Grist

JANUARY 24, 2020

The words “climate tipping point” brings to mind collapsing ice shelves, rainforests burning to a crisp, and other irreversible environmental disasters. But what if I told you that not all climate tipping points are bad? The challenge ahead seems almost insurmountably difficult. Divestment from fossil fuels.

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DeSmogBlog

AUGUST 23, 2023

Climate activists and community associations, who were concerned about the risks associated with oil-by-rail shipments, counted the city’s rejection of the permit as a major victory, and were tantalizingly close to prevailing over the company. Zenith had appealed the decision, but had already suffered a string of defeats in the state.

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Green Market Oracle

DECEMBER 3, 2019

My message here today is one of hope not of despair” said UN chief António Guterres addressing journalists at a press conference in the Spanish capital on Sunday, after revealing the key takeaways from the World Meteorological Organization’s State of the Climate report, due to be published during COP25. “My degrees “is still within reach.”

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Grist

MAY 18, 2021

To prevent the most devastating effects of climate change, it’s essential to cut greenhouse gas emissions by phasing out fossil fuel use. Shaun Meehan was burned out. For a while things had been looking up for Charm Industrial. Meehan had lost confidence that Charm could deliver on a large scale. It felt like their boat was leaking.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

Shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves sets out intention to become the first ‘green chancellor’ as shadow business secretary Ed Miliband announces Labour would prioritise ‘climate justice and economic justice’. There is no better example of this than in the case of climate breakdown. No dither, no delay.

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GreenTechMedia

JUNE 17, 2020

Pacific Gas & Electric is on the verge of escaping from its 18-month bankruptcy , only to begin a years-long effort to prevent a repeat of the disasters that pushed it into insolvency in the first place. And all of this must happen without excessively raising customer rates, if it’s to avoid political and customer backlash.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 4, 2020

Anyone who remembers the start of 2020 will recall a time when there was to be a climate COP in the UK in November. While it is perfectly reasonable for climate negotiations to be delayed for the world to tackle a global health crisis, the climate and nature crisis itself is not so amenable to delay.

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Business Green

JUNE 18, 2020

That is the stark warning from the International Energy Agency (IEA), which today published sweeping proposals detailing how governments could help mobilise $1tr a year of investment in clean technologies and infrastructure over the next three years, averting a global depression and slashing greenhouse gas emissions in the process.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 26, 2021

An air-water heat pump outside a residential building. The UK has long lagged behind its European neighbours in encouraging the uptake of low-carbon heating, but the long-awaited Heat and Buildings strategy , published on 19 October, suggests a new level of ambition, with household funding for heat pumps being a standout measure. Envirotec reports.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 9, 2021

Like many corporations, the global COVID-19 pandemic and lack of usual in-person events meant they had to get creative about how to shape the political debate and find new allies to support their agendas. Read more about the industry’s climate lobbying at DeSmog’s agribusiness database.

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The Verge: Energy

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

So far, the state has purchased 30,000 of them for New York City’s public housing as part of its plan to tackle climate change. This is, in fact, a huge testing ground for an appliance on which many other governments are pinning their climate ambitions. Brausch for The Verge Can New York make heat pumps work for renters?

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Business Green

MAY 23, 2021

This year will be "make or break" in the fight against climate change, the UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has warned. The next United Nations climate summit, COP26 - or to give it its full title, the 26 th Climate Change Conference of the Parties - is due to take place in Glasgow in November.

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Planet Pulse

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Climate Resilience: Satellite imagery aids in identifying climate-stressed regions, facilitating adaptive strategies to combat climate change impacts. Rapid Response: Swift crop segmentation assists in quickly identifying post-disaster damaged areas, streamlining relief efforts.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

BusinessGreen brings you an overview of the key business takeaways from the Glasgow Climate Summit. After two weeks of intense negotiations and an avalanche of sectoral side deals, the COP26 Climate Summit was finally brought to a close by an emotional Alok Sharma late on Saturday night. Fossil fuels get named and shamed.

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Climate Tech VC

AUGUST 14, 2023

Proterra filed for bankruptcy last week, making the electric bus company the latest in a series of climate tech SPAC flame-outs. Meanwhile, the death toll rises after (climate-exacerbated) wildfires ravaged Maui. Happy Monday! And HBD to the IRA! See you back here on Aug. Thanks for reading! Not a subscriber yet?

