The Guardian: Energy

JANUARY 1, 2024

A world that was 6C warmer than it is today would be devastating. Some parts of the world would get much warmer, especially the poles. Normal” temperatures in many parts of the world would be unbearable. A 6C warmer world might be short-lived – it could quickly spiral into 8C, 10C or more. Crops would fail.

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GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

On the occasion of his 70th birthday this month, I caught up with McDonough to discuss his journey and some seminal moments in his life and career, and how they influenced his work. And to take a peek into where he may be headed next. The conversation has been lightly edited for clarity and length. So, it just feels like a great moment to reflect.

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Fairsnape

OCTOBER 18, 2019

Fast forward to Rob’s latest book, What If …From What Is To What If … What if we had undertaken that construction re-skilling back then? What if we lived in a time when the human imagination flourished and anything felt possible. It was back in 2008 when I first came across Rob Hopkins through his Transition Handbook.

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GreenBiz

JUNE 8, 2020

I write to you again today with heavy grief and a set of earnest pleas: As sustainability professionals, we must lead the cultivation of a more inclusive, equitable and safe world for all. These are just a few of many precious lives ended tragically and prematurely by people sickened by the venom of racism. Jarami Bond. Ahmaud Arbery.

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GreenBiz

JULY 20, 2020

Sustainability and the never-ending battle against burnout. Yes, my own, which came at the end of four years helping Apple become a model of environmental sustainability. Read more than 120 books. Chris Gaither. Mon, 07/20/2020 - 01:04. I felt sure I’d put burnout in the past. Because I hadn’t taken care of myself.

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Andrew Winston

APRIL 22, 2024

Even in the face of the “anti-ESG” movement — a very American phenomenon — there are vanishingly few large organizations around the world that really question the need to address environmental and social issues. Need to explain the “why” of climate change action? Here’s a three-part framing to convince businesses and their leaders to respond.

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GreenBiz

JUNE 6, 2020

To achieve this goal, the same kind of incentives, extension services, and creative financial mechanisms being advocated for in the developing world are going to be needed in the United States too. Why the private sector needs to invest in conservation agriculture right now. William Ginn. Sat, 06/06/2020 - 02:00. Copyright 2020 William J.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Heidelberg Materials is introducing a carbon-captured net-zero cement, said to be the world’s first, which will be available to customers in Europe.

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Terra Infirma

OCTOBER 14, 2019

Monteiro doesn’t hold back: The world isn’t broken. Monteiro doesn’t hold back: The world isn’t broken. In 1996, I visited the Auschwitz/Birkenau death camps in Poland. But the bit that really hit me hardest was most unexpected. It’s working exactly as it was designed to work. Which means we f *d up.

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Andrew Winston

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Many things stand in the way of change, but one particular hurdle is fundamental, particularly in the western world: the idea that a company has one goal — to maximize short-term shareholder returns (with the corollary assumption that sustainability is a drag on earnings, which is often wrong, and is always un-nuanced).

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Terra Infirma

JANUARY 22, 2024

I haven’t read Hannah Ritchie’s new book “Not the End of the World” yet, but to be honest, I’m already jealous of it as it is causing a lot of debate. Repeatedly Ritchie is confronted with arguments made against her book on Twitter as if that is a source of authority.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

A new book deals with the psychological, cultural and practical changes many believe will be necessary to avoid climate catastrophe – or, if it’s too late to avoid it, to advance strategies of adaptation. It’s time to pivot to a response that prioritises adaptation. Recent history of an idea.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

A new book deals with the psychological, cultural and practical changes many believe will be necessary to avoid climate catastrophe – or, if it’s too late to avoid it, to advance strategies of adaptation. It’s time to pivot to a response that prioritises adaptation. Recent history of an idea.

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GreenTechMedia

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

At the end of the round, the truths and lies are revealed. At the end of the round, the truths and lies are revealed. With decades of industry recognition and awards, Trina Solar is committed to delivering reliable and fully bankable solar technology to the world. They have to be clear lies, not slight adjustments of the truth.

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 26, 2020

On the recent World Food Day, the clarion call was clearer than ever: We must fix our food systems to improve human health, drive economic growth and save the planet from environmental collapse. These changes to our food systems could improve human and planetary health. Oliver Camp. Mon, 10/26/2020 - 01:30.

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Grist

MARCH 11, 2024

Interrupting a speaker, he announced that the world had already entered a new age: the Anthropocene. Read Next The 7 climate tipping points that could change the world forever Alexandria Herr , Shannon Osaka , & Maddie Stone As differences came to a head, heated discussions, votes, and resignations ensued.

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DeSmogBlog

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

What will it take for the world to finally rally around rapid, sustained climate action? Fisher answers this critical question in her new book, Saving Ourselves: Climate Shocks to Climate Action. Michaela Herrmann: One of the core things you talked about in the book is a “climate shock.” Professor Dana R.

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Business Green

MAY 20, 2022

Top executive bemoans that there is always 'some nutjob telling me about the end of the world', but the bank insists his views 'do not reflect the views of HSBC Asset Management nor HSBC Group in any way'. Kirk said: "I completely get that at the end of your central bank career there are still many, many years to fill in.

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GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

PepsiCo CSO on embedding sustainability into 'day-to-day business'. Heather Clancy. Mon, 02/01/2021 - 02:00. The number of companies proclaiming their intent to go net-zero by 2050 has expanded exponentially in the past 12 months, but the ones short-cutting that commitment by a decade are a rarer breed.

