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All hail the corporate reporting singularity?

GreenBiz

All hail the corporate reporting singularity? Elsa Wenzel. Fri, 04/16/2021 - 02:00. As corporate sustainability goes mainstream, ESG reporting is being embraced beyond early adopters exuding good citizenship. Investors, markets and regulators are picking up on the value of environmental, social and governance data, which is being integrated more often into financial disclosures.

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Lockdown impacts: New study collects data on pollutants in the atmosphere

Envirotec Magazine

New York’s Times Square lies empty during the coronavirus city lockdown on 29 March 2020. One consequence of the coronavirus pandemic has been global restrictions on mobility. This, in turn, is believed to have had an effect on pollution levels in the atmosphere. Researchers from across the world are using this unique opportunity to take measurements, collect data, and publish studies.

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On the Road to Net-Zero? Start With Your Buildings

GreenBiz

On the Road to Net-Zero? Start With Your Buildings. Date/Time: May 18, 2021 (1-2PM ET / 10-11AM PT). For companies on a journey to net-zero, examining the carbon footprint of buildings is a relatively easy first step. In fact, organizations can make real, actualized progress towards zero simply by reducing the carbon associated with the design and construction of their buildings.

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Living near Superfund sites could shorten life expectancy by 1 year

Inhabitat - Innovation

Millions of Americans live near Superfund sites. Now, research shows living near these toxic waste sites could reduce life expectancy from 2 months to 1 year.

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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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Episode 264: GreenFin insights from Salesforce, State Street and Johnson Controls

GreenBiz

Episode 264: GreenFin insights from Salesforce, State Street and Johnson Controls. Heather Clancy. Fri, 04/16/2021 - 01:00. Week in Review. Stories discussed this week (9:58). When it comes to climate investment funds, diverse management is imperative. The case for raising up women in climate tech . 3 innovations in green steel. Features. Highlights from the mainstage of GreenFin 21 (22:35).

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Reclaimed timber makes up this tranquil nature retreat in Vietnam

Inhabitat - Innovation

Vietnamese architecture firm SILAA has recently completed the Hachi Lily House, a nature-inspired retreat tucked into a pomelo tree-filled village near the city of Hue.

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Noa* tucks a 3-star hotel beneath a refurbished barn in Italy

Inhabitat - Innovation

Terraced into a hillside, the new hotel rooms have been placed beneath an old, existing barn that the architects also renovated to house the hotel’s reception, lounge and breakfast hall.

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AI pinpoints local pollution hotspots using satellite images

Envirotec Magazine

The algorithm picked out these city-block-sized satellite images as local hotspots (top) and cool spots (bottom) for air pollution in Beijing (image credit: Tongshu Zheng, Duke University). Researchers at Duke University in North Carolina have developed a method that uses machine learning, satellite imagery and weather data to autonomously find hotspots of heavy air pollution, city block by city block.

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The Netherlands to ban carbon-emitting delivery vehicles

Inhabitat - Innovation

By 2025, only zero-emissions delivery vehicles will be allowed in urban areas.

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The road to decarbonising transport needs to gather pace, says Siemens

Envirotec Magazine

Bernard Magee, Director of Electric Vehicle Charging with Siemens. The global technology firm has been talking about how it is helping fleet operators transition to full electric trucks in urban areas, and some of the challenges therein. Trucks are responsible for a disproportionate amount of greenhouse gases on the EU’s roads. In a study by Transport & Environment, trucks were found to have generated 22% of road transport CO2 emissions yet only accounted for less than 2% of the overall tra

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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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How to get involved in virtual and local Earth Day events

Inhabitat - Innovation

Whether picking up trash or advocating for national policies, spend Earth Day making a difference.

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Fish clogging in cooling tunnels threatens power station safety

Envirotec Magazine

Hinkley Point Nuclear Power Station in Somerset, and the proposed construction site of Hinkley Point C, in February 2016 (image credit: jgolby / Shutterstock.com). After a recent shutdown at a French nuclear power plant due to the clogging of cooling tunnels by fish, industry experts have warned that new UK-based nuclear power plants will face the same issues – and they’re offering an acoustic deterrent system they say has a track record in resolving the problem.

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Can Renewable Energy Reduce Pesticides?

