GreenBiz

APRIL 20, 2021

And it’s happening: Electric vehicles are quickly gaining traction, with the world’s major automakers accelerating efforts to transition some or all of their new vehicles to run on electricity instead of oil. Yet it could take decades to convert all of these things to electric powertrains.

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Elemental Excelerator

OCTOBER 17, 2023

into climate solutions and will spearhead the development of 15 transformative technologies crucial for heating and cooling our homes, reimagining critical resource extraction, advancing carbon removal and transforming our food system. With this latest cohort, Elemental is infusing another $12.5M Of the $12.5M invested in Cohort 12, $7.2M

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Soil Recycling Recycling Investment 111

DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

For these reasons, and marginally to re-level the playing field, the Saudi kingdom has been awarded this year’s top prize at the Bad Sport Awards 2023, a new, annual scheme organised by the Badvertising campaign in association with the Cool Down Network of sport for climate action, and an expert judging panel. Credit: Badvertising.

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Fossil fuels Pollution Africa COP 63

Greentown Labs

DECEMBER 14, 2021

Energy Well Texas offers mid-sized batteries and solar panels that during blackouts can power needed medical devices, basic lighting, heating in winter, cooling in summer, cell phone charging, cooking, and water boiling. Moment Energy provides affordable and reliable energy storage by repurposing retired electric vehicle batteries.

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Smart Energy International

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

Machine learning based battery charging protocols, propane as an energy efficient and environmentally friendly coolant for space cooling, the remotely controlled Robobug and a new light on nano-level electrical circuitry, satellite observations for energy development in Africa and a zero emission luxury catamaran are on the technology radar.

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AutoGrid

OCTOBER 31, 2022

Particularly as Texans embrace electric heating, cooling, and even vehicles, putting more demand on the grid. They help keep the lights on, costs down, and polluting “peaker plants” offline, despite demand spikes during hot and cold weather. But as Texans know all too well, winter can also bring outages.

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Greentown Labs

MARCH 3, 2020

He shared what policies the countries with the highest rates of electric vehicle adoption have in common, including not just EV incentives, but also costly taxes on internal combustion vehicles. Norway, the leader in EV adoption, also offers discounted tolls and parking to EV owners and has high gas prices, Robinson said.

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Green Business Bureau

OCTOBER 19, 2022

Healthier communities – Sustainable buildings create healthier communities due to less intrusive and pollutive building methods, lower use of toxic materials (e.g. technology (energy efficiency, electric vehicle, etc.) BREEAM looks at the building design, the construction process, how materials are procured and operation.

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Business Green

JUNE 30, 2021

The report also points to the retail giant's progress on the electrification of its fleet, highlighting its order to purchase 100,000 electric vehicles from start-up Rivian last year, all of which it hopes to have on the road by 2030.

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Grist

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

In an essay for Slate , writer Rebecca Onion, who lives in Ohio, said her family had been planning to ditch their gas stove for a new electric induction range, citing gas stoves’ climate footprint and scientific findings that they release dangerous indoor air pollution. Someone, please (sincerely, I’m all ears!)

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Natural gas Carbon-neutral Resilience Batteries 97

Renewable Energy World

APRIL 22, 2021

In just ten years, Jacobson has harnessed passion, determination and science to re-frame the way renewable energy is seen and, ultimately, accepted as a viable solution to climate change and air pollution. If this soup of pollution was hurting me after only a few minutes, I imagined the damage it caused people who lived in it.”

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Green Business Bureau

JUNE 27, 2022

For instance, an initiative for the current year might be “ replace all lighting with energy-efficient alternatives like LEDs ” or “ replace our fuel-powered delivery vehicles with hybrid or electric vehicles ”. How can we reduce waste and prevent pollution? Sustainability scorecard versus an ESG scorecard.

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Green Business Bureau

DECEMBER 6, 2022

of New York City’s 1 billion buildings – this is despite the significant benefits the technology brings (urban cooling, flood defense, and biodiversity support). Only Con Edison gas and electric customers are eligible for CIEE programs. The New York State Pollution Prevention Institute (NYSP21).

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Energy Innovation

JANUARY 3, 2021

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). as well as for cooling, heating, and powering buildings, or how people use time saved by not having to commute.

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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. Deal with the remaining stuff (with more specific, use-case specific solutions?—?for This area is the subject of this post?—?particularly

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Green Business Bureau

JULY 1, 2022

If your employees need to come into the office, encourage them to take public transport, walk, and bike, and, if possible, support the use of electric vehicles (by providing onsite charging points). Servers in data centers need a cool environment, which demands energy. Zoom, Microsoft Teams, or Google Meet.

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Business Green

JUNE 23, 2022

I say this, because if by the end of the evening you are not among the winners or highly commended entries… just… be cool. You have done all this while vested and cynical interests seek to exploit the most horrendous of circumstances to try and lock the world in to another era of pollution and petrostate dominance.

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AGreenLiving

APRIL 26, 2021

Related: This “super plant” can actually absorb air pollution Past scandals Let’s time travel back to the “diesel dupe” of 2015. But post-exam, it cranked up and spewed up to 40 times above the amount of nitrogen oxide pollutants allowed by U.S. This natural reaction breaks down pollutants.

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Green Business Bureau

MARCH 25, 2021

In fact, 789 million people in the world lack access to electricity with 548 million of those in sub-Saharan Africa alone. Without access to electricity, women and girls spend the majority of their lives fetching water, gathering tinder and supplies, and tending to cookstoves. SDG 7 Implementation. Report on progress routinely.

