Inhabitat - Innovation
DECEMBER 20, 2019
Neo Fruits is a collection of artificial fruits made out of 3D-printed cellulose skins and filled with a healthy mix of vitamins and minerals.
GreenBiz
DECEMBER 20, 2019
Every business has a sphere of influence. A BSR report shows why it's important for them to use it to stand up for human rights policies, institutions and frameworks around the world.
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Inhabitat - Innovation
DECEMBER 20, 2019
Topped with a green roof, the facility complements the surrounding park.
GreenBiz
DECEMBER 20, 2019
Industry body insists it has 'definitely got the memo' on the need for urgent climate action.
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.
Inhabitat - Innovation
DECEMBER 20, 2019
Hygge Supply's custom home kits center sustainability. Its new Birch Le Collaboration House joins sustainability with luxury design.
GreenBiz
DECEMBER 20, 2019
Two-way conversations. Interdisciplinary perspectives. Here’s what inspired CivicSpark leaders at this year’s conference.
CleanTech Focus brings together the best content for cleantech professionals from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
GreenBiz
DECEMBER 20, 2019
Plus, how to have productive conversations about climate during your holiday gatherings.
GreenTechMedia
DECEMBER 20, 2019
Floating wind now (sort of) has the backing of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. Thursday was the official opening of the U.K.’s new parliamentary session and, as always, the centerpiece was the Queen’s Speech. Written by her freshly appointed government, it sets out in broad strokes what the priorities of the new executive will be. An accompanying fleshes things out a little.
Envirotec Magazine
DECEMBER 20, 2019
Restoration on Bolton Fell Moss (photo credit: Natural England). Dr Mike Morecroft, Climate Change expert at Natural England, has been looking at how we evaluate and measure success of climate change adaptation and mitigation in terrestrial ecosystems, and is the lead author on a recent review into the issue, published in the journal Science on 13 December.
Inhabitat - Innovation
DECEMBER 20, 2019
Experience gifts can be wonderfully green and intrinsically fulfilling.
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.
DeSmogBlog
DECEMBER 20, 2019
Read time: 9 mins In over their heads with debt, U.S. shale oil and gas firms are now moving from a boom in fracking to a boom in bankruptcies. This trend of failing finances has the potential for the U.S. public, both at the state and federal levels, to be left on the hook for paying to properly shut down and clean up even more drilling sites. Expect these companies to try reducing their debt through the process of bankruptcy and, like the coal industry , attempting to get out of environmental
Grist
DECEMBER 20, 2019
The secret to cleaning up contaminated water may lie in the cheap, common polyurethane foam used in mattresses. In a study published in the journal Nature Sustainability this week, scientists tested the ability of the material, enhanced with a special coating, to soak up tiny droplets of oil suspended in water. They found that it consistently captured almost all of the oil in under three hours.
Greentown Labs
DECEMBER 20, 2019
Low-population islands such as those in the eastern Caribbean rely heavily on diesel generators. Even when the islands tap into renewable energy, the generators are typically still running so they can step in if needed. . Diesel generators are prevalent because while renewable power—mainly solar—is abundant in the Caribbean, energy storage is missing.
Defend Our Future
DECEMBER 20, 2019
Solving the climate crisis is no easy feat. And while more of our leaders are speaking out and developing solutions, there’s still much more work to be done on college campuses, with local leaders and businesses, and in communities around the country to build a durable and diverse movement to show our leaders that we are demanding a 100% clean energy future.
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.
Charged
DECEMBER 20, 2019
Conversion shops are the bespoke tailors of the EV world – maverick motorheads who craft custom creations for the wealthiest of car lovers. The California company Electric GT has created a “crate motor” that’s designed to make it easier for professional converters or even ambitious home mechanics to electrify vintage ICE vehicles. New York Times reporter Lawrence Ulrich drove a vintage Fiat 124 Spider conversion equipped with one of the company’s powertrains.
Impact Alpha
DECEMBER 20, 2019
ImpactAlpha, December 20 – Even in the best of circumstances, an annual 7% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions would be a heavy lift. Yet 7%, every year for three decades, is actually just the minimum reduction target we must hit to try to avert the worst of catastrophic climate change. If we halve emissions by The post Climate Finance 2020: Leaders and laggards in the race to net-zero appeared first on ImpactAlpha.
altenergymag
DECEMBER 20, 2019
Leading renewable energy consultancy and service provider, Natural Power, has acted as technical advisor to London headquartered Cubico Sustainable Investments (Cubico) for the sale of a substantial minority stake in its UK wind and solar portfolio to GLIL Infrastructure LLP (GLIL), the £1.8bn infrastructure fund backed by Northern LGPS and Local Pensions Partnership.
Impact Alpha
DECEMBER 20, 2019
ImpactAlpha, Dec. 21 – The failure of the COP25 global climate conference in Madrid left climate-finance practitioners seeking a path forward in the absence of effective political and policy leadership. “The climate emergency is real and the financial casualties are piling up,” said Brian Walsh, head of impact for the fintech company Liquidnet. “Those kind of The post Decapitalizing the fossil fuel industry (podcast) 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?
