5 ways big companies can get more out of climate tech startups
GreenBiz
JUNE 4, 2024
Large companies are collaborating with green startups to advance their sustainability goals; these 5 tips can forge fruitful partnerships.
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Despite Temper Tantrum, Youngkin Cannot Reverse Va's Climate Progress
NRDC onEarth
JUNE 5, 2024
Youngkin's Latest, Senseless Attack on a Keystone Climate Law, Clean Cars, Like His Attack on RGGI, Is Divorced from the Facts and the Law, and Will Not Stand
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Failure is an option: We already know the outcome of global plastic waste negotiations
GreenBiz
JUNE 3, 2024
Delegates at the final U.N. meeting in November will likely fail to produce a binding international treaty that will reverse the growing trend of plastic pollution.
Swedish start-up launches air purification material for the art industry
Envirotec Magazine
MAY 30, 2024
A cellulose-based material protects artwork and sensitive objects from degradation by air pollutants, explains research-based startup firm Adsorbi AB (originating from Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden), which launched its first commercial product on 30 May. The adsorbing material is said to combine a long product lifetime with high security, making it ideal for museums and archives. “Our research stems from art conservation where paintings, artifacts, and other sensitive objects
The Key to Sustainable Energy Optimization: A Data-Driven Approach for Manufacturing
Speaker: Kevin Kai Wong, President of Emergent Energy Solutions
In today's industrial landscape, the pursuit of sustainable energy optimization and decarbonization has become paramount. ♻️ Manufacturing corporations across the U.S. are facing the urgent need to align with decarbonization goals while enhancing efficiency and productivity. Unfortunately, the lack of comprehensive energy data poses a significant challenge for manufacturing managers striving to meet their targets. 📊 Join us for a practical webinar hosted by Kevin Kai Wong of Emergent Ene
Nigel Farage’s Reform Party Has Accepted £2.3 Million from Fossil Fuel Interests, Climate Deniers, and Polluters Since 2019 Election
DeSmogBlog
JUNE 4, 2024
Reform UK has received more than £2.3 million from oil and gas interests, highly polluting industries, and climate science deniers since December 2019, amounting to 92 percent of the party’s donations. This week, Nigel Farage confirmed he would be returning as leader of Reform and standing in the general election, threatening to split the already fragile Conservative vote.
Massachusetts kicks off first pilot to shift gas utilities to clean heat
Canary Media
JUNE 4, 2024
Gas utilities could be key to the effort to get fossil fuels out of buildings — but only if they stop investing in pipes that deliver fossil gas and instead start building pipes for clean energy.
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Environmental Groups Challenge Highway Expansion Project in Court
NRDC onEarth
MAY 30, 2024
Environmental groups filed suit today to challenge the Yolo I-80 highway expansion project. Citing a flawed environmental impact report that understates the true impacts to traffic, climate and air quality, the groups petitioned the courts to require Caltrans to redo.
Rystad Energy: China Set to Smash National Hydrogen Targets, Solidifying Lead in Global Electrolyzer Market
FuelCellsWorks
JUNE 5, 2024
Mainland China’s national plan identifies hydrogen as a key element in its low-carbon energy transition strategy. The nation is committed to using hydrogen for decarbonization, with Rystad Energy projecting the.
The Brief: Quality jobs as a complement to worker ownership
Impact Alpha
JUNE 5, 2024
Greetings Agents of Impact! In today’s Brief: Featured: Good Jobs In private equity, pairing employee ownership with good jobs can unlock wealth for. The post The Brief: Quality jobs as a complement to worker ownership appeared first on ImpactAlpha.
Health and climate top consumers’ concerns about the food system, report finds
GreenBiz
MAY 30, 2024
Consumers rank malnutrition, pesticides, obesity and diet-related health issues, and plastic waste from packaging as the most concerning aspects of the food system, according to an EAT-GlobeScan survey.
Electrofuels Are the Future: The Driving Force to Decarbonizing Heavy Transport
Speaker: Ayesha Choudhury - Senior Vice President, Head of Capital Markets at Infinium
With the first wave of the energy transition, renewable energy sources (such as solar and wind) have begun replacing coal power generation. However, some sectors are lagging behind and struggling to decarbonize more than others, including large-scale transportation like commercial aviation, shipping, and rail transit. Electrofuels (aka eFuels) are the next generation of solutions to help the hardest-to-abate sectors pivot from their reliance on fossil fuels.