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Energy Energy Fossil fuels Climate change 88

Grist

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

degrees Fahrenheit) as many models show is likely, taking carbon out of the atmosphere will be the only way to cool it down. Polluting companies often buy carbon offsets derived from these relatively short term solutions. Second, if the planet warms more than 1.5 degrees Celsius, (2.7 But these are considered short-duration solutions.

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Green Business Bureau

MARCH 25, 2021

In fact, 789 million people in the world lack access to electricity with 548 million of those in sub-Saharan Africa alone. Without access to electricity, women and girls spend the majority of their lives fetching water, gathering tinder and supplies, and tending to cookstoves. SDG 7 Implementation. Report on progress routinely.

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Energy Energy Fossil fuels Climate change 78

GreenBiz

APRIL 21, 2021

Electrifying these commercial vehicles will be potentially even more important than passenger vehicles for reducing carbon emissions and for cleaning up local air pollution. Battery-powered commercial vehicles also highlight the power of the lithium-ion battery in a unique way. Tesla's Model Y is cool.

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Green Business Bureau

APRIL 15, 2022

These chemicals can have adverse effects on humans and are pollutants of waterways. A charging station for an electric vehicle will probably be in the majority of homes by 2030, so it is important for general contractors to learn how to install these devices. Biomass or Pellet Stove for Heating. Charging Station.

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AGreenLiving

APRIL 3, 2020

For many people enjoying a bit of fun in the sun, putting up with the hostile sounds and polluting smoke generated by motorboats is just a regular inconvenience when it comes to spending time on the water. Whether small lakes or large seas, these whirring beasts have ruled the waterways for decades, often at the cost of clean water and air.

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Green Business Bureau

APRIL 15, 2022

These chemicals can have adverse effects on humans and are pollutants of waterways. A charging station for an electric vehicle will probably be in the majority of homes by 2030, so it is important for general contractors to learn how to install these devices. Biomass or Pellet Stove for Heating. Charging Station.

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Green Technology

JUNE 21, 2023

The building is powered by 100% renewable energy through community solar agreements with the Sacramento Municipal Utility District, reducing carbon emissions and air pollution as well as the energy demand from the utility grid. Occupancy data from the lighting system was tied to the BAS so that only occupied spaces were heated or cooled.

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Grist

DECEMBER 15, 2021

Electric vehicles are making huge inroads in the market. The second most important target for green power is replacing fossil fuel use in buildings, especially growing use of natural gas for heating; in Vancouver, British Columbia, that causes nearly 60% of the city’s carbon pollution. This starts with cars and trucks.

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Hydrogen Fuel News

APRIL 23, 2024

Verne’s high-density H2 storage allows heavy-duty transport vehicles to reach the range and payload equal to that of diesel. The company’s cryo-compressed hydrogen tech cools and compresses hydrogen to attain the maximum hydrogen density at 73 g/L internal density.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Depending on where you are, somewhere between 30% to 70% of primary energy is spent on heating and cooling. This presents a massive decarbonization opportunity, one reason why geothermal heating and cooling is growing and will continue to grow rapidly. But where is all that electricity going to come from?

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AGreenLiving

OCTOBER 1, 2020

Located in Norwalk, Connecticut, this recently listed pollutant-free home at 88 Old Saugatuck Road has been void of chemicals, insecticides and pesticides for more than 26 years. The system filters out allergens like dust, pollen, mold, mites, dander and VOCs all while recovering up to 80% of the heating and cooling energy.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 9, 2021

However, critics of net-zero pledges charge that corporations fall back on "net zero" goalposts to look virtuous while getting a free pass for their carbon-polluting sins and that net-zero deadlines are set so far in the future as to omit any accountability plan. It's really, really hard to get to net zero," Kline said.

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Green Business Bureau

AUGUST 22, 2022

Using remote sensors to detect temperature imbalances, smart thermostats can achieve an even heating and cooling throughout your home as well as turn off the HVAC when you’re away, saving on energy and money. Federal tax credits for all-electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles. Rebates for residential electric vehicle chargers.

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Renewable Energy World

JUNE 28, 2021

Jacobson was first inspired to solve atmospheric pollution problems when he played competitive tennis in California as a teen. Jacobson’s home—complete with four Tesla wall-mounted batteries—powers all of his family’s needs: heating and cooling, lighting, cooking, appliances, devices and his electric vehicles.

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AutoGrid

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Among the chief culprits is air quality, which, in turn, is often impacted by polluting power plants that burn fossil fuels. Particularly egregious are so-called peaker power plants , which run only when demand for electricity is high. Peaker plants are typically the most polluting and expensive resources in the system.

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 11, 2021

In 2014, the electrical engineer and MBA became the first woman to lead a U.S. As electric vehicles drive toward the mainstream, General Motors has come full circle as well. It mass-produced the first electric car in the 1990s, then literally crushed most of them in 2003. UAE, Switzerland and France.

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Smart Energy International

AUGUST 17, 2022

The bill provides a historic amount of money for climate change mitigation that is billed as helping electric utilities deliver cleaner energy including money for energy efficiency, electric vehicles (EVs), home and business electrification, plus tax credits for renewable energy developers. Electric vehicles.

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EDF + Business

MARCH 21, 2024

45 states and large metro areas have submitted climate action plans under the Inflation Reduction Act, which is supported by the Climate Pollution Reduction Grants. See their press release which contains helpful FAQs and tools to help utilize the program.

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