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Meta and Aspiration partner to scale nature-based carbon removal solutions

GreenBiz

Sponsored: A collaboration between Meta and Aspiration demonstrates the crucial role of corporate partnerships in scaling nature-based carbon removal solutions.

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Fossil fuel drilling scheme faces High Court challenge

Envirotec Magazine

Protect Dunsfold campaigners celebrating outside the Royal Courts of Justice in March, after winning permission for their judicial review. A scheme to allow a drilling project on the edge of an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) in Surrey is being challenged in the High Court (Royal Courts of Justice) this Thursday (8th June). Good Law Project is supporting the action being brought by the local council and campaign group, Protect Dunsfold, against the Government which gave the project the

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Want to save the planet? Save the bus

NRDC onEarth

California, with the fifth largest economy in the world, is at risk of steering public transit off a fiscal cliff. It's time for the State's leaders to take action to protect transit riders and transit jobs.

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The Philips GreenPower LED toplighting force installation delivers more light with considerably less energy consumption, and can be used longer on an annual basis. “The flower quality is excellent, and the production can probably even be increased a bit

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The energy supply of the future is safe, climate-friendly and based on the efficient use of renewable energy. This requires the centralized and decentralized components of the energy system to work together seamlessly. With their new and creative ideas, start-ups are making an important contribution digitalizing our power system.

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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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Could there be an ‘OPEC of lithium’?

GreenBiz

Chile plans to nationalize its vast reserves of lithium, an element essential for development of batteries and electric vehicles. That could force new public-private partnerships for leading suppliers Albemarle and SQM.

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European science advisory group urges moratorium on deep-sea mining

Envirotec Magazine

Regions like the Clarion-Clipperton Zone (CCZ), located between Hawaii and Mexico, are a focus of commercial plans, and are estimated to hold reserves of minerals like manganese, nickel, copper, and cobalt (pictured). Explore recycling and terrestrial resources first, says the European Academies of Science Advisory Council (EASAC) Rising global hunger for rare minerals is driving commercial interest in deep-sea mining and its potential exploitation on a massive scale.

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How To Make Your Building Green And Smart

U.S. Green Technology

Green and smart buildings gain attention due to the growing demand for eco-friendly and energy-efficient solutions. Awareness of conventional construction’s environmental and well-being impact prompts increased emphasis on green and smart buildings. Property owners and managers have the chance to make their buildings into energy-efficient, environmentally friendly, and intelligent settings by using cutting-edge technologies and.

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How AI chatbots are transforming the sustainability profession

GreenBiz

We put ChatGPT and five other bots to real-world tests. The results were impressive, but how will it affect your job?

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Clean energy technology supply chains must get better, faster, cleaner, says report

Envirotec Magazine

A new briefing from think tank organisation the Energy Transitions Commission (ETC) argues that the clean energy transition can be delivered on time and at an affordable cost if supply chain risks are minimised by policy and industry action. Rapidly scaling sustainable, diversified, and resilient clean energy supply chains is key to achieving net-zero targets on-time and at as low a cost as possible, according to the ETC.

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California Pesticide Bills on the Move—Again

NRDC onEarth

The California Assembly passed two bills that would help address widespread contamination of the state’s environment with pesticides like neurotoxic neonics.

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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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Tigo Energy Releases Solar-Plus-Storage for German Market at Intersolar Europe

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Tigo to showcase residential solar solutions that make solar, energy storage, and data-driven fleet management fast, flexible, and dependable for European installers.

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The circular economy is about avoiding waste and fixing broken value systems

GreenBiz

Nearly all companies and organizations have contributed to the ever-expanding mess of extraction, waste, soil degradation, environmental racism and social injustice all in the name of growth at any cost.

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ACT passes first law in Australia banning gas in new homes, as fossil empire strikes back

Renew Economy

ACT votes on law to ban new gas connections for homes and businesses, in a major coup for electrification and a new blow to the fossil fuel lobby. The post ACT passes first law in Australia banning gas in new homes, as fossil empire strikes back appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Nevada Bill to Protect Bees Passes with Broad Bipartisan Support

NRDC onEarth

With broad bi-partisan support, Nevada enacted legislation to make it the third state to ban outdoor, non-agricultural uses of neurotoxic neonic pesticides.

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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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Revel adds Kia Niro EVs to its NYC electric rideshare fleet

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Brooklyn-based electric mobility and infrastructure Revel plans to diversify its EV rideshare fleet, adding 50 Kia Niro EVs to the 230 Tesla Model Ys and Model 3s it already has in service in New York City. Revel’s first Niros will be on the road by the end of June, available to rideshare customers for pick-up and drop-off in all five boroughs, parts of northern New Jersey and the three major NYC airports.

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How coders can help save the planet

GreenBiz

Code results in nearly 4 percent of the world's carbon emissions. Coders want to help, but often don’t know how. Here are some places to start.

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Scientists produce green hydrogen directly from seawater at offshore wind farm

Renew Economy

Chinese researchers produce green hydrogen at an offshore wind farm using a direct seawater electrolysis process that avoids the need for desalination. The post Scientists produce green hydrogen directly from seawater at offshore wind farm appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Solutions at Scale: Advancing Action on India’s Heat Risks

NRDC onEarth

At a workshop for national and state government officials, experts share insights on health-protective solutions to counter intensifying heat.