Octopus adds 1GW wind farm to its massive renewable and storage plans in NSW
Renew Economy
JUNE 3, 2024
Barnaby Joyce has a new company to boycott, with Octopus Australia unveiling plans to build a massive 1GW wind farm in south-west New South Wales. The post Octopus adds 1GW wind farm to its massive renewable and storage plans in NSW appeared first on RenewEconomy.
New Yorkers Deserve to Know That Gas Stoves Emit Dangerous Pollutants
NRDC onEarth
JUNE 3, 2024
The New York Healthy Homes Right to Know Act would require signage and labels that detail the health risks of using a gas stove.
ITRPV: 27% efficiency tandem modules to enter mass production in 2027
PV Tech
JUNE 5, 2024
Silicon-based tandem solar cells and modules are expected to enter commercial production in 2027 with a module efficiency of 27%, according to the latest International Technology Roadmap for Photovoltaic (ITRPV) published by German engineering association VDMA.
Climate Denier Nigel Farage Standing in Seat at Risk of Sea Level Rises and Flooding
DeSmogBlog
JUNE 4, 2024
Reform UK leader Nigel Farage , who is a vocal critic of green policies and climate science, is standing in a constituency threatened by rising sea levels and flooding due to global warming. Mapping from the science-based visualisation platform Climate Central suggests that substantial parts of Clacton, Essex, will be at risk of yearly flooding even by 2030.
AR/VR Simulations for Sustainable, Regenerative, Circular Cities
Speaker: Nik Gowing, Brenda Laurel, Sheridan Tatsuno, Archie Kasnet, and Bruce Armstrong Taylor
With 191 country signatories to the Paris Climate Agreement now hard at work in the race to zero carbon by 2050, much of the heavy lifting in ecosystem sustainability falls on the shoulders of the world's densely populated urban centers. This conversation considers how today's AI-enabled simulation media, such as AR/VR, can be effectively applied to accelerate learning, understanding, training, and solutions-modeling to sustainability planning and design.
How rethinking carbon markets can forge a path to the green transition
GreenBiz
JUNE 4, 2024
Carbon markets, already a crucial tool in our climate toolbox, can catalyze the global shift to a green economy.
“They will be stranded:” Energy chief lets fly at proposed grid access scheme for wind and solar
Renew Economy
JUNE 4, 2024
One of Australia's most senior energy executives says proposed "priority access" regime put forward by the industry's rule makers will hurt both developers and consumers. The post “They will be stranded:” Energy chief lets fly at proposed grid access scheme for wind and solar appeared first on RenewEconomy.
Honda Launches Fuel Cell Vehicle Production in the U.S.
FuelCellsWorks
JUNE 5, 2024
Honda Advances Hydrogen Strategy with Production Launch of Fuel Cell Electric Vehicle in Ohio Production of all-new 2025 CR-V e:FCEV fuel cell electric vehicle begins at Performance Manufacturing Center in.
White House Launches Initiatives to Bolster New Nuclear Deployments
POWER Magazine
MAY 30, 2024
The White House has unveiled a suite of new measures aimed at slashing risks associated with new nuclear reactor development and construction, underscoring its policy push to champion nuclear. At […] The post White House Launches Initiatives to Bolster New Nuclear Deployments appeared first on POWER Magazine.
How Digital Transformation will Bend the Curve of the Linear Economy Toward the Circular
Speaker: Bruce Armstrong Taylor, Co-Founder & Managing Director of SmartNations Foundation, Jimmy Jia, Venture Partner at Pi Labs, Fabienne Durand, Senior Advisor to the SmartNations Foundation, & Roger Strukhoff, Executive Director of the Tau Institute
The Climate 4.0 Economy. Climate change is here. We see it in many ways already. Weather catastrophes: Texas freezing over, the wildfires of California, the increasingly unpredictable violence and frequency of hurricanes, the rapid melting and disappearance of polar ice caps. Much more evidence all around us. What can we do in our corporate organizations, in our homes and communities, to change the current course?
UN Chief Calls For Ban on Fossil Fuel Advertising
DeSmogBlog
JUNE 5, 2024
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called on governments to ban fossil fuel advertising and for creative agencies to stop creating campaigns for the industry, “Fossil fuels are not only poisoning our planet – they’re toxic for your brand,” Guterres told an audience in New York. “Your sector is full of creative minds who are already mobilising around this cause.
Shell’s climate transition plan wins shareholder blessing: Why it matters
GreenBiz
JUNE 5, 2024
Shareholders prioritize short-term profits over net-zero future with approval of Shell’s downgraded transition plan.
