Business Green

MARCH 12, 2020

The coronavirus crisis gripping the global economy has forced clean energy analyst BloombergNEF (BNEF) to downgrade its expectations for the solar, battery, and electric vehicle (EV) markets, in one of the first signals that the escalating pandemic could undermine urgent efforts to combat climate change.

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

The pair of California leaders were there to discuss the lawsuit the state had recently filed against Big Oil on behalf of the people of California to hold fossil fuel companies accountable for the effects of climate change. It may signal that fossil fuel companies do not have much of a future powering the state’s economy, Caleb said.

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Business Green

MARCH 12, 2020

The coronavirus crisis gripping the global economy has forced clean energy analyst BloombergNEF (BNEF) to downgrade its expectations for the solar, battery, and electric vehicle (EV) markets, in one of the first signals that the escalating pandemic could undermine urgent efforts to combat climate change.

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 21, 2020

This story was originally published by Southerly , in partnership with Scalawag and Environmental Health News for its Powerlines series, which looks at climate change, justice, and infrastructure in the American South. South to burn them overseas in its power plants. million tons of pellets per year.

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Planet Pulse

SEPTEMBER 25, 2021

Amid these challenges, meeting the ambitions of the 2030 agenda will require us to redesign and optimize countless systems, from transport and agriculture to energy and manufacturing. These maps enable researchers to identify and protect regions that may be at risk due to climate change. Coral Reef mosaic of Nukuni, Fiji.

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Business Green

APRIL 22, 2021

Carbon Tracker study finds solar and wind energy potential is 100 times as much as global energy demand. As such, the analysts predict exponential growth for the solar and wind power sectors, noting that "humans specialise in extracting cheap energy, and fast". per cent of solar and 0.16

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Smart Energy International

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

A survey conducted by the World Energy Council to assess what is on the minds of nearly 2,200 energy leaders from 91 countries has revealed uncertainty across almost all issues trending within the energy market. In North America, energy leaders are mainly uncertain about how they will manage climate change.

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GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

In January, the world's largest asset manager issued a warning shot that the status quo on climate change is not going to cut it. In his annual letter, BlackRock CEO Larry Fink wrote: “We don’t yet know which predictions about the climate will be most accurate, nor what effects we have failed to consider.

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Renewable Energy World

APRIL 22, 2021

When you’ve followed the evolving research of a leading clean energy expert and become a supporter of his vision for a global clean energy transition, it should come as no surprise that I was eager to crack open Mark Jacobson’s 2021 book release, 100% Clean, Renewable Energy and Storage for Everything. Jacobson’s Early Story.

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DeSmogBlog

JANUARY 17, 2023

Not only do pesticides directly contribute to the climate crisis, but a changing climate is likely to intensify pressure from agricultural pests and decrease plant resiliency, resulting in greater pesticide usage and therefore further greenhouse gas emissions, according to a new report.

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Renewable Energy World

JULY 13, 2021

The rate solar system owners can earn for selling energy back to the grid (Feed in tariff) has fallen significantly in the last 2-3 years in line with decreasing wholesales prices. In fact in many states, the wholesale cost of electricity moves into negative prices in the middle of the day when rooftop solar system generation peaks.

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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. Worried about the climate crisis? And, in the United States, political gridlock chopped the heart out of Congress’ most ambitious clean energy plan. .

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Planet Pulse

JANUARY 11, 2024

We’re kicking-off 2024 by sharing a select number of issues here on Pulse, so keep an eye out for these eye-opening stories that explore our changing world. We’ll trace supply chains as they move from open-pit mines to self-driving electric vehicles. The energy hierarchy is shifting. But you can’t really blame them.

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Women in Cleantech and Sustainability

DECEMBER 15, 2015

Yes, it’s possible to make money and save the world from climate disaster. Climate Change Conference. But what if solving the global climate crisis wasn’t about political willpower or technical know-how? Optimizing energy usage is like Fitbit for energy usage. By Elena Lucas.

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GreenBiz

DECEMBER 16, 2020

The system works by setting a limit on the total amount of greenhouse gases released by refineries, power plants and other large emitters, and requires polluters to obtain permits to cover their share. In their eyes, it doesn’t do enough to address climate change and allows emitters to continue polluting the air in the meantime.

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Business Green

JANUARY 20, 2021

All new homes built from 2025 will need to be 'zero carbon ready' in the UK under fresh green building standards published by the government yesterday, which should lead to a major uptick in investment in clean technologies and greener building materials while drastically curbing the market for traditional gas boilers.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 29, 2019

People are looking for pension funds and financial institutions that actively support the transition to a sustainable economy (68%) and consider the climate change impacts of the companies they invest in (64%). The way the financial world responds to the climate crisis will be make or break for the health of our planet.

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DeSmogBlog

AUGUST 3, 2023

The Transition Deal echoed the fossil fuel lobby by emphasising the importance of hydrogen power and carbon capture utilisation and storage (CCUS) to the green transition. The International Energy Agency has stated that new oil and gas exploration is incompatible with net zero.

