Is Anybody Listening?
Forbes Green Tech
SEPTEMBER 13, 2020
How much longer will we continue to ignore the impact of our continued refusal to do anything to mitigate the planet’s long-standing climate emergency?
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Fashion industry accused of water pollution blindspot
Business Green
SEPTEMBER 13, 2020
Latest CDP report reveals vast majority of top fashion firms are failing to adequately respond to investor concerns over water-related risks across their value chain. The fashion industry has been accused of being "blind" to the risks of water pollution by a new report from investor-backed environmental disclosure platform CDP. The research, which has been released today in the run up to this year's London Fashion Week , reveals that only 10 per cent of listed fashion firms have demonstrated awa
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West Coast Wildfires Reveal Massive Governance Failures
Forbes Green Tech
SEPTEMBER 13, 2020
Political polarization and short-termism impede the development of a rational wildfire policy response. State-level zero emissions policies alone will not address wildfires in the short-run. Along with forest management, communities need to enact policies to better prepare for wildfires.
Do celebrity endorsements really help environmental campaigns? We found no evidence
Business Green
SEPTEMBER 13, 2020
University of Oxford researcher which looked at 181 celebrity campaigns in six languages finds no hard evidence that any were effective. Arsenal footballer Hector Bellerin recently partnered with a reforestation charity and pledged to plant 3,000 trees every time his team won. This is just one example of the now widespread use of celebrities like him in environmental conservation marketing campaigns.
Manufacturing Sustainability Surge: Your Guide to Data-Driven Energy Optimization & Decarbonization
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.
Slow-Moving Hurricanes Near Coasts Are Flood Nightmares - Why Sally Is A Threat
Forbes Green Tech
SEPTEMBER 13, 2020
Slow-moving hurricanes near the coast often mean major flood problems. Sally looks to be one.
Rebooting Britain: Creating a sustainable, resilient, low carbon economy
Business Green
SEPTEMBER 13, 2020
As the world rebuild from the Covid-19 pandemic, we have a unique opportunity to create a fairer, more resilient, low carbon society, writes BT's chief digital impact & sustainability officer, Andy Wales. As the world looks to rebuild from the Covid-19 pandemic, we have a unique opportunity to change the way the economy works - creating a fairer, more resilient, low carbon society.
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Winemaker Accolade raises glass to newly carbon neutral range
Business Green
SEPTEMBER 13, 2020
Company behind Hardy's and Echo Falls says its core range has been certified as carbon neutral. The company behind bestselling wine brands Kumala, Hardys, and Echo Falls has announced that its core range has now been certified carbon neutral. The certification from consultancy the Carbon Trust means Accolade Wines Europe is close to achieving its goal of achieve net zero emissions across its UK-packaged portfolio by the end of 2020.
Is Manila’s new white sand coast a threat to marine life?
Eco-Business
SEPTEMBER 13, 2020
The Philippines’ department of environment and natural resources has come under fire after dumping dolomite sand, typically used in construction, on the shores of Manila Bay as part of an US$8 million beautification project.
Gap gifts sustainable sourcing 'toolkit' to fashion industry
Business Green
SEPTEMBER 13, 2020
Retail giant teams up with Textile Exchange to extend reach of new Preferred Fiber Toolkit. A sustainability ‘toolkit' produced by clothing manufacturer Gap is to be made available industry-wide, in a bid to make it easier for companies to source sustainable textiles. The Preferred Fiber Toolkit (PFT) is a resource for sourcing and design teams that is designed to make it easier to identify sustainable fibres and support the pursuit of corporate sustainability goals.
Myanmar's ongoing land conflict contributed to rapid forest cover loss
Eco-Business
SEPTEMBER 13, 2020
Habitats of globally threatened species, including the critically endangered Gurney’s pitta and recently discovered geckos, face destruction due to logging, agriculture and other human pressures.
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.
CBI tells government: Net zero action 'speaks 1,000 times louder than words'
Business Green
SEPTEMBER 13, 2020
Britain's biggest business group urges government to fast track rollout of host of green technologies, including new CCUS, hydrogen, EV, and renewables projects. The Confederation of British Industry (CBI) has urged the government to get on with fast-tracking the UK's push towards net zero emissions, amid rising frustration from business over the absence of detailed decarbonisation plans and ongoing delays to key green policy measures.
Pandemic’s impacts are damaging climate research
Eco-Business
SEPTEMBER 13, 2020
Climate research is suffering permanent damage from some of the Covid-19 pandemic’s impacts, a UN report says.
'Now is the moment': Alstom reveals how the UK could pull ahead on hydrogen
Business Green
SEPTEMBER 13, 2020
BusinessGreen sits down with Nick Crossfield, managing director of Alstom UK and Ireland, to discuss why hydrogen could hold the key to decarbonising the UK's railway network by the government's 2040 deadline. Some 200 years after the UK's coal industry spurred the development of the world's first railway network, a different fuel could once again establish the UK a major hub for train innovation.