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Grist

MARCH 26, 2021

Magnason’s book On Time and Water , recently released in the United States, is his attempt to answer that question. During the years he spent gathering research for his book, the world changed dramatically. What if the world will be saved before the book comes out?” Magnason found himself thinking. “It

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GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 1, 2019

Koch Industries is one of the most influential energy and industrial firms in the world. This week, we have an interview with Christopher Leonard, author of a new book, “ Kochland: The Secret History of Koch Industries and Corporate Power in America.” And it suddenly got everyone talking about the Koch Brothers again.

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GreenTechMedia

AUGUST 12, 2020

ISP UpWind Solutions at the end of 2015. Wind turbine manufacturers are fighting to retain lucrative service contracts as project consolidation makes it more economical for asset owners to bring services in house. “The product EBIT margins for pure-play, publicly listed OEMs is declining,” Barla said in an interview.

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The Environmental Blog

OCTOBER 31, 2022

According to a World Food Programme (WEP) estimate, about a third of all food produced each year is wasted or lost before it can be eaten. According to a World Food Programme (WEP) estimate, about a third of all food produced each year is wasted or lost before it can be eaten. The garbage ends up in landfills. Approximately 1.3

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Grist

JULY 17, 2023

But the world’s susceptibility to fungal pathogens is genuine. In her new book Blight: Fungi and the Coming Pandemic , author, professor, and researcher Emily Monosson unravels the expansive and unsettling history of fungal invasions across the globe and how they have shaped our lives in both visible and invisible ways.

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 24, 2024

But what nobody really knows is at the other end of a building known as Le V, on the northeast side of the city, is a portal that leads to a secret pile of fracking waste from the woods of West Virginia. much of it toxic and radioactive. As you will see, this indeed was the case. It almost doesn’t seem real, and you might deny it.

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Grist

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

The University of Bristol professor decided to break that unspoken rule in her first book, Ice Rivers: A Story of Glaciers, Wilderness, and Humanity. In the book, which comes out in the United States this week, Wadham recounts three decades of her research expeditions all around the world. You probably know the headlines well.

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Grist

AUGUST 3, 2022

This story is part of Grist’s Coming to our Senses series, a weeklong exploration of how climate change is reshaping the way we see, hear, smell, touch, and taste the world around us. As a result, loons’ songs are in danger of fading from many parts of the world. A common loon calls out over the water. Getty Images.

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Hydrogen Fuel News

MARCH 17, 2024

There are a few hydrogen colors are already standing out in 2024 Though several new hydrogen colors have been identified since the end of 2021, when we published our educational piece on the main parts of the H2 spectrum, there are 3 that are already seeing regular mention in 2024 headlines.

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The Environmental Blog

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

Every effort is made to make the world a better place to live. Source: pexels.com/@shvets-production. With the recent climate changes, living a sustainable lifestyle is the way to go. If you’re not sure where to start, here are five tips to be more environmentally conscious. Save Water. It’s critical to save water whenever possible.

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Grist

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Forty pages in, so-called Hurricane Luna makes a surprise turn for Miami and ends up demolishing Southern Florida with a wall of water, buckling skyscrapers, leveling wastewater plants, and filling the Everglades with contaminated silt. In the real world, Category 5 is synonymous with the biggest and baddest storms. But some U.S.

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Fairsnape

MARCH 30, 2020

Not surprisingly then, we are seeing many events, workshops, exhibitions, film festivals, from book clubs to concerts to design shows, move into the online space. Not surprisingly then, we are seeing many events, workshops, exhibitions, film festivals, from book clubs to concerts to design shows, move into the online space.

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Business Green

JUNE 22, 2021

The Microsoft founder’s new book further strengthens our conviction about investing in the energy transition, according to Schroders. When one of the world's wealthiest individuals writes a book on avoiding climate disaster - and suggests changes we all need to make to our lifestyles - it is easy to be cynical.

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Grist

APRIL 17, 2024

Some of the first casualties will likely be sensitive, specialty crops, like the tropical berries that make one of the world’s most beloved beverages: coffee. Some of the first casualties will likely be sensitive, specialty crops, like the tropical berries that make one of the world’s most beloved beverages: coffee.

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Terra Infirma

MARCH 28, 2023

So I decided to make a day and night of it, booking into the hotel for the night and planning a cycle on Thursday afternoon around the old railway trails of Co Durham before the dinner (I’m self-employed, I can do this kind of thing). And, of course, it started raining. And then talk sense to sensible human beings.

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Green Business Bureau

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

Broaden your perspective with these 22 books by Indigenous authors. Happening every first Wednesday of October, Energy Efficiency Day is a collaborative effort by energy efficiency advocacy groups across the U.S. such as the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE), U.S. The message, “Save Money. Cut Pollution. Cut Pollution.

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Grist

APRIL 6, 2021

And today’s planetary changes are anything but modest: The world is on track to see an alarming 3.2 degrees F) warming by the end of this century, even if countries meet their current commitments to cut greenhouse gas emissions under the Paris Agreement. All those stories need to be retold, absolutely,” he said. degrees C (5.8

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

MSG had generously proposed to distribute blackout blinds to local serfs, but in the end their application was rejected on the grounds of the inescapable light pollution that would pour over people and wildlife. First, news broke that London Mayor Sadiq Khan had refused planning consent for the MSG Sphere in Stratford.

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