Where is capitalism headed?
GreenBiz
APRIL 11, 2020
The 2020s will be the worst of times for those clinging to the old order, yet potentially the best of times for those embracing and driving the new.
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Social Distancing Is Rewriting the Cleantech Startup Survival Guide
GreenTechMedia
APRIL 11, 2020
With every state in America under a disaster declaration, the implosion for early-stage companies has been swift. According to a New York Times analysis , 6,000 people at 50 startups have lost their jobs since the middle of March. Once fast-growing companies are losing their revenue overnight. Startups in travel, consumer goods, or fintech are the hardest hit by the current economic freeze.
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Sustaining Mangroves for Better Livelihoods Along the Kenyan Coast
Unsustainable
APRIL 11, 2020
Restoring mangrove forests is a priority for local communities living along the Kenyan coast. Extensive logging of the trees in the past three or so decades has been a major contributor to the current situation in which a healthy mangrove ecosystem in Kenya is in danger. This is precisely why local communities are tapping into the potential mangroves have to offer for development without compromising coastal ecosystems.
Climate Change Helped Global Cooperation. Will Coronavirus Undermine It?
Forbes Green Tech
APRIL 11, 2020
Global climate cooperation was helped by leadership from E.U. and recently China. In contrast, no country or organization seems to have emerged as a COVID-19 leader. The E.U. is internally divided and China is no role model either. Unlike the IPCC, the WHO faces a credibility crisis.
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.
Where is capitalism headed?
AGreenLiving
APRIL 11, 2020
The 2020s will be the worst of times for those clinging to the old order, yet potentially the best of times for those embracing and driving the new. Excerpt from: Where is capitalism headed?
Environmental Groups Urged To Buy Cheap Oil And Airline Stocks
Forbes Green Tech
APRIL 11, 2020
Environmental groups should buy up cheap stocks in the sectors that most contribute to climate change, including energy and aviation, the director of a leading European research center has urged.
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Quick Look At Tesla’s New Dashcam & Sentry Mode Viewer
CleanTechnica
APRIL 11, 2020
Tesla is releasing a highly requested feature: a new Dashcam and Sentry Mode viewer. This feature will integrate both Sentry Mode and the Dashcam to provide the owner with a more detailed look around their vehicle.
Tesla Model Y Compared To Tesla Model S
CleanTechnica
APRIL 11, 2020
Most people think of comparing the Model Y to either a Model 3 (which it was derived from) or a Model X (Tesla's first SUV), but I thought it would be interesting to compare it to the original "designed from the ground up" Model.
Look Out! Floating Offshore Wind Turbines Are Coming For Your Natural Gas
CleanTechnica
APRIL 11, 2020
Floating offshore wind turbines are something of a rarity these days, but a proposed new 11-turbine wind farm indicates they are poised to go mainstream.
Tesla Model 3 Dominates Luxury Car Best Seller List in USA (1st Quarter 2020)
CleanTechnica
APRIL 11, 2020
The Tesla Model 3 accounted for approximately 33% of new small & midsize luxury car sales in the USA in the first quarter of 2020. For some perspective, the BMW 2 Series, 3 Series, 4 Series, and 5 Series together combined for approximately 15% of the segment's share.
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.
Autonomous Shuttles At Mayo Clinic Move COVID-19 Tests
CleanTechnica
APRIL 11, 2020
Medical facilities around the globe struggle with health worker safety during the novel coronavirus crisis.
These Compostable, Disposable Gloves Are Ready for COVID-19 Fight
CleanTechnica
APRIL 11, 2020
The gloves are said to be 100% latex and BPA- and powder-free, making them safe for most people with latex allergies. Even the individual wrappers and packaging the gloves come in are 100% compostable within just 90 days (!), as well.
Wind Turbine Maker Senvion Sells India Business
CleanTechnica
APRIL 11, 2020
Months after German wind turbine maker Senvion announced the sale of some assets to competitor Siemens Gamesa, it has found a strategic investor for one of its subsidiaries as well.
Fraunhofer ISE Testing Vehicle-Integrated Solar Systems
CleanTechnica
APRIL 11, 2020
Fraunhofer ISE is conducting a three-year research program designed to test how solar panels can be integrated with heavy duty trucks.
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.
Post-Apocalyptic Tesla Concept Art — Or: Mad Max Meets Mad Musk
CleanTechnica
APRIL 11, 2020
The car you see here doesn't exist, but the universe it seems destined to inhabit is the one from the Mad Max movies — a wild, untamed sort of place that envisioned the extremes of the desperate measures individuals could take to ensure their mobility in the wake of the energy crisis of the 1970s.
India’s Adani Green Energy Achieves 2.5 Gigawatts Of Renewable Energy Capacity
CleanTechnica
APRIL 11, 2020
One of India’s leading renewable energy companies, Adani Green Energy, has reported an impressive 30% increase in installed capacity between April 2019 and March.
Tesla Model 3 Towing Capability Added Courtesy EcoHitch
CleanTechnica
APRIL 11, 2020
The Tesla Model 3 is an amazing vehicle, but it comes up a little short when it comes to hauling around lots of gear. Specifically, bikes. Our pals over at EVAnnex reached out to us about reviewing the EcoHitch for the Tesla Model 3. We jumped in with both feet. Our task: install and test the EcoHitch and the Undercover adapter.
New Harvard Study Links COVID Deaths & Air Pollution — Interview With Dr. Francesca Dominici
CleanTechnica
APRIL 11, 2020
A new study was made public this week that sheds light on the connection between COVID-19 health impacts and air pollution. I sat down (virtually of course) with Dr. Francesca Dominici, author and Director of the Data Science Initiative at Harvard’s T.H. Chan School of Public Health, to learn more about the study’s findings, which focused on fine particulate matter (PM2.5) and what researchers plan to do next to further our understanding of air pollution’s impact on coronavirus health outcomes.
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?
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