GreenBiz

JUNE 4, 2020

How Ocean Spray cranberries became America’s '100 percent sustainable' crop. Jesse Klein. Thu, 06/04/2020 - 01:45. Cranberries are more than just an American Thanksgiving Day tradition; they also are a tradition of the American land. The crop is one of only three native cultivated fruits in North America. Because the plant is actually meant to grow in the natural environment, many growing and harvesting practices already help the surrounding land and could be considered sustainable, under normal

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Inhabitat - Innovation

JUNE 4, 2020

Recently published research in Science magazine warns that older, taller trees are quickly becoming a thing of the past, consequently leaving forests in disarray. Forest dynamics being disrupted like this spells trouble for ecosystem equilibrium and biodiversity.

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GreenTechMedia

JUNE 4, 2020

The European Union’s two biggest economies, Germany and France, both supercharged their offshore wind ambitions this week. Germany on Wednesday passed a new 2040 target of 40 gigawatts and boosted its interim 2030 target from 15 gigawatts to 20 gigawatts. Germany already has the world's second-largest volume of grid-connected offshore wind (7.5 gigawatts), behind only the U.K.'s 9.9 gigawatts, according to data from the Wind Europe trade body.

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Inhabitat - Innovation

JUNE 4, 2020

Here are some handy tips to keep your favorite summer fruits and vegetables fresher for longer.

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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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GreenTechMedia

JUNE 4, 2020

U.S. clean energy organizations joined nationwide expressions of grief and anger this week following the recent killings of black Americans including George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and Ahmaud Arbery. The Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) and the American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) lamented continuing racial inequities in the U.S., suggesting they would redouble efforts on diversifying the renewables workforce and consider how their industries can stand against racial injustice.

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Inhabitat - Innovation

JUNE 4, 2020

Home building, and buying, is a modern day decision-wheel with options around size and location balanced with the desire for earth-friendly construction characteristics. Buying too large of a home creates wasteful material and utility usage.

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Inhabitat - Innovation

JUNE 4, 2020

Half-an-hour north of Boston, the Massachusetts city of Lowell has recently welcomed the new Lowell Justice Center, a modern facility on track to become the state’s first LEED Platinum-certified courthouse.

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Charged

JUNE 4, 2020

Magnix, a maker of electric powertrains for aircraft, collaborated with engineering and flight test specialist AeroTEC to test an electric Cessna 208B Grand Caravan that they claim is the largest all-electric aircraft yet flown. The 30-minute maiden flight, which took place at an airfield near Moses Lake, Washington, was “flawless,” according to the test pilot.

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Inhabitat - Innovation

JUNE 4, 2020

The Earth is in the midst of a sixth mass extinction, and it’s picking up speed.

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Impact Alpha

JUNE 4, 2020

ImpactAlpha, June 4 – Social justice protests in the streets are exposing misperceptions of risk and opportunity in the boardroom. Systemic racial bias has taken countless lives. It has also left a long tally of misallocated capital, lost talent, overlooked markets, untapped innovation and wasted time. An eclectic set of venture capital firms and institutional.

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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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Green Living Guy

JUNE 4, 2020

This post is more than just learning material safety data sheets on your job or next one; Information technology is one of the most sought after jobs right now. So the Security+ certification offered by CompTIA is a leading qualification. It’s earned by those individuals who have demonstrated their information Continue Reading. The post 5 Tips and Tricks for Obtaining CompTIA Green plus Security+ Certification with Ease appeared first on Green Living Guy.

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Business Green

JUNE 4, 2020

MEPs, academics, campaigners and green groups argue in an open letter that Covid-19 recovery is an opportunity to create a circular economy. Thirty leading politicians, academics, and environmental campaigners have urged governments crafting sweeping Covid-19 stimulus packages to eschew short-term carbon-intensive solutions in favour of those that establish a 'real circular economy'.

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Green Living Guy

JUNE 4, 2020

WASHINGTON, DC — ConservAmerica today applauded the introduction of the Great American Outdoors Act in the U.S. House of Representatives. “ConservAmerica welcomes the introduction of the House companion of the Great American Outdoors Act. This legislation provides badly needed resources to preserve natural habitats and open spaces as well as Continue Reading.

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Business Green

JUNE 4, 2020

New analysis reveals that on May 24th over half of the continent's power came from renewables, as UK's coal-free run extends beyond 50 days. On a Sunday late last month, 55 per cent of Europe's power was delivered by wind, solar, and hydroelectric sources. That is the headline conclusion from a new update from the Wärtsilä Energy Transition Lab , which confirms renewables records have toppled right across Europe in the past few weeks, with levels of clean power that were once widely re

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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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Forbes Green Tech

JUNE 4, 2020

The Arizona startup’s Nasdaq debut is a high-profile bet that the elemental fuel can finally crack the transportation market.

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R-Squared Energy

JUNE 4, 2020

Last week the Energy Information Administration (EIA) reported something extraordinary. For the first time in 135 years, last year U.S. consumption of renewables surpassed consumption of coal. There are two interrelated reasons for this: The collapse of coal consumption over the past decade, which was fueled by the rise of cheaper alternatives. I have covered the reasons for coal’s collapse previously.

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altenergymag

JUNE 4, 2020

Heat network specialist Switch2 Energy is supporting an industry drive to deliver billions of pounds worth of investment and thousands of green jobs over the next 30 years.

