GreenBiz

AUGUST 18, 2020

Ulta Beauty is bringing refillable containers back to the cosmetics industry. Jesse Klein. Tue, 08/18/2020 - 02:00. The beauty industry has a plastic waste problem. And it knows it. A quick Google search brings up articles from Allure , National Geographic , Forbes , Teen Vogue and 31,800,000 other results about the issue. . It seems those concerns finally have reached a critical mass, inspiring a sustainability makeover at three of the biggest beauty brands in the business — Sephora, Natura & C

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Inhabitat - Innovation

AUGUST 18, 2020

You can build your own tiny cabin in fewer than three days with the new Kabinka flat-pack cabin. Crafted under the slogan “design cabin at a reasonable price,” Hello Wood Kabinka.

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GreenBiz

AUGUST 18, 2020

Sustainable Recovery: ESG Values and our Resilient Future. In a world facing multiple crises, businesses, cities and organizations that have placed ESG values at the core of their work are proving to be more resilient, adapting more rapidly to change while charting a sustainable course to benefit future generations. Today’s pandemic has made the business case for sustainability stronger and the timelines shorter. .

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Inhabitat - Innovation

AUGUST 18, 2020

Along with the opportunity to completely cut yourself off from the modern world, the dome’s setting offers incredible views of the night sky and the desert horizon.

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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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The Environmental Blog

AUGUST 18, 2020

An electric vehicle is a useful tool that would allow us to start controlling CO2 emissions and other pollutants produced by transport activity. Electric cars are today considered by many people as one of the most effective ways to combat climate change and pollution in large cities , thanks to the fact that they do not emit polluting gases directly.

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Inhabitat - Innovation

AUGUST 18, 2020

As President Trump’s term comes to an end, his administration has busily rolled back Obama-era environmental protections.

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Methane 277

Inhabitat - Innovation

AUGUST 18, 2020

The Children’s Hospital and Science & Education Building in Shenzhen will feature vertical gardens, sky gardens and more.

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GreenTechMedia

AUGUST 18, 2020

The past decade has seen an evolution in the microgrid market aimed at bringing the benefits of emergency backup generation — and in some cases, the clean energy value of solar and batteries — to a class of customers that can’t afford the complex, site-specific engineered systems of the past. “ Modular microgrids ,” built around standard technology platforms like fossil-fueled generators, combined heat-and-power systems, or battery-backed solar systems, and offering

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altenergymag

AUGUST 18, 2020

“Right now, California has a renewable energy system that is heavily reliant on the sun, and solar resources are performing exactly as it should: Solar power can produce huge amounts of energy, but the State needs a better plan for providing clean energy in that evening period when the sun sets.

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GreenTechMedia

AUGUST 18, 2020

Green hydrogen is the talk of the power sector these days, but it will be at least a decade before it becomes a major line item on the books of European utilities and generators, executives say. Gigawatt-scale green hydrogen projects have sprung up on three continents recently, including the world's largest plan so far, a 4-gigawatt plant in Saudi Arabia.

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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.

Sustainability

altenergymag

AUGUST 18, 2020

São Paulo, August 17, 2020: In response to the still rising numbers of cases of persons infected with the coronavirus (COVID-19) in Brazil and worldwide and the associated restrictions now being introduced, the organizers of The smarter E South America – Solar Promotion International GmbH (SPI), Freiburg Management and Marketing International GmbH (FMMI) and Aranda Eventos & Congressos Ltda.

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Impact Alpha

AUGUST 18, 2020

ImpactAlpha, August 18 – Fintech startup Fig launched in 2015 to help nonprofit organizations combat predatory payday loans for low-income Americans, and has scaled its impact by helping nonprofits expand their own financial services. A $23 million round of debt and equity funding, led by alternative credit provider Upper90, positions the B Corp. and community.

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altenergymag

AUGUST 18, 2020

The joint effort unites energy systems research with industry experience to lay out an economically viable transition to decarbonized utility power

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Impact Alpha

AUGUST 18, 2020

ImpactAlpha, Aug. 18 – Entrepreneurs in Latin America are weathering the pandemic to create sales channels for small farmers, online education for students and clean, accessible energy for rural households. But early-stage companies in the region that are delivering essential social and environmental services to low-income communities are struggling to access the kind of capital, at.

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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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altenergymag

AUGUST 18, 2020

Launched today, the WEBS Annual Publication 2020 has unveiled a number of critical deep dive insights into the onshore wind industry that will have a major impact on owner/operators driving better returns on asset O&M during the year ahead.

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Planet Pulse

AUGUST 18, 2020

The world’s largest fleet of high-resolution imaging satellites just welcomed three new satellites to the family. On August 18, 2020, SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket launched SkySats 19, 20 and 21 on yet another successful Starlink rideshare mission. Much like SkySats 16-18, which were launched by SpaceX on June 13, 2020, SkySats 19-21 were successfully injected into a drop-off orbit of approximately 207 x 370 km, 53 degree inclination.

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altenergymag

AUGUST 18, 2020

Further research by Cornwall Insight into data published by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) shows that despite a 97% drop in vehicle sales and difficult market conditions, there continues to be demand for Battery Electric Vehicles (BEVs).

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Green Living Guy

AUGUST 18, 2020

First of all, The EPP Group wants to change the criteria for the funding of European energy infrastructure projects. All to be in line with EU Climate Policy. “For most importantly, the guidelines should not hinder the other EU objectives. Those of energy market integration. That’s as well as energy. The post Money for energy infrastructure must follow the Greening up EU appeared first on Green Living Guy.

