Tue.Jan 24, 2023

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Cities are leading the way toward a sustainable and resilient future

GreenBiz

How three cities, Cupertino, Orlando and Boston, are using their communities, new technology and buildings to fight the effects of climate change

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Expert thrifting tips for reducing, reusing and recycling

Inhabitat - Innovation

Kiera Jeuitt is an expert at the three r's: reducing, reusing and recycling. She is the founder of "I Love Thrifting" and an expert on how to use thrifting to live more sustainably by reusing what's old, reducing the waste produced by new items you might possibly buy instead and offering amazing tips on how to recycle what's already there. Jeuitt shared some of her tips with Inhabitat

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ESG: Value Chain Considerations & Expectations

GreenBiz

Deconstructing your company’s ESG goals to identify key performance indicators and setting milestones can be difficult. It requires the assistance of multiple stakeholders and departments to fully understand the problem, propose goals, and monitor progress towards them

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Gravity batteries offer a better energy storage alternative

Inhabitat - Innovation

Gravity batteries are a new technology that supports the generation and storage of renewable energy through regenerative braking and gravity. A recent study on this technology has proved that old mines could be pivotal in enhancing the use of gravity batteries since they provide an ideal landscape

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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

Join Ayesha Choudhury, Senior Vice President, Head of Capital Markets at Infinium, to learn why we need eFuels in the carbon neutrality mix, how eFuels are produced, and how Infinium globally scales eFuel production to benefit society

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Micromobility and transit pave the way to net zero

GreenBiz

Public transit, micromobility and mode-shifting are key to reducing transport emissions

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NEO announces plans to integrate recycled silicon into anode materials

Charged

NEO , a developer of silicon anode materials, reports that it has signed an MOU with an undisclosed Asia-based producer of high-purity silicon powder derived by recycling silicon by-product waste from solar photovoltaic cell and semiconductor manufacturing.

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The surprising key to a clean energy future

GatesNotes

If you care about climate change, you should care about transmission

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Companies take a 'yes and' approach to carbon credits, report says

GreenBiz

Businesses committed to decarbonization look to carbon credits to accelerate their climate action but concerns remain over responsible engagement

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Local economic benefits spur GOP governors to tack toward the center on ESG 

Impact Alpha

Last year’s attacks on ESG seemed to be a final nail in GOP’s “pro-business” coffin. The backlash to consideration of environmental, social and. The post Local economic benefits spur GOP governors to tack toward the center on ESG appeared first on ImpactAlpha. ESG politics

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ESG advice for leaders of the brave new low-carbon world

GreenBiz

Leaders of new climate startups need to integrate ESG from the beginning

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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 Carbon Zero, Circular Economy, is easily the most profoundly important result of digital transformation. Industry 4.0 has a massively cumulative impact on dematerialization (in all forms) and resultant decarbonization (both emissions and embodied) throughout the economy. Join panelists Bruce Armstrong Taylor, Jimmy Jia, Fabienne Durand, and their moderator Roger Strukhoff as they discuss how bending the carbon/GHG heavy linear economy to the circular is one of the hidden benefits of digital disruption.

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RS unveils next phase of DesignSpark engineering community offering enhanced and personalized resources

altenergymag

New subscription levels featuring advanced versions of design tools, technical help and support now released on a free limited time trial for all members

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When fishing boats go dark at sea, they’re often committing crimes — we mapped them

GreenBiz

Illegal, unreported and unauthorized fishing can be uncovered by verifying paperwork and catches, and sharing information across borders

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AI-enabled power marketer Gridmatic launches retailer to meet advanced energy needs of commercial customers

altenergymag

Gridmatic Retail leverages AI to offer the most advanced time matched renewables contracts in the industry

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Louisiana Democratic Party ‘Funneled’ Utility Donations to Climate Candidate Challenger

DeSmogBlog

Louisiana Democratic Party leaders are accused of funneling thousands of dollars from utility companies to the campaign of a fossil fuel–friendly candidate who ran for reelection on the state’s utility regulatory committee.

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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

Join our amazing panelists, Nik Gowing, Founder at Thinking the Unthinkable and International Broadcaster; Brenda Laurel, PhD, Principal, Neogaian Interactive; Sheridan Tatsuno, Principal, Dreamscape Global; Archie Kasnet, CEO, Regenerative; and Bruce Armstrong Taylor, The Climate 4.0 Project, to discuss how today's AR/VR and related AI-enabled technologies can be effectively applied, using data from such sources as NASA and NOAA, to both improve and accelerate urban sustainability planning and design.

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Greentown Labs Member Milestones — January 2023

Greentown Labs

Our 200+ startups never fail to impress us with their hard work and commitment to scaling their climatetech solutions! Check out their latest accomplishments below. Interested in engaging with or joining our community of climatetech startups?

