Business Green

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

million people die as a result of air pollution every year, but governments are still spending more supporting fossil fuel projects than they are tackling dirty air. Projects tackling air pollution receive less than one per cent of global aid spending, a new report from Clean Air Fund has revealed.

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Business Green

MARCH 28, 2023

The new project will help African families to switch from unsustainable wood-based fuels to zero-emission electric cooking Ugandan social enterprise UpEnergy has announced it has issued the world's first ever carbon credits linked to emissions savings from the use of electric and clean cooking devices which will be verified by The Gold Standard.

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Grist

DECEMBER 15, 2021

This story is part of the series Getting to Zero: Decarbonizing Cascadia , which explores the path to low-carbon energy for British Columbia, Washington, and Oregon. And, in the United States, political gridlock chopped the heart out of Congress’ most ambitious clean energy plan. . Worried about the climate crisis? If not sooner.

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The Verge: Energy

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

Every major tire manufacturer globally is raising its game — not only in terms of performance in the face of bigger, heavier electric cars but also in terms of environmental impact. Location: “Hevea trees are primarily grown in Southeast Asia,” he says, “while guayule is grown in the Southwestern US.” Chief among them?

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Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 12, 2019

Below he discusses the issue of water pollution in the fashion industry. Startlingly, the fashion industry is now the second largest generator of pollution on Earth after the oil industry, which is driven by the snowballing effect of ‘fast fashion’. The Citaram river in Indonesia is the most polluted river in the world.

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DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 28, 2021

Another airport investor, Spanish transport giant Ferrovial, owns a 25 percent stake in Heathrow, already the second most polluting airport in the world , despite having had its business plans approved by the Science Based Targets initiative, another UN-backed scheme. Airport Investors: Full Lists.

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AutoGrid

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Cleaner Electricity Grids Equal Longer Life Expectancy By Nils Frenkel, Sales Director, North America When I was working with the City of San Antonio’s Climate Action and Adaptation Plan a few years ago, I learned about a shocking statistic in the city I call home. Peaker Plants Are Located Throughout the U.S.

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Business Green

AUGUST 8, 2022

Greenpeace investigation reveals textile waste from global brands such as Nike and Ralph Lauren is ended up being burned at sites in Asia. In addition, burning garments in kilns causes local air pollution and exacerbates the carbon footprint of clothes destined for Europe and the US.

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Grist

OCTOBER 1, 2022

But as promising as chemical recycling and next-generation plastics may sound, experts also say some of the most realistic solutions to plastic pollution involve eliminating it from packaging as much as possible. We’re about keeping human health and the environment clean, and I’m over here going, ‘But wait, I want to give money to businesses!’

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Eco-Business

JANUARY 20, 2020

Through this challenge, The Incubation Network aims to discover solutions to address the lack of data across Asia's plastics value chains as well as support and enhance the market for plastic waste and recycling innovations with a focus on South and Southeast Asia. Applications are currently open and will close on 13 March, 2020.

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GreenTechMedia

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

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. billion according to Bloomberg New Energy Finance to $16 billion, according to PwC. ” Bring incremental improvements to fast-growing cleantech sectors.

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R-Squared Energy

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

In Part I of my interview with James Rockall, the CEO of the World LPG Association , we discussed the major global problems associated with indoor air pollution caused predominantly by cooking. Rapier: What are countries doing to encourage LPG, and how is LPG usage growing? In Asia, it was just over 6%.

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Envirotec Magazine

JULY 11, 2023

In late May, Boeing chief executive Dave Calhoun seemed to dampen hopes that SAF might achieve price parity with Jet A, a kerosene-based fuel that is the most commonly used in commercial aviation. In existing SAF usage, aircraft will be fuelled with at most a 50% blend of SAF and normal jet fuel.

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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. A new league table has highlighted how the global electric vehicle market is continuing to rapidly expand, with China seeing sales of zero emission models top three million units last year.

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Business Green

JULY 2, 2020

Companies planning to build new coal-fired power plants will no longer be able to get financing from BNP Paribas, following the banking giant's introduction of a string of new policies aimed at eliminating its exposure to coal-fired electricity projects. BNP Paribas granted €185m to Germany's RWE, €150m to Czechia's ?EZ,

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Business Green

MAY 20, 2022

African green hydrogen plans, new coal-to-clean energy deals, and worsening climate impacts. The organising committee said it would work with NGOs and commercial partners to slash the impact of the estimated 13 million meals that will be served during Paris 2024 and showcase the best of sustainable food.

