Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 20, 2020

A 2003 study on victims of the coronavirus SARS found that patients in regions with moderate air pollution levels were 84% more likely to die than those in regions with low air pollution. So cleaning up the streets is a basic investment for a healthier future.”.

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 19, 2024

In all, the investigation identified five factory-scale poultry companies in as many countries that have received financial support from the International Finance Corporation (IFC, the private-sector lending arm of the World Bank Group), the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), or both since 2003, and that supply chicken to KFC.

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Greentown Labs

AUGUST 19, 2021

The Texas energy crisis in February 2021 reminded us of the precariousness of energy systems and their high costs of failure. As a pioneering climatetech community, Greentown Labs is issuing this open letter to highlight our solutions for improving American energy resilience and sustainability.

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Business Green

MAY 20, 2024

He is a leading technical and commercial advisor on distributed energy systems, organisational carbon management, building integrated renewables, energy services, and sustainable building design. The completed database will be used for research into energy use and carbon emissions, which can inform government strategy and policy.

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

In Cameroon, where the conflict is rooted in unequal access to fossil fuel resources , we have witnessed the government respond with increased investment in military and security forces. Evidence and our experience show that women and girls are among those disproportionately impacted by climate change. Will you join us?

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GreenTechMedia

DECEMBER 4, 2020

venture Xlinks is hoping to succeed with a concept that has eluded others in the past: shipping Saharan renewable energy north of the Mediterranean. As far back as 2003, an organization called Trans-Mediterranean Renewable Energy Cooperation hatched a plan to produce renewable energy in the Sahara for export to European markets.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

This highlights the multi-faceted advantage of geothermal development, providing clean and sustainable energy while also enabling social change and gender equality. At some point, life dragged us to Kula in 2003. I started working in Kula Municipality in 2003. But geothermal is an unknown energy underground.

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GreenTechMedia

JANUARY 4, 2021

Getting to 100 percent clean energy presents power grid operators with a major problem: what to do about inertia. This month it landed an undisclosed investment from major utility technology provider Accenture to expand to broader markets. “It also allows you to take more effective long-term investments.”

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GreenTechMedia

JANUARY 12, 2021

” These observations are backed up by a rising tide of evidence from clean energy advocates and academic research, indicating that attempts to decarbonize the U.S. FERC Order 845 in 2018 instituted many queue interconnection procedures proposed by wind energy advocates. The results have been dire for many developers.

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 26, 2020

Investments in software and data, as well as building deep relationships with utilities, will be key to helping fleets navigate this daunting ecosystem. Bloomberg New Energy Finance earlier this year declared delivery trucks to be the "next segment to cross the tipping point" and an electric "killer app." . that fit fleets' needs.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

According to an independent study, commissioned by Clim8 Invest, climate change is the number one concern for 61 per cent of UK consumers. However, the European Commission has estimated that achieving the current 2030 climate and energy targets will require €260bn of additional annual investment, equal to about 1.5

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DeSmogBlog

MAY 12, 2023

Last fall, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) greenlit the Hackberry gas storage project , which involves converting underground domes constructed in the 1970s to mine for salt into storage space for up to 25.5 Between 2003 to 2017, the company avoided paying $3.1 billion cubic feet of natural gas. “In

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R-Squared Energy

MAY 4, 2021

Hydrogen was thrust into the spotlight as a promising clean energy source by President George W. Bush in his 2003 State of the Union address. Since then, billions of dollars have been invested in an attempt to realize this vision. That implies a steep energy requirement. Hydrogen’s appeal is obvious.

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R-Squared Energy

JUNE 14, 2020

Since hydrogen produces minimal pollutants when combusted, it is envisioned by many as a core component of a cleaner energy future. Bush touted the potential for a “hydrogen economy” in his 2003 State of the Union address. Billions of dollars have been invested in the attempt to realize this vision. President George W.

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Green Market Oracle

NOVEMBER 17, 2019

France is the second largest European economy and home of the Paris Agreement on climate change, and is now a key European player in the renewable energy space. In a heavily regulated environment, this legal document defines the potential of evolution for each of the renewable energy sectors in France.

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Better Ventures

JANUARY 15, 2020

One investment theme we’re increasingly excited about is synthetic biology, due to its potential to replace carbon emitting production methods for a number of products reliant on fossil fuels, from food and materials to therapeutics and petrochemicals. We’ve made two recent investments in this space?—?in

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AGreenLiving

AUGUST 14, 2020

It’s also tough for major utilities to gear up new technologies — and they’re juggling a lot: clean energy targets; COVID-19 complications; and in some cases, bankruptcy. Pacific Gas and Electric, California’s largest utility and the originator of 2018’s deadly Camp Fire, is simply not on track to ensure clean energy reliability.

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Grist

DECEMBER 3, 2019

People were not as invested in the future as they were in the present. Las Vegas today is serving 40 to 50 percent more people with less water than it was in 2003. Fleck : The short-term incentives were always to pretend that there was more water so everybody can build the stuff they wanted to — dams, canals, cities, and farms.

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

IMIL’s global links will come as little surprise to Lula, who has been squaring off against the think tank since his first stint as president from 2003-2011. #newflame #liberdade #freedomfighters @Freer_UK pic.twitter.com/7E9yg1NJpX — Liz Truss (@trussliz) April 12, 2018. Pedro Allemand, a Ph.D.