Queensland blows through wind drought to top the charts for May – shines on solar, too
Renew Economy
JUNE 4, 2024
Latest monthly data on top performing wind and solar generators shows impact of May "wind drought" – but also backs theory that the wind is always blowing somewhere. The post Queensland blows through wind drought to top the charts for May – shines on solar, too appeared first on RenewEconomy.
Samsung Heavy Wins Certification for Ammonia Fuel VLAC
FuelCellsWorks
JUNE 5, 2024
It developed in collaboration with the US-based Amogy and received AIP at Greece’s Posidonia 2024 from Lloyd’s Register South Korea’s Samsung Heavy Industries announced on Wednesday that it obtained Approval in Principle.
A better model for converting carbon dioxide into fuels and products
TechXplore
JUNE 3, 2024
Some parts of the world have been so successful in making inexpensive renewable electricity that we occasionally have too much of it. One possible use for that low-cost energy: Converting carbon dioxide into fuel and other products using a device called a membrane-electrode assembly.
Long-duration storage ‘increasingly competitive but unlikely to match Li-ion’s cost reductions’
Energy Storage News
JUNE 3, 2024
Some long-duration energy storage (LDES) technologies are already cost-competitive with lithium-ion (Li-ion) but will struggle to match the incumbent’s cost reduction potential.
Science Based Targets Network taps independent reviewer for nature-related goals
GreenBiz
MAY 30, 2024
Companies can submit strategies for addressing biodiversity loss in the second half of 2024.
New wind output record breaks drought that posed most challenging week for renewable model
Renew Economy
MAY 30, 2024
Australia's wind "drought" broken in spectacular style by a new record output. But modelling shows scaled up renewables would still have met most demand. The post New wind output record breaks drought that posed most challenging week for renewable model appeared first on RenewEconomy.
3rd JIVE Roadshow: Hydrogen Leads the Development of Green Urban Mobility
FuelCellsWorks
JUNE 5, 2024
The potential of hydrogen as an accelerator of the energy transformation of urban transport was highlighted by the workshop co-organized by the Bioeconomy and Environment Cluster of Western Macedonia –.
The Liist, June 2024: Impact fund managers steer private credit to places equity fears to tread
Impact Alpha
JUNE 4, 2024
Fundraising is tough going for most private equity fund managers – impact or otherwise. Private credit, on the other hand, is growing. On. The post The Liist, June 2024: Impact fund managers steer private credit to places equity fears to tread appeared first on ImpactAlpha.
‘Godfathers of climate chaos’: UN chief urges global fossil-fuel advertising ban
The Guardian: Energy
JUNE 5, 2024
António Guterres warns of ‘climate crunch time’ and announces dire new scientific warnings of global heating Fossil-fuel companies are the “godfathers of climate chaos” and should be banned in every country from advertising akin to restrictions on big tobacco, the secretary general of the United Nations has said while delivering dire new scientific warnings of global heating.
California budget cuts could decimate key virtual power plant programs
Canary Media
JUNE 5, 2024
Two years ago, California committed $6.7 billion in state funding to protect the grid against the risk of heatwave-driven blackouts. Most of the money was directed at paying for fossil-fueled power plants and backup generators that don’t fit into the state’s clean energy plans.
Australia’s land-use emissions data revisions are an engine of climate delay
Renew Economy
JUNE 2, 2024
An Australian state government once "solved" the problems of late trains by changing the definition of late. The same thinking applies to climate change. The post Australia’s land-use emissions data revisions are an engine of climate delay appeared first on RenewEconomy.
EKPO Fuel Cell Stack for Power Supply Unit at Amsterdam Airport
FuelCellsWorks
JUNE 5, 2024
EKPO supplies NM5-evo fuel cell stack for aircraft power supply system Power supply unit to be operated by KES B.V. and KLM Ground Services at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol Order placed.
EcoG partners with Switch EV, acquires Josev EV charging OS
Charged
JUNE 5, 2024
EcoG , maker of an operating system that underpins a huge number of EV charging stations from many different manufacturers (see the feature article in our January-March 2024 issue ), has acquired the EV charger operating system Josev as part of a new partnership with Josev creator Switch EV. Josev will be integrated into EcoG’s existing suite of EV charging products, extending EcoG’s current suite of DC fast charging systems with Switch’s smart AC and commercial vehicle charging solutions (based
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