Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 20, 2021

A Fortum waste-to-energy plant in Brista, Sweden. A trade group comprising European suppliers of waste-to-energy technology, ESWET welcomed a recent opportunity to contribute to the EU Emissions Trading System’s revision (EU ETS). The waste management sector bears an essential role in the EU’s ambition to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050, the group explained in a statement in early February.

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Forbes Green Tech

FEBRUARY 20, 2021

General Motors killed its very promising electric car 20 years ago, but this time round it looks like the rise of the EV is an unstoppable force, and manufacturers that don’t make the switch will be obliterated.

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AGreenLiving

FEBRUARY 20, 2021

Extreme Weather Breaks Texas’ Fossil Fuel and Renewables Energy Grids … The post Earth911 Reader — Sustainability: The Texas Weather Massacre and Bill Gates’ Green Vision appeared first on Earth 911. The rest is here: Earth911 Reader — Sustainability: The Texas Weather Massacre and Bill Gates’ Green Vision.

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Forbes Green Tech

FEBRUARY 20, 2021

In my conversations with professional investors in sustainability, I increasingly hear concern that valuations in the public markets are getting too high.

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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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Charged

FEBRUARY 20, 2021

The Virginia Senate has passed a bill that would establish California-style clean car standards in the state. The bill, HB 1965 , creates low-emission vehicle (LEV) and zero-emission vehicle (ZEV) programs. It will strengthen regulations on tailpipe emissions, and require automakers to sell a certain number of ZEVs in Virginia. Governor Ralph Northam is expected to sign the bill into law.

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AGreenLiving

FEBRUARY 20, 2021

Grocers Support Ditching Single-use Plastic Bags Walmart, Target, and CVS … The post Earth911 Reader — Business: Retailers Ditching Plastic Bags, The Social Cost of Carbon and Recyclable Snack Wrappers appeared first on Earth 911. See the original post here: Earth911 Reader — Business: Retailers Ditching Plastic Bags, The Social Cost of Carbon and Recyclable Snack Wrappers.

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CleanTechnica

FEBRUARY 20, 2021

Let's help the people of Texas survive this crisis, then take action to keep it from happening again.

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CleanTechnica

FEBRUARY 20, 2021

“If you don’t freeze to death or die or run out of water, they will put you in poverty for the rest of your life,” Richard Wilson, a journalist and environmental advocate said in a new TikTok video. His video came after a related NPR piece showed up in my Twitter feed, and the two […].

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CleanTechnica

FEBRUARY 20, 2021

By Brian Stewart Most of us understand that trees are good for the environment and that they absorb carbon in order to grow. We are familiar with comparisons that show how many trees would have to be planted in order to compensate for the carbon emissions from an airplane flight or from driving our cars. […].

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CleanTechnica

FEBRUARY 20, 2021

Originally published on EV Annex. by Charles Morris Ever since Tesla’s founding, pundits (and not only pundits, but some of the company’s founders) have assumed that, once the legacy automakers got serious about selling EVs, they would bury (or acquire) the Californian upstart. “Thanks for showing us the way, Elon, we’ll take it from here.” Tesla […].

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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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CleanTechnica

FEBRUARY 20, 2021

Priority Bicycles has been building traditional bicycles for years, with a focus on delivering high quality maintenance-free bikes. Those same philosophies underpin the Priority Current e-bike that blends top notch components and modern design for a premium electric bike that raises the bar for the entire category. Disclaimer: Priority sent us the Current free of […].

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CleanTechnica

FEBRUARY 20, 2021

With US power capacity data in for the end of 2020, I thought it would be a good time to see how US power capacity has changed over the past decade. Using data from the US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, I’ve created two new charts that highlight the shifts that took place over those 10 […].

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CleanTechnica

FEBRUARY 20, 2021

Bitcoin has become a popular topic and avenue for investment, but it is immensely harmful for the climate and air quality. Tesla's investment in bitcoin is counter to its mission, and there is no way around that unfortunate fact.

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CleanTechnica

FEBRUARY 20, 2021

It appears that Volkswagen might have been up to some shenanigans as of late — or, at least, the narrative around its EV sales in Europe has been misleading. The best place to start the story is perhaps with a Greenpeace report late last year, which called out Volkswagen for sluggish ID.3 sales (the report […].

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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.

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CleanTechnica

FEBRUARY 20, 2021

The French electric vehicle market is more exciting than it's ever been, as plugin vehicle share reaches 12%.

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CleanTechnica

FEBRUARY 20, 2021

In this episode of our CleanTech Talk podcast interview series, Zachary Shahan, Director and CEO of CleanTechnica, and Sam Arons, Director of Sustainability at Lyft, sit down to talk about Lyft’s transition to 100% electric vehicles. You can listen to the full conversation in the embedded player below. Below that embedded SoundCloud player is a […].

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