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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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GreenPower and its California dealership have over 40 electric school buses in the pipeline

Charged

Heavy-duty EV manufacturer GreenPower Motor is doing a brisk business in electric school buses in California, thanks in part to the state’s Hybrid and Zero-Emission Truck and Bus Voucher Incentive Project. GreenPower’s exclusive dealer, Creative Bus Sales, has more than 40 GreenPower Type D BEAST and Type A Nano BEAST school buses in the HVIP voucher funding pipeline.

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Eileen Fisher: 6 lessons from 14 years recycling clothes

GreenBiz

Expert tips on how to make reusable products and systems that support it, from Eileen Fisher’s director of circular design.

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Why solar panels should be reused, and not shredded for bricks and concrete

Renew Economy

Solar experts call for better approach to sustainable solar, including “bespoke” technology to recycle panels and reuse their valuable components. The post Why solar panels should be reused, and not shredded for bricks and concrete appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Volvo EX30 car: Small Electric SUV with Big Features

Green Living Guy

The Volvo EX30 car. It’s a small yet powerful electric SUV. One that is set to make a significant impact on the electric vehicle market. Designed with safety, convenience, and also enjoyment in mind. For the Volvo EX30 car boasts the smallest CO2 footprint. That’s moreover of any Volvo car to date. I believe that’s […] The post Volvo EX30 car: Small Electric SUV with Big Features appeared first on Green Living Guy.

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CharIN is not thrilled about the Ford/Tesla charging deal

Charged

Ford and Tesla recently reached an agreement that will give Ford EV customers access to Tesla’s network of 12,000 North American Superchargers starting in 2024. What’s more, Ford says it will equip future EVs with Tesla’s NACS charging port starting in 2025. The deal is the talk of the EV industry, and most of the opinions we’ve read are broadly positive—the more access to chargers, the better.

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How a one-time actor went from playing David Bowie to advancing EVs at DNV

GreenBiz

J.R. Killigrew, head of EV business development for North America at DNV, on the confidence to master career pivots, why relationship building is key to his role and emerging opportunities in the fast-growing EV space.

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Bangladesh forced to shut biggest coal units in heatwave due to lack of coal

Renew Economy

A shortage of affordable fossil fuels has forced power outages across Bangladesh, including at a brand new coal plant, as temperatures soar. The post Bangladesh forced to shut biggest coal units in heatwave due to lack of coal appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Huasun, global HJT manufacturer, to present its latest photovoltaic solutions at Intersolar Europe 2023

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Unlike conventional solar cells, it uses different materials for the top and bottom layers, allowing for enhanced solar energy capture and thus more efficient energy generation. HJT can also improve the stability and reliability of solar panels, making them more suitable for long-term use.

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WAE Technologies develops Elysia battery intelligence software

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WAE Technologies has developed a new battery intelligence software platform for the management and optimization of batteries. Elysia is based on AI, data science and electrochemical modeling. Its embedded and cloud-based products are designed to provide customers—including global automotive OEMs, fleet operators, and battery asset financiers—with battery insights, management, optimization, and performance enhancement across the battery’s entire lifecycle, both in the vehicle and in second-

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Episode 367: Plastics platitudes, carbon capture critique

GreenBiz

Jo and Joy Banner, co-founders and co-directors of The Descendants Project, explain why we should "stop giving fossil fuels a lifeline." Sifang Chen, managing science and innovation advisor at Carbon 180, unpacks ocean carbon capture.

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Spain on track to pass 50 pct renewable energy generation in 2023

Renew Economy

Spain expected to surpass 50% average renewables mark on its grid this year, beating neighbouring EU powerhouses to the milestone. The post Spain on track to pass 50 pct renewable energy generation in 2023 appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Qcells seals recognition for solar quality with 8th consecutive PVEL Top Performer accolade; also secures EuPD Research and n-tv Life & Living awards

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For the eighth year in a row, Qcells solar modules have been rated as a Top Performer in PVEL’s PV Module Reliability Scorecard. The company also received recognition for its module and brand quality with awards from EuPD Research and n-tv.

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Lohmann offers high-conductivity tapes for thermal management in EV batteries

Charged

Lohmann , a German adhesive tape company, has expanded its range of EV battery bonding solutions for damping, sealing, electrical insulation, conductivity and thermal management. Lohmann’s new DuploCOLL TC (thermally conductive) acrylic transfer tapes have ASTM D 5470-tested thermal conductivity of up to 2 W/mK. TC tapes are free of silicones, halogens and solvents and they can adhere to irregular surfaces.

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Ford, GM: Tesla is winning the EV charging market

GreenBiz

A quick look behind the headlines as Ford and GM partner with Tesla and its Supercharger network moves closer to U.S. standard.

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Wind farms set new output record in Australia’s main grid for first time in 2023

Renew Economy

Wind energy sets first output record of the year in Australia's main grid, with more to come over winter. The post Wind farms set new output record in Australia’s main grid for first time in 2023 appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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