Green Technology

OCTOBER 13, 2022

The curriculum unit, Engineering for the Earth , covers Earth systems through lessons on natural resources, processes, weather, climate and landforms. These materials can be found here.This entry was posted in Uncategorized and tagged Curriculum , Environmental Literacy , K-12. Bookmark the permalink.

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

Tags: hurricanes and global warming extreme weather Caribbean green new deal As the National Hurricane Center announced Tuesday that Hurricane Dorian's core was “finally moving away from Grand Bahama Island,” toward the Southeastern U.S.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 2, 2019

Read time: 8 mins On February 4, 1970, the oil tanker SS Arrow was carrying a cargo of heavy bunker oil for Imperial Oil Limited when it encountered rough weather off the east coast of Canada. Tags: Imperial Oil ExxonMobil (NYSE: XOM) oil spills oil industry public relations

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DeSmogBlog

JANUARY 7, 2020

After years studying the climate, my work has brought me to Sydney where I’m studying the linkages between climate change and extreme weather events. Tags: Covering Climate Now Professor Michael Mann Australia australia wildfires climate change science By Michael Mann. It too is now threatened by climate change.

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DeSmogBlog

JANUARY 21, 2020

Tags: fracking extreme weather fracking finances climate impacts natural gas drilling

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GreenTech Gazette

JANUARY 1, 2024

The hydraulic disc brakes offer confident stopping power in any weather condition. It’s not the most affordable e-bike on the market, but the premium build quality, unique design, and impressive features justify the price tag for riders looking for something special.

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AGreenLiving

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

With extreme weather wreaking havoc around the world, there is a need for resilient shelters more than ever before. Delta is a bamboo shelter that retracts into itself when challenged by stormy weather and expands during non-severe weather. Turtle-inspired bamboo shelter contracts to half its size in case of extreme weather.

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Grist

MAY 18, 2021

Linking climate change to disastrous weather events like droughts, hurricanes, or floods is always tricky: Terrible storms happened before people started mucking with the global thermostat, and they’ll continue even if countries start to get their emissions under control. Similar research could be used in court against oil companies.

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DeSmogBlog

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

When you’re talking about the legacy of environmental racism all across the city, too often with regard to both severe weather and other aspects of the climate crisis, the communities bearing the brunt of that devastation are lower income communities of color,” said Alderman Martin.

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Smart Energy International

AUGUST 19, 2022

And this is a bit of the fallacy that tags along when we talk about the ubiquitous smart grid. The increasing number of environmental challenges – ice storms, wind storms, hurricanes, extremely hot weather, extremely cold weather – all seem to be accelerating. The grid is only smart in places.

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AGreenLiving

OCTOBER 1, 2021

In July, a bout of cold weather in a major arabica coffee-producing part of Brazil ruined a third of the coffee crop. Climate change seems to be driving the extreme weather in Brazil — and around the world. But he’s more worried about climate change than about the price tag. per kilogram. A very unlucky number, indeed.

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Business Green

JULY 5, 2020

Iggy Bassi, founder and chief executive of Cervest, said: "Our findings show that businesses are unclear of the risks that climate presents to them, and the potential price tag that goes with that. Bearing the brunt of this current pandemic will be an immediate focus for many companies.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

At the launch event for the new initiative today, COP27 President Sameh Shoukry said the Adaptation Agenda was a "critical step" for the "implementation COP", referring to the Egyptian presidency's tag line for the event.

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AGreenLiving

DECEMBER 3, 2020

They bring out our best, most loving selves, and inspire us to get exercise in all types of weather. Wood pet tags Rover can proudly wear this attractive pet tag , and if/when he roves, it will be easy for somebody to direct him home using the tag’s info.

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Business Green

MARCH 13, 2023

As such, farmers are starting to address sustainability issues "almost as a tag-along", according to Dierenfeld. The survey gathered information about how the livestock and poultry industry is already innovating to reduce its environmental impacts, primarily by chasing higher productivity and lower costs in an increasingly challenging market.

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Business Green

MARCH 13, 2023

As such, farmers are starting to address sustainability issues "almost as a tag-along", according to Dierenfield. The report also warned there were significant obstacles to the adoption of more sustainable practices.

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Green Business Bureau

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

While nature doesn’t come with a clearly labeled price tag, sustainability innovation understands that there is great economic value in preserving ecosystems, natural resources, biodiversity, and cultures and communities around the world.

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AGreenLiving

DECEMBER 12, 2019

Each collection comes with bags, a poncho raincoat, a cap and a bucket hat, all made using durable, weather-resistant materials recycled from the deserted tents. To make the pieces more collectible, the garment tags include information about the festival name, material features and the design story behind the brand.

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Smart Energy International

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

An AI-driven platform can automatically upload, tag, organise and analyse multiple data types and sources. Improvements to make the grid resistant to extreme weather. This creates a wealth of data: visual, thermal and geospatial. Depending on the length of a T&D line, this can mean millions of images.

