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3 simple climate questions for your board going into 2022

GreenBiz

If climate hasn’t been placed at the center of the board agenda yet, now is the time to make sure that it does.

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LEGO to build its first carbon neutral factory in Vietnam

Inhabitat - Innovation

LEGO has signed an agreement to build its latest factory in Vietnam, and it will be carbon neutral. The LEGO factory will achieve carbon neutrality by including rooftop solar panels and nearby supplementary solar panels through VSIP. These two solar installations will provide for all of the factory's energy needs. The factory will meet LEED Gold standards for energy consumption, water and waste.

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15 things biodiversity protectors are watching out for in 2022

GreenBiz

In some cases the conservation horizon looks like it came out of SciFi novel but they could be the key to saving out planet.

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What should you do with all your holiday trash?

Inhabitat - Innovation

The holiday season is filled with social events with family, friends and co-workers. All that celebrating is not only hard on the waistline, but the environment too. So after all that sipping candy cane cocktails, wrapping gifts and dipping strawberries in the chocolate fountain, be sure to reduce, reuse and recycle along the way.

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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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Taking climate justice seriously in the blue economy

GreenBiz

Asset-based development could be the secret to adaptation and resilience for threatened coastal communities around the world.

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Rainfall prediction app helps Indonesias farmers

Inhabitat - Innovation

A new rainfall app is helping farmers in Indonesia’s Sumbawa Island navigate climate change. A collaboration between Bandung Institute of Technology, USAID’s Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance and an international development nonprofit called World Neighbors is giving farmers important data on maximizing their crops.

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House in the Forest is cork-cladded with an all-natural pool

Inhabitat - Innovation

The House in the Forest designed by El Fil Verd is a remarkable example of a passive house that benefits from natural materials, ultra-efficiency and an all-natural pool, without sacrificing views of the surrounding Garraf Natural Park on the coast south of Barcelona.

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2021 was the year that…

GreenBiz

Amid disheartening and discouraging news, a lot of reasons for hope.

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How to simplify module-level rapid shutdown on huge commercial roofs

Solar Power World

Adding module-level power electronics (MLPE) to residential rooftop solar projects to comply with the latest rapid shutdown requirements may not typically add too much time or labor to installations. But that rooftop safety requirement isn’t just for residential homes — commercial rooftops require the same treatment. C&I installers these days install rooftop projects in sizes comparable… The post How to simplify module-level rapid shutdown on huge commercial roofs appeared first

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US installing workplace chargers at an impressive pace

Charged

Based on a report from the National Renewable Energy Laboratory ( NREL ), the DOE says that between the last quarter of 2019 and the first quarter of 2021, 9,894 workplace chargers were installed in the US. The DOE defines workplace chargers as private charging stations for the use of employees only. The DOE reported that by the end of March 2021, about 95% of these were Level 2 chargers, 4% were Level 1 chargers, and less than 1% were DC fast chargers.

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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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ImpactAlpha’s Holiday List No. 2: Ten Impact Voices that drove the conversation in 2021

Impact Alpha

ImpactAlpha, Dec. 27 – Raise your voices. Investors, entrepreneurs, practitioners and thought leaders come to ImpactAlpha to use their Impact Voices to drive forward. The post ImpactAlpha’s Holiday List No. 2: Ten Impact Voices that drove the conversation in 2021 appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

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STMicroelectronics releases SiC MOSFETs for 800 V drive systems

Charged

STMicroelectronics has released its third generation of STPOWER silicon-carbide (SiC) MOSFETs, intended for 800 V drive systems. ST’s new SiC devices are designed for traction inverters, on-board chargers, DC-DC converters and e-climate compressors. The new components are designed to boost the efficiency of motor drives, renewable-energy converters and storage systems.

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Will low-carbon hydrogen will be the silver bullet in APAC?

