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Compensation vs. contribution: Comparing climate spending models

GreenBiz

Sponsored: Corporate climate leaders can sometimes be trapped by spending models that are only tethered to their footprint. But what if there was another way to approach the problem?

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How does sustainable agriculture measure up in the EU and U.S

GreenBiz

Here are three key differences and three similarities between the sustainable food pushes in America and Europe.

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Youngkin's Anti-climate Attack on Clean Cars Hits Brick Wall

NRDC onEarth

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Ship emissions study shows scope for ‘faster, better, cheaper’ monitoring

Envirotec Magazine

Image credit: balipadma / Shutterstock.com. Potential to increase ship emission monitoring to 100% coverage of the global ocean and attribute to individual ships, say authors A new paper highlights possible solutions to help improve ship emission compliance and attribution A number of new regulations have been implemented by the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) over the last decade following global concerns over air quality.

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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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Can AI Replace All Marketing Tasks?

Michael Grossman

Here’s the situation: You’re the CEO of a climate-focused startup, and money is always tight. You’re looking for that first customer to prove your concept, but you need to hire another engineer (or two) to finish your prototype. You know you need a website built to market the company, but you can’t afford to hire a marketing agency or even a mid-level market manager.

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Oregon's data center-focused emissions bill squashed by Amazon

GreenBiz

Amazon wielded its considerable lobbying power and killed legislation that would have cut industry emissions to zero by 2040. The question is, why?

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Firms operating own boiler urged to register with SEPA for MPCD

Envirotec Magazine

Businesses operating their own boiler, engine or generator for heat or power urged to check if they must register with SEPA Businesses that have been operating their own boiler, engine or generator for the production of heat or power are being urged to check whether they need to register with Scotland’s environment regulator as soon as possible. The Medium Combustion Plant Directive (MCPD) , which is designed to improve air quality by setting emission limits for sulphur dioxide, nitrogen oxides

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Gas can’t compete with wind, solar and storage, even in world’s biggest market

Renew Economy

Latest cost assessment from Lazard shows that wind, solar and storage win against gas in every metric - including firming - in world's biggest market. The post Gas can’t compete with wind, solar and storage, even in world’s biggest market appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Episode 359: Lessons in finance, climate literacy

GreenBiz

In this episode: How startups are approaching financial management in the wake of the Silicon Valley Bank collapse, a plethora of climate literacy resources, and confusion of what EVs will be eligible for tax credits.

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The Job is Not Done: It Is Time for EPA to Deliver on Clean Trucks Now

NRDC onEarth

NRDC is a member of the Moving Forward Network and we are working together to secure strong federal-level actions across the freight sector including the advancement of zero emission freight vehicles.

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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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Mixed waste processing technology begins trial in Seattle

Envirotec Magazine

Innovative waste processing technology Juno began processing waste from a municipality in Seattle in February, part of a 12-week mixed waste processing pilot project. During the pilot, Juno® will process municipal solid waste from King County. King County estimates that 70 percent, over 600,000 tons per year, of recyclable material exists in the county’s waste stream despite robust curbside recycling programs.

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Rooftop solar eats everyone’s lunch and sends grid demand to record lows

Renew Economy

Rooftop solar ate everyone's lunch on a mild Easter holiday, sending grid demand to record lows but also causing unheard of levels of renewable curtailment. The post Rooftop solar eats everyone’s lunch and sends grid demand to record lows appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Microsoft, Apple, Frontier extend support for ‘high-quality’ carbon removal

GreenBiz

More companies join the Frontier advance market commitment initiative, including Autodesk, H&M Group, JPMorgan Chase and Workday. Plus, Microsoft and Apple dedicate new funding to emerging carbon removal approaches.

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More States Adopt Building Energy Codes in India

NRDC onEarth

In a boost for energy efficient buildings, Chhattisgarh and Rajasthan adopted the Energy Conservation Building Code (ECBC) 2017 last month. Building energy codes are effective tools to ensure energy efficiency in the construction and operation of buildings.

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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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Monarch electric tractors roll off Foxconn assembly lines in Lordstown

Charged

The humble Ohio community of Lordstown has played a dynamic role in EV history. The first act of the drama was a typical Rust Belt tragedy—shuttered auto plant, lost jobs. The second was a heart-warming resurrection story—plucky startup builds innovative electric pickup. Next came a tawdry tale of a missed opportunity to electrify postal delivery vans , and a told-you-so parable in which credulous investors lost their chips in a SPAC deal.

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“Beginning of the end of fossil fuels” as wind and solar take centre stage

Renew Economy

Growth in wind and solar output expected to exceed demand growth for first time in 2023 outside of a recession year, signalling "beginning of the end" of fossil fuels. The post “Beginning of the end of fossil fuels” as wind and solar take centre stage appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Be excited about EPR, even if it’s not a silver bullet

GreenBiz

The bottom line is that a money flow is needed to improve recycling rates, and extended producer responsibility contributes to that.

