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Why electrification is key to curbing future climate change

Smart Energy International

Electrification holds the key to cleaner, more efficient energy distribution and use. But fully realizing its promise demands balancing tech innovation with collaboration across industry, says Massimo Muzzì, head of strategy, business development and sustainability at ABB Electrification. C by 2050 remains achievable.

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A decidedly impartial review of Mark Jacobson’s 100% Clean, Renewable Energy and Storage for Everything

Renewable Energy World

Happy Earth Day 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.

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Google debuts Carbon-Intelligent Computing Platform

Business Green

Tech giant announces new project is successfully shifting energy intensive computing processes to occur when the sun is shining and the wind is blowing. The platform works by utilising forecasts provided by energy data specialist Tomorrow that provides day-ahead information on predicted grid carbon intensity.

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LinkedIn: Demand for green jobs tripled in the UK in 2019

Business Green

The green job market is flourishing in the UK, according to new research from LinkedIn that claims that demand for sustainability professionals rose by a third in 2019. The company parsed data collected from its members between January and December 2019 to reach its conclusions, with today's publication timed to coincide with Earth Day.

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Soul Candy. Activating Your Soul’s Desires For a More Delicious World.

Earth Gratitude

The Earth Day Network is the world’s largest environmental organization, partnering with over 50,000 organizations in over 190 countries. This month, I had the pleasure to interview Kathleen Rogers and Ken Berlin, the president and CEO of The Earth Day Network and The Climate Reality Project , respectively.

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The Overview Effect

Grist

Knowing that the Earth is a planet, however, isn’t quite the same as seeing it with your own eyes. Once a photograph of the Earth, taken from the outside, is available,” Fred Hoyle, an English astronomer, wrote in 1948, “a new idea as powerful as any in history will be let loose.” Space Frontiers / Getty Images).

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What Is Carbon Accounting? Standards, Frameworks, Developments and Challenges

Green Business Bureau

Such businesses better meet the demands of the regulatory environment while coming into alignment with investor, consumer, and employee preferences. As such, in 2022 81% of S&P 500 companies reported their own emissions (scope 1), and the emissions of the electricity they bought (scope 2).

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