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Indigenous land defender Flix Vsquez murdered in Honduras

Inhabitat - Innovation

Honduran environmental hero Félix Vásquez was murdered on December 26 for his brave work defending the land. Vásquez, 60, a long-time leader of the indigenous Lenca people, was shot at his home in front of his family.

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Boston Solar Makes the List of “Largest Clean Energy Companies in MA”

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Boston Solar, an award-winning solar installer based in Woburn, MA, has made Boston Business Journal's "Largest Clean Energy Companies in Massachusetts" List.

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Japan to develop wooden satellite in bid to curb space junk

Inhabitat - Innovation

Japanese company Sumitomo Forestry is collaborating with Kyoto University to develop the world's first wooden satellite.

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6 Out of the Ordinary Energy Concepts from 2020

GreenTechMedia

It’s been a remarkably business-as-usual year for renewables, despite the societal upheaval wrought by the coronavirus pandemic. Most of our headlines this year have still been about conventional renewable segments such as solar and energy storage. On the margins, virtual power plants have gone mainstream and green hydrogen has emerged as the energy carrier of choice for tomorrow’s fuel systems.

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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.

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A French wine cellars updated facade doubles as housing for local bats

Inhabitat - Innovation

Eleven bat nesting boxes have been discreetly integrated into one of the building’s timber-clad gabled end walls.

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World’s Largest Insect Protein Farm Signals Future Of Food Supply

Forbes Green Tech

New plant by InnovaFeed and Archer Daniels Midland will produce 60,000 metric tons of animal feed protein per year, a step toward mainstreaming the low-carbon method of feeding the world's farm animals. "If they can pull this off, it will be magnificent,” said one researcher.

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We Need To Start Being More Aware Of The Harm We Do When We Fill Our Tanks

Forbes Green Tech

The municipal authorities of Cambridge (MA) have decided to place bright yellow stickers on gas station pumps warning drivers that “the burning of gasoline, diesel and ethanol has major consequences on human health and the environment including contributing to climate change.”.

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Artist Camille Walala envisions a carless Oxford Street for London

Inhabitat - Innovation

Seeing Oxford Street empty during the pandemic, Walala imagined what it could look like if the street was converted into a pedestrian hub.

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2020: A heartening year for tackling the climate crisis

Business Green

The climate will only respond to carbon cuts - in 2021 companies must begin turning their net zero plans into action, writes ClimateCare CEO Vaughan Lindsay. How does one even begin to talk about the year that is 2020? It's been a year full of uncertainly and has presented challenges for so many people. Not only did the pandemic affect our health and personal lives, it also fundamentally challenged our political, social, and economic norms too.

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What You Should Know About Solar Power System

Green Living Guy

Solar power energy is booming right now, and for a good reason. Solar energy is clean, meaning it doesn’t create pollution; it’s cost-effective and low maintenance. The following will explore some of the things you need to know if you’re considering solar power for your home or workplace. Of course, The post What You Should Know About Solar Power System appeared first on Green Living Guy.

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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.

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What does the vaccine mean for cold chain sustainability?

Business Green

The coronavirus vaccine presents an opportunity to build a greener market and supply chain for refrigeration. After the BioNTech-Pfizer's coronavirus vaccine's FDA approval in early December, the focus has shifted towards getting the vaccine to as many people as possible as quickly as possible. For this, Pfizer, BioNTech and other pharmaceutical companies will rely on the cold chain, the connected line of warehouses, planes, trucks and refrigerators that keeps the vaccine cold during transport a

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Welcoming Winter Wildlife

AGreenLiving

Watching butterflies and birds or spotting a rabbit contribute as … The post Welcoming Winter Wildlife appeared first on Earth 911. Excerpt from: Welcoming Winter Wildlife.

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Massachusetts Releases Its 2050 Decarbonization Roadmap — It’s Going to Be Quite a Trip

Energy and Cleantech Council

Yesterday, Massachusetts released its “ 2050 Decarbonization Roadmap.” I’m tempted to call it a tour de force. At the very least, it’s jam-packed with important issues. One of the most valuable aspects of the Roadmap is its discussion of the potential tradeoffs among the different paths towards a decarbonized economy. Acknowledging that the Roadmap contains much more good stuff than can be summarized in a single post, I’m going to focus in this post on some of the key choices that are going

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Artist Camille Walala envisions a carless Oxford Street for London

AGreenLiving

The COVID-19 pandemic of 2020 has been a lot of things, and one of them is an opportunity to delve into creative design. So when established artist and designer Camille Walala biked onto the typically bustling Oxford Street during the first lockdown in London, the creative juices started flowing. Seeing the empty street prompted Walala to imagine what the space could look like if it were permanently converted from a street to a pedestrian-only hub.

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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.

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Top 10 Utility Regulation Trends of 2020

GreenTechMedia

Noah Garcia is a policy principal at Advanced Energy Economy, an industry association for clean energy companies across technologies. * * *. In September, we published a list of the top 10 utility regulation trends of 2020, so far. With a tumultuous 2020 largely in the rearview mirror, we now look back on the 10 trends that defined the utility regulatory arena this year.

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Japan to develop wooden satellite in bid to curb space junk

AGreenLiving

Japanese company Sumitomo Forestry is collaborating with Kyoto University to develop the world’s first wooden satellite. The two entities have already started research to determine the possibility of using wood in space. This research will test tree growth and wood use in extreme environments on Earth. If these tests are successful, the project hopes to introduce the wood-inspired satellite by 2023.