Mutual credit in Colombia: Mercedes Bidart of Quipu Markets
Low Impact
SEPTEMBER 13, 2020
Today I’m talking with Mercedes Bidart, of Quipu Markets. Mercedes, you’re from Argentina, the project was born at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where you did a Masters; and the project is being launched in Colombia. So it’s a very pan-American project. I saw an article about you in Forbes magazine – I’ll put a link in the description. So before we talk about the details of the project, I want to talk about what drives you.
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.
Lewis Hamilton Is Driving The Transition To Electric Cars
CleanTechnica
SEPTEMBER 13, 2020
Lewis Hamilton, star of Formula One racing, is leading his own personal campaign to promote the electric car revolution.
Connecticut Targets Lower Income Buyers With New Clean Vehicle Subsidies
CleanTechnica
SEPTEMBER 13, 2020
Isn't it time to focus more on ways that lower income individuals can purchase an.
The Mosquito Apocalypse And The Aftermath Of Hurricane Laura
CleanTechnica
SEPTEMBER 13, 2020
The aftermath of Hurricane Laura continues for those in southwest Louisiana. Many are dealing with a mosquito apocalypse now, while Louisiana has been all but forgotten by the national media. Walt Handelsman, a staff editorial cartoonist for The Advocate, my local paper in Baton Rouge, shared this striking image online.
Fires, Floods, And The Coming Of Zoltan
CleanTechnica
SEPTEMBER 13, 2020
This morning, the first story I saw was one of Steve Hanley’s latest articles on CleanTechnica, “Should People Be Prevented From Living In Fire And Flood Prone Areas?” It seems a majority of people in the U.S. would support a ban on building in areas at risk from such natural disasters as flooding and fires. A majority would also support buying out people whose homes are at risk.
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?
Machine Learning + CleanTech + Climate Risks — CleanTech Talk Podcast
CleanTechnica
SEPTEMBER 13, 2020
In the first half of this CleanTech Talk interview, Michael Barnard sits down with Paul Werbos, Ph.D. Co-Director of the Center for Intelligent Optimization and Networks, to talk about all things climate change.
A Red State Goes Green — Why Texas Is Adding So Much Solar
CleanTechnica
SEPTEMBER 13, 2020
In this article, I'll talk about what Texas is doing with utility-scale solar and how the motivation is different than many other states.
Lucid Motors: Building A “No Compromise” Brand
CleanTechnica
SEPTEMBER 13, 2020
“We are not just launching a car, but a brand.” — Derek Jenkins, VP of Design, Lucid Motors.
Methane: Lying Liars And The Lies They Tell Us
CleanTechnica
SEPTEMBER 13, 2020
The natural gas industry says publicly that methane emissions are minuscule and under control. But what they say in private is very different.
Applying the Pareto Principle to Benefit the Planet: Conversion of Commercial Transportation to Reduce Effects of Climate Change
CleanTechnica
SEPTEMBER 13, 2020
Applying the Pareto Principle to Benefit the Planet: in the US, the transportation sector is at the top of a list of polluters inclusive of agriculture, industry, commercial, residential and electricity. Within transportation itself, it’s the light-duty, medium- and heavy-duty vehicles that are responsible for 82% of GHG, while the others combined contribute just 18%.
Volkswagen To Slash Shipping Emissions. Electrify America Debuts Home Charging Portal
CleanTechnica
SEPTEMBER 13, 2020
Volkswagen is taking action to lower its carbon footprint and to bring residential EV charging to more people.
Huge Tesla Autopilot Update Coming In 6–10 Weeks (To Early Access Owners)
CleanTechnica
SEPTEMBER 13, 2020
One of the biggest updates in the history of Tesla Autopilot is supposed to be coming in 6–10 weeks to "Early Access" Tesla owners — these are owners who by hook or by crook got into a public beta testing group for Tesla firmware updates.
Non-Tesla Electric Cars Can Now Charge For Free On Some European Tesla Superchargers
CleanTechnica
SEPTEMBER 13, 2020
Historically, only Tesla vehicles have been able to charge at Tesla Superchargers. However, the European Commission got a bit antsy and — whiz, bang, boom — Supercharging has been opened up to the many electric car drivers in Europe who don't have a T on their hoods.
Elon Musk Explains Why Tesla Solar Power Is So Cheap — CleanTechnica Exclusive
CleanTechnica
SEPTEMBER 13, 2020
After discovering just how much cheaper Tesla solar power was compared to the US average and state averages, I was curious to learn more. So I asked Tesla CEO Elon Musk about it.
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