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Impact Alpha

JUNE 4, 2020

ImpactAlpha, June 4 – Varo is among the wave of online banking platforms promising to be more customer-friendly. Its basic account charges no fees, including on overdrafts up to $50. The company’s focus on inclusive financial services and financial management support “really matters at a time when so many American families are struggling in a. The post Varo raises $241 million to expand inclusive digital banking in the U.S. appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

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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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Charged

JUNE 4, 2020

Tesla is reworking plans for its Berlin-area Gigafactory to answer criticism from environmental groups, a local government official told Bloomberg. The EV trendsetter has faced concerns from locals about deforestation and water usage. In February, the company was forced to temporarily halt construction. New blueprints to be presented in the next couple of weeks will address some of the concerns by reducing the amount of fresh water consumed and waste water generated, said Joerg Steinbach, the Ec

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CleanTech Group

JUNE 4, 2020

Covid-19 has highlighted the fragility of many fashion supply chains. Brands cancelling or refusing to pay for orders have forced millions of garment.

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Charged

JUNE 4, 2020

Nobina, a large public transit operator in Sweden and the Nordic region, has ordered an additional 13 BYD eBuses. The new 12-meter models will serve the town of Piteå in the northeast of Sweden, just south of the Arctic Circle—the most northerly location in Europe where BYD’s buses have operated to date. The new buses will be manufactured at BYD’s facility in Komárom, Hungary, and are to be delivered in the summer of 2021.

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Business Green

JUNE 4, 2020

Influential group of institutions urge governments to 'insert the DNA of a green economy into all recovery efforts'. The growing global consensus on the need to build a green recovery from the economic wreckage of the coronavirus crisis has been yet further underlined by a set of green policy demands released today to mark World Environment Day by host of influential institutions, including the OECD and the UN Development Programme (UNDP).

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Charged

JUNE 4, 2020

A new report from Guidehouse Insights provides forecasts for blockchain-enabled charging hardware deployment, electricity demand from blockchain-based platforms, and revenue from EV charging and integration applications through 2029. According to the report, the combined market for blockchain-based EV charging and grid integration is expected to exceed $1 billion by 2029 at a 77.9% compound annual growth rate (CAGR).

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Business Green

JUNE 4, 2020

Raft of energy efficiency, green transport, and hydrogen programmes put at heart of €130bn stimulus package, as Bank of England confirms financial support for airlines. The German government has unveiled plans for a massive €130bn stimulus package that features at least €40bn climate-related spending. In a move that will set a bar that other government's mulling green recovery packages are likely to be measured against, Chancellor Angela Merkel's government yesterday published sweeping

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GreenTechMedia

JUNE 4, 2020

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Business Green

JUNE 4, 2020

Building Society launches new Retro-Fit Mortgage that aims to encourage homeowners to improve the energy efficiency of their properties. Saffron Building Society has this week officially launched its first 'green' finance products, debuting a new retro-fit mortgage and dedicated green savings account. The company announced that the new mortgage offer would provide an interest reduction reward for the remaining time of the two-year fixed rate, if the borrower can prove the upgrades made to the pr

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altenergymag

JUNE 4, 2020

Four more webinars will feature this month in the ongoing All-Energy/Dcarbonise 2020 webinar series. This month's, on Wednesday 17 and Thursday 18 June, will focus on ‘Meet the Minister' with Paul Wheelhouse MSP, Scottish Government Minister for Energy, Connectivity and the Islands; ‘The resurgence of onshore wind'; ‘Speed and scale'; and ‘Community and local energy: A beacon for 2030'.

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Business Green

JUNE 4, 2020

Secretary of State and COP26 President Alok Sharma urges companies, cities and regions to “unite behind a green global recovery” and join new Race to Zero campaign, which will run until COP26 in Glasgow. The groundswell of support for climate action and a green economic recovery will grow further today, with the official launch of an unprecedented alliance of private and public actors who have joined forces for a new campaign that seeks to turbocharge the adoption of net zero emissions strategie

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altenergymag

JUNE 4, 2020

Fugro has mobilised two vessels off the coast of New York to perform a large-scale site characterisation programme for Sunrise Wind, the offshore wind project from Ørsted, the world's leading offshore wind developer and a global leader in climate action, and Eversource, New England's largest energy company

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Business Green

JUNE 4, 2020

Transport Minister Andrew Stephenson MP sets out his case for HS2, promising it will be 'one of our cleanest, greenest, and most-environmentally sustainable forms of transport'. Today - Friday 5 th June - marks the UN's 'World Environment Day - a chance to reflect on the nature that surrounds us, and importantly what we can do to help preserve it for generations to come.

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altenergymag

JUNE 4, 2020

The panel of judges for the ees AWARD has selected ground-breaking products and solutions for the renowned industry prize. The winners will be honored on a virtual stage with an audience of international experts on June 30, 2020.

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Business Green

JUNE 4, 2020

Covid-19 has highlighted the shortcomings of our food supply chains, but technology can help, argues Green Alliance's Imogen Cripps. As the recent surge of armchair epidemiologists would suggest, we all know a lot more about viruses than we did last year. But as well as becoming more familiar with the dynamics of a global pandemic, I'd guess that many of us have also improved our understanding of the global food system.

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altenergymag

JUNE 4, 2020

APsystems has always worked diligently to conceive and develop its own proprietary intellectual property. Like many industry firms, APsystems' rapid shutdown product complies with the industry standard protocol which is not exclusive to Tigo.

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