Forbes Green Tech
AUGUST 16, 2020
Emmie Chiyindiko grew up in Zimbabwe dreaming of superheroes and watching Captain Planet and the Planeteers, but now she's a chemist exploring green chemistry: reducing the carbon footprint by making industrial processes more efficient. #globalsouthscience.
Low Impact
AUGUST 16, 2020
Industrial agriculture is cruel to animals, cruel to people who work in it, it damages the environment and concentrates wealth in very few hands. I guess if you’re reading this, you know that already, and I don’t have to explain it. The problem is, it’s still there, doing its vile stuff every day. What do we do about it? First, I think we need to stop suggesting that veganism is the only alternative.
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Green Living Guy
AUGUST 16, 2020
As 14 States demand electric trucks. This meets the bar. At an exclusive event at the TEC Equipment dealership in Fontana, California Volvo Trucks went E! For they now are offering a first look at its North American Class 8 battery-electric project trucks. In Europe, Volvo Trucks recently started sales. The post Volvo Heavy Duty Electric Trucks demonstrates in North America appeared first on Green Living Guy.
Forbes Green Tech
AUGUST 16, 2020
Did the Loyalton Wildfire cause a fire tornado, and are they really tornadoes anyhow?
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.
Green Living Guy
AUGUST 16, 2020
So the climate crisis is definitely due to needing renewable energy. For it continues to worsen and the effects are becoming more alarming and immediate. Moreover federal legislation has given more authority to the States to respond appropriately. Because saving the planet falls upon individuals who will commit to making. The post 5 Solutions to Becoming More Eco Friendly appeared first on Green Living Guy.
Business Green
AUGUST 16, 2020
Energy utility believed to be first to commit to publishing principles and plans to support a Just Transition. SSE has promised to set out its "principles and plans" to support a 'Just Transition' to a net zero economy for impacted workers, consumers, and communities next year, in what is believed to be the first such commitment from a UK energy utility.
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Business Green
AUGUST 16, 2020
Governments should submit updated Paris Agreement plans 'at least 9-12 months' in advance of crucial climate summit, UN warns. The UN has urged countries around the world to deliver their updated national climate action plans as soon as possible, reminding governments that their Paris Agreement plans should be submitted "at least 9-12 months" before the crucial COP26 summit kicks off in Glasgow in November next year.
Green Market Oracle
AUGUST 16, 2020
This virtual event will take place on October 5th - 9th 2020 1pm - 3pm BST (8am - 10am EDT). It includes 10 hours of curated content over 5 days. As Greta Thunberg declared at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos in January 2020, “Our house is on fire.” From scorched landscapes to melting ice caps and polluted oceans, the impacts of climate change are clear and immediate.
Business Green
AUGUST 16, 2020
By replacing short car journeys e-scooters can cut CO2 by up to 90 per cent, but robust regulation needed, Cenex warns. Capitalising on the burgeoning popularity of battery-powered e-scooters offers the chance to drastically cut urban traffic and air pollution, while potentially reducing CO2 enmissions by up to 90 per cent compared to short car journeys, according to fresh research published late last week by Cenex.
Eco-Business
AUGUST 16, 2020
With Covid-19 upending conventional sources of financing, conservationists are rethinking how to fund their work.
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.
Business Green
AUGUST 16, 2020
The UK needs a far more holistic approach to flood risk and resilience, argue Sara Mehryar, Viktor Roezer and Swenja Surminski from LSE's Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment. While recent national and global efforts to reduce risk have focused wholeheartedly on the fight against Covid-19, it is important that work to improve the resilience of societies against climate-related risks continues alongside.
Eco-Business
AUGUST 16, 2020
State capture has turned the Cambodian government into an agent of private industrial interests, rather than a defender of citizens' interests. The country urgently needs a proper civil registration system and a modern land registry.
Bidgely
AUGUST 16, 2020
You have to realize that there are various types of people when it comes to getting term paper. A lot of individuals have various degrees of interest in regards to buying a term paper since it could be very expensive. You also need to consider several factors prior to making a purchase. The very first thing which you need to do is be certain that you make the appropriate research.
