Can we protect nature by giving it legal rights?
GreenBiz
FEBRUARY 18, 2020
Around the world, communities are using "Rights of Nature" laws to defend waterways, species and more from human threats.
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The Feds Try Yet Again To Sell Off BPA And TVA
Jim Conca
FEBRUARY 18, 2020
The 2021 budget aims to sell off assets like BPA in the Northwest and TVA in the Southeast, two not-for-profit, self-funded government agencies that provide the cheapest most reliable power in America. Privatizing them would be a huge mistake, although it might make a few new American billionaires.
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Los Angeles city-owned buildings to go 100% carbon free
GreenBiz
FEBRUARY 18, 2020
It's also the first California city to demand lower carbon in construction materials.
LEED Gold-targeted office mimics High Line via lush greenery
Inhabitat - Innovation
FEBRUARY 18, 2020
New York City’s award-winning High Line has attracted yet another sculptural building to its side—512 West 22nd Street, a contemporary Chelsea office building that takes cues from the elevated park with landscaped terraces on every floor. Designed by local architecture firm COOKFOX Architects, the new building is inspired by not only its proximity to the High Line, but also the neighborhood’s industrial history.
Manufacturing Sustainability Surge: Your Guide to Data-Driven Energy Optimization & Decarbonization
Speaker: Kevin Kai Wong, President of Emergent Energy Solutions
In today's industrial landscape, the pursuit of sustainable energy optimization and decarbonization has become paramount. Manufacturing corporations across the U.S. are facing the urgent need to align with decarbonization goals while enhancing efficiency and productivity. Unfortunately, the lack of comprehensive energy data poses a significant challenge for manufacturing managers striving to meet their targets.
New York City is using its fleets to fight air pollution
GreenBiz
FEBRUARY 18, 2020
In a "race to the top," more cities are gaining unprecedented insights toward cleaning up air quality.
Meet the urban planner responsible for San Francisco's car-free Market Street
Inhabitat - Innovation
FEBRUARY 18, 2020
Downtown San Francisco is putting pedestrians first. Inhabitat spoke with an urban planner at Perkins and Will about the car-free Market Street project.
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Green-roofed brick home 'disappears' into the landscape
Inhabitat - Innovation
FEBRUARY 18, 2020
Built into a sloped hill, the brick-clad and aptly named Sloped Villa uses an expansive green roof to help the house "disappear" into its serene natural setting.
6 ways companies can be a ‘force for good’ in their supply chains
GreenBiz
FEBRUARY 18, 2020
It’s a collective responsibility.
Humanity’s greatest threat: Cascading impacts of climate, biodiversity, food and water crises
Envirotec Magazine
FEBRUARY 18, 2020
Survey reveals common concern of global scientists and linkages between crises. Part of a new report, Our Future on Earth, 2020, in which experts distill latest peer-reviewed, state-of-the-planet research and its interconnected complexities. The greatest threat to humanity hides in the potential cascading of impacts of five highly-related, highly-likely risks — a collision that can amplify these effects catastrophically, according to a new survey of 222 leading scientists from 52 countries.
Craft beer waste saves Montana town $1M for wastewater treatment
Inhabitat - Innovation
FEBRUARY 18, 2020
A Montana town has found a money-saving solution to its sewage and wastewater treatment expenses, thanks to a nearby craft brewery.
Electrofuels Are the Future: The Driving Force to Decarbonizing Heavy Transport
Speaker: Ayesha Choudhury - Senior Vice President, Head of Capital Markets at Infinium
With the first wave of the energy transition, renewable energy sources (such as solar and wind) have begun replacing coal power generation. However, some sectors are lagging behind and struggling to decarbonize more than others, including large-scale transportation like commercial aviation, shipping, and rail transit. Electrofuels (aka eFuels) are the next generation of solutions to help the hardest-to-abate sectors pivot from their reliance on fossil fuels.
Are Hydrogen Vehicles Set to Be a Regular Sight In the UK’s Car Market
The Environmental Blog
FEBRUARY 18, 2020
Much has been made about the automotive industry’s transition away from the traditional internal combustion engine and toward more environmentally friendly alternatives. In recent years, electric cars have emerged as the most likely candidate for a long-term means of ditching fossil fuels. In the meantime, hydrogen power, a technology which at one point looked promising has fallen by the wayside.
Sustainable city block in Hamburg goes for gold in energy-efficiency
Inhabitat - Innovation
FEBRUARY 18, 2020
The mixed-use building is energy-efficient to boot.
Vestas Holds On to Wind Turbine Crown for 2019
GreenTechMedia
FEBRUARY 18, 2020
Danish wind turbine manufacturer Vestas retained its title as the largest global supplier in the space last year, according to Bloomberg New Energy Finance, with Siemens Gamesa coming in a close second in a bumper year for the wind power industry. According to Tuesday’s report, the total of commissioned projects jumped from 50 gigawatts in 2018 to 61 gigawatts last year.