Renewable Energy World

By David Stent. On Thursday the 19 th of August, the Climate Council in partnership with the law firm Shearman & Sterling, hosted an intriguing panel to discuss a major topic in the energy industry: Will low-carbon hydrogen be the silver bullet in APAC? Hydrogen has widely been earmarked as the ‘golden key’ solution to unlocking a future energy supply that is clean, green and efficient.

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BASF consolidates business, will invest $5 billion in battery materials and recycling

Charged

BASF , a producer of cathode active materials (CAM), plans to consolidate some of its business into a new legal entity called BASF Automotive Catalysts and Recycling beginning in January of 2022. The company will also invest up to €4.5 billion ($5 billion) in battery materials and recycling. Based in New Jersey, the new entity will operate globally through 20 production sites and over 4,000 employees, who will focus on mobile emissions catalysts, automotive catalyst recycling, and precious metal

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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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Elevating worker safety in residential solar with the use of drones

Solar Power World

By Katie O’Leary, Director of Product Marketing at DroneDeploy With growing demand for clean energy across multiple sectors, an increasing number of consumers are transitioning to solar power for their homes. According to recent statistics, the U.S. alone has installed enough solar panels to power 21.8 million homes, and advancements in panel hardware have made… The post Elevating worker safety in residential solar with the use of drones appeared first on Solar Power World.

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Stellantis to display several new EVs at CES in January

Charged

Stellantis, which manufactures cars under no less than 14 separate brands, will be showing off several new plug-in models at CES 2022 in Las Vegas, on January 5-8. “Electrification, with our 30 electrified models available including fuel cell vans, connectivity and autonomy are all important facets of [the] future, but each cannot stand alone,” said Stellantis CEO Carlos Tavares.

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Recycle holiday trees, wreaths and greens

Greenability Magazine

When the pine needles start to drop, it’s time to give your holiday trees, wreaths and garland a second life as landscape mulch, fish habitat or erosion control. Like yard waste, holiday trees and greenery are banned from landfills in Missouri and are discouraged from being deposited into Kansas landfills. Area communities offer residents a number of ways to recycle them — not only keeping them out of landfills, but also reusing them for a variety of purposes, including trail surfaces, ero

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How Oil Companies Are Facilitating The Renewable Revolution

R-Squared Energy

The energy revolution, accelerated by the pandemic, is changing the DNA of the oil and gas industry at its core. In a recent interview Glynn Williams, CEO of Silixa — a company that provides fiber optic-powered data solutions for the oil and gas sector (as well as several others) — reveals something of the emerging recognition that the oil and gas industry can make a strong contribution to the renewables sector: “Many people and entire states depend on the prosperity and well-being of independ

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If you burn wood, protect trees & climate

Greenability Magazine

As more people gather around a firepit this winter, there are also increased risks for trees and the climate. Here are ways to reduce the impacts that are cleaner for the environment and safer for the forests. Smoke from burning wood is made up of a mixture of gases and fine pollution particles that can cause health issues for sensitive populations, like children and the elderly.

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Rainfall prediction app helps Indonesias farmers

AGreenLiving

A new rainfall app is helping farmers in Indonesia’s Sumbawa Island navigate climate change. A collaboration between Bandung Institute of Technology , USAID’s Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance and an international development nonprofit called World Neighbors is giving farmers important data on maximizing their crops. In the past, the farmers in Dompu Regency have relied on natural signs and astronomical calculations to determine the best planting times.

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2021 Trends that Could Drive the Energy Transition Further Next Year

DeSmogBlog

As the impacts of fossil fuels and air pollution on the world’s climate became ever more apparent in 2021, it was easy to miss some of the slower-brewing stories of the past year. That’s in part because it was a year marked by disruption by climate-related disasters, as many reading this likely experienced personally. We now live in a world that’s 1.1 degrees hotter , where one out of every three Americans lived in a federally-declared disaster area because of a flood, wildfire, or other weather

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Earth911 Podcast: Land to Market’s Lisa Mabe on Regenerative Agriculture Labeling

AGreenLiving

Lisa Mabe explains the Land to Market Verified consumer label, a project of the Savory… The post Earth911 Podcast: Land to Market’s Lisa Mabe on Regenerative Agriculture Labeling appeared first on Earth911. Read more from the original source: Earth911 Podcast: Land to Market’s Lisa Mabe on Regenerative Agriculture Labeling.

