Inhabitat - Innovation
JULY 19, 2021
People are suffering from heat waves around the U.S., but many can find relief indoors with air conditioning. Not so for farmworkers who, according to CDC data, are 20 times more likely than other workers to die from heat-related causes.
Envirotec Magazine
JULY 19, 2021
The rise of citizen science is placing increasing pressure on water companies to improve their environmental performance and protect river and bathing water quality. The water sector must get better at communicating the challenges of tackling pollution and why there is an urgent need for better collaboration between utilities, government bodies, regulators and customers.
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Inhabitat - Innovation
JULY 19, 2021
Joannah Stutchbury, a prominent environmental activist, was shot dead on July 15 while driving home in Nairobi, Kenya. The incident has been condemned by local environmental activists, who are calling for justice in response to the murder.
Envirotec Magazine
JULY 19, 2021
The “solar-powered digital nose” in situ. A large-scale IoT network for the ultra-early detection of wildfires has been launched by environmental startup Dryad Networks. The first live demonstration of the group’s Silvanet system of solar-powered gas sensors was recently conducted successfully in a forest near Berlin, says the firm.
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.
Inhabitat - Innovation
JULY 19, 2021
Visitors may question whether they're in a building at all thanks to all of the lush greenery inside the Nanbo Bay Reception Center by Sunson Design.
Green Business Bureau
JULY 19, 2021
Whether you own a restaurant, a manufacturing plant, or even a medical office, a clean drainage system is important. Using truly eco-friendly cleaning products to keep your drains clean helps maintain healthy air quality in your business, keeps your employees and customers safe and protects local water bodies from harmful substances. Read on to learn more about the importance of drain cleaning and how to maintain clean drains in your business.
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altenergymag
JULY 19, 2021
A pioneering battery and energy storage firm is poised to lead the world in developing a commercial use for a ground-breaking new battery technology.
Inhabitat - Innovation
JULY 19, 2021
This monastery-turned-restaurant has given architectural planners 400 years of layers to reveal — and celebrate.
Grist
JULY 19, 2021
Poison ivy is a fixture of the landscape in eastern North America and parts of Asia. The noxious, rash-causing weed grows in rocky outcroppings, open fields, and at the edge of forests — it generally loves to take over disturbed areas. It can grow in partial shade and doesn’t give a damn about soil moisture as long as it’s not growing in a desert.
Charged
JULY 19, 2021
Honda has become the first major Japanese automaker to set an official date for phasing out sales of fossil-powered vehicles. New CEO Toshihiro Mibe has announced that his company hopes to go all-electric by 2040. Mibe’s announcement confirms a shift that Honda has been hinting at for some months. In 2020, the company partnered with GM to develop two new EVs based on GM’s Ultium batteries.
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.
Impact Alpha
JULY 19, 2021
ImpactAlpha, July 19 – Project finance is in hot demand as corporations, governments and other organizations scramble to green their operations. That’s fueling. The post Generate raises $2 billion amid sustainable infrastructure push appeared first on ImpactAlpha.
Renewable Energy World
JULY 19, 2021
Our new report finds that installing rooftop solar panels and community solar systems to serve the equivalent of 30 million American homes would create significant economic benefits — including 1.77 million jobs and $69 billion electricity bill savings over the next five years — while addressing the climate crisis and historic inequities. The report, “ The National Impact of 30 Million Solar Homes: A Vision for an Equitable Economic Recovery Built on Climate Protection and Energy Democracy ,” bu
Charged
JULY 19, 2021
Recurrent , a Seattle-based startup that provides independent reports on the condition of used EV batteries, has released the first two in a planned series of EV battery guides for consumers. The two public guides offer an analysis of overall battery performance over time in the Tesla Model 3 and the Chevrolet Bolt. Buyers of used EVs need a way to compare battery life across vehicles, as replacing or repairing the batteries is costly.
Impact Alpha
JULY 19, 2021
Editor’s note: ImpactAlpha contributing editor Imogen Rose-Smith, a longtime senior writer for Institutional Investor, contributes a bi-weekly column on the policies, practices and. The post The education of Jim Coulter, or: How private equity learned to stop worrying and love ESG appeared first on ImpactAlpha.
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.
Charged
JULY 19, 2021
Southern California Edison has opened its Charge Ready program to businesses, government agencies and other nonresidential customers. The initiative has a budget of $436 million and a goal of adding some 38,000 new EV chargers throughout SCE’s service area over the next five years. Under the Charge Ready program, SCE installs and maintains the supporting EV charging infrastructure, while site hosts typically own, operate and maintain qualified charging stations.
The City Fix
JULY 19, 2021
A decade ago, the South African city of Durban was facing severe water shortages. Dam reservoirs were decreasing at alarming rates, and were 20% lower than average levels. At least one in four residents were already living in water-stressed informal settlements. Continue reading on TheCityFix.com.
Impact Alpha
JULY 19, 2021
Most of us were taught growing up that the ends don’t justify the means. It matters how you go about achieving your goals. The post Why impact investors should pay attention to practices, not just performance appeared first on ImpactAlpha.
Charged
JULY 19, 2021
Sponsored by Nordson Sealant Equipment. In EV battery manufacturing many steps could be taken to reach the best result for the lowest cost but as we all know, every process is different. Just like every OEM and automotive manufacturer have different criteria and expectations. What if there was a playbook to ensure an optimal production process was met each time?
