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15 Expert-Approved Earth Day Tips for Going Green at Home

Green Business Bureau

We reached out to eco-wise experts from Salem, OR , all the way to Chicago, IL , for their best Earth Day tips to help make your home more sustainable, so you can start living greener on Earth Day and beyond. What better way to disinfect your home than to use the natural germ-killing power of the sun?

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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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Shooting for the moon: 3 radical innovations to remove atmospheric CO2

GreenBiz

Launched on Earth Day 2019, Project Vesta aims to enhance natural weathering processes to accelerate carbon capture and storage in the world's oceans. The bio-oil Charm produces has properties similar to crude oil but with half the energy content and a very high carbon content. So far, Project Vesta has raised $2.5

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Roundup: Fellows in the Field

Defend Our Future

Earlier this year Defend Our Future’s Community Organizing Fellowship launched, adding capacity for on-the-ground partners to amplify local investments in renewable energy, sustainable infrastructure and environmental protection. Let’s take a look at what they’ve been up to! Intersectionality with Our Climate In Washington, D.C.,

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Roundup: Fellows in the Field

Defend Our Future

Earlier this year Defend Our Future’s Community Organizing Fellowship launched, adding capacity for on-the-ground partners to amplify local investments in renewable energy, sustainable infrastructure and environmental protection. Let’s take a look at what they’ve been up to!

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

Green Business Bureau

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). The Paris Climate Agreement opened for signature on Earth Day (22nd of April 2016), at the UN headquarters in New York. For simplicity, when defining scope 2 emissions, think bought.

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