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Emissions goals impossible without plastic reduction, think tank warns

Business Green

Overseas Development Institute warns fossil fuel emissions from plastic will rise three-fold by 2050 unless current trends are addressed. Phasing out the use of plastic in a number of industries could help the world curb demand for fossil fuels and more effectively confront the climate crisis, researchers have today advised. According to the influential Overseas Development Institute (ODI) think tank, delivering on the world's climate goals would require plastic consumption to be halved by 2050,

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A Google Chrome Extension Removed Over 100 Tons Of Marine Plastics

Forbes Green Tech

Ocean Cleanup Group (OCG) built a search engine that helps clean the ocean.

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LafargeHolcim cements new science-based emissions goal

Business Green

LafargeHolcim is the world's first building materials manufacturer to get SBTi nod. LafargeHolcim has today become the first global building materials manufacturer to sign up to targets approved by the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi). As part of its pledge, the world's biggest cement manufacturer will reduce its direct and energy-related emissions - known as Scope 1 and Scope 2 - by 21 per cent by 2030.

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Nikola Founder Trevor Milton Reportedly Resigns After Short-Seller’s Fraud Accusations

Forbes Green Tech

His departure from the hydrogen truck company comes in the wake of allegations by an analyst with a short position in Nikola’s stock that Milton misrepresented its technology and capabilities.

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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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SME Climate Hub: Top corporates to consider climate performance when selecting suppliers

Business Green

BT Group, Ikea, and Unilever among a host of big brands backing plans to help smaller businesses set net zero goals, as 1.5C Supply Chain Leaders group commits to making climate targets a key factor in purchasing criteria. A raft of major multinational corporations, including BT Group, Ericcson, IKEA, Telia, and Unilever have joined forces to found a new initiative dedicated to slashing greenhouse gas emissions from corporate supply chains.

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Farmhouse sinks: The options of color to explore

Green Living Guy

The farmhouse sink designs are not a recent phenomenon. It has evolved with time to conform to contemporary tastes and requirements. Also referred to as apron front or apron, the deep, wide basin is sought-after for its ability to be quite an addition to any modern kitchen. Homeowners prefer this style for its practical and. The post Farmhouse sinks: The options of color to explore appeared first on Green Living Guy.

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Water is Life: Exploring the Forest-Water Nexus in a Mexican Watershed

Ideas 4 Sustainability

Originally posted on SCIENCE FOR SUSTAINABILITY : Water ecosystem services (ESw) play a central role in human well-being: they provide drinking water, act as flood mitigation, facilitate recreational activities, and serve many more functions.

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Oxfam: Emissions of 'the one per cent' more than double those of poorest half of the world

Business Green

Major new report highlights out-sized carbon impact of the world's richest people. A new report by Oxfam has laid bare the startling inequality between rich and poor when it comes to carbon emissions, concluding that the carbon emissions from the richest one per cent are more than double the emissions from the entire poorest half of the world's population.

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Virtual Event - Sustainable Investment Forum North America 2020

Green Market Oracle

This 4-Part Digital Event Series will take plae on September 24, October 1, 8, and 15. The fifth edition of the Forum, in official partnership with UNEP-FI will launch as a virtual event on September 24 during Climate Week NYC. It is the largest finance forum during Climate Week NYC. This Forum is recognized as one of the leading events for attracting asset owners with more than USD $3 trillion in assets under management and complements the UN Climate Action Summit focus on sustainable finance.

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Zoom in on Net Zero - with Heathrow Airport's Matt Gorman

Business Green

Director of the airport's carbon strategy joins BusinessGreen editor in chief James Murray for a chat about Heathrow's net zero vision, the challenges of decarbonising flight, and the tough Covid-19 economic headwinds facing the aviation sector. Matt Gorman is director of Heathrow's carbon strategy, which includes a target to become a zero carbon airport by the mid-2030s, building on the 'carbon neutral' status that was achieved earlier this year.

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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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Post Marketing Traffic – Learn To Write Consistently

Econaur

“Thrive” phase – How can you “choreograph” the way you serve your leads, prospects and clients? What steps are missing that ensures it is a dance of simplicity for both you and them? I can tell I’ve got my work cut out for me because they are deep in overwhelm. Not because they aren’t capable, but because our brains can only handle so much before we shut down.

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AT&T dials up 2035 carbon neutral target

Business Green

Telco giant unveils new package of ambitious emissions reduction targets, as company acknowledges it is already being impacted by worsening extreme weather. The world's biggest telecommunications company, AT&T, has committed to becoming carbon neutral by 2035 as part of a new package of climate targets. As part of the new strategy, the company will focus on a six-point plan for lowering emissions which includes installing energy-efficient hardware across its network, transitioning to a low-e

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U of M startup to manufacture biodegradable shopping bags

Green Living Guy

Four students from the University of Arkansas have launched a startup company around technology developed by U of M biochemist Simo Sarkanen, Department of Bioproducts and Biosystems Engineering, that would manufacture biodegradable plastic shopping bags. The founders formed cycleWood Solutions Inc. after creating a business plan around the technology for an entrepreneurship class.

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Carbon charging is a huge cost opportunity for UK agriculture

Business Green

Farmer Martin Lines, chair of the Nature Friendly Farming Network, puts forward the case for a robust payment framework to incentivise carbon sequestration in UK agriculture. The UK farming landscape is currently undergoing a seismic shift. More so than any other sector of the UK economy, agriculture will look substantially different after Brexit. The new Agriculture and Environment Bills, and other bills that devolved governments will pass, are seeking to support the sustainable production of h

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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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The law firm fighting climate crime

Eco-Business

[PODCAST] In its latest case, an Australian law firm is representing 8 teenagers as they fight a decision to build a coal mine. Eco-Business spoke to lawyer David Barnden about winning the legal case against climate change.

