Understanding ESG risks and why they matter
GreenBiz
JUNE 3, 2022
Sponsored: ESG analysis uncovers critical risks for businesses. It’s crucial for companies to be able to identify and mitigate these risks to ensure long-term success.
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Protecting Renewable Energy Equipment from Harsh Environments
altenergymag
JUNE 3, 2022
Industrial-grade corrosion inhibitor and cleaner prevents rust and electrolysis while improving electrical function and solar receptivity
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Gen Zs and millennials need businesses to fight climate change
GreenBiz
JUNE 3, 2022
Both generations put climate change just behind the cost of living as their top societal concern, and they want to see potential employers take action.
Childrenswear Brand FIVE OF US New Analysis Demonstrates Impact of Fashion Industry
Green Living Guy
JUNE 3, 2022
The fashion industry has a huge impact on the environment. New analysis reveals it will take less than a year for the amount of clothing in landfills, to equal the distance to the moon. Fast Facts: ? 64% of all garments produced globally each year end up in landfills. ? 94 million kg worth of […]. The post Childrenswear Brand FIVE OF US New Analysis Demonstrates Impact of Fashion Industry appeared first on Green Living Consultants, Companies, Electric Car Expert, Green Living, Electric C
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 318: Learning from failures
GreenBiz
JUNE 3, 2022
This week's GreenBiz 350 includes insights from Marissa McGowan, chief sustainability officer at L'Oreal North America; Jeffery Hogue, chief sustainability officer at Levi Strauss; and Jane Abernethy, chief sustainability officer at HumanScale.
Toyota Reveals It’s First 2023 Corolla Cross Hybrid
Green Living Guy
JUNE 3, 2022
Introduction of Fifth Generation Toyota Hybrid System with increased performance + efficiency Available in LE and XLE + New Sport Grades in S, SE, and XSE Exclusive All-Wheel Drive System with 194 horsepower and a manufacturer-estimated 37 combined MPG for all grades PLANO, Texas (June 1, 2022) – Toyota is expanding the Corolla Cross family by […].
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GreenPower’s All Electric School Buses Qualify for Rebates Under EPA Clean School Bus Program
Green Living Guy
JUNE 3, 2022
Los Angeles, California May 17, 2022 – GreenPower Motor Company Inc. (NASDAQ: GP) (TSXV: GPV) (“GreenPower”) is a leading manufacturer and distributor. That’s of zero-emission, electric-powered, medium, and heavy-duty vehicles. The company says that its all-electric school buses are eligible for rebates. The Environmental Protection Agency’s (“EPA”) Clean School Bus program has $500 million for […].
Here’s how to scale energy-saving commercial building retrofits
GreenBiz
JUNE 3, 2022
Plus, eight ways to make sure that retrofit programs are as comprehensive as possible for customers.
First Look at Buick’s New Wildcat EV Concept
Green Living Guy
JUNE 3, 2022
DETROIT — Buick today unveiled the Wildcat EV concept — an expressive vision of the brand’s new design direction as it transitions to an all-electric future. The Wildcat was developed to convey the all-new design language that will influence Buick production models for the foreseeable future. Buick’s new tri-shield logo mounted prominently on the body […].
Making EV charging accessible to drivers with disabilities
Charged
JUNE 3, 2022
EVs are for everybody, regardless of where they live, how much they earn, how they vote, or whether they like granola. What about disabled drivers, or those with special accessibility needs? The UK automotive mag AutoTrader has published a report on the pros and cons of electric driving for folks with disabilities, and some of the steps automakers and organizations are taking to improve EV accessibility.
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.
Urban Originals Releases Vegan and Recycled Handbags
Green Living Guy
JUNE 3, 2022
Take a stand against Animal Cruelty in the fashion industry with handbags from Urban Originals. Made with a blend of vegan leather and recycled materials, Urban Originals is paving the way to better and ethical fashion across the world. They have rejected any kind of animal leathers and fabrics from the very beginning, showing that […]. The post Urban Originals Releases Vegan and Recycled Handbags appeared first on Green Living Consultants, Companies, Electric Car Expert, Green Living, Ele
Rhombus Energy Solutions to use Wolfspeed’s silicon carbide devices
Charged
JUNE 3, 2022
Rhombus Energy Solutions, a provider of EV charging and power conversion technology, has announced that Wolfspeed (NYSE: WOLF) will supply its EV2flex line of charging products with silicon carbide MOSFETs, improving the products’ efficiency, power density and charging times. Wolfspeed’s 1,200 V silicon carbide MOSFETs will power Rhombus’s new EV2flex-120 charging infrastructure.
