Mon.Sep 21, 2020

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Why sustainability professionals should embrace Black Lives Matter

GreenBiz

Why sustainability professionals should embrace Black Lives Matter. Charles Orgbon. Mon, 09/21/2020 - 00:45. Long before corporations acknowledged Black Lives Matter, they championed the plights of specific endangered species. Corporate conservation campaigns used phrases such as "Save the [insert your favorite animal]," which have been catchy, effective and oddly similar to the language we’re now using to educate people about the status of Black life in America.

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Spend the night among the trees in southern Denmark

Inhabitat - Innovation

If you find yourself in a particular section of the landscape near Genner, Denmark, a nest hanging from the treetops could be your chosen sleeping spot.

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The COVID Covenant: Going big is the price of admission

GreenBiz

The COVID Covenant: Going big is the price of admission. Gil Friend. Mon, 09/21/2020 - 01:00. The world (well, most of it) attacked COVID-19 as if it were a true global emergency: with extraordinary speed, scale and scope. With real collaboration and a healthy dose of courage, some gutsy decisions were made both in government and business. Getting billions of people to don masks, allocating trillions of dollars and putting massive human safety nets in place around the globe in record time is no

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Washington bans wildlife-killing competitions

Inhabitat - Innovation

The Washington Fish and Wildlife Commission has voted to end hunting competitions in the state.

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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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4 Questions Going Into Tesla’s Battery Day

GreenTechMedia

Leave it to Elon Musk to turn battery chemistry into a viral phenomenon. Musk teased a forthcoming “Battery Day” during Tesla’s second quarter earnings call. He noted that "cell production at an affordable price" is the key limitation on Tesla's growth. But that was about it for details on what the day would actually include. The internet went to work theorizing the big reveal.

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Old industrial building is now an energy-efficient complex in London

Inhabitat - Innovation

Asta House boasts several modern, sustainable features while retaining the original industrial look.

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Batteries see 149% increase in Balancing Mechanism activity

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Research from Cornwall Insight's ‘Balancing Mechanism report' highlights that there are significant changes in the technology type that has been providing balancing actions to the National Grid Electricity System Operator (ESO), with activity from newer asset types seeing the greatest year-on-year increase.

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How South Australia is Dealing with Rampant Solar Growth

GreenTechMedia

SA Power Networks will be able to switch off new rooftop solar systems from Sept. 28 as South Australia wrestles with soaring PV production. Around 270,000 electricity customers in the state have rooftop solar, adding up to some 1.5 gigawatts of capacity. The electricity distribution supplier will disconnect systems as a last resort if other measures fail to stabilize the grid during periods of peak solar generation.

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Hitachi ABB Power Grids launches open and scalable ecosystem for digitalization of transformers

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The manufacturer-agnostic, TXpert™ Ecosystem to enable millions of dollars in savings through greater flexibility, efficiency and resilience in electricity networks

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Key phase of Everglades restoration project starts in November

Inhabitat - Innovation

The final phase of a massive Everglades restoration park will begin this November.

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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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Bring the Nature in: Tips for Creating a Green Interior Design Concept

U.S. Green Technology

If you watch the news or go through Twitter, you can see that our planet is in dire need of help. Fires are raging, floods are going wild and extreme weather is reaching new levels each year. Many of these natural catastrophes are due to our irresponsible lifestyles that create a lot of waste and. The post Bring the Nature in: Tips for Creating a Green Interior Design Concept appeared first on U.S.

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Bulk up the eco-friendly way with Grounded's plant-based protein shakes

Inhabitat - Innovation

Being beefy can now mean nixing meat and dairy, too.

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How a mandate for impact in emerging markets helped the IFC outperform the S&P 500

Impact Alpha

Investors often meet skepticism when they say that they can make money while doing good. A new analysis of every equity investment International Finance Corporation has ever made validates this notion, especially when capital is scarce. IFC, the private-sector arm of the World Bank Group, is one of the longest-standing equity investors in emerging markets.

