Fri.Nov 11, 2022

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9 ways the circular economy can help avert the climate crisis

GreenBiz

Circular economy strategies can complement decarbonization measures and support scaling the clean energy transition.

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Best herb and kitchen garden planters of 2022

Inhabitat - Innovation

What are the best kitchen and herb garden planters of 2022? That depends on your kitchen, of course. Kitchen garden planters can run the gamut from windowsill pots to hydroponics. We have rounded up our favorite sustainable ways to keep fresh produce in your kitchen all year long. Here are our top best herb garden and kitchen garden planters of 2022.

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The flexible film recycling conundrum

GreenBiz

The major challenge with flexible packaging remains its recyclability. TerraCycle founder Tom Szaky discusses likely scenarios for what's ahead.

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Edwardian library in London receives a new wood pavilion

Inhabitat - Innovation

Now, the Lea Bridge Library in London will join this great tradition thanks to an incredible new design that marries Earth-friendly construction with people-centric spaces.

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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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COP 27 Dispatch: New thinking required for ecological transition in Global South

GreenBiz

Should priority be given to financing local startups or is it more worthwhile to ensure the necessary solutions are quickly adapted for the rest of the world?

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MSNBC film finds heroes and hope amid climate emergency

Inhabitat - Innovation

In a cinematic documentary set to air on Sunday, Nov. 13, on MSNBC, producers Leonardo Dicaprio, Harri Grace and Chloe Leland capture the anguish of devastation and intertwine it with hope.

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THE PARKS will be Africa's largest sustainable city

Inhabitat - Innovation

Dubai-based URB has just unveiled plans to create Africa's largest sustainable city, THE PARKS.

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Leveraging corporate cash to scale climate solutions

GreenBiz

A synopsis of the recent Drawdown Labs webinar about financed emissions.

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Fossil fuel lobbyists at COP27 overpower vulnerable voices

Inhabitat - Innovation

Climate activists are protesting the large number of fossil fuel delegates attending the COP27 summit in Egypt. According to research by Global Witness, an international NGO, there are 25% more fossil fuel delegates at COP27 than there were at COP26.

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COP27 Dispatch: New thinking required for ecological transition in Global South

GreenBiz

Should priority be given to financing local startups or is it more worthwhile to ensure the necessary solutions are quickly adapted for the rest of the world?

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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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Forensics used to reverse the decline of biodiversity in Europe

Envirotec Magazine

Image credit: Barnaby_S , CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 license. Staffordshire University is contributing forensic intelligence to an ambitious project which aims to protect endangered species like wolf, bear, lynx, and sturgeon in remote areas of Europe. Funded by Horizon Europe, NATURE FIRST brings together 12 global partners to improve biodiversity and protect the habitats of many species which are being threatened by human activity.

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Circularity's potentially-planet-saving power

GreenBiz

Scaling circularity requires nuanced and complex answers to hard questions.

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The Week in Impact Investing: Deliver

Impact Alpha

TGIF, Agents of Impact! Take a moment to thank a vet on this Veterans Day. ?? Unfinished business. We launched The Brief the. The post The Week in Impact Investing: Deliver appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

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Infinitum secures $30 million in capital to expand and automate its Mexico production facility

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Infinitum, creator of a patented air-core motor , has secured $30 million in additional growth capital from several investors. The company will use the new funds to expand and fully automate assembly at its 65,000-square-foot facility in Mexico to meet a significant increase in demand. The company, which was formerly known as Infinitum Electric, has rebranded as Infinitum.

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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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ImpactAlpha Deal Spotlight: Oversubscribed impact funds

Impact Alpha

ImpactAlpha, November 11 — In a challenging year for raising capital, impact funds are bucking the trend. Impact-focused climate funds from large private. The post ImpactAlpha Deal Spotlight: Oversubscribed impact funds appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

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Franklin Electric introduces switchgear for DC fast charging stations

Charged

Franklin Electric has introduced a new switchgear product that supports up to four 150 kW DC fast chargers. It’s part of the company’s new NexPhase line of EV products. “NexPhase is purpose-built to support the National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (NEVI) formula program, helping to enable EV charging site owners to maintain NEVI’s 97% charger uptime requirements while minimizing installation, maintenance and operating costs,” says the company.

