Business Green

MARCH 28, 2021

Proportionate, well-designed regulation can deliver diverse social, environmental and economic benefits, while poorly-designed regulation risks the opposite, writes Unchecked UK's Emma Rose. Concerns about a post-Brexit race-to-the-bottom on standards have been consistently refuted by Prime Minister, Boris Johnson. While the regular reassurances of the government's commitment to maintaining public protections are welcome, the raft of deregulatory announcements from inside and around Number 10 in

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Forbes Green Tech

MARCH 28, 2021

Oil and gas companies, especially the big international ones, are under increasing pressure to reduce their carbon footprint in accordance with the Paris Agreement’s goal to limit global warming to well below 2 degrees, preferably to 1.5 degrees Celsius, compared to pre-industrial levels.

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Business Green

MARCH 28, 2021

Green Alliance argues UK needs a 'new vision for resource use' in report published this morning. Green campaigners have urged the government to set a legally-binding target to halve resource consumption by 2050, arguing that by doing so it would set a global example as it gears up to host the pivotal COP26 Climate Summit this autumn. A report published this morning by the think tank Green Alliance warns the Department for Environment, Food, and Rural Affairs' (Defra) existing waste strategy, whi

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Forbes Green Tech

MARCH 28, 2021

Wall Street workers have flocked to Miami during over the past year, and Texas has drawn thousands from Silicon Valley. But London is also seeing an exodus of its professionals as the newly empowered work-from-anywhere crowd head west.

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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.

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Business Green

MARCH 28, 2021

Addition of 43 new asset managers triples size of fast-expanding investor-backed climate group. The Vanguard Group and BlackRock, the world's two largest asset managers, have this morning significantly bolstered their climate commitments as they joined a wave of major investors from around the world in signing up to the Net Zero Asset Managers initiative.

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Eco-Business

MARCH 28, 2021

Failure to heal divisions over vaccine availability for developing countries could poison the well of global cooperation and imperil the COP26 climate negotiations. Advanced economies should offer the Global South a “solidarity package”.

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Eco-Business

MARCH 28, 2021

Asian governments see massive potential in offshore wind. But to get the industry started they are relying on European expertise.

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CleanTechnica

MARCH 28, 2021

Most people these days realize that rapid climatic change poses a grave risk to human society and will lead to innumerable catastrophes. So, when a policy supporting clean technologies gets cut, or at least kneecapped, the logic is confusing and the decision is a bit infuriating. As an example, the UK government is reducing grants […].

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CleanTechnica

MARCH 28, 2021

When one thinks of electric vehicles, the first name that comes to mind for most folks is Tesla. The innovative tech company has truly transformed from a small and inspiring startup formed in 2003 to a global force in the future of automotive technology. It was Tesla that forever changed the image of electric vehicles […].

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CleanTechnica

MARCH 28, 2021

The Supreme Court of Canada ruled this week a federal carbon tax that is legal pursuant to the "peace, order, and good government" provisions of the Canadian constitution.

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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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CleanTechnica

MARCH 28, 2021

Originally published on EV Annex. Legacy automakers are beginning to introduce new electric vehicles. So far, however, they’ve been unable to catch up to Tesla in the EV race. That said, there are a number of startups going all-in on electric cars. Many of these new EV automakers don’t have the “heavy baggage” (aka stranded assets) associated […].

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CleanTechnica

MARCH 28, 2021

Asambe, an all-electric transportation and end-to-end logistics service, is scaling up operations building on its initial pilot and several partnerships for delivery services. Asambe already has 3rd party last-mile delivery agreements with: FedEx, Zimbabwe (parcel deliveries) Baines Avenue Pharmacy, Zimbabwe (medical supplies) Munch, Zimbabwe (food delivery) UberEats, South Africa (food delivery) Asambe is actively seeking […].

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CleanTechnica

MARCH 28, 2021

Continuing its aggressive growth, one of India’s leading renewable energy companies — Adani Green Energy — has plans to acquire two large-scale solar power projects. According to media reports, Adani Green Energy is looking to acquire a 250-megawatt solar power project from another Indian private renewable energy developer. The project is located in the northern […].

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CleanTechnica

MARCH 28, 2021

It seems that the hot topic of the day has been electric vehicles. However, when one thinks of the preeminent brand concerning the future of automotive technology, Tesla is the first one referenced. Much credit has been given to the quirky technology company for achieving it true mission — to “accelerate global conversion to sustainable […].

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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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CleanTechnica

MARCH 28, 2021

Lightning eMotors recently announced that Proterra, an established builder of electric transit vehicles (like city buses), will be providing the company with battery packs for its electric vans. The Lightning Electric Transit is a purpose-built commercial vehicle that can serve as a delivery van, ambulance, school bus, RVs, and more. “Proterra’s batteries are premium technology […].

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CleanTechnica

MARCH 28, 2021

Jeep recently announced that it’s going to build the 4xe Charging Network (4xe is prounounced “four by E”). The overall plan is to put a Level 2 charging station at the trailheads for every Jeep Badge of Honor trail. Jeep wants to complete this within the next 12 months. Why Does Jeep Need This? Jeep’s […].

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CleanTechnica

MARCH 28, 2021

You’ve got a technology that helps drivers not leave their lanes accidentally, not run into cars in front of them, not run through red lights, not fall asleep driving, and change lanes carefully (with 10 eyes on the roads around you) — yet there’s a whole army of critics calling this technology unsafe, reckless*, and […].

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