Going Zero Waste: Opportunities For Waste Reduction and New Revenue Streams
Green Business Bureau
FEBRUARY 18, 2020
Recycling our waste has become an expected practice across multiple industries with those not participating in the practice severely damaging their company image and reputation. In addition to periodically evaluating our operations to increase efficiency and reduce waste, we must not also forget that in our effort to get to the ultimate goal of going zero waste, some of waste streams can, when structured properly, develop into new revenue streams.
AR/VR Simulations for Sustainable, Regenerative, Circular Cities
Speaker: Nik Gowing, Brenda Laurel, Sheridan Tatsuno, Archie Kasnet, and Bruce Armstrong Taylor
With 191 country signatories to the Paris Climate Agreement now hard at work in the race to zero carbon by 2050, much of the heavy lifting in ecosystem sustainability falls on the shoulders of the world's densely populated urban centers. This conversation considers how today's AI-enabled simulation media, such as AR/VR, can be effectively applied to accelerate learning, understanding, training, and solutions-modeling to sustainability planning and design.
PG&E Reports $7.7B Loss in 2019, Pledges to Meet June Bankruptcy Deadline
GreenTechMedia
FEBRUARY 18, 2020
Northern California utility Pacific Gas & Electric on Tuesday reported a $3.6 billion loss in the fourth quarter and a $7.7 billion loss for 2019, weighed down by continued costs and charges related to the wildfires that drove it into bankruptcy last year. But the company still expects its multi-billion dollar settlements with wildfire victims and its expanded plans to improve power grid safety will allow it to emerge from bankruptcy by the end of June, a critical deadline to access the $21
LAFP to purchase Rosenbauer electric fire engine
Charged
FEBRUARY 18, 2020
The Los Angeles City Fire Department (LAFD) will purchase an electric fire engine from Austrian-based manufacturer Rosenbauer. Based on Rosenbauer’s Concept Fire Truck, the vehicle will be customized for the LAFD’s specific needs. The EV will have two batteries and a charge capacity of 100 kWh, allowing for about two hours of operation, according to the company.
Navy Signals Willingness to Accept Wind Farms Off California’s Central Coast
GreenTechMedia
FEBRUARY 18, 2020
The California Energy Commission released a new map this month identifying offshore wind areas deemed compatible with U.S. military operations, but developers say there wouldn't be enough space to create a viable market off California's Central Coast. The increasingly ambitious U.S. offshore wind industry continues to receive mixed signals about California.
Science dishes out an answer on the old handwashing vs. dishwasher debate
Grist
FEBRUARY 18, 2020
In my family of origin, there’s a parent who prefers to put all the dishes in the dishwasher and a parent who prefers to do everything by hand. (It just so happens that the parent who likes doing dishes manually is the one who’s worse at cleaning and therefore leaves a light grease sheen on dishes, but that’s neither here nor there.) We all have our own method for getting through what is objectively one of the worst household chores.
How Digital Transformation will Bend the Curve of the Linear Economy Toward the Circular
Speaker: Bruce Armstrong Taylor, Co-Founder & Managing Director of SmartNations Foundation, Jimmy Jia, Venture Partner at Pi Labs, Fabienne Durand, Senior Advisor to the SmartNations Foundation, & Roger Strukhoff, Executive Director of the Tau Institute
The Climate 4.0 Economy. Climate change is here. We see it in many ways already. Weather catastrophes: Texas freezing over, the wildfires of California, the increasingly unpredictable violence and frequency of hurricanes, the rapid melting and disappearance of polar ice caps. Much more evidence all around us. What can we do in our corporate organizations, in our homes and communities, to change the current course?
Solar Power World’s 2020 Top Solar Contractors application is now available
Solar Power World
FEBRUARY 18, 2020
Applications for Solar Power World‘s 2020 Top Solar Contractors list are now being accepted online. Any solar PV developer, installer or subcontractor working in the United States can begin the application process on Solar Power World’s website. The deadline to apply is Friday, May 22, 2020. The Solar Power World Top Solar Contractors list is the most… The post Solar Power World’s 2020 Top Solar Contractors application is now available appeared first on Solar Power World.
Impact drives alpha, and other lessons from ‘100% impact’ donor-advised funds
Impact Alpha
FEBRUARY 18, 2020
Impact can drive alpha—but market-beating returns are hard to come by in short-term investments. An impact portfolio that’s not under regular review is probably losing its impact. Assessing true impact at the community level grows more challenging as impact investments scale. RSF Social Finance learned all these things from the impact portfolio created for the.
Wright Electric unveils design concepts for electric aircraft
Charged
FEBRUARY 18, 2020
Wright Electric, a partner of European airline easyJet, recently unveiled design concepts for the Wright 1, a 186-seat electric aircraft. Wright is building a 1.5 MW electric motor and 3 kV inverter. The company is in discussions with BAE Systems to develop flight controls and energy management systems. Wright plans to conduct ground tests in 2021, flight tests in 2023, and begin service in 2030.
