GreenBiz

MARCH 11, 2021

Cities are home to more than 50 percent of the global population and as a result are presented with ever-growing challenges, including finding a balance between social equity, economic vitality and environmental sustainability. s sustainable cities vision and making our city a great place, to live, work, learn and play.

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GreenBiz

MARCH 30, 2021

When most of us think about forests, we may picture vast expanses of tall trunks and dappled sunlight filtering through the leaves, far from the busyness of the city. But the trees that line city streets and surround apartment complexes across the U.S. hold great value, in part because of their proximity to people.

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GreenBiz

JUNE 22, 2020

Wejendorp recognizes the impact of each ingredient, and the responsibility of the chef — in commercial and home kitchens — to actively avoid waste where possible. When people move to cities, indigenous food knowledge is destroyed," Itsweng said. Let’s feed people with love and maybe food can be a way to express it.". Pull Quote.

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GreenBiz

JUNE 4, 2021

Now Pivot and rivals have competition from Kula Bio , a startup that raised $10 million last month on the back of claims that its microbes can replace up to 80 percent of farms’ nitrogen use. . The city where Starbucks was born — Seattle — is also home to a startup that’s trying to brew coffee without coffee beans. Atomo Coffee.

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GreenBiz

SEPTEMBER 4, 2020

14 and 15, the California electric grid operator made the incredibly rare decision to proactively shut off parts of the electricity grid, resulting in limited rolling blackouts affecting businesses and homes throughout the state. In the last 30 years, about one-third of coastal Southern California homes added air conditioners.

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GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

The fund will enable BlocPower to expand and scale its inner-city energy retrofits to projects across the nation, with $49 million going toward low-income residential buildings and $6 million dedicated to low-income small commercial buildings, houses of worship and other community buildings. . Keeping economic benefits of clean energy local.

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 6, 2021

Remember when Flint, Michigan garnered international attention because water in the city was making people sick ? For those who have not read the book, can you give an overview of what the "dirty secret" is in the title? And it ends up either out on top of the ground or comes back into the home, sometimes into their bathtubs.

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GreenBiz

MARCH 10, 2021

Editor’s note: This article is the third in a series about the Ceres Roadmap 2030, a vision for sustainable business leadership in this crucial decade. You can find the first article here , and the second here. But for many companies, examining and improving their performance on these systemic issues is new territory.

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Renewable Energy World

OCTOBER 27, 2021

Maintaining healthy, comfortable buildings can be expensive in Minnesota — especially during polar vortex events. Warren, a small city in Northern Minnesota, is offering an innovative public service: images that reveal building heat loss, captured by drones. Everyone’s looking to see, ‘how can I save money in my own home?’

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GreenBiz

JUNE 29, 2020

We reached out this spring to check in, asking those inclined to weigh in on how current events have changed their world views. One final note: Be sure to check the end of this article for quick job updates from others who responded to our outreach but chose not to comment on the two questions.

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The Environmental Blog

DECEMBER 18, 2021

For example, buying local food at farmer’s markets or grocery stores for less waste packaging or installing solar panels on your roof are ways you can contribute to green energy. This article will look at several crucial roles that green energy and natural gas provider companies play in the world today. Promoting Consumer Choice.

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GreenBiz

MARCH 1, 2021

Before doing research for this interview, I did not realize how big Walgreens Boots Alliance (WBA) is. With all of that in mind, how do you set your sustainability goals, and how these entities work together, if they do at all, to achieve your goals? How are you all doing that? How is it going so far?

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The Environmental Blog

OCTOBER 18, 2023

Located in the Gansu Province, this colossal wind energy project is a shining example of how a country can harness its vast natural resources to address its growing energy demands while simultaneously reducing its carbon footprint. The facility is home to hundreds of wind turbines, making it one of the largest wind farms in the world.

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DeSmogBlog

JANUARY 16, 2024

While Canada’s federal government is interested in helping Canadians transition off oil and gas for home heating — and is incentivizing the installation of heat pumps — Alberta Premier Danielle Smith has repeatedly warned against them. Roughly one-third of residents in Canada’s Atlantic provinces heat their homes with home heating oil.

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Planet Pulse

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

How Earth observation and geospatial data can help tackle sewage and safeguard the environment. Sewage water contains bacteria and viruses, and if not treated can contaminate water and affect wildlife. Sewage in water is not just a growing public health concern but has the potential to cause harm to the natural environment.

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GreenBiz

DECEMBER 16, 2020

Can California’s cap and trade address environmental justice? Richmond, a diverse, industrial city where housing prices and incomes have lagged behind its Bay Area neighbors, has poor air quality and some of the highest rates of respiratory and cardiovascular disease in California. Julia Rosen. Wed, 12/16/2020 - 01:30. Shutterstock.

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Fairsnape

JANUARY 22, 2020

How welcome is the current explosion in the media (books, guides, blogs, articles, tv and radio programmes) on the benefits of connecting with nature. Whilst this sounds a great, just try walking in a city for 10, even 5 minutes, through our typical built environments, it is quite a stretch. We need more of this.

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Renewable Energy World

AUGUST 31, 2021

Judge and Juedeman supported Helena as the city committed to 100% renewable energy. Thirty percent of the city’s electricity supply already stems from hydro, wind, and solar energy. By 2030, the City of Helena plans to run on 100% clean electricity community-wide. ” Mark Juedeman. Patrick Judge.

