Mon.Aug 05, 2019

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Insurance and the Low-Carbon Economy – A Meeting of Minds and Markets

CleanTech Group

The insurance industry should reflect the society it underwrites risk for. The transition to a low-carbon economy means that incumbents are now looking for new and better ways to meet their clients’ changing needs. Many insurance incumbents are looking at the opportunities connected to cleantech, while also recognizing their responsibilities and interest in mitigating the physical, transitional and […].

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Report: ‘No Evidence That Fracking Can Operate Without Threatening Public Health’

DeSmogBlog

Read time: 7 mins By Tara Lohan , The Revelator. Originally posted on The Revelator. More than 1,500 scientific studies on the health and climate impacts of fracking prove its dangerous effect on communities, wildlife and nature. Tags: Physicians for Social Responsibility fracking Dr.

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Audi Takes On The Urban Electric Scooter Trend With The Skateboard-Style Ride E-Tron Scooter

Forbes Green Tech

Audi, the European premium carmaker, has created the e-tron Scooter, a fun and practical transport idea designed for sporty urban riders, offering the advantages of the electric scooter with the dynamics of skateboarding

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1 Hotels Fellowship 2019–2020 Cycle Launches

E2 Environmental Entrepreneurs

By Gail Parson, Director of Membership & State Engagement The third year of the E2 1 Hotels Fellowship officially launched this week with applications for the 2019–2020 class being accepted now! We are thrilled to once again find 10 new business leaders with visions to impact our country’s most pressing environmental issues. In our first two years, these leaders have made a real difference in state and local levels throughout the nation.

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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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Being A Good Corporate Citizen Is Good For Your Bottom Line

Forbes Green Tech

Strong financial results aren't enough anymore. Stakeholders are demanding that companies do much more: conserve resources, eliminate emissions, source responsibly, provide safe and welcoming workplaces, and ensure access to their products. You need to walk the walk, and not just talk the talk.

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NC Biz Leaders: Meeting Workforce Demands Key to Unlocking Clean Economy

E2 Environmental Entrepreneurs

By Veronica Butcher, E2 North Carolina Representative E2’s presence was felt across North Carolina this month, with the release of our first-ever jobs report in the state and a series of listening sessions with business leaders and investors in partnership with the NC Department of Commerce and NC Sustainable Energy Association in 3 cities?—?Asheville, Charlotte and Raleigh.

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European Space Agency to Utilize More Planet Constellations

Planet Pulse

The European Space Agency (ESA) entered an agreement with Planet to gain access to both PlanetScope and SkySat constellations—with the aim of having these tools complement data drawn from ESA’s own earth observation satellites and Third Party Missions. Until recently, ESA had access to only RapidEye satellites under the EarthNet Programme, but recently decided to expand its arsenal of tools in the hope of sharing resources and knowledge for the benefit of all citizens.

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Is Technology Really Speeding Up Adoption Of New Drugs?

Forbes Green Tech

From new startups to distribution, the market for legal cannabis products is growing fast and could grow to $66.3 billion by 2025.

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Fabric-based solar cells on the horizon

Renewable Energy World

New textile-based solar cells developed by Fraunhofer researchers, semitrailers could soon be producing the electricity needed to power cooling systems or other onboard equipment. In short, textile-based solar cells could soon be adding a whole new dimension to photovoltaics, complementing the use of conventional silicon-based solar cells.

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This volcanic microbe startup is taking on Beyond Meat and Impossible in plant-based race

AFN Sustainable Protein

With big-name CVC investors like ADM Ventures and Danone Manifesto Ventures, Sustainable Bioproducts is preparing to unveil new plant-based product offerings targeting what it describes as the white space in the plant-based segment. It was only a matter of time before companies started to emerge from Beyond Meat and Impossible Foods’ titanic shadows.

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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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US wind farm activity by Fortune 500 breaks records

Renewable Energy World

The American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) has released data for Q2, indicating activity rose to new heights in the wind development sector.

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This volcanic microbe startup is taking on Beyond Meat and Impossible in plant-based race

AFN Sustainable Protein

With big-name CVC investors like ADM Ventures and Danone Manifesto Ventures, Sustainable Bioproducts is preparing to unveil new plant-based product offerings targeting what it describes as the white space in the plant-based segment. The post This volcanic microbe startup is taking on Beyond Meat and Impossible in plant-based race appeared first on AgFunderNews.

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A deluge of batteries is about to rewire the power grid

Renewable Energy World

A pale orange-and-gold sunset bathes the macadamia plantations and avocado orchards that sweep down to Australia’s Byron Bay. The coming dusk is a cue for two sleek Tesla battery packs in the garage at Amileka, a secluded holiday villa nearby. They stir silently into action—powering the appliances in the five-bedroom home’s twin kitchens, recharging a $100,000-plus Model X SUV, driving a filter pump for an 18-meter swimming pool sparkling in the shade of a century-old native black bean tree.

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How to write a Sustainability book

Terra Infirma

I’ve written five books on business and Sustainability , all of which I’m pretty proud of, and I know first hand how much effort goes in to putting a book together. I’m constantly on the lookout for new books on the subject to expand my thinking, open up new possibilities and inspire me. And every so often, a publisher will get in touch to ask whether I’d review a new book for them.

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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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Why You Should Choose Eco-Friendly Product Packaging For Your Business

Ecotech

According to a recent study, 79% of all plastic waste generated since the 1950s have been found in landfills. Another study determined that 48.5% of all packaging waste produced from 1994 to 2012 ended up in landfills. With the rise of the publics’ awareness of various environmental issues, many companies have started to opt for eco-friendly packaging as they recognize the importance of sustainability and minimizing their environmental impact.

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The World Keeps Warming as We are Running Out of Time

Green Market Oracle

We are seeing heatwaves break records all around the world. From India to Alaska , records are falling as record breaking heat is becoming the new norm. After a brutal heatwave in the middle of July, Europe suffered through yet another heatwave as the month drew to a close. More than a dozen countries in Europe recently broke heat records including Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany and the UK.