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This carbon challenge is bigger than cars, aviation and shipping combined

GreenBiz

The world’s kilns, reactors, chillers and furnaces are powered mostly by fossil fuels. . High-temperature industrial heat, over 932 degrees F, poses a particular challenge because that’s the point at which fuels beyond electricity become the mainstay. The standard can be extended to other renewable fuels in time.

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Why is the idea of the Anthropocene so contentious?

Grist

The geologic epoch had reigned for 11,700 years, ever since the sprawling ice sheets covering North America and Europe began melting rapidly, and Crutzen thought its time was up. But it wasn’t until 2000 that the idea really took off. The scientist Paul Crutzen grew tired of the Holocene 24 years ago.

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The carbon challenge that is bigger than cars, aviation, and shipping combined

Business Green

The world's kilns, reactors, chillers, and furnaces are powered mostly by fossil fuels. High-temperature industrial heat, over 932 degrees F, poses a particular challenge because that's the point at which fuels beyond electricity become the mainstay. The standard can be extended to other renewable fuels in time.

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CEO at EOS Transition partners

Women in Cleantech and Sustainability

For over 30 years VEIC has been working with governments, utilities, foundations and b usinesses across North America to develop and deploy clean-energy services that provide immediate and lasting change. It seeks a Chief Executive Officer to lead the organization and expand the reach of its operations. billion. .

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How critical and emergency services can benefit from battery power

Smart Energy International

According to Climate Central , about 83% of significant reported power outages between 2000 and 2021 in the United States were attributed to weather-related events. From 2000 to 2021, there were more than 1,500 weather-related power outages, according to the Energy Information Administration.

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GAMING THE SYSTEM HOW SOCIAL MEDIA TRANSFORMS THE PUBLIC SPHERE, UNDERMINES CLIMATE ACTION AND THREATENS DEMOCRACY

Green Market Oracle

This applies to the fossil fuel and other industries as well as political.parties and most notably, political leaders like Donald Trump. Rutherford, 2000, p 263). There are numerous examples of advertising campaigns that illustrate how public and private interests coalesce behind specific projects (Rutherford, 2000, p 262).