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August 29, 2023
Biden DOJ Tells Court There Is No Constitutional Right To A Stable Climate
The Biden administration has taken a position on the Juliana Vs US climate suit. It has decided to oppose it.
Steve Hanley | CleanTechnica | August 29, 2023
Juliana Vs US is a suit brought by a group of young people in 2015. They are represented by Our Children’s Trust, a non-profit that focuses on young people and whether they have a right to live in a sustainable world. On its website, it says, ” We are the world’s only not-for-profit law firm representing young people and their legal right to a safe climate.” One of the young plaintiffs is Sophie Kivlehan, whose grandfather is James Hansen, the NASA scientist who first testified before the US Senate about the impending climate crisis in 1988.
Our Children’s Trust has developed a novel legal theory which claims a lack of government action on climate change is an infringement of their clients’ rights to life, liberty, and equal protection under the law as set forth in the 14th Amendment, which reads, “No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.”
Julia Olsen is the lead attorney for the plaintiffs in Juliana Vs. US. In 2016, she told The Guardian, “What we have is not just a failure to act. The government is doing everything to fuel this problem.” The lawsuit advances the novel claim that governments own resources in trust for use by the public.
In response, Quinn Sorenson, an attorney representing the fossil fuel industry, which has intervened in the case on the government’s behalf, snarled that the suit was an example of “archetypal generalized grievance,” meaning “any person on the planet could bring a related claim based on anything in any district.”...
...The decision by the DOJ to pooh-pooh the rights of the plaintiffs in the matter of Juliana Vs. US is an example of political cowardice. America needs better leadership and soon. The courts have failed us. The Congress has failed us. And now the executive branch has failed us...more
https://cleantechnica.com/2023/08/29/biden-doj-tells-court-there-is-no-constitutional-right-to-a-stable-climate/
4 years ago
Meanwhile, a few more billion was given to the Oil and Gas companies in just the last few weeks.
https://www.imf.org/en/Publications/WP/Issues/2023/08/22/IMF-Fossil-Fuel-Subsidies-Data-2023-Update-537281?c
Biden DOJ Tells Court There Is No Constitutional Right To A Stable Climate - CleanTechnica
Biden DOJ Tells Court There Is No Constitutional Right To A Stable Climate
The Biden administration has taken a position on the Juliana Vs US climate suit. It has decided to oppose it.
Steve Hanley | CleanTechnica | August 29, 2023
Juliana Vs US is a suit brought by a group of young people in 2015. They are represented by Our Children’s Trust, a non-profit that focuses on young people and whether they have a right to live in a sustainable world. On its website, it says, ” We are the world’s only not-for-profit law firm representing young people and their legal right to a safe climate.” One of the young plaintiffs is Sophie Kivlehan, whose grandfather is James Hansen, the NASA scientist who first testified before the US Senate about the impending climate crisis in 1988.
Our Children’s Trust has developed a novel legal theory which claims a lack of government action on climate change is an infringement of their clients’ rights to life, liberty, and equal protection under the law as set forth in the 14th Amendment, which reads, “No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.”
Julia Olsen is the lead attorney for the plaintiffs in Juliana Vs. US. In 2016, she told The Guardian, “What we have is not just a failure to act. The government is doing everything to fuel this problem.” The lawsuit advances the novel claim that governments own resources in trust for use by the public.
In response, Quinn Sorenson, an attorney representing the fossil fuel industry, which has intervened in the case on the government’s behalf, snarled that the suit was an example of “archetypal generalized grievance,” meaning “any person on the planet could bring a related claim based on anything in any district.”...
...The decision by the DOJ to pooh-pooh the rights of the plaintiffs in the matter of Juliana Vs. US is an example of political cowardice. America needs better leadership and soon. The courts have failed us. The Congress has failed us. And now the executive branch has failed us...more
https://cleantechnica.com/2023/08/29/biden-doj-tells-court-there-is-no-constitutional-right-to-a-stable-climate/
4 years ago
Meanwhile, a few more billion was given to the Oil and Gas companies in just the last few weeks.
https://www.imf.org/en/Publications/WP/Issues/2023/08/22/IMF-Fossil-Fuel-Subsidies-Data-2023-Update-537281?c
August 28, 2023
Guess who set up the SAVAK?
Norman Schwarzkopf Jr.'s Daddy
Before retiring from the Army in 1953 with the rank of major general, Schwarzkopf was sent by the Central Intelligence Agency as part of Operation Ajax (correct name TPAjax, TP meaning Soviet-backed Tudeh Party of Iran), to convince the self-exiled Iranian monarch, Mohammad Reza Shah, to return and seize power. Schwarzkopf went so far as to organize the security forces he had trained to support the Shah, and in so doing, he helped to train what later became known as the SAVAK
Happy Anniversary!
