The Environmental Blog
APRIL 5, 2020
In the United States, HDPE is a commonly used plastic. High-density polyethylene or HDPE) is also called polyethylene high-density or PEHD. It is a thermoplastic polymer with a high strength-to-density ratio obtained from the monomer ethylene. This plastic is sturdy, so it can resist bursting and tearing. Also, it’s an easy-to-recycle plastic polymer in which recycling companies collect and process HDPE products.
Grist
APRIL 5, 2020
This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. The glory of the world’s oceans could be restored within a generation, according to a major new scientific review. It reports rebounding sea life, from humpback whales off Australia to elephant seals in the U.S. and green turtles in Japan.
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Charged
APRIL 5, 2020
Electric boat manufacturer RAND Boats has launched a new propulsion package for its Leisure 28 Electric model. The new Leisure 28 Electric stern drive propulsion package features a 240 kW engine and modular Li battery pack with a capacity of 80-120 kWh, allowing for a top speed of more than 40 knots (+72 km/h) and up to two hours of planing speed range, according to the company.
Forbes Green Tech
APRIL 5, 2020
The coronavirus crisis has led Elon Musk to take an unexpected jump into the medical device industry.
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.
Charged
APRIL 5, 2020
BYD and Toyota have established a 50/50 joint venture to conduct R&D for battery-electric vehicles (BEVs). The new company will be headquartered in Shenzhen City, is expected to have around 300 employees, and is to begin operations in May 2020. “With the engineers from BYD and Toyota working together under the same roof, we aim to develop BEVs that are superior in performance and meet the needs of customers in China by merging the two companies’ strengths and also through friendly rivalry,”
Business Green
APRIL 5, 2020
SysMech's digital cloud system to support Living Lab 2.0 test centre for low carbon heating, EVs and smart home energy innovations. Plans for a major UK research and development project led by the Energy Systems Catapult to develop innovative smart home energy technologies and services have taken a major step forward, with software firm SysMech appointed to provide digital cloud-based services for the scheme.
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Ideas 4 Sustainability
APRIL 5, 2020
Originally posted on SCIENCE FOR SUSTAINABILITY : By Jacqueline Loos Currently, many people are worrying about their lives and the lives of their beloved ones.
Eco-Business
APRIL 5, 2020
One of the biggest oil price falls in recent history may be good news for the climate. But it's bad news for recycled plastic demand and the oceans. How will pricier recycled plastic affect corporate sustainable packaging commitments?
Mr. Sustainability
APRIL 5, 2020
“Freedom has many difficulties. And democracy is not perfect.” John F. Kennedy, Berlin, 1963 What would John F. Kennedy say if he could see the current state of the United States of America? At the time of writing - March 2020 - the Covid-19 pandemic is quickly changing our lives. Things are happening fast. The signals I get from different feeds about the situation in the U.S. are troublesome, to say the least.
Eco-Business
APRIL 5, 2020
The shutdown of exports, especially to China, has had a devastating impact on the livelihood of half a million families along the Bay of Bengal coast.
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.
Mr. Sustainability
APRIL 5, 2020
“Freedom has many difficulties. And democracy is not perfect.” John F. Kennedy, Berlin, 1963 What would John F. Kennedy say if he could see the current state of the United States of America? At the time of writing - March 2020 - the Covid-19 pandemic is quickly changing our lives. Things are happening fast. The signals I get from different feeds about the situation in the U.S. are troublesome, to say the least.
Eco-Business
APRIL 5, 2020
ACES 2020 is a forum for energy industry professionals and innovators in clean energy technology and management which brings together perspectives and expertise from around the globe as its guests learn and network in a collaborative environment.
CleanTechnica
APRIL 5, 2020
Cathie Wood, the founder of Ark Invest, has repeated many times that in a recession or economic downturn disruptive companies gain pace and expand their competitive advantage versus incumbents.
Eco-Business
APRIL 5, 2020
A smart city is one that uses information and communication technologies with the aim of increasing operational efficiency, sharing information with the public, and improving not only the quality of government services but also the citizens' well-being.
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.
CleanTechnica
APRIL 5, 2020
Tesla's engineering team released an update on Tesla's progress making ventilators — something that hospitals desperately need to fight the coronavirus-caused disease COVID-19. Tesla CEO Elon Musk has already helped hospitals by donating CPAPs that doctors can convert into ventilators, as we've covered a few times. This is something different.