Eco-Business
AUGUST 16, 2020
A tropical forest will typically take around 60 years to fully recover from a single logging event. But logged forests in Malaysia that were actively restored showed that recovery can be shortened to 40 years.
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.
CleanTechnica
AUGUST 16, 2020
Antarctica, it seems, has been simmering for some time now — much longer than we may have realized. It's been a crazy year, and 2020 has been a little warmer than usual down in the south — way down in the south. As in, the bottom of the world, where it's normally inhospitably cold.
CleanTechnica
AUGUST 16, 2020
Elon Musk, who recently stated on Twitter that he tries to not be included in patents (named on patent filings) was included in Tesla's latest ones. In an article published by Tesmanian, Elon Musk is included as an inventor of patents relating to autonomous and user-controlled vehicle summon to a target.
CleanTechnica
AUGUST 16, 2020
Visiting a Parks Canada location in an electric vehicle is easier than ever before, thanks in part to Tesla's donation of hundreds of charging stations.
CleanTechnica
AUGUST 16, 2020
How do we find out how we are doing in any endeavor in a complex machine? The need is for specific performance data that allows an informed decision — at least, if we wish.
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?
CleanTechnica
AUGUST 16, 2020
After years of saying he'd never trade in his GT3RS 4.0L because he loves the sound and the power, Dan buys an ELECTRIC Porsche Taycan!
CleanTechnica
AUGUST 16, 2020
Xcel Energy has unveiled a plan to boost the sales of electricity and wants 1.5 million electric cars on the road in the communities it serves by 2030.
CleanTechnica
AUGUST 16, 2020
Around the pool of the CleanTechnica worldwide virtual headquarters on top of Mount Elonpus, we did celebrate Zach's 300 Tesla Jedi Masters masterpiece. This led to a discussion about the safety of Full Self Driving (FSD). It is often said that FSD needs to be 10 times better or safer than a human driver.
CleanTechnica
AUGUST 16, 2020
The Dutch automotive market is out of its pandemic-related disruption, having reached positive numbers in July (+4% year over year/YoY), but while the overall market has finally recovered, the plugin segment is officially in Warp Speed (up 139% last month).
CleanTechnica
AUGUST 16, 2020
The European Green Deal offers massive opportunities for green business; the region aims to be the first climate neutral bloc.
CleanTechnica
AUGUST 16, 2020
To successfully transition to a sustainable, clean energy future, energy systems must be decentralized and digitized. One step in this direction is the implementation of intelligent, connected EV charging stations like Pico, which create flexibility and added value for both end customers and grid operators.
CleanTechnica
AUGUST 16, 2020
Procter & Gamble (P&G), the parent company of many, many brands that we all use, is aiming for 100% recyclable packaging by 2030 — Downy, Bounce, Pampers, Tide, Gain, Gillette, Dawn dish detergent, Vicks vapor rub, and Mr.
CleanTechnica
AUGUST 16, 2020
In a Q& A with BloombergNEF, Google's Jeff Hamel, Director of Industry Partnerships at Google, shared his thoughts on how the coronavirus may speed up the low-carbon shift.
CleanTechnica
AUGUST 16, 2020
Trump said he signed an executive order to protect the Gulf of Mexico from oil drilling. Where is this order? No one knows. Unless it's just another lie.
CleanTechnica
AUGUST 16, 2020
CleanTechnica and the transportation nonprofit Forth are co-hosting a webinar on Wednesday, August 19, dedicated to riding the lightning on electric motorcycles.
CleanTechnica
AUGUST 16, 2020
If you’re looking for confirmation that the internal combustion engine (ICE) is in jeopardy, ask Wall Street. Shares in electric vehicle maker Tesla are soaring, as the company prepares for a 5-for-1 stock split and possible inclusion in the S&P 500 stock index.
CleanTechnica
AUGUST 16, 2020
For a long time, Tesla's all-electric approach was like an itch that traditional automakers couldn't scratch. Now, after it’s fourth consecutive profitable quarter, with its stock hovering around $1,600 per share, Tesla's EV leadership stands at the vanguard of the industry.
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