"It's Always About Oil": CIA & MI6 Staged Coup in Iran 70 Years Ago, Destroying Democracy in Iran
Date: 15–19 August 1953
Location: Tehran, Imperial State of Iran
Result: Overthrow of Prime Minister Mohammad Mosaddeg
“It’s Always About Oil”: CIA & MI6 Staged Coup in Iran 70 Years Ago, Destroying Democracy in Iran
Amy Goodman | Democracy Now! | August 23, 2023
We look at the 70th anniversary of the August 19, 1953, U.S.- and U.K-backed coup in Iran, which took place two years after Iran’s democratically elected Prime Minister Mohammad Mosaddegh nationalized Iran’s oil industry that had been controlled by the company now known as British Petroleum.
“If nationalization in Iran of oil was successful, this would set a terrible example to other countries where U.S. oil interests were present,” explains Ervand Abrahamian, Iranian historian and author of Oil Crisis in Iran: From Nationalism to Coup d’Etat and The Coup: 1953, The CIA, and the Roots of Modern U.S.-Iranian Relations. While the CIA has historically taken credit for Mosaddegh’s overthrow, “the British have not admitted their leading role,” notes Iranian filmmaker Taghi Amirani, whose documentary film Coup 53 uncovers the influence of MI6 agents who sought to preserve their imperial-era access to Iranian oil and pulled in the Americans by promising a “slice.” Seventy years later, says Amirani, “We are still living with the ripples of this disastrous event.”
Operation Ajax: In March 1953, Secretary of State John Foster Dulles directed the CIA, which was headed by his younger brother Allen Dulles, to draft plans to overthrow Mossadegh.[74] On 4 April 1953, Dulles approved $1 million to be used "in any way that would bring about the fall of Mosaddegh". Soon the CIA's Tehran station started to launch a propaganda campaign against Mossadegh. Finally, according to The New York Times, in early June, American and British intelligence officials met again, this time in Beirut, and put the finishing touches on the strategy. Soon afterward, according to his later published accounts, the chief of the CIA's Near East and Africa division, Kermit Roosevelt, Jr. the grandson of US President Theodore Roosevelt, arrived in Tehran to direct it.[75] In 2000, The New York Times made partial publication of a leaked CIA document titled Clandestine Service History – Overthrow of Premier Mosaddegh of Iran – November 1952 – August 1953.
Guess who set up the SAVAK?
Norman Schwarzkopf Jr.'s Daddy
Before retiring from the Army in 1953 with the rank of major general, Schwarzkopf was sent by the Central Intelligence Agency as part of Operation Ajax (correct name TPAjax, TP meaning Soviet-backed Tudeh Party of Iran), to convince the self-exiled Iranian monarch, Mohammad Reza Shah, to return and seize power. Schwarzkopf went so far as to organize the security forces he had trained to support the Shah, and in so doing, he helped to train what later became known as the SAVAK
Happy Anniversary!
August 28, 2023
Guess who set up the SAVAK?
Norman Schwarzkopf Jr.'s Daddy
Before retiring from the Army in 1953 with the rank of major general, Schwarzkopf was sent by the Central Intelligence Agency as part of Operation Ajax (correct name TPAjax, TP meaning Soviet-backed Tudeh Party of Iran), to convince the self-exiled Iranian monarch, Mohammad Reza Shah, to return and seize power. Schwarzkopf went so far as to organize the security forces he had trained to support the Shah, and in so doing, he helped to train what later became known as the SAVAK
Happy Anniversary!
"It's Always About Oil": CIA & MI6 Staged Coup in Iran 70 Years Ago, Destroying Democracy in Iran
Date: 15–19 August 1953
Location: Tehran, Imperial State of Iran
Result: Overthrow of Prime Minister Mohammad Mosaddeg
“It’s Always About Oil”: CIA & MI6 Staged Coup in Iran 70 Years Ago, Destroying Democracy in Iran
Amy Goodman | Democracy Now! | August 23, 2023
We look at the 70th anniversary of the August 19, 1953, U.S.- and U.K-backed coup in Iran, which took place two years after Iran’s democratically elected Prime Minister Mohammad Mosaddegh nationalized Iran’s oil industry that had been controlled by the company now known as British Petroleum.
