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12 good things that happened for the environment in 2019

Inhabitat - Innovation

Between rainforest fires and growing ocean pollution, much of environmental news is grim. However, 2019 also brought good news. Here are a few high points as we go into 2020.

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Closing the loop on 2019

GreenBiz

Bringing you the five biggest stories of the circular economy from this past year, and some predictions for the next.

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Sea turtle rescue center mimics the natural ecosystems in Turkey

Inhabitat - Innovation

The Research, Rescue and Rehabilitation Center for Sea Turtles will raise awareness for the wildlife that call the unique ecosystem home.

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Top 10 Utility Regulation Trends of 2019

GreenTechMedia

In August, we published the top 10 utility regulation trends of 2019 — so far. With 2019 wrapping up, we look at the 10 trends and actions that stand out above the rest. From the falling cost of renewables and storage driving utilities' resource planning, to the realignment of utility performance incentives with evolving policy goals, it was a busy year.

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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.

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Best of 2019 Video Vault: 5 videos that kept us thinking in 2019

GreenBiz

Equity and plastic and leadership — oh my!

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PANGAIA presents FLWRDWN, a down alternative made from biodegradable wildflowers

Inhabitat - Innovation

These puffer coats are filled with a fluffy down alternative — wildflowers.

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White Sands officially becomes the 62nd national park

Inhabitat - Innovation

White Sands has become the newest national park in the U.S.

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Tesla: There’s None So Blind As Those Who Will NotSee…

Forbes Green Tech

What is a company capable of turning entire industries upside down and ultimately changing the world worth? According to the markets on Tuesday, $420 per share, making it worth $75 billion, greater than traditional carmakers such as Ford or GM. But in practice, Tesla is worth more, much more.

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Feinmetall’s new 600 A cell contacts skirt oxidation issues

Charged

Feinmetall , a maker of contacts for Li-ion cells, has introduced new contact technologies in its new line of high-current contacts, including a new technique to avoid oxidation problems on contacts. One of its new new high-current blocks, the HC01, is suitable for contacting prismatic and pouch cells and allows continuous currents up to 600 amps. To guarantee multiple contact points, it inclines 41 individually spring-loaded contact probes, which are designed to maximize overall current carryin

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2020 New Year’s Resolution: Fly Less

Forbes Green Tech

Given the severity of the climate crisis, all of us need to do our part. A 2020 New Year’s commitment to a low-carbon lifestyle is a worthy goal.

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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.

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Clenergy and Hunan Xinhua Signed Cooperation Agreement for a 77.1 MW Solar Power Plant

altenergymag

Clenergy (Xiamen) Technology Co. Ltd and Hunan Xinhua Water Conservancy and Hydropower Co., Ltd. have entered into a cooperation agreement for a 77.1 MW solar power plant.

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How Virtual Travel Could Help With Overtourism

Forbes Green Tech

The ability to livestream travel experiences in real time via drone, satellite and other technology is coming, and it could have unexpected effects on a travel industry that is currently experiencing its own disruption.

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Freebee deploys Lightning Systems’ EVs for on-demand public transport

Charged

Freebee, a Florida-based operator of on-demand public transit vehicles, has ordered six Lightning Electric Ford Transit 350 HD passenger vans from Lightning Systems. Freebee, which offers passengers free door-to-door rides through municipal transportation contracts, has received two of the six vans and put them into service shortly after delivery. The vans are supported by Lightning Analytics, a cloud-based data capture and analysis platform that allows operators to monitor the vehicles’ locatio

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5 Social Media Posts About Weather That Need To Go Away In 2020

Forbes Green Tech

Here are 5 weather-related social media posts that need to disappear in 2020

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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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SAE works to develop common Public Key Infrastructure for Plug & Charge

Charged

The Plug & Charge system, which will enable EV charging with no need for a membership card or smartphone app, is expected to be operational in 2020. In order to support a more secure implementation of Plug & Charge, SAE International plans to form an industry-led research project to create a common Public Key Infrastructure (PKI). The project aims to create a strong two-way authentication method to connect the EV, the charging station and the network, which will support advanced charging

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13 Smart Strategies For Keeping Remote Tech Workers Informed

Forbes Green Tech

Technology has eased the borders of how and where we can work, but clear communication still remains central to making it work.

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Sea turtle rescue center mimics the natural ecosystems in Turkey

AGreenLiving

Located on Iztuzu Beach in Southern Turkey, the Research, Rescue and Rehabilitation Center for Sea Turtles will raise awareness for the wildlife that calls the unique ecosystem home. In true environmentally conscious architectural form, the design was inspired by the natural curves and traces of the beach tides and the surrounding native pine trees and reeds, all of which help to form the ecosystem.

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BusinessGreen's Most Read of 2019

Business Green

From Dragon Islands to paper beer bottles, here are our top ranking stories of the year.

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Closing the loop on 2019

AGreenLiving

Bringing you the five biggest stories of the circular economy from this past year, and some predictions for the next. Here is the original post: Closing the loop on 2019.

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'Pioneering test': Low carbon concrete set for trial on A14 in Cambridgeshire

Business Green

Contractor Mick George Concrete claims use of Cemfree for road improvement works could help avoid 500 tonnes of CO2.

