Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 5, 2020

It is against this background that Isle set up its Urban Resilience Technology Approval Group (UR TAG) in 2019. Urban Resilience TAG meetings are an opportunity to pool project experiences, share best practice and collaborate. Technology pilots. Best practice.

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DeSmogBlog

MAY 20, 2020

Superior Court, claims the oil major is misleading consumers with “false and deceptive” advertising about its investments in “clean” fuels and technology. Tags: ExxonMobil Beyond Pesticides false advertising bp climate lawsuits naomi oreskes geoffrey supran The latest suit , filed May 15 in the D.C.

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Climate change Investment Technology 143

GreenBiz

MARCH 4, 2021

Last summer, the investment arm of northern Europe’s largest financial services group dropped Brazilian meat giant JBS from its portfolio. The exclusion of JBS is quite dramatic for us because it is from all of our funds, not just the ones labelled ESG," Eric Pedersen, Nordea’s head of responsible investments, told The Guardian. .

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Biodiversity Energy Monitor Building Energy Monitoring Investment 545

DeSmogBlog

APRIL 5, 2021

trillion infrastructure package, which would include enormous investments in renewable energy, electric vehicles, and public transit, along with roads, bridges, and water infrastructure. The White House is billing it as a “generational investment” that will lead to “transformational progress in our ability to tackle climate change.”.

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Fossil fuels Electric vehicle Climate change Packaging 145

Business Green

MARCH 15, 2023

As such, Volkswagen said it was well positioned to drive profitable growth in key markets worldwide, as it announced plans to invest €180bn from now until 2027 "in the most attractive profit pools and regions", with more than two-thirds of that funding - €120bn - geared towards its electrification and digitisation plans. "We

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Investment South America Electric vehicle North America 41

DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 4, 2020

However, the proposed regulations contain a major loophole that will directly benefit large oil and gas producers, as well as some of the world’s largest investment groups. Tags: New Mexico methane regulations Hilcorp Jeffrey Hildebrand

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Methane Investment 101

Business Green

MARCH 21, 2023

Major new report from Energy Transition Commission concludes bridging the net zero investment gap is a 'manageable macroeconomic challenge' How much will it cost to build a net zero emission economy? This is undoubtedly true, but it serves to underplay the precise nature of the investment challenge faced by the net zero transition.

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Investment Fossil fuels Policy Carbon 57

GreenBiz

MARCH 3, 2021

The plan includes a $2 billion investment across electric vehicles, clean energy for operations and a new academic center with Yale focused on capturing carbon. Companies in particularly difficult industries to decarbonize — such as airlines — have shown increased interest in investing in carbon capture technologies. . Supply Chain.

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Carbon-neutral Carbon Electric vehicle Fossil fuels 450

DeSmogBlog

JULY 17, 2020

Read time: 15 mins Warren Buffet has a famous quote about investing: “Only when the tide goes out do you discover who's been swimming naked.” . They cited the billions that Buffett invested in the deal as compounding this risk. . The fracking industry doesn’t care that you’re a world-famous investment sage: It destroys all capital.

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Investment 92

DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 26, 2020

This think tank, funded in part through a corporate investment firm with holdings in major oil and petrochemical companies, operates a network for the international business community that partners with other institutions backed by Koch and fossil fuel cash.

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Fossil fuels Health Investment 137

DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

Tags: Covering Climate Now 2019 Joe Kennedy III Ed Markey green new deal Kennedy, has filed paperwork to challenge Sen. Ed Markey (D-Mass.), one of the Senate’s most progressive members and the chief sponsor of the Senate version of the Green New Deal resolution.

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Fossil fuels Investment 72

DeSmogBlog

MARCH 21, 2020

Read time: 4 mins Carbon capture technology has generated a lot of controversy–but little private investment–due to its lack of profitability and efficiency. Tags: Project Tundra carbon capture greenwashing Ask Senator John Hoeven (R- ND ), who has directed more than $30 million in Department of Energy funding to Project Tundra.

