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. Adaptation was once viewed as an unhelpful distraction from the main focus of securing emissions reductions.

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DeSmogBlog

MARCH 2, 2022

Elsevier, a Dutch company behind many renowned peer-reviewed scientific journals, including the Lancet and Global Environmental Change, is also one of the top publishers of books aimed at expanding fossil fuel production. For more than a decade, the company has supported the energy industry’s efforts to optimize oil and gas extraction.

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Green Market Oracle

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

Here are fifty recently published books on the subjects of global warming, climate mitigation and social change. This is a companion piece to the the 25 books in The Green Market Oracle's well informed readers list. These books are organized in the following six categories: 1. Climate impacts 2. Sustainability and business 3.

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Terra Infirma

AUGUST 9, 2019

On Monday I griped about a Sustainability book I was sent for review. This sustainability ‘balance is a myth’ It is often called ‘weak Sustainability’ and was popular 10-20 years ago. In 2019, it is pretty incredible to hear someone use weak sustainability without the context of strong sustainability.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 5, 2023

All of the companies reviewed — Bloomberg, The Economist, The Financial Times, The New York Times, Politico, Reuters, and The Washington Post — top lists of most-trusted news outlets in both the U.S. and Europe. “People are reading about it in the news, that’s what shapes their understanding. .

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Renewable Energy World

APRIL 22, 2021

When you’ve followed the evolving research of a leading clean energy expert and become a supporter of his vision for a global clean energy transition, it should come as no surprise that I was eager to crack open Mark Jacobson’s 2021 book release, 100% Clean, Renewable Energy and Storage for Everything.

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Andrew Winston

MAY 26, 2022

I ran this little rant in MIT Sloan Management Review last month. But in recent years, ESG — which stands for environmental, social, and governance — has become the dominant term. Investment in so-called ESG funds has skyrocketed, with well over $1 trillion flooding into ESG funds in the past two years. 144,000 impressions.

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Andrew Winston

JANUARY 5, 2022

[Happy New Year! This is my year-end article from Harvard Business Review that I mentioned in my last post (which has many more stories and links). Here are the 6 big themes I drew from the last year, and 6 things to look out for in 2022]. So what happened this year that built such momentum? Here we go.

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AGreenLiving

OCTOBER 2, 2020

That’s why I was pleased to read Carola Wijdoogen’s new book, ” 7 Roles to Create Sustainable Success: A Practical Guide for Sustainability and CSR Professionals ,” which launches Oct. That’s where Wijdoogen’s book comes in. The Mentor: Put simply, mentors empower others.

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Business Green

JULY 19, 2022

Long-awaited Jet Zero Strategy unveiled by government setting out ambition for 2019 to be peak year for domestic aviation emissions in the UK. Elsewhere, the government said it would aim to improve jet fuel efficiency by two per cent every year, and provide a further £3.7m

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Greentown Labs

MARCH 24, 2022

So this year, I also want to highlight and celebrate the investors who are making a thoughtful and focused effort to fund the companies of female founders. According to the Harvard Business Review, only 2.3 percent of all venture capital funding in 2018 and 2019. We have all heard the statistics.

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Green Business Bureau

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

In 2019, the Governance Accountability Institute (G&A) announced that 90% of large companies (S&P 500 Index) published sustainability and responsibility reports. His book Social Responsibilities of the Businessman advocates the ethics and responsiveness of business to societal stakeholders. Sustainability and CSR Trends.

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GreenTechMedia

JANUARY 6, 2021

Looking back, however, 2020 proved to be a decisive year for clean energy in India. Bids for new solar projects hit record lows last year, affirming that coal is no longer the cheapest source of electricity. This is the first article in a series. With a few hours’ notice, all 1.3 Businesses closed.

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Andrew Winston

JANUARY 14, 2020

In my annual review of big themes in sustainability and business — in other words, how companies manage environmental and social issues and opportunities — I’ve always included a changing climate as a big story. But that said, there was a shift this year in how seriously the world took the issue, which does merit highlighting.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 16, 2022

He filed 21 internal complaints in 2012, then bumped them up to the Oregon Public Utility Commission (OPUC), the group that regulates utilities in the state, later that year. There, he met with OPUC staff in person and exchanged emails with Lori Koho, then OPUC’s senior official overseeing natural gas utilities. “I I never replied.

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Women in Cleantech and Sustainability

AUGUST 20, 2021

We capture real time information about open seats, then make those seats available to book through our app. Over the past two years, we’ve already served more than 10,000 riders from over 150 organizations with a pilot product. A vanpool is a group of people who commute together, usually in a shared van. What are we up to?

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Business Green

OCTOBER 1, 2022

At the same time, reports emerged that Defra was reviewing its long-standing plans to reform farming subsidies and introduce a new Environmental Land Management Scheme (ELMS) to ensure landowners are only paid if they deliver environmental benefits. In my book, the environment, farming, and economic growth go hand-in-hand," he added.

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Andrew Winston

AUGUST 7, 2019

I haven’t written as much this year (i’m hoping it’s quality over quantity?), Here’s one from my MIT SMR column from a few months back on megatrends and the next 10-11 years. And I’d say we do have some strong indications of where we could be in 11 years. [Hi all, Happy summer. Where will we be in 2030?

