GreenBiz
SEPTEMBER 25, 2020
More reflections about regenerative grazing and the future of meat. Jim Giles. Fri, 09/25/2020 - 01:30. Editor's note: Last week's Foodstuff discussion on the impact of regenerative grazing on emissions from meat production prompted a flurry of comments from the GreenBiz community. This essay advances the dialogue. Let’s get back to the beef brouhaha I wrote about last week.
Inhabitat - Innovation
SEPTEMBER 25, 2020
California Governor Gavin Newsom's new executive order bans the sale of all new gasoline-powered cars and passenger trucks by 2035. After that, only zero-emissions new cars will be sold in the state of California. Californians will still be able to own, drive, buy and sell used cars that run on gas.
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GreenBiz
SEPTEMBER 25, 2020
Episode 238; Facebook faces up to criticism, Climate Week conversation. Heather Clancy. Fri, 09/25/2020 - 02:00. Week in Review. Stories discussed this week (7:40). Global net-zero commitments double in less than a year. Walmart drives toward zero-emission goal for its entire fleet by 2040. Anthology "All We Can Save" passes the mic to female climate leaders.
Inhabitat - Innovation
SEPTEMBER 25, 2020
Tucked away into a forested area on the edge of Taiwan’s Zhubei City, the HOH Cafe is a shipping container coffee shop that offers a quiet respite for the area’s busy residents.
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.
GreenTechMedia
SEPTEMBER 25, 2020
Does the loss of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg mean the future of federal climate policy is in jeopardy? What will a changed Supreme Court mean for climate change and the all-important endangerment finding? The gang weighs in. Then, we consider the great plastic cover-up. How important are plastics to the profits of fossil-fuel companies? We dive into an important investigation from NPR and Frontline into how fossil-fuel companies hoodwinked the public on plastics recycling.
Inhabitat - Innovation
SEPTEMBER 25, 2020
Over 380 long-finned pilot whales have been confirmed dead after nearly 500 were stranded on Tasmania's west coast.
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Inhabitat - Innovation
SEPTEMBER 25, 2020
Petr Janda / brainwork studio has won an international competition with its design of the Abu Dhabi Flamingo Visitor Center, a proposed center that would service the Al Wathba Wetland Reserve located southeast of central Abu Dhabi.
Forbes Green Tech
SEPTEMBER 25, 2020
Sale of the tax-exempt debt will allow construction of the line to begin late this year, with a goal to start passenger service in 2024.
Inhabitat - Innovation
SEPTEMBER 25, 2020
Learn how to make DIY soy candles for your home and to give as gifts.
Charged
SEPTEMBER 25, 2020
The Toronto Transit Commission (TTC), which claims to have the largest fleet of electric buses in North America, is now deploying its third new electric bus model. The TTC has approved procurement of 60 electric buses from three manufacturers: New Flyer, Proterra and BYD Canada. Approximately 35 e-buses are already in service across the city. The remaining 25 are currently undergoing final testing and commissioning activities, and are expected to be in service by the end of September.
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.
Forbes Green Tech
SEPTEMBER 25, 2020
If everything goes according to plan next week, Thomas Healy, 28, will become America’s youngest self-made billionaire when the company he founded, Austin-based heavy-duty electric truck company Hyliion, merges with publicly traded Tortoise Acquisition Corp.
Impact Alpha
SEPTEMBER 25, 2020
ImpactAlpha, Sept. 25 – The advantages of women’s participation and leadership in business and society have become conventional wisdom. That’s in no small part to Ginsburg’s decades of work to undo two centuries of legal obstacles. There could be no “gender alpha” without legal advances championed by Ginsburg (women-led businesses are hard to start when.
Ideas 4 Sustainability
SEPTEMBER 25, 2020
By Joern Fischer Today it’s Friday. And our children and students are back in the streets, doing what they can to bring about social change from the bottom up. The next generation is seriously concerned, and this concern is particularly prevalent among those studying subjects like ecology, sustainability, or environmental science.
altenergymag
SEPTEMBER 25, 2020
Statement from Gregory Wetstone, President and CEO of the American Council on Renewable Energy (ACORE):
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.
Charged
SEPTEMBER 25, 2020
Digatron and DSA have designed a solution for end-of-line testing for lithium battery production. The two companies developed a modular end-of-line test solution that allows customers to select pre-defined test regime modules per their requirements. Battery EOL Tester supports the entire workflow of EOL testing by offering customized communication and testing solutions, including electrical test, leakage test, BMS configuration, and more. “For us, electromobility represents an interesting
altenergymag
SEPTEMBER 25, 2020
University of Nevada, Reno gets $10 million DOE grant to develop comprehensive ‘toolkit’ for industry
Charged
SEPTEMBER 25, 2020
Volta Power Systems is providing a lithium-ion battery system for the 2021 Living Vehicle luxury travel trailer. The Living Vehicle system offers up to 3,080 watts of solar power and 47.6 kWh of energy storage. Living Vehicle owners can also charge their EVs using optional 240-volt exportable power. Living Vehicle’s luxury trailers are designed to enable owners to maximize their time off-grid.
DeSmogBlog
SEPTEMBER 25, 2020
Read time: 7 mins On Wednesday, September 23, several members of Congress introduced a resolution in both houses that supports the principles and demands of the 21 youth suing the U.S. government in the landmark constitutional climate case Juliana v. United States. Titled the “Children’s Fundamental Rights and Climate Recovery Resolution,” this Congressional resolution , though nonbinding, demonstrates one way that Congress can play a key role in supporting the growing calls to hold the feder
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?