Ville de Granby integrates augmented IoT-based public lighting network
Smart Energy International
JUNE 3, 2022
Ville de Granby has struck a partnership with Trilliant and Energère to enable the city to increase safety, reduce greenhouse emissions and realise energy and maintenance savings. The partnership has been formed between the Quebec city with Trilliant, an international provider of utility solutions for advanced metering and smart grid systems, and Energère, an energy services company based in Québec, Canada.
Q&A: The Causal Relationship Between Inequality and Climate Change
DeSmogBlog
JUNE 3, 2022
Climate change has worsened global inequality, with poorer countries less able to withstand and adapt to climate change’s effects. It also has worsened inequality within countries between the rich and the poor: The impacts of drought, floods, hurricanes, and extreme heat are disproportionately felt by low-income communities and communities of color.
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.
Electricity market reform critical to secure affordable clean energy future – report
Smart Energy International
JUNE 3, 2022
Britain’s electricity market needs to be substantially reformed if it is to deliver a net zero electricity system by 2035 at least cost to households and industry, reveals a new report published by National Grid ESO. Net Zero Market Reform – Phase 3 Assessment and Conclusions finds that the current market design – based on a blanket national wholesale price for electricity – is no longer fit for purpose for a rapidly decarbonising system.
Saudi Arabia Kicks Off RFP for Twin 1400 MWe PWRs
Energy Central
JUNE 3, 2022
Saudi Arabia Kicks Off RFP for Twin 1400 MWe PWRs New South Korea Gov’t Commits $320M to Develop SMRs South Korea’s KHNP Ready To Invest In Poland’s Nuclear Program Westinghouse and Hyundai Ink Nuclear Energy MOU Hyundai Sets Roadmap For SMRs NuScale / Nuclearelectrica MOU to Deploy First SMR NRC Staff Says Nuscale Design Is Safe Vietnam Airs Prospect Of.
We Need Win-Win Energy Policies
R-Squared Energy
JUNE 3, 2022
About a decade ago, a friend asked how high I thought gasoline prices might rise. I said “One day you will pay $10 a gallon for gasoline.” He replied that he would refuse to pay that much, and I asked what he would do if the price rose to $10 a gallon tomorrow. He finally conceded that he would, in fact, pay $10 a gallon for gasoline. Then oil prices plummeted in 2014, and again in 2020.
THE EXPLOITATION OF CLIMATE CHANGE
Energy Central
JUNE 3, 2022
“German prosecutors raided asset manager DWS and the headquarters of its majority owner Deutsche Bank on Tuesday over allegations of misleading investors about "green" investments, the prosecutors said. The prosecutors were following up on news reports and a whistleblower's allegations that DWS sold investments as "greener" or "more.
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?
Eni and Ansaldo Energia partner up on electricity storage
Smart Energy International
JUNE 3, 2022
Energy company Eni and electricity generation company Ansaldo Energia have signed an agreement to develop projects based on new technological solutions for electricity storage as an alternative to electrochemical batteries. Under the terms of the agreement, these technologies, which are being studied and have already undergone Eni’s technology validation process, will be implemented in synergy at a number of industrial sites.
What is Kinetic 7 and is it the breakthrough energy source the hype is promoting?
Energy Central
JUNE 3, 2022
I use web crawlers to look for interesting and innovative technological breakthroughs. On May 30, 2022, what follows came into my email inbox. I'm still trying to determine whether this is a hoax or real. But here goes. Voltage Enterprises is an Abu Dhabi-based company founded a year ago. It describes itself as a disruptive energy innovator. It claims to have invented a zero-carbon.
Electric aviation – the decarbonisation potential in Europe
Smart Energy International
JUNE 3, 2022
Electric aviation for journeys of up to 90 minutes offers significant carbon reduction potential, a new study from electronics distributor Distrelec has found. The study, drawing on recent reports that electric planes can travel up to 90 minutes on a single charge and that half of international flights are under 800km in length, aims to identify the flight routes around Europe that are the most promising for full electrification – or as Distrelec would have it those most likely to be adapted to
Proteus Ocean Group Ltd. Engages DRASS Group To Build PROTEUS™, the International Space Station of the Ocean
Energy Central
JUNE 3, 2022
Seaquest meets Star Trek. What we develop and prove underwater will serve us on the Moon and beyond. This project will include “the first underwater greenhouse and social areas, workspaces, and sleeping quarters for up to 20+ occupants.” How will the energy needs be met? Renewable? Net Zero for sure. We have a great opportunity to learn and apply energy technology on land.