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Carbon Investment Technology Energy 86

DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 13, 2020

Exxon, for example, stands to lose at least 80 percent of its business-as-usual petroleum investments if the world takes action to limit global temperature rise to 1.6 Tags: ExxonMobil chevron carbon tracker energy transition stranded assets oil majors climate denial degrees C (2.9

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Fossil fuels Energy Energy Pollution 97

DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 10, 2019

The research shows hundreds of billions of dollars have flowed to 258 coal plant developers between January 2017 and September 2019 in the form of loans, investments, and underwriting. Tags: Paris Agreement blackrock Vanguard Citigroup JPMorgan Chase Coal Power Generation Finance

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Fossil fuels Organic Investment 98

DeSmogBlog

JULY 13, 2020

Without Berkshire Hathaway’s promised $4 billion investment, the project has stalled. Tags: LNG Wet'suwet'en Coastal GasLink pipeline US LNG Exports American Petroleum Institute While far from British Columbia, the actions spooked investors in Energie Saguenay LNG.

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Fossil fuels Natural gas Politics Investment 99

DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 17, 2020

But the key player in implementing the Alamo City’s energy transition — the local energy utility CPS Energy — remains committed to carbon-based fuels like coal and natural gas, even while it begins to invest more in renewable alternatives.

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Fossil fuels Natural gas Energy Energy 91

DeSmogBlog

AUGUST 26, 2020

Participating states have then used that revenue to invest in energy efficiency and clean energy programs. Tags: pennsylvania rggi CO2 Coalition Clean Air Council marc morano Caleb Rossiter Committee for a Constructive Tomorrow (CFACT)

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Pollution Carbon Fossil fuels Politics 97

DeSmogBlog

APRIL 19, 2020

While time feels distorted these days, it was only seven months and a lifetime ago that millions around the globe, led by school children, were marching in the streets, passionately demanding action and investment to match the scale of the climate crisis.

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Earth Day Demand Investment 108

DeSmogBlog

APRIL 22, 2020

Around the same time, however, the oil and gas major confirmed it would go ahead with its investment in a joint $6.4 Tags: carbon capture natural gas carbon tax biofuels ExxonMobil (NYSE: XOM) Imperial Oil Covering Climate Now billion gas project in Australia.

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Earth Day Natural gas Climate change Carbon 116

DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

They saw it as a long-term investment. Tags: Jordan Cove LNG Pacific Connector Pipeline Pembina eminent domain niskanen center Read time: 11 mins In 2005, Deb Evans and her husband Ron Schaaf bought a piece of property in Klamath County, Oregon, where they hoped to build a house and selectively harvest timber on the land.

Natural gas 101

Natural gas Investment 101

DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 19, 2019

The industry also has plans to invest $1.4 In other words, the oil majors are actively betting on, and are heavily invested in, blowing past climate targets and burning as much carbon as possible, despite protestations from company executives that they are good-faith actors.

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Fossil fuels Investment Carbon 90

DeSmogBlog

JUNE 15, 2020

Tags: carbon capture CCUS Center for Global Energy Policy (CGEP) cost of renewable energy

Carbon 100

Carbon Fossil fuels Natural gas Policy 100

GreenBiz

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

It’s a great advertising tag line, but there are no free rides; someone always pays somewhere. There is a phenomenal amount of money invested, profits made and infrastructure tied to transportation related energy. Venture capitalists also are everywhere seeking the next great investment. Free delivery." Predictions are easy.

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Transportation Electric vehicle North America Packaging 362

Charged

JANUARY 4, 2023

The R30, which is expected to carry a price tag around $300,000, is very much a luxury boat, but it sounds like more mass-market models are planned for the future. “To I like to forget about that,” Vo told the Tampa Bay Times , adding that he lost $1 million on his investments in Lordstown. kW of solar power for recharging.

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Electricity Batteries Innovation Cooling 111

DeSmogBlog

MAY 24, 2020

It's also an agenda matching a number of the former Energy Secretary's personal financial investments. Tags: Dentons EJM Associates AFL-CIO IBEW International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers U.S.

