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Food decarbonization comes of age at COP28

GreenBiz

Governments, funders and businesses are rolling up their sleeves at the climate summit to transform food systems.

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How Neonics Can Harm Soil Health and Soil Biodiversity

NRDC onEarth

This World Soil Day, let's acknowledge the effects that neonic pesticides can have on soil health and biodiversity, and the farms that depend on them

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Planning approval given for Australia’s biggest battery to soak up solar and replace coal

Renew Economy

Planning approval given for 2,000 MWh battery in Collie that could double in size and will be used to soak up solar and shift it to the evening peaks, replacing coal. The post Planning approval given for Australia’s biggest battery to soak up solar and replace coal appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Zero-Emission Vehicles Factbook: COP28 Edition

BloombergNEF

By Colin McKerracher, Head of Advanced Transport, BloombergNEF While the climate and energy world gather in Dubai this week for COP, BloombergNEF has published its annual zero emission vehicle factbook. The report was first launched at COP26 in Glasgow and provides a comprehensive picture on where we are on the journey to cleaning up road […] The post Zero-Emission Vehicles Factbook: COP28 Edition appeared first on BloombergNEF.

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Manufacturing Sustainability Surge: Your Guide to Data-Driven Energy Optimization & Decarbonization

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.

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Why JPMorgan, H&M and others will pay $57.1 million to spread crushed rock on farmland

GreenBiz

The Frontier buyers’ group wants to remove 154,000 tons of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere by 2028 through a new deal with startup Lithos Carbon.

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Municipal Compost is Key for Regenerative Farms and Sustainable Cities

NRDC onEarth

Compost is a physical reminder that soils, farms, and farmers are all part of a larger food system inextricably linked with municipalities and urban areas

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Record number of fossil fuel lobbyists get access to Cop28 climate talks

The Guardian: Energy

UAE-hosted summit admitted at least 2,456 people affiliated with oil and gas industries, analysis finds See all our Cop 28 coverage At least 2,456 fossil fuel lobbyists have been granted access to the Cop28 climate negotiations, according to an analysis. The figure calculated by the Kick Big Polluters Out (KBPO) coalition is a record number that raises further questions about the fossil fuel industry’s influence over this year’s UN summit, which is being run by the president of the United Arab E

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Nature risk reporting lags far behind climate disclosures, CDP finds

GreenBiz

The CDP calls for more comprehensive environmental risk reporting as hundreds of organizations back ISSB’s sustainability disclosure standards.

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Yet Another Oil Spill Hits the Gulf of Mexico

NRDC onEarth

The largest Gulf oil spill since Deepwater Horizon highlights the inherent risks of offshore drilling to coastal communities and marine ecosystems.

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“Major influx:” Batteries lead charge as renewables and storage grid applications double

Renew Economy

Applications for connections to the grid from new renewable and storage projects have more than doubled in the past year, and its taking less time. The post “Major influx:” Batteries lead charge as renewables and storage grid applications double appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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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.

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24/7 solar towers could double energy output

TechXplore

If you want to improve the output of solar energy systems, why not also run them at night? That's the question researchers in Qatar and Jordan addressed as they successfully devised a system that promises to more than double energy output of current solar power stations.

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Don't call it upcycling: 3 resourceful companies to watch

GreenBiz

It’s rare to find a company that perfectly closes the loop, but it’s valuable to embrace the diversity of circular solutions.

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The Cool Way to Heat: CA is poised to encourage “smart” AC units

NRDC onEarth

Proposed regs encourage new AC installs to be heat pumps, enabling customers to access heating and cooling in one clean appliance.

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Wind and solar output surges past 20 gigawatts for first time on Australia’s main grid

Renew Economy

Wind and solar output has surged past 20 gigawatts for the first time on Australian main grid, marking yet another significant milestone in the green energy transition. The post Wind and solar output surges past 20 gigawatts for first time on Australia’s main grid appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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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.

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Spain awards contracts to 1.9GWh energy storage in first PERTE tender

Energy Storage News

The government of Spain, through the Institution for the diversification and energy savings (IDAE) has awarded 880MW/1809MWh in its first tender for energy storage to be co-located with renewables.

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Why it matters that New York state is suing PepsiCo over single-use plastic

GreenBiz

The state alleges PepsiCo misled the public about the damage caused by single-use plastics.

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South Fork Wind Is Also a Victory for Whales

NRDC onEarth

The first U.S. utility-scale offshore wind project turns on the lights—and was built with strong protections in place for endangered whales.

