GreenBiz
AUGUST 21, 2020
There's a big appetite for farm-to-consumer shopping. Jim Giles. Fri, 08/21/2020 - 01:45. Avrom Farm sits in the hills above Green Lake in central Wisconsin. With 5,000 chickens, 200 pigs and six acres of vegetables, it’s a minnow in an industry dominated by an increasingly small number of producers and processors. . In March, a stay-at-home order hit the region.
GreenTechMedia
AUGUST 21, 2020
For five years running, author Tam Hunt has provided his take on global clean energy markets in his Solar Singularity series. Read his first installment in this year's update here , covering solar and batteries. I was optimistic about EV growth in last year’s update and was growing more optimistic this year because of the breadth and depth of the global EV market.
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Jim Conca
AUGUST 21, 2020
Over 12,000 stores will be closing this year in the United States, mostly as a result of the coronavirus forcing online shopping. 73.5% of those surveyed reported they are shopping online more now than before the pandemic and 88% said they will continue even after a cure or vaccine is discovered.
Inhabitat - Innovation
AUGUST 21, 2020
Will the GMO mosquitoes safely reduce mosquito populations and disease, or will it endanger animals that rely on mosquitoes for food?
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.
altenergymag
AUGUST 21, 2020
Built from-the-ground-up for assessing wind-blade quality, waveCHECK is accelerating how defects are measured in composite structures.
Inhabitat - Innovation
AUGUST 21, 2020
These customizable homes would feature renewable energy sources and water recycling systems.
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Inhabitat - Innovation
AUGUST 21, 2020
As the planet warms, more people are relying on AC. But AC just contributes to more warming.
Charged
AUGUST 21, 2020
BorgWarner has announced that it is building an Integrated Drive Module (iDM) for Ford’s new all-electric Mustang Mach-E SUV. The iDM comes complete with a BorgWarner thermal-management system and a gearbox integrated with a motor and power electronics from other suppliers. “Our knowledge of system integration, paired with our gearing proficiency, allows us to design iDMs that are easy to assemble and operate as quietly as possible, which is even more important in electrified vehicles,” said Dr.
Inhabitat - Innovation
AUGUST 21, 2020
Zach Clark-Lee, professional tree farmer, tells us what it is like to work with One Tree Planted.
Impact Alpha
AUGUST 21, 2020
TGIF, Agents of Impact! Emotional responses this year have unfolded like the proverbial stages of grief, although there seem already to be way more than five. The latest comes with the fierce fires here in California. Friends have evacuated; the air is filled with smoke and ash. The outdoors is now also toxic, a symbol. The post The Week in impact investing: Agency appeared first on ImpactAlpha.
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.
Inhabitat - Innovation
AUGUST 21, 2020
The Drop Box N-240 collection offers transportable, modular suites made from sustainable materials.
Charged
AUGUST 21, 2020
Electric buses and trucks are coming. In June, the California Air Resources Board instituted a zero-emission mandate for truck sales—manufacturers must make zero-emission trucks at least 30% of sales by 2030. Following that announcement, 15 states plus DC have said they want all new trucks to be electric by 2050. Granted, such measures are best described as aspirational—the requirements are vague and the timelines are timid.
Impact Alpha
AUGUST 21, 2020
ImpactAlpha, Aug. 21 – The goods and services needed to end global poverty are proven and well known, says Andrew Youn, founder and executive director of One Acre Fund. “We just need to deliver them.” In 15 years, Youn has built one of the world’s most effective organizations at delivering goods and services to Africa’s. The post Agent of Impact: Andrew Youn, One Acre Fund appeared first on ImpactAlpha.
Charged
AUGUST 21, 2020
Octillion Power Systems, a Tier 1 supplier of energy storage systems for electric cars, trucks, and buses, has operations in the US, India and China. In India, the company has shipped more than 600 buses worth of batteries. In the US, Octillion supplies batteries to commercial fleet powertrain manufacturer Lightning Systems and other commercial OEMs.
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.
Business Green
AUGUST 21, 2020
Landmark pledge makes Suncorp the first major insurer to adopt any policy restricting underwriting for oil and gas. Australian insurer Suncorp will no longer underwrite any new oil and gas exploration projects with immediate effect, in addition to phasing out all underwriting and financing for such projects altogether by 2025, it announced today. The insurer has also pledged to ditch direct investments in oil and gas projects altogether by 2040, backed by a series of interim goals for to gradual
Green Market Oracle
AUGUST 21, 2020
Here are the top 20 green colleges according to the Princeton Review® Guide. This is the tenth Guide to Green Colleges and it reports sustainability information from a total of 413 schools Out of almost 700 schools it surveyed 413 colleges were selected and profiled for the 2019 edition. Rob Franek, The Princeton Review’s Editor-in-Chief, explains that schools are selected based on their "exemplary commitments to sustainability".
Business Green
AUGUST 21, 2020
Loop from TerraCycle is partnering with Ulta to design circular packaging, combating the industries plastic waste problem. The beauty industry has a plastic waste problem. And it knows it. A quick Google search brings up articles from Allure , National Geographic , Forbes , Teen Vogue and 31,800,000 other results about the issue. It seems those concerns have finally reached a critical mass, inspiring a sustainability makeover at three of the biggest beauty brands in the business: Sephora, Natura
GreenTech Gazette
AUGUST 21, 2020
Sustainability is big business! It seems as though companies of all shapes and sizes are tripping over themselves trying to show conscientious consumers that they have a strong ethical focus and their sights set on sustainability. But how much of this is investment in green innovation, and how much of it is marketing bluster. In recent years we’ve seen a number of brands accused of greenwashing ; of slapping on a little ecologically aware window dressing in order to increase their brand appeal i
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?
