How China and the U.S. can innovate on plastic waste
GreenBiz
FEBRUARY 14, 2020
The world's two biggest producers and consumers of stuff stand to play a pivotal role in creating a circular economy, but they'll both have to get out of their own way.
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South Africa's first interior 6 star Green Star awarded to Formfunc
Inhabitat - Innovation
FEBRUARY 14, 2020
The Green Building Council recently awarded South Africa’s highest possible Interiors Green Star v1 certification to Capetown-based company Formfunc Studio’s office spaces—the first such rating to be awarded in the country for an office and distribution center.
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This company is turning food waste into a cleaning spray
GreenBiz
FEBRUARY 14, 2020
97 percent of the cleaning product is made from the water, acids and alcohol from the food waste.
Sumo wrestles sustainability into an all-natural, biodegradable diaper
Inhabitat - Innovation
FEBRUARY 14, 2020
This natural, biodegradable diaper that is as gentle on the planet as it is on a baby's skin.
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.
Episode 208: Levi Strauss and corporate philanthropy, how to talk to CFOs
GreenBiz
FEBRUARY 14, 2020
Plus, outtakes from GreenBiz 20 interviews with Dow CEO Jim Fitterling, Ecolab CEO Doug Baker, Cargill CSO Ruth Kimmelshue and youth activist Brian Mecinas.
How to Banish Single-Use Plastic From Your Life
The Environmental Blog
FEBRUARY 14, 2020
Every plastic cup, bottle, bag, or packaging that you’ve ever thrown away is in a landfill or in the ocean right now, with the exception of a few that might have made it through the recycling process. Royalty Free Photo. It’s easy to forget this – after all, out of sight, out of mind – especially if you live in a developed area where you simply throw garbage away and never see or hear of it again.
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Colorful, solar-powered island home is inspired by local fishermen's buoys
Inhabitat - Innovation
FEBRUARY 14, 2020
As one of the most scenic states in the country, Maine is an inspiration for many architects and designers. One architect has managed to use his family's love of the idyllic state to build a beautiful, solar-powered home on a remote island off its coastline.
Rethinking the 'P' word
GreenBiz
FEBRUARY 14, 2020
It's time for blue-sky thinking plus practical measures in the battle to reduce plastic waste.
What BP Can Learn From Orsted: The Route to Low-Carbon Profits
GreenTechMedia
FEBRUARY 14, 2020
The first step to change is admitting you've got a problem. “BP gets it.” That was one of several mantras to appear during new CEO Bernard Looney’s two-and-a-half-hour flag-planting welcome party on Wednesday. Looney takes over from veteran Bob Dudley at a time of rapid shifts in the energy sector that many felt BP was failing to navigate.
The premiere of the GreenBiz weekly newsletter about sustainable food systems
GreenBiz
FEBRUARY 14, 2020
We’re in a crisis that is also an opportunity.
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.
January 2020 was the hottest January on record
Inhabitat - Innovation
FEBRUARY 14, 2020
Meanwhile, the 10 warmest January temperatures all took place this century, since 2002.
How community solar supports rural communities and farmers
Solar Power World
FEBRUARY 14, 2020
This article was originally posted to SEIA’s blog and is re-posted here with permission. By David Gahl, Senior Director of State Affairs, Northeast, SEIA There are nearly 2 GW of community solar installed across the United States, supporting our rural communities by generating local revenue and helping states make progress toward their clean energy and… The post How community solar supports rural communities and farmers appeared first on Solar Power World.
Believe it or not, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill was even worse than previously thought
Grist
FEBRUARY 14, 2020
After the Deepwater Horizon explosion in the spring of 2010, oil poured into the Gulf of Mexico for nearly three months straight, resulting in the worst offshore oil spill in U.S. history. More than 200 million gallons of light crude flowed into the sea, devastating marine life and fisheries. Ten years later, scientists are still uncovering new facets of the disaster and its aftermath.
