In Senate Hearing, Economic Experts Warn Climate Crisis Could Spur Financial Crash Like 2008
DeSmogBlog
MARCH 12, 2020
Read time: 6 mins Could the climate crisis precipitate a financial crash akin to or even greater than the one in 2008?
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Media brief: The impact of clean stimulus measures on the U.S. economy following the 2008 downturn
Clean Energy Canada
APRIL 23, 2020
Following the 2008 financial crisis, countries around the world put together stimulus packages with varying emphasis on clean energy. used following the 2008 downturn and their subsequent impact on jobs, the economy and climate change. Since 2008, U.S.
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Lax Regulation Doesn’t Fully Explain Unsafe Buildings in African Cities: A View from Ghana
The City Fix
FEBRUARY 22, 2021
One study counted 54 building collapse deaths and 122 injuries in Kampala, Uganda, between 2004 and 2008. Another identified 112 cases in Lagos, Nigeria, from 1978 to 2008. Incidents of building collapse are worryingly common in large African cities.
State of the Profession 2022 Report
GreenBiz
APRIL 11, 2022
What wasn’t clear was whether the pandemic would negatively affect corporate sustainability efforts in the same way as during the 2008 - 2009 financial crisis.
Niger Delta Oil Spills: Shell Ruled Responsible In Landmark Verdict
Forbes Green Tech
JANUARY 29, 2021
In a historic ruling against the oil giant Shell, the Court of Appeal in The Hague has found in favor of four Nigerian farmers along with environmental activists in an oil spill case that was first filed in 2008.
Coveted black watermelons for sale in California
Inhabitat - Innovation
JUNE 29, 2022
Though a handsome figure, the highest record for the sale of one black watermelon is $6,100 set in 2008. The coveted black watermelons are available in the US and are on sale in the Bay Area of California. The black seedless watermelon is treasured in Japan where it is auctioned in an annual event that sees prices hit the roof. This year, the auction of this first crop in the northern island of Hokkaido saw one supreme quality black watermelon go for a whopping $370.
In Iloilo City, Philippines, an Inclusive Housing Program Protects Vulnerable Communities from Flood Risks
The City Fix
JANUARY 12, 2023
Aileen Monsale, a resident of Iloilo City, Philippines, lost her home in 2008 after devastating floods hit the low-lying city following Typhoon Fengshen – which many called a “storm of the century.”
Solar installations increasingly take the place of coal mines 2022 Trends in Solar
Solar Power World
JANUARY 7, 2022
As of 2020, there were 551 mines in the United States (out of that group, 37% of them idled operations) compared to more than 1,200 active mines in 2008.… The United States is reprioritizing where it sources its energy.
Edge Environment
GreenBiz
JULY 14, 2021
We were founded in 2008 and our teams are based in Australia, Chile, and the United States. Edge Environment. taylor flores. Wed, 07/14/2021 - 09:37. Edge is an international sustainability consultancy focused on serving clients based in Asia-Pacific and the Americas. We exist to help our clients generate value by creating truly sustainable economies and societies.
Call No. 22 replay: Rooting out racism as a systemic risk (audio)
Impact Alpha
AUGUST 27, 2020
27 – Investors have been talking about systemic risks at least since the Great Financial Crisis of 2008. ImpactAlpha, Aug. More recently, climate change, income inequality and now, suddenly, pandemics have been recognized as systemic risks as well.
Why The U.S. Has A Diesel Shortage
R-Squared Energy
NOVEMBER 3, 2022
Last week, the Energy Information Administration (EIA) reported that distillate inventories were at their lowest levels since 2008. However, in 2008 distillate levels were low coming out of spring. That’s far worse than the situation in 2008. Thus, a low distillate inventory in late April 2008 isn’t quite as serious as a low inventory in October 2022.
Evergreen fund helps Ohio coffee chain transition to worker ownership
Impact Alpha
OCTOBER 28, 2020
28 – The Evergreen Cooperatives was launched in 2008 to create green, worker-owned and controlled businesses that create jobs and wealth in low-income Cleveland neighborhoods. ImpactAlpha, Oct.
People of the 10th anniversary Top Solar Contractors list: David Wright, E Light Electric
Solar Power World
JULY 27, 2021
E Light got into solar in 2008 when we did the 1.75-MW Belmar project. For the 10th anniversary of the Top Solar Contractors list, we’re sharing Q&A’s with the people who make the industry run every day. Read more interviews here. How’d you get started in solar?
American Sentry Solar pays forward nearly $200,000 to small businesses struggling during COVID
Solar Power World
JULY 21, 2021
200 on the 2021 Top Solar Contractors list) CEO Joe Tunney had flashbacks of the Great Recession of 2008. When COVID-19 shut down businesses across the nation at the start of 2020, American Sentry Solar (No.
Impetus Digital: Virtual Collaboration Software Shares Their Sustainability Story
Green Business Bureau
MARCH 2, 2023
Founded in 2008, Impetus Digital has over a decade of experience in virtualizing meetings and events and offers a full range of strategic, medical writing, and digital services to help make the transition from in-person to virtual as seamless as possible.