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Increasing demands in the perovskite solar cell market

altenergymag

The global perovskite solar cell market is expected to grow at a registered CAGR of 31.8% from 2022 to 2030. The demand for electrical energy is increasing across the world. The perovskite solar cells are used in personal care industries, cosmetics and supplements, but the demand in such applications has reduced due to the pandemic

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Sniffing out the specs of the Tesla Semi

Charged

Automakers differ widely in how forthcoming they are with technical specs.

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Webinar: Launching and Managing a Successful Sustainability Program in 10 Steps

Green Business Bureau

Webinar: Launching and Managing a Successful Sustainability Program in 10 Steps Join Green Business Bureau ‘s president Bill Zujewski at our webinar Launching and Managing a Successful Sustainability Program in 10 Steps.

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Centrica plan green energy hub at former gas power plant

altenergymag

A former gas fired power plant in North Yorkshire is to be turned into a green energy hub, under ambitious plans by Centrica

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'Climate quitting': One-in-three young people have rejected a job over employers' weak ESG credentials

Business Green

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Drax ‘Lobbying Efforts’ Revealed in Internal Treasury Memos

DeSmogBlog

The power station operator Drax is applying intense pressure across government departments to influence energy policy in its favour, DeSmog can reveal.

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The hedgehog in the room: Britain needs to face up to its own biodiversity crisis

Business Green

The targets agreed by governments at COP15 must drive a step change in nature protection policy in the UK, writes the Heart of England Forest's Beth Brook The UK is one of the most nature depleted countries on Earth. When it comes to biodiversity loss, we are in the world's bottom 10 per cent.

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Most Common Nutrient Deficiencies In Plants: Symptoms and Treatment

U.S. Green Technology

Just like humans and animals, plants need nutrients from soil, water, and air to grow. The composition of the soil directly affects the health of the plant: iron, potassium, calcium, phosphorus, manganese, and many others. If any element is missing, the plant gets sick and may even die.

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Don’t miss the forest for the trees

EDF + Business

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How to Plan and Organise an Eco-Friendly Wedding

U.S. Green Technology

An eco-friendly or sustainable wedding is a celebration that is aimed at reducing the impact of the event on the environment. Nowadays, there are almost limitless ideas for green weddings with greener options for catering, invitations, attire, food, drinks and decorations.

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KAUST discovers inorganic 3D foam that may improve anode performance

Charged

KAUST , a Saudi Arabian private research university, says that lithium batteries may soon enjoy enhanced efficiency, thanks to a highly ordered foam of molybdenum disulfide (MoS 2 ) that it has discovered.

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Would a global plastic treaty solve plastic pollution in Asia?

Eco-Business

Asia needs to have greater representation at plastic treaty negotiations to tackle plastic pollution in the region more effectively, said a senior executive from recycling company Tomra

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Copenhagen’s Vikingbus orders 45 MAN Lion’s City 12 E electric buses

Charged

Danish transport operator Vikingbus has ordered 45 MAN Lion’s City 12 E buses for the Denmark capital’s public transport service. The newly ordered buses are expected to be deployed in Spring 2023.

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Indonesian palm oil smallholders union welcomes EU deforestation law, but wants help to comply

Eco-Business

Indonesia's smallholders union says small farmers "deserve" help from Big Palm Oil to comply with new EU regulations because of historical exploitation

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What Does a Desirable and Sustainable City Look Like? Visions of Sustainable Cities, by the Transformative Urban Coalitions Project

The City Fix

A picture is worth a thousand words, and dozens of photographers from diverse backgrounds captured scenes portraying their visions of a desirable and more sustainable city at COP27. Submissions to the Transformative Urban Coalitions photo competition were made by people.

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The energy transition confronts reality

Eco-Business

Given the scale and complexity of the transition away from hydrocarbons, some worry that economic analysis has been given short shrift in the policy planning process. At least four major challenges stand in the way

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‘You can’t do impact on a passive basis’: Q&A with activist muni-investor Eric Glass

Impact Alpha

ImpactAlpha, Jan. 24 – After 15 years as an analyst, trader, and portfolio manager at AllianceBernstein, Eric Glass was asked in 2015 to develop. The post ‘You can’t do impact on a passive basis’: Q&A with activist muni-investor Eric Glass appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

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World needs global carbon price and tax reform for carbon-heavy trade – or will miss 2030 climate goals, warns WTO chief

Eco-Business

Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, director-general of the World Trade Organization, told the World Economic Forum that decarbonising global trade and supply chains must occur in a way that does not disadvantage the Global South

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'Perilously close': Doomsday Clock hits 90 seconds to midnight

Business Green