“If nationalization in Iran of oil was successful, this would set a terrible example to other countries where U.S. oil interests were present,” explains Ervand Abrahamian, Iranian historian and author of Oil Crisis in Iran: From Nationalism to Coup d’Etat and The Coup: 1953, The CIA, and the Roots of Modern U.S.-Iranian Relations. While the CIA has historically taken credit for Mosaddegh’s overthrow, “the British have not admitted their leading role,” notes Iranian filmmaker Taghi Amirani, whose documentary film Coup 53 uncovers the influence of MI6 agents who sought to preserve their imperial-era access to Iranian oil and pulled in the Americans by promising a “slice.” Seventy years later, says Amirani, “We are still living with the ripples of this disastrous event.”
Operation Ajax: In March 1953, Secretary of State John Foster Dulles directed the CIA, which was headed by his younger brother Allen Dulles, to draft plans to overthrow Mossadegh.[74] On 4 April 1953, Dulles approved $1 million to be used "in any way that would bring about the fall of Mosaddegh". Soon the CIA's Tehran station started to launch a propaganda campaign against Mossadegh. Finally, according to The New York Times, in early June, American and British intelligence officials met again, this time in Beirut, and put the finishing touches on the strategy. Soon afterward, according to his later published accounts, the chief of the CIA's Near East and Africa division, Kermit Roosevelt, Jr. the grandson of US President Theodore Roosevelt, arrived in Tehran to direct it.[75] In 2000, The New York Times made partial publication of a leaked CIA document titled Clandestine Service History – Overthrow of Premier Mosaddegh of Iran – November 1952 – August 1953.
Guess who set up the SAVAK?
Norman Schwarzkopf Jr.'s Daddy
Before retiring from the Army in 1953 with the rank of major general, Schwarzkopf was sent by the Central Intelligence Agency as part of Operation Ajax (correct name TPAjax, TP meaning Soviet-backed Tudeh Party of Iran), to convince the self-exiled Iranian monarch, Mohammad Reza Shah, to return and seize power. Schwarzkopf went so far as to organize the security forces he had trained to support the Shah, and in so doing, he helped to train what later became known as the SAVAK
Happy Anniversary!
August 25, 2023
IMF Fossil Fuel Subsidies Data: 2023 Update
IMF | Simon Black; Antung A. Liu; Ian W.H. Parry; Nate Vernon | August 24, 2023
This paper provides a comprehensive global, regional, and country-level update of: (i) efficient fossil fuel prices to reflect supply and environmental costs; and (ii) subsidies implied by charging below efficient fuel prices. Globally, fossil fuel subsidies were $7 trillion in 2022 or 7.1 percent of GDP. Explicit subsidies (undercharging for supply costs) have more than doubled since 2020 but are still only 18 percent of the total subsidy, while nearly 60 percent is due to undercharging for global warming and local air pollution.
Differences between efficient prices and retail fuel prices are large and pervasive, for example, 80 percent of global coal consumption was priced at below half of its efficient level in 2022. Full fossil fuel price reform would reduce global carbon dioxide emissions to an estimated 43 percent below baseline levels in 2030 (in line with keeping global warming to 1.5-2oC), while raising revenues worth 3.6 percent of global GDP and preventing 1.6 million local air pollution deaths per year. Accompanying spreadsheets provide detailed results for 170 countries...more
https://www.imf.org/en/Publications/WP/Issues/2023/08/22/IMF-Fossil-Fuel-Subsidies-Data-2023-Update-537281?c
Wouldn't a good first step be to stop subsidizing billion dollar companies that are based on fossil fuels?
Won't happen next year or the year after. Ask yourself why?
History from around the same time that China took over the Solar Panel industry:
IMF: Globally, fossil fuel subsidies were $7 trillion in 2022 or 7.1 percent of GDP
IMF Fossil Fuel Subsidies Data: 2023 Update
IMF | Simon Black; Antung A. Liu; Ian W.H. Parry; Nate Vernon | August 24, 2023
This paper provides a comprehensive global, regional, and country-level update of: (i) efficient fossil fuel prices to reflect supply and environmental costs; and (ii) subsidies implied by charging below efficient fuel prices. Globally, fossil fuel subsidies were $7 trillion in 2022 or 7.1 percent of GDP. Explicit subsidies (undercharging for supply costs) have more than doubled since 2020 but are still only 18 percent of the total subsidy, while nearly 60 percent is due to undercharging for global warming and local air pollution.
Differences between efficient prices and retail fuel prices are large and pervasive, for example, 80 percent of global coal consumption was priced at below half of its efficient level in 2022. Full fossil fuel price reform would reduce global carbon dioxide emissions to an estimated 43 percent below baseline levels in 2030 (in line with keeping global warming to 1.5-2oC), while raising revenues worth 3.6 percent of global GDP and preventing 1.6 million local air pollution deaths per year. Accompanying spreadsheets provide detailed results for 170 countries...more
https://www.imf.org/en/Publications/WP/Issues/2023/08/22/IMF-Fossil-Fuel-Subsidies-Data-2023-Update-537281?c
Wouldn't a good first step be to stop subsidizing billion dollar companies that are based on fossil fuels?