Business Green
AUGUST 21, 2020
Third auction round from government's market-based scheme confirmed in bid to spur tree planting and combat CO2. Government confirms £10m auction of tree planting contracts The latest auction of tree planting contracts through the Woodland Carbon Guarantee scheme is set to take place online in the autumn, with £10m being made available to support farmers and land managers boost forestation to help tackle climate change, the government announced today.
altenergymag
AUGUST 21, 2020
The AmpliPHI 3.
Business Green
AUGUST 21, 2020
Voluntary settlement to paid by OVO Energy, which acquired SSE's energy supplier business in January this year. SSE Energy Services has agreed to pay £1.2m for missing customer smart meter installation targets last year, energy regulator Ofgem announced today. However, OVO Energy is to foot the bill for the voluntary settlement, having acquired SSE's energy supplier business in January 2020.
AGreenLiving
AUGUST 21, 2020
Trees make the world a better place for humans by providing shade, sequestering CO2 , intercepting airborne particles, aiding respiratory health and adding great beauty to this planet we call home. Because trees do so much for us, planting more of them is an eco-strategy touted by many environmental organizations. But what’s it really like spending your workday growing, planting and caring for trees?
GreenBiz
AUGUST 21, 2020
Why e-commerce retailers should increase transparency about their products. Deonna Anderson. Fri, 08/21/2020 - 01:15. When shopping online, consumers are able to see a lot of information about a product. There’s the product description and specifications of an item. For a bottle of perfume, the listing would declare the fluid ounces and describe the scent.
AGreenLiving
AUGUST 21, 2020
Located in the tourist-friendly Spanish village of Santa Maria de Palautordera, the Drop Box N-240 is a transportable, modular suite that is ready to “drop” into practically any location via crane. The models, designed by In-Tenta, are manufactured offsite, transported and quickly assembled. Along with wood as a renewable and sustainable building material for the frame, suites come with either natural wood cladding or composite panels made of cement and wood particles as exterior finish.
GreenTechMedia
AUGUST 21, 2020
New York’s Hudson Valley is known for its artist communities, antique shops and rolling farms. Fast-forward a few years and there may be a new feature: giant offshore wind components floating downriver on barges, with new riverside factories helping to replace lost jobs at the soon-to-close Indian Point nuclear energy plant. Within the next few months, New York will make a big decision with consequences that may last decades.
AGreenLiving
AUGUST 21, 2020
The average American eats 220.9 pounds of meat per year. … The post Bad, Better, Best: The Climate Impact of Meat appeared first on Earth 911. Continued here: Bad, Better, Best: The Climate Impact of Meat.
Eco-Business
AUGUST 21, 2020
With the outlook for urban tourism deeply uncertain, Thai authorities have a chance to adopt a more sustainable model.
AGreenLiving
AUGUST 21, 2020
It sounds like the premise for a 1950s horror movie: release 750 million genetically altered mosquitoes in the Florida Keys and see what happens. But Florida and the federal government have approved this plan for 2021 and 2022. “What could possibly go wrong? We don’t know, because EPA unlawfully refused to seriously analyze environmental risks, now without further review of the risks, the experiment can proceed,” Jaydee Hanson, policy director for the International Center for Technol
Business Green
AUGUST 21, 2020
What would change if e-commerce retailers shared information about a product's climate footprint? When shopping online, consumers are able to see a lot of information about a product. There's the product description and specifications of an item. For a bottle of perfume, the listing would declare the fluid ounces and describe the scent. A piece of clothing would show the material makeup and available sizes.
AGreenLiving
AUGUST 21, 2020
An analysis done by Climate Central shows that demand for air conditioning in the U.S. will increase by 59% by the year 2050. According to the study, there has been a continued rise in demand for air conditioners in the U.S. and other parts of the world because of global warming. The study shows that continued greenhouse gas emissions are leading to unpredictable weather patterns in most regions.
GreenTechMedia
AUGUST 21, 2020
Last week, short-term blackouts rolled across an overheated California after the grid operator said there wasn't enough power to meet demand. This wasn’t supposed to happen again. Not after the Enron scandal. Not after 19 years of reforms. We have a very different grid now. Renewables skeptics, including President Trump , are seizing on the incident.
AGreenLiving
AUGUST 21, 2020
There’s a big appetite for farm-to-consumer shopping Jim Giles Fri, 08/21/2020 – 01:45 Avrom Farm sits in the hills above Green Lake in central Wisconsin. With 5,000 chickens, 200 pigs and six acres of vegetables, it’s a minnow in an industry dominated by an increasingly small number of producers and processors. In March, a stay-at-home order hit the region.
Business Green
AUGUST 21, 2020
Plus boost for CO2 removal, green steel and Australia EVs in our weekly round-up of the world's top green business news. Biden touts 'enormous' green jobs opportunity in first speech as Dem presidential nominee. Joe Biden has officially accepted the Democrat Party's presidential candidate nomination for the crucial November US election, delivering a speech yesterday in which he warned against the "existential threat" of climate change and touted America's great green jobs potential.
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