The truth about hydrogen, the latest, trendiest low-carbon solution
GreenBiz
AUGUST 30, 2019
As misconceptions about the emerging tech abound, we can dispel common myths to encourage hydrogen's potential for decarbonization.
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Treat citizens as partners, not participants, to improve air quality research
Envirotec Magazine
AUGUST 30, 2019
Encouraging citizens to take part in almost every step of scientific air quality research improves their understanding of how air pollution affects their health, finds a new study from the University of Surrey. In a paper published in Sustainable Cities and Society journal, researchers from Surrey’s Global Centre for Clean Air Research (GCARE) together with the IAAC Fab Lab Barcelona, Connected Places Catapult and T6 Ecosystems under the iSCAPE project, provide details about how introducing a mu
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Ocean warming has fisheries on the move, helping some but hurting more
GreenBiz
AUGUST 30, 2019
Better fishery management can boost resilience, but many fisheries are finding themselves barely treading water.
Rural, modular home in Mexico allows for a wide variety of configurations
Inhabitat - Innovation
AUGUST 30, 2019
Not only is Casa Hilo a flexible, low-cost, modular construction, but it is also a model for sustainable rural home design in that its materials (including locally made adobe) were chosen to create a strong thermal mass to withstand Mexico's harsh summer climate.
Manufacturing Sustainability Surge: Your Guide to Data-Driven Energy Optimization & Decarbonization
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.
Episode 186: Bill Weihl calls for corporate climate activism; you'll dig this new farm-data initiative
GreenBiz
AUGUST 30, 2019
The former energy and CSR czar at Facebook and Google calls for companies to raise their voices. Plus, we catch up with Dorn Cox, research director for a new open source agricultural data initiative.
Reward offered to identify Mojave burro killer
Inhabitat - Innovation
AUGUST 30, 2019
It seems like an idyllic life for the 120 burros living free in California's Mojave Desert. Until some deranged miscreant comes along and murders one-third of your community. Such a person has picked off 42 members of the Clark Mountain herd since May. Now the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and animal rights groups have pooled their funds to offer nearly $60,000 in reward money.
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Trailhead Ambassador Program enhances hiking in Oregon
Inhabitat - Innovation
AUGUST 30, 2019
Instead of simply griping about miscreants, some parks and wilderness areas have developed constructive ways to educate the public and make recreation safer and more fun for everybody.
Automated weed screen cleaner proves its worth within weeks of installation
Envirotec Magazine
AUGUST 30, 2019
A new Landustrie weed screen cleaner installed by ECS Engineering Services at the Short Ferry pumping station on the River Witham has ensured continuity of water supply to the Toft Newton Reservoir 10 miles (15km) away in Lincolnshire. The reservoir’s main function is to maintain flow in the River Ancholme, but it is also a popular destination for anglers, birdwatchers and other visitors keen to enjoy the beauty of the area.
St. Lucia’s sustainability map: where blue, green and orange economies merge
GreenBiz
AUGUST 30, 2019
A Q&A with St. Lucia's Minister of Sustainable Development.
Reuse platform helps NHS Trust smash competition to win major award
Envirotec Magazine
AUGUST 30, 2019
The Royal Free London has seemingly smashed targets, saving £242,681 in 19 months and triumphing in the Reuse category of the NHS Sustainability Awards, with the help of the Warp It system that helps staff to reuse and recycle. Unwanted items have been donated to other departments within the trust, and assets worth almost £5,000 have been claimed from other organisations on the network.
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.
Breezy home design for artist couple boasts a green roof of succulents
Inhabitat - Innovation
AUGUST 30, 2019
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As More People Buy Carbon Offsets, Criticisms Mount
GreenTechMedia
AUGUST 30, 2019
With flight shame growing in popularity, extreme weather intensifying and the Amazon burning, there’s more demand than ever for carbon offsets to assuage our guilt and make us feel like we’re doing something. But those credits may not be doing what you think they are — or anything at all. This week, we’re discussing the complicated and frustrating world of carbon offsets.