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?
Impact Alpha
JULY 19, 2021
ImpactAlpha, July 19 — Berkeley, Calif.-based biotech company Pivot Bio wants to make corn, wheat and rice – the world’s three biggest cereal. The post Pivot Bio rakes in $430 million to replace synthetic nitrogen in agriculture appeared first on ImpactAlpha.
Charged
JULY 19, 2021
High-voltage components in EVs can be dangerous, and that’s why automakers tend to sheathe them in high-visibility orange plastic. Brüggemann, a German supplier of polymer additives and industrial chemicals, has partnered with GRAFE to develop color-stable eOrange masterbatches designed for use in injection-molded and extruded polyamide components for e-mobility.
Impact Alpha
JULY 19, 2021
Greetings, Agents of Impact! Featured: Institutional Impact The education of Jim Coulter, or: How private equity learned to stop worrying and love ESG. The post The Brief: Private equity pitches ESG, alt-fertilizer, impact real estate, South African health tech, Generate’s $2 billion for infrastructure appeared first on ImpactAlpha.
Charged
JULY 19, 2021
Tesla was way ahead of the charging curve with its Supercharger network, and by most accounts, the proprietary network remains the best option for long-distance EV travel. In terms of power levels however, the state of the art has passed Tesla by—new DC fast chargers from Electrify America and others can deliver up to 350 kW, while the Supercharger network remains at 250 kW.
Business Green
JULY 19, 2021
New investor-backed project will harness artificial Intelligence analysis to help identify climate risks and hold firms' environmental targets to account. A new initiative promises to bring together data from satellites and AI technology to help 'green' the finance industry, its backers have claimed. The Spatial Finance Initiative - part of the UK Centre for Greening Finance and Investment (CGFI) - launched a report last week into the current use, and future potential role, for rapidly advancing
Charged
JULY 19, 2021
Semiconductors have been enjoying an unaccustomed turn in the media spotlight since the recent shortage that forced many automakers to slow or suspend production. The latest news on the semiconductor scene is that Nexperia , an expert in the high-volume production of essential semiconductors, has acquired Newport Wafer Fab, which operates a semiconductor production facility in Wales.
Business Green
JULY 19, 2021
Government company's plan includes requirements for contractors that it argues could make road maintenance and construction 'near zero' emission by 2040. Highways England has laid out its route for delivering net zero emissions across road travel, construction, and maintenance over the next 30 years, alongside a suite of new measures to decarbonise its own operations by the end of the current decade.
Sun Valley Solar
JULY 19, 2021
The shift to electric vehicles is moving swiftly. Is your business ready? EV Adoption estimates that EV sales should grow to reach approximately 29.5% of all new car sales in the US by 2030. Compare that to the current 3.4% in 2021 and you can easily see the fast growth of the market.
Renewable Energy World
JULY 19, 2021
Clearing the current queue backlog is the focus of the Southwest Power Pool (SPP) generator interconnection staff. However, they are missing a key long-term solution to address the root cause of backlog, identifying network upgrade costs for developers. Indeed, renewable energy (RE) developers could check if alternatives to network upgrades exist if these developers have study results in hand.
Business Green
JULY 19, 2021
Voluntary Courtauld Commitment ramps up collective industry targets 'to meet newer demands of climate action head on' in run up to COP26. The UK food and drink industry has collectively pledged to ramp up its food waste and greenhouse gas reduction efforts, today announcing plans to halve both by the end of the decade as part of a plan designed to slash costs across the industry by billions of pounds a year.
CleanTech Group
JULY 19, 2021
Looking for the latest information on cleantech deals? Find insight on recent innovation developments here. Agriculture & Food Meati Foods, producer of protein from mycelium.
Business Green
JULY 19, 2021
environmental, social and governance (ESG) cover investment approaches for more than a third of global assets, Global Sustainable Investment Alliance claims. Sustainable investment in the major financial markets globally has grown to $35.3trn and now represents 36 per cent of all professionally-managed assets across the United States, Canada, Japan, Australasia and Europe, a new report today shows.
Terra Infirma
JULY 19, 2021
This time last week I was on a train heading north into Scotland. In my rucksack was a set of lightweight camping gear, along with three days’ worth of food and a trowel. My destination was the Knoydart peninsula, aka The Last Wilderness, to which there are only two means of access – boat or a long walk. And I was taking the latter. I got off the train at Glenfinnan at teatime, marched past the tourists taking selfies in front of “the Harry Potter viaduct” and headed up the fir
Business Green
JULY 19, 2021
Financial support is available to UK businesses of all sizes that want to cut their emissions - it is often just a case of submitting an application. The government has faced a lot of criticism from nearly all quarters in recent months over its continuing failure to deliver more ambitious decarbonisation policies. Business leaders, trade bodies, and investors have all voiced their frustration at, among other things: the delays to the Environment Bill and Heat and Buildings Strategy; the absence
Green Living Guy
JULY 19, 2021
Electric shock is a common source of kitchen-related injuries. Several factors can cause serious electrical hazards. Each year in the US, an estimate of 30,000 non-fatal electrical accidents take place. Twenty percent of them affect children, mainly toddlers and teenagers. Additionally, 5% of all electrical accidents result in burn unit admissions. Electrical issues can lead Continue reading "Prevent Electrical Shocks in the Kitchen with These Tips".
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