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End of Year Message and the Top 100 Articles from 2020

Green Market Oracle

Since its inception in 2008, The Green Market Oracle has published 7,731 articles which have been viewed on this site a total of 4,012,438 times. As this year ends I want to take a moment to thank our readers and let you know that the new year will bring some exciting changes and additions. On January 1, 2021 an upgraded, remodeled version of this site will be launched on a new platform.

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Capris new electric power station replaces the islands diesel plant

AGreenLiving

On the island of Capri in Italy , the new Terna electric power station is an innovative example of sustainable architecture that merges into the unique landscape of the Italian island. Designed by Italian studio Frigerio Design Group, the new station replaces the island’s original diesel-run power plant in an effort to highlight the importance of renewable energy all while making the island a safer place to live.

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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?

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End of Year Message and the Top 100 Articles from 2020

Green Market Oracle

Since its inception in 2008, The Green Market Oracle has published 7,731 articles which have been viewed on this site a total of 4,012,438 times. As this year ends I want to take a moment to thank our readers and let you know that the new year will bring some exciting changes and additions. On January 1, 2021 an upgraded, remodeled version of this site will be launched on a new platform.

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A French wine cellars updated facade doubles as housing for local bats

AGreenLiving

Bordeaux-based design studio MOONWALKLOCAL collectif d’architectes has recently crafted a new facade for a French wine cellar that doubles as shelter for local bats. Although contemporary in design, the new construction pays homage to its rural surroundings with its simple, gabled shape. Eleven bat nesting boxes have been discreetly integrated into one of the building’s timber-clad, gabled end walls.

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Signs of Hope for US Federal Climate Action in 2021

CleanTechnica

As we enthusiastically bid 2020 farewell, for many reasons 2021 is starting to feel like a year to be hopeful. While the rollout of vaccines signal an impending slow-down to the pandemic, recent activity in DC is offering a similar glimpse to solutions on the horizon for the climate crisis.

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A French wine cellars updated facade doubles as housing for local bats

AGreenLiving

Bordeaux-based design studio MOONWALKLOCAL collectif d’architectes has recently crafted a new facade for a French wine cellar that doubles as shelter for local bats. Although contemporary in design, the new construction pays homage to its rural surroundings with its simple, gabled shape. Eleven bat nesting boxes have been discreetly integrated into one of the building’s timber-clad, gabled end walls.

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U.S. Renewable Energy Consumption Surpasses Coal For 1st Time In Over 130 Years

CleanTechnica

In 2019, U.S. annual energy consumption from renewable sources exceeded coal consumption for the first time since before 1885, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration’s (EIA) Monthly Energy Review. This outcome mainly reflects the continued decline in the amount of coal used for electricity generation over the past decade as well as growth in renewable energy, mostly from wind and solar.

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Indigenous land defender Flix Vsquez murdered in Honduras

AGreenLiving

Honduran environmental hero Félix Vásquez was murdered on December 26 for his brave work defending the land. Vásquez, 60, a long-time leader of the indigenous Lenca people, was shot at his home in front of his family. He lived in the rural community of Santiago de Puringla in western Honduras. Four assailants also beat his adult children who were present, but they survived.

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Luring Tesla Buyers In Back In 2012 vs. 2021 (CleanTechnica Interview)

CleanTechnica

"I wasn't in a building. It was more like a UFO landing. I'd just kinda be somewhere, and people would walk by and experience it. So it was more like it kind of jarred their senses, where they were seeing this thing they had never seen before and never heard of before.

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2020 Electric Vehicle Retrospective — Prospects For 2021 & Beyond

CleanTechnica

Ever since Tesla's original Roadster demonstrated that a plugin electric vehicle with over 240 miles of rated range was technically possible, even with the nascent technology that was deliverable way back in 2008, the ultimate transition of road transport from combustion to plugins has been largely inevitable.

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Divestment Year In Review 2020 From CleanTechnica

CleanTechnica

The momentum continues away from fossil fuel industries as more institutions make ethical climate action decisions.

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21 Best E-Bikes & Electric Motorcycles You Can Buy in 2021

CleanTechnica

Here it is again, for the very first time-- Cleantechnica's list of the 21 best e-bikes and electric motorcycles you can buy in 2021!

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10 Top Tesla Model 3 Aftermarket Products (Video Review)

CleanTechnica

I recently published a 16 month review of our Tesla Model 3 Standard Range Plus, but going through the aftermarket products we have in the car is a different matter that seemed to deserve its own video.

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Volkswagen Expands Charging Infrastructure, Previews Mobile Charger

CleanTechnica

Volkswagen will be powering up its EV charging program in Germany in 2021 with more high power chargers, more wall boxes, and the introduction of its mobile charger.

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What Nissan Should Have Done With The 2021 LEAF

CleanTechnica

A week ago, Nissan put out a press release detailing the 2021 LEAF's pricing and options. To be perfectly honest, I feel bad for whoever Nissan has writing these, because nothing has changed. Keep reading, though, because I'm going to make this a whole lot more entertaining than Nissan's people did.

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The Nuclear Industry’s Really Bad Safety Analysis

CleanTechnica

I have never seen the nuclear industry address the question of why their safety analysis calculations are off by an order of magnitude. Until they do, and I think it should include a gigantic mia culpa, my own choice would be not to allow any of their fantastical designs to be built.

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Big Supporters Of Tesla Stock Have Become “Teslanaires”

CleanTechnica

Investing in Tesla has always been a rollercoaster ride. This year, however, Tesla's stock has surged higher and higher all while settling into the prestigious S&P 500. It's been quite rewarding for retail investors — minting some surprised (and happy) millionaires in the process.

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