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Food Waste Prevention Week Across the Nation

NRDC onEarth

Local, regional, state and national partners participate in Food Waste Prevention Week to educate and inspire culture change about food waste.

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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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EV charging provider FreeWire expands to Europe, opens UK headquarters

Charged

FreeWire Technologies provides battery-integrated EV charging stations and energy management solutions. The company’s Boost Charger DC fast chargers are found at gas stations and other locations in several regions of the US. FreeWire has also been busy in Europe—it recently deployed a Boost Charger at a bp gas station in Milton Keynes, UK, and another at a public fueling station in Vigo, Spain.

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Rooftop solar keeps bouncing back, as households pile on the panels

Renew Economy

Another strong month of rooftop solar installs – and an increase in the average system size – puts the market 20% ahead of where it was this time last year. The post Rooftop solar keeps bouncing back, as households pile on the panels appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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What brands excel at recommerce?

GreenBiz

A quick introduction to the brand resale index by Trove and OSF Digital. As you may expect for any fast-growing space such as recommerce, leaders and laggards are already distinguishing themselves.

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Reforming CA's Electric Rates for Decarbonization and Equity

NRDC onEarth

NRDC and The Utility Reform Network submitted an electric rate design proposal to the California Public Utilities Commission to promote equity and encourage beneficial electrification. This is the first stage in a regulatory process to implement income-based fixed charges.

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Cracking the Code on Ammonia in Maritime Shipping: Amogy’s Fund Raise Changes the Game

CleanTech Group

Last year we published research highlighting innovation in green ammonia production, and predicting an oncoming demand pull for long-distance transport.

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Fossil gas will lose its hold on spot prices with more battery, hydro, wind and solar

Renew Economy

The role of fossil gas in the firming market will reduce with more battery storage, pumped hydro, wind and solar. And that will be good for spot prices. The post Fossil gas will lose its hold on spot prices with more battery, hydro, wind and solar appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Transforming science and policy to solve generational challenges

GreenBiz

The One Environment-One Health framework proposes new research and policy solutions that better informs the complex interactions among environmental, social and economic systems.

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The Job is Not Done: It Is Time for EPA to Deliver on Clean Trucks Now

NRDC onEarth

NRDC is a member of the Moving Forward Network and we are working together to secure strong federal-level actions across the freight sector including the advancement of zero emission freight vehicles.

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Electric boat motor uses wind energy to recharge its batteries

Charged

No, this isn’t another article about a perpetual-motion machine (at least, we hope not). Oceanvolt has offered hydro-regenerating motors for some years. Its ServoProp variable-pitch sail drive motor has a regeneration feature that can charge an electric boat’s batteries while sailing. When moving under wind power, the drag of the water forces the propellor to move backwards, turning the motor into a generator in the manner familiar to every EV driver.

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“Bad faith:” Gas lobby’s desperate attacks on electrification don’t stack up

Renew Economy

A new attack on electrification by Australia's increasingly desperate gas lobby has been slammed as a "bad faith exercise" designed to mislead consumers. The post “Bad faith:” Gas lobby’s desperate attacks on electrification don’t stack up appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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10 resources for improving corporate climate literacy

GreenBiz

Read on for an overview of solutions designed to help businesses scale employee training and engagement programs related to sustainability or climate knowledge and skills.

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More States Adopt Building Energy Codes in India

NRDC onEarth

In a boost for energy efficient buildings, Chhattisgarh and Rajasthan adopted the Energy Conservation Building Code (ECBC) 2017 last month. Building energy codes are effective tools to ensure energy efficiency in the construction and operation of buildings.

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Improving EV battery design and thermal performance with adhesive tapes (Webinar)

Charged

Join this presentation at next week’s Virtual Conference on EV Engineering, presented by tesa tape, where we will discuss: Thermal propagation mitigation at module and pack level with high performance, low thickness tape Mounting of mica sheets, aerogel, foams and other materials in the battery module and pack Lamination of thermal insulation materials with flame retardant, halogen-free, pressure-sensitive adhesive tapes Encapsulation of fibrous thermal insulation materials for improved ba

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Century-Old Appliance Brand Paris Rhône Expands Its Business to Energy Storage Systems

altenergymag

Dubbed by the company as the most powerful home energy system ever, the PEX Series provides users with an energy storage solution that can fast-charge to full in just one and a half hours.

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Cold, hard lessons from Tide on driving behavior change at scale

GreenBiz

Sponsored: Todd Cline of P&G Fabric Care shares key takeaways from Tide’s cold water journey and a recent WWF study around creating lasting behavior change.

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