Envirotec Magazine
JULY 2, 2021
Collecting waste in Lubango, Angola (image credit: Carsten ten Brink , CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 license ). For decades, wealthy nations have transported plastic trash, and the environmental problems that go with it, to poorer countries, but researchers say they have found a potential bright side to this seemingly unequal trade: plastic waste may provide an economic boon for the lower-income countries.
Inhabitat - Innovation
JULY 2, 2021
For those who enjoy yachting, there’s nothing better than long stretches of propulsion across the water, taking in the sea and scenery. Except perhaps if you get to experience the newest Sunreef 80 Eco, an electric luxury ride that’s silent and sustainable.
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Envirotec Magazine
JULY 2, 2021
Catching a big blue barrel floating on the ocean surface in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch from the German research vessel SONNE during expedition SO268/3 crossing the North Pacific Ocean from Vancouver to Singapore in summer, 2019 (image credit: ©Roman Kroke UFZ). By Stockholm University, Norwegian Geotechnical Institute, Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, and Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research.
Inhabitat - Innovation
JULY 2, 2021
A proposal to repurpose the bridge connecting Iowa and Illinois across the Mississippi River into a national park and wildlife crossing has gained traction.
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.
The Environmental Blog
JULY 2, 2021
As we are bombarded by the loud honks and blinding lights of city life, everything seems exhausting. Hectic tasks and schedules are also added to the long list of stress inducers. One of the recreational activities that we perceive to be destresser is camping. When we camp, aside from enjoying our company through socialization, we acquire a breath of fresh air and an excellent way to exercise.
Inhabitat - Innovation
JULY 2, 2021
Invasive rats have harmed natural life on the Galapagos Islands, but thanks to drones these pests are now gone.
CleanTech Focus brings together the best content for cleantech professionals from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
Inhabitat - Innovation
JULY 2, 2021
The Toranomon-Azabudai Project, a collaboration between several design firms, is a modern urban village built with nature and humans at its core and business on the perimeter.
altenergymag
JULY 2, 2021
The Perovskite Solar Cells Module market is expected to grow in the upcoming 2021 to 2028 year. Different risks are considered, that helps to evaluate the complexity in the framework. Progress rate of global industries is mentioned to give a clear picture of business approaches. Various factors, which are responsible for the growth of the market are mentioned accurately.
Inhabitat - Innovation
JULY 2, 2021
There's no reason you can't have the design you love and help the planet too. This idea drives Eco Method Interiors, founded by interior designer Erica Reiner.
Charged
JULY 2, 2021
We can’t let Europe and China have all the fun—EV sales in North America’s EV capital, California, are finally taking off. According to the California New Car Dealers Association, some 53,261 plug-in vehicles were sold in the Golden State in the first quarter of 2021, representing 10.8% of the total auto market. The pandemic was plainly a catalyzing event for plug-in sales: the share of EVs hit an all-time high as overall light-vehicle sales declined by 2.9%.
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.
Impact Alpha
JULY 2, 2021
?? TGIF, Agents of Impact! We’re taking a brief break for the U.S. holiday. We’ll be back in your inbox on Tuesday, July. The post The Week in impact investing: Investment-ready appeared first on ImpactAlpha.
Charged
JULY 2, 2021
Transit operator First Bus plans to install 160 charging points at its Caledonia bus depot in Glasgow. There will be space to charge up to 320 electric buses on site. First Bus, which currently operates 337 buses out of the depot, eventually plans to replace half its fleet with electric buses. The first phase of the project, in which 11 dual DC fast charging units will be installed to serve 22 e-buses, is scheduled to be done by September this year.
Renewable Energy World
JULY 2, 2021
By Archie Robb. Over the past decade or so, the dominant trend has been the retirement of coal plants and the steady advance of renewable sources of generation. The next wave appears to be the phasing out as many natural gas-fired facilities as is feasible as more wind and solar resources are deployed. But there has been an unintended consequence in this headlong rush to displace rotating generation assets – grid instability.
Charged
JULY 2, 2021
Dukosi will be using Keysight Technologies ‘ SL1001A Battery Test System to support the development of battery degradation tracking and prediction algorithms, as well as state-of-charge monitors. Dukosi is working with the Battery Advances for Future Transport Applications (BAFTA) project to develop a framework to optimize performance and system management for safer and more efficient battery packs.
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.
Renewable Energy World
JULY 2, 2021
Hydro-Québec ranked first in the 2021 Best 50 Corporate Citizens in Canada released by Corporate Knights magazine. This annual ranking of the organization that promotes responsible business practices is based on data in the public domain concerning the governance of companies, as well as their social and environmental performance. According to a press release, Hydro-Québec’s ranking reflects a well-established entrepreneurial culture, which puts environmental, social and economic issues at
Impact Alpha
JULY 2, 2021
ImpactAlpha, July 2 – The American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 channels nearly $20 billion in economic relief to small, mostly rural towns. The post Ensuring equitable access to relief funds appeared first on ImpactAlpha.
DeSmogBlog
JULY 2, 2021
A senior Drax executive is stepping down from her position on the Climate Change Committee early after questions were raised over a “glaring” conflict of interest. Dr Rebecca Heaton will end her five-year tenure on the government advisory group’s mitigation committee eight months early and take up a position at renewable energy company Ovo, the board announced today. .
Impact Alpha
JULY 2, 2021
ImpactAlpha, July 2 – On this week’s podcast, host Monique Aiken talks with PolicyLink’s Michael McAfee about “the curb-cut effect,” closing the racial wealth. The post Impact Briefing: Week of July 2 appeared first on ImpactAlpha.
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?
