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The grease and cheese study that proved pizza box recyclability

GreenBiz

Sponsored: A study conducted by WestRock recently debunked the long-held myth that corrugated pizza boxes are unrecyclable. Now, they’re urging consumer education and municipal guideline updates to help that fiber stay in the recycling stream.

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A billion-dollar solar investment is coming to Texas

Inhabitat - Innovation

Chem-Energy has announced a planned investment of $1 billion in a solar and battery plant. Development will take place in Central Texas starting spring 2022. The petroleum products giant is among the many firms in the industry seeking to diversify as the world phases out fossil fuels.

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Could this be the turning point for green hydrogen?

GreenBiz

More companies are talking up green hydrogen as a method of decarbonizing transportation and carbon-intense industrial processes.

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Climate change is destroying Indigenous rock art

Inhabitat - Innovation

Indigenous rock art has survived tens of thousands of years. But global warming might be the death of it. As extreme weather events like fires, cyclones, floods and erosion intensify, rock art fades and disappears. A report at a recent symposium declared the damage is now irreversible.

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Manufacturing Sustainability Surge: Your Guide to Data-Driven Energy Optimization & Decarbonization

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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From whether to how: Creating the sustainable organization of the future

GreenBiz

Insights from a study of 4,000 executives on how to create the capabilities required to deliver value and impact in a changing world.

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Modular design helps UCLA's Pritzker Hall earn LEED Platinum

Inhabitat - Innovation

There’s no better place to ensure a healthy physical and mental environment than at a university undergraduate program for psychology. So when UCLA received $30 million in funding from the Anthony and Jeanne Pritzker Family Foundation, it used the money to renovate the former Franz Hall into the modern and now complete Pritzker Hall.

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Adopt This Eco-Friendly Habits to Save Our Planet

The Environmental Blog

Source: pexels.com/@shvets-production. With the recent climate changes, living a sustainable lifestyle is the way to go. Every effort is made to make the world a better place to live. If you’re not sure where to start, here are five tips to be more environmentally conscious. These ideas will help with making positive changes in various aspects of your life.

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TCFD framework is a key tool for insurance climate risk management and disclosure

GreenBiz

Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures framework will help companies educate colleagues, conduct gap analyses and study the competition.

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Is Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade destroying the environment?

Inhabitat - Innovation

Thanksgiving is a day full of family and national traditions. The turkey goes into the oven, family and friends gather and the football lineup is noted.

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Bob Eccles and Jean Rogers on ISSB and the future of ESG reporting

GreenBiz

Finally, harmony amid alphabet soup. A conversation with two industry pioneers.

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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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High school in Spain is one of the largest CLT buildings

Inhabitat - Innovation

A new high school establishment in Spain has caught the eye of many developers and architects. Serra de Noet Secondary School in Berga offers one of the best learning and working places with its eco-friendly design.

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A clean ocean by 2030: UN panel charts “the most direct course”

Envirotec Magazine

Image credit: Ocean Image Bank / Liang Fu). Experts’ “Clean Ocean Manifesto” includes an integrated ocean debris observing system. Reducing marine debris by 50-90% and a globe circling, high-tech system of monitors are two aims among several being championed by a panel of international experts appointed to help the UN reach the goal of a clean ocean by 2030.

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Ways to Make Your Home Healthier and Toxic-Free

Green Living Guy

The home is where we spend the majority of our time. It should be a place that makes us feel comfortable and relaxed, not stressed or overwhelmed. The truth is that many homes are toxic because they contain substances that can cause all sorts of health problems over time. This article will provide you with […]. The post Ways to Make Your Home Healthier and Toxic-Free appeared first on Green Living Guy.

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An asset to assets? Real-time condition monitoring extends equipment lifetime

Envirotec Magazine

Said to be compatible with any primary rotating equipment or assets in a wide variety of industries and processes, Fluid Motion Solutions’ new Max digital ecosystem significantly extends the lifetime of equipment such as pumps and mixers. It brings increasing maintenance awareness of asset health and performance, thus reducing maintenance costs and unplanned downtime, says the firm, a part of NOV Inc.

