GreenBiz
JUNE 16, 2021
5 reasons Home Depot and Lowe’s must weed out toxic weed killers. Caroline Boden. Wed, 06/16/2021 - 01:00. Consumers should be able to trust that the products on store shelves are safe for them to use. However, a recent analysis shows that many herbicides sold by home and garden giants Home Depot and Lowe’s contain ingredients known to be highly hazardous.
Envirotec Magazine
JUNE 16, 2021
Attelborugh in Nortfolk (image credit: John McLinden , CC BY-ND 2.0 license). Development works at an anaerobic digestion (AD) plant in Norfolk will see Attleborough town become one of the first in the UK to be supplied mainly with green gas. As part of a £17m upgrade project led by Privilege Finance, 100,000 tonnes of food waste collected from local households and businesses will be processed by the AD plant, to produce green gas for use in 4,000 Attleborough homes.
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GreenBiz
JUNE 16, 2021
Breaking the cycle with upcycled food. Jesse Klein. Wed, 06/16/2021 - 03:45. Soon — just as the plastic milk gallon in the dairy aisle and the beer can in the alcohol section have the three arrows signaling the packaging is recyclable — food products at grocery stores will have a new label to indicate the product is made with upcycled ingredients. .
Inhabitat - Innovation
JUNE 16, 2021
A new study published in Science Advances has revealed that the Pine Island Glacier's ice shelf is breaking away at a rate much faster than previously measured.
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.
altenergymag
JUNE 16, 2021
-The partnership will enable development of resilient Zero Carbon Smart Homes and allow for NEM-equivalent savings in the Hawaiian market. -Q CELLS’ world-class solar modules and home energy storage system coupled with eStat’s energy optimization and management solutions will provide stable and resilient energy.
Inhabitat - Innovation
JUNE 16, 2021
FreeWater provides beverages in eco-friendly, BPA-free packaging paid for by the ads printed directly onto the bottles.
CleanTech Focus brings together the best content for cleantech professionals from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
Inhabitat - Innovation
JUNE 16, 2021
Made using sustainable materials like local wood and low-emissivity glass, the Sino-Italian Cultural Exchange City Reception Center helps link the area’s surrounding ecological forest with the architecture of China and Italy.
Charged
JUNE 16, 2021
The legacy auto brands are going electric one by one. The light has been seen, plates of crow have been eaten, and a rime of frost is beginning to appear on the gates of Hell. No turnaround has been more dramatic than the one at Fiat. Former CEO Sergio Marchionne was an outspoken opponent of EVs. Now current Fiat CEO Olivier François has announced, “Between 2025 and 2030, our product line-up will gradually become electric only.
Inhabitat - Innovation
JUNE 16, 2021
Scientists have converted plastic bottles into vanilla flavoring using genetically engineered bacteria.
Renewable Energy World
JUNE 16, 2021
The expected decreased demand for fossil fuels, coupled with the falling costs associated with renewable energy projects, are driving major oil and gas companies – including bp, Total and Shell – to actively restructure their businesses to add more renewable power projects to their portfolios. This is according to the latest research from data and analytics company GlobalData.
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.
Inhabitat - Innovation
JUNE 16, 2021
Here's what to expect on a visit to New River Gorge National Park.
Clean Energy Canada
JUNE 16, 2021
VANCOUVER — As jobs in fossil fuels decline amid a shifting global landscape, rapid growth in Canada’s clean energy sector will more than make up the difference. So finds a new modelling report, The New Reality , from Clean Energy Canada and Navius Research, which forecasts changes in jobs, GDP and investment in Canadian energy between 2020 and 2030.
altenergymag
JUNE 16, 2021
-Industry leading LG Energy Solution to hold its inaugural forum on next-generation battery on June 22nd -Nobel Laureate Michael Stanley Whittingham to join in on battery-related discussion
Charged
JUNE 16, 2021
A consortium consisting of Lorenz Kunststofftechnik, Forward Engineering, Evonik, LION Smart, Vestaro and Minth has developed a solution to help improve EV efficiency through lightweight battery construction. In late 2019, work started on a brand-independent, low-cost housing. The resulting battery pack is expected to weigh about 10 percent less than a pack made with commonly used materials.
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.
altenergymag
JUNE 16, 2021
The global market for electric vehicles should reach 2000+ billion by 2027 at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 40.7 percent, from 2020 to 2027.
Charged
JUNE 16, 2021
Sponsored by Arkema. The lithium-ion battery market is demanding higher energy density, extended lifetime, and improved power performance. Arkema’s Battery Solutions address many of these demands. Advances in electrode materials are addressing energy density, while new electrolyte systems can significantly improve lifetime and power performance. LiFSI, in particular, is a good candidate to replace LiPF 6 , which is widely used as the lithium salt in the electrolyte.
Green Business Bureau
JUNE 16, 2021
Serving the London, Ontario area, GreenTech Painting is a family-owned and operated eco-friendly painting company that offers services for both the residential and commercial sectors. From interior to exterior, GreenTech Painting not only guarantees quality workmanship and custom solutions but promotes the health and safety of their customers, communities and environment too.
