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“Environmental protection as a growth driver”: Japan plans to decarbonise by 2050

Japan wants to make itself climate neutral by 2050. The Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga announced this back in November. Now the government has given us some more details. The Tokyo government presented on Friday (26. Dec. 2020) Main features of their “green growth strategy”. Internal combustion engines in cars remain allowed Among other things,… Read more

Even the snowmobile now runs on hydrogen. Here is Leitwolf h2Motion from South Tyrolean Prinoth

The green transition also affects the cat of the snows: Prinoth presents the first electric snow groomers, powered by battery and hydrogen fuel cells, for a more environmentally friendly ski management by Roberto Colombo published on 28 December 2020 , at 17: 41 in the Technology channel prinoth Those who go skiing certainly do so… Read more

Habeck: Avoiding carbon dioxide instead of technical CO2 storage

Greens boss Robert Habeck thinks it is too early to rely on technologies for carbon capture and storage for climate protection. “It would be the wrong strategy now to rely on technologies like CCS without doing what is possible in other areas,” Habeck told the German press agency. “The great danger of a CCS debate… Read more

CO2 price on fossil fuels: Environment Minister Schulze trusts the market

At the start of the new CO 2 price on fuel, heating oil and natural gas from January, Federal Environment Minister Svenja Schulze is relying on the signaling effect of the instrument – even if prices initially rise a little. “The CO 2 price sends a very clear signal, namely that emitting CO 2 will… Read more

How to slash buildings’ growing greenhouse gas emissions

Carbon dioxide coming from the buildings where we live and work set a new record in 2019. What’s more, those planet-heating emissions will probably keep rising after the pandemic, the authors of a new UN report warn. The report urges governments to make structures more energy efficient and speed up a transition to renewable energy…. Read more

Comment: More range for e-planes

I have an idea to submit completely free of charge and license-free. It’s about the range of electric flying. Accelerating, starting and climbing only make up a relatively short part of the flight, but it is very energy-hungry and drains the batteries accordingly. An overview by the German Aeroclub quantifies the energy consumption during the… Read more

Prohibition of combustion engines: The Germans are in favor – with a narrow majority

Most recently, the move by British Prime Minister Boris Johnson caused a sensation: He wants to ban the sale of internal combustion engines on the island from 2030 for ten years sooner than planned. He is following the example of some European countries in which the ban has already been adopted. Europe’s auto industry then… Read more

Europe's auto industry calls British combustion engine ban “symbolic politics”

The European auto industry association holds the UK’s targeted ban on the sale of cars with petrol or diesel engines 2030 for exaggerated symbolism. However, there are also a number of voices who praise Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s surprising step and see it as a signal for more climate protection. The auto industry lobbying representative… Read more

Best smartwatch 2020: Top smartwatches available to buy today

(Pocket-lint) – Smartwatches are here to stay. These wrist-worn phone companions can receive calls, texts, emails, and social media notifications. Many attempts have been made, some more successful than others, some much better looking than others and some smarter than others. If you’re looking to take the smartwatch plunge, you’ve come to the right place. We’ve rounded… Read more

Go read this story about resurrecting Sega VR

In the annals of video games, there are an uncountable number of products — canceled games, scrapped hardware — that feel as though they’re lost to time. But most of the time they’re only forgotten, not lost. And that’s where the Video Game History Foundation steps in. As the name suggests, the foundation is an… Read more

Briefly informed: Railways, climate neutrality, Chrome, Minecraft

Lack of awareness of cybersecurity in rail operations With 472 billions of passenger and 87 billion ton-kilometers in terms of freight transport per year, the rail sector plays a large and rapidly growing role in transport in Europe. However, digitization poses major IT security challenges for the area, the European cybersecurity agency Enisa has found…. Read more

Britain wants to move forward with a ban on fossil fuel cars

After the general ban on the sale of cars and vans with combustion engines from 2040, which was decided a little over three years ago, London now wants to bring the limit forward by ten years: from on, the sale of new vehicles with diesel and gasoline engines in Great Britain is to be prohibited…. Read more

The UK moves up deadline to ban the sale of combustion-engine vehicles

The United Kingdom will ban the sale of new combustion-engine vehicles by 2030, Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced today. It will also ban the sale of new hybrid cars by 2035. Johnson made the announcement tonight as part of a new ten-point plan for a “green industrial revolution.” This is the second time Johnson has… Read more

Google adds a new health hub and sleep tracking metrics to its Fit mobile apps

Google has announced an update to its Fit mobile apps that will introduce a new centralized home screen of health-related information and more sleep tracking data. The updates, for both the Android and iOS versions of Google Fit, will start rolling out this week. Google is also adding new tiles to its Wear OS smartwatch… Read more

Green hydrogen: BP and Ørsted build electrolysis plant in Lingen

The British energy company BP wants to build an electrolysis plant for the production of hydrogen at its refinery in Lingen in Emsland. The system should 2024 go into operation and 50 Bring MW output, according to a notification. The hydrogen is to be generated with the help of electricity from offshore wind farms in… Read more