Defend Our Future

AUGUST 10, 2020

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez introduced the Climate Equity Act, legislation that addresses the gross environmental inequities faced by Black, brown and low-income communities. It’s a landmark bill , introduced by two of the most prominent leaders in Congress, that places the inherent injustice of climate change front and center.

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Enervee

DECEMBER 17, 2019

These purchases will save 108,561 MWh of electricity on a gross lifetime basis and cut demand by 30.4 gross lifetime kWh saved), while delivering energy and non-energy benefits. over 149,000 active shoppers visited the site and, as a result of the online platform, made over 42,000 efficient product purchases.

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GreenTechMedia

MARCH 31, 2020

These policies typically give prime billing to the clean energy sources, but they just as well could be considered market creation tools for the long duration storage asset class. That’s the provocative question asked by startup Energy Vault, a spinoff of serial software entrepreneur Bill Gross’ Idealab incubator.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Smaller vessels would be exempt from the legislation, which is to apply on all ships above 5,000 gross tonnes. The hope is that shipping's inclusion in the ETS will encourage shipowners and builders to invest in clean technologies and solutions so as to reduce their carbon credit bill.

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Defend Our Future

JUNE 30, 2020

With Congress now considering sweeping measures that will shape the country’s economic recovery, there is a real chance for our elected leaders to face these gross injustices head on, and do something about them. The infrastructure bill being considered in the House this week, for example, includes an amendment calling for $22.5

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GreenTechMedia

JUNE 9, 2020

The performance metric codified in the standard is energy use intensity — a site's energy use divided by its gross floor area — as calculated by Energy Star’s Portfolio Manager online tool. Performance standards must be set for each building type by May 4, 2021, with the first compliance deadline coming in May 2025.

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Business Green

APRIL 8, 2022

Government provides more detail on proposals unveiled in yesterday's Energy Security Strategy on how it will support businesses facing record electricity bills.

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Grist

JULY 10, 2021

House of Representatives have introduced HR 4099 , a bill that would direct the Secretary of the Interior to create a program to fund $750 million worth of water recycling projects in the 17 western states through the year 2027. The bill, which was introduced at the end of June, is currently before the House Committee on Natural Resources.).

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GreenTechMedia

DECEMBER 4, 2020

Stem’s business of providing battery systems and software and services to store and shift renewable energy, provide backup power and shape building loads to optimize utility bills is tapping into a market growing at a record pace in the U.S. Friday’s announcement names Star Peak Energy Transition Corp. and abroad.

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Business Green

JUNE 16, 2021

Instead, much of the Treasury's response is taken up with parroting environmental policies that already exist - the (inadequate) Environment Bill, some tree planting, new farm support schemes. That is no substitute for a commitment to include a new right to local, nature-rich green space in the forthcoming Planning Bill.

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Business Green

APRIL 4, 2023

To realise the low-carbon heating transition it is vital that government focuses effort on bringing heat pump costs down," urged professor Rob Gross, director of UKERC. In fact, given growing international demand and supply side challenges for heat pumps, it warned that costs could even still rise further. "To

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AGreenLiving

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

” Bill Gross, founder of Heliogen, said every acre of land served by the technology would remove 1 ton of CO2 per day, a rate of capture equivalent to that in roughly 100 acres of forest. Gross then described the solar-powered DAC process his team at Heliogen has designed. Courtesy of Heliogen 3.

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AGreenLiving

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

” Bill Gross, founder of Heliogen, said every acre of land served by the technology would remove 1 ton of CO2 per day, a rate of capture equivalent to that in roughly 100 acres of forest. Gross then described the solar-powered DAC process his team at Heliogen has designed. Courtesy of Heliogen 3.

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AGreenLiving

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

” Bill Gross, founder of Heliogen, said every acre of land served by the technology would remove 1 ton of CO2 per day, a rate of capture equivalent to that in roughly 100 acres of forest. Gross then described the solar-powered DAC process his team at Heliogen has designed. Courtesy of Heliogen 3.

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Charged

MARCH 5, 2024

Dodge bills the Charger as “the world’s first and only electric muscle car.” The Charger Daytona is a big, heavy sedan—curb weight is 5,840 pounds, with a gross vehicle weight rating of 6,950 pounds for the Daytona Scat Pack—so it rides on massive 20-inch wheels. If you’ve seen a Jaguar I-Pace, you’ll know exactly how it works.

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Business Green

MARCH 16, 2023

Achieving the government's ambition of 30GW of onshore wind by 2030 could likewise generate £45bn of gross value added for the UK, and create 57,000 jobs. With the help for household bills coming to an end in April, non-financial interventions through REMA could be seen as the answer to this quandary.

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Business Green

AUGUST 3, 2021

Recent reports in The Times have suggested the government is considering payouts for families to offset green energy bills. Dividend payments should at least in part pre-empt and cover any increases in energy bills arising from the carbon tax. The dividend size would then be gross carbon tax receipts less these costs.

