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SparkMeter Closes $12M Round to Expand From Metering Minigrids to Analyzing ‘Broken Grids’

GreenTechMedia

Remote minigrids are a tough market for a traditional smart meter vendor. The meters that minigrids use need to be cheap, rugged and reliable, and they must be able to adjust to the often unstable operating conditions of solar-powered standalone grids. ” The World Bank’s International Finance Corp.

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Planet Announces New Details of Hyperspectral Offering

Planet Pulse

This future hyperspectral satellites will be named Tanager, a colorful and visually diverse family of birds in Central and South America, and are designed to deliver hyperspectral data at a resolution of 30 meters with over 400 spectral bands. Sign up to receive updates on Planet’s hyperspectral commercial offering here.

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Clean cooking: Gold Standard verifies world's first clean cooking carbon credits in Africa

Business Green

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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How regulations can tear down the barriers faced by the cultivated meat industry

Business Green

However, the report warns the industry is still a long way from being commercially viable, as well as being acceptable to consumers. "As The BSI report drew comparisons with the electric vehicle industry, where it said the early emergence of standards helped create the 'scaffolding' which has enabled investment in EV and charging innovations.

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The Outlaw Ocean Project Exposes China’s Use Of Forced Uyghur Labour To Supply UK Seafood Industry

DeSmogBlog

Some of these facilities supply British and European seafood wholesalers, who in turn sell to supermarkets including Tesco, Sainsbury’s, Waitrose, Morrisons and other retailers; caterers supplying pubs, hotels and restaurants, schools and universities; and the National Health Service, the four-year investigation found.

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Will sweat help us survive climate change?

Grist

Even South America, in the throes of winter, saw unbelievable heat: A town in the Chilean Andes topped 100 degrees F — another all-time high. 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.

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Climate Deniers and the Language of Climate Obstruction

DeSmogBlog

On a recent episode of the Fox Business show “Mornings with Maria,” American Petroleum Institute CEO and President, Mike Sommers , said that “the most important environmental movement in the world is the American oil and gas industry.”. “A ExxonMobil uses the phrase “advancing climate solutions” and “ lower emission energy future.