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Off-grid tiny cabin in Australia is just the place for a digital detox in the new year

Inhabitat - Innovation

Tucked in the foothills of the Great Dividing Range, the solar-powered cabin is the ideal spot for reconnecting with nature in the new year.

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Advanced Biofuel Center Releases Calendar of Biofuel Training Events for the year 2020

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The Advanced Biofuel Center is a bioenergy crop research and development company that has established the Biodiesel Business Academy to provide quality, impartial, informative and enjoyable advanced-level training with enhanced technology in the field of biodiesel production.

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8 attainable sustainability resolutions for 2020

Inhabitat - Innovation

Wherever you are on your sustainable living journey, we’ve got some ideas for how to lower your carbon footprint and enhance your sense of commitment to the planet.

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'Truly historic moment': UK zero carbon electricity outstrips fossil fuels in 2019

Business Green

National Grid data for whole of 2019 reveals combination of wind, solar, nuclear and subsea cables delivered more power than fossil fuels for first time.

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Manufacturing Sustainability Surge: Your Guide to Data-Driven Energy Optimization & Decarbonization

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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2019 is Another Data Point in the Constellation of Hot Data

Green Market Oracle

The heat records keep adding to the mountain of data points that demonstrate that we are suffering from ever worsening global warming. This year (2019) is likely to be the second warmest year in the hottest decade on record. This year will also be remembered for the month of July which is the hottest month ever recorded. The months of June, September , October also broke records.

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'The most prestigious environment prize in history': Prince William launches Earthshot Prize

Business Green

Award aimed at 'highlighting decade of action to repaid our planet' to launch later this year and is open to individuals, communities and businesses.

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Volkswagen ramps up EV production target to 1.5 million by 2025

Business Green

German giant now expects to produce one million EVs by 2023, two years earlier than previously planned.

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Cheers: 11 Ways to Reuse Wine Corks

AGreenLiving

Got a collection of wine corks gathering on a kitchen … The post Cheers: 11 Ways to Reuse Wine Corks appeared first on Earth911.com. Read more: Cheers: 11 Ways to Reuse Wine Corks.

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Greggs' vegan steak bakes hit shops as Costa launches vegan toastie

Business Green

High street food chains kick-off Veganuary 2020 with expansion of plant-based offerings following huge success of vegan sausage roll.

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Off-grid tiny cabin in Australia is just the place for a digital detox in the new year

AGreenLiving

Last year, we featured CABN ‘s collection of gorgeous, off-grid cabins that are designed to offer a serene respite away from the stresses of everyday life. Now, the Australian company has just unveiled another beautiful design, the Sadie, which is its first eco-retreat in Victoria. Tucked in the foothills of the Great Dividing Range, the solar-powered cabin is the ideal spot for reconnecting with nature in the new year.

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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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5 trends that will shape sustainability and business in 2020

Eco-Business

As a world in climate crisis enters a new decade, Eco-Business highlights five major trends that could shape society and business in the coming year.

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8 attainable sustainability resolutions for 2020

AGreenLiving

Setting goals is a ubiquitous part of ushering in each new year. With a renewed vigor for healthy living, embrace the opportunity to incorporate more eco-friendly habits into your routine. This task can be achieved in a variety of ways, from changing your diet to reducing waste. Wherever you are on your sustainable living journey, we’ve got some ideas for how to lower your carbon footprint and enhance your sense of commitment to the planet.

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Who Has Gotten The Tesla Story Right?

CleanTechnica

There's a bit of a problem in much of the media these days. There's a broad assumption — from both media consumers and members of the media — that media outlets are supposed to present "two sides of the story." Case in point: Tesla.

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Want To Ban New Gas & Diesel Cars? Look To Sweden To See How It’s Done

CleanTechnica

A fledgling Swedish government strikes forward to integrate climate policy into all areas of society.

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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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Did Tesla Reach Its Guidance Of More Than 360,000 Vehicles Delivered In 2019?

CleanTechnica

Every quarter, there are a couple of days of suspense waiting for the Tesla production and delivery numbers. They have in most quarters no importance whatsoever. Not reaching the guidance by even 0.1% is considered a deadly sin on Wall Street, though.

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The Link Between China’s 1 Child Policy & The Tesla Model 3’s Rise

CleanTechnica

It's going to take me a little while to explain the headline, but I'll get there. It has been well documented that China's 1 child policy (from 1979 to 2015) caused the sex ratio in China to skew heavily male. The preference for Chinese parents was to have sons, since sons in Chinese society have been traditionally responsible for taking care of their parents in old age.

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Earth, 2020 — Boldly Going Where No Planet Has Gone Before

CleanTechnica

The Earth is headed for an ecological disaster unless humans can find a way to avoid it. What are the odds that people will find a way to work together to address the impending climate disaster?

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Tesla Earnings In 2019 & 2020 — What Can We Learn? Plus, Happy New Year!

CleanTechnica

There have been many pieces on Tesla stock's rocket run over the last month. According to stockcharts.com, Tