GreenBiz

APRIL 20, 2021

The push to quickly transition carbon-intensive activities away from fossil fuels while meeting the world’s growing energy needs has put electricity producers and consumers squarely in the forefront of the emerging clean economy. Manufacturing is going electric, too, as companies ratchet up their net-zero-carbon goals.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 13, 2022

New funding aims to accelerate development of innovative nuclear and hydrogen technologies, as consultation launched on plans for hydrogen-ready boilers. The government said the facility had "strategic importance" given its role producing fuel for the current UK advanced gas cooled reactor fleet.

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Smart Energy International

MARCH 28, 2024

This entails the transition to low, zero and negative emissions technologies and systems in the energy and mobility sectors by 2050 at the latest while boosting their competitiveness and benefit for users and civil society and reducing their environmental footprint. Have you read?

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Elemental Excelerator

JANUARY 23, 2024

And while Canada’s coast faces countless climate threats, Elemental Policy Lab Fellow Na’im Merchant said it also could become important for climate resiliency as an unparalleled resource for ocean-based carbon dioxide removal (CDR) methods. That is, if policymakers and innovators act quickly and equitably.

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Climate Tech VC

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Tech-enabled credits continue to constitute a big chunk of an anticipated $1T voluntary carbon market , and Oxy is on a development frenzy. Just this year, Oxy: Acquired DAC company Carbon Engineering for $1.1B Just this year, Oxy: Acquired DAC company Carbon Engineering for $1.1B

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Climate Tech VC

DECEMBER 18, 2023

🔑 Climate tech startups hit key milestones - including but not limited to - Fervo’s FOAK enhanced geothermal project operational in Nevada, Brimstone’s third-party approval of its carbon-negative cement, and Heirloom’s first commercial DAC plant. 

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Smart Energy International

JULY 19, 2022

Research done in the US found that 42% of energy-related carbon emissions came from household machines, including cars. “They can only see a present negative aspect, like noise or dust originating from a building site,” she says. This project is aimed at individuals, since they are known to be big contributors to CO2 emissions.

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Hydrogen Fuel News

APRIL 11, 2024

Looking Ahead The use of tertiary treated water via reverse osmosis for green hydrogen production charts a path that marries innovation with sustainability, offering a concrete strategy to address the dual challenges of water scarcity and the quest for sustainable energy solutions.

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Greentown Labs

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

The climate impact here is clear: in residential buildings, for instance, energy transfer through windows is responsible for 25 to 30 percent of heating and cooling use. In other words, atmospheric carbon that was captured by trees can be stored long-term in buildings in the form of wood.

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Sustainability Consulting

APRIL 14, 2023

It’s long been used to keep buildings warm in winter, cool in summer, and to maximize a structure’s thermal efficiency. It’s entirely non-toxic, fire resistant, and carbon negative, meaning it removes more CO2 from the atmosphere than it emits.

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Hydrogen Fuel News

JANUARY 17, 2024

As humanity stands at the crossroads of technological innovation and environmental imperatives, new solutions for sustainable mobility are paramount. Cryogenic storage entails cooling hydrogen gas to temperatures below -253 degrees Celsius to convert it into a liquid state.

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Green Business Bureau

OCTOBER 19, 2022

Whether it’s a new build or a retrofit (also referred to as greenhabbing , or green rehabbing an older building to be more eco-friendly), the real estate industry is moving towards sustainability because a low-carbon building is proven to have lower operating costs, improved resale value and higher occupancy rates. Lower carbon footprint.

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Energy Innovation

JANUARY 3, 2021

Energy Innovation partners with the independent nonprofit Aspen Global Change Institute (AGCI) to provide climate and energy research updates. Energy consumption at home for cooling, heating, lighting, and other work-related uses can also increase emissions (without commensurate reductions in the energy used at the office).

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

One tangible way to measure the positive contributions of investment portfolios on the climate is via reductions in carbon emissions and this is something more and more providers are reporting today, while a growing number of investment products are aligning themselves with the Paris Agreement goals. Rigorous standards. Beyond personal.

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Climate Tech VC

DECEMBER 4, 2023

💨 Yard Stick , a Cambridge, MA-based soil carbon monitoring platform, raised $12M in Series A funding from Extantia Capital, Breakthrough, Lowercarbon Capital, Microsoft Climate Innovation Fund, Pillar VC, and other investors. 52 countries pledged to reduce their global cooling emissions by 68% through 2050.

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Clean Energy Trust

AUGUST 16, 2019

Decarbonize the electric grid (shift from fossil fuels like coal and natural gas to carbon-free sources like wind, solar, hydro, and nuclear, paired with storage and demand-side solutions), B. particularly technologies that make the most of the carbon that we continue to emit. This area is the subject of this post?—?particularly

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Climate Tech VC

AUGUST 17, 2023

The drop in sulfur oxide emissions, which ironically have a cooling effect in the atmosphere by reflecting light, has also played a role in record high ocean temps this year. IMO will assign a CII rating, with A being the best, least carbon-intensive and E being the worst, most carbon-intensive. What’s new?

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Business Green

MARCH 6, 2023

The staircase-shaped rocks that protrude out from the Irish Sea at the Giant's Causeway are the best known example of the geological phenomenon that results from rapidly-cooling magma. But now an industry is growing around the promise of fast-tracking this natural carbon sequestration process to help tackle climate change.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 28, 2022

Despite decades of innovation, production in vertical systems is still limited to leafy greens and berries. I don't have insights on this vision's feasibility from a technology perspective, but it makes sense to start incorporating climate resilience and adaptation considerations into food tech innovation. A clear path to net-zero.