Charged
JUNE 16, 2021
Electrify Home, the home charging division of Electrify America, has released its fastest Level 2 home charger to date. The new HomeStation offers 9.6 kW of power at 40 amps, and can be installed in a 40- 32- or 16-amp configuration. Choosing the appropriate amperage may help to avoid an expensive upgrade to a home’s electrical panel. The new charger is now on sale at the Electrify Home web store for $649.
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?
altenergymag
JUNE 16, 2021
Partnership to provide batteries that integrate electronics with high performance materials
Impact Alpha
JUNE 16, 2021
ImpactAlpha, June 17 – Fifteen years after An Inconvenient Truth alerted audiences to the climate crisis, the world is even closer to the. The post Wanted: safe, simple, scalable investments to drive capital to climate solutions appeared first on Impact Alpha.
Green Living Guy
JUNE 16, 2021
Most people ask themselves, “What is green technology?” If you are one of these people, you’ll find out what it is and how it has transformed our homes. The benefits of green technology cannot be ignored. Soon, every homeowner will… Read More How Green Technologies Change Our Homes. The post How Green Technologies Change Our Homes appeared first on Green Living Guy.
Impact Alpha
JUNE 16, 2021
ImpactAlpha, June 16 – Cyprus-based Vital Capital made loans from its $10 million relief facility to solar product manufacturer Sollatek and to agribusiness Privamnuts, The post Kenyan businesses score COVID recovery funding from Vital Capital appeared first on Impact Alpha.
Business Green
JUNE 16, 2021
There are many urgent takeaways from the Climate Change Committee's stark UK climate preparedness assessment - here are the top five. Every five years the Climate Change Committee (CCC) conducts a root-and-branch review of the UK's preparedness for escalating climate impacts, such as heatwaves, floods, storms, droughts, coastal erosion, and their threats to public health, food security, power supplies, homes, offices, and infrastructure.
Impact Alpha
JUNE 16, 2021
Greetings, Agents of Impact! The Call No. 29: Capitalism Reimagined. Join former Delaware Supreme Court Chief Justice Leo Strine, U.S. Impact Investing Alliance’s. The post The Brief: Inclusive community lending, industrial modernization, Kenya COVID relief, carbon tracking tech, getting impact-first capital off the sidelines appeared first on Impact Alpha.
Business Green
JUNE 16, 2021
Trade body calls for suite of reforms to support the rapid expansion of solar capacity through to 2030. The UK solar industry is today unveiling a major plan to treble its capacity to 40GW by the end of the decade, in a move it estimates would create thousands of new jobs, deliver a £17bn boost to the economy, and help support the government's climate targets.
Impact Alpha
JUNE 16, 2021
ImpactAlpha, June 16 — G2 Venture Partners spun out of Kleiner Perkins in 2017 to invest in the modernization and greening of transportation, The post G2 Venture Partners raises $500 million for second sustainability fund appeared first on Impact Alpha.
Greentown Labs
JUNE 16, 2021
Insights from a World-leading Power Company. This interview is part of Greentown Labs’ Climatetech Leadership Series , which profiles top executives from our most committed and climate action-oriented partners. This spring, Greentown Labs is proud to celebrate two years of partnership with Enel —a multinational power company with more than 86 GW of installed capacity and 74 million end users that’s a top producer of clean energy.
altenergymag
JUNE 16, 2021
National EPC's project installation is the only U.S. project named as an Outstanding Project Award Finalist.
Impact Alpha
JUNE 16, 2021
Program-related investments, or PRIs, should be the type of impact investing most attractive to foundations. However, 52 years after the enabling legislation was. The post How one New York fund is getting impact-first capital off the sidelines appeared first on Impact Alpha.
Low Impact
JUNE 16, 2021
Now there’s a question – posed by Chris Smaje of the Ecoogical Land Co-op. Chris joined the board of the ELC as Dave of Lowimpact left, and since then Chris has produced a book called A Small Farm Future , which we review here. Members of Lowimpact have become involved in the world of mutual credit, while Chris has tried to convince us that the future of farming is mixed, organic smallholdings rather than giant industrial farms using pesticides.
Business Green
JUNE 16, 2021
The Chancellor Rishi Sunak's name is nowhere to be seen in the government's weak response to the Dasgupta Review, writes Green Party MP Caroline Lucas. You can tell how much weight Ministers attach to a report by who writes the foreword. In the case of the response to the Treasury-commissioned Dasgupta Review on the Economics of Biodiversity , the Chancellor's name is nowhere in sight.
Renewable Energy World
JUNE 16, 2021
With the increase in Electric Vehicles’ availability in Midwest states, it is time to acknowledge the opportunities for charging EVs at MISO, the regional grid operator. Aggregated EVs can be a distributed energy resource (DER). Therefore, aggregators are ideally positioned to bid EVs into the MISO market. MISO and other grid operators can enable EV prospects by allowing aggregated EVs to participate in the energy markets.
Business Green
JUNE 16, 2021
UN-backed campaign said over 4,500 non-state actors have now committed to delivering net zero emissions by 2050 at the latest, including many of the world's largest businesses. The global reach of the net zero movement was underscored yesterday, as the UN-backed Race to Zero campaign celebrated its first anniversary with confirmation over 4,5000 non-state actors have now signed up to the initiative.
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