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Ford says electric F-150 will be “a workhorse,” will begin production in mid-2022

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Many believe the tipping point for EVs in the US will occur when a selection of electric pickup trucks hits the market. Now Ford, the prime purveyor of pickups, has announced that it is moving ahead with its plans to produce an electric version of the F-150, the nation’s bestselling vehicle. The Detroit Free Press reports that Ford plans to build a new 500,000-square-foot, $700-million plant at its historic Rouge complex.

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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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Warlike: Prince Charles Calls For “Marshall Plan” To Fight Climate Change

Forbes Green Tech

The climate crisis will dwarf the impact of the coronavirus pandemic, and world governments must adopt a “warlike footing” if humanity is to avoid “an ultimate reckoning for our abuse of nature,” the Prince of Wales has warned.

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Consortium of auto suppliers launches multi-material EV battery casing project

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German engineering firm AZL is joining with an international consortium of automotive suppliers to develop a multi-material battery casing. The 8-month product development will start with an international market analysis and a concept study in which different multi-material component concepts and production scenarios will be developed and evaluated with regard to their costs.

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Op-ed: US COVID-19 Bailouts Gave Bonuses to Fossil Fuel CEOs While Workers and Planet Suffered

DeSmogBlog

Read time: 6 mins This op-ed is a guest post by Julieta Biegner, U.S. Communications Officer at Global Witness. Right now, we are beginning to experience a world that climate scientists have long warned we were risking. Raging wildfires and worsening storms are destroying homes, decimating communities, and polluting the air and water, all during a pandemic which disproportionately affects those living in polluted areas.

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Azelio's energy storage technology shown to be significantly more sustainable than lithium-ion batteries

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The climate impact of Azelio's energy storage system (TES.POD) is significantly less than that of lithium-ion battery storage and dramatically less than that of diesel generators. This is concluded in a Life Cycle Assessment made by the Swedish research institute RISE to determine Azelio's TES.POD's global CO2-equivalent emission during its entire lifetime.

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Mastercard commits $500 million over five years to reduce racial wealth and opportunity gaps

Impact Alpha

ImpactAlpha, Sept. 21 – Mastercard has committed $500 million over five years to reduce racial wealth and opportunity gaps. “The economic costs of structural racism are too high to ignore,” says Mastercard’s Marla Blow. The company-wide endeavor “will tackle racism with the full force of our assets, be it our expertise, capital, digital products or.

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Encapsulant provides excellent corrosion protection of critical PCB components in EV electronics (Whitepaper)

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Sponsored by Dymax Corporation. By Dr. Aysegul Kascatan Nebioglu and Chris Morrissey. Components on printed circuit boards or electronic modules in electric vehicles are often required to be covered with polymeric encapsulants to protect them against environmental conditions such as moisture, chemicals, and rapid and extreme temperature changes, while providing mechanical support and electrical insulation.

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Nine SuperDoves Scheduled for Flight on Rocket Lab’s Electron

Planet Pulse

Planet’s next scheduled launch of Flock 4e’, a total of 9 SuperDoves on Rocket Lab’s Electron, is currently planned for the first half of October and will lift off from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1 on the M?hia Peninsula in New Zealand. Emerging from the unfortunate launch accident of Flock 4e ’ on Electron in July, this next launch speaks to both Planet and Rocket Lab’s resilience and agility to get back on the pad so quickly.

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4 Priorities for Climate Action and Social Equity in the COVID-19 Recovery

The City Fix

The COVID-19 crisis has shown how deep inequalities make society as a whole more vulnerable – providing important lessons for building resilience in an era of climate change. The people most exposed to the coronavirus pandemic and the resulting economic. Continue reading on TheCityFix.com.