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Stunning leap in rooftop solar PV smashes renewable records across the grid

Renew Economy

Rooftop solar output leaps by nearly a gigawatt to help establish new output records for renewables and reshape the grid. The post Stunning leap in rooftop solar PV smashes renewable records across the grid appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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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?

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US to Release Hydrogen Subsidy Guidance After COP28

FuelCellsWorks

DUBAI– The U.S. will release guidance for how hydrogen producers can secure billions of dollars of subsidies embedded in last year’s Inflation Reduction Act sometime this year after the COP28 climate.

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The most valuable guides to building decarbonization in 2024

GreenBiz

For the new year, here’s a selection of the best free resources available on how to decarbonize buildings.

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Compost Is a Climate Solution

NRDC onEarth

Reducing food waste is no. 1 on the list of most impactful interventions to mitigate climate change.

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Rooftop solar installs smash record as households turn to bigger systems, put pressure on coal

Renew Economy

Rooftop solar installs smash monthly records in November, as system sizes reach nearly 10kW and the coal industry faces another big bite out of its midday market lunch. The post Rooftop solar installs smash record as households turn to bigger systems, put pressure on coal appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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22 Countries, Including U.S., Pledge to Triple Nuclear Power Capacity

POWER Magazine

The U.S. and 21 other countries have said they want to triple the global generation capacity of nuclear power by mid-century. The pledge, announced Dec. 2 at the United Nations’ […] The post 22 Countries, Including U.S., Pledge to Triple Nuclear Power Capacity appeared first on POWER Magazine.

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Samtrans Set to Make Largest Zero-Emission Bus Purchase in the Agency’s History

FuelCellsWorks

The San Mateo County Transit District Board of Directors approved the purchase of up to 108 hydrogen fuel cell electric buses (FCEBs) at its December meeting, moving SamTrans closer to.

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Beyond The Tailpipe

NRDC onEarth

Brakes and tires are now a major source of particulate matter pollution from cars and trucks.

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Transgrid hands out multi-billion dollar contracts for controversial HumeLink build

Renew Economy

Transgrid names winners of nearly $3 billion worth of contracts for HumeLink, where work is going ahead in the face of community criticism and ahead of final project approvals. The post Transgrid hands out multi-billion dollar contracts for controversial HumeLink build appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Reuters, New York Times Top List of Fossil Fuel Industry’s Media Enablers

DeSmogBlog

Darren Woods, the CEO of Exxon, celebrates the potential of carbon capture to dramatically reduce global emissions. According to Saudi Aramco’s podcast, the fossil fuel industry is innovating new climate solutions, and BP’s podcast proclaims more of the same. These messages sound like they’ve been pulled from the public-relations departments of the world’s largest oil companies, but they were produced and promoted by the in-house ad agencies of Bloomberg, Reuters , and The New

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Lhyfe Inaugurates Its Bessières Site, the France’s Largest Green and Renewable Hydrogen Production Site

FuelCellsWorks

Occitanie H2 Corridor project and hydrogen mobility launched in the region From the first half of 2024, it will be possible in Occitanie to drive and power industrial processes cleanly,

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Sellafield: ‘bottomless pit of hell, money and despair’ at Europe’s most toxic nuclear site

The Guardian: Energy

Described as a nuclear Narnia, the site is a source of economic support for Cumbria – and a longstanding international safety concern Sellafield nuclear site hacked by groups linked to Russia and China Ministers who visit Sellafield for the first time are left with no illusions about the challenge at Europe’s most toxic nuclear site. One former UK secretary of state described it as a “bottomless pit of hell, money and despair”, which sucked up so much cash that it drowned out many other projects

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Another dud Snowy Hydro project, squandering over $1.5bn of taxpayers’ money

Renew Economy

Snowy Hydro's Hunter Power Project has kept a low profile compared to Snowy 2.0 – but it has a strikingly similar list of troubles sending it over budget and off schedule. The post Another dud Snowy Hydro project, squandering over $1.5bn of taxpayers’ money appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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California regulators cut incentives for rooftop solar even further

Canary Media

The California Public Utilities Commission has insisted that its decision last year to slash the compensation that households can receive from rooftop solar systems comes with a silver lining — a financial incentive for households to add batteries to their solar systems.

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ITM Power PLC Expects Improved Half-Year Revenue, Backs Annual Guidance

FuelCellsWorks

On Monday, ITM Power PLC reaffirmed its annual guidance, highlighting advancements in its 12-month strategy, which is designed to establish a solid base for the company’s future growth. “Ahead of.

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GM and Toyota are shaping up to be the biggest losers in the EV transition

TechCrunch: Climate

Legacy automakers have scaled back or set overly modest electric vehicle production targets. They may come to regret that. © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.