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Fed money starts flowing for EV charging

GreenBiz

Here are five takeaways from the new grant program

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The Environmental Impact Of Biomedical Waste And How To Reduce It

The Environmental Blog

Biomedical waste is a term used to describe waste that is generated from healthcare facilities, including hospitals, clinics, and laboratories. This type of waste can be hazardous to human health and the environment if not managed properly.

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The debate over geoengineering is intensifying

GreenBiz

Is geoengineering the answer to climate change, just part of the answer or dangerous science

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More Sustainable (and Beautiful) Alternatives to a Grass Lawn

NRDC onEarth

Manicured turf grass lawns cover up to 50 million acres of land in America. But a new, no-mow movement is challenging this conformity—and helping the environment

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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

Join Ayesha Choudhury, Senior Vice President, Head of Capital Markets at Infinium, to learn why we need eFuels in the carbon neutrality mix, how eFuels are produced, and how Infinium globally scales eFuel production to benefit society

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Continental and Infineon cooperate on server-based vehicle architectures

Charged

Automotive supplier Continental is collaborating with semiconductor manufacturer Infineon Technologies to develop server-based vehicle architectures.

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Top 5 Reasons Your Climate Tech Startup Must Create Content

Michael Grossman

Once upon a time, the Greeks created content, but it was known as lyric verse. The Egyptians created their content on papyrus while the Romans called content epic poems. Today, we lump all of these communication forms together under the guise of "content creation."

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Q&A: Delivering sustainable solutions to solve water challenges 

Envirotec Magazine

Stephen Kennedy is head of digital and innovation at MWH Treatment, a firm offering end-to-end treatment projects for water and wastewater.

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Crypto Has a Climate Problem

NRDC onEarth

Digital currencies are booming. So are their emissions.

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HEVO to collaborate with Stellantis on wireless EV charging

Charged

Wireless charging provider HEVO is partnering with Stellantis to integrate wireless charging into Stellantis EVs. HEVO’s wireless charging technology is up to 95% efficient (grid-to-battery), and is compliant with SAE and UL wireless charging standards, according to the company.

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Top 5 Reasons Why Content Is King

Michael Grossman

Once upon a time, the Greeks created content, but it was known as lyric verse. The Egyptians created their content on papyrus while the Romans called content epic poems. Today, we lump all of these communication forms together under the guise of "content creation."

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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 Carbon Zero, Circular Economy, is easily the most profoundly important result of digital transformation. Industry 4.0 has a massively cumulative impact on dematerialization (in all forms) and resultant decarbonization (both emissions and embodied) throughout the economy. Join panelists Bruce Armstrong Taylor, Jimmy Jia, Fabienne Durand, and their moderator Roger Strukhoff as they discuss how bending the carbon/GHG heavy linear economy to the circular is one of the hidden benefits of digital disruption.

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The enormous opportunity of e-waste recycling

GreenBiz

In Minnesota alone, the value of metals and materials that could be mined from electronic waste has an estimated value of over $2.8 billion annually

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DRS contract award will lead to ‘significant’ job losses and could increase carbon emissions

Envirotec Magazine

MSPs group joins industry body calling for rethink on Biffa contract award and launch delay Drew Murdoch of the Resource Management Association Scotland (RMAS): “The decision to appoint a single contractor gives an unfair market advantage to one large operator.”

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A Turning Point in the Fight to Protect New Mexico’s Greater Chaco Region

NRDC onEarth

The Biden administration’s proposal to prohibit new oil and gas leasing and drilling in the area comes after years of exploitation that’s had devastating health and cultural impacts on Indigenous communities

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TwinTorq says its electric/hydraulic motor extends EV range and battery life

Charged

EV motor and drivetrain manufacturer KersTech has developed a new motor for commercial EVs that combines electric and hydraulic functions, with the aim of maximizing efficiency and extending vehicle range and battery life.

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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

Join our amazing panelists, Nik Gowing, Founder at Thinking the Unthinkable and International Broadcaster; Brenda Laurel, PhD, Principal, Neogaian Interactive; Sheridan Tatsuno, Principal, Dreamscape Global; Archie Kasnet, CEO, Regenerative; and Bruce Armstrong Taylor, The Climate 4.0 Project, to discuss how today's AR/VR and related AI-enabled technologies can be effectively applied, using data from such sources as NASA and NOAA, to both improve and accelerate urban sustainability planning and design.

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Full Throttle: Nonprofit Investor Elemental Excelerator Accelerates $43 Million into Funding Gaps

Elemental Excelerator

San Francisco, CA (March 15, 2023) — Elemental Excelerator, a leading nonprofit climate tech investor, today announced it plans to infuse up to $43 million into climate tech startups focused on social impact.