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Business Green

JULY 25, 2022

Broader energy market reform will be on the agenda too with an Energy Bill to progress through Parliament, as well as consideration of some substantial reform options as part of BEIS's recent consultation on its Review of Electricity Market Arrangements.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 5, 2022

But such promises to boost the green economy have been counterbalanced by her frequent criticism of large-scale rural solar farms, her support for fracking, and promises to scrap regulation and ditch green levies on energy bills. 10 tomorrow, she faces a daunting list of crises, most significantly spiralling energy bills.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 14, 2022

The budget for the campaign will reportedly reach around £20m, but Ministers are confident it will more than pay for itself given the Treasury is currently providing a multibillion pound subsidy to ensure domestic and business energy bills are frozen this winter. The government's response has been mixed.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

This has been done via the introduction of labels at the point of sale, where an 'A' rating implies low electricity consumption, and a 'G' rating signifies gross wastage of power and higher emissions. Last year electricity consumption fell again across Europe. The UK has been no exception.

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Business Green

MAY 26, 2022

US climate envoy John Kerry and Bill Gates, founder of Breakthrough Energy fund, were on hand in Davos yesterday to announced the addition of new Coalition members. Its activities now span six different industrial sectors: carbon removal, aluminium, aviation, shipping, steel and trucking.

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Business Green

MAY 18, 2021

He also announced that the new measures will be accompanied by a number of amendments to the Environment Bill, including a historic new legally-binding species target for 2030 which will drive action to halt the decline of nature and wildlife. "We Indeed woodlands currently sequester about four per cent of the UK's gross emissions.".

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Business Green

DECEMBER 16, 2021

As families face hefty energy bills this winter, calls are growing for market reforms that can both protect consumers and accelerate efforts to decarbonise the UK energy system. Government cannot control global markets but can help reduce the impact on household bills through energy efficiency.

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Defend Our Future

DECEMBER 18, 2020

billion to the Gross State Product. Current data from states already participating in the program suggest that the average residential electricity bill in RGGI states will be 35% lower in 2031 than it was in 2017.This Immediate action is critical to help the state achieve its greenhouse gas emissions targets.

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Business Green

APRIL 7, 2022

This will reduce our dependence on power sources exposed to volatile international prices we cannot control, so we can enjoy greater energy self-sufficiency with cheaper bills." This relaunch will do nothing for the millions of families now facing an energy bills crisis. Labour would deliver a green energy sprint.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 26, 2022

Rishi Sunak today signalled that he intends to reinstate the ban on fracking in England, as the new Prime Minister touted the importance of "more renewables, more offshore wind and indeed more nuclear" to bolster the UK's energy security and drive down bills for households and businesses.

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Women in Cleantech and Sustainability

JULY 29, 2020

Gross compensation with benefits outlined below comes to approximately $41,000-$46,000 /year.) Monthly cell phone bill paid by us . A background in energy, policy, business, or the environment is helpful but not essential, as you will learn on the job. Workplace culture: Friendly, collaborative, team-oriented work environment.

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Women in Cleantech and Sustainability

JULY 29, 2020

Gross compensation with benefits outlined below comes to approximately $41,000-$46,000 /year.) Monthly cell phone bill paid by us . A background in energy, policy, business, or the environment is helpful but not essential, as you will learn on the job. Workplace culture: Friendly, collaborative, team-oriented work environment.

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Business Green

JULY 7, 2021

per cent of Gross National Income on Overseas Development Aid (ODA), to demonstrate the UK's dedication to international climate finance. As a part of this, the UK should use its presidency of COP26 to finalise a rule book for international carbon trading under Article Six of the Paris Agreement.

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DeSmogBlog

JULY 19, 2023

A record that lasted until…Tuesday, July 4th,” wrote University College London earth scientist Bill McGuire. Tuesday and Wednesday, July 4 and 5, set another new record at 17.18°C. Monday, July 3rd was the hottest day ever recorded on planet Earth. Totally unprecedented and terrifying.”

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

CarbonCapture, co-founded by entrepreneur Bill Gross, is working on a strategy to sequester captured CO2 or to use it for industrial processes. "To solve this problem will require an industry that is of the size of the existing oil and gas industry," noted Adrian Corless, CEO of CarbonCapture, during one panel discussion.

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AGreenLiving

JANUARY 16, 2020

Apple juice Now, it’s time for something really gross. It is used to make the bills anti-static and less slippery. Other non-vegan ingredients in tattoo ink are glycerin (from animal fat), gelatin and shellac (made from crushed beetles). Some companies use isinglass, or fish bladders, to clarify their apple juice.

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Business Green

MARCH 5, 2021

The government said €8.5bn had been issued at a re-offer price of 99.168, equivalent to a 1.547 per cent gross annual yield. We believe that the bill submitted by the government is not as ambitious as the work we have done," Jean-Pierre Cabrol, one of the convention's members, told French media. Bank, Intesa Sanpaolo S.p.A.,

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

As the price of hydrogen comes down to someday be cheaper than natural gas, you can use it to power everything," Heliogen CEO and founder Bill Gross told Fast Company. Can all this hydrogen hype hold water? After all, hydrogen has been offered up as a holy grail for decarbonization for decades.

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GreenBiz

NOVEMBER 20, 2020

15 to $17 increase in a typical resident’s monthly electricity bill) over the standard rate should the cities transition to 100 percent net-renewable electricity by 2032. Six cities already have achieved this goal: Kodiak Island, Alaska; Aspen, Colorado; Georgetown, Texas; Greensburg, Kansas; Rock Port, Missouri; and Burlington, Vermont.

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Renewable Energy World

DECEMBER 22, 2021

Heliogen Founder and CEO, Bill Gross said the DOE award “adds momentum to deployment” of the company’s concentrated solar solution for carbon-free energy at scale.”. The company said this process will generate higher temperatures than traditional solar to enable a more efficient and cost-effective power cycle.

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