?BP Chargemaster installs first of 400 150 kW chargers
Charged
AUGUST 30, 2019
BP Chargemaster, BP’s UK-based charging network subsidiary, has powered up its first 150 kW ultra-fast charger at a BP retail site. The charger is the first in a planned network of ultra-fast chargers across the UK. BP plans to roll out 400 ultra-fast chargers at BP sites across the UK by the end of 2021, in tandem with new vehicle models arriving on the market that will be capable of ultra-fast charging.
Study Finds Cargobikes Beat Vans In Cities So U.K. Government Backs Flying Urban Taxis
Forbes Green Tech
AUGUST 30, 2019
Tried-and-trusted technologies–such as cycling–may always prove the fastest way of getting through congested city streets but governments prefer funding shiny-shiny futuristic tech.
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.
Hanergy Bags First Large Scale Rooftop Solar Power Project in Vietnam
altenergymag
AUGUST 30, 2019
- The clean energy giant signs construction cooperation agreement for Haier’s AQUA 1 MW project - Hanergy and Landmark Parasolar to develop more commercial rooftop solar power projects in Vietnam with a total estimated capacity of 300 MW in a span of 3 years
Agent of Impact: Derrick Morgan of KNGDM Impact Fund
Impact Alpha
AUGUST 30, 2019
ImpactAlpha, Aug. 30 – Indianapolis Colts quarterback Andrew Luck wasn’t the first NFL veteran to step away from football on his own terms this summer. In July, Derrick Morgan, a linebacker with the Tennessee Titans, retired after nine years in the league to pursue a long-time passion: impact investing. Over the last few years, Morgan built The post Agent of Impact: Derrick Morgan of KNGDM Impact Fund appeared first on ImpactAlpha.
Welcome to the Chaos of the 2020s: Urgent Actions, Unusual Strategies, Unexpected Allies
CleanTech Group
AUGUST 30, 2019
Our 2020 Cleantech Forum San Francisco theme Welcome to the Chaos of the 2020s: Urgent Actions, Unusual Strategies, Unexpected Allies is inspired by what we expect to prepare for in the 2020s. We do not foresee business as usual, we foresee an abnormal and chaotic next decade ahead. Meager Progress What is unique about […].
Pipeline Permit Scandal Highlights Confusion Amid Push to Build Plastics Plants
DeSmogBlog
AUGUST 30, 2019
Read time: 9 mins For the past 42 years, the Beaver County Conservation District in western Pennsylvania has hosted their Maple Syrup Festival, an annual all-you-can-eat pancake breakfast featuring syrup made from maple trees in a park in Beaver Falls. It’s a huge event in this county, population 164,742; organizers expected up to 40,000 attendees at last year’s festival, which included a Civil War re-enactment, pony rides, and craft demonstrations like bobbin lace making.
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?
Why Hurricane Dorian is so unpredictable
Grist
AUGUST 30, 2019
Hurricane Dorian has been — quite literally — all over the map. The powerful storm is expected to barrel into Florida and parts of Georgia this weekend, potentially as a Category 4 hurricane. If so, it will be the strongest hurricane to hit the East Coast in nearly 30 years. But the storm has been a tricky forecast from the start, and its final destination remains a mystery.
2019 National Solar Tour includes every state for the first time
Solar Power World
AUGUST 30, 2019
The American Solar Energy Society (ASES) and Solar United Neighbors (SUN) are proud to announce the largest annual grassroots solar event will take place in neighborhoods nationwide the weekend of October 5-6. The National Solar Tour will empower people across the country to learn about solar technology and the process of going solar from their… The post 2019 National Solar Tour includes every state for the first time appeared first on Solar Power World.
Higher Temperatures Might Lead To Decreased Solar Power Efficiency: Expert’s Comments
altenergymag
AUGUST 30, 2019
According to MIT scientists, the efficiency of a solar panel drops by 0.