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Envirotec Magazine

MAY 9, 2024

Since their introduction in 2003, initially as a ‘healthy’ alternative to tobacco, they have created a whole new contaminated e-waste stream. Without all three, it is hard to make a strong investment business case. Another useful by-product is the energy produced, which can be used to power the recycling process.

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 11, 2021

It mass-produced the first electric car in the 1990s, then literally crushed most of them in 2003. The automaker’s sustainability goals include sourcing energy only from renewable sources and getting at least half the materials in its vehicles from recycled, bio-based or renewable origins — by 2030 in the U.S. and globally by 2040.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 16, 2022

Internal corporate documents and public records reviewed by DeSmog support several of Dye’s claims, including allegations that NW Natural executives downplayed or ignored employee concerns about billing accuracy issues associated with projects that facilitated extremely profitable energy market speculation.

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GreenTechMedia

MARCH 1, 2021

The financial fallout from the Texas energy system collapse of two weeks ago has begun. billion in energy costs and charges owed to state grid operator ERCOT. billion in energy costs and charges owed to state grid operator ERCOT. Financial hit could slow utility clean-energy investments.

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Business Green

MARCH 2, 2020

In his capacity as trustee for the charity he founded in 2003, the Children's Investment Fund Foundation (CIFF), Hohn has co-written letters to each of the banks calling on them to both disclose their exposure to coal risk and to "significantly increase the applied risk-weighting of these coal loans".

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Grist

APRIL 20, 2022

We have invested funding to rebuild,” said Cameron Wohlford, director of design and construction at the school’s facilities, “only to have them fail.”. He’s spent over a decade racing to help relocate Alaskan towns like Shishmaref or Kivalina, which, despite being deemed in imminent danger back in 2003, have not yet completed their move.

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Grist

JANUARY 12, 2023

Researchers at Harvard University and the University of Potsdam in Germany found that Exxon’s estimates from 1977 to 2003 proved to be just as precise as those from independent academics and government scientists. Harvard , Princeton , and other prominent universities are getting rid of investments in fossil fuels.

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AGreenLiving

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

It’s a huge undertaking involving many partners, including the Hydrogen Accelerator at the University of Saint Andrews and engineering firm Arcola Energy. This gas could be a potent source of clean energy , and, according to the U.S. Back in 2003, the Bush administration dedicated $1.2 billion for hydrogen research.

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Business Green

APRIL 18, 2022

City suburbs typically possess larger homes that generate higher levels of consumption and energy use. However a car is powered, can it ever be an efficient use of resources and space to spend up to 95 per cent of that energy moving the weight of the vehicle itself, rather than its passengers and goods? Covid-19: a missed opportunity?

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GreenTechMedia

DECEMBER 10, 2020

” As the number of wildfires in California increases, regulators and utilities are looking to new technologies that will help inform cost-effective grid investments. Fast and accurate data transfer could help utilities avoid deadly grid failures, such as the 2003 Northeast blackout and the 2018 Camp fire. inRG Solutions.

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GreenTechMedia

JANUARY 20, 2021

You might not know that he’s also an army veteran, former Federal Chief Sustainability Officer under the Obama Administration, and a multi-hyphenate who’s dedicated his career to public service, renewable energy, and sustainability. Starting in renewable energy.

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Energy Innovation

JULY 20, 2023

Energy Innovation partners with the independent nonprofit Aspen Global Change Institute (AGCI) to provide climate and energy research updates. appeared first on Energy Innovation: Policy and Technology. The research synopsis below comes from AGCI James C. A full list of AGCI’s updates is available online at [link].

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Climate Tech VC

NOVEMBER 24, 2023

To quantify that growth requirement, the International Energy Agency (IEA) pegged the gap at 80 million kilometers of new power lines that will have to be built or upgraded globally by 2040. If reaching net zero means electrifying everything, investment in grid tech will be crucial. Why the hold up?

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AGreenLiving

JANUARY 11, 2021

It mass-produced the first electric car in the 1990s, then literally crushed most of them in 2003. ” The automaker’s sustainability goals include sourcing energy only from renewable sources and getting at least half the materials in its vehicles from recycled, bio-based or renewable origins — by 2030 in the U.S.

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Grist

MAY 11, 2022

Just like you don’t want to put all of your eggs in one basket in your investment portfolio,” said Kelley Gage, director of water resources for the San Diego County Water Authority, “you shouldn’t do the same with your water portfolio.”. Everybody is still talking about investing in infrastructure,” she said.

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Earth Gratitude

AUGUST 27, 2017

. • Lower taxes on the middle class and poor, and make financial literacy core K-12 curriculum, so that all Americans will have access to improving their lives with smarter energy, budgeting, investing and tax-sensitive choices. has been embroiled in since 2003. . has been embroiled in since 2003. Be pro truth.

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Clean Energy Trust

AUGUST 5, 2020

July 2020 Cleantech Roundup: Electric Vehicles Go Public | Energy Policy Scandals | SunRun Acquires Vivint Solar Clean Energy Trust’s cleantech roundup highlights interesting cleantech news and perspective, across industry, technology, policy, and investing. Hint: it is not sales. but is heartbreak inevitable?

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 22, 2021

And since 1997 about one million barrels worth of oilfield waste has been brought to Lotus’s disposal site, situated off a dusty desert road located 19 miles west of Andrews, Texas (and just several miles from a massive solar array financed by Facebook and which provides energy to Shell’s fracking operations).

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