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'Dire warning': Fears grow over net zero 'complacency' as emissions rebound

Business Green

The rhetoric has been hugely welcome and has contrasted positively with the months and years following the financial crash of 2008, during which proposals for green stimulus packages struggled to secure meaningful traction and a wave of new fossil fuel investment locked in another decade of rising global emissions.

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How Ecobee is becoming the smart home company Nest should have been

The Verge: Energy

That accolade belongs to Ecobee, a small Canadian startup that launched the Ecobee Smart in 2008 , three years before Nest came along. Now, Ecobee is betting on expanding its ecosystem by launching a smart video doorbell , enhancing its affordable smart security system , and leaning further into smart home energy management.

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Tips for utilities making the transition to renewables

Renewable Energy World

Renewable energy has arrived, and it makes up the majority of new generating capacity being added in the United States. Wind power had a banner year in 2020 with a single-year record of 12GW of new capacity additions and, on December 23, 2021 a new daily record of 1.76 Within two years, he achieved more than 8X growth in solar.

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The prospects for I-1631 eliminating 20 million tons of carbon pollution annually by 2035

Low Carbon Prosperity

While 70% of total expenditures are directed toward “Clean Energy & Clean Air” investments, additional claims on those funds may diminish the amount made available for direct emission reduction activities. 3 Less coverage generally lowers price signal impacts, unless the changes for those sectors require a much higher price signal.

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'Doubling down on fossil fuels': Is the green recovery opportunity being squandered?

Business Green

New Energy Policy Tracker reveals support for fossil fuel industries has outstripped support for clean energy across the G20, but is there time to change course? Even where clean energy funding has been awarded, the cleanest energy sources have been marginalised, with only $16bn earmarked for wind and solar projects.

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Online Event - VERGE Energy Conference

Green Market Oracle

VERGE Energy Conference (VERGE 20) will take place on October 26-30, 2020. This online event can be attended from anywhere, The central theme at VERGE 20 will focus on how energy systems can be decarbonized, decentralized, digitized and democratized.

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Can a tiger change its stripes? Meet the pulp and paper giant bankrolling a huge Sumatran rainforest reserve

Business Green

The reserve is home to a vast array of rare and critically endangered animal species, including pangolins, sun bears, and - perhaps most famously - the Sumatran Tiger, of which there are less than 400 left in the wild. The firm's suppliers cleared at least 140,000 hectares of natural forests between 2008 and 2011 alone, the report claimed.