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Con Edison Contracts Its Biggest Battery to Date in New York City

GreenTechMedia

New York will need a lot more energy storage to meet its goal of reaching 70 percent renewable electricity by 2030 and a carbon-free electricity system by 2040. Grid reliability is also the core use case for Con Edison’s 2 MW battery at Ozone Park in Queens and for a 1 MW demonstration project with Shell/GI Energy in Staten Island.

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Global Briefing: Japan hints at coal export policy crackdown

Business Green

Since the bulk of the transport infrastructure in the region was designed for the climate of the 20th century and has been subject to low public investment in recent decades, it is crucial to map precisely the vulnerability of these assets to extreme climate events," UNECE said. Michigan energy supplier pledges to go net zero by 2040.

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Video Storytelling: 20 Best Climate Change and Sustainability Documentaries (Plus How To Tell Your Green Story)

Green Business Bureau

Rather than focusing on the problem, 2040 is a motivating story of action. 2040 is a story of hope, finding opportunities that can mitigate climate change, and improve the lives of many. 2040 is a story of hope, finding opportunities that can mitigate climate change, and improve the lives of many. Length: 2 hours.

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Let's pass a Green Recovery Act

Business Green

This will get us to 100 per cent renewable energy as fast as technologically possible, not by distant dates of 2050, 2040 or 2030. It would set up a Green Recovery Commission - an idea that builds on the Decarbonisation Bill tabled by Caroline Lucas and Clive Lewis - that advises how public investment can spent to get to zero carbon.

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Air District Targets Southern California Logistics Industry

Latham's Clean Energy Law Report

Proposed Rule 2305, recently released by the District in discussion draft form, would establish the Warehouse Actions and Investments to Reduce Emissions (WAIRE) Program — which would apply to owners and operators of warehouses located in the South Coast Air Basin (Basin) with greater than 100,000 square feet of indoor space in a single building.

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Air District Targets Southern California Logistics Industry

Latham's Clean Energy Law Report

Proposed Rule 2305, recently released by the District in discussion draft form, would establish the Warehouse Actions and Investments to Reduce Emissions (WAIRE) Program — which would apply to owners and operators of warehouses located in the South Coast Air Basin (Basin) with greater than 100,000 square feet of indoor space in a single building.

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What Is Carbon Accounting? Standards, Frameworks, Developments and Challenges

Green Business Bureau

F) above pre-industrial levels by 2040. Investors, also, are demanding sustainability in business as practices design lower-risk investment options. The same report also indicated investments are growing rapidly, and now represent almost one-third of all professionally managed assets globally.

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