GreenBiz

JULY 6, 2021

Ecosystems for good: How collaborator networks achieve sustainability. Golnar Pooya. Tue, 07/06/2021 - 02:00. Crowds, clouds, collaborators and competitors: Digital ecosystems are uniting disparate participants to target bigger and better outcomes. While the ability of ecosystems to enhance value creation and amplify impact is well-regarded in business, their potential to drive public good is quickly coming into focus.

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Inhabitat - Innovation

JULY 6, 2021

Everybody says things in private they wouldn’t want publicly broadcast. But when you’re in a very public role, you need to watch what you say carefully, as Exxon Mobil lobbyist Keith McCoy was reminded this week when his indiscreet comments went viral.

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Envirotec Magazine

JULY 6, 2021

Recently-launched water filtration and air purification company Aqua Perfecta is developing a UK postcode checker for customers to measure air pollution and help the company offer advice on air purifying products. The firm says the data will allow customers to identify nitrogen dioxide (NO2), ozone (O3), sulphur dioxide (SO2), particulate matter PM2.5 and PM10 concentrations at their homes, using the online postcode checker.

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Inhabitat - Innovation

JULY 6, 2021

Threatened ecosystems in Colombia have a new ally in El Tropicario. A new addition to the Bogotá Botanical Gardens, the project seeks to conserve native plants.

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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.

Energy

Envirotec Magazine

JULY 6, 2021

Researchers at Imperial College London and the University of Toronto believe they have developed a sustainable and economical way to recover oil from ultra-cold industrial wastewater and oil spills. W hat the group say they have developed is a sponge that can remove hard-to-recover oil from Artic waters. At these cold temperatures, some oil can be especially difficult to clean up, especially the portion of heavier compounds that reside within crude oil.

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Inhabitat - Innovation

JULY 6, 2021

A California-based couple, Jeffrey Walter and Jonetta Nordberg-Walter, face a fine of $18,000 after destroying 36 Joshua trees to build a new house.

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Inhabitat - Innovation

JULY 6, 2021

Despite being designed for a large family, the Sloth's House leaves a small footprint on the environment while offering residents a chance to see wild sloths.

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Impact Alpha

JULY 6, 2021

In an old brick garage on an industrial street in Cambridge. Mass., a team of physicists and engineers are getting ready this month. The post Long coming but slow to arrive, fusion energy approaches a milestone on path to commercial deployment appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

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Inhabitat - Innovation

JULY 6, 2021

Costa Lima Arquitectos breathes new life into this 1970s housing complex via a sustainable, energy-efficient renovation.

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Grist

JULY 6, 2021

This story was originally published by Yale Environment 360 and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Some 56 million years ago, just after the Paleocene epoch gave way to the Eocene, the world suddenly warmed. Scientists continue to debate the ultimate cause of the warming, but they agree on its proximate cause: A huge burst of carbon dioxide entered the atmosphere, raising Earth’s average temperature by 7 to 14 degrees Fahrenheit.

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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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Impact Alpha

JULY 6, 2021

ImpactAlpha, July 6 – Zipline launched its drone-delivery service five years ago to improve blood and medical-supply logistics in Rwanda. The California-based company. The post Zipline secures $250 million for drone delivery in Africa, Japan and the U.S. appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

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altenergymag

JULY 6, 2021

Where global mining leaders connect with technology, finance and the future

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Technology 184

Charged

JULY 6, 2021

When BMW launched the i3 in 2013 , the company earned a place in history as an early EV innovator. Since then, the company’s interest in EVs seems to have waned—the once-cutting-edge i3 is now woefully dated, and plans for new electric models seem to be proceeding slowly. However, CEO Oliver Zipse recently told Reuters that its next generation of EVs will reverse the automaker’s reputation as an electrification laggard.

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altenergymag

JULY 6, 2021

7th GoGreen Summit is organized by BioLEAGUES and International Society of Environmental Relationship and Sustainability (ISERS) which is scheduled to be held on 14th - 15th October 2021 in the Manila, Philippines.

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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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Charged

JULY 6, 2021

Charging management provider Noodoe has announced three new technologies for managing EV fleet charging: Autonomous Service Delivery, Intelligent Load Management and Smart Scheduling. Noodoe EV OS is a cloud-based operating platform designed to serve as a charging network’s “central brain.” The system automates charging service delivery, peak-hour price adjustment, transaction billing, payment processing, infrastructure diagnostics and intelligent energy management.

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altenergymag

JULY 6, 2021

The construction machinery group United Motors & Heavy Equipment Co LLC (UMHE) from United Arab Emirates - U.A.E. is now exclusively selling SunBrush® mobil cleaning machines in the Middle East.

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Charged

JULY 6, 2021

As EVs move into mass production, the industry is going to need an insane—make that ludicrous—amount of batteries. Trendsetter Tesla long relied solely on Japan’s Panasonic for cells, but around the time production began at Gigafactory Shanghai, it started working with other suppliers, including Korea’s LG and China’s CATL. Tesla and CATL signed a supply agreement in February 2020, and now the companies have inked a new Production Pricing Agreement that will extend the relationship to December 2

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Impact Alpha

JULY 6, 2021

The ongoing pandemic and economic uncertainty have led non-profit leaders to contingency plan in creative and unprecedented ways, including strategic partnerships. The sector. The post Scaling impact through nonprofit mergers and acquisitions appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

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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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Charged

JULY 6, 2021

Sponsored by WACKER. Thermal Efficiency. The needs of automotive and general electronic devices can vary based on application. In most applications, efficient thermal management is crucial to prolonging the life of the essential electronic components. For example, a heat sink is often used to pull heat away from electronics. But even when pairing a heat sink to the heat source, there is still a thin natural layer of air in between the two surfaces.

