Tue.Nov 30, 2021

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Being bold: AT&T connects industries to a low-carbon future

GreenBiz

Sponsored: AT&T’s new Connected Climate Initiative seeks to use 5G and other broadband connectivity to help accelerate a multi-industry transformation needed to reach global climate goals.

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Home built from 100 bio-based materials at Dutch Design Week

Inhabitat - Innovation

The Exploded View Beyond Building at Dutch Design Week was created out of 100 different bio-based materials. It also uses sustainable building methods to highlight the ways we as a global society can apply sustainable design and building in real-world house construction right now.

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Diesel trucks are driving environmental injustice in parts of the US

GreenBiz

Using satellite data, researchers found that poor communities of color are highly exposed to toxic nitrogen dioxide pollution, largely due to diesel truck traffic.

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Hamama makes growing microgreens in your home effortless

Inhabitat - Innovation

There’s simply nothing more rewarding than growing your own food, except when an innovative product makes it ultra-easy to do so. Hamama is the newest option in the urban or indoor gardening trend, and it provides a breadth of options to keep your palate pleased.

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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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What it will take to decarbonize shipping

GreenBiz

Success will depend on a mix of smart policy, financial incentives, significant leaps in technology and close industry collaboration.

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MVMT releases new bracelet made from recycled ocean plastic

Inhabitat - Innovation

In the fight against pollution and environmental waste, there are many levels of similarly-minded people in government, nonprofit, for-profit and community all working towards the same goals. So it makes sense that a name like Surfrider is a perfect match with #Tide Ocean and the fashion company MVMT.

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New riverside development in China will be an urban renewal

Inhabitat - Innovation

Architects VenhoevenCS have won a major riverside redevelopment in Shenzhen, China. They hope to protect large areas of land from flooding while also creating a vibrant new urban identity for the Bao'an district.

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This new strategy is paving the way for net-zero shipping

GreenBiz

Policy-making at every level plays a critical role in this transition.

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Belgium's new timber community center centers modular design

Inhabitat - Innovation

Marc Koehler Architects designed Edegem, Belgium's newest community center, as a symbol of sustainable design to represent this city south of Antwerp and its commitment to restoring the city for a sustainable future.

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New online tool to help UK ports transition to net zero

Envirotec Magazine

A ship approaches the jetty at the Port of Tyne. A free online tool to help UK ports meet their net zero targets has created by National Grid Electricity Transmission (NGET) in partnership with Siemens. With support and guidance from the British Ports Association (BPA), the decarbonisation tool will help ports forecast the future infrastructure required to meet potential increased demand for electricity from zero emission port operations.

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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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Corporate Sustainability Training: Career and Academic Education for Sustainability Professionals

Green Business Bureau

In my previous blog, Corporate Sustainability Training: Practical Employee Education , I discussed how sustainability education for the business consumer can be broken into two categories; Practical and Academic. The Practical article focused on courses that tackle smaller and more specific topics and focus on specifics to implement sustainability initiatives.

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Sunverge and LG Partner on Residential Virtual Power Plant Project

altenergymag

Solution Offers Holistic Flexible Load Management and Local System Resiliency, Features Sunverge Real-time DER Control, Orchestration and Aggregation Platform; LG ESS; LG ThinQ Energy App; and Eaton Energy Management Circuit Breakers

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Corporate Sustainability Training: Career and Academic Education

Green Business Bureau

In my previous blog, Corporate Sustainability Training: Practical Employee Education , I discussed how sustainability education for the business consumer can be broken into two categories; Practical and Academic. The Practical article focused on courses that tackle smaller and more specific topics and focus on specifics to implement sustainability initiatives.

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5 Ways Oregon Is an Environmental Leader

Green Living Guy

In recent years, climate change has become a pressing concern among policymakers. Certain states and cities have been leading the way to develop policies that support the overall sustainability of their communities. Oregon is one of the top states for green initiatives. Here are some of the ways Oregon has managed to become environmentally friendly. […].

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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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New process cheaply extracts copper, nickel, cobalt and lithium from used EV batteries

Charged

Sumitomo Metal Mining has developed a new proprietary process to extract high-grade metals from used EV batteries. Tapping its expertise in copper refining, Sumitomo says it can cheaply extract copper, nickel, cobalt and lithium from used EV batteries by crushing them, heating the resulting powder to specific temperatures, and adjusting oxygen levels.

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Renewables account for 20% of U.S. electricity generation through Q3 2021

Renewable Energy World

Washington DC — Driven by strong solar and wind power growth, electrical generation by renewable energy sources (i.e., also including biomass, geothermal, hydropower) accounted for 20.45% of total U.S. production during the first three-quarters of 2021, according to a SUN DAY Campaign analysis of new data released by the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA).

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How to invest Sustainably with a robo-advisor

Impact Alpha

ImpactAlpha, November 30 – Robo-advisors are online financial advisors that manage investments primarily using computer algorithms underpinned by the Modern Portfolio Theory. Typically, The post How to invest Sustainably with a robo-advisor appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

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The BMW Concept XM – Power and Luxury Beyond All Conventions

Green Living Guy

Woodcliff Lake, NJ. – November 29, 2021 Today at Art Basel’s 2021 Miami Beach show, BMW M GmbH is presenting a radically new vehicle concept on the global stage for the first time. The BMW Concept XM looks ahead to the most powerful BMW M car ever to go into series production, which is set […]. The post The BMW Concept XM – Power and Luxury Beyond All Conventions appeared first on Green Living Guy.

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Maryland is now home to the largest rooftop community solar project in the U.S.