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Best of 2019 Video Vault: 5 videos that kept us thinking in 2019

AGreenLiving

Equity and plastic and leadership — oh my! Read the original post: Best of 2019 Video Vault: 5 videos that kept us thinking in 2019.

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Meet the Eco-Business A-Listers: Ayala's Vickie Tan, SDG advocator

Eco-Business

In this interview with Eco-Business, Vickie talks about how sustainability can be integrated into one of the most unsustainable places—shopping malls—and shares her one unsustainable guilty pleasure.

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12 good things that happened for the environment in 2019

AGreenLiving

For folks who read — and write — about sustainability, dire projections are revealed every day. Between rainforest fires and ocean pollution, much of the news is grim. However, 2019 also brought good news. In the spirit of optimism as we start a new year, let’s hope our species can build on this year’s gains in 2020. Here are a few high points from 2019.

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T-REX at the Private Placements Industry Forum

T Rex Group

Book a Meeting at T-REX’s Cabana. Roundtable Discussion on the Challenges Facing Private Fixed Income Markets. New York, NY, December 26, 2019 – T-REX , the leading data and analytics solution for private fixed income markets, is proud to be a sponsor at the Private Placements Industry Forum in South Beach, January 21-24. T-REX offers specialized tools for investors, investment banks, originators, lenders, and rating agencies.

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PANGAIA presents FLWRDWN, a down alternative made from biodegradable wildflowers

AGreenLiving

With a concern for the treatment of ducks and geese during the gathering of feathers for down bedding and clothing, one company has developed a proprietary, cruelty-free alternative to traditional down. Called FLWRDWN, this down alternative, made from wildflowers , has taken scientists 10 years to develop. The result is a fully biodegradable material that can be used in coats, comforters and other products.

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Four Reasons Why 2020 Will be a Make or Break Year for Environmental Action

Green Market Oracle

We will face some difficult choices in 2020 including momentous decisions that will have profound impacts on humanity, ecosystems and countless species. The first issue is our failure to reign in GHG emissions and the second is the absence of any significant progress at COP25. The combinations of a warming world and ecosystem destruction put us on a collision course with catastrophe.

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White Sands officially becomes the 62nd national park

AGreenLiving

Last week, President Donald Trump signed legislation, seen here , designating White Sands National Park as the 62nd national park. Since 1933, the country’s largest gypsum dunefield has been a national monument. The recent signing of the National Defense Authorization Act (the 2020 defense spending bill), with a provision on White Sands, has now upgraded the national monument to its new national park status, thereby protecting its glistening white sand dunes, which are visible even from outer sp

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The Kazakh Tesla Guy Who Brought Tesla To Kazakhstan

CleanTechnica

Since its founding, Tesla has gradually expanded into more and more countries — the latest count is over 30. The newest frontier is Kazakhstan, where the company recently installed several Superchargers. To Americans, this Central Asian country may seem far from the beaten path, but in fact it’s a logical addition to the Tesla empire. It’s a relatively affluent nation with a highly strategic location — if you want to drive from Europe (or Russia) to China, you’ll almost certainly pass through Ka

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8 Tesla Dream Vehicles — Rendered

CleanTechnica

Back in 2013, when Elon Musk first teased the idea of a pickup truck on Twitter, many thought he was kidding. First, the Tesla CEO had to make the company's fledgling sedan, Model S, a viable contender before moving on to another project that bold. Sure enough, Model S won countless awards and gobbled up marketshare. Years later, Musk's vision for a pickup truck — which certainly turned out to be bold — shocked the world.

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Floating Solar On Pumped Hydro, Part 1: Evaporation Management Is A Bonus

CleanTechnica

The concept of putting floating solar panels on pumped hydro reservoirs is fascinating, but not a slam dunk. This 1st article covers evaporation management.

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Floating Solar On Pumped Hydro, Part 2: Better Efficiency, But More Challenging Engineering

CleanTechnica

The concept of putting floating solar panels on pumped hydro reservoirs is fascinating, but not a slam dunk. This 2nd article covers an additional six pros and cons.

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Tesla Model 3 Winter Tips, Tricks, & Top Products from Aniseh Sharifi

CleanTechnica

Aniseh Sharifi has been working in the auto industry for the past 10 years. She says, "I grew up around cars — my brother and dad were car fanatics and that’s all they ever talked about." When profiled in Toronto Life magazine she confessed, "I'm an electric vehicle nerd." Aniseh says, "My EV has changed my life — and yes I realize how cheesy that sounds.

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10 Reasons Jim Cramer of CNBC Changed His Mind on Tesla [TSLA]

CleanTechnica

It’s an axiom of investing that the sure sign of a market peak is when the very last bear throws in the towel. Is that what we’re seeing, now that CNBC’s Jim Cramer has become a Tesla true believer? .

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Despite SUV Craze, Tesla Model 3 Dominates US Luxury Vehicle Market

CleanTechnica

If there’s anything Elon Musk loves, it’s bringing a gadget out of a sci-fi novel to life. In December 2014, he said Tesla was working on “a charger that automatically moves out from the wall & connects like a solid metal snake.” Shades of Doctor Octopus’s robot arms, and the human-hunting robotic snakes from the Terminator universe! Surely Elon knows better than to hook up an AI to this monstrosity.