The Environmental Blog

JULY 17, 2019

With a national average of 232 people/km2, Vietnam has the highest population density in Southeast Asia after Singapore. The rapid growth of Vietnam’s population in urban areas is resource intensive and leads to increased energy demand and greenhouse gas emissions. Human Health . Transportation . Aquaculture .

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R-Squared Energy

NOVEMBER 5, 2019

The court rejected an appeal by French energy company Total, which had invested 300 million euros to convert a crude oil refinery into a biofuel plant that would use palm oil feedstock. Biofuels are still expected to play an important part in hitting ambitious climate targets; to keep global warming under 1.5°C

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Grist

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

If a widespread power outage hit Phoenix during a heat wave and lasted for days, it could kill thousands and send half the city to the emergency room, according to a recent study. And more heat will come, bringing parts of Mexico’s coasts and more of South Asia into the danger zone. In arid conditions, sweat evaporates very quickly.

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GreenTechMedia

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

In the first wave of venture green technology investing, firms sunk billions of dollars into companies whose success depended on replacing entire industrial ecosystems. Think thin-film solar and biofuels, the two “big bad bets” that Shayle Kann, partner at Energy Impact Partners, identified in a 2020 Interchange conversation.

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Business Green

JUNE 10, 2022

Flanders moves to ban gas boilers, GFANZ launches new Asia-Pacific network, and New Zealand steps up efforts to tackle agricultural emissions. China tops EV market league table, as global demand continues to surge. GFANZ launches new Asia-Pacific Network. million units sold last year.

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Mr. Sustainability

DECEMBER 25, 2020

An ice-free Arctic might be a boon for the shipping industry in the short term, but comes at potential catastrophic cost to our economy in the form of environmental disaster and political upheaval. With the Northern sea routes available all year, costs for transporting goods (especially from Asia to Europe and the U.S.)

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Solar Energy Monitor Home Energy Monitoring Methane Building Energy Monitoring 78

Mr. Sustainability

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

This blog reveals why we are addicted, and provides a possible methadone that is needed to transform the transportation, buildings and industry sector. This is a review of an article from the Financial Times , which first appeared in February 2020 just before the fossil fuel industry had its worst year ever. Comment down below.

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