U.S. Green Technology

Renewable energy is in high demand. With fossil fuels and human activity depleting the planet, more and more people are switching to renewables to be more sustainable and save the planet. One use of renewable energy that has increased over the years has been on farms. Farmers are integrating solar panels with their crops, known. The post Can Renewable Energy Reduce Pesticides?

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Shell’s Sponsorship of Science Museum Climate Exhibition Sparks Outrage

DeSmogBlog

The Science Museum is facing a major backlash after naming Shell as the sponsor of its flagship climate exhibition. ‘Our Future Planet’ will focus on ways of removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere through controversial Carbon, Capture and Storage (CCS) technology and nature-based solutions, as part of a programme of events leading up to the COP26 UN climate summit in November.

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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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Bermuda buys 30 electric buses, plans an all-electric fleet

Charged

Now there’s yet another reason to visit the stunningly beautiful Atlantic island of Bermuda. The local government has approved the purchase of 30 electric buses to replace aged diesel buses, the first step in a multiyear strategy to fully electrify the public transit fleet. The purchase represents over one third of the small island’s total public bus fleet.

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Shell’s Sponsorship of Science Museum Climate Exhibition Sparks Outrage

DeSmogBlog

The Science Museum is facing a major backlash after naming Shell as the sponsor of its flagship climate exhibition. ‘Our Future Planet’ will focus on ways of removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere through controversial Carbon, Capture and Storage (CCS) technology and nature-based solutions, as part of a programme of events leading up to the COP26 UN climate summit in November.

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Going Green: 6 Reasons to Use Eco-Friendly Cleaning Products in Your Office

U.S. Green Technology

Cleanliness is a workplace must-have. Otherwise, it compromises the employees’ health and well-being. It also hinders them from being productive. However, many cleaning practices can hurt the environment. No wonder green cleaning is increasing in popularity. If you are considering practicing eco-friendly cleaning in your office, here are six reasons you should join the bandwagon: The post Going Green: 6 Reasons to Use Eco-Friendly Cleaning Products in Your Office appeared first on U.S.

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Romania to deploy 123 Solaris electric buses

Charged

Polish bus builder Solaris has further expanded its penetration of Europe’s public transport market with a hefty order for 123 electric buses in Romania. The total value of the contract is estimated at nearly €65 million. Seven Romanian municipalities have joined in a tender for 131 zero-emission e-buses. Solaris will supply 123 12-meter vehicles to the towns of Ia?

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The Week in impact investing: Talent

Impact Alpha

TGIF, Agents of Impact! ?? Impact Briefing. In this week’s podcast, host Brian Walsh takes stock of two of the premier showcases for. The post The Week in impact investing: Talent appeared first on Impact Alpha.

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MIT researchers describe new electrolyte to reduce metal electrode degradation

Charged

A team of researchers led by MIT Professor Ju Li has found an electrolyte that overcomes the problems associated with metal electrodes, which could result in batteries with longer lifespans and more energy storage capacity. The research was reported in the journal Nature Energy in a paper by Li and others. The researchers say the finding could make it possible for lithium-ion batteries, which now typically store about 260 watt-hours per kilogram, to store up to 420 watt-hours per kilogram.

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Scientists look for the Holy Grail: The whitest paint ever

Grist

White roofs are one of those climate solutions that sound too good to be true. Compared to solar panels and electric cars, painting the roof of a building white is a suspiciously cheap, analog way to usher in a low-carbon future. But it works — white roofs reflect sunlight back into space rather than absorbing it, lowering building temperatures and reducing the need for energy-intensive air conditioning.

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Axpo to produce hydrogen at 43.4-MW Eglisau-Glattfelden hydropower plant

Renewable Energy World

Axpo plans to produce green hydrogen by building a production facility at its 43.4-MW Eglisau-Glattfelden hydropower plant on the Rhine River in Switzerland, the first of several hydrogen facilities Axpo will commission in the coming years. Scheduled to go onstream in autumn 2022, the 2.5-MW hydrogen production facility will produce about 350 tonnes of green hydrogen annually.

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Goodbye, old freeways? How subtraction could address climate change

Grist

As the coronavirus pandemic ravaged the country last year, then-candidate Joe Biden pushed one message again and again: “Build Back Better.” The phrase now lends its name to the White House’s massive, multi-pronged proposal to help the country recover from the COVID-induced recession, tackle climate change, and bring the country’s railroads, bridges, and water pipes into the modern era.

