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Interview – Celsius Energy and decarbonizing buildings using shallow geothermal systems

ThinkGeoEnergy

Heating and cooling buildings accounts for about a third of the final energy consumption globally and 30% of energy-related CO 2 emissions. With global temperatures rising, the need for cooling is expected to increase dramatically in the next few years. Heating and cooling buildings is 80% of that energy used.

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How to lay the foundation for net zero carbon building projects

Business Green

More real estate owners, operators, developers and investment firms see the appeal of future-proofing properties from climate shocks such as floods and fires; from market shocks such as high prices for scarce fossil fuels; and from policy shocks such as any future laws requiring climate disclosures or that tax or penalize greenhouse gas emissions.

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Analysis: How did the 2019 legislative session fare on climate justice?

Front And Centered

It allowed the state to “remedy discrimination against, or under-representations of, disadvantaged groups as documented in a valid disparity study or proven court of law.” Legislation also passed that phases out Hydrofluorocarbons (HB 1112) a potent greenhouse gas used in refrigeration and cooling products.

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The American chestnut tree is coming back. Who is it for?

Grist

in part to demand that the federal government uphold treaty obligations to the Lakota people. This particular case centered around whether tribes had to pay local and state taxes on ancestral land that they bought back on the real estate market. It’s one of the worst decisions from foundational Indian law court,” Mills said.

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'Expectations of what a company should be are changing': Segro's Paul Dunne on 'greening' Europe's warehousing boom

Business Green

Warehouse demand was already soaring even before the pandemic hit, as consumers increasingly switched from physical stores to shopping online for food, clothes, and groceries. FTSE100 company’s operations director sits down with BusinessGreen to discuss the warehouse giant's plan to deliver a zero carbon portfolio.

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? Big oil’s big CCS play #158

Climate Tech VC

While that’s less than the $85 credit the law creates for permanently storing each tonne of CO2, it offers a company like Exxon an avenue to utilize IRA incentives. In the News The EU narrowly passed a nature recovery law. Source: Natural Gas Intelligence IRA enticement: The EOR to CCS pipeline? Are the IRA and IIJA working?

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2022 was the year that…

Business Green

And there were new climate laws in the United States and Europe, which breathed new life to climate action in those countries. With demand for talent outstripping supply, companies are increasingly tapping the large consultancies to find their next sustainability and ESG hires. It's not just on-road vehicles.