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Green Technology

JUNE 21, 2023

Green Technology’s Leadership Awards aim to recognize and honor individuals, organizations, and institutions that have made significant contributions to advancing sustainability efforts and reducing carbon footprints in various sectors. The award was accepted by Joel Griffith, DGS and the O Street team.

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 11, 2021

The company, an early partner with the Ellen MacArthur Foundation, has positioned water and carbon emissions as equally critical in the climate crisis. Last year, Ecolab set a goal for net-zero carbon emissions by 2050, getting halfway there by 2030. No doubt those conversations will be at play in Starbucks’ 50th year.

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Business Green

APRIL 6, 2022

In essence, getting society on board with the net zero transition can accelerate emission reduction efforts, make it easier to deploy low carbon technologies and infrastructure, and reduce the overall cost of building a net zero emission economy. And the report offers some interesting, if potentially controversial, answers.

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Green Market Oracle

OCTOBER 25, 2020

Despite the additional complications posed by the coronavirus pandemic a record 312 institutions participated in Sierra's annual Cool Schools rankings in 2020. Many schools including the schools on this list have demonstrated that they are both resourcefulness innovative in their efforts to achieve their sustainability objectives.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 6, 2022

That’s potentially very bad news for the climate: The huge amount of methane that leaks during the production, transport and storage of LNG means that the carbon emissions associated with importing the fuel could be up to ten times higher than for the equivalent amount of Russian pipeline gas, researchers say.

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Green Business Bureau

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

Sustainability is a business opportunity to be captured through innovation and testing new ideas. Environmental and social disruptions cause a negative brand reputation (note BP’s 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill ). Are there opportunities to improve energy efficiency and upgrade lighting, insulation, heating, and cooling?

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Green Business Bureau

JUNE 30, 2022

This could be by reducing an organization’s carbon footprint while also establishing a healthy work-life balance for employees. E.g. Delta Air Lines and Microsoft Corp pledged to drastically curb their carbon emissions, taking into account the carbon footprint of their associated law firms.

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Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

Non-profit organisation’s report describes actions that would gear the buildings and construction sector towards a net zero future, through elimination of embodied carbon emissions. WorldGBC’s vision to fully decarbonise the sector requires eliminating both operational and embodied carbon emissions.

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AFN Sustainable Protein

JULY 25, 2019

The challenge is sufficiently large, however, that many solutions will require technological innovations. The WRI has done a lot of consulting work on shifting consumer diets onto these plant-based alternatives; you can follow this work via their initiatives the Better Buying Lab , or sign up to their Cool Food Pledge. ).

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Green Business Bureau

APRIL 29, 2022

For instance, a single pint of beer can have a carbon footprint as high as 900g CO 2e (for bottled beer that’s been extensively transported). This is ~14% of the daily average carbon footprint from meals per US citizen – having 2 to 3 pints ramps that percentage up to 42%. Challenge 5 : The brewing process is wasteful.

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Climate Tech VC

JULY 17, 2023

acquisition is the largest single carbon-management investment since the passage of the IRA and has implications for the carbon capture, utilization, and storage ecosystem. Regulators miss another deadline on deep-sea mining rules, and the US is digging into the carbon removal benefits of regenerative agriculture.

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CleanTech San Diego

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Annual Southern California Energy Innovation Network Showcase Event Being Held November 9. The program offers free business services through a consortium of regional partner organizations and private sector companies to help entrepreneurs successfully bring their energy innovations to market.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

Water management innovations already enacted by Microsoft include using water collected by air conditioning units for watering plants in Herzliya, Israel, and building a new data centre in Arizona which - set to open in 2021 - uses a zero water "swamp cooling" method for cooling for most months of the year.

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Green Business Bureau

JANUARY 27, 2020

According to the EPA, sustainable manufacturing is the creation of manufactured products through economically-sound processes that minimize negative environmental impacts while conserving energy and natural resources. Furthermore, some companies are developing innovative ways to turn their waste and extra materials into new revenue streams.

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Mr. Sustainability

DECEMBER 25, 2020

Some have actually called the Arctic the world’s “air-conditioning system” because of the role of the large ice sheets in cooling the surrounding continents. Unfortunately, all kinds of positive (or negative?) Regional cooling due to jetstream disruption. And at this point in time, the air-conditioning is starting to fail.

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AGreenLiving

JANUARY 11, 2021

The company, an early partner with the Ellen MacArthur Foundation, has positioned water and carbon emissions as equally critical in the climate crisis. Last year, Ecolab set a goal for net-zero carbon emissions by 2050, getting halfway there by 2030. No doubt those conversations will be at play in Starbucks’ 50th year.

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AGreenLiving

JANUARY 5, 2022

GPR’s Impact Zero Project focuses on creating high-quality products that are efficient, recyclable and manufactured to bring their carbon footprint down to zero. They have an extremely onerous energy consumption and negative environmental impact,” Orlandi said.

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Green Business Bureau

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Another vital initiative that will help your business become more energy efficient is the switching to US Energy Star rated equipment, which covers a wide range of appliances such as heat and cooling systems and computers. This cost-of-living crisis is negatively impacting the amount of disposable income available in the consumer market.

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