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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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Best Hygiene Products for a Greener Earth

Green Living Guy

Personal hygiene products can be the biggest source of waste for many households. The number of products that you go through can be astonishing. This can be a nightmare for any sustainably-minded family. While this realization may be triggering anxiety, there is a myriad of ways that you can combat this. One of those ways […]. The post Best Hygiene Products for a Greener Earth appeared first on Green Living Guy.

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Firm supplies electric actuators to award-winning Singapore desalination plant

Envirotec Magazine

AUMA has supplied more than 150 electric actuators to Singapore’s new Keppel Marina East Desalination Plant (KMEDP), an award-winning plant that was selected as ‘Desalination Plant of the Year’ at the Global Water Awards 2021. KMEDP is Singapore’s first large-scale, dual-mode desalination plant, designed to treat both seawater and rainwater. Due to frequent dry spells and limited land area to catch and store the rainwater, desalination is increasingly important to the island state.

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2023 Toyota bZ4X: Japan’s largest carmaker joins the EV race

Charged

Facing off against compact crossover EVs from Ford, Hyundai, Kia, Nissan, Volkswagen, and of course Tesla, the Toyota badge on the nose of the bZ4X may be enough for many buyers. The 2023 Toyota bZ4X electric SUV made its public debut Wednesday at the Los Angeles auto show, one of several EVs unveiled at a show known for green vehicles. The new electric utility is the first of what Toyota says will be seven “below Zero” (or bZ) battery-electric vehicles sold globally, though not all will reach t

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Ways to Bring Green Living Into Your Home

Green Living Guy

Green living is not only about the environment. It’s also about saving money and improving our health. By practicing green living in our homes, we can reduce our use of fossil fuels, save energy and water, reduce waste in landfills, increase the quality of our food supply by buying organic and improve the air quality […]. The post Ways to Bring Green Living Into Your Home appeared first on Green Living Guy.

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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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Climate Fund Managers raises $675 million for green blended finance fund

Impact Alpha

ImpactAlpha, Nov. 17 – The Dutch fund manager reached a first close towards a $1 billion target for Climate Investor Two, its second blended. The post Climate Fund Managers raises $675 million for green blended finance fund appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

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Nanoramic to Showcase Breakthrough EV Battery Technology at AABC US

altenergymag

Innovative Neocarbonix™ At The Core technology for next-generation electric vehicle batteries

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Nuvve to deploy V2G Hub at Blue Bird electric bus factory

Charged

V2G specialist Nuvve plans to install up to 200 of its 125 kW V2G-capable dual-dispenser DC fast charging stations at bus-builder Blue Bird’s delivery facility in Fort Valley, Georgia. This V2G hub will allow newly-built e-buses to act as energy storage assets while they wait to be delivered. Nuvve will create the V2G hub in the ready-for-delivery (RFD) lot at Blue Bird’s facility, where electric buses coming off the production line will be stored.

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Wallbox Introduces Home Energy Management Solutions for EV Drivers in the U.S.

altenergymag

-Eco-Smart allows Wallbox users to charge their electric vehicle with solar energy at home; -Power Boost measures a home’s real-time energy usage and automatically adjusts EV charging based on the electrical panel’s maximum capacity.

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ZenBusiness raises $200 million to scale support for micro-entrepreneurs

Impact Alpha

ImpactAlpha, November 17 — Austin-based public benefit corporation ZenBusiness, which has helped more than 200,000 U.S. micro-entrepreneurs start their businesses, is bringing on. The post ZenBusiness raises $200 million to scale support for micro-entrepreneurs appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

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Castrol and Williams Advanced Engineering to develop thermal fluids for EVs

Charged

Castrol and Wil l iams Advanced Engineering are partnering to develop high-performance EV fluids. Castrol will become the official supplier of EV thermal fluids for WAE’s electrification programs and motorsport activities such as Formula E , Extreme E , Pure ETCR and Le Mans Daytona h. The partnership will initially focus on Williams’s motorsport activities, but the companies will also develop fluids for projects covering the aerospace and marine sectors.