Equity Action Plans: Government Agencies Prioritize Environmental Justice
Energy and Cleantech Council
JUNE 3, 2022
In an effort to “redress inequities in [Federal] policies and programs that serve as barriers to equal opportunity,” the Biden administration has set forth an agenda to identify areas of improvement and advance equity across the Federal Government. On January 20, President Biden issued Executive Order 13985 which requires agencies to produce “Equity Action Plans” that are agency sponsored reports to assess whether underserved communities face systemic barriers in accessing benefits and opportuni
HOW TO FIND YOUR BEST IN THE ENERGY AREA?
Energy Central
JUNE 3, 2022
HOW TO FIND YOUR BEST IN THE ENERGY AREA? The answer is not simple or easy, because our tendency is to stay in the comfort zone. To overcome the challenges, it is necessary to develop the skills of innovation and entrepreneurship. Having an entrepreneurial mindset is no longer exclusive to entrepreneurs or business owners, but also to leaders, managers and team of companies, who seek.
Doug Ford’s inaction on electric vehicles leaves Ontarians paying the price with their health
Clean Energy Canada
JUNE 3, 2022
Longtime residents of Ontario may well remember the summer of 2005. For 48 days straight, Ontarians breathed in smog-filled air while temperatures soared. Over the course of the year, a total of 53 smog advisories were issued in the province. Just a decade later, there wasn’t a single smog advisory. The reason was simple: Ontario took action. The province shuttered its coal power plants, eliminating hundreds of thousands of tons of air pollution.
This New Hypersonic ‘Space Plane’ Can Get You From New York to London in One Hour
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How China’s Lithium Leverage Affects Tesla & Other EV Makers
CleanTechnica
JUNE 3, 2022
Tesla and other electric vehicle manufacturers rely heavily on a few different minerals. One of them, lithium, is largely mined, refined, and processed by China, though lithium deposits can be found worldwide. Still, China’s jump on the raw materials game for EV minerals will make it hard for other countries to compete at such a […].
CORENA Has Money to Lend for Climate Action
CleanTechnica
JUNE 3, 2022
Courtesy of the Citizens Own Renewable Energy Network Australia. Citizens Own Renewable Energy Network Australia (CORENA) is calling for community organisations to apply for an interest-free loan to fund climate action projects at their premises. Additionally, a donation-matching offer will ensure that all tax-deductible donations to expand CORENA’s climate reach will be matched by an […].
Panasonic Now Mass Producing Tesla 4680 Batteries
CleanTechnica
JUNE 3, 2022
Panasonic shipped samples of its 4680 batteries to Tesla ahead of the production surge, Reuters recently reported. Mass production of the new battery is expected to begin at the plant in Wakayama in March of next year when the company’s fiscal new year begins and before production is moved to North America. Kazuo Tadanobu, CEO […].
Tesla Service Manuals & Emergency Response Guides Now Easy To Access
CleanTechnica
JUNE 3, 2022
Some good news for those DIYers out there who own a Tesla: Tesla recently changed its policy and now allows its customers to subscribe to the company’s online vehicle service manuals for a fee of $0 for 1 year (365 days). This is an interesting development, as it allows the public to access tons of […].
Tesla Scores 100/100 for 7th Consecutive Year on LGBTQ Equality
CleanTechnica
JUNE 3, 2022
Tesla scored 100/100 for the seventh consecutive year on the topic of LGBTQ equality. The Human Rights Campaign Foundation (HRC) released its 2022 Corporate Equality Index listing, which ranks workplaces on LGBTQ equality. It has recognized 842 businesses this year that met all of the criteria to earn a 100% rating, which is necessary to […].
Tesla AI Day #2 Moved, Tesla Might Have Working Optimus Bot Prototype There
CleanTechnica
JUNE 3, 2022
Tesla CEO Elon Musk has announced that Tesla’s AI Day #2 has been pushed back to September 30, 2022. He said on Twitter that Tesla may actually have an Optimus prototype working by the new date. He recently announced a second AI Day that was planned on the same date as last year’s. AI Day […].
Corporate Climate Disclosure Rule Could Make World A Little Less Dangerous
CleanTechnica
JUNE 3, 2022
Originally published by Union of Concerned Scientists, The Equation. By Laura Peterson It’s here! After years of advocacy, one executive order, two proposed laws, and numerous initiatives across federal agencies, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) — the independent federal agency responsible for protecting the financial system — has finally proposed that publicly traded corporations be truthful with […].
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