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Business Green

JUNE 11, 2021

Polish coal plant closures, Chinese emissions targets, and the surreal proposal for net zero emission tar sands are just some of the green business stories from around the world this week. New analysis reveals how G7 climate laws slashed CO2 emissions by 1.3 billion tonnes.

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DeSmogBlog

AUGUST 13, 2021

Gulf Coast typically receives much of the attention for the LNG rush , the Pacific Coast of Canada is home to multiple proposed LNG export projects, as energy companies scramble to export fracked gas from northeast British Columbia. By investing in LNG now, we are going to be locking in climate pollution for 25 to 40 years.”.

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GreenTechMedia

AUGUST 21, 2020

Last week, short-term blackouts rolled across an overheated California after the grid operator said there wasn't enough power to meet demand. Then, coal power generation in the United States plunged 30 percent in just the first half of this year. But what about Asia, where 80 percent of coal gets burned now? Learn more.

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GreenBiz

MAY 17, 2021

Clean energy for Native American communities. We’d like to express our appreciation to the World Business Council for Sustainable Business and Net Impact for helping to cast a global net for this year’s nominees. Growing up outside of Boston, Zack Angelini spent summers swimming, but one polluted river was off limits. "I

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Green Market Oracle

AUGUST 30, 2020

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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Business Green

APRIL 15, 2020

Which countries could be the green economic powers of the future? To step into the void left by these polluters, therefore, rapid green growth from a vast variety of clean technologies and more resource efficient systems is urgently needed, ranging from wind turbines and electric vehicles to AI software and air pollution monitoring equipment.

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

The facility, called Clearwater, was built by the Denver, Colorado-based oil and gas extraction company, Antero Resources, and an affiliate of Veolia, the multinational French waste, water and energy management company. On the same day that Antero filed its lawsuit, Veolia filed counterclaims for more than $118 million.

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AutoGrid

JULY 7, 2022

The gap between distributed and centralized energy capacity additions grows over time in clear favor of DER (see below), highlighting the need for new grid infrastructure approaches that revolve around aggregating and optimizing these diverse, primarily prosumer assets in real-time. This is a sign of market maturity. DER Platform Definitions.

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Mearth

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

Dymic Digital has been widely praised for his or her expeditious adoption of cutting-edge digital advertising options, which has made them extremely sought-after domestically and internationally by businesses of all sizes. ?A There have been several criticisms of bitcoin, including that the mining system is enormously power hungry.

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DeSmogBlog

MARCH 9, 2024

The power lines had been replaced four times in the past two decades. “It Entire sections of wetlands are being filled in and paved over to build LNG export terminals, which will ship fracked gas to Europe and Asia. Department of Energy (DOE) revises its review process. The commercial logic of U.S. Hiatt said.

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AGreenLiving

MAY 17, 2021

Clean energy for Native American communities. We’d like to express our appreciation to the World Business Council for Sustainable Business and Net Impact for helping to cast a global net for this year’s nominees. “I’ve always been an energy nerd and I just knew that was my place. Planet-healing fast food.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

APRIL Group - or Asia Pacific Resources International Holdings Ltd, to give it its full name - is a massive manufacturer of wood pulp and fiber, the basis of myriad everyday products from office printing paper and packaging to tea bags and viscose fabrics. It is in many ways a remarkable economic success story.

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Elemental Excelerator

JANUARY 28, 2020

Our portfolio companies are working on everything from expanding access to solar power in frontline communities and slashing methane emissions by feeding cows seaweed to deploying portable water quality sensors and mapping equity into street infrastructure. What do we look for in a startup? Challenges and Solutions.

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Mr. Sustainability

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

The dark, often viscous liquid is the single biggest contributor to the world’s energy mix, at 34 per cent of consumption, followed by coal at 27 per cent and natural gas at 24 per cent. Our usage has jumped 62 per cent over the course of a few decades — up from 61.6 And can any drop in oil usage happen quickly enough? (5)

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

Let me remind you that between last year and the end of this year China will bring 80 models of electric cars to the international market," EU vice president Frans Timmermans told MEPs. Speaking to CNN, he said "I think it's really important that institutions have new energy, and that's it - this is a good time for the World Bank to do that".

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DeSmogBlog

JUNE 24, 2021

Analysts saw demand for LNG in Asia rising in both a steady and unrelenting fashion, expanding for years or even decades into the future. In the same month, Sempra Energy delayed its LNG project for Port Arthur, Texas until 2022, also because of a struggle to find sufficient interest for its LNG. Credit: The White House.

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