Won't happen next year or the year after. Ask yourself why?
History from around the same time that China took over the Solar Panel industry:
August 24, 2023
Sarawak tests the world’s first hydrogen-powered Smart Tram in Kuching
Chief Chapree | 24 August 2023
Almost four weeks after it landed in the state from China, Sarawak’s Autonomous Rapid Transit (ART) Hydrogen Vehicle (H2V) has finally begun its on-road testing in Kuching. This marks yet another significant milestone for the Kuching Urban Transportation System (KUTS) which is expected to begin carrying passengers starting from the fourth quarter of 2025.
Built by CRRC, it is said to be the world’s first hydrogen-powered smart tram and will be going through an engineering run for two months starting on 4 September. The test is taking place on a loop road that covers the Borneo Convention Centre Kuching, Menara Sarawak Energy, Menara SEDC, and Menara LCDA at Kuching Isthmus.
...According to Sarawak Metro, its ART H2V can carry up to 300 passengers at a time and has a maximum speed of 70kmh. Aside from the Blue Line, phase 1 of the KUTS project also includes the Red Line which links Kuching Sentral and Pending..
On a related note, Sarawak is actively pushing hydrogen as a viable renewable energy source. Even the Premier Abang Jo is now driving a hydrogen-powered Toyota Mirai...more
https://soyacincau.com/2023/08/24/sarawak-worlds-first-hyrdogen-smart-tram-test/
August 2023: The Hydrogen Energy Revolution comes to Malaysia
Malaysia: Sarawak tests the world's first hydrogen-powered Smart Tram in Kuching
Sarawak tests the world’s first hydrogen-powered Smart Tram in Kuching
Chief Chapree | 24 August 2023
Almost four weeks after it landed in the state from China, Sarawak’s Autonomous Rapid Transit (ART) Hydrogen Vehicle (H2V) has finally begun its on-road testing in Kuching. This marks yet another significant milestone for the Kuching Urban Transportation System (KUTS) which is expected to begin carrying passengers starting from the fourth quarter of 2025.
Built by CRRC, it is said to be the world’s first hydrogen-powered smart tram and will be going through an engineering run for two months starting on 4 September. The test is taking place on a loop road that covers the Borneo Convention Centre Kuching, Menara Sarawak Energy, Menara SEDC, and Menara LCDA at Kuching Isthmus.
...According to Sarawak Metro, its ART H2V can carry up to 300 passengers at a time and has a maximum speed of 70kmh. Aside from the Blue Line, phase 1 of the KUTS project also includes the Red Line which links Kuching Sentral and Pending..
On a related note, Sarawak is actively pushing hydrogen as a viable renewable energy source. Even the Premier Abang Jo is now driving a hydrogen-powered Toyota Mirai...more
https://soyacincau.com/2023/08/24/sarawak-worlds-first-hyrdogen-smart-tram-test/
August 2023: The Hydrogen Energy Revolution comes to Malaysia
August 23, 2023
NTPC Limited has embarked on a groundbreaking venture by launching the trial of India's inaugural hydrogen bus in the picturesque region of Leh, situated in the Union Territory (UT) of Ladakh.
India’s First Hydrogen Bus Hits the Public Roads in Leh, Ladakh
Adda247.com | Sumit Arora | August 22nd, 2023
NTPC Limited, a prominent Maharatna Public Sector Undertaking (PSU) operating under the Ministry of Power (MoP), has embarked on a groundbreaking venture by launching the trial of India’s inaugural hydrogen bus in the picturesque region of Leh, situated in the Union Territory (UT) of Ladakh. This remarkable endeavor not only marks the country’s first utilization of hydrogen buses on public roads but also reflects NTPC’s commitment towards fostering sustainability and reducing carbon emissions.
The maiden hydrogen bus has arrived in Leh, symbolizing the commencement of a significant three-month-long process. This process encompasses rigorous field trials, comprehensive roadworthiness assessments, and essential regulatory clearances, all of which are vital steps towards integrating hydrogen-powered buses into Ladakh’s transport ecosystem.
NTPC’s Vision for a Carbon-Neutral Ladakh
NTPC’s strategic objectives align seamlessly with its vision of cultivating a carbon-neutral Ladakh. To realize this vision, the company is orchestrating the establishment of a cutting-edge hydrogen fuelling station and an expansive solar plant, boasting a capacity of 1.7 MW. These dual infrastructure components play a pivotal role in providing renewable power to facilitate the hydrogen mobility project.
