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This carbon challenge is bigger than cars, aviation and shipping combined

GreenBiz

To transform basic inputs into stuff we need, manufacturers constantly heat (and cool) minerals, ores and other raw materials to extreme temperatures. The world’s kilns, reactors, chillers and furnaces are powered mostly by fossil fuels. . Industrial heat is essential but largely invisible. The urgency is growing.

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DOE announces $100 million for clean energy technologies

Renewable Energy World

Highly Scalable Virtual Power Plant (VPP) PLATFORM for Mass Storage and EV Deployments. Scaling Disruptive Methane Leak Detection and Quantification. Saving Energy in Commercial and Industrial Refrigeration Systems Using Radiative Sky Cooling. Redwood City, CA. Bridger Photonics – $4.6 Bozeman, MT. Cambridge, MA.

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The carbon challenge that is bigger than cars, aviation, and shipping combined

Business Green

To transform basic inputs into stuff we need, manufacturers constantly heat (and cool) minerals, ores and other raw materials to extreme temperatures. The world's kilns, reactors, chillers, and furnaces are powered mostly by fossil fuels. Industrial heat is essential but largely invisible. The urgency is growing.

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The Sierra Club's Top 20 Cool Schools

Green Market Oracle

Despite the additional complications posed by the coronavirus pandemic a record 312 institutions participated in Sierra's annual Cool Schools rankings in 2020. Here is a countdown of Sierra's top 20 Cool Schools as described by Katie: 20. Sierra has been ranking the environmental performance of colleges since 2006.

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Lessons from a year of reporting on climate solutions in Cascadia

Grist

Renewable solar and wind power now typically costs less than fossil-fuel alternatives. 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.

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The prospects for I-1631 eliminating 20 million tons of carbon pollution annually by 2035

Low Carbon Prosperity

Regional project examples that are within a budget to achieve the I-1631 fee-freeze could include: capturing methane from waste , smart meters , electrification or biomass fuel switch , organics and recycling programs , cellulosic ethanol , bus fuel efficiency , reafforestation , and heating/cooling upgrades.

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Why Gas Stoves Matter to the Climate – and the Gas Industry

DeSmogBlog

greenhouse gas emissions , even accounting for recent findings of larger than expected household methane leaks. But the emissions intensity of electricity is rapidly declining as coal plants close and solar and wind power expands. The climate doesn’t care what fuel we use to cook. Gas stoves account for just 0.1%