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Exxon's leaked documents reveal devastating pollution plan

Inhabitat - Innovation

OCTOBER 9, 2020

Despite these initial claims, the company's internal documents paint a different picture. Earlier this year when ExxonMobil announced its intention to reduce its methane emissions and gas-burning, many welcomed and celebrated the news.

Pollution

Pollution Methane

Guidance document helps understand regulations for Packaging Export Recovery Notes (PERNs) for plastics

Envirotec Magazine

JANUARY 21, 2022

This document helps members interpret the regulations for the 2022 accreditation year. As a result, we have worked with the EA to produce a Recycling Association guidance document to help Members understand the interpretation of the regulations for the 2022 accreditation year.”

Plastics

Plastics Packaging Recycling Recycling

Premier claims WA a ‘renewable energy powerhouse’ but leaked document shows wind and solar projects have ‘stalled’

The Guardian: Energy

MARCH 2, 2025

A confidential state government document reveals state bureaucrats advised the government that the decarbonisation work program in Perths electricity grid had stalled to date. It said there were few new wind developments advanced enough to be added to the grid before the promised closure of a coal power station in 2027.

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Secure, Sustainable Document Management for the Public Sector

Green Technology

APRIL 3, 2025

SyTech Solutions: Secure, Sustainable Document Management for the Public Sector As public sector organizations face increasing demands for transparency, compliance, and sustainability, the importance of secure and efficient document management has never been greater. Thats where SyTech Solutions steps in.

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‘Zero draft’ lends shape to global plastics treaty

GreenBiz

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

NGOs are cautiously optimistic about the draft document for a global plastics treaty, which will be used during the third set of negotiations scheduled for mid-November.

Plastics

Cenovus Funded ‘Grassroots’ Groups That Oppose Climate Laws, Document Reveals

DeSmogBlog

JANUARY 30, 2025

Thats according to a corporate advocacy document from Cenovus that reveals the company contributed financially in 2023 to prominent advocacy groups in Canada that have disputed climate science, pushed for exports of climate-harming fossil fuels and fought legislation aimed at shifting towards cleaner forms of energy.

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Making sense of the system: Highlights from the Corry Review

Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 3, 2025

Titled Delivering Economic Growth and Nature Recovery: An Independent Review of Defras Regulatory Landscape , the 64-page document, produced by economist Dan Corry, sets out 29 recommendations intended to have a system level impact, changing the regulatory landscape and its associated culture.

Law

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Oil Companies Use Paid News Media Partnerships to Protect ‘Social Licence to Operate’, Documents Show

DeSmogBlog

MAY 15, 2024

energy policy, according to internal company documents. They were subpoenaed as part of a Congressional investigation into the fossil fuel industry’s decades of deceptive advertising, “Sponsored content advertising is a powerful way to reach a specific audience focused on specific issues,” BP states in the document. “We

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Labour Urged to Release Cumbria Coal Mine Documents by Ex-Net Zero Tsar

DeSmogBlog

JULY 24, 2024

Democracy for Sale has now launched legal proceedings at the Information Tribunal under Environmental Information Regulations after the government refused to release the documents. Numerous experts and politicians have criticised the previous Conservative government’s decision to grant a licence to the Whitehaven coal mine.

Climate change

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Toyota report grapples with energy storage challenge in logistics

Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 10, 2024

The document has also elicited praise and some comment from firms involved in developing circularity initiatives. A report from logistics specialist Toyota Material Handling (UK) indicates priorities and directions for the logistics industry, given the required trajectory of emissions reduction.

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Logistics Energy Energy Batteries

DOE releases draft roadmap to improve EV charger, solar and distributed energy resources interconnections

Charged

OCTOBER 11, 2024

The draft document provides stakeholders with 37 solutions organized around: increasing data access, transparency and security for interconnection; improving interconnection processes and timelines; promoting economic efficiency in interconnection; and maintaining a reliable, resilient and secure grid.

Energy

Energy Energy Resilience Organic

Illinois BESS project owner seeking damages from LG for ‘defective’ supplied batteries

Energy Storage News

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

The owner of a battery energy storage system (BESS) project in Illinois, US, is seeking at least US$10 million in damages from LG Energy Solution for supplying allegedly defective batteries, a court document shows.

Batteries

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Using photoelasticity in the quest for dendrite-resistant solid electrolytes

TechXplore

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Researchers have documented for the first time the stresses that build up around solid-state battery electrolytes, helping set the stage for the development of improved and more efficient batteries.

