Fairsnape

JULY 29, 2019

Are commitments and actions towards Climate and Biodiversity becoming procurement criteria for consultants, designers, contractors and building product manufacturers, and criteria for selecting which contracts to bid? Practices and organisations who are making climate and biodiversity emergency Promise of Declarations are questioned on their actions, and outcomes on issues pledged within the declarations, for example: Raising awareness, Moving to regenerative design practices Set mitigation as c

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Biodiversity Fossil fuels Climate change Carbon 60

Renewable Energy World

JULY 29, 2019

Last week, California’s Glendale Water & Power (GWP) received approval from the Glendale City Council to move forward with a plan to repower the aging Grayson Power Plant with a combination of renewable energy resources, energy storage and a limited amount of thermal generation.

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Energy Energy 51

Clean Energy Canada

JULY 29, 2019

VICTORIA — Merran Smith, executive director of Clean Energy Canada, made the following statement in response to the province of B.C. and BC Transit’s announcement that it aims to transition its fleet of buses to fully electric vehicles by 2040. “We’re pleased BC Transit has become one of the early transit providers in Canada to commit to 100% electric buses, joining transit authorities in Montreal and Toronto.

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Electricity Electric vehicle Climate change Government 43

Renewable Energy World

JULY 29, 2019

Last week, Corvias announced that it had entered the final phase of its geothermal installation and energy upgrades effort at the U.S. Army’s Fort Polk in West-Central Louisiana, a milestone that once complete will not only modernize the aging infrastructure but save the Army significant money and benefit military families.

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Energy Energy 42

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.

Energy

Living Green Technology

JULY 29, 2019

Living Green Technology is excited to announce its partnership with local Seattle artist Erik Jensen! We will be donating a variety of IT peripherals, including keyboards to support his artistic endeavors. Erik has done some amazing work using old computer keyboards to create both original art-murals and recreations of famous images and paintings. Erik's Story: Erik Jensen is a born artist.

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Technology Recycling Recycling Education 40

Renewable Energy World

JULY 29, 2019

Missouri’s smallest investor-owned utility is charting a dramatically different course two years after being acquired by new owners.

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Energy Energy Wind power 47

DeSmogBlog

JULY 29, 2019

Read time: 7 mins Last week, the Heartland Institute was again trumpeting climate science denial at its 13th “International Conference on Climate Change” at the Trump Hotel in Washington, D.C. But by a number of measures, the Chicago-based free market think tank's science denial doesn't exactly seem to be a growing — or cohesive — movement at this point.

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Climate change 75