Georgia electric co-op to install 1.85-MW solar, 4-MWh storage project
Solar Power World
FEBRUARY 14, 2020
Natural gas provider Gas South and Georgia electric utility Cobb EMC broke ground on a solar + storage in Marietta, Georgia. “We’re committed to affordable, renewable energy and redefining what it means to be an energy expert,” said Peter Heintzelman, Cobb EMC president and CEO. “This project enables us to test the performance advantage and resiliency of… The post Georgia electric co-op to install 1.85-MW solar, 4-MWh storage project appeared first on Solar Power World.
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.
DIY sweet treats for Valentines Day
Inhabitat - Innovation
FEBRUARY 14, 2020
These sweet treats are sure to sweep your partner off their feet.
NYSEIA creates Long Island Solar & Storage Alliance to help reach renewable goals
Solar Power World
FEBRUARY 14, 2020
New York Solar Energy Industries Association (NYSEIA), the trade association representing solar energy businesses across New York State, announced the official formation of its Long Island Solar & Storage Alliance (LISSA). The mission of the alliance is to promote a thriving and ethical solar business community on Long Island, and to advocate for rapid solar… The post NYSEIA creates Long Island Solar & Storage Alliance to help reach renewable goals appeared first on Solar Power Wo
Number of sub-800MW demand periods double and sub-700MW quadruples in just a year
altenergymag
FEBRUARY 14, 2020
On the 6 February, AEMO issued market notice 73857 in response to the enduring islanding of the SA network. The notice informed the market that when South Australian (SA) demand falls under 800MW several generators, including more than 500MW of wind and 300MW of solar will be constrained down to zero. In a later notice, AEMO subsequently revised the low demand trigger down to 700MW.
RBS to phase out coal funding as it sets sites on becoming 'climate positive' bank
Business Green
FEBRUARY 14, 2020
Partly UK state-owned banking group's net zero strategy includes halving climate impact of its lending by 2030, as it unveils plans to rebrand as NatWest Group later this year. RBS is to place driving the low carbon transition at the forefront of its banking activity, today setting its sights on becoming 'climate positive' across its own operations by 2025 and to "at least halve" the climate impact of its financial activities by 2030.
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?
The Week in impact investing: Accountability to impact
Impact Alpha
FEBRUARY 14, 2020
TGIF, Agent of Impact! Accountability to impact. This week brought a raft of lessons for the new stakeholder economy. BP’s new CEO Bernard Looney came away with “the inescapable conclusion that we’ve got to change” after a listening tour of investors, employees and climate advocates (and a blockade at BP headquarters), and set the oil major on a course.
Green Mountain Power Bets on Grid Resiliency Benefits of Distributed Solar and Batteries [GTM Squared]
GreenTechMedia
FEBRUARY 14, 2020
Solaris to develop new 15-meter electric bus
Charged
FEBRUARY 14, 2020
Solaris is developing a new 15-meter electric bus. Called the Urbino 15 LE electric, the tri-axle bus will be built with Scandinavian markets in mind. The model will be offered with two or three doors, and will be available in class I for city operations and class II for intercity operations. The Urbino 15 LE electric will be available with either a plug-in charger or a roof-mounted pantograph.
The ‘Other’ Startling Climate Records In January
Forbes Green Tech
FEBRUARY 14, 2020
The warmest January on record was achieved without El Nino. There were other climate records too.
Carbon Clean 200: Greener businesses rule, conclude investment analysts
Business Green
FEBRUARY 14, 2020
Investment returns on firms driving the transition to a green economy are easily outstripping those of their fossil fuel competitors, new analysis suggests, adding to mounting evidence of an accelerating investor shift away from carbon intensive assets. A group of 200 publicly traded 'carbon clean' companies has outperformed its fossil fuel counterpart by a factor of four since launching in July 2016, the new data shows.
My message to America’s top scientists
GatesNotes
FEBRUARY 14, 2020
AI and genetics can benefit the world’s poorest—if we make the effort.