Samasource raises $14.8 million to connect tech giants with Africa’s data talent
Impact Alpha
NOVEMBER 25, 2019
Leila Janah founded Samasource in 2008 to help the emerging markets’ workforce The post Samasource raises $14.8 ImpactAlpha, November 25 – Behind the red-hot “machine learning” market are human minds that design algorithms and sort underlying data.
Agent of Impact: Martin Muoto, SoLa Impact
Impact Alpha
FEBRUARY 7, 2020
Muoto has acquired, rehabbed and operated low-income housing in South Los Angeles since 2008. ImpactAlpha, Jan. 7 – The Nigerian-born entrepreneur and investor was investing in zones of opportunity before there were Opportunity Zones.
The Brief: Systemic impact investing (audio), China’s plant-based meat, CDFI merger, WorldRemit buys Sendwave, U.K. jobs bond, agri-tech trends in India
Impact Alpha
AUGUST 27, 2020
Investors have been talking about systemic risks at least since the Great Financial Crisis of 2008. Greetings, Agents of Impact! Featured: Agents of Impact Call Replay Rooting out racism as a systemic risk (audio).
BP, Shell, oil giants fund research into mobile carbon capture from ships at sea
GreenBiz
OCTOBER 26, 2020
OGCI claims mobile carbon capture technologies aboard ships could help the global shipping sector reach its current climate target to cut emissions by 50 percent by 2050, from a 2008 baseline — a goal that has faced criticism from green groups for lacking ambition.
Re-Powering underway at NextEra’s 150-Megawatt Osceola County Wind Farm
Renewable Energy World
AUGUST 26, 2019
With its original commissioning dating back to 2008, NextEra’s 150-megawatt (MW) Endeavor Wind Energy Center I & II projects in Osceola County are undergoing a prudent re-powering process. Blattner Energy construction crews moved into the Osceola County wind farm area this spring and started work. Blatter Energy is an Avon, Minnesota based heavy construction contractor. Project Development News Asset Management
5 Reasons To Use Recycled Paper
U.S. Green Technology
NOVEMBER 2, 2020
million metric tons in 2008 (Statista, n.d.). In this day and age, paper remains one of the most widely used medium for communication and information storage. Global consumption of paper totaled 422 million metric tons in 2018, rising steadily from 392.7
Solarpunk: Speculative fiction for climate optimists
Climate-KIC
APRIL 22, 2018
A 2008 article about sustainable marine transit published in the Republic of Bees appears to coin and define the term: “Solarpunk… conflates modern technology with older technology… […]. Solarpunk is a movement in literature, art, fashion, and activism that seeks to answer the question: “What does a sustainable civilisation look like—and how can we get there?”
2022 Olympics Featured Hydrogen Cars and Buses
GreenTech Gazette
MARCH 1, 2022
During the 2008 Olympics, we got used to seeing electric vehicles being used around the place; this edition of the Olympic Games, though, is putting hydrogen front and center. So, the 2022 Olympics could – we hope – have the same positive benefit that 2008 had for the EV industry.
Japan Closer to Harvesting Solar Energy from Space
Alternative Energy News
MARCH 19, 2015
Energy Inventions | Future Technology | Solar Power Since 2008, the Japanese Space Agency (JAXA) has been working hard to develop technologies to transmit electricity wirelessly. The goal of the Space Solar Power Systems (SSPS), is to be able to transmit energy from orbiting solar panels by 2030. On March 12th, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. MHI) successfully conducted a ground demonstration test of […]. Energy Inventions Future Technology Solar Power future
Ethically minded brands are on the rise: Here’s what you should know
The Environmental Blog
SEPTEMBER 23, 2020
A 2017 Financial Times article ( [link] ) also cites a study from the non-profit consultancy firm Ethical Consumer, which says that the UK market for ethical products and services has grown by over £40 billion since 2008.
Leapfrog’s Andy Kuper on impact, exits and scaling growth in emerging markets through the COVID crisis (podcast)
Impact Alpha
JUNE 15, 2020
That’s a stark contrast to the last recession, when LeapFrog launched its first fund a week after the collapse of Lehman Brothers in 2008.
Sono-Tek Announces the Company’s 300th Ultrasonic Spray System sold for Fuel Cell and H2 Electrolyzer Coating Applications
altenergymag
MARCH 22, 2021
Back in 2008 when Sono-Tek first started tracking this industry, the market was just emerging, and its direction and growth potential were not well known. Sono-Tek marks the recent sale of its 300th ultrasonic coating system for manufacturing fuel cells and electrolyzers. The machine sale was a large platform electrolyzer coating system, directed at converting environmentally harmful CO2 emissions into a useable fuel source.
Will Lithium Follow The ‘Super-Cycle’ Of Mining?
