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Vertical forest buildings designed by Stefano Boeri set to center new Cairo Administrative district

Inhabitat - Innovation

In a world of high population growth, it’s increasingly difficult to find adequate housing, and green space is diminishing throughout most urban areas. But when Cairo began developing a new administrative capital area architects and designers jumped into the planning with vertical forest block buildings. Italian architect Stefano Boeri collaborated with Egyptian designer Shimaa Shalash as a local partner, as well as landscape agronomist Laura Gatti to create three, seven-story buildings includin

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Government is “passing water pollution buck to the car industry”, experts warn

Envirotec Magazine

Poisonous particle pollution from brake and tyre wear is carried in runoff then enters rivers and streams. The Government acknowledged the serious and growing impacts of poisonous particle pollution from brake, tyre and road surface wear on the environment and human health – but diverted attention away from the immediate and urgent need to stop it entering directly into rivers and streams, water quality specialists have warned.

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Spiders are becoming aggressive thanks to climate change

Inhabitat - Innovation

Hurricanes Katrina, Andrew and Harvey … Just the names can instill fear, anxiety and stress in humans. But what about spiders can powerful hurricanes or other extreme weather patterns associated with climate change alter their behavior patterns? Yes, in time it is possible, so says Alan Alexander Little at the University of California, Santa Barbara, who lead a team of researchers in Canada and the United States to explore 211 colonies of the Anelosimus studiosus spider reside.

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How to Make More Eco-Friendly Choices Where Pet Care is Concerned

The Environmental Blog

With all the emphasis on making eco-conscious purchasing decisions and adopting more environmentally-friendly practices at home – today’s consumer is much more educated than ever before. It’s more than just understanding how these small changes can benefit the environment -it’s also about creating that desire and willingness in people to go green. Royalty Free Photo.

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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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Zaha Hadid Architects undulating riverside promenade doubles as a flood barrier in Hamburg

Inhabitat - Innovation

Zaha Hadid Architects has raised both the cultural cachet and the storm surge barriers in the German city of Hamburg with their recently completed upgrade to the Elbe River promenade and flood barrier at Niederhafen. Designed with an undulating shape that mimics the ebb and flow of tides, the revamped promenade reconnects the river to the surrounding urban fabric and boosts the popular riverside walkway appeal with a modern redesign large enough to accommodate a wide variety of groups, from pede

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Entrepreneur Jigar Shah reflects on clean energy finance, the importance of plain speaking

GreenBiz

What gives the founder of Generate Capital joy? Getting the best ideas unlocked.

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Big-company climate commitments creep forward

GreenBiz

Since March 2019, five new Fortune 500 companies have joined high-profile climate initiatives, bringing the total to 114.

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Wildfires are decimating the Amazon rainforest at unprecedented rates

Inhabitat - Innovation

Amazon wildfires have reached an all-time high in Brazil following a significant increase in deforestation.

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Tiffany Couture: A Great and Green Dry Cleaning Business in the Heart of Las Vegas

Green Business Bureau

There are many reasons to go green, but for business owners, it is often a drive to do better for the community and environment that helps motivate company changes. Tiffany Couture Cleaners, based in Nevada, has made their mark in the sustainable dry cleaning movement by focusing on improving the health of their customers and employees. This Green Business Bureau member is changing the way they do business in order to meet their goal of being more eco-friendly, and their hard work is showing thr

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New report shows tremendous growth of U.S. renewable energy generation in last decade

Solar Power World

A new report from Environment America Research & Policy Center and Frontier Group finds that the United States has increased its solar power generation 40-fold and upped its electric production from wind by more than 270% in the last decade. The study also highlights advances in energy savings, the increased use of energy storage and the… The post New report shows tremendous growth of U.S. renewable energy generation in last decade appeared first on Solar Power 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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Forget Electric Cars Says U.K. Parliamentary Report, Get Brits On Bikes Instead

Forbes Green Tech

Replacing gas-powered cars with electric cars is no answer to the climate crisis, an influential committee of British M.P.'s today told the U.K. government in a hard-hitting decarbonization report.