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AGreenLiving

SEPTEMBER 20, 2019

“Our research shows that health-related costs added at least another 26 percent to the national price tag for 2012 severe weather-related damages.” The research team exhorts that unchecked climate-related events will economically burden communities, especially unprepared ones.

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Business Green

MAY 29, 2022

For example, the weaking of the Gulf Stream in the North Atlantic risks devastating the UK agriculture sector, potentially resulting in a 0.25 per cent loss in GDP under current policies. The UK alone, it estimated, would suffer a £220bn economic hit under such a scenario.

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Renewable Energy World

OCTOBER 27, 2021

With that information in mind, they can further insulate their home through air sealing, weather stripping, or attic insulation. The college already had the drones (each with a price tag of $40,000) and used the project as a student learning opportunity. On-Bill Financing for Energy Efficiency Upgrades.

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Business Green

APRIL 25, 2022

The New Weather Institute think tank which runs the 'Badvertising' campaign in the UK, yesterday published the results of a survey of 2,000 adults, which found over two thirds - 68 per cent - would like to see restrictions imposed on the advertising of environmentally harmful products.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

And there were conflicting reports over the price tag attached to the new support package. However, some analysts counselled costs could swell further if wholesale gas prices continue to rise over the winter in response to cold weather or further moves from Russia to restrict gas supplies to Europe.

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Hydrogen Fuel News

MARCH 5, 2024

But let’s chit-chat about something that often tags along with investing: dividends. But remember, dividends in green companies can be as unpredictable as the weather. These guys know the ropes and can often weather an economic storm better than those new kids on the block. Let’s dig in. Well, that depends.

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Business Green

MAY 24, 2021

High price tags are sometimes necessary for innovative green technologies, but with biomass, there's a real risk that the UK doesn't get what it's paying for," Ember's COO and lead UK analyst Phil MacDonald warned.

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Green Tech Challenge

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

My hand only gave off that kind of tingling you feel, when you’ve been playing with bare hands in freezing weather, run inside and splash them in hot water from the tap. “He’s OK” (by the way, if you ever deliver that kind of news to a parent, start with the OK-part). My shoulder was still hurting. They were perplexed.

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Business Green

JULY 7, 2021

Here, the OBR is crystal clear, estimating that unmitigated warming could see public debt spiralling up to a terrifying 290 per cent of GDP, thanks to "an ever hotter climate and more frequent and costly economic shocks", such as the fallout from increased conflict, mass migration, and extreme weather events.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

Labour's Party Conference kicked off yesterday, with the new tag line 'A Fairer, Greener Future' on prominent display, and the opening policy announcement coming in the form of a commitment to deliver a net zero emissions power system by 2030, a full five years earlier than the government's current 2035 target date.

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GreenTech Gazette

JUNE 1, 2023

The PVY Z20 Pro also comes equipped with a variety of other features, including front and rear LED lights, a LCD display, and a Shimano hydraulic disc brake system that provides reliable stopping power in all weather conditions. Overall, the PVY Z20 Pro is a great electric bike that offers a combination of speed, power, and range.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

Whether intentional or serendipitous, the government's £1.2bn investment towards building a new climate 'supercomputer' to provide faster and more accurate forecasting of extreme weather events was, upon its announcement yesterday , somewhat drowned out by the devastating impacts of Storm Dennis over the weekend.

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The Verge: Energy

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Heatwaves are becoming more extreme, killing more people in the US than any other weather-related disaster. Gradient’s website says it’ll be accepting preorders soon for its All-Weather 120V, the same kind of unit it’s offering to NYCHA. Air conditioning has been a challenge for the city.

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Business Green

JUNE 24, 2021

As ever, the CCC's assessment of the potential costs of net zero offers a powerful tonic to the loud minority of political and media commentators who have taken to bemoaning the price tags attached to the projects that can help avoid catastrophic climate impacts.

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Business Green

MARCH 23, 2022

The price tag is almost identical - £2.7bn for a world-leading bus service against £2.5bn cutting a few pence off fuel duty - but the difference to real people's lives would be immeasurable.".

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ThinkGeoEnergy

MARCH 15, 2024

Recent global conflicts, characterised by high and fluctuating oil and gas prices, have exposed the limitations of the current renewable energy market, where weather-dependent green energy sources must coexist with fossil fuels for heating and for stabilisation of the electricity grid.

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Grist

JUNE 21, 2021

That didn’t raise eyebrows until years later, when state researchers looked at these numbers next to weather data. Detecting the fingerprints of climate change on local weather events is tricky, but dire climate predictions are motivating similar drinking water studies in other states that are getting wetter. It’s $820 billion.

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GreenTechMedia

JULY 6, 2020

Brad Bauer: I started out working at a law firm in Boston then tagged along with my then-girlfriend, now wife, when she finished school and started practicing in San Francisco. We weathered the global financial crisis and developed a good sized portfolio of operating assets that we sold-off in a piecemeal fashion throughout 2014 and 2015.

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