Charged
SEPTEMBER 25, 2020
Punch Powertrain and Groupe PSA have launched a new joint venture to design, manufacture, and supply Punch Powertrain’s DT2 dual-clutch transmission for the next generation of hybrids. The business will initially supply Groupe PSA’s global operations, and aims to eventually supply other vehicle manufacturers. Elias van Wijk, previously CTO of Punch Powertrain, was named CEO of the new company.
EDF + Business
SEPTEMBER 25, 2020
By Ben Ratner and Gabriel Malek. US banks have the political and financial leverage needed to play a major role in averting disruptive climate damage to the world economy. But despite strong rhetorical support of the Paris Climate Agreement, the vast majority of America’s largest banks continue to invest in companies ill-prepared for a low-carbon future.
Grist
SEPTEMBER 25, 2020
After nearly two weeks of suffering through some of the worst air quality in the world, fresh winds blew the wildfire smoke out of Seattle, Portland, and other West Coast cities last weekend. About 1 in 7 Americans lived through at least one day of dangerous air quality this year, making this the worst smoke season on record. It’s not just the air outside that’s bad when it gets smoky — it’s the air inside, too.
Forbes Green Tech
SEPTEMBER 25, 2020
China’s direction is vital in the fight against climate change. But just how significant is Xi Jinping's announcement on going carbon neutral? Experts at the University of Oxford speak to Forbes.com.
Green Living Guy
SEPTEMBER 25, 2020
Here’s the thing about good habits: they usually take time and effort to establish. Whether you want to start working out or wish to stop procrastinating, it’s no secret that you’re going to have to go through a period of discomfort. An eco-friendly lifestyle, no matter how attractive, requires the. The post Let’s See – What Would It Take for You to Go Green?
Business Green
SEPTEMBER 25, 2020
ZeroAvia hails major milestone for zero carbon flight as six-seater aircraft completes test flight at Cranfield Airport. A passenger plane powered by a hydrogen fuel cell has successfully completed a test flight in Bedfordshire, in a zero emission journey hailed as a "world first" by green aviation specialist ZeroAvia. The six-seat plane, which has been retrofitted to run on the hydrogen fuel cell rather than conventional jet fuel, took off from UK developer's research and development facility a
Impact Alpha
SEPTEMBER 25, 2020
TGIF, Agents of Impact! Dissenters’ journey. First they ignore you. Then they laugh at you. Then they fight you. Then you win. That description of history’s path is often attributed to Mahatma Gandhi (though trade unionist Nicholas Klein said something similar in 1918). It well describes the life and legacy of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, this. The post The Week in impact investing: Dissent appeared first on ImpactAlpha.
Business Green
SEPTEMBER 25, 2020
PwC, KPMG, EY and Deloitte all back environmental social governance reporting framework headed up by the International Business School. Leaders of the Big Four accounting firms have joined forces to unveil a reporting framework for environmental, social and governance (ESG) standards, it emerged this week. In an article in the Financial Times published earlier this week, the Big Four - PwC, KPMG, EY and Deloitte - have all backed the framework, which has been headed up by the International Busin
Forbes Green Tech
SEPTEMBER 25, 2020
Momentum is rapidly building behind Carbon Engineering and the most important new industry in human history: Carbon Sequestration-as-a-Service (CSaaS).
Business Green
SEPTEMBER 25, 2020
PM touts 'green industrial revolution' as fix for climate and Covid crises as he urges countries to step up climate efforts. Boris Johnson has signalled he is keen for the UK to make a "big bet" on wind power, hydrogen and carbon capture and storage (CCS) as part of the government's strategy for building a net zero economy by 2050, as he urged global government to step up their climate efforts ahead of COP26.
GreenTechMedia
SEPTEMBER 25, 2020
Business Green
SEPTEMBER 25, 2020
Government and industry body dedicated to zero carbon flight to include executives from Shell, Rolls-Royce, BP and British Airways alongside clutch of trade bodies and research groups. The government has revealed the industry members and experts set to join its new Jet Zero Council, the group tasked by the Prime Minister Boris Johnson with accelerating the development of zero emission aviation in the UK.
LA CleanTech Incubator
SEPTEMBER 25, 2020
“Rancho San Pedro Electric Car Share” Pilot Part Of Initiative To Reduce Air Pollution, Increase Access To Zero-Emissions Mobility Across LA LOS ANGELES, CA – Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator (LACI), the Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles (HACLA), and Envoy, a LACI portfolio company, recently launched a new electric vehicle (EV) community car-share.
Business Green
SEPTEMBER 25, 2020
The guide outlines how corporate leaders can combine ambition, action and advocacy to drive progress towards the world's climate goals, according to WMB. Businesses seeking guidance on how to align their activities with best practice in the fight against climate change can draw on the expertise set out in a new guide published yesterday by We Mean Business, a global coalition of non-profits backing corporate action towards net zero emissions.
Rinexii
SEPTEMBER 25, 2020
A few days ago, my neighbor came to me with a gift she found at a thrift store. She knows how much I care about the environment, and was excited to give me the cool thing she found. It was a small blue plastic sphere sitting proudly in thick plastic packaging, with instructions that boldly proclaimed, “Join us in protecting the planet.” Warning bells started going off in my head as soon as I started reading about “The Laundry Solution.” It appeared to be merely a plastic
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