Sun.Jan 12, 2020

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Glenfield Invicta merger

Envirotec Magazine

Move prioritises “clarity, service and growth”. Glenfield and Invicta, two well-known and long-established brands in the water sector, have announced they are merging their operations from 6 January 2020. The new organisation will carry the name, Glenfield Invicta. Both firms are subsidiaries of the AVK Group, which has more than 100 production and sales companies worldwide.

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The Optimist: Designer Henrik Fisker Is Back With A Stylish Electric SUV And Lease-Heavy Business Plan

Forbes Green Tech

The famed car designer seemed poised for an early lead in the nascent electric vehicle market a decade ago. It wasn't to be. He's back and ready for another shot.

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Glasgow gets first fully-electric buses as it gears up for COP26

Business Green

Electric buses have begun operating in the Scottish city for the first time in half a century as the city sets its sights on net zero emissions by 2030.

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Who Ya Gonna Call? Brand-Killers…

Forbes Green Tech

When disruption occurs in a given industry, the critical success factors suddenly change, priorities shift, and whoever initiated the disruption has the advantage. The value of innovation lies not in avoiding others from copying you, but in getting them to want to copy you.

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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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Study: No net zero without 'significant' offshore wind investment

Business Green

Research from engineering experts Atkins warns net zero will not be reached in the UK without radical changes to the energy system.

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Hydrogen & Fuel Cell International Forum Coming to San Diego in February

altenergymag

In-depth Forum to examine key advances and potential for green hydrogen in the evolving energy ecosystem

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Event - World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2020

Green Market Oracle

The World Economic Forum Annual Meeting will take place on January 21-24, 2020 in Davos-Klosters, Switzerland. The event has 7 themes and offers a diverse range of content delivered by 600 speakers and 150 webcast sessions. The Forum engages the world's top leaders in collaborative activities that shape global, regional and industry agendas. The Forum's mission is about improving the state of the world.

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UK land area used to grow bioenergy crops shrinks in 2018

Business Green

Defra statistics show 1.6 per cent of UK's arable land was used to grow bioenergy crops for transport fuel, electricity, and biogas production last year.

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Fire-scorched Australia’s hottest and driest year on record leaves government unmoved

Eco-Business

The climate-cooked nation reports 2019 was its hottest and driest year on record, but Australia’s leaders continue to defy calls to step up climate action.

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CES 2020: Gadgets for the climate crisis

Business Green

From pollution masks to 'impossible' pork, this year's Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas came face to face with the realities of life in a warming world.

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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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Xiamen leads the way in tackling ocean trash

Eco-Business

The city is using cameras to help recover marine plastics and identify major sources, but much work remains.

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Tesla’s Full Stack Disruption

CleanTechnica

Tesla concepts of mobility outgrew legacy brands from the day the first Tesla rolled onto the market. The new company did not fit into any existing auto-manufacturer slot. Tesla jumped away from the crowd conceptually, and as we can see by now, landed on its feet.

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Salty water in Bangkok is new 'reality' as sea pushes farther inland

Eco-Business

Bangkok's water authority says tap water is becoming saline as seawater pushes up the depleted Chao Phraya river, a growing risk faced by many of Asia's coastal cities.

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Largest Electric School Bus Program In United States Launching In Virginia

CleanTechnica

Dominion Energy has partnered with local Virginia school districts to begin replacing diesel buses with 100% electric school buses in phases.

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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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Natural Gas Provided False Promise, Deception — Severe Health Problems From “Natural” Gas

CleanTechnica

Pleasantly called natural gas and sold to many as a better solution, a good transition fuel, natural gas has been dominating new US electricity capacity alongside renewable energy. Yet, hydraulic fracking absolutely takes the "natural" out of it. Originally, natural gas was successfully sold as a cleaner transition fuel. Who knew there were not even laws on the books to address the hidden pollutants, and that there would be much information lacking about the truth of the acid stimulation, hydrau

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Is It True That A Tesla Creates More Pollution Than A Conventional Car?

CleanTechnica

This question gets asked a lot: "Is it true that a Tesla creates more pollution than a conventional car?" It is often asked without any real interest in the answer, but more as a statement that this might be a possibility. It is part of the propaganda against electric vehicles.

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How The Zayed Sustainable Prize Makes A Difference — 4 Interviews

CleanTechnica

I thought I would go back to the Zayed Sustainability Prize winners from last year to check what has changed and how the prize has impacted their operations.

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“Baby” Mustang Mach-E Planned, Volkswagen ID.3 In Storage (Pics)

CleanTechnica

Ford may be teaming up with Volkswagen to bring a new "baby" Mustang Mach-E electric SUV to market. The new car reportedly will be based on the MEB chassis.

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Like An Angel Is Pushing You From Behind

CleanTechnica

As a CEO of a large global automaker, you have a huge problem of existential dimensions. If you don’t solve it, it’s not just your job that’s lost, but you will be remembered as the person who is responsible for a century-long proud legacy ending.

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Ideal Sentry Mode Evolution: Super Sentry

CleanTechnica

An idea for Tesla's Sentry Mode would be to make it crowdsourced, which could be called "Super Sentry" or "Crowd Sentry.".

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How Can I Save Planet Earth?

CleanTechnica

When people ask the question, “what could I do to help save the planet?,” it is all too often on the same level as the whiny kid being asked to take on some responsibility. Those of you who have had, or still have, teenage children will know the kind of scenario.