Inhabitat - Innovation
JULY 16, 2021
A coalition of 100 Least Developed Countries (LDC) is raising concerns over the slow rate at which developed countries are implementing their promises to reverse climate change.
GreenBiz
JULY 16, 2021
Episode 276: FedEx fleet electrification, vanilla virtues. GreenBiz Editors. Fri, 07/16/2021 - 02:00. Week in Review (3:45). Behind GM’s plan to help suppliers buy clean energy. Circular economics and the $57B e-waste opportunity. Inside Natura & Co.'s alternative vision for the Amazon. FEATURES. Vanilla, the flavor of the month (13:00). Ensuring sustainable vanilla may be both harder and easier than you think.
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Inhabitat - Innovation
JULY 16, 2021
Considering retiring on the coast one day? Better rethink your plans. A new NASA study explains that a cute-sounding phenomenon called a "moon wobble" could lead to devastating coastal floods in the next decade.
Envirotec Magazine
JULY 16, 2021
Traditional above-ground irrigation techniques are one driver of increased salinity (image credit: carlpenergy , CC BY 2.0 license ). A large part of global food production is dependent on irrigation, and new research from Utrecht University appears to show that, when irrigation water from river basins becomes too salty, crops that are sensitive to salt (such as potatoes, tomatoes and fruit trees) will have trouble growing.
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.
Inhabitat - Innovation
JULY 16, 2021
Tiny living meets natural materials in this 800-square-foot Seattle cottage. Explore this design by Fivedot.
Impact Alpha
JULY 16, 2021
ImpactAlpha, July 16 – As a first-time manager of an impact-oriented venture fund – and a Black man – Qadree defied the odds when. The post Nasir Qadree, Zeal Capital Partners appeared first on ImpactAlpha.
CleanTech Focus brings together the best content for cleantech professionals from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
altenergymag
JULY 16, 2021
Agrar Planetal Lütte GmbH in Bad Belzig in the district of Potsdam-Mittelmark benefits from leasing its previously unused roof space for solar power generation using Q CELLS solar modules and components. securenergy solutions AG has installed a solar systems for an investor with an output of 1.5 MWp. The electricity is fed directly into the public grid, from where more than 350 households can be supplied with clean electricity going forward.
Inhabitat - Innovation
JULY 16, 2021
The story of la Poste du Louvre is both historic and modern.
Charged
JULY 16, 2021
Fleet management company Merchants Fleet has launched a new tool designed to educate and assist clients as they make the transition to EVs. Merchants Fleet has been providing fleet management and leasing solutions for over 50 years. The company’s new AdoptEV service provides a personalized plan to guide current and potential clients through the process of integrating EVs into their operations.
altenergymag
JULY 16, 2021
Completes $191 Million Solar Loan Securitization with Lowest Yield to Date at 1.
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.
Renewable Energy World
JULY 16, 2021
U.S. Secretary of Energy Jennifer M. Granholm today announced the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) goal to reduce the cost of grid-scale, long-duration energy storage (of which pumped storage hydro is the largest source) by 90% within the decade. The second target within DOE’s Energy Earthshot Initiative, “Long Duration Storage Shot” sets goals to accelerate breakthroughs that store clean electricity to make it available anytime, anywhere and support more abundant, affordable and reliable
Green Living Guy
JULY 16, 2021
When it comes to your roofing material, you want one that is durable and long-lasting. Adding solar panels to your roof can help to extend the life of your roof. Here are some ways solar panels can keep your awning in top shape for many years. How Can Solar Panels Extend the Life of Your Continue reading "Do Solar Panels Extend the Life of Your Roof?".
DeSmogBlog
JULY 16, 2021
“Drill, baby, drill is gone forever.”. That was the recent assessment of Saudi Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman of the American oil industry’s future potential. As Saudi Arabia’s energy minister , Prince Abdulaziz is one of the most influential voices in the global oil markets. Fortune termed it a “bold taunt,” and a warning to U.S. frackers to not increase oil production.
Business Green
JULY 16, 2021
Gateshead test site debuts the first homes to make use of hydrogen for heating and cooking. A semi-detached on the outskirts of Gateshead is an unlikely setting to spark revolution but two new homes, built at Northern Gas Networks' innovation site in Low Thornley, may stake a claim for achieving just that. The homes have become the first in the UK to have gas appliances fuelled entirely by hydrogen, as part of a demonstration project that this week has opened to the public for the first time.
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.
DeSmogBlog
JULY 16, 2021
Last December, a cross-party council planning committee unanimously rejected what could very well be the last opencast coal application in the UK, proposed at Dewley Hill, an area of greenbelt outside Newcastle. The developer has just declared it will not be appealing the decision, while its latest financial statement indicates the company, Banks Group, does not expect to get permission for any new mines, because of a lack of “political will”.
Business Green
JULY 16, 2021
Energy companies announce they have submitted multiple bids to ScotWind, the first offshore wind leasing round in Scottish waters for more than a decade. Shell and ScottishPower have revealed they plan to work together to develop some of the world's first large-scale floating wind farms, having submitted multiple bids to Scotland's offshore wind leasing programme.
Impact Alpha
JULY 16, 2021
TGIF, Agents of Impact! Restructuring finance. What kind of financial system are Agents of Impact building? One that values diversity, rewards sustainability, centers. The post The Week in impact investing: Restructuring appeared first on ImpactAlpha.
Business Green
JULY 16, 2021
Squad Mobility showcases new small car that aims to have big impact on the future of city transport. A city car which automatically charges in sunlight has been unveiled this week with the promise of delivering "safe, accessible and hassle-free" transport for city-dwellers. Squad Mobility said its newest model, The Squad Solar City Car, has been designed for shared mobility services.