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Airbus unveils futuristic designs for zero-emission hydrogen planes

Business Green

The hydrogen-powered planes could be carrying passengers distances of up to 2,000 nautical miles by 2035, Airbus claims. Airbus has offered a glimpse of a potential zero emissions future for flight, yesterday revealing concept designs for three hydrogen-powered aircraft which it claims could enter service within just 15 years. All three concepts rely on hydrogen as a primary power source in some form, with the aerospace giant touting the fuel - which is also seen by many as a crucial means of de

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SMi Group’s 13th Annual Energy from Waste Conference Goes Virtual

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The annual Energy from Waste conference will no longer take place in London, but online on SMi Group's Virtual Conference Platform

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Walmart pledges to achieve net zero emissions by 2040 without offsets

Business Green

Retail giant touts plan to become 'regenerative company' as it unveils carbon and nature commitments on the opening day of NYC Climate Week. The world's largest retailer has today committed to reaching net zero carbon emissions across its operations by 2040, without relying on carbon offsets. Walmart, the only company in the world that surpasses Amazon in retail revenue, said that vehicle and heat electrification, renewable energy, and low-impact refrigerants would allow it to reach its new goal

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Shaffhausen, Switzerland to deploy 15 Irizar e-buses

Charged

The historic city of Schaffhausen, Switzerland, is located on the River Rhine, which provides not only a picturesque setting, but a reliable source of hydroelectric power—an ideal source of green energy for the city’s new electric buses. Switzerland’s Federal Office of Transport (the equivalent of our Federal Transit Administration) has tested and certified the electric buses, made by Spanish manufacturer Irizar.

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NatWest launches real-time CO2 footprint tracker for banking customers

Business Green

Partnership with fintech company CoGo will give NatWest customers access to an on-the-go carbon emissions calculator informed by their personal spending. NatWest has announced a slew of green initiatives geared at helping its banking customers measure and mitigate their carbon emissions. A new partnership with fintech app CoGo will provide the bank's customers with access to a tracker that calculates their carbon footprint in real time based on their spending habits, while offering curated sugge

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PV connector compatibility rules are likely coming to the National Electrical Code

Solar Power World

By David Brearley, Senior Project Manager of Technical Services, Mayfield Renewables. This article originally appeared on the Mayfield Renewables blog and is reposted here with permission. The solar industry’s most dangerous misconception might be the deeply flawed notion of PV connector “compatibility.” As part of the 2020 round of revisions, the code-making panel responsible for… The post PV connector compatibility rules are likely coming to the National Electrical Code appeared first o

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A year in review - OVO's progress to zero carbon living

Business Green

VIDEO: Stephen Fitzpatrick, Adrian Letts, and Sara Wood reflect on the first year of Plan Zero, OVO's 10 year mission to drive progress to zero carbon living. One year ago, OVO launched ' Plan Zero' , a direct response to the climate crisis. Watch our exclusive interviews with the OVO leadership team as they reflect on the progress the company has made - with the onset of Covid-19 2020 has been a year like no other; but in spite of this, OVO has still reached several significant milestones.

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We Need To Bring Forward The Ban On Internal Combustion Engines

Forbes Green Tech

The United Kingdom, which had originally set a ban on the sale of internal combustion engine vehicles?—?diesel, gasoline and hybrids?—?for 2040, took the decision in February to bring the ban forward by five years to 2035. Now that ban could be advanced to 2030.

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Drax carbon capture pilot takes step forward as it appoints engineering partner

Business Green

Australian firm Worley appointed by Drax to provide the front-end engineering and design work on the first two carbon capture units at its Yorkshire biomass plant. Drax has announced the latest phase of its quest to install so-called 'negative emissions' technology at its biomass power plant in North Yorkshire, awarding a contract to Australian engineering firm Worley to provide the front-end engineering and design work on the first two carbon capture units at the facility.

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Does Solar Have an Innovation Problem? [GTM Squared]

GreenTechMedia

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Eric Dalius Helps You Discover Cutting-Edge Accounting Apps for Your Small Businesses

U.S. Green Technology

Accounting could prove to be time-consuming for many small business owners. However, you simply cannot undermine the role of accounting in tracking, managing, and optimizing the growth of your small business. Business guru Eric Dalius points out that fortunately, you have easy access to a plethora of accounting software and apps designed to effectively assist.

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Orion is Back Building Bolt Electric Cars

Green Living Guy

So i was astonished. Yet my great friends over at Electrive.com reported in the USA. All about revitalizing an old Detroit area; going EV. FOR the General Motors plant in Orion Township in the Detroit area in Michigan State is it. For it is becoming the Group’s second to go. The post Orion is Back Building Bolt Electric Cars appeared first on Green Living Guy.