DeSmogBlog
JULY 2, 2021
Emmanuel Macron’s government has been ordered to take much more decisive action to meet its climate targets – or face being fined. The unprecedented injunction handed down on Thursday by the country’s highest administrative court means the government, which cannot appeal the ruling, is legally bound to do all it can to cut emissions before the end of March next year.
Impact Alpha
JULY 2, 2021
ImpactAlpha, July 2 – Leo Strine was effectively the chief justice of U.S. corporations. As the top judge on the Delaware Supreme Court and, The post Leo Strine on worker power and ‘fair and sustainable capitalism’ appeared first on ImpactAlpha.
Business Green
JULY 2, 2021
Project from BT and Hubbub concludes households could save almost a £1,000 a year through simple technologies and behaviour changes. With reports this morning again stoking fears about the potential impact of climate policies on the cost of living, a timely new report from BT and Hubbub has revealed how simple behaviour changes and the use of 'smart technologies' can slash household costs and carbon emissions.
Renewable Energy World
JULY 2, 2021
The Nordex Group has received an order to supply 70 of its N163/5.X wind turbines for a farm in Brazil’s northeast state of Piaui. The contract also includes the service of the turbines over a period of five years. Installation of the turbines, which will be delivered in a project-specific operating mode of 5.7 MW, is scheduled to start in early 2023.
Business Green
JULY 2, 2021
International group of scientists call for new plastics non-proliferation treaty that binds governments to ambitious target to phase out virgin plastic. Scientists are calling for a binding treaty to phase out global production of virgin plastic by 2040. In a paper published by the journal Science yesterday, scientists representing leading academic institutions in Europe, North America, Australasia, and Africa argue that while experts had previously tended to view the plastics problem from a pre
Women in Cleantech and Sustainability
JULY 2, 2021
January 27, 2022. 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM PST. Virtual Event. Register. A panel exploring how mindfulness practices can bolster climate tech innovation, equity, and personal resiliency. Standard ticket: $15. This event is complimentary for all WCS members. No promo codes needed. Refer to the membership options here. B ecome a member here. All registrants will receive access to a recording of the event.
Business Green
JULY 2, 2021
European consortium says project marks a major milestone for the key decarbonisation technology. Shell this afternoon began operations of Europe's largest PEM hydrogen electrolyser at its Energy and Chemicals Park in south west Germany, pledging to deliver up to 1,300 tonnes of green hydrogen a year from the trail-blazing facility. The project is being led by the Refhyne European consortium, with support European Commission funding, and will is to use renewable power to convert water into green
Energy Innovation
JULY 2, 2021
Energy Innovation partners with the independent nonprofit Aspen Global Change Institute (AGCI) to provide climate and energy research updates. The research synopsis below comes from AGCI Research Director Julie A. Vano , and a full list of AGCI’s quarterly research updates covering recent climate change research on clean energy pathways is available online at [link].
Business Green
JULY 2, 2021
Major new report argues enhanced environmental protection would deliver a massive 'win-win' for the global economy. Stronger safeguards for the natural world would deliver a long list of economic and social benefits while preventing a potential $2.7tr hit to the global economy, according to a new report released yesterday by the World Bank. Echoing the UK government's recent Dasgupta Review on the economic value of biodiversity, The Economic Case for Nature concludes that a failure to protect na
The City Fix
JULY 2, 2021
The WRI Ross Center Prize for Cities is the premier global award celebrating and spotlighting transformative urban change, and its $250,000 grand prize winner for 2020-21 has been announced: Sustainable Food Production for a Resilient Rosario, an urban agriculture project from. Continue reading on TheCityFix.com.
Business Green
JULY 2, 2021
Canada joins push to phase out internal combustion engine. Canada has become the latest country to set a target to end the sale of fossil fuelled cars and vans, after the government announced a mandatory target for all new light-duty cars and passenger trucks sales to be zero-emission by 2035, accelerating its previous goal of 100 per cent zero emission car and van sales by 2040.
EDF + Business
JULY 2, 2021
Climate-aligned finance requires more than just investing in companies in low-emissions sectors; it involves wielding shareholder power to push high-emitting sectors to decarbonize. Gabe Malek Coordinator, Investor Influence. Too often, however, climate-friendly investment products focus on only the first half of this equation, directing capital to sectors with small carbon footprints and avoiding carbon-intensive sectors.
Business Green
JULY 2, 2021
Thanks to the support of BCG, Schroders, SNC Lavalin, ENGIE, Bank of America, Drax, Derwent London, and Energy Saving Trust a limited number of free passes to attend the three day Net Zero Festival virtual summit are now available. BusinessGreen has today released a tranche of free passes to the Net Zero Festival 2021 , offering an opportunity for sustainability practitioners and business leaders from around the world to access the latest cutting-edge thinking on how to accelerate the net zero t
GreenTech Gazette
JULY 2, 2021
For years, solar energy has become the go-to talking about when we think of alternative energy. And it makes sense; why not harness the power of the sun to benefit humanity? Still, inefficiency and other issues in solar are commonplace, which is why the news that Israeli science experts are working to make solar panels more efficient can only be a positive for the future.
Business Green
JULY 2, 2021
Beauty brand unveils new bio-plastic based packaging that promises to cut the carbon footprint of its moisturizer jars by 60 per cent. Nivea has this week unveiled new packaging that promises to slash its use of plastics and reduce the carbon footprint of its famous jars of moisturizer by around 60 per cent. The company is to launch the new bio-based plastic jars across its 'Naturally Good' range, in a move that is expected to reduce the use of virgin plastic by 41 grams per jar, delivering an e
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