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Grist

AUGUST 28, 2023

Around the world, leaves play a critical central role in staving off the worst impacts of climate change. The Amazon rainforest was once one of the world’s most powerful carbon sinks, largely a result of its uniquely dense tree cover. The Amazon was even a net carbon emitter for the first time in 2021.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

Climate change is the defining challenge of this generation. We know we have to change the way we live to curb harmful emissions and reach net zero by 2050. This decade alone, the industry must: Increase low carbon electricity generation by approximately 50 per cent from sources such as wind or solar power.

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Grist

JANUARY 19, 2022

In an article published in the academic news outlet The Conversation last week (and in the academic journal Climate and Development last month ), three scientists from New Zealand, including a former lead author for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, argued that the world’s climate experts should take action — by not taking action.

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AGreenLiving

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

A tidal wave of new carbon emissions data soon will be upon us Ian Kearns Tue, 02/09/2021 – 02:00 A radical increase in available carbon emissions data may be just around the corner. Central to this shift is likely to be is a collaborative endeavor called Climate TRACE. Vice President Al Gore.

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Clean Energy Trust

JANUARY 28, 2022

Stripe’s support for carbon removal companies has been an innovative approach; later in the year we touched on some of the lessons learned from the carbon removal purchases Microsoft and Stripe has undertaken. this included the First Movers Coalition and Breakthrough Catalyst , but they weren’t the only ones making moves.

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Business Green

JUNE 27, 2021

Indeed, recent decisions to freeze fuel duty and cut air passenger duty on domestic flights paint a picture of a government with lofty environmental goals, but without a comprehensive plan and the political will to back these up. Environmental taxes are a powerful tool to help with climate change.

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Front And Centered

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

We require a Just Transition because the physics of climate are unforgiving, because it’s the right thing to do, and because it’s the only politically possible path toward what we really need. Again, funding directed to a heavy polluter and an extremely energy-intensive industry. There’s also $ 323.9 million proposed.

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Green Business Bureau

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

What is carbon accounting? Carbon accounting – also known as a carbon or greenhouse gas inventory – is the process of measuring the amount of carbon dioxide, or other greenhouse gases (GHG), an organization emits. The aim is to help the entity understand its climatic impact.

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Smart Energy International

JULY 19, 2022

Taking the ‘human factor’ into consideration when designing and implementing energy policy is crucial to achieving energy transition goals, writes Dr Rosa Garcia-Verdugo. Changes in people’s buying habits need to be consistent to speed up the green transition, say experts. Putting people at the centre.

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Grist

JANUARY 31, 2024

.” — a passage from “ Cabbage Koora ,” by Sanjana Sekhar The spotlight Nearly 4 in 5 people support doing “whatever it takes” to mitigate climate change, according to a survey published late last year by the firm Potential Energy. where long-distance travel is heavily restricted.

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GreenTechMedia

JANUARY 15, 2020

gigawatt Hinkley Point C nuclear power station in 2012, it proudly proclaimed that the arrangement proved new nuclear did not need direct subsidy. A 2014 study found that of a global sample of 180 nuclear power plants, 97 percent ended up over budget. Taking this approach would be a first for the energy sector and a first for RABs.

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 7, 2020

It's not necessarily that the game of musical chairs has intensified in the C-suite, but you'll note major executive moves at big apparel, food, energy, finance and technology corporations, some of which have enlisted a chief sustainability officer (CSO) or equivalent for the first time. Who's news. The former U.K.

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Business Green

MARCH 28, 2023

That is the stark conclusion from the Climate Change Committee (CCC) today, which has once again laid bare the glaring failure of successive governments to prepare society - businesses, homes, infrastructure, resources, the natural world, and beyond - for the increasingly damaging impacts of the climate crisis.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 9, 2021

Like many corporations, the global COVID-19 pandemic and lack of usual in-person events meant they had to get creative about how to shape the political debate and find new allies to support their agendas. Read more about the industry’s climate lobbying at DeSmog’s agribusiness database. Meet the Industry Trade Groups.

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EDF + Business

SEPTEMBER 25, 2020

US banks have the political and financial leverage needed to play a major role in averting disruptive climate damage to the world economy. But despite strong rhetorical support of the Paris Climate Agreement, the vast majority of America’s largest banks continue to invest in companies ill-prepared for a low-carbon future.

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GreenTechMedia

JUNE 17, 2020

Pacific Gas & Electric is on the verge of escaping from its 18-month bankruptcy , only to begin a years-long effort to prevent a repeat of the disasters that pushed it into insolvency in the first place. PG&E must keep up with the state’s ambitious clean energy, environmental and electrification goals. Of that, about $7.8

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Business Green

DECEMBER 9, 2020

Mayors and council leaders across England and Scotland promise to do 'everything in our power' to eliminate CO2 from their communities before 2045. As local leaders, we are uniquely placed to help tackle the climate emergency," the pledge states. "We

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Greentown Labs

OCTOBER 22, 2020

Multi-year initiative seeks carbon-to-value startups and welcomes first Carbontech Leadership Council members. The C2V Initiative is supported by the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority ( NYSERDA ) and the Consulate General of Canada in New York. New York City, N.Y., and Somerville, Mass., Brazil, and Europe.

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Business Green

MAY 23, 2021

Government says latest cash boost for carbon capture and hydrogen projects should help support up to 60,000 jobs. spending plan designed to accelerate the roll out of green technologies across the UK's energy-intensive industries, predicting the latest phase of its Green Industrial Revolution will help create up to 60,000 jobs.

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