Why BASF, Bristol-Myers Squibb and Colgate-Palmolive view the SDGs as an innovation catalyst
Business Green
FEBRUARY 14, 2020
Top corporates reveal how the SDGs can deliver a lot more than a burnished reputation. In the five years since the 17 United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) were adopted, many large companies have paid them substantial lip service - declaring support for specific subsets and drawing creative, often detailed maps that demonstrate how certain pieces of the social agenda dovetail with their own larger sustainability and corporate social responsibility goals.
Western Canada’s great energy story is being written in B.C.
Clean Energy Canada
FEBRUARY 14, 2020
If you’ve heard the terms energy and Western Canada in the same breath of late, odds are the story was about fossil fuels. Maybe it was about job losses, the price of oil, or a pipeline. It’s a phenomenon British Columbians know well: In our national conversations, B.C.’s economy is overshadowed by Alberta’s. And that’s especially true when it comes to energy.
Yakima EJ Communities Rising
Front And Centered
FEBRUARY 14, 2020
“We need a government that is truly of, by, and for the people. That means being represented by elected officials who share the experience and values of the collective whole. It’s having government agencies enforce public health laws without fear of repercussions from powerful polluting industries. And very critically, it’s when government goes to the community to listen with an active ear in the process of making decisions.” – James Parks, Chairman, Yakima NAACP Youth Work Committee .
Total/Saft and Groupe PSA/Opel to launch pilot plant for battery production
Charged
FEBRUARY 14, 2020
Saft, an affiliate of French oil and gas company Total, and Opel, a subsidiary of French automaker Groupe PSA, are establishing a joint venture called the Automotive Cell Company (ACC), which will create EV batteries starting in 2023. The project will begin with a phase of research and development, including construction of a €200-million (about $219 million) plant at Saft’s Nersac facility.
Gadget, power thyself
Business Green
FEBRUARY 14, 2020
Could the promise of clean energy harvesting finally be poised to deliver? I have no scientific basis for this statement, but I'd be willing to wager one of the first things readers of this newsletter do when they find themselves in any sort of temporary lodging or work location or travel lounge is hunt for a place to plug in. In the not-so-distant future, new forms of energy harvesting and in situ renewable power generation could make the practice of outlet worshipping a thing of the past, at l
Sumo wrestles sustainability into an all-natural, biodegradable diaper
AGreenLiving
FEBRUARY 14, 2020
Sustainable living is an ongoing pursuit that requires evaluating each purchase and every product we use. But some daily tasks just don’t have suitable solutions. The spotlight on disposable diapers is one example, and the only real option so far has been cloth diapers. Even though cloth diapers do keep the plastic variety from sitting in a landfill for hundreds of years, the plastic ribbing and diaper inserts typically keep cloth diapers from being recyclable.
US$900 billion a year: China is bearing the world's highest cost of air pollution from fossil fuels
Eco-Business
FEBRUARY 14, 2020
A new study counts the cost of pulmonary and heart diseases, premature deaths and missed work days from fossil fuel-generated air pollution. China, the world's largest consumer of coal, is paying a hefty price.
January 2020 was the hottest January on record
AGreenLiving
FEBRUARY 14, 2020
Citing 141 years of records, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), has called last month the hottest January of all, to date. Meanwhile, the 10 warmest January temperatures all took place this century, since 2002, highlighting the accelerated climate crisis. Typically, the first month of the year is the coldest. But recent recordings reveal significantly warmer average temperatures.
The Carmaker Putting Solar Panels on Its Electric Vehicles
GreenTechMedia
FEBRUARY 14, 2020
A German startup aims to sell a self-charging electric car covered in solar panels from 2022 after raising nearly $60 million in a recent 50-day crowdfunding campaign. Munich-based Sono Motors expects its €25,500 ($27,600) electric car, the Sion, to benefit from a range extension of as much as 20 miles per day in Germany, depending on the season and weather, thanks to a solar charging system integrated into the body of the car.
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