Fuel Cell Buses: Uniquely Tailored for High Altitude Challenges
The fuel cell buses introduced by NTPC in Leh are a technological marvel, purpose-built to function seamlessly in the demanding conditions prevalent at an elevation of 11,562 feet. The rarefied atmosphere and sub-zero temperatures characteristic of such altitude locations pose distinct challenges that these innovative buses are engineered to overcome..more
https://currentaffairs.adda247.com/indias-first-hydrogen-bus-hits-the-public-roads-in-leh-ladakh/
India (1.4 Billion) joins China (1.4 Billion) for a Green Energy Future
Bye Bye Despicable Petro-Dollar!
India's First Hydrogen Bus Hits the Public Roads in Leh, Ladakh
NTPC Limited has embarked on a groundbreaking venture by launching the trial of India's inaugural hydrogen bus in the picturesque region of Leh, situated in the Union Territory (UT) of Ladakh.
India’s First Hydrogen Bus Hits the Public Roads in Leh, Ladakh
Adda247.com | Sumit Arora | August 22nd, 2023
NTPC Limited, a prominent Maharatna Public Sector Undertaking (PSU) operating under the Ministry of Power (MoP), has embarked on a groundbreaking venture by launching the trial of India’s inaugural hydrogen bus in the picturesque region of Leh, situated in the Union Territory (UT) of Ladakh. This remarkable endeavor not only marks the country’s first utilization of hydrogen buses on public roads but also reflects NTPC’s commitment towards fostering sustainability and reducing carbon emissions.
The maiden hydrogen bus has arrived in Leh, symbolizing the commencement of a significant three-month-long process. This process encompasses rigorous field trials, comprehensive roadworthiness assessments, and essential regulatory clearances, all of which are vital steps towards integrating hydrogen-powered buses into Ladakh’s transport ecosystem.
NTPC’s Vision for a Carbon-Neutral Ladakh
NTPC’s strategic objectives align seamlessly with its vision of cultivating a carbon-neutral Ladakh. To realize this vision, the company is orchestrating the establishment of a cutting-edge hydrogen fuelling station and an expansive solar plant, boasting a capacity of 1.7 MW. These dual infrastructure components play a pivotal role in providing renewable power to facilitate the hydrogen mobility project.
Fuel Cell Buses: Uniquely Tailored for High Altitude Challenges
The fuel cell buses introduced by NTPC in Leh are a technological marvel, purpose-built to function seamlessly in the demanding conditions prevalent at an elevation of 11,562 feet. The rarefied atmosphere and sub-zero temperatures characteristic of such altitude locations pose distinct challenges that these innovative buses are engineered to overcome..more
https://currentaffairs.adda247.com/indias-first-hydrogen-bus-hits-the-public-roads-in-leh-ladakh/
India (1.4 Billion) joins China (1.4 Billion) for a Green Energy Future
Bye Bye Despicable Petro-Dollar!
August 21, 2023
M.J. Maynard, CEO of RTC for Southern Nevada, left, cheers Paul Soubry, CEO New Flyer Industries, right, with water made from Vegas’ first hydrogen cell fueled bus that emits drinkable water, at an unveiling event at Harry Reid Research and Technology Park in Las Vegas, Thursday, Aug. 17, 2023. New Flyer industries manufactures the bus.(Rachel Aston/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @rookie__rae
RTC turning to hydrogen cell fuel cells to power electric buses
Mick Akers | Las Vegas Review-Journal | August 21, 2023
State and local leaders are banking on hydrogen cell-fueled electric buses being a vital part of the future of mass transit in Las Vegas.
The first such bus was unveiled by the Regional Transportation of Southern Nevada last week, marking what is expected to be the first of many to be added to the transit authority’s fleet over the next couple of years.
“These buses are easier to maintain, quieter and help us combat climate change. I was proud to work with RTC of Southern Nevada to help secure funding to get these new buses on the streets,” said Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto...
...Hydrogen fuel cells do not emit greenhouse gases and are quieter while the buses are idle and in motion. The vehicles can be fueled in less than 15 minutes and can operate for longer periods of time than other buses in the RTC’s fleet...more
https://www.reviewjournal.com/news/news-columns/road-warrior/rtc-turning-to-hydrogen-cell-fuel-cells-to-power-electric-buses-2891192/
August 2023: The Hydrogen Energy Revolution comes to Nevada
When hydrogen is available at Bus Depots how many people are going to spend 25% of their life waiting for their 1,300 pound battery to charge?