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Race to Zero: Global net zero commitments double in less than a year

Business Green

UK government unveils fresh wave of climate commitments, as New York Climate Week kicks off with further evidence that the net zero transition is accelerating. New York Climate Week kicks off today with confirmation the number of corporates and governments pledging to deliver net zero emissions by 2050 at the latest has more than doubled in the past year.

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In pandemic spotlight, public banks ponder a greener role

Eco-Business

Ahead of the first global summit of development banks, pressure is growing on them to set a precedent for climate-safe, ethical lending.

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WWF shocking report on wildlife, and why the response will be inadequate

Low Impact

It’s been a while since wildlife—not just a species here or there but wildlife at large—has been front and center in the news. Usually the biggest environmental news pertains to climate change at the global level, or local pollution problems such as lead in the water pipes. “Biodiversity” gained traction as an issue in the 1990s, but seems to have slipped off the public’s radar.

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Singapore, Helsinki and Zurich top index of world's smartest cities

Eco-Business

The new ranking comes amid growing debate over the future of urban design for a post-Covid era.

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Should Tesla Buy Out Uber And Become The Global Leader In Electrified Ridesharing?

CleanTechnica

Could Tesla buy out Uber, and begin to solve some of Uber's structural problems by supplying Tesla taxis to the Uber drivers.

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Seas and forests are muddying the carbon budget

Eco-Business

As climates change, forests may not absorb more carbon as expected. But a new carbon budget could appeal to the oceans.

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While Decisionmakers Quarrel, Danes Just Buy Electric Vehicles

CleanTechnica

A couple of weeks ago, I wrote about a report that the so-called Automobile Commission of Denmark published after 18 months of number crunching with the purpose of guiding the government to accomplish its goal of drastically cutting transportation emissions in the country.

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Tesla’s Pillars Of Growth For The Next 20 Years ??

CleanTechnica

When Credit Suisse raised Tesla's (TSLA) price target to $400 from $280, it noted that "batteries are Tesla's pillar of growth for the next two decades." Tesmanian noted that Credit Suisse is expecting Battery Day to be Tesla's Master Plan Part 3, and reminded us.

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Professional Chef On Her Love Of Cooking With Induction

CleanTechnica

In our lead up to next Wednesday’s webinar on Induction cooking, I interviewed a professional chef on the joys, advantages, and importance of cooking with induction. Rachelle Boucher is a professional chef and “appliance whisperer” who has been cooking on all types of stoves for years. She has been a celebrated corporate chef with brands like Monark Home, Sub-Zero & Wolf, and Miele.

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“Volkswagen Is A Better Company After The Scandal”

CleanTechnica

A few days ago, Herbert Diess, CEO of Volkswagen Group, shared some thoughts on LinkedIn. He led with what the Independent Compliance Monitor, Larry D. Thompson, said: "Volkswagen is a better company after the scandal." Diess said that he agreed and that he was proud of the big change that has been made during the last five years since the diesel cheating scandal hit the news.

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Some Are Worried About Tesla Cameras, While Ignoring CCTV Watching Your Every Move

CleanTechnica

There is some new FUD about Tesla and its camera system. TZ Munich posed the question as to whether or not Tesla cameras violate German data protection requirements. A political magazine, Kontraste, reported that the cameras record the interior and surroundings of the car and that hardly anything remains hidden from Tesla. It also noted that the driver can't control what type of personal data is stored by Tesla.

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Climate Intelligence Is Business Intelligence

CleanTechnica

Business Intelligence and Decision Support Services — a $30 billion-plus combination of software and service industries — has enabled dramatic advances in corporate performance. It empowers insight and intelligence-driven strategies and institutional decision-making and offers some of the most powerful tools at our disposal to turn down the global climate change thermostat.

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Trump Vs. TikTok Teenagers Doesn’t Help Americans Displaced By Climate Change

CleanTechnica

Trump's war against TikTok has been an odd thing to watch, and it just shows that he is more concerned about Gen Z-ers hating him than he is about Americans who have lost their homes in the California wildfires and, let's not forget, the hurricane-slammed people of Lake Charles.

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Nuvve And Blue Bird Combine To Create Electric School Buses That Are V2G Enabled

CleanTechnica

Nuvve and Blue Bird are now offering electric school buses with vehicle to grid technology, which can turn a fleet of buses into a virtual power plant and earn money for school districts.

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Michigan’s New House Bill 6233 Wants To Ban EV Automakers From Doing Business

CleanTechnica

Michigan politicians are trying to block new electric vehicle manufacturers from doing business in the state. Although carefully worded to include any type of auto manufacturing company, the Michigan "Motor Vehicle Franchise Act" was created specifically to block Tesla from doing business there.

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Is The World Approaching Green Architecture All Wrong?

CleanTechnica

How does social resilience merge with architectural design to increase community adaptation to the climate crisis.

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Impossible Burger Sales Replace 72% Of Traditional Burger Sales

CleanTechnica

Impossible Foods' sales now position it as one of America’s fastest-growing brands and the leading driver of growth in the overall plant-based food category.

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Tracking Undersea Earthquakes Helps Scientists Study Ocean Heating

CleanTechnica

Researchers at CalTech have created a new research tool that could do a better job of measuring temperature changes in the world's oceans.

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Hellfire In California, Double Hurricane In Gulf — But Are Cheap Clean Energy & Electric Cars “Too Expensive”?

CleanTechnica

We are in 2020. It is not 2040. It is not 2050. It is not 2100. And it is certainly not 2200! Humans, so far, are a brief blip on the timeline of Earth. Yet, we have a horrible problem assuming that everything will be fine and dandy for us forever simply because we've been here longer than we remember.