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UK Police Are Testing Tesla Model 3 With Promising Results

CleanTechnica

British police have been testing Tesla Model 3 vehicles as part of its plan to electrify its fleet, The Guardian reports, noting that a Tesla spokesperson said that the results were promising so far. According to the emergency services lead at Tesla, Max Toozs-Hobson, the early findings are showing great results around the suitability of […].

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2021 was the year that…

AGreenLiving

Amid disheartening and discouraging news, a lot of reasons for hope. Originally posted here: 2021 was the year that….

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Autonomous Robot-Killing Weeds Is More Eco-Friendly Than Pesticides

CleanTechnica

A German consortium is developing an autonomous robot, AMU-Bot, to solve the problem of manually hoeing weeds out of crops without having to spray those crops with herbicides or pesticides. The project is being funded by the German Federal Office of Agriculture and Food and coordinated by the Fraunhofer Institute for Manufacturing Engineering and Automation. […].

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CEOs say they’re doing all they can — employees disagree

AGreenLiving

The say/do divide in sustainability is having some employees concerned about the future of their workplaces. More here: CEOs say they’re doing all they can — employees disagree.

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Training the Next Generation to Work in the Emerging Battery Industry

CleanTechnica

In a forward thinking move, the South Metropolitan TAFE on behalf of the Future Battery Industries Cooperative Research Centre (FBICRC) has cooperated with 70 participants across government, industry, and research to analyse and assess the vocational skills gaps that need to be filled in order to prepare the workforce of the future. The FBICRC asked […].

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House in the Forest is cork-cladded with an all-natural pool

AGreenLiving

The House in the Forest designed by El Fil Verd is a remarkable example of a passive house that benefits from natural materials , ultra-efficiency and an all-natural pool, without sacrificing views of the surrounding Garraf Natural Park on the coast south of Barcelona. Architect Elisabetta Quarta Colosso from El Fil Verd Estudi addressed the placement of the home to maintain the picturesque views from every room, while making the most of passive design.

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The Top 15 Climate Developments of 2021

CleanTechnica

By Laurie Stone This past year saw many memorable moments, from vaccine rollouts to a new Ghostbusters movie to Bernie Sanders’ mittens going viral. But it also saw real progress on climate action. Here we list our top 15 climate developments of 2021, in no particular order. US Rejoins Paris Climate Agreement The year started out strong as […].

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LEGO to build its first carbon neutral factory in Vietnam

AGreenLiving

LEGO has signed an agreement to build its latest factory in Vietnam, and it will be carbon neutral. The LEGO factory will achieve carbon neutrality by including rooftop solar panels and nearby supplementary solar panels through VSIP. These two solar installations will provide for all of the factory’s energy needs. The factory will meet LEED Gold standards for energy consumption, water and waste.

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Solar & Wind Produce The Cheapest Electricity — New Report

CleanTechnica

A recent report from CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation) in collaboration with AEMO (Australian Energy Market Operator) has conclusively shown that solar and wind continue to be the cheapest ways to generate electricity. The report also includes the costs of carbon capture and storage (CCS) in the future production of electricity from fossil […].

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15 things biodiversity protectors are watching out for in 2022

AGreenLiving

In some cases the conservation horizon looks like it came out of SciFi novel but they could be the key to saving out planet. Here is the original post: 15 things biodiversity protectors are watching out for in 2022.

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Railroads & Solar Power: You Ain’t Seen Nothing Yet

CleanTechnica

Squeezing more solar power into the German railroad system is the aim of a new study, and the US railway industry could take a page or two from that book.

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3 simple climate questions for your board going into 2022

AGreenLiving

If climate hasn’t been placed at the center of the board agenda yet, now is the time to make sure that it does. Original post: 3 simple climate questions for your board going into 2022.

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