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Tesla Gigafactory 3 in China approved for production, robots moving in

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Tesla’s Gigafactory 3 in Shanghai has received its first “comprehensive acceptance certificate,” a necessary permit from the government to begin operations, China’s Global Times reported. Both bureaucracy and construction are moving at record speed – the certificate was approved within 3 days, and a mere 7 months after construction began, Tesla is already installing production equipment.

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Private Jet Travel Is Greener Than You Think

Forbes Green Tech

After Prince Harry and Meghan Markle flew privately to visit Elton John, there was a frenzy similar to the one over attendees using their private jets to attend Google's annual summit. However, data suggests private jets contribute more to the economy with lower emissions than commercial flights.

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Nano One secures patent on high-energy NMC cathode powders

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Nano One Materials has secured a US patent for its NMC cathode powders, which it says offer a proprietary means of making Li-ion batteries more durable, safer and cheaper. NMC cathodes are typically comprised of lithium, nickel, manganese and cobalt. Global battery makers are keen to limit the use of cobalt , which has a dodgy supply chain that sometimes involves child labor and other unsavory practices.

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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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Recent Deals – 23 August 2019

CleanTech Group

Agriculture & Food: Motif FoodWorks, a developer of ingredients for the next generation of plant-based and healthy foods (previously known as Motif Ingredients), raised $27.5 million from General Atlantic and CPT Capital. This funding round added to the $90 million it raised from Breakthrough Energy Ventures, Louis Dreyfus Company, Fonterra, and Viking Global when the […].

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Madrid private car ban is here to stay

Charged

Several countries, including the UK , Norway , Denmark and Iceland , have announced plans to eliminate ICE vehicles, and a few cities are proposing to ban them from city centers. Paris and Amsterdam have ambitious plans to banish dinosaur burners by 2030. Obviously, such plans have opponents, and they aren’t likely to become law without political battles.

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How an Application for Propane Fracking Attempts to Circumvent New York’s Fracking Ban

DeSmogBlog

Read time: 6 mins Four years after New York announced the state was banning hydraulic fracturing (fracking) , Tioga Energy Partners, LLC has filed an application with the state to frack for natural gas, but there's a catch. The company is proposing to swap propane into the industry standard mix that usually calls for water. Environmental advocates consider this application to use liquefied petroleum gas ( LPG ), and specifically a propane gel, an attempt to circumvent New York's 2015 ban on frac

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MAHLE’s new battery housing delivers same power from 40% smaller batteries

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MAHLE has developed a new battery housing concept with integrated thermal management designed to increase rapid charging capability and vehicle range. MAHLE claims the new housing allows manufacturers to use batteries that are about 40% smaller, which not only reduces the CO 2 footprint of the EV, but also lowers the demand for raw battery materials.

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Neutrinovoltaic Technology is Opening Up the Future of Sustainable Energy

altenergymag

The Neutrino Energy Group cooperates with a worldwide team of scientists and various international research centers, which deal with application research, the conversion of invisible radiation spectra of the sun, among other things the neutrinos (high-energy particles, which ceaselessly reach the earth) in electric power.

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What to Know About Commercial Solar Panels

Sun Valley Solar

The time has never been better for businesses to invest in solar. With this year being the last year of the full 30% federal investment tax credit, and with panels and technologies being more efficient and affordable than ever, more and more companies are making the switch to this clean, renewable, non-grid energy. When it can add to your bottom line, improve your company's reputation, and help the planet all at the same time, it's surely a no-brainer.

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Digitization in Fish Farming – Sector Watch 23 August 2019

CleanTech Group

The global fish farming market is set to grow from $275 billion in 2017 to $376 billion by 2025, with a CAGR of 4.77% during that time frame. The growth will be driven by increasing consumption of fish as a protein source by the rising global population. To meet this demand, there is increased pressure […].

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Back To The Future: Cargo E-Bikes Gaining In U.S. Cities For Food Delivery

Forbes Green Tech

Electric-assist bikes are gaining traction on American streets with everyone from serious bikers to baby boomers looking to stay on two-wheels, but with a bit of a boost to their aging legs.