Hydrogen Buses come to Nevada
M.J. Maynard, CEO of RTC for Southern Nevada, left, cheers Paul Soubry, CEO New Flyer Industries, right, with water made from Vegas’ first hydrogen cell fueled bus that emits drinkable water, at an unveiling event at Harry Reid Research and Technology Park in Las Vegas, Thursday, Aug. 17, 2023. New Flyer industries manufactures the bus.(Rachel Aston/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @rookie__rae
RTC turning to hydrogen cell fuel cells to power electric buses
Mick Akers | Las Vegas Review-Journal | August 21, 2023
State and local leaders are banking on hydrogen cell-fueled electric buses being a vital part of the future of mass transit in Las Vegas.
The first such bus was unveiled by the Regional Transportation of Southern Nevada last week, marking what is expected to be the first of many to be added to the transit authority’s fleet over the next couple of years.
“These buses are easier to maintain, quieter and help us combat climate change. I was proud to work with RTC of Southern Nevada to help secure funding to get these new buses on the streets,” said Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto...
...Hydrogen fuel cells do not emit greenhouse gases and are quieter while the buses are idle and in motion. The vehicles can be fueled in less than 15 minutes and can operate for longer periods of time than other buses in the RTC’s fleet...more
https://www.reviewjournal.com/news/news-columns/road-warrior/rtc-turning-to-hydrogen-cell-fuel-cells-to-power-electric-buses-2891192/
August 2023: The Hydrogen Energy Revolution comes to Nevada
When hydrogen is available at Bus Depots how many people are going to spend 25% of their life waiting for their 1,300 pound battery to charge?
August 21, 2023
Using Hydrogen to Power Disaster Relief
DHS S&T, along with its public and private partners on this project, is proving that zero-emissions doesn’t have to mean a compromise in capability.
By Homeland Security Today | August 21, 2023
In an emergency, it’s all-hands-on-deck when communities are suffering and lives are potentially at risk. Emergency responders brave the elements to deliver resources and support affected areas, often without electricity, in order to mitigate damage and prevent further harm. S&T has joined forces with federal and industry partners to build a new vehicle that will not only get them there safely, but also directly provide power at the scene for up to 72 hours as they assess next steps. And it does all this running on hydrogen—a much more sustainable solution for our environment. The new H2Rescue Emergency Relief Truck (H2Rescue), which started as an ambitious idea years ago, is now a full prototype demonstrating the feasibility and value of this concept.
“I don’t think people fully appreciate what it means to not have power, you don’t realize how critical it is for communities until you don’t have it,” said S&T Under Secretary Dr. Dimitri Kusnezov, who saw the vehicle up close at a demonstration at the U.S. Department of Energy headquarters in June.
H2Rescue is a zero-emission, hydrogen powered truck that can carry a total load of about 33,000 pounds (truck and cargo) into disaster zone. It is equipped with a mobile command center and the capability to generate enough power to run about 15 homes for three days, accomplished with only water vapor coming out of the tailpipe. Where traditional diesel trucks use their limited carrying capacity to transport generators that emit exhaust into the environment, H2Rescue is the generator—emitting nothing but steam. In fact, while the truck is only a prototype now, a future enhancement will likely include the capability to convert the tailpipe water vapor into potable water, something always welcome at a disaster site. According to S&T calculations, a full load of hydrogen on the H2Rescue would provide hundreds of gallons of drinkable water as a byproduct of its normal operation...more
https://www.hstoday.us/federal-pages/dhs/using-hydrogen-to-power-disaster-relief/
Imagine: "We'll be there as soon as our 4 ton battery charges!"
Using Hydrogen to Power Disaster Relief - DHS
Using Hydrogen to Power Disaster Relief
DHS S&T, along with its public and private partners on this project, is proving that zero-emissions doesn’t have to mean a compromise in capability.
By Homeland Security Today | August 21, 2023
In an emergency, it’s all-hands-on-deck when communities are suffering and lives are potentially at risk. Emergency responders brave the elements to deliver resources and support affected areas, often without electricity, in order to mitigate damage and prevent further harm. S&T has joined forces with federal and industry partners to build a new vehicle that will not only get them there safely, but also directly provide power at the scene for up to 72 hours as they assess next steps. And it does all this running on hydrogen—a much more sustainable solution for our environment. The new H2Rescue Emergency Relief Truck (H2Rescue), which started as an ambitious idea years ago, is now a full prototype demonstrating the feasibility and value of this concept.
“I don’t think people fully appreciate what it means to not have power, you don’t realize how critical it is for communities until you don’t have it,” said S&T Under Secretary Dr. Dimitri Kusnezov, who saw the vehicle up close at a demonstration at the U.S. Department of Energy headquarters in June.