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Business Green

OCTOBER 30, 2020

The Filipino government rounded out a busy few weeks for the Asian clean energy transition this week, announcing a moratorium on new coal power plants in support efforts to accelerate renewables development. Analysts warn Asian net zero pledges could dent Australian fossil fuel exports.

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Clean Energy Trust

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

This month, we’re talking about advances in limited-use-case autonomous vehicles, how electric vehicle battery recalls may impact their prospects, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report, energy multinationals morphing into distributed energy solutions providers, and more!

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GreenBiz

APRIL 15, 2021

The case for raising up women in climate tech. Four years ago this week, Project Drawdown released groundbreaking research on climate solutions that catalyzed the narrative that reversing global warming is possible. After all, addressing the climate crisis is the entrepreneurial opportunity of this generation. Shana Rappaport.

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GreenBiz

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

RBG left these 4 lessons for the climate fight. We don’t immediately think of RBG as an environmental activist or climate champion ( Greta Thunberg fandom notwithstanding). When I think about RBG, these are the lessons I take for the climate fight. Climate action honors RBG’s legacy on equality. Rushad Nanavatty.

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Elemental Excelerator

OCTOBER 5, 2020

It seems fitting that we cross the 100-company threshold for our portfolio here at the outset of what must be a decade of climate action. “Cohort 9 has strong momentum toward climate impact, with significant annual revenues and an average of over $7M raised. “These are technologies that are primed for deployment and growth.

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DeSmogBlog

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

The Copeland MP’s selection was welcomed on social media by the all-party group, which tweeted: “We look forward to working with Trudy as we continue to provide an ambitious, cross-party voice for climate and nature in Parliament.” A member of the group’s board was also appointed to a parliamentary committee on climate change.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 2, 2022

That prediction is finally coming true: A group of Puerto Rican communities, which were ravaged by Hurricanes Irma and Maria in 2017, are suing Shell and other fossil fuel producers in a first-of-its-kind, class action climate liability lawsuit. .

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Business Green

JANUARY 28, 2022

Climate stress tests, EV factory developments, and all the big green business news from around the world this week. ECB kicks off climate stress tests. The European Central Bank (ECB) confirmed yesterday that it has launched a stress test of European banks' preparedness for handling escalating climate risks.

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AGreenLiving

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

RBG left these 4 lessons for the climate fight Rushad Nanavatty Tue, 09/29/2020 – 01:30 Ruth Bader Ginsburg was a hero. We don’t immediately think of RBG as an environmental activist or climate champion ( Greta Thunberg fandom notwithstanding). When I think about RBG, these are the lessons I take for the climate fight.

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AGreenLiving

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

RBG left these 4 lessons for the climate fight Rushad Nanavatty Tue, 09/29/2020 – 01:30 Ruth Bader Ginsburg was a hero. We don’t immediately think of RBG as an environmental activist or climate champion ( Greta Thunberg fandom notwithstanding). When I think about RBG, these are the lessons I take for the climate fight.

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

The dust has barely settled on the Conservative Party leadership race and the new UK government has already begun confirming many climate campaigners’ worst fears about the direction Liz Truss intends to take the country in. That’s not to say there aren’t some green glimmers to be found, though. But what about her new cabinet?

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Business Green

APRIL 14, 2021

With the status of the Glasgow Summit up in the air, Alok Sharma has set out his 'wish list' for crucial Paris Agreement climate negotiations in 2021. Holding the Summit without the direct in-person participation of the world's most climate vulnerable nations would be "undemocratic", she has said.

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Elemental Excelerator

JANUARY 28, 2020

We are thrilled to announce that applications for our 9th cohort of climate-tech startups are officially open! ?. We’ve spent the past ten years working to accelerate solutions to climate change and deploy those solutions in the communities that need them the most. The space between 99 and 100.

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DeSmogBlog

MARCH 8, 2023

National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) chair Jennifer Homendy concluded that the East Palestine, Ohio, rail disaster was “100% preventable.” As you will read in the following excerpt, the regulators, lobbyists, and rail executives are all on record saying how great ECP brakes are at improving rail safety. Don’t believe them.

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Grist

DECEMBER 10, 2020

Exit polls say 61 percent of white men and 55 percent of white women tried to reelect Donald Trump, the same leader who purposely denied his own voters, along with the rest of the nation, his advance knowledge of how deadly the novel coronavirus could be.

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