Batteries

Batteries Energy Energy

Study documents impacts of large-scale entry of rooftop solar panels on competition

TechXplore

MARCH 25, 2025

Fossil-fuel plants are increasingly being forced to stop and start production in response to changes in output from renewables. In a new study, researchers developed a dynamic competitive benchmark that accounts for startup costs and other unit-level operating constraints.

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California sues Walmart for allegedly dumping hazardous waste

Inhabitat - Innovation

DECEMBER 23, 2021

The 42-page document directly implicates Walmart for dumping 160,000 pounds of hazardous waste each year over the past six years. The state of California, through its Attorney general, has filed a lawsuit accusing Walmart of allegedly illegally disposing of hazardous waste in landfills across the state.

Waste

Waste Waste

Recyclability by Design publication keeps packaging developers on top of EPR and other issues

Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 28, 2024

Originally released in 2006, the RBD document from the group – a leading UK independent authority on plastics resource efficiency and recycling – has been regularly updated. RECOUP says there is now a positive financial driver to make packaging fully recyclable and to progress circular economy ambitions.

Packaging

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Inside Salesforce’s bold play for supply-chain leadership

GreenBiz

MAY 3, 2021

The provisions of the legal document won’t necessarily take effect immediately, though they are now part of “all standard purchasing contracts,” the company said, implemented whenever a supplier renews or when Salesforce makes purchases beyond an existing agreement. He welcomed the nudge from Salesforce.

Sustainability

Sustainability Carbon Retail Demand

Industrial waste is turning to rock in just decades, research reveals

Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 28, 2025

The researchers have documented for the first time a new rapid anthropoclastic rock cycle, which mimics natural rock cycles but involves human material over accelerated timescales. ” The findings represent the first fully documented and dated example of the complete rapid anthropoclastic rock cycle occurring on land.

Waste

Waste Waste Biodiversity Climate change

Big shift coming to EV industry, say experts

TechXplore

DECEMBER 18, 2023

So, give some serious respect, please, to these massive documents filled with painstaking technical specifications. America's highways and byways would be a wild west if we didn't have automotive standards.

Automotive

Automotive Energy Energy

Tidal and wave energy could contribute £8 billion to the economy

Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

Scotland is a global leader in the development and deployment of tidal stream and wave energy devices, said a news release about the document. Tidal and wave energy could contribute more than 8 billion to the Scottish economy by 2050 according to a new report from the University of Edinburgh’s Policy & Innovation Group.

Energy

Energy Energy Innovation Policy

Government sets out new targets on air quality, water pollution, waste and woodland cover

Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 17, 2022

These targets need to be laid as draft Statutory Instruments by 31 October 2022, says the consultation document , and will come into force once approved by Parliament. On water demand, the document cited the problems of increased demand and reduced water availability from less predictable precipitation as a result of climate change.

Waste

Waste Waste Pollution Government

64% of Scotland’s supply chain are investing in renewable energy, trade body finds

Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 30, 2025

Support for the Scottish Renewables Supply Chain Impact Statement comes from document sponsors ORE Catapult, EDF Renewables, Fred. Olsen Renewables, Ocean Winds, Scottish Enterprise and its document partner, the Clean Energy Cluster.

Investment

Investment Energy Energy Batteries

Sustainability: An Operational Imperative for Commercial Building Owners and Tenants

GreenBiz

DECEMBER 7, 2021

To get more insight into the top priorities’ companies expect to take over the next year and the role tenants have in the sustainability initiatives they seek from their building owners, download this paper created by Honeywell and The Business Journals documenting the sustainability landscape for commercial buildings.

Sustainability

Sustainability Demand

The new Africa Institute in UAE will highlight open air design

Inhabitat - Innovation

AUGUST 13, 2021

Dedicated to the advanced study, research and documentation of Africa and the African diaspora in the Arab world, the Africa Institute in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates recently commissioned Adjaye Associates to design a new 343,175-square-foot campus.

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UK government sets 8-hour minimum for LDES cap-and-floor scheme

Energy Storage News

MARCH 17, 2025

The UK government has published a Technical Decision Document confirming crucial aspects of its long duration electricity storage (LDES) cap-and-floor scheme, which includes increasing the minimum duration required from six hours to eight.

Government

Government Electricity Energy Energy

EGEC publishes case studies on geothermal use in industry and agrifood

ThinkGeoEnergy

MARCH 20, 2025

The European Geothermal Energy Council (EGEC) has published a document showcasing the industrial and agrifood applications of geothermal energy in Europe. Click here to access the full document, “Geothermal for Industry and Agri-Food.”