R-Squared Energy
MARCH 15, 2023
I heard that in 2008 when oil prices first topped $100 a barrel. Could we expect this lithium cycle to look like the time oil prices soared from $20 in the early 2000s to nearly $150 in 2008? Thus, lithium demand growth may slow, but it is unlikely to contract as demand for oil did in 2008. There’s an old adage for commodities that says, “the cure for high prices is high prices.” The inverse is true as well.
The world may have already crossed 5 climate tipping points
Grist
SEPTEMBER 10, 2022
The findings, the first comprehensive assessment of tipping points since 2008, are consistent with a recent report by the Intergovernmental Panel of Climate Change , which showed that some global warming impacts are now unavoidable, even if countries curtail emissions.
Q&A with Jeremy Grantham: Hold fossil fuel companies to account and make them ‘pariahs’
Impact Alpha
JANUARY 16, 2020
16 – Jeremy Grantham called the Japanese bubble of the 1980s, the tech bubble of the 2000s, and the housing bubble of 2008. ImpactAlpha, Jan. The British-born value investor has been warning of the risks of climate change long before it was fashionable.
Sponsored Content: Grundfos supports UN SDGs
Envirotec Magazine
MARCH 11, 2020
This was further underpinned in 2008 Grundfos set themselves some tough inhouse targets, including to reduce the total water usage, at their facilities by 50%, by 2025.
The Year In Energy Prices
R-Squared Energy
JANUARY 2, 2023
Russia’s invasion is the primary reason for prices shooting up above $120/bbl, a price level that has only ever been seen once before, in 2008. For prices to surge so high in late spring and summer is highly unusual, and again something we haven’t seen since 2008.
Exposed: West Virginia and Other States Relying on ‘House of Cards’ to Pay for Coal Mine Cleanup
DeSmogBlog
JUNE 25, 2020
These lumps of hydrocarbons historically played a vital role in America’s electricity mix, accounting for a third of the country’s energy production as recently as 2008.
Polluting vehicles predominate in car insurance enquiries, says survey
Envirotec Magazine
JANUARY 25, 2022
Figures reveal that the most enquired about car in the UK, the 2008 Volkswagen Golf, is rated C for CO2 and D for NOx. Image credit: Jeremy Segrott , CC BY 2.0 license.
A zombie-fire outbreak may be growing in the North
Grist
JUNE 4, 2021
That sounds small, but one year stood out: 2008, when a single zombie fire was actually responsible for charring 38 percent of the total burned area. While 2008 was a notably bad year, it was no fluke.
Big Oil’s Trade Group Allies Outspent Clean Energy Groups by a Whopping 27 Times
DeSmogBlog
FEBRUARY 15, 2023
We found that trade associations historically opposed to climate policies spent $2 billion in the decade from 2008 to 2018 on political activities, such as advertising, lobbying and political contributions. economy between 2008 and 2018, no other group of trade associations came close.
Big in 2021: American jobs created by EV companies
GreenBiz
JANUARY 6, 2021
Granholm worked closely with the Obama administration and the auto industry throughout the green stimulus program following the 2008 financial crisis. . Big in 2021: American jobs created by EV companies. Katie Fehrenbacher. Wed, 01/06/2021 - 00:30.
This acquisition could help make sustainable packaging the norm
GreenBiz
JANUARY 29, 2021
When Corbett started Ecologic in 2008, scaling its sustainable packaging was challenging because at that time, only the “diehard” in the green movement were pushing for such solutions, she said. . This acquisition could help make sustainable packaging the norm . Deonna Anderson.
A New Frontier: How Technology Is Enhancing Risk-Benefit Analysis in Private Credit Transactions
T Rex Group
MARCH 21, 2023
During times of economic fragility, large global banks have tightened their risk appetites.
Sustainable infrastructure investments can aid the post-COVID recovery
GreenBiz
MAY 5, 2020
Before the shovels hit the dirt, it's worth understanding how the world of 2020 is different from the world of 2008. For example, since 2008, the percentage of U.S. Sustainable infrastructure investments can aid the post-COVID recovery. Katherine Davisson. Tue, 05/05/2020 - 04:23.
Shipping industry emissions keep on climbing, new IMO data reveals
Business Green
MARCH 24, 2021
The analysis also confirms that while total emissions have grown, the carbon intensity of shipping improved between 2008 and 2018 - both for international shipping as a whole and for most ship types.
Renewal Funds closes fourth impact fund at $109 million
Impact Alpha
SEPTEMBER 30, 2019
ImpactAlpha, September 30 – Vancouver-based impact investor Renewal Funds has been investing in environmental technology and sustainable consumer products since it launched its first fund in 2008. The firm has raised C$145 million ($109 million) to accelerate investing in early stage companies. Renewal focuses on sectors that even impact investors tend to avoid, like public transportation tech. The post Renewal Funds closes fourth impact fund at $109 million appeared first on ImpactAlpha.
Sponsored content: Leaving room to breathe
Envirotec Magazine
JANUARY 25, 2021
This has been a requirement in API2000 and ISO28300 since 2008. Tank farm with mobile test bench. Tank breather vents are often overlooked as critical safety assets. The consequences from poorly set, calibrated and serviced assets are potentially dire.
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