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Andrew Winston

AUGUST 7, 2019

I haven't written as much this year (i'm hoping it's quality over quantity?), Here's one from my MIT SMR column from a few months back on megatrends and the next 10-11 years. And I’d say we do have some strong indications of where we could be in 11 years. [Hi all, Happy summer. Where will we be in 2030? The world should reach 8.5

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Women in Cleantech and Sustainability

AUGUST 20, 2021

We capture real time information about open seats, then make those seats available to book through our app. Over the past two years, we’ve already served more than 10,000 riders from over 150 organizations with a pilot product. A vanpool is a group of people who commute together, usually in a shared van. What are we up to?

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Business Green

JUNE 25, 2020

This wasn't quite the year that we ordered," noted Committee on Climate Change CEO, Chris Stark, yesterday. This time last year we were congratulating the government for setting its new net zero target and telling them to go away and deliver it," he continued. "12 He isn't wrong. Net zero policy progress has been sluggish.

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Business Green

JULY 20, 2022

It is an admirable target, and among the most ambitious in the world for an aviation industry the size of the UK's, where air travel is worth around £22bn a year to the economy, and Heathrow Airport is among the busiest in Europe, if not the world. are likely to be determined within the next eight years.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 5, 2022

Prime Minister sets out vision for growing the economy by cutting taxes in first address to Conservative Party Conference. Whenever there is change, there is disruption," Truss told the audience of Tory party members in Birmingham. Not everyone will be in favour. But everyone will benefit from the result - a growing economy and a better future.".

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 7, 2021

Each storm season brings increased stress and fear for the people of Kivalina, a tiny Native village of some 400 Inupiaq people that sits on a small barrier island on the shore of the Chukchi Sea in Alaska. When fierce storms appear on the horizon, the children get especially anxious and the elderly worry, which has impacts on their health.

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

A new analysis by this website reviewed over 2,000 Telegraph opinion pieces and editorials published online over the six months ending 16 October. The Telegraph’s print circulation at the end of 2019, when it last released the data, was over 300,000. million in September this year. The paper had an online audience of 13.5

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 28, 2021

As we begin another year of what's being referred to in climate circles as the "decade to deliver," it is being defined by ESG, driven by shareholders and aided by new disclosure requirements on climate risk and human capital management. . "The Behind the coming ESG disclosure explosion. Jean Haggerty. Thu, 01/28/2021 - 01:00. Sign up here.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

All the green details from the government's new Spending Review and National Infrastructure Strategy. Chancellor Rishi Sunak unveiled his first Spending Review to Parliament this afternoon, outlining a raft of public spending plans geared at resuscitating the UK economy as the nation battles through the ongoing health and economic crises.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 26, 2020

Yet yesterday's Spending Review and National Infrastructure Strategy arguably marked out the difference in outlook between 10 and 11 Downing Street, with the Chancellor Rishi Sunak in the main offering little in new green spending commitments, and far less of the tub-thumping optimism that Boris Johnson plies his trade in.

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Charged

MAY 31, 2022

I spent 25 years buying and selling commodities, primarily focusing on North American energy—natural gas, crude oil, and then some electricity. So, we developed an energy monitoring device, which we launched in the spring of 2019. Shawn: I’m a commodities market trader by background. That was the first opportunity we saw.

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Unsustainable

AUGUST 12, 2019

Tree Planting: July 29th, 2019 – Ethiopia breaks the record for the most trees planted in a single day. words Jeremy Williams A hundred years ago Ethiopia was a forest nation, with over 40% of its land forested. words Jeremy Williams A hundred years ago Ethiopia was a forest nation, with over 40% of its land forested.

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DeSmogBlog

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Documentation related to the current lawsuit is available for review on Eni’s website. The hearing comes alongside a new report by Greenpeace Italy and ReCommon, which describes how Eni’s technical consultants in the case have deep ties to the fossil fuel industry and climate deniers. Ties to the U.S. climate denial theories into Italy.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

New analysis reveals Net Zero Banking Alliance members funnelled $33bn towards expanding oil and gas production over past year, but banks insist they are working to reduce their exposure to fossil fuels. temperature goal alive. If oil and gas demand decreases in line with 1.5C

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Clean Energy Trust

JULY 22, 2019

Clean Energy Trust’s Mid-Year Update Dear Friends of Clean Energy Trust, Summer arrived with a vengeance this past week here in Chicago after a rainy and chilly start. It’s an exciting time as we are gearing up to celebrate our 10-year anniversary in 2020. We have made 31 seed investments since 2014. Our work has compounding impact.

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 15, 2021

For a few years, the Briggs ranch delivered the rural splendor they’d hoped for. This takes some stress off your shoulders and you’re like, all you really need in life is a pair of blue jeans and a good book.”. Sewell, a 48-year-old businessman based in Midland, Texas, founded 7S Oil and Gas LLC in 2014. There is no Starbucks.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

Some countries have been pushing for the negotiations, which have been on hold since the Madrid Summit at the end of 2019, to recommence through a series of virtual conferences ahead of the COP26 Summit, which the British hosts still hope to be held in person this autumn. Bangladesh shelves plans for over 7GW of new coal capacity.

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 15, 2021

For a few years, the Briggs ranch delivered the rural splendor they’d hoped for. This takes some stress off your shoulders and you’re like, all you really need in life is a pair of blue jeans and a good book.”. Sewell, a 48-year-old businessman based in Midland, Texas, founded 7S Oil and Gas LLC in 2014. There is no Starbucks.

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AGreenLiving

DECEMBER 4, 2019

Depending on what your gift recipient is into, you can choose from books about everything from zero-waste cooking and vegetarianism to vegan recipes and ethical cooking. Learn more about House of Marley with our review for the 2019 Exodus headphones. Heading to or hosting a holiday party?

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