GreenBiz
DECEMBER 8, 2021
Another analysis by Ericsson suggests 5G technologies could have a big impact in reducing emissions for four of the biggest-emitting sectors: power; transport; buildings; and manufacturing.
Inhabitat - Innovation
DECEMBER 8, 2021
Tiny home construction just got a lot easier with the plug-and-play prefab C2X from Nestron. All plumbing, electrical and other smart systems come preinstalled in this tiny home, which includes electric heated floors, smart tablet and a standard-size washing machine.
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GreenBiz
DECEMBER 8, 2021
A new program at the University of Pittsburgh, funded by Covestro, will focus on design with an emphasis on decreasing global waste through the reuse of materials.
Inhabitat - Innovation
DECEMBER 8, 2021
Autonomous has created a new building kit for a 98-square-foot, one-room building called the Pod. It is so simple the average user could set it up in one day in their backyard, often without a permit, as it is free-standing and assembles from a box.
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.
GreenBiz
DECEMBER 8, 2021
BlackRock's climate finance vision is at extreme odds with its financing of Adani coal and gas projects.
Inhabitat - Innovation
DECEMBER 8, 2021
A North Carolina town with fewer than 3,000 citizens and known for its antiques festival is about to be on the cutting edge of the electric vehicle revolution. Toyota just announced that it will construct a $1.29 billion battery-building facility in little Liberty, North Carolina.
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Inhabitat - Innovation
DECEMBER 8, 2021
The holidays are fast approaching and, with it, the bustle of wrapping presents, baking treats and decorating the Christmas tree. While the tradition of harvesting a tree from the forest (or tree farm) is a plastic-free endeavor that relies on a renewable resource, that doesn’t mean it’s void of environmental consequences.
GreenBiz
DECEMBER 8, 2021
A few thoughts as 2021 roars to a close.
Inhabitat - Innovation
DECEMBER 8, 2021
The residents of Carson, California, have had to endure weeks of a foul stench emanating from the Dominguez Channel. The smell, described by locals as similar to rotten eggs, was first reported on Oct. 3. Now, officials say that the stench was caused by waste from a beauty and wellness product warehouse that caught fire and spilled chemicals into a canal.
GreenBiz
DECEMBER 8, 2021
ESG investing has a blind spot that puts the $35 trillion industry’s sustainability promises in doubt — supply chains.
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.
Envirotec Magazine
DECEMBER 8, 2021
Pedunculate oaks host 326 species that are only found on oak trees (image credit: Theophilos Papadopoulos , CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 license ). Diseases affecting different UK tree species appear to have a multiplying effect on the loss of associated biodiversity, according to new research by James Hutton Institute scientists and partners in the UK and Portugal.
altenergymag
DECEMBER 8, 2021
An idea becomes a book and a movement, as California Public Utilities Commission nears bellwether decision to revalue rooftop solar
Envirotec Magazine
DECEMBER 8, 2021
A trade group comprising European suppliers of waste-to-energy technology, ESWET, has welcomed the European Commission’s proposal to revise the waste shipment regulation to reduce waste exports and treat municipal waste in Europe under EU standards, but calls for coherent and clearer rules for intra-EU shipments. Under EU law, high environmental standards apply to waste treatment, which must be in line with the waste hierarchy.
altenergymag
DECEMBER 8, 2021
Company unveils Atlas, cutting-edge AI-enabled solar installation technology complementing existing construction programs and bolstering high-tech jobs in the US
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.
Grist
DECEMBER 8, 2021
The transcript from the video above has been edited for length and clarity. A sprig of moss is growing on a tree in the Duwamish Valley, the most polluted area in Seattle. While that moss might seem ordinary, it has a secret superpower: It’s keeping a record of the pollution in the air — from the trucks, trains, planes, cargo ships, and hundreds of industrial facilities that surround it.
altenergymag
DECEMBER 8, 2021
In a breakthrough demonstration, Hydrogen Optimized's RuggedCellTM water electrolyser has ramped from 0 to 50,000 amperes in under 10 seconds. This is a world-first for alkaline electrolysers, and shows that it can be used to stabilize electrical grids and optimize energy recovery from intermittent renewable power sources such as solar and wind. Ultimately, this proves the RuggedCell has the capability to support the energy transition to renewables in the drive to net-zero emissions.
U.S. Green Technology
DECEMBER 8, 2021
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The City Fix
DECEMBER 8, 2021
Without getting cities right, we cannot solve the climate crisis. Contributing to 75% of energy-related greenhouse gas emissions, it is impossible to overstate their central role. Cities’ choices influence and can drive change in every system that needs to be decarbonized. Continue reading on TheCityFix.com.
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 8, 2021
The UK government has announced the first five winners of its Zero Emission Bus Regional Area (ZEBRA) funding program, which is designed to enable transport authorities outside London to fund zero-emission buses. According to Route One , “Kent County Council will get £9.5 million ($12.6 million); Milton Keynes Council £16 million ($21.3 million); and Warrington Borough Council around £21.5 million ($28.6 million).