Eco-Business
APRIL 5, 2020
Webinar: Data centers in focus - risks, opportunities and challenges IT products in data centers are connected to both social and environmental sustainability risks throughout their life cycle. Whether you host your own data center or purchase the service, as a purchaser you can make responsible choices that help reduce the negative impact these products pose on the environment as well as improve the social conditions in the supply chain.
CleanTechnica
APRIL 5, 2020
The Tesla Model 3 isn't done with the headlines, despite the Model Y's review-grabbing arrival and the coronavirus pandemic we're dealing with at the moment. Tesla has climbed the rankings of the top selling cars in the USA and placed the Model 3 on the 6th rung*. That's up from 9th in 2019 as a whole, up from 13th in the first quarter of 2019, and up from 7th in the 4th quarter of.
CleanTechnica
APRIL 5, 2020
Looking at the first quarter of 2020 in the USA, the Tesla Model 3 actually outsold both of them combined. The Model 3 had nearly 2½ more sales than either the Ford Mustang or Dodge Charger last quarter.
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?
CleanTechnica
APRIL 5, 2020
As a science teacher, I have shared the video above with my family and friends through social media, emails, texts, and phone calls. There has been a lot of controversy over masks because healthcare workers need them and masks are only a tool.
CleanTechnica
APRIL 5, 2020
Join industry experts for an in-depth discussion on the benefits of Plug&Charge using an ISO/IEC 15118 enabled EV Charging Station and operational secure digital Ecosystem.
CleanTechnica
APRIL 5, 2020
This has been a long time coming, but it’s finally here, CleanTechnica’s very own weekly news broadcast on our YouTube channel. The point of our new weekly show is to help you with the informational overload out there. We bring you all the most relevant cleantech news of the week in under 20 minutes. Anything [&hellip.
CleanTechnica
APRIL 5, 2020
The biggest change worldwide in the last decade was probably the smartphone revolution, but overall, cities themselves still look pretty much the same. In the decade ahead, cities will change a lot more.
CleanTechnica
APRIL 5, 2020
Despite the turmoil caused by the coronavirus, people are waking to find they have a new view of the world thanks to a dramatic drop in pollution. There may be a lesson for us all in there.
CleanTechnica
APRIL 5, 2020
Tesla is parting was with contract workers at its Fremont and Nevada factories while Rivian and Lucid suspend their plans to begin production as the coronavirus continues to disrupt the economy.
CleanTechnica
APRIL 5, 2020
What's the total experience of driving a Tesla Model 3 post- 100,000 miles? An owner shares through a gorgeous video narrative.
CleanTechnica
APRIL 5, 2020
At this stage of Tesla's impressive growth, there are well over 1 million Tesla owners. But only a tiny percentage have owned all four mainstream Tesla vehicles—Model S, Model X, Model 3, and Model Y. I’m one of the few that have been able to do that.
CleanTechnica
APRIL 5, 2020
It has been widely speculated that the disease COVID 19 began in a meat market in Wuhan China. These markets are truly a sight to behold. I recently went to such a market in Phnom Penh, Cambodia that went on for over a mile. I have seen numerous similar markets in Thailand, where my wife [&hellip.
CleanTechnica
APRIL 5, 2020
Royal Enfield is probably not the company you'd expect to develop a cutting edge, on-trend electric motorcycle. And, you'd be right, because this ultra slick, polished electric Royal Enfield Photon model wasn't built by the Indian company. It was built on the other side of the world, by Electric Classic Cars in England.
CleanTechnica
APRIL 5, 2020
Swedish carmaker Volvo will be splitting its autonomous driving development arm, now called Zenuity, into two separate entities in a bid to accelerate the development and implementation of its next-generation Pilot Assist self-driving system. The move will create one company, still called Zenuity, and a new company that will be absorbed by the safety equipment gurus at Veoneer.
CleanTechnica
APRIL 5, 2020
The COVID-19 outbreak has provided one last opportunity for fossil fuel stakeholders to beat back the renewable energy revolution. One especially interesting example is the notorious Keystone XL tar sands oil pipeline. The once-dormant project suddenly sprang into action last week, while protesters have been sidelined by the virus. That may be so, but the window for fossil fuels is already narrowing and it’s about to slam shut.
CleanTechnica
APRIL 5, 2020
Audi plans to use 4 platforms for its lineup of electric cars. It has the e-tron in production and the Q4 e-tron is due later this year.
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