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Envirotec Magazine

JULY 13, 2021

Image credit: Edinburghcitymom/Shutterstock.com Edinburgh city centre in May 2020. There had been less understanding of how lockdowns affected PM2.5, tiny particulate matter that can penetrate a person’s lungs, leading to a host of health problems, including increased risk for heart attack and cancer. “PM 2.5

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Business Green

AUGUST 14, 2020

Each of the hundreds of off-the-shelf plastic containers that form the main structure house a self-contained colony of crickets, which can be turned into high-protein flour. billion homeless, solutions such as this can be global game-changers. billion homeless, solutions such as this can be global game-changers.

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Grist

APRIL 20, 2022

Its absence has already fundamentally changed how — and where — people can live. Collapsing trees are one of the more visible signs of permafrost; as ice thaws, the ground can slump, moving enough to overwhelm trees with shallow root systems. Sean McDermott / Grist. Sean McDermott / Grist. “In

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Andrew Winston

JANUARY 5, 2022

This is my year-end article from Harvard Business Review that I mentioned in my last post (which has many more stories and links). How do you know when something becomes the norm? This is an important story if only for how far it expands the role of business in society. affordable housing and efforts to improve racial equity).

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Business Green

MARCH 16, 2020

But, how about an EV that forgoes physically plugging into a power supply, and instead charges up its battery wirelessly, simply by briefly parking over a panel on the floor? Part of the trial is to find out how long it takes to top up the battery to the level required by the drivers.".

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DeSmogBlog

MAY 9, 2022

NW Natural business executives should not earn recompense from ratepayers through salary bonuses when 25% of Oregonians can barely afford to pay their energy bills.”. NW Natural is also asking the PUC to approve rate increases to cover “additional advertising and media expense” aimed at educating customers on how the utility will decarbonize.

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DeSmogBlog

JULY 20, 2023

Over the past two years, the Energy and Utilities Association (EUA) has paid a public affairs firm to generate hundreds of articles and interviews to lobby the UK government on energy policy. Heat pumps will play an essential role in reducing our fossil fuel dependence and making our homes and buildings renewables-ready.”

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GreenBiz

AUGUST 19, 2020

In fact, more cities and the private sector are tapping into its direct economic benefits, such as job creation and its potential to improve people’s livelihoods. was named as one of the best cities for energy efficiency and for scaling up local generation of clean energy in the country. There’s a strong focus on buildings.

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Green Business Bureau

JANUARY 10, 2023

Selecting the right sustainability certification for your business can be a tedious process requiring thorough research and understanding which program will best suit your needs and budget. Certifications can be issued by government agencies, non-profits or private companies. Integrating the SDGs into sustainability reporting.

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Grist

JUNE 2, 2023

Peters was the assistant public works director for the city of Stuart, a community of 18,000 on southeast Florida’s tranquil Treasure Coast. representative from Stuart’s district had left a message with the city asking someone to call her back. People had been drinking the poisoned water, and no one knew for how long.

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AGreenLiving

OCTOBER 6, 2020

Our COVID-19 response can make our cities more resilient to heat waves Roland Hunziker Tue, 10/06/2020 – 01:00 The COVID crisis has exposed our interdependencies and the insufficient preparation of our urban systems for coping with shocks. Cities are particularly vulnerable to heat waves.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 23, 2022

There's lots of talk about the need to cut energy use and emissions from homes, but what do homeowners actually think they need to do? As winter approaches, and with energy bills at record highs, insulating the UK's leaky homes has never been more urgent. Neglecting this perspective while designing policies can invite a backlash.

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Business Green

JULY 29, 2022

The tech giant's new EDVs hit the road as of 12 July in cities all over the US, including Baltimore, Chicago, Nashville, Phoenix, San Diego and St. Both companies plan to bring thousands of custom EDVs to more than 100 cities by the end of the year and 100,000 vehicles by 2030.

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GreenTechMedia

JANUARY 14, 2021

This is the second article in a series. “I don’t think you can just deploy solar and solve everything,” he said. Universities, incubators, investors and the public sector weren’t aligned on how to incentivize innovation, discover entrepreneurs and help researchers build a business. Read part one here.

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GreenBiz

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

Yet even with decades of spending on creating new transit and bicycle infrastructure, many cities still struggle to see the kinds of changes in their travel and growth patterns that point toward resilience and sustainability. Planners and politicians jump to efficiency and expansion before effectiveness can be established.

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AGreenLiving

AUGUST 10, 2020

Terreform ONE’s plans to upend cities and suburbs in a post-pandemic world Joel Makower Mon, 08/10/2020 – 02:11 And now for some serious fun. Each of the hundreds of off-the-shelf plastic containers that form the main structure house a self-contained colony of crickets, which can be turned into high-protein flour.

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Business Green

APRIL 18, 2022

A new study finds congestion charging and creating car-free streets and separated bike lanes have been most effective at reducing car use in European cities. A principal cause of stress-inducing noise pollution and life-shortening air pollution in European cities. Reducing car use in cities.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 4, 2020

14 and 15, the California electric grid operator made the incredibly rare decision to proactively shut off parts of the electricity grid, resulting in limited rolling blackouts affecting businesses and homes throughout the state. In the last 30 years, about one-third of coastal Southern California homes added air conditioners.

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Women in Cleantech and Sustainability

MARCH 26, 2021

Brittany reminded us all that water insecurity is closer to home than we might think. . Alexandra Rasch took us on a deep-dive on how to effectively lead in male dominated industries. Rita then explained how procedural, distributional, structural and transgenerational equity plays an integral part in LA’s sustainability plan.

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