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This week, in the good news category, electric cars just got a lot sexier — Ford unveiled its Mustang Mach-E, an all-electric SUV at a starting price of less than $50,000, and Ford’s CEO expects it will be profitable from the starting line, as well as zero-emission. And for auto racing fans, CNN reported that the Formula One racing circuit has announced a new 10-year plan to “change the face of the sport” and become carbon neutral by 2030.
Why This Matters: Well, who doesn’t want a Mustang? Ford made this car affordable and an SUV, which we know is what the public wants right now.
If Ford and Formula One Racing are working to make electric vehicles that are fast and affordable, the electric vehicles market will soon take off, despite the Trump Administration’s efforts to slash its tires.
Mustang Mach-E Car Facts
If you think you have to have one, read on!
Bill Ford the company’s Executive Chairman and great-grandson of company founder Henry Ford told CNBC, “I said if any car is going to wear the pony, it can’t just look like a Mustang,” said Ford Executive Chairman Bill Ford, great-grandson of company founder Henry Ford. “It’s got to drive like one, it’s got to feel like one, and it has to have the soul of one. I’ve driven it, and it’s a rocket ship.”
Formula One Carbon Zero
“Over its 70-year history, F1 has pioneered numerous technologies and innovations that have positively contributed to society and helped to combat carbon emissions,” F1 CEO Chase Carey told CNN.
As we expand our understanding of climate change, scientists have begun to focus on the growing role warming temperatures are playing as a potent driver of greater aridity–which is different than drought. As NOAA describes it, drought is “a period of abnormally dry weather sufficiently long enough to cause a serious hydrological imbalance”. Aridity is […]
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A study published yesterday in the journal Nature Climate Change found that greenhouse gas emissions are down by 17% globally compared to 2019 levels thanks to strict coronavirus lockdowns, which could result in as much as a 7% decline in emissions for the year.
Why This Matters: We need to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 4-7% each year globally for the foreseeable future to keep global temperature increases in check.
Continue Reading 511 wordsFor many who live near refineries, incinerators, and other heavy industry, lockdowns and shelter in place orders like we have all experienced lately are a far too common occurrence. The New York Times took a closer look at these communities to show why the residents are so vulnerable to the disease.
Why This Matters: Dr. Mustafa Santiago Ali explained to put the COVID deaths into context, “we know more than 100,000 people die prematurely in the U.S. every year because of air pollution.”
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