Grist
DECEMBER 8, 2021
The transcript from the video above has been edited for length and clarity. A sprig of moss is growing on a tree in the Duwamish Valley, the most polluted area in Seattle. While that moss might seem ordinary, it has a secret superpower: It’s keeping a record of the pollution in the air — from the trucks, trains, planes, cargo ships, and hundreds of industrial facilities that surround it.
Impact Alpha
DECEMBER 8, 2021
Over 100 million people in America live in economic insecurity, which includes half of all people of color. As we become a more. The post Shifting power, redefining risk, and advancing justice: A model for investors to advance racial equity appeared first on ImpactAlpha.
DeSmogBlog
DECEMBER 8, 2021
Oil and gas investors are anticipating hefty dividend checks to close out 2021. Following a decade of red ink — capped by a devastating 2020 when oil prices briefly went negative — fracking-focused companies finally made some money this year. High energy prices and a slower pace of drilling allowed North America’s shale firms to harvest a bumper crop of cash through the summer and fall.
altenergymag
DECEMBER 8, 2021
The Interstate Renewable Energy Council (IREC) and the National Council for Workforce Education (NCWE) today announced the creation of a new cross-sector initiative to improve clean energy education, training, and job placement efforts and outcomes.
DeSmogBlog
DECEMBER 8, 2021
The strategy being pursued by the UK government’s oil and gas regulator and business secretary is “unlawful” because it fails to regulate tax breaks for oil and gas companies, a court has been told. The hearing today at the Royal Court of Justice in London also heard that the latest Oil and Gas Authority (OGA) strategy , which came into force in February, is not consistent with the government’s legal commitment to cut greenhouse gas emissions to net zero by 2050.
Bidgely
DECEMBER 8, 2021
Hear more from Bill Hughes about the future of Home Energy Management , and learn more about the design philosophy behind Bidgely’s industry-leading HEM solutions. . Recently I was speaking with Bill Hughes, Principal Research Analyst at Guidehouse Insights about the dramatic shift underway from Home Energy Reporting to a new era of Home Energy Management.
Renewable Energy World
DECEMBER 8, 2021
The fire safety certification is a significant milestone that means Emera can now sell the solution to other utilities. After a demanding testing and evaluation process, Emera Technologies announced today it has received UL 9540 fire safety certification for BlockBox, the distributed nanogrid energy storage system that controls its BlockEnergy microgrid platform.
Low Impact
DECEMBER 8, 2021
Our network members Ben and Lorraine of Forest Crafts are hoping to find one or two people to help them develop a new business involving market gardening, working horses and working alongside volunteers. It’s a great opportunity for the right person / people. Over to Ben for more info: As we start to think about our plans for 2022 we are looking for someone (or two) to join us as partners in our New Market Garden enterprise.
Business Green
DECEMBER 8, 2021
Industry Voice: Mondi explains why businesses should take into an account both nature and climate when drawing up their sustainability strategies. Nature-based solutions can play an essential role in tackling climate change, but at the same time, the climate crisis is having a severe impact on the natural world. "In fact, the climate crisis and the nature crisis are one and the same", said Sandeep Sengupta, global co-ordinator for climate change at the International Union for Conservation of Nat
altenergymag
DECEMBER 8, 2021
Cementing leadership in residential solar, SunPower supports homeowners in every step of the process from design to installation and now financing
DeSmogBlog
DECEMBER 8, 2021
By Dr Daria Shapovalova (School of Law) and Prof esso r Tavis Potts (School of Geosciences), University of Aberdeen. News that Shell is pulling out of the proposed Cambo oilfield in the North Sea has been met with delight by the climate movement and concern by the oil and gas sector. The oil giant has said its decision is economically-motivated, but in reality it is a symptom of the public’s growing awareness of the urgent emissions cuts needed to meet the Paris Agreement goals.
Business Green
DECEMBER 8, 2021
CCC's annual progress report on the Scottish Parliament's climate efforts commends the country for its ambitious targets, but warns strategy for delivering net zero emissions remains unclear. Scotland is at acute risk of failing to meet its ambitious emissions reductions targets, a new report from the Climate Change Committee (CCC) has warned. The CCC's annual progress report on Scottish emissions policy, published yesterday, concluded the country's climate strategy lacks clarity and detail.
Renewable Energy World
DECEMBER 8, 2021
Last week, microinverter supplier Enphase Energy announced its participation in Arizona Public Service’s (APS) residential battery pilot grid services program. SolarEdge is also participating and more will be added soon, according to APS. The distributed energy resource (DER) program offers two options for homeowners in APS’s service territory with batteries from participating vendors to earn money through one-time, upfront incentives.
Business Green
DECEMBER 8, 2021
A new report has assessed the emissions reductions achieved by participants in the government’s primary climate tax incentive scheme. Businesses receiving tax benefits for taking climate action collectively slashed 6.6 million tonnes of CO2e between 2019 and 2020, a new report has revealed. The biennial progress report on the government's Climate Change Agreements Scheme measures the emissions reductions achieved by businesses participating in the scheme, which offers tax breaks for businesses t
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