Charged
DECEMBER 20, 2019
Tesla drivers are rightly proud of their Supercharger network, but there are times when it would be convenient to use another public charging station. In some regions, the lines at Superchargers are becoming longer, and new third-party public chargers are appearing all over the country. In Europe, Tesla has equipped Model 3 with a CCS plug, and it offers a CCS adapter for Models S and X, so European Tesla drivers can easily use most non-Tesla charging stations.
Solar Power World
DECEMBER 20, 2019
Indianapolis Power & Light Company (IPL) announces that Sargent & Lundy will act on IPL’s behalf to facilitate an all-source request for proposals (RFP) to meet future electric needs of our customers and the communities it serves. The RFP considers all potential options for replacement generation capacity so IPL can continue to deliver safe, reliable and… The post Indianapolis utility requests proposals for 200 MW of power in order to retire two coal plants appeared first on Solar
EDF + Business
DECEMBER 20, 2019
“Without business, … we will never achieve the goals of keeping temperature increases below 1.5 degrees (Celsius). This is only the beginning – we are just getting on track.” -Ambassador Luis Alfonso de Alba, the UN Special Envoy for the 2019 Climate Action Summit. In the wake of the failure of the UN Climate Conference in Madrid, it is even more urgent and critical that global business lead the way – showing a path forward for prosperity and a thriving planet.
Solar Power World
DECEMBER 20, 2019
EDF Renewables North America signed a 20-year power purchase agreement (PPA) with CleanPowerSF for a 100-MWac tranche of the Palen Solar site known as Maverick 6 Solar Project. The project expects to come online by the end of 2021 and deliver enough clean electricity annually to power 49,000 average California homes. The Palen Solar site… The post CleanPowerSF signs 100-MWac PPA on future California solar system appeared first on Solar Power World.
Clean Energy Canada
DECEMBER 20, 2019
VICTORIA — Dan Woynillowicz, deputy director at Clean Energy Canada, made the following statement in response to the federal government’s launch of a strategic assessment of thermal coal mining in Canada: “When it comes to power, Canada is well-positioned. Our electricity grid is already mostly clean, and the federal government is now phasing out coal-fired power.
Solar Power World
DECEMBER 20, 2019
Hecate Energy’s proposed 100-MW Santa Teresa solar project has been selected by El Paso Electric Company (EPE) as part of a 350-MW solar and storage Request for Proposals (RFP) process designed to add new clean resources to the utility’s system. Pending necessary regulatory approvals, the project — to be constructed in Santa Teresa, New Mexico… The post El Paso Electric will add planned 100-MW solar project to its grid appeared first on Solar Power World.
Green Market Oracle
DECEMBER 20, 2019
The provincial government is acting to reign-in the Northern Pulp mill near Pictou, Nova Scotia. For 42 years the mill has been dumping harmful waste into lagoons. They have created what a former environment minister called a "toxic mess" and one of the worst cases of environmental racism in Canada. The mill has failed to respect the timelines given to them five years ago, and they have also reneged on their promise to clean up the estuary that they polluted.
Solar Power World
DECEMBER 20, 2019
A first-of-its-kind renovation has significantly improved the overall performance and reliability of OCI Solar Power‘s Alamo I solar farm, located in southern San Antonio, Texas. “Alamo I is now equipped with industry-leading tracker technology and a block of bifacial modules which will be used for field testing and data-gathering,” said Jason Thompson, Construction Manager for… The post OCI Solar Power adds Array trackers and bifacial modules to existing Texas solar syst
Terra Infirma
DECEMBER 20, 2019
OK, so we’re closing down Terra Infirma Towers today for the Christmas holidays and I’d like to take the opportunity to thank all our clients, partners, associates, friends, readers – everybody who has engaged with us over the last 12 months. It’s been one hell of a ride this year and I’m looking forward to a break before saddling up again driving the Sustainability agenda forward with you in 2020!
Solar Power World
DECEMBER 20, 2019
The Idaho Public Utilities Commission issued a unanimous decision rejecting a proposed settlement agreement that would have ended Idaho Power’s popular net metering program and replaced it with a program that values customer-generated solar electricity lower than utility-supplied electricity. The Commission decided that the evidence it had was insufficient to demonstrate that the proposed settlement… The post Idaho PUC preserves net metering for existing solar customers appeared first on S
Charged
DECEMBER 20, 2019
Chinese EV manufacturer BYD and charging infrastructure provider AMPLY Power will partner to support fleet operators’ transition to EVs. Geared towards transit agencies, shuttle bus operators, universities, school districts and municipalities, the partnership will offer joint products and services from the two companies. BYD President Stella Li said, “This partnership leads to a total and affordable solution that will help municipalities, universities, and businesses achieve their climate
Forbes Green Tech
DECEMBER 20, 2019
Governments have a legal duty to protect citizens from climate change.
altenergymag
DECEMBER 20, 2019
14 Gigawatts of New Renewable Energy Capacity Added Over the Past Decade
Forbes Green Tech
DECEMBER 20, 2019
Let’s have a look at what 2019 meant for cultured meat in five key events
Business Green
DECEMBER 20, 2019
Andrew Bailey will take over at helm of UK's central bank in March, replacing Mark Carney who has been instrumental in pushing for climate risk transparency.
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