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Private Security Firm Accused of Working Illegally to Protect Oil and Gas Pipelines in Five States

DeSmogBlog

Leighton Security Services, a private security company accused of working without a license during construction of the controversial Dakota Access pipeline, is facing similar allegations in Virginia. The complaint against Leighton is one of two recently filed against private companies providing security for the Mountain Valley pipeline , a planned 300-mile pipeline that would carry fracked gas from northwestern West Virginia, through pristine mountain streams and Appalachian forests, to the Tran

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Students of impact

Impact Alpha

ImpactAlpha, Apr. 16 – Women make up eight of nine graduate students on the winning teams at last week’s Turner MIINT competition and Kellogg-Morgan. The post Students of impact appeared first on Impact Alpha.

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Private Security Firm Accused of Working Illegally to Protect Oil and Gas Pipelines in Five States

DeSmogBlog

Leighton Security Services, a private security company accused of working without a license during construction of the controversial Dakota Access pipeline, is facing similar allegations in Virginia. The complaint against Leighton is one of two recently filed against private companies providing security for the Mountain Valley pipeline , a planned 300-mile pipeline that would carry fracked gas from northwestern West Virginia, through pristine mountain streams and Appalachian forests, to the Tran

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Report: Green steel investment blitz could 'revolutionise' Northern England's economy

Business Green

Green steel 'stimulus for the north’ could revitalise the industry and establish UK as a global leader in green steel technologies, according to IPPR North. Northern regions of England have a "unique opportunity" to become a low carbon steel production powerhouse, which would unlock local jobs, wealth and business opportunities in the wake of the pandemic while steering the UK closer to its climate goals, according to IPPR North.

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Fossil Fuel Companies’ Tough Sell: Oil and Gas Sites With Costly Environmental Clean-up

DeSmogBlog

Last year was rough for major oil companies. BP, Chevron, ExxonMobil, Shell, and Total suffered a combined $77 billion in losses for 2020. And now, as Reuters reports, many are trying to sell-off “dozens of oil and gas fields and refineries worth more than $110 billion to curb both their ballooning debt and their carbon footprints.”. Typically, when major oil companies decide to sell off assets, they like to make a “clean-break”.

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How solar installers can help keep the lights on in Texas, and elsewhere

Solar Power World

By Jon Franke, Blog Editor, Aurora Solar The recent severe winter weather in Texas led to a virtually unprecedented situation where millions of people were left without power, heat, and even water. Losing power wasn’t the only issue. Many that did have power through the whole ordeal faced enormous electric bills. During the height of… The post How solar installers can help keep the lights on in Texas, and elsewhere appeared first on Solar Power World.

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Fossil Fuel Companies’ Tough Sell: Oil and Gas Sites With Costly Environmental Clean-up

DeSmogBlog

Last year was rough for major oil companies. BP, Chevron, ExxonMobil, Shell, and Total suffered a combined $77 billion in losses for 2020. And now, as Reuters reports, many are trying to sell-off “dozens of oil and gas fields and refineries worth more than $110 billion to curb both their ballooning debt and their carbon footprints.”. Typically, when major oil companies decide to sell off assets, they like to make a “clean-break”.

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Now is the time to go bold on climate

EDF Voices

Our greatest opportunity to make real progress on climate change in our lifetimes is happening right now. Here are three bold moves we need to see on the road to COP26.

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UK subsidy-free solar market shines as intallations surpass 1GW

Business Green

A further 1GW of subsidy-free solar could also be added this year as decarbonisation of buildings and energy gathers pace, Solar Energy UK claims. Just two years after the closure of a key government support scheme for small scale renewables, the UK has now isntalled 1GW of subsidy-free solar, and the sector's outlook looks bright for the rest of the year as the decarbonisation of buildings and energy gathers pace, according to Solar Energy UK.

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Ubiquitous Energy Receives Additional $3 Million Grant Award from the California Energy Commission for its UE Power™ Windows

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“We are thrilled that the California Energy Commission selected Ubiquitous Energy to award with another grant.

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Global briefing: US eyes sweeping climate risk disclosure rules

Business Green

All the top green business news from around the world this week, including China coal fleet concerns, ultra-white paint and Brazil's rainforest funding demands. US prepares sweeping climate risk disclosure rules. Fresh from unveiling a flurry of major green commitments since entering the White House at the start of the year - including a major $1tr green infrastructure and jobs blitz - President Biden has also now set his sights on sweeping action to address corporate climate risk, reports this