Full power of Current Direct project brought into focus
The full ambitions of the Current Direct project are crystalized with the official launch of a new website (www.currentdirect.eu) which sets out plans to revolutionize the way goods and people move by water.
Current Direct, a research and innovation project funded by the European Commission’s Horizon 2020 program, aims to cut the cost of today’s marine battery electric drivetrains in half, relieving ship owners of the burden of capital expense to enable adoption and rapidly reduce greenhouse emissions.
The new website is a critical step in promoting accessibility to the program and accountability for consortium members. It will serve as the primary point of contact for the consortium and a resource to promote project objectives via social media channels like LinkedIn. Maintaining open and active avenues of communication with interested and affected businesses and agencies is essential to the success of such an expansive a
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Press Release – The full ambitions of the Current Direct project are crystalized with the official launch of a new website (www.currentdirect.eu) which sets out plans to revolutionize the way goods and people move by water.
Current Direct, a research and innovation project funded by the European Commission’s Horizon 2020 program, aims to cut the cost of today’s marine battery electric drivetrains in half, relieving ship owners of the burden of capital expense to enable adoption and rapidly reduce greenhouse emissions.
The new website is a critical step in promoting accessibility to the program and accountability for consortium members. It will serve as the primary point of contact for the consortium and a resource to promote project objectives via social media channels like LinkedIn. Maintaining open and active avenues of communication with interested and affected businesses and agencies is essential to the success of such an expansive and revolutionary pr
Andrew Ahern
On Earth Day 2021, President Joe Biden held a global Climate Summit with 40 countries from across the world. The objective of the summit was to “galvanize efforts by the major economies to tackle the climate crisis.”
At the summit, Biden ended up pledging a 50% reduction of U.S. greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 the amount scientists say we need to cut globally by 2030 in order to stay within a safe level of 1.5 degrees Celsius of global warming.
Biden’s pledge is a step in the right direction, but frankly, is not good enough. Scientists, scholars and climate activists are urging for much steeper cuts to U.S. greenhouse gas emissions: at least 70% to ensure we do not cross tipping points and allow other, poorer countries, to develop. In the richest country in the history of the world, there is no excuse why we can’t mobilize to achieve these much needed reductions. In the name of global equity and justice, we must.
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Over the past few decades, Worcester has seen countless storms and environmental events that can be traced back to a changing climate. Residents will recall the devastating ice storm of 2008 that left thousands powerless, streets flooded and trees toppled over onto cars and houses. Practically every inch of the city was covered in ice.
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Cox, like many of those he represents as founder of the San Francisco Small Business Alliance, loves this iconic and iconoclastic city, a place where tech start-ups have brought both great riches and staggering inequality.