Air travel
Major airlines are getting serious about hydrogen-powered planes
Delta, Airbus and others are launching tests to find the best way to replace dirty jet fuel.
By Maria Gallucci .
Maria Gallucci is a senior reporter at Canary Media, where she covers efforts to electrify transportation, decarbonize heavy industries and develop emerging clean energy technologies like offshore wind, advanced geothermal and carbon dioxide removal.
She was previously a reporter or contributing writer for publications including Grist, IEEE Spectrum, Inside Climate News, Yale Environment 360 and newspapers in Mexico City. Her reporting has taken her across the Americas and inside cargo ships, power plants, concrete factories and grease-gathering trucks. She hails from Ohio and now resides in Brooklyn, New York.
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Marine transport
Microsoft heads up $34M investment in software platform to cut cargo ship emissions
New York–based startup Nautilus Labs uses AI to boost efficiency and pare fuel use on giant ships.By Maria Gallucci .
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Clean fleets
Electric delivery vans set to take off in the US
UPS, Amazon, FedEx and more are investing billions to build out EV delivery fleets.By Maria Gallucci .
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Video
Watch this TED talk to get up to speed on green ammonia and shipping
Canary Media reporter Maria Gallucci explains how ammonia made from renewable electricity could help clean up the biggest, dirtiest cargo ships.By Maria Gallucci .
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EV charging
EV chargers down? ChargerHelp is training a diverse workforce to fix them
The U.S. plans a massive rollout of EV chargers. Who's going to keep them all working? This L.A.-based startup has an approach it's taking nationwide.By Maria Gallucci .
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Marine transport
Offshore wind farms could double as electric charging stations for ships
Shipping giant Maersk and other firms are developing tech to help the maritime industry ditch dirty diesel and run on wind power.By Maria Gallucci .
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Geothermal
Geothermal startup Quaise raises $40M for ultra-deep drilling
The MIT spinoff wants to unleash the vast geothermal resources today's technologies can't reach.By Maria Gallucci .
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Wind
Chart: How 11 states are building the US offshore wind industry from scratch
Dozens of offshore wind farms are proposed for the East Coast and beyond. The country will still lag behind Asia and Europe — but it's a start. -
Wind
New York takes early lead as large-scale offshore wind starts rolling in the US
Following years of false starts in the fledgling industry, construction is set to begin on South Fork Wind farm near Long Island.By Maria Gallucci .
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Air travel
Hydrogen-powered planes could handle a third of passenger air travel, study finds
Airbus has designed zero-emissions concept aircraft, but they won't be ready for short-range commercial operations until 2035.By Maria Gallucci .
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