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altenergymag

AUGUST 18, 2020

EVBox, the leading global provider of smart charging solutions for electric vehicles, is partnering with fleet management company Momentum Groups. This strategic partnership allows for a seamless transition to electric fleet vehicles by providing flexible EV fleet bundles and charging management solutions for customers to choose from.

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DeSmogBlog

AUGUST 18, 2020

Read time: 6 mins By Gunnar W. Schade , Texas A&M University. If you’ve driven through an area where companies extract oil and gas from shale formations, you’ve probably seen flames dancing at the tops of vertical pipes. That’s flaring — the mostly uncontrolled practice of burning off a byproduct of oil and gas production. Over the past 10 years, the U.S. shale oil and gas boom has made this country one of the world’s top five flaring nations , just behind Russia , Iran and Iraq.

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altenergymag

AUGUST 18, 2020

The joint effort unites energy systems research with industry experience to lay out an economically viable transition to decarbonized utility power

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Business Green

AUGUST 18, 2020

Defra promises 'robust, evidence led process' to set in statute air, water, waste and biodiversity targets by the end of October 2022. The government has today offered a further glimpse of its plans to develop new legally-binding targets for waste and resources, air pollution, biodiversity and water quality in the UK, promising a "robust, evidence-led process" for setting the goals in statute by the end of October 2022.

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Greenability Magazine

AUGUST 18, 2020

When Olathe, KS residents drop off hazardous waste products for recycling, the ReUse Center works to keep them out of the landfill by making reusable items available to Johnson County residents. Shoppers can find household cleaners, paint, stain, disinfectant, antifreeze, brake fluid, aerosol sprays and more. For a complete list of available products, visit the ReUse Facility , 1426 S.

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Charged

AUGUST 18, 2020

The Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE) has awarded $1.7 million in grants for DC fast chargers along well-traveled routes around the state. The EGLE Charge Up Michigan Program grants will partially fund 36 EV DC fast charging stations with a total of 76 charging points. Charging stations have recently come online in Marshall, Big Rapids, Gaylord and Cadillac, and others will be operational later this year.

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Impact Alpha

AUGUST 18, 2020

Greetings, Agents of Impact! Featured: ImpactAlpha Original Catalytic capital helps Acumen’s ALIVE bridge the financing gap for social ventures in Peru and Colombia. Entrepreneurs in Latin America are weathering the pandemic to create sales channels for small farmers, online education for students, and clean, accessible energy for rural households.

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Business Green

AUGUST 18, 2020

The project involves combining satellite imagery with geolocation data to build a more complete picture of the firm's supply chain. Unilever is to partner with US tech company Orbital Insight to help eliminate deforestation and other environmental threats in its agricultural supply chains, yesterday announcing a pilot project aimed at overcoming the challenges of tracing the difficult 'first mile' of a commodity's journey.

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Impact Alpha

AUGUST 18, 2020

If the impact investing market is only 10% as large as it’s likely to be in 10 years, then 90% of the action is yet to come. Impact investors to date have been remarkably satisfied. At least 88% of respondents to the annual survey by the Global Impact Investing Network report that their impact investments. The post Getting the three pillars of impact and integrity right, right at a fund’s formation appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

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Business Green

AUGUST 18, 2020

The deal will see Drive Energi install a rapid charging network across hundreds of Greene King pubs and restaurants. Hundreds of Greene King pubs across the UK could soon offer access to electric vehicle drivers looking to charge up their car while they dine and drink, after the pub chain yesterday announced a deal with EV charge point operator Drive Energi to install chargers at its sites right across the UK.

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Forbes Green Tech

AUGUST 18, 2020

Looking back to November 2019 where we heralded the fact that 2020 would be the opening to the decade of sustainable business, we could not have predicted nor envisioned the pandemic that would consume the world’s attention just a couple of months later.

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Business Green

AUGUST 18, 2020

Thermometers rose well above 54 degrees Celsius on Sunday afternoon in California's Death Valley, prompting concern from climate scientists. Sweltering heat pushed temperatures above 54 degrees in California on Sunday, potentially setting a new record for the highest temperature ever recorded and fuelling concerns over the accelerating impacts of the planet's changing climate.

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Forbes Green Tech

AUGUST 18, 2020

Canoo, a Los Angeles-based electric vehicle company created by former BMW executives, plans to list shares on Nasdaq via a merger with a special-purpose acquisition company, a move that will raise about $600 million needed to get into production by 2022.

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Business Green

AUGUST 18, 2020

UK sets out sponsorship criteria for crucial UN climate summit next year, including preference for firms with science-aligned net zero targets. The UK has issued a call for sponsors for next year's crucial COP26 climate change summit in Glasgow, setting out its preference for corporate backers which "have strong climate credentials" including credible commitments to achieve net zero emissions by 2050.

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Fossil fuels Climate change Government Pollution 78

EDF + Business

AUGUST 18, 2020

Mark Brownstein co-authored this post. We’re hearing more oil and gas companies pledging to reinvent themselves for a new, low carbon energy era. This conversation is unfolding as those same companies grapple with massive impacts of the global pandemic, as well as competitive challenges from cleaner, often cheaper alternatives that had been gaining steam well before the current crisis.

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Business Green

AUGUST 18, 2020

World's largest mining company to exit thermal coal mining within two years and prioritise 'higher quality coking coal' for steelmaking. Mining giant BHP it to sell off all its remaining thermal coal mines within two years, it confirmed today, amid mounting mounting pressure from investors to distance itself from the polluting fuel. Announced as part of the firm's annual results today, BHP said it planned to divest assets that produce coal for electricity generation, which includes its operation

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