Inclusive Brand Identity And Product Design Can Be Done Right
Forbes Green Tech
AUGUST 30, 2019
Brands are increasingly aiming for diversity and inclusion in their product development and marketing. This article shows, using Cadbury's example, how brands can get this wrong, and ways in which it can be done right.
Cargill pumps funding into meat & fish alternatives
AFN Sustainable Protein
AUGUST 30, 2019
Cargill "gives peas more chances" with $75m investment into Puris. It also entered a JV with White Dog Labs to supply an alternative to unsustainable fishmeal to the aquaculture industry. The post Cargill pumps funding into meat & fish alternatives appeared first on AgFunderNews.
'Coal will soon be a distant memory': Government hails record low coal generation
Business Green
AUGUST 30, 2019
UK's total share of electricity from coal dropped to record low of 0.7 per cent between April and June as phase out continues.
Company trying to tackle renewable energy curtailment enters European market
Renewable Energy World
AUGUST 30, 2019
This week, Scottish software company Smarter Grid Solutions (SGS) announced that it will be expanding into Europe after completing successful trials with a utility company in Germany.
A Deep Dive into Hydro Ottawa’s MiGen Transactive Grid Project [GTM Squared]
GreenTechMedia
AUGUST 30, 2019
Covering Climate Now signs on more than 170 news outlets
Renewable Energy World
AUGUST 30, 2019
MORE THAN 170 NEWS OUTLETS from around the world have now signed up for Covering Climate Now, a project co-founded by CJR and The Nation aimed at strengthening the media’s focus on the climate crisis.
Norwegian airline Widerøe targets zero emission flights with Rolls Royce project
Business Green
AUGUST 30, 2019
Airline has teamed up with Rolls Royce to launch research programme to design new electric aircraft.
ImpactAlpha’s Agents of Impact special report for Aug. 30
Impact Alpha
AUGUST 30, 2019
Greetings, Agents of Impact! Welcome to ImpactAlpha’s weekly “follow the talent” roundup of impact investing career moves, job openings, events and opportunities. Help the growing ImpactAlpha community follow your talent: Send job moves, mandates, event announcements and other news to editor@impactalpha.com. – Dennis Price, editorial director Agent of Impact Derrick Morgan of KNGDM Impact Fund.
How To Choose A Secure And Reliable Virtual Private Network: 12 Tips From Tech Experts
Forbes Green Tech
AUGUST 30, 2019
VPNs offer a simple solution that makes it more difficult for unauthorized collection of an individual’s data. Here are the most important things to consider when choosing a solution.
Geothermal Resources Council Announces Scholarship Winners
altenergymag
AUGUST 30, 2019
The Scholarship Awardees will be acknowledged at the 2019 GRC Annual Meeting & Expo.
ImpactAlpha’s Big 7: Stakeholders and fiduciaries, deadlines and accountability, impact and opportunity, deals and policies, Agent of Impact Derrick Morgan
Impact Alpha
AUGUST 30, 2019
TGIF, Agents of Impact! We’re taking a “Brief” break for the long weekend in the U.S. We’ll be back in your inbox Tuesday, Sept. 3. – The ImpactAlpha team Featured: ImpactAlpha’s Big 7 1. Next up: New definitions of ‘fiduciary duty’ and ‘materiality’ (podcast).The revised definition of ‘corporate purpose’ signed by 181 CEO members of the The post ImpactAlpha’s Big 7: Stakeholders and fiduciaries, deadlines and accountability, impact and opportunity, deals and policies, Agent of Impact Der
Global study raises questions over long term performance of fielded PV modules in solar installations
Solar Power World
AUGUST 30, 2019
The DuPont Global Field Reliability Program is a highly developed field inspection and analysis program that tracks material degradation and its effect on module performance. This 2019 field analysis was compiled from inspection and analysis by DuPont teams of nearly 2 GW of PV installations around the globe. While our field analysis looks at all… The post Global study raises questions over long term performance of fielded PV modules in solar installations appeared first on Solar Power Wor
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