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Duke Energy Renewables powers on 14.1 MW of Georgia solar projects

Solar Power World

Duke Energy Renewables announced that nine solar projects developed with SolAmerica Energy totaling 14.1 megawatts have begun commercial operations across central Georgia under Georgia Power’s Renewable Energy Development Initiative. “We’re excited to complete these projects and look forward to developing even more clean, renewable energy projects in Georgia in the future,” said Chris Fallon, VP… The post Duke Energy Renewables powers on 14.1 MW of Georgia solar pro

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Bernie Sanders’ ‘Green New Deal’ aims to have renewables power homes by 2030

Renewable Energy World

Bernie Sanders wants renewable energy to power U.S. homes and vehicles by 2030 -- and he wants to do it by enlisting the federal government in building and running new solar, wind and geothermal electricity projects.

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Standard Solar installs nearly 1 MW of solar for Flushing Community School District

Solar Power World

Standard Solar has completed a seven-site solar project for Flushing Community School District in Flushing, Michigan. In a first-of-its-kind public-private partnership, Standard Solar designed, built, financed and will operate and maintain solar arrays at all seven schools within the Flushing Community School District. The renewable energy generated by the 956.8 kilowatts of combined arrays is… The post Standard Solar installs nearly 1 MW of solar for Flushing Community School District app

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The Brief: Checking stakeholder capitalism, inclusive micro-lending, social platform for immigrants, call for impact investing policies

Impact Alpha

Greetings, Agents of Impact! Last call for policy wonks. ImpactAlpha and the Global Impact Investing Network teed up a discussion of public policy earlier this week and invited Agents of Impact to weigh in. Where has policy succeeded in catalyzing impact investment? Where has it failed? What do you want to see? We’ll round up responses next week. Submit up to The post The Brief: Checking stakeholder capitalism, inclusive micro-lending, social platform for immigrants, call for impact investing po

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New updates to heat network regulations to be announced at seminar roadshow

altenergymag

Learn more about the latest regulatory changes and compliance issues affecting the heat network sector at Switch2 Energy seminar.

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Friedman's Dictum Is Finally Laid To Rest: So What's The Function Of Companies Now?

Forbes Green Tech

At their meeting on August 19, the Business Roundtable, the most important business lobby in the United States, has finally come to the conclusion that a company's mission must go beyond making money for shareholders, and that the considerations of other stakeholders are much more important.

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'World first': Aldershot railway track powered by solar

Business Green

Demonstrator project will explore whether solar can directly supply power to railways' traction systems.

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You Probably Know The Amazon Is Burning - Here's Why It Matters To You

Forbes Green Tech

Yes, the Amazon is burning.

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Is Tesla’s rent solar program all that it’s cracked up to be?

Solar Power World

Tesla recently announced that it will be offering a solar rental program to residents in 6 states – Arizona, California, Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Jersey, and New Mexico. With costs as low as $50/month, no upfront installation fees or long-term contracts, the program seems like a terrific option for those looking to go solar without the… The post Is Tesla’s rent solar program all that it’s cracked up to be?

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Lekela reaches financial close for its West Bakr Wind project

Renewable Energy World

Lekela announced that it has reached financial close on its first wind project in Egypt, West Bakr Wind. Construction will begin shortly, delivering 250 MW of clean, reliable power at a highly competitive price.

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Johnson Controls partners with Capital Dynamics to increase funding for solar or battery storage projects

Solar Power World

Johnson Controls announced a partnership with Capital Dynamics to increase the amount of capital available for customers in North America working on solar or battery storage projects. The agreement will grant easier access to funding for Johnson Controls customers using a Power Purchase Agreement for projects of varying sizes, starting at $1 million, by aggregating… The post Johnson Controls partners with Capital Dynamics to increase funding for solar or battery storage projects appeared f

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Green, Healthy, Sustainable Schools (Video)

Green Market Oracle

In 2016, Jennifer Seydel discussed the value of sustainable schools and sustainability education. She suggested a framework for developing greener schools and school districts. Jennifer was a School Designer for Expeditionary Learning, a non-profit education reform organization that partners with existing schools and opens new schools with the goal of preparing children and youth for success in an ever changing world.