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Planet Announces Board Expansion with Addition of Kristen Robinson

Planet Pulse

We are thrilled to announced that Kristen Robinson will be joining Planet’s Board of Directors. Robinson brings 30 years of experience in human resources, finance and marketing at software and technology companies. Voted in at Planet’s Annual General Meeting on November 9, this is our first board addition since going public in December 2021. Robinson’s history of leadership in employee experience and resource management at high-growth, public technology companies is intended to help Planet navig

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Custom Truck One Source and Battle Motors partner

Charged

Custom Truck One Source is a provider of specialized truck and heavy equipment solutions—it offers sales, rentals, service, customization and remanufacturing. Now the company has added Battle Motors to its truck inventory. Custom Truck will offer Battle Motors’ full cabover line, including electric trucks, in Kansas City, Missouri and other cities. The partnership will enable Battle Motors to leverage Custom Truck’s distribution channels and expand its market presence, and allow Custom Truck to

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Happy Veterans Day

Mosaic

Today, we want to recognize the Mosaician team members, partners and homeowners who have served in the U.S. armed forces. According to the Department of Energy, The U.S. clean energy power industry employs veterans at a higher rate than the national average. We spoke to a few team members who have served our country and now serve our planet by making clean energy accessible and affordable to more families.

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Former YASA CEO Chris Harris appointed as electric aviation developer Evolito CEO

Charged

Evolito, a privately-owned company that is developing and manufacturing electric motors and powertrains for aerospace applications, has announced that former YASA CEO Dr. Chris Harris will join the company as CEO. Evolito was spun out from YASA in July 2021. YASA, a developer of axial-flux electric motors and controllers for the automotive sector, was acquired by Mercedes-Benz in August 2021.

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On.Energy on Pace to Become the Largest Energy Storage Developer for Airports in the Americas

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Leading Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) provider adds 39 MWh of on-site battery storage, reducing annual carbon emissions by 46,000 kg and.

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Silicon Mobility’s APP – T222 INVERTER control software earns ASIL-C certification

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Digital control developer Silicon Mobility has announced that its control software platform has been certified ISO 26262 ASIL-C compliant by SGS-TÜV Saar. The OLEA APP – T222 INVERTER is part of the OLEA product line, and supports ASIL-D certification for integrating powertrain systems. “Built as a software platform to control a wide variety of technologies and topologies, OLEA APP – T222 INVERTER allows high-performance, real-time and safe control of advanced power electronics and e

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U.S. Embrace of ‘Climate-Smart’ Agriculture at COP27 Faces Scrutiny

DeSmogBlog

When climate talks in Egypt turn to the future of food on Saturday, the U.S. government will be on hand to champion a new coalition of feed, livestock and agrochemical companies as the vanguard of transformational change. We can expect to hear a lot about how the Agricultural Innovation Mission for Climate , or Aim4C, will be harnessing new technology – from big data to precision fertilizer – to slow ballooning emissions from agribusiness, and fight worsening global hunger.

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Electrify America launches a new brand-neutral marketing campaign to promote EVs

Charged

It’s great to see that automakers are now including EVs in their all-pervasive advertising campaigns, after years of ignoring them. But car ads tend to be arty rather than practical, and many prospective customers still don’t understand how charging works. Enter Electrify America, with a new brand-neutral marketing campaign titled “ As Seen on EV.”.