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?
Impact Alpha
JULY 16, 2021
ImpactAlpha, July 16 – On this week’s podcast, Monique Aiken and Dennis Price check in with Illumen Capital’s Daryn Dodson about bias in asset. The post Impact Briefing: Week of July 16 appeared first on ImpactAlpha.
Business Green
JULY 16, 2021
But national recycling rate remains well short of 50 per cent goal, as sluggish progress that dominated the past decade continues. UK recycling levels remain stuck in the slow lane, with the latest official government statistics released today confirming the recycling rate for waste collected from households across England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland stood at 46.2 per cent during the 2019 calendar year.
AGreenLiving
JULY 16, 2021
Today’s quote is from Annie Leonard, executive director of Greenpeace USA: “There is no such… The post Earth911 Inspiration: There Is No Such Thing as ‘Away’ appeared first on Earth911. Here is the original: Earth911 Inspiration: There Is No Such Thing as ‘Away’.
Business Green
JULY 16, 2021
Major investors call on government to heed National Food Strategy’s call for enhanced reporting rules for large food firms. Investors with £2.8tr in assets under management or advice have urged the government to introduce more robust sustainability reporting rules for the food sector, noting that the move would enable investors to target funding more efficiently at companies with environmentally responsible practices.
AGreenLiving
JULY 16, 2021
What began as a mission to provide a stable housing option in Papua New Guinea turned into a business model that now sees plug-and-live housing being shipped everywhere in the world. The founders of what became Nestron were met with many obstacles in completing that initial commitment following their visit to Papua New Guinea in 2013. Learning from the process, they launched the Nestron company in 2017.
Business Green
JULY 16, 2021
General Motors and Shell have teamed up to offer renewable energy solutions to GM’s customers in Texas. General Motors' commitment to becoming carbon neutral by 2040 means more than just transitioning to electric vehicles - although that is a huge part of the strategy. One of its latest initiatives extends that thinking to its supply chain. Through a new partnership with Shell and its subsidiary MP2 Energy, the automaker is looking to help tackle its Scope 3 emissions by offering its suppliers i
AGreenLiving
JULY 16, 2021
Considering retiring on the coast one day? Better rethink your plans. A new NASA study explains that a cute-sounding phenomenon called a “ moon wobble” could lead to devastating coastal floods in the next decade. “In the mid-2030s, every U.S. coast will experience rapidly increasing high-tide floods, when a lunar cycle will amplify rising sea levels caused by climate change ,” the report warned.
Business Green
JULY 16, 2021
Energy storage system installed in village of Minety will help balance UK's increasingly renewables-reliant electricity grid. Shell announced yesterday that it has switched on a 100MW battery system in a village in Wiltshire that it claims is the largest in Europe. The oil and gas major said the grid-connected storage system will play a significant role in helping to balance UK electricity demand, and would be able to provide electricity for up to 10,000 homes a day before it needs recharging.
AGreenLiving
JULY 16, 2021
Considering retiring on the coast one day? Better rethink your plans. A new NASA study explains that a cute-sounding phenomenon called a “ moon wobble” could lead to devastating coastal floods in the next decade. “In the mid-2030s, every U.S. coast will experience rapidly increasing high-tide floods, when a lunar cycle will amplify rising sea levels caused by climate change ,” the report warned.
Business Green
JULY 16, 2021
Heather Clancy reports on further evidence the economic opportunity from circular approaches are even bigger than previously thought. The plastic waste problem gets plenty of attention, and for good reason: If we continue mismanaging this material as usual, there could be 7.7 gigatons of the stuff cluttering landfills, waterways and oceans, or being incinerated by 2040.
AGreenLiving
JULY 16, 2021
A coalition of 100 Least Developed Countries (LDC) is raising concerns over the slow rate at which developed countries are implementing their promises to reverse the climate crisis. The LDC group wants richer countries to commit to more concrete climate mitigation measures at the Cop26 Summit later this year. Cop26 will be the most important climate meeting after the Paris Agreement of 2015.
Eco-Business
JULY 16, 2021
The world's second largest gas producer is heavily marketing the fossil fuel as a clean alternative to coal to meet Southeast Asia's growing energy needs — just as the significance of natural gas as a bridge fuel is called into question.
Envirotec Magazine
JULY 16, 2021
Using the right chemistry, says the group, it is possible to combine two different atomic arrangements (yellow and blue slabs) that provide mechanisms to slow down the motion of heat through a solid. This strategy gives the lowest thermal conductivity reported in an inorganic material. More efficient ways of harnessing energy from waste heat may be on the horizon, following the discovery of a new inorganic material with the lowest thermal conductivity ever reported.
Green Business Bureau
JULY 16, 2021
With humble beginnings as a small business selling to Vancouver’s dock workers in 1918, Watson Gloves is now Canada’s largest manufacturer and distributor of gloves to the industrial and retail market. The large volume of gloves used in the industrial market means that often gloves are thrown into the garbage after they are soiled or worn out. With the vast amount of waste that comes from single-use PPE and regular long-term wear, Watson Gloves is focusing on beginning of life and end of life m
Business Green
JULY 16, 2021
All the top green business news from around the world this week, including US climate diplomacy, COP26 preparations, and sobering Amazon rainforest research. India coal sector woes as 48 mines attract zero bidders. Further signs of waning interest in the global coal sector were seen in India this week, where over 70 per cent of mines put up for sale by the government attracted zero bids, according to Reuters.
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