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Farmland water “battery” storage and leak-detecting broadband cables among winners in Ofwat innovation competition

Envirotec Magazine

These water “batteries” could form the basis of a smart water grid, improving the resilience of the water supply in the wake of climate change – in the same way solar batteries in homes store excess electricity that can be sold back to the National Grid.

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Worley and Shell Pioneer World’s Major Hydrogen Project in Renewable Energy

Hydrogen Fuel News

This groundbreaking initiative, anticipated to reach completion by 2025, not only promises a reduction in carbon emissions but also signals a pivot in the energy market towards more sustainable fuel sources for industrial use and transportation. To put this into perspective, consider the environmental impact of traditional diesel trucks.

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As the Climate Warms, Use of Clean Energy Credits Comes Under Increased Scrutiny

DeSmogBlog

The two corporations investing billions to build three new factories just outside Columbus, Ohio, have said that the facilities will be carbon neutral — despite Ohio’s near-total reliance on electricity from fossil fuels. This is the approach Honda says it will take to make its new Fayette County plant carbon neutral.

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Investigation: How the Meat Industry is Climate-Washing its Polluting Business Model

DeSmogBlog

It’s a recurring theme that somehow the livestock sector and eating meat is detrimental to the environment, that it is a serious negative in terms of the climate change discussions,” Hsin Huang, Secretary General of the International Meat Secretariat (IMS) , told his audience. The Climate Impact of Meat.

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Mining Giants Embrace Renewables, But Decarbonization Remains a Steep Climb

GreenTechMedia

But while solar and wind have an obvious role to play in helping miners control their carbon emissions, the mining industry faces steep decarbonization challenges, analysts say. Anglo American has also installed an 84-kilowatt floating solar array at its tailings pond at Los Bronces, a first for the industry, Martinez said.

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The 2021 GreenBiz 30 Under 30

GreenBiz

Growing up outside of Boston, Zack Angelini spent summers swimming, but one polluted river was off limits. "I An entrepreneurial spirit led him to become the theoretical "they" to address the climate crisis, starting with studying sustainable and renewable energy engineering. while mitigating impacts of climate change," Buckles says.

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Havas CEO Yannick Bolloré Staked His Brand on Caring About the Climate. So Why Is His Company Working for Shell?

DeSmogBlog

The rolled-back cuffs of his rumpled blue button-down reveal an array of mismatched wristbands. The Bolloré Group as a whole reported company-wide carbon emissions of 34.8 In a September 2020 post on the site then known as Twitter, Bolloré contended that he felt “even more worried by the consequences of climate change than Covid.

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