The Environmental Blog

DECEMBER 2, 2022

Farming and agriculture are essential for life to survive on earth. Farmers contribute the most to humanity. They work day and night to produce crops that are later sent to markets for us to consume. Apart from that, they take care of animals and plant vegetation for them as well. While everything has its pros, it has its cons as well. The biggest problem that the world is facing these days is climate change.

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GreenBiz

DECEMBER 2, 2022

Sponsored: Three components that can help businesses successfully integrate sustainability into their value chains.

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Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 2, 2022

Microscope image of symbiotic A. poculata coral with polyps extended and microalgae (image credit: Alicia Schickle, Roger Williams University, CC BY-NC-ND license ). As winter approaches, many species of animals — from bears and squirrels to parasitic wasps and a few lucky humans — hunker down for some needed rest. The northern star coral ( Astrangia poculata ) also enters a hibernating state of dormancy, or quiescence, during this time.

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GreenBiz

DECEMBER 2, 2022

A new report reveals heat pump sales rose 15 percent worldwide in 2021 and are doubling year on year in some markets.

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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.

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Inhabitat - Innovation

DECEMBER 2, 2022

Europe is accelerating its use of solar power, in part motivated by Russia’s war in Ukraine. In line with Europe’s pledge to half greenhouse gas emissions by 2030, the EU is installing solar panels and roof tiles just about everywhere.

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GreenBiz

DECEMBER 2, 2022

Hear from financial firm Trillium Asset Management's head of ESG strategy and real estate company Veris' lead on sustainability and ESG.

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GreenBiz

DECEMBER 2, 2022

To scale up sustainability on farms, you need to know your supply chain which includes an often overlooked link, the farmer.

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Inhabitat - Innovation

DECEMBER 2, 2022

Harp is a space divider designed for emerging workplace trends that creates "neighborhood" zones with multiple accessory options to finish and personalize a space. It's trendy, modern and also happens to be sustainable.

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GreenBiz

DECEMBER 2, 2022

This new company wants to prevent the need for extraction and landfilling.

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altenergymag

DECEMBER 2, 2022

Join Solarplaza Summit Energy Storage The Netherlands on 16 February in Amsterdam, the leading storage event in the Netherlands. You will connect with local & European players from both the energy storage field and the PV and wind industries. This event will empower you to take charge of and integrate your ambitions in the Dutch market. In 2021, 33% of the electricity production in the Netherlands came from renewable energies, a 22% increase since 2020.

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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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Inhabitat - Innovation

DECEMBER 2, 2022

Armed with the power of plants, Nimbus offers multi-use cleaning and household items that minimize single-use waste.

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Charged

DECEMBER 2, 2022

Foxconn Ventures has agreed to invest up to $170 million in Lordstown Motors in exchange for all of Lordstown’s outstanding preferred stock and 18.3% of its common stock. Lordstown will use the proceeds to fund the development of a new EV program in collaboration with Foxconn, dubbed the “EV Program.” (Let’s hope they come up with a little more inspiring name for the first model.).

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Inhabitat - Innovation

DECEMBER 2, 2022

Harry Herbs is a new hydroponic system aimed at making urban gardening easy and fun.

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Charged

DECEMBER 2, 2022

Tesla’s recent announcement that it will make its charging connector design available to colleagues and competitors has been getting mixed reviews. Some pundits poo-pooed Tesla’s announcement—one commenter wrote, “This is not the way standards are developed.”. However, we saw it as a step in the direction of a more interoperable EV ecosystem, which could make it easier for companies to create adapters and other gadgets to enable Tesla’s newly-christened North American Charging Standard to coexis

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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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altenergymag

DECEMBER 2, 2022

November 30-December 1, Kseng Solar made its debut at the Solar Solutions Düsseldorf in Germany, the leading trade fair for solar professionals in North-Rhine Westphalia.

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Charged

DECEMBER 2, 2022

EVBox introduced its Troniq Modular DC fast charging platform in the European market last year. Now the company has launched the EVBox Troniq Modular Compact, a more compact (2.03 m high) solution designed for sites such as underground parking garages or city center locations, where station footprint or height might be constrained. The Troniq Modular Compact can connect to any OCPP-compliant backend, and is designed to be easily integrated into existing businesses.

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Green Living Guy

DECEMBER 2, 2022

Because the environment continues to suffer due to the global warming crisis, it’s important to do all you can in order to live a green lifestyle. During the summer months, it can be especially challenging to figure out how to live an eco-friendly lifestyle while remaining cool. Thankfully, there are a number of ways you […]. The post Ways to Stay Green and Cool This Upcoming Summer appeared first on The Green Living Guy.

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Smart Energy International

DECEMBER 2, 2022

There’s never been a greater urgency to accelerate and complete the large-scale roll-out of smart meters across Europe, says Tomás Llobet of ESMIG. Europe’s unprecedented price and supply crisis means making smart energy savings and securing affordable energy for consumers will remain a key political priority in 2023. While a series of market interventions including energy price caps and other measures are being considered, there are cost-efficient ways to address the crises.