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Spring Lane Capital reaches $151 million first close for its second sustainable infrastructure fund

Impact Alpha

ImpactAlpha, Nov. 17 – The Boston and Montreal-based private equity firm is looking to raise $400 million to support food & ag, energy, The post Spring Lane Capital reaches $151 million first close for its second sustainable infrastructure fund appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

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Des Moines, Iowa commits to 24/7 clean electricity

Renewable Energy World

Originally published on ILSR.org . Though it’s insulated from sea level rise, the state of Iowa faces many dangerous climate change impacts — which in turn threaten the nation’s food supply. Fortunately, the state is rich in renewable energy potential and eager advocates who hope to harness it. For this episode of our Voices of 100% series of the Local Energy Rules Podcast , host John Farrell talks with Kari Carney and Josh Mandelbaum.

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Planet and New Light Technologies Deliver Satellite Imagery to Power Rapid Disaster Response at FEMA

Planet Pulse

Emergency managers require up-to-date information throughout the lifecycle of an incident on the conditions of impacted communities in order to make decisions about where and how to respond. Planet’s high-cadence and high-resolution satellite monitoring capabilities and image archive provide ongoing regional coverage, enabling disaster risk mitigation, rapid response, and informed recovery. .

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GE and UKEF to develop Turkey’s largest solar project

Renewable Energy World

GE and UK’s export credit agency, UK Export Finance (UKEF), have agreed to finance Kalyon Enerji’s 1.35GW Karapinar solar project located in the Konya Karapinar province, Turkey. The Karapinar Solar Power Plant, part of Turkish renewables investor Kalyon Enerji’s solar portfolio, is approximately 11km long and 3km wide, equivalent to over 4,600 football pitches.

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ACORE to Unveil New Report Proposing Power Market Reforms to Ensure Low-Cost Reliable Clean Energy

altenergymag

On Tuesday, ACORE Vice President of Strategic Partnerships and Public Affairs Kevin O'Rourke will moderate a panel discussion with Grid Strategies and leading renewable energy developers and financiers to present and reflect upon the report's findings.

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What COP26 means for climate technology innovation

Elemental Excelerator

Government leaders, scientists and researchers, corporate executives, entrepreneurs, investors, and activists spent the last two weeks in Glasgow, Scotland at COP26. This Conference of Parties (COP) was highly anticipated as a critical inflection point where our economies and societies set forth on an ambitious and clearly defined path to decarbonize by 2050 and keep warming below 1.5 degrees C to avoid the worst impacts of climate change — or continue with the status quo.

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ESG and Sustainability: How to Improve Your ESG Score

Green Business Bureau

What is ESG? Reporting on environmental, social and governance (ESG) is an up-and-coming way for companies to prove that they have a positive impact on society and the planet. As the name suggests, ESG is made up of three criteria: Environmental (i.e. resource use, pollution), Social (i.e. internal diversity, community impact), and Governance (i.e. the internal systems that the company uses to meet the needs of stakeholders).

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Higher risk, higher principles: A simple investment thesis for Christian impact investors

Impact Alpha

Are the world’s Christian investors the stakeholders uniquely positioned to bridge the $2.5 trillion funding gap for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals by. The post Higher risk, higher principles: A simple investment thesis for Christian impact investors appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

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'The energy storage decade': Global capacity tipped for 20-fold increase by 2030

Business Green

Latest BloombergNEF report predicts booming demand throughout the 2020s should see global energy storage market hit one terawatt hour by the end of the decade. The global energy storage market is on the cusp of a stellar decade that will see it play a central role in the clean energy transition, according to the latest forecast from BloombergNEF (BNEF).

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