Second annual IREC Vision Summit will explore pathways to 100% clean energy
Solar Power World
FEBRUARY 18, 2020
One hundred of the nation’s most prominent industry leaders, national, state and local energy decision makers, advocates and educators will be part of a one day visionary exploration focused on making bold clean energy goals a reality. The second annual IREC Vision Summit is March 11 in Washington, D.C. Turning ideas into action, panelists and… The post Second annual IREC Vision Summit will explore pathways to 100% clean energy appeared first on Solar Power World.
Half the world's economy now eyeing net zero transition, analysis shows
Business Green
FEBRUARY 18, 2020
Almost $39tr of the world's GDP is now aligned, or proposing to align, with net zero emissions targets, according to ECIU. Almost half of the world's GDP is now generated in places where authorities have either set, or are proposing to set, a net zero emissions target, according to the Energy and Climate Intelligence Unit (ECIU). The latest update to ECIU's Net Zero online tracker released today shows that move towards setting ambitious climate targets is rapidly growing around the world, with j
Listen to customers, not hypesters, about the impact of energy access
Impact Alpha
FEBRUARY 18, 2020
Few would dispute that for many of the 840 million people without access to electricity globally, off-grid solutions will be essential to improving livelihoods for many of the poorest and most remote households and enterprises. That said, as impact-first investors, we should not be content with a headline and a picture of a satisfied rural. The post Listen to customers, not hypesters, about the impact of energy access appeared first on ImpactAlpha.
UK leads Europe on new wind power as global turbine market enjoys boom
Business Green
FEBRUARY 18, 2020
Britain added more onshore and offshore wind capacity than any other country in Europe last year at 2.8GW, latest industry figures show. The UK continued to lead Europe in new wind power last year, adding 2.4GW of both onshore and offshore capacity as turbine installations rose more than a quarter across the continent in 2019, according to trade body WindEurope.
Consumer Privacy Takes Priority in 2020
Forbes Green Tech
FEBRUARY 18, 2020
Here are a few predictions on how this consumer call for action will (and should) be a catalyst for greater privacy, identity protection and security in 2020.
Fuzz & Buzz seed mix created for solar sites with sheep grazing and pollinator habitats
Solar Power World
FEBRUARY 18, 2020
Ernst Conservation Seeds, the largest producer of native grass and wildflower seeds in the eastern United States, has partnered with Ernst Pollinator Service, a leader in pollinator establishment in all types of habitats, and the American Solar Grazing Association (ASGA), a non-profit trade organization devoted to promoting the grazing of sheep on solar installations, to… The post Fuzz & Buzz seed mix created for solar sites with sheep grazing and pollinator habitats appeared first on
Are Your Data Security Protocols CCPA-Ready?
Forbes Green Tech
FEBRUARY 18, 2020
Gaining greater insight into these queries will help organizations take the appropriate next steps and avoid the dreaded civil action and financial penalties.
'We can save the Earth': Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos commits $10bn towards fighting climate crisis
Business Green
FEBRUARY 18, 2020
World's richest man uses personal wealth to launch Bezos Earth Fund, in a move that follows growing pressure on Amazon to ramp up its climate efforts. Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos has pledged $10bn of his personal wealth towards fighting the climate crisis, with the billionaire yesterday promising to "amplify known ways and to explore new ways of fighting the devastating impact of climate change on this planet we all share".
Tigo’s Rapid Shutdown Solution: Over a Million Units Shipped
altenergymag
FEBRUARY 18, 2020
Tigo’s PV Rapid Shutdown is the only UL-system-certified solution and includes 110 Inverters for both residential and commercial markets.
UK's 'first' green hydrogen plants among winners in £90m funding boost
Business Green
FEBRUARY 18, 2020
Several green hydrogen production plants across the North of England and Scotland among host of energy projects to secure BEIS funding. Europe's "first ever" green hydrogen production plants, a clutch of smart home energy schemes, and efforts to switch carbon intensive industry to run on renewables are among projects sharing in a £90m low carbon energy funding boost announced by the government today.
NM Solar Group installs 9.32-kW array for outdoor education organization
Solar Power World
FEBRUARY 18, 2020
Cottonwood Gulch Expeditions (CWG) recently powered up its new solar panel grid system at the Gulch Base Camp. The money saved on utilities will fund scholarships that give kids access to outdoor education. Coordinated by nonprofit, Everybody Solar, and installed by NM Solar Group, the two part, overall 9.32-kW photovoltaic energy system is expected to… The post NM Solar Group installs 9.32-kW array for outdoor education organization appeared first on Solar Power World.
Leading the renewable energy transformation in Western Australia
altenergymag
FEBRUARY 18, 2020
-Horizon Power has successfully commissioned a solar farm and utility-scale battery in the Pilbara coastal town of Onslow.
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