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Why sustainability must play a major role in your boardroom today — and tomorrow

GreenBiz

We need to shape the boardrooms of the future by choice, not by chance

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CIP micropollutants research published by UKWIR

Envirotec Magazine

Thirteen research reports have just been published, which aim to boost the water sector’s knowledge of microplastics and further the understanding of anti-microbial resistance (AMR) in wastewater treatment processes.

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Rich, Polluting Nations Still Owe the Developing World

NRDC onEarth

Here’s why follow-through on a $100 billion–per–year climate finance promise, from collecting data to determining success, remains complex but critical.

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Webinar: How to successfully launch a connected battery gigafactory enabled by MES

Charged

Sponsored by Rockwell Automation. Maximize production with smart, flexible solutions. Launching a connected battery Gigafactory is no small undertaking.

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Indigenous Group Fighting Emissions Cap Quietly Supported by Top Canadian Oil Company

DeSmogBlog

A national Indigenous group is fighting a proposed federal limit on oil and gas sector emissions by arguing it will harm First Nations, Métis and Inuit communities. But the group has a powerful non-Indigenous ally, according to corporate documents from Canada’s second-largest oil and gas producer.

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A conversation with the founders of Climate Founder

GreenBiz

Climate Founder is a one-stop shop for aspiring entrepreneurs in the climate tech field

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A lifeline for pools? “Digital boilers” provide innovative rethink of waste heat reuse

Envirotec Magazine

Swimming pools threatened with closure because of skyrocketing heating bills could get a reprieve from a new technology for waste heat reuse that is being described as a potential game changer.

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A Once-Thriving Black-Owned Beach Is Returned to Its Rightful Owners

NRDC onEarth

The victory at California’s Bruce’s Beach, improperly seized 100 years ago, has reignited the conversation around land restitution for Black Americans

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Comemso’s new testing solution for EV battery management systems

Charged

Comemso Electronics has announced a modular system for testing battery management systems (BMS), combined with a comprehensive new graphical interface for parameterization and visualization of the BMS test process.

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6 Facts You Didn’t Know About Solar Panels

Green Living Guy

Most people are familiar with solar panels and know that they can help reduce energy costs, but there’s much more to them than meets the eye. Here are 6 facts about solar panels you might not know – giving you a better understanding of their capabilities and advantages.

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My beef with alternative meat? I like vegetables

GreenBiz

I would love to see chefs convenience eaters that vegetables are awesome by focusing on celebrating vegetables instead of only trying to mimic meat

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Solar Power Market: The great move towards sustainable energy

altenergymag

The solar power market has become one of the most promising sources of clean energy in recent years. The global solar power market is poised to grow at a CAGR of 7.2% over the forecast period 2023 to 2030

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Do We Exhale Carbon?

NRDC onEarth

Your bodily emissions have at most a negligible impact on climate change, and you may even be a modest carbon-sequestration device

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Mercedes-Benz announces plans for its new eSprinter electric van

Charged

Mercedes-Benz has announced that production of the electric version of its popular Sprinter van will start in the second half of 2023, in both North America and Europe.

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Co-op extends tech recirculation offer

Envirotec Magazine

Image credit: Brookgardener / Shutterstock.com Co-op has expanded its trial with tech-recirculation start-up, Spring , with the introduction of new, reusable Pouches to help consumers cut e-waste and unlock the value in their old and unwanted phones and electronic devices.

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Solar PV Accounts for Over 30% of Utility-Scale Renewables Projects Globally: EIC Report

altenergymag

Decreasing cost of solar PV materials, its versatility, and global shift towards greater carbon neutrality contributed to its increasing popularity as a renewable energy source

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Rich, Polluting Nations Still Owe the Developing World

NRDC onEarth

Here’s why follow-through on a $100 billion–per–year climate finance promise, from collecting data to determining success, remains complex but critical.

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Airbus chooses Nidec Leroy-Somer to create electric motors for its hydrogen fuel cell engine

Charged

Airbus hopes to launch a zero-emission commercial aircraft by 2035. French electric motor maker Nidec Leroy-Somer will create an electric motor for its hydrogen fuel cell engine prototype. Airbus will test its fuel cell engine prototypes on ground benches.

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Group distils wisdom on biochar for climate-smart agriculture

Envirotec Magazine

Burning biochar has been a traditional agriculture practice used by humans since time immemorial. A new study attempts to synthesize global data from nearly 600 studies on biochar to analyze its potential as a climate-smart agricultural practice.