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Solar Power World

JULY 6, 2021

By Christopher Horton, partner, Smith Currie The federal government is the largest energy purchaser in the United States, with an annual electricity bill for the fiscal year 2019 of almost $4 billion. As a result, President Biden’s administration is aggressively pursuing 100% clean energy and net-zero emissions by 2050. In fiscal year 2020, federal agencies… The post A guide to bidding for, procuring and performing federal solar contracts appeared first on Solar Power World.

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Charged

JULY 6, 2021

ABB has won a contract to design, supply, test and commission a new charging network for a fleet of electric buses in the country of Qatar on the Persian Gulf. ABB will provide high-power charging infrastructure for Qatar’s fleet, which is expected to have 1,000 electric buses with a capacity to transport 50,000 passengers per day. Qatar aims to electrify 25 percent of its public bus network by 2022, and 100 percent by 2030.

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Energy Monitor Electricity Transportation Sustainability 116

Impact Alpha

JULY 6, 2021

ImpactAlpha, July 6 – Most of Egypt’s 100 million consumers buy staples from small grocery stores and mom-and-pop retailers. MaxAB launched three years. The post MaxAB raises $40 million to digitize Egypt’s mom-and-pop stores appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

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altenergymag

JULY 6, 2021

The global EV platform market size is expected to reach US$ 97 billion by 2030 expanding at a CAGR of 3.4% from 2021 to 2030.

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EDF + Business

JULY 6, 2021

The recently introduced bipartisan infrastructure framework includes modest investments that will support some businesses’ climate ambitions, but falls far short of what’s needed to meet national targets or those adopted by forward-looking companies. Business voices are vital to ensure that the climate-related provisions in the bipartisan bill are as strong as possible, and to secure ambitious climate investments in subsequent legislation this summer.

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Renewable Energy World

JULY 6, 2021

Arizona’s Salt River Project (SRP) announced in January 2020 plans to close its Coronado Generating Station (CGS), a coal-fired power plant, no later than 2032 and to reduce its workforce by 40% by 2025. Last week SRP announced that it is putting together and economic transition plan to help the community make the transition. In the announcement, SRP said it is supporting all CGS employees interested in staying with the utility and will be providing training and career exploration opportunities

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Clean Energy Canada

JULY 6, 2021

VICTORIA — Mark Zacharias, special advisor at Clean Energy Canada, made the following statement in response to the British Columbia government’s announcement of a new hydrogen strategy : “Today’s announcement connects the dots to help establish B.C. as a North American hub in clean hydrogen. “B.C.’s abundant low-carbon electricity, innovative companies and skilled workforce position the province to compete globally in the growing clean hydrogen economy.

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Green Living Guy

JULY 6, 2021

If you live in a warmer region along the south or west coast or in a desert area, it becomes especially important to conserve water. These areas are more prone to drought than other parts of the country, and using less water will help you ensure there will be enough to last your community throughout Continue reading "5 Ways Your Home Can Conserve Water this Summer".

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altenergymag

JULY 6, 2021

The partnership enables RIC Energy to source renewable power purchase agreements for its clients through the LevelTen Platform

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Business Green

JULY 6, 2021

Cement and concrete sector joins forces with World Economic Forum to try and accelerate efforts to deliver net zero emissions. The Global Cement and Concrete Association (GCCA) has teamed up with the World Economic Forum (WEF) to launch a new collaborative coalition today aimed at guiding the industry's path towards delivering 'carbon neutral' concrete by 2050.

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Impact Alpha

JULY 6, 2021

Greetings, Agents of Impact! Featured: ImpactAlpha Original Long coming but slow to arrive, fusion energy approaches a milestone on the path to commercial. The post The Brief: Commercial fusion, drone delivery, digital inclusion in Egypt, Black-owned edtech, Indian solar, nonprofit M&A appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

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Business Green

JULY 6, 2021

New survey results highlight how consumers are more environmentally-aware than ever, and engagement with sustainability concerns is only growing. It is one of the defining consumer trends of the age. For decades consumer choices were shaped by an evolving mix of cost conciousness, brand loyalty, and perceived quality, but in recent years concern for the environmental impact of any given product has soared up the list of considerations for prospective customers.

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Renewable Energy World

JULY 6, 2021

Last month Priority Power Management, LLC (Priority Power), an independent energy services provider announced that it has entered into a Solar Development Services Agreement (DSA) with FireBird Energy LLC, an upstream oil and gas company operating numerous properties in the Midland Basin in Texas. Under the DSA, Priority Power will develop a 6.5-MW solar photovoltaic facility located on 50 acres of FireBird Energy’s land near Odessa, Texas in Ector County.

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Business Green

JULY 6, 2021

Energy Transmissions Commission provides guidance on availability and use of biomass, warning sustainable sources are limited in volume worldwide. Global demand for biomass is likely to exceed environmentally sustainable supplies in the coming years as the drive to decarbonise takes hold across different industries - a situation which risks undermining climate mitigation efforts and causing major damage to biodiversity and the natural world.

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