U.S.