Cooling

Cooling Lithium Europe Innovation

Views sought on UK water innovation strategy

Envirotec Magazine

JULY 24, 2023

Sector-wide views on the UK 2050 Water Innovation Strategy are being sought, to inform the future direction of the joint document. Feedback received will be considered during a planned refresh the document, to ensure it remains relevant and valuable to today’s water sector.

Innovation

1,200MWh solar-plus-storage project in New South Wales, Australia, seeks approval

Energy Storage News

AUGUST 12, 2024

Acen Australia has submitted assessment documents for its 600MW Birriwa solar-plus-storage in New South Wales (NSW), Australia.

Lithium

Lithium Investment Batteries

Committing to Net Zero: How Businesses are Meeting Their Carbon Pledge

GreenBiz

DECEMBER 1, 2021

To get more insight on the initiatives companies are taking, download this paper created by Honeywell and The Business Journals documenting the sustainability landscape for commercial buildings.

Real Estate

Real Estate Carbon Sustainability Construction

Moon-age daydream: First successful lunar touchdown by a commercial company

Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 5, 2025

On 16 March, Blue Ghost will then capture the lunar sunset, providing data on how lunar dust levitates due to solar influences and creates a lunar horizon glow (as first documented by Eugene Cernan on Apollo 17).

Technology

Roadmap aims to increase aerosol recycling

Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 24, 2023

The document attempts to offer a long-term strategic vision to drive a widespread uplift in national capture and recycling rates. Aluminium recycling trade group Alupro officially launched its “Roadmap to increasing UK aerosol recycling” at an event in Leeds on 19 April.

Recycling

Recycling Recycling Recycled materials Education

Excelsior, Proximal Partner on AI-Powered Asset Management

Solar Industry

OCTOBER 15, 2024

The company says these digital “agents” have access to all project-related documents, allowing them to answer pertinent questions. Proximal’s platform is expected to introduce Excelsior to the provider’s Agentic Asset Management, a system powered by generative AI models that is meant to assist asset managers and O&M providers.

North America

North America Batteries Construction Innovation

Insulation manufacturer calls for an industry code of practice

Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

“Our ambition here is to see the establishment of requirements that we already adhere to as a business, such as pre-installation assessments, installations being carried out only by trained professionals and a full paper trail of documentation on installations, upheld as standard throughout the industry.” “It

Education

Education Innovation Energy Energy

Grid connection reforms: What they mean for UK developers

Envirotec Magazine

JANUARY 22, 2025

Projects will now be categorised by their planning and site readiness, and new applications must include detailed technical documentation, including Single Line Diagrams (SLDs) and site layout plans.

Demand

Demand Energy Energy Resilience

Stealing a march on motors and drives efficiency

Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Getting started The EU 2019/1781 sets out strict requirements for machine builders and the provision of technical documentation. If machine builders install motors or VSDs, they must provide a copy of the relevant data sheet or manual along with the machine’s documentation. Contact the team directly on sales@technidrive.co.uk.

Europe

Europe Electricity Sustainability Energy

ESG reporting is becoming increasingly investor-grade — and siloed

GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

The result: A single source of truth but an overwhelming, unwieldy document whose purpose often is poorly understood by internal audiences. As reports pivot to become investor-first documents, companies will be well-served to balance them with engaging storytelling — with the operating word being "engaging."

Demand

Demand Sustainability Fashion Government

Big oil privately acknowledged efforts to downplay climate crisis, Senate report finds

The Guardian: Energy

APRIL 30, 2024

Internal documents revealed by committee show companies lobbied against climate laws they publicly claimed to support Big oil has privately acknowledged its efforts to downplay the dangers of burning fossil fuels, a US Senate committee has found. Continue reading.

Fossil fuels

Fossil fuels Law Politics Energy

RAI Energy in permitting for solar and 3.2GWh BESS facility in Imperial County, California

Energy Storage News

DECEMBER 13, 2024

The Planning and Development Services Department at Californias Imperial County has prepared initial environmental assessment documents for a 800MW hybrid solar and BESS facility proposed by developer RAI Energy.

Energy

Energy Energy

New standard helps companies comply with EU digital battery passport requirement

Charged

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

The standard, DIN DKE SPEC 99100, “Requirements for Data Attributes of the Battery Passport,” provides practical guidance for the passport, which will document data along battery life cycles to help compare their performance.

