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Energy saving innovations dominate Scottish Environment Business Awards

Envirotec Magazine

There were 12 winners at the annual “VIBES – Scottish Environment Business Awards” in Glasgow on Tuesday 1 November, recognising innovations including a system for using treated wastewater to provide heating, and a solution that empowers homeowners in striving for net zero. It also aims to become Net Zero by 2030.

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Drilling starts for Aarhus, Denmark geothermal heating project

ThinkGeoEnergy

The start of the drilling operations was marked by an event showcasing the 31-meter tall, 6000 horsepower drilling rig at the Aarhus Harbour. CO2 neutrality by 2030 The establishment of geothermal district heating is a crucial step in the plan of Aarhus to be carbon-neutral by 2030. Thomas Rand.

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Europe’s wood pellet market is worsening environmental racism in the American South

GreenBiz

The series is supported by the Temple Hoyne Buell Center for the Study of American Architecture at Columbia University, and is part of their POWER project. . As the Northeast Organizer for Clean Water for North Carolina , she’d met with residents of a small, majority Black town called Ahoskie, 40 miles from her home.

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Mapped: The Network of Powerful Agribusiness Groups Lobbying to Water Down the EU’s Sustainable Farming Targets

DeSmogBlog

To identify the powerful actors most actively lobbying against these key EU regulations and policies, DeSmog analysed corporate reports, lobbying records, official position papers, responses to public EU consultations, media events, and meetings held with various EU bodies over the past two years. Meet the Industry Trade Groups.

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High Seas Treaty: What does it mean for business?

Business Green

The deal has been hailed as a major coup for multilateralism , and as a crucial milestone in countries' efforts to meeting the goal, agreed by governments last December , to ensure 30 per cent of the Earth's land and sea are granted protected status by 2030.

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Farmland water “battery” storage and leak-detecting broadband cables among winners in Ofwat innovation competition

Envirotec Magazine

With droughts affecting the UK for much of last summer, the project, from Westcountry Rivers Trust and South West Water, will not only contribute to better hydrated wetlands, woodlands and fields, but can help farms manage water demand through dry weather, as well as boost aquatic biodiversity. A full list of the winners is included below.

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The Net Zero Strategy: All the top announcements at a glance

Business Green

Critics, meanwhile, have been quick to point out that the plan is thin on details around how the government intends to scale up energy efficiency improvements, boost green skills, decarbonise heavy industry, and encourage people to embrace lower carbon diets. work with business to deliver cost reductions for clean technologies.