H2Rescue is a zero-emission, hydrogen powered truck that can carry a total load of about 33,000 pounds (truck and cargo) into disaster zone. It is equipped with a mobile command center and the capability to generate enough power to run about 15 homes for three days, accomplished with only water vapor coming out of the tailpipe. Where traditional diesel trucks use their limited carrying capacity to transport generators that emit exhaust into the environment, H2Rescue is the generator—emitting nothing but steam. In fact, while the truck is only a prototype now, a future enhancement will likely include the capability to convert the tailpipe water vapor into potable water, something always welcome at a disaster site. According to S&T calculations, a full load of hydrogen on the H2Rescue would provide hundreds of gallons of drinkable water as a byproduct of its normal operation...more
https://www.hstoday.us/federal-pages/dhs/using-hydrogen-to-power-disaster-relief/
Imagine: "We'll be there as soon as our 4 ton battery charges!"
August 15, 2023
The project developed collaboratively with the generating company Engie will mark $15 million investment in replacing lead-acid batteries.
Walmart | Aug. 15, 2023
BENTONVILLE, Ark., and SANTIAGO, Chile, Aug. 15, 2023 — Last week, Walmart Inc. CEO Doug McMillon attended the grand opening of a green hydrogen plant at Walmart’s Quilicura Distribution Center in Santiago, Chile, representing the company’s continued investment in and commitment to renewable energy. Industrial-scale and renewable, the project was developed collaboratively with the generating company Engie. Once converted, the plant is the first of its kind in Latin America and will play a key role in Walmart Chile’s path to net-zero emissions.
Walmart Chile CEO Cristián Barrientos, Chile Minister of Finance Mario Marcel, Chile Minister of Energy Diego Pardow and Engie Chile Chief Corporate Affairs Officer Pablo Villarino joined McMillon for the event, recognizing the opening of the plant as a critical step in Walmart’s global commitment to become a regenerative and zero-emission company by 2040.
"We see tremendous potential for our business [and] want to expand the use of this technology to [all] distribution centers [in] the company's logistics network throughout the country, with the aim of operating 100% with green hydrogen by 2025,” said Barrientos. "We are already exploring new uses in the area of transport and emergency services where we already have pilots in operation.”
In its first stage, the green hydrogen plant will allow the Quilicura Distribution Center to replace the lead-acid batteries of 200 forklift cranes with hydrogen energy cells, cutting 250 tons of toxic waste per year. Over the course of the 15-year project, Walmart expects it to reduce the release of CO2 into the atmosphere by 17,100 tons, the equivalent of planting 34,200 trees...more
https://corporate.walmart.com/newsroom/2023/08/15/walmart-chile-to-create-first-industrial-use-green-hydrogen-production-plant-in-latin-america
3 years ago: Ministro Juan Carlos Jobet presenta la estrategia Nacional de Hidrógeno Verde- One of the BIGGEST revolutions the energy sector has ever seen
Thanks Carlos! Walmart listened!
August 2023: The Hydrogen energy revolution comes to Walmart in Chile
Walmart Chile To Create First Industrial-Use Green Hydrogen Production Plant in Latin America
The project developed collaboratively with the generating company Engie will mark $15 million investment in replacing lead-acid batteries.
Walmart | Aug. 15, 2023
BENTONVILLE, Ark., and SANTIAGO, Chile, Aug. 15, 2023 — Last week, Walmart Inc. CEO Doug McMillon attended the grand opening of a green hydrogen plant at Walmart’s Quilicura Distribution Center in Santiago, Chile, representing the company’s continued investment in and commitment to renewable energy. Industrial-scale and renewable, the project was developed collaboratively with the generating company Engie. Once converted, the plant is the first of its kind in Latin America and will play a key role in Walmart Chile’s path to net-zero emissions.
Walmart Chile CEO Cristián Barrientos, Chile Minister of Finance Mario Marcel, Chile Minister of Energy Diego Pardow and Engie Chile Chief Corporate Affairs Officer Pablo Villarino joined McMillon for the event, recognizing the opening of the plant as a critical step in Walmart’s global commitment to become a regenerative and zero-emission company by 2040.
"We see tremendous potential for our business [and] want to expand the use of this technology to [all] distribution centers [in] the company's logistics network throughout the country, with the aim of operating 100% with green hydrogen by 2025,” said Barrientos. "We are already exploring new uses in the area of transport and emergency services where we already have pilots in operation.”