Batteries

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Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 12, 2021

In addition, the document outlines several exemptions within the regulations and highlights further changes that are due to come into force in July 2023. Alongside the technical information, the guide also explains what key aspects of the regulation mean to users of motors that fall within its scope.

Electricity

Electricity Government Energy Energy

Report: Harmful Pesticide Contamination Rampant in Minnesota Waters

NRDC onEarth

DECEMBER 3, 2024

A new report documents widespread “neonic” pesticide contamination in Minnesota waters, with dire implications for aquatic life.

First-of-its-kind AI technology will record 3d flight of seabirds near wind farms in Aberdeen

Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Working with Spoor, a Norwegian pioneering AI start-up, the project will trial new technology to document how seabirds interact with offshore wind turbines. Being able to document avoidance behaviour accurately is vital for providing more realistic collision-risk modelling.

Technology

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Green day unravelled: Pundits respond to policy package

Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 15, 2023

An apocalyptic “meh” seemed to greet the government’s bumper package of energy- and climate-related policy announcements and documents released on 30 March, which appeared short on new ideas and sources of funding. A central plank was the policy paper “Powering Up Britain” , which presented plans for tackling energy security and net zero.

Packaging

Packaging Policy Hydrogen Carbon-neutral

Study highlights geothermal potential and regulatory challenges in Moldova

ThinkGeoEnergy

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

The document examines existing wells and their technical documentation from the archives of the Agency for Geology and Mineral Resources. Pilot projects proposed The document proposes a series of pilot projects that aim to utilize geothermal for heating in urban areas by 2027 to 2029.

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Exxon's leaked documents reveal devastating pollution plan

Guidance document helps understand regulations for Packaging Export Recovery Notes (PERNs) for plastics

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Premier claims WA a ‘renewable energy powerhouse’ but leaked document shows wind and solar projects have ‘stalled’

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Secure, Sustainable Document Management for the Public Sector

‘Zero draft’ lends shape to global plastics treaty

Cenovus Funded ‘Grassroots’ Groups That Oppose Climate Laws, Document Reveals

Making sense of the system: Highlights from the Corry Review

Oil Companies Use Paid News Media Partnerships to Protect ‘Social Licence to Operate’, Documents Show

Labour Urged to Release Cumbria Coal Mine Documents by Ex-Net Zero Tsar

Toyota report grapples with energy storage challenge in logistics

DOE releases draft roadmap to improve EV charger, solar and distributed energy resources interconnections

Illinois BESS project owner seeking damages from LG for ‘defective’ supplied batteries

Using photoelasticity in the quest for dendrite-resistant solid electrolytes

Study documents impacts of large-scale entry of rooftop solar panels on competition

California sues Walmart for allegedly dumping hazardous waste

Recyclability by Design publication keeps packaging developers on top of EPR and other issues

Inside Salesforce’s bold play for supply-chain leadership

Industrial waste is turning to rock in just decades, research reveals

Big shift coming to EV industry, say experts

Tidal and wave energy could contribute £8 billion to the economy

Government sets out new targets on air quality, water pollution, waste and woodland cover

64% of Scotland’s supply chain are investing in renewable energy, trade body finds

Sustainability: An Operational Imperative for Commercial Building Owners and Tenants

The new Africa Institute in UAE will highlight open air design

UK government sets 8-hour minimum for LDES cap-and-floor scheme

EGEC publishes case studies on geothermal use in industry and agrifood

Views sought on UK water innovation strategy

1,200MWh solar-plus-storage project in New South Wales, Australia, seeks approval

Committing to Net Zero: How Businesses are Meeting Their Carbon Pledge

Moon-age daydream: First successful lunar touchdown by a commercial company

Roadmap aims to increase aerosol recycling

Excelsior, Proximal Partner on AI-Powered Asset Management

Insulation manufacturer calls for an industry code of practice

Grid connection reforms: ﻿What they mean for UK developers

Stealing a march on motors and drives efficiency

ESG reporting is becoming increasingly investor-grade — and siloed

Big oil privately acknowledged efforts to downplay climate crisis, Senate report finds

RAI Energy in permitting for solar and 3.2GWh BESS facility in Imperial County, California

New standard helps companies comply with EU digital battery passport requirement

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Report: Harmful Pesticide Contamination Rampant in Minnesota Waters

First-of-its-kind AI technology will record 3d flight of seabirds near wind farms in Aberdeen

Green day unravelled: Pundits respond to policy package

Study highlights geothermal potential and regulatory challenges in Moldova

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