Renewable Energy World

Follow @EngelsAngle. A 9.2-megawatt solar array on the roof of a commercial warehouse in Maryland is now the largest rooftop community solar project in the U.S. Summit Ridge Energy hosted a ribbon cutting Tuesday for the project, which it operates and jointly owns along with climate investment firm Hannon Armstrong. Located in Carroll County, Maryland, the warehouse is owned by STAG Industrial.

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How Utility Poles and Streetlights Can Improve Equitable Access to EV Charging in U.S. Cities

The City Fix

In August 2021, the Biden Administration and American automakers set a goal for electric vehicles (EVs) to make up 50% of new vehicle sales by 2030. In support of this goal, the recently enacted federal Infrastructure Investment Act allocates $7.5. Continue reading on TheCityFix.com.

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Media Development Investment Fund backs Pluralis to invest in independent media in Europe

Impact Alpha

ImpactAlpha, November 30 — The decline of independent global news outlets has accelerated with rising news censorship and danger for journalists. MDFI’s Emerging. The post Media Development Investment Fund backs Pluralis to invest in independent media in Europe appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

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Exercising Outside: A Crash Course

Green Living Guy

Moving your body is one of the most significant components of having a healthy lifestyle. No matter how healthy you eat, if you don’t get active and exercise, you won’t function at the health level you need. While many people choose to get their exercise at a gym or training facility, working out outside is […]. The post Exercising Outside: A Crash Course appeared first on Green Living Guy.

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Siemens to power electric bus depot in Queensland, Australia

Charged

Public transit operator Keolis Downer has selected Siemens to deliver charging solutions to its new North Lakes bus depot in Brisbane, Australia. The depot, which is expected to be in service by February 2023, will power 16 electric buses serving some 60,000 residents in the city’s northern suburbs. Siemens will supply 5 Sicharge UC200 and 16 Sicharge UC Dispenser charging units capable of delivering a peak power output of 200 kW.

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Green Tips That Go Beyond Changing Lightbulbs

Green Living Guy

These days practically everyone has heard about the environmental benefits of buying energy-efficient appliances, flying less, and recycling, but those are hardly the only ways to go green. Here are four simple and flexible strategies for going green that you can adapt to suit your tastes and habits. Go Green: Embrace Plants You’ve probably heard […].

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Sunverge and LG Partner on Residential Virtual Power Plant Project

altenergymag

Solution Offers Holistic Flexible Load Management and Local System Resiliency, Features Sunverge Real-time DER Control, Orchestration and Aggregation Platform; LG ESS; LG ThinQ Energy App; and Eaton Energy Management Circuit Breakers

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How Time Spent Outdoors Can Increase Your Eco-Consciousness

Green Living Guy

There is a growing body of research surrounding the link between time spent outdoors and your physical, emotional, and spiritual health, but time in the great outdoors can also benefit the planet, too. The more time you spend outside, whether it’s a walk around your neighborhood or a weekend adventure spent camping in the forest, […]. The post How Time Spent Outdoors Can Increase Your Eco-Consciousness appeared first on Green Living Guy.

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Koch Engineered Solutions Acquires DEPCOM Power to Build New Industry Platform In Renewables And Electrical Infrastructure Value Chain

altenergymag

Today, Koch Engineered Solutions announces its acquisition of DEPCOM Power, one of the leading solar EPCs in the country, to build a new industry platform in renewable energy and EV infrastructure. Kock is one of the largest private companies in the world offering industrial solutions to the traditional energy sector; It's entry into the renewable industry marks a significant shift towards climate-positive activities and reinforces its commitment to a cleaner electrical infrastructure.

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Genesis Premieres the Electrified GV70 at Auto Guangzhou 2021

Green Living Guy

Frankfurt, Germany: Genesis has officially unveiled the Electrified GV70 at Auto Guangzhou 2021, setting a new standard for luxury electric SUVs. Genesis introduced the luxury electric SUV model by hosting a world premiere event at the Guangzhou International Auto Exhibition in China, which takes place at the China Import and Export Fair Complex from 19 […].

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Centrica acquires minority stake in break-through hydrogen production technology

altenergymag

Centrica is taking a minority stake in HiiROC, the hydrogen production technology company helping to combat climate change with affordable hydrogen produced at scale, but without CO2 emissions.

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Impact investing to support health equity

Impact Alpha

Editor’s note: This article is sponsored by Johnson & Johnson Impact Ventures, which supports ImpactAlpha’s Investing in Health coverage. In partnership with J&J Impact. The post Impact investing to support health equity appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

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Texas company uses Bitcoin mines powered by renewables to stabilize the grid

Renewable Energy World

Follow @EngelsAngle. In September, Lancium broke ground on its first Clean Campus -- a 325 MW bitcoin mining data center in Fort Stockton, Texas with an expected full-scale operation target of Q4 2022. (Courtesy: Lancium). A Texas-based energy technology firm has raised $150 million to develop Bitcoin mining campuses powered by renewable energy sources.

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What's new in regulation, policy and funding for heat networks?

altenergymag

A free guide to upcoming heat network regulations, policy and funding has been published by Switch2 Energy to help district and community heating suppliers prepare for key changes ahead.

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The great impact measurement and reporting convergence

Impact Alpha

ImpactAlpha. No. 30 – Broad financial accounting standards were pushed forward over decades by professional associations and standard-setting organizations. A similar process is. The post The great impact measurement and reporting convergence appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

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IONITY announces €700-million investment to expand charging network

Charged

European charging network IONITY has secured €700 million in new investment from current shareholders and a new investor: the BlackRock Global Renewable Power platform. This investment will enable IONITY to quadruple the number of its high-power 350 kW charging points to 7,000 by 2025. The new charging points will be situated on motorways, near major cities and along busy trunk roads.