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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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Green Living Guy

DECEMBER 2, 2022

The Tesla Semi has completed a 500-mile trip with a load weighing 81,000 pounds, Tesla owner Elon Musk tweeted Saturday. The first test run is an important step for the Austin, Texas, company’s all-electric Class 8 commercial truck. Tesla’s Semi program has suffered repeated delays, including the departure of a key executive and supply chain issues. […].

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Impact Alpha

DECEMBER 2, 2022

ImpactAlpha, Dec. 2 – Jim Coulter has gotten climate religion. Since taking the helm of TPG’s impact-focused Rise fund last year, Coulter has. The post TPG Rise’s $7.3 billion climate plan takes shape appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

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Green Living Guy

DECEMBER 2, 2022

As a child of the 1990s, fashion designer Daniel Silverstein, better known as Zero Waste Daniel, can think of no greater fashion icon than The Nanny’s Fran Fine. So when secondhand shopping platform thredUP presented Silverstein with the opportunity to create an upcycled holiday fashion collection inspired by Fran Drescher — that Drescher herself would […].

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Planet Pulse

DECEMBER 2, 2022

Analysts at NASA Harvest have been tracking the impact to agriculture in Ukraine since the outbreak of the Russo-Ukrainian war, and their latest study (re-posted in full from NASA Earth Observatory below) shows that farmers have harvested 26.8 million tons of wheat in 2022 – several million tons higher than expected in leading forecasts. This is the third report using satellite imagery and other data sources that the Harvest team has produced about the war’s effect on Europe’s breadbasket.

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Green Living Guy

DECEMBER 2, 2022

Smart home sensors have become a mainstay in our daily lives. Homeowners now rely on them as motion detectors and smoke sensors to enhance safety in and around their homes. Smart sensors allow homeowners to automate their homes, making them more functional, classy, and modern. They can either be standalone or multipurpose. Standalone sensors do […].

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Business Green

DECEMBER 2, 2022

Energy giant backs plans to deliver solar arrays on over 100 business premises. Octopus Energy Group has continued its recent acquisition spree, with a deal that promises to provide a major boost to the UK's rooftop solar sector. The company's generation arm today announced the acquisition of UK solar developer and asset manager Zestec Renewable Energy, which specialises in delivering rooftop solar projects for business customers.

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U.S. Green Technology

DECEMBER 2, 2022

Investing in an executive office suites can be a great way to save money and increase productivity. These suites offer shared office space, flexible workspaces, and brand-friendly amenities. They can also help you reduce utility costs and increase your company’s visibility. The averysuites.com are executive office suites located in downtown Monroe, Louisiana.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 2, 2022

As interest and scrutiny involving the use of carbon credits toward net zero goals intensifies, resources from Shopify, Frontier Climate, and Ecosystem Marketplace have some answers for corporate buyers. The process of purchasing carbon offsets - whether they are focused on removals, such as those enabled by direct air capture technology, or avoidance, such as projects that protect forests and other natural carbon sinks - is still complex for corporate buyers.

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U.S. Green Technology

DECEMBER 2, 2022

Hydrogen Sulfide or H2S is a common gas that you can find in utility facilities, wastewater treatment, and sewers. Also, they are commonly found while drilling and producing crude oil. Hydrogen Sulfide gas is produced in absence of oxygen and due to the breakdown of organic materials. Besides, H2S is recognized by its rotten egg. The post What You Should Know About Hydrogen Sulfide from H2S Gas appeared first on U.S.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 2, 2022

University of Bedfordshire, University of the Arts London and Wrexham Glyndwr University become latest institutions to adopt 'Ethical Careers Policy'. With the annual 'milk round' of graduate recruitment fairs in full swing, fossil fuel firms are finding their options are narrowing. The oil and gas industry has long complained that it is finding it harder to attract the best and brightest engineering talent, as graduates look to exercise their preference for jobs in fast-expanding clean tech sec

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Energy Central

DECEMBER 2, 2022

UK Govt Invests £700M in Sizewell C Nuclear Reactors CEZ Gets Three Bidders for New Dukovany Nuclear Reactor ARC SMR Proposed for Green Energy Hub at Canadian Port Centrus Energy Inks HALEU Contract with DOE First Light Fusion Targets 60 MW Pilot Plant for Tritium Production UK Govt Invests £700M in Sizewell C Nuclear Reactors (NucNet) Fulfilling a pledge made by.

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Impact Alpha

DECEMBER 2, 2022

TGIF, Agents of Impact! ?? Ownership. There may be only one champion of this year’s World Cup, but shared ownership can produce many. The post The Week in Impact Investing: ?Goal!? appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

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Energy Central

DECEMBER 2, 2022

“Gas station” charging is the most expensive way to charge in an ecosystem that is very price sensitive (like gasoline). Nevertheless, “gas station” charging is crucial in some situations. But it’s also a last resort, used as infrequently as possible.

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altenergymag

DECEMBER 2, 2022

Township recoups nearly $2.

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Energy Central

DECEMBER 2, 2022

Industrial gas supplier Air Products and Mabanaft’s Oiltanking Deutschland have signed a joint development agreement for green ammonia import and distribution infrastructure in the Port of Hamburg.

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