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The link between extreme weather and climate change

Clean Energy Canada

Over the last few years, record-breaking temperatures across Canada have been accompanied by unprecedented wildfire seasons and floods. The 2017 and 2018 wildfire seasons were the worst two on record in British Columbia. Ottawa has experienced two one-in-100 year floods in only three years. While these events are indeed linked to climate change, direct attribution is often approached by media with hesitation.

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Smart material reuse and sustainability innovations reduce construction and operation carbon.

Fairsnape

Smart material reuse and sustainability innovations at British Land development will reduce carbon in construction and operation by 33% … British Land Development at 1 Triton Square works closely with design teams and contractor to retain much of the original building. Smart material reuse and sustainability innovations mean that the building will produce 33% less carbon in construction and operation than best practice new build equivalents – a reduction of 35,600 tonnes of CO 2 e.

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It's time for energy freedom in Alabama

Renewable Energy World

Alabama is ranked 13th in the nation as having the greatest solar potential, yet only 0.26% of its energy comes from solar, leaving the state far behind others when it comes to total installed solar capacity. According to an annual report produced by the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA), Alabama ranked 29th in the United States for solar production in 2018.

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Plant-Based Meat Startups Have Cracked Beef, But What About Chicken?

AFN Sustainable Protein

Plant-based ground beef has become a staple at several fast food restaurants across the US. Now food retailers are demanding other alternatives, but creating viable plant-based alternatives for other food types like dairy, seafood, muscle cuts, and poultry could prove trickier. Impossible Foods has already started warning retailers like Burger King and Red Robin that shortages of its Impossible Burger patty are impending.

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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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Plant-Based Meat Startups Have Cracked Beef, But What About Chicken?

AFN Sustainable Protein

Plant-based ground beef has become a staple at several fast food restaurants across the US. Now food retailers are demanding other alternatives, but creating viable plant-based alternatives for other food types like dairy, seafood, muscle cuts, and poultry could prove trickier. The post Plant-Based Meat Startups Have Cracked Beef, But What About Chicken?