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Fossil fuels Earth Day Energy Energy 108

DeSmogBlog

AUGUST 16, 2019

Tags: electric vehicles BNP Paribas renewables investment cars BNP Paribas Asset Management calculates that oil majors like Exxon, BP and Shell will have to produce petrol from oil at $10 a barrel (the current price is $58) to compete with electricity on price, while for diesel, it says, oil can cost no more than $19 a barrel.

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Electric vehicle Electricity Investment Energy 63

EDF + Business

JULY 10, 2020

Getting a finished product from the factory to your door, has costs beyond the price tag. The post Why companies need to invest in clean delivery amid pandemic online shopping appeared first on EDF+Business. More trucks are making more trips, hurting the planet, and our health.”. Follow Aileen on Twitter, @aileennow.

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Energy Monitor Business Energy Monitoring Pollution Investment 52

Charged

JUNE 1, 2020

Plug & Charge, based on the ISO 15118 standard, enables direct communication between an EV and a charger, eliminating the need for a card or RFID tag. Kennedy says Tritium’s Plug & Charge solution is more secure than existing card-swipe or RFID tag payment methods. “A

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Automotive Technology Innovation Investment 86

Impact Alpha

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

San Francisco-based Samasource trains and hires data reviewers in East Africa to tag photos and annotate other data sources for Fortune 500 companies. ImpactAlpha, November 25 – Behind the red-hot “machine learning” market are human minds that design algorithms and sort underlying data.

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Africa Investment 96

Business Green

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Clean transport advocates point out £30bn price tag for railway electrification is in the same ball park as budget for road building. The Treasury is facing further accusations that it is hampering the UK's net zero transition, after reports emerged over the weekend that it has blocked plans to electrify Britain's railways over cost concerns.

Transportation 101

Transportation Government Hydrogen Investment 101

Business Green

JANUARY 11, 2022

As such, it said that once EVs achieve price-tag parity with petrol and diesel vehicles, drivers would rapidly switch towards electric mobility, leaving the electric car market poised for exponential growth in the coming years. We see in this report that e-fuels do not benefit consumers and they don't want it," Pans said.

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Fossil fuels Europe Electric vehicle Demand 91

GreenBiz

OCTOBER 29, 2020

Aside from cutting back on waste, Phood can help operations save money, which is often the impetus for an investment. Because source reduction has such strong economic benefits, the sustainability aspect gets to tag along. According to Dang, Phood can save up to 10 percent on annual food costs. . Pull Quote.

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Waste Waste Startups Agriculture 362

GreenBiz

AUGUST 18, 2020

million , having fully circular packaging by investing $100 million in developing regenerative solutions, and decreasing its greenhouse gas emissions. Ulta, like Sephora, is planning a Made Without list that will tag products free of parabens, phthalates and 25 other chemical categories. Natura & Co., million acres from its current 4.5

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Packaging Plastics Retail Recycling 441

Business Green

JUNE 10, 2022

Ecosia has also invested nearly €30m into renewable energy and claims to be the only search engine that "crowds out fossil fuels" from the energy grid with every search. It uses satellite technology, geo-tagging, photographic evidence, and field visits to monitor the impact of its reforestation projects.

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Energy Monitor Carbon-negative Carbon-neutral Fossil fuels 69

Grist

MAY 18, 2023

Those impacts come with a surprisingly steep price tag, according to the study, which was published in Science on Thursday. By the end of the century, El Niño cycles may spur a whopping $84 trillion in economic losses. “El El Niño is more costly than we realized,” Christopher W.

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South America Climate change Asia Cooling 97

Terra Infirma

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

As the name suggests, an EV battery gigafactory is truly colossal with a price tag to match – we’re talking billions rather than millions. As I type, Britishvolt is teetering on the edge of bankruptcy having apparently only secured tens of millions of investment.

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Batteries Government Investment Demand 56

DeSmogBlog

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

The more the city invests in community adaptation, the higher the price tag — in its complaint, the city said it is already spending $188 million on climate projects in low-income communities — and that’s the kind of thing Chicago wants oil companies to help pay for.

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Fossil fuels Climate change Law Policy 109