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Headline News:
- “First Electric VTOL Aircraft To Fly Over New York City” • A four-passenger eVTOL aircraft has flown over New York City. It’s very different from the Volocopter that recently flew over Tampa. The Joby electric aircraft can go 100 miles on a full charge, and Joby estimates that a flight from Manhattan to JFK Airport will take around seven minutes. [CleanTechnica]
Electric VTOL flying over New York City (Courtesy of Joby)
- “US And China Pledge To Resume Climate Working Group, Ramp Up Renewables Ahead Of Biden-Xi Summit” • The US and China announced that they agreed to resume a working group on climate cooperation and pledged a major ramp-up of renewable energy. The announcement came ahead of a leaders’ summit in San Francisco. [CNN]
- “Health Warnings As Brazil Is Gripped By An ‘Unbearable’ Heatwave” • Red alerts have been issued for almost 3,000 towns and cities across Brazil, which are enduring an unprecedented heatwave. In the city of Rio de Janeiro, temperatures were as high as 52.5°C (126.5°F). Officials attributed the heat to El Niño and climate change. [BBC] (The old record was 109.8°F.)
- “No Place In The US Is Safe From The Climate Crisis, But A New Report Shows Where It’s Most Severe” • The effects of a rapidly warming climate are being felt in every corner of the US, and they will worsen over the next ten years with continued fossil fuel use, according to the Fifth National Climate Assessment, a stark report from federal agencies. [CNN]
- “ExxonMobil Aims To Be Top Lithium Supplier For Electric Vehicles, Drills First Lithium Well” • ExxonMobil announced that it aims to be a top lithium producer and supplier for the EV battery industry by 2030. It is getting to work on its first lithium well at a lithium production site in southwest Arkansas, which is a lithium-rich region. [CleanTechnica]
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