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How the Fossil Fuel Industry Buys Goodwill

DeSmogBlog

From the world’s biggest soccer championship to soccer training for kids , from major universities to music festivals and art galleries to — if you can name it, fossil fuel companies have probably sponsored it. TotalEnergies will sponsor the 2023 Rugby World Cup in France. Aramco has partnered with Spain’s Laguna de El Hito Nature Reserve to conserve bird species.

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Smart Energy Finances: EIB investment survey and COP27 finance highlights

Smart Energy International

This week’s edition of Smart Energy Finances breaks down some of the EIB’s key findings on the state of EU firms in the energy transition and details COP27 financial highlights. The past week has been a key period for investment decisions, pleas and pledges within the financial community. Tuesday saw COP27’s finance day take the global stage with commitments and calls to action being announced across the board.

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MARS mission: UN launches new methane detecting satellite

Business Green

New Methane Action and Response System hailed as major boost for efforts to tackle methane emissions. The UN has today announced the launch of a new satellite-based methane detection system designed to help governments and businesses identify major sources of the second most abundant greenhouse gas in the atmosphere. The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) said the Methane Action and Response System (MARS) would provide a publicly available global system that uses state-of-the-art satell

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Indonesia doubles down with downstream EV push

Smart Energy International

In a national effort to convert Indonesia’s Electric Vehicle (EV) ecosystem from upstream to downstream, Indonesia’s state-owned electric utility PT PLN (Persero) has announced extensive infrastructure rollout to accelerate the country’s EV uptake and use, aiming to reduce carbon emissions from transportation. Minister of State-Owned Enterprises (SOEs) Erick Thohir said the government is fully committed to developing the EV ecosystem after President Joko Widodo released Presidential

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A deforestation roadmap that leaves a lot to be desired

Business Green

COP27 started with the announcement of a plan to end deforestation in soy, palm oil and beef but experts think it's without backbone or bite. This article originally appeared as part of our Food Weekly newsletter. Subscribe to get sustainability food news in your inbox every Thursday. This year's COP27 climate negotiations started on a sobering note for me.

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Tesla makes its charging connector available to all

Charged

Yes, Tesla can still do great things. “In pursuit of our mission to accelerate the world’s transition to sustainable energy, today we are opening our EV connector design to the world,” says the Prodigal Pioneer. “We invite charging network operators and vehicle manufacturers to put the Tesla charging connector and charge port, now called the North American Charging Standard (NACS), on their equipment and vehicles.”.

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COP27: Grant Shapps to announce £65m clean energy funding boost

Business Green

UK government confirms £65m of funding in support of world’s first large scale Industry Transition Programme as part of Breakthrough Agenda. The UK government has today announced a new £65m industrial decarbonisation funding package, as part of the international Breakthrough Agenda that was launched at last year's COP26 Summit with a mission to tackle emissions from carbon intensive industries.

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Washington Gas loves its customers too much for their own good

Energy Central

Choose your fuel source carefully: you are likely to have to live with your decision for the next 10-20 years. Image: iamNigelMorris, CC BY 2.0 , via Wikimedia Commons Washington Gas has been emailing its Virginia customers this month to offer them rebates if they buy new gas appliances, including home heating equipment (up to $700) and water heaters (up to $400).

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Actionable Green Practices To Curb Water Contamination

Green Living Guy

Water contamination is one of the most daunting challenges threatening the human race. Unfortunately, even developed countries like the US struggle to keep toxins out of their rivers, lakes, oceans, and groundwater. Beyond damaging the marine ecosystem, contaminated water threatens human health. Camp Lejeune contamination is one of the worst instances of toxin-induced disasters in […].

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Rolls-Royce delivers battery packs for German virtual power plant

Smart Energy International

Rolls-Royce has announced that six of eight mtu EnergyPacks have been delivered to German energy solutions company VISPIRON, which makes use of a virtual power plant in combination with an auto trading system to provide grid stability. The batteries were commissioned in solar parks in Bavaria and Thuringia in Germany and are used for intraday trading, the short-term purchase and sale of electricity delivered on the same day.