In its first stage, the green hydrogen plant will allow the Quilicura Distribution Center to replace the lead-acid batteries of 200 forklift cranes with hydrogen energy cells, cutting 250 tons of toxic waste per year. Over the course of the 15-year project, Walmart expects it to reduce the release of CO2 into the atmosphere by 17,100 tons, the equivalent of planting 34,200 trees...more
https://corporate.walmart.com/newsroom/2023/08/15/walmart-chile-to-create-first-industrial-use-green-hydrogen-production-plant-in-latin-america
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August 2023: The Hydrogen energy revolution comes to Walmart in Chile
August 14, 2023
Workers assemble a hydrogen fuel-cell bus at a production plant in China’s Guangdong province. The government hopes the standards will help to realise the full potential of hydrogen energy’s role in China’s energy consumption-side decarbonisation and in China’s new energy system. Photo: Xue Yujie
China issues national guidelines to catalyse hydrogen energy industry
Beijing is targeting the introduction of a system that includes more than 30 national and industry-level standards covering the production, storage, transport and usage of hydrogen energy by 2025, according to guidelines released on Tuesday
The guidelines have paved the way for the ‘rapid development of the hydrogen-industry chain in the next few years’: analyst
South China Morning Post | Yujie Xue in Shenzhen | 9 Aug, 2023
China has released its first national-level guidelines for establishing standards for the hydrogen energy industry in an effort to support the sector’s development, as the clean fuel plays an increasingly important role in the country’s carbon-neutral ambitions...
...The government hopes the standards will help to realise the full potential of hydrogen energy’s role in China’s energy consumption-side decarbonisation and in China’s new energy system, where renewable energy is expected to play a dominant role, according to the guidelines...
...The country introduced its first-ever national hydrogen strategy – a medium and long-term plan for the development of the hydrogen energy industry between 2021 and 2035 – in March. Under the plan, China will have at least 50,000 hydrogen fuel-cell electric vehicles on the road and produce 100,000 to 200,000 tonnes of “green hydrogen” – hydrogen produced using electricity generated by renewable resources – annually by 2025...
...As of last June, almost all of mainland China’s provincial-level administrative divisions, except Tibet, had introduced policies to develop hydrogen industries. Some local governments, such as those of Foshan city in Guangdong province and Shanghai, Beijing and Tianjin, also released ambitious plans to develop their hydrogen industries, introducing hydrogen trams and buses in these regions...more
https://www.scmp.com/business/article/3230487/china-issues-national-guidelines-catalyse-hydrogen-energy-industry
A coordinated national approach to ‘rapid development of the hydrogen-industry chain in the next few years’. Can the US do it? Clearly China can.
Shenzhen now
China issues national guidelines to catalyse hydrogen energy industry
Workers assemble a hydrogen fuel-cell bus at a production plant in China’s Guangdong province. The government hopes the standards will help to realise the full potential of hydrogen energy’s role in China’s energy consumption-side decarbonisation and in China’s new energy system. Photo: Xue Yujie
China issues national guidelines to catalyse hydrogen energy industry
Beijing is targeting the introduction of a system that includes more than 30 national and industry-level standards covering the production, storage, transport and usage of hydrogen energy by 2025, according to guidelines released on Tuesday
The guidelines have paved the way for the ‘rapid development of the hydrogen-industry chain in the next few years’: analyst
South China Morning Post | Yujie Xue in Shenzhen | 9 Aug, 2023
China has released its first national-level guidelines for establishing standards for the hydrogen energy industry in an effort to support the sector’s development, as the clean fuel plays an increasingly important role in the country’s carbon-neutral ambitions...
...The government hopes the standards will help to realise the full potential of hydrogen energy’s role in China’s energy consumption-side decarbonisation and in China’s new energy system, where renewable energy is expected to play a dominant role, according to the guidelines...
...The country introduced its first-ever national hydrogen strategy – a medium and long-term plan for the development of the hydrogen energy industry between 2021 and 2035 – in March. Under the plan, China will have at least 50,000 hydrogen fuel-cell electric vehicles on the road and produce 100,000 to 200,000 tonnes of “green hydrogen” – hydrogen produced using electricity generated by renewable resources – annually by 2025...
...As of last June, almost all of mainland China’s provincial-level administrative divisions, except Tibet, had introduced policies to develop hydrogen industries. Some local governments, such as those of Foshan city in Guangdong province and Shanghai, Beijing and Tianjin, also released ambitious plans to develop their hydrogen industries, introducing hydrogen trams and buses in these regions...more
https://www.scmp.com/business/article/3230487/china-issues-national-guidelines-catalyse-hydrogen-energy-industry
A coordinated national approach to ‘rapid development of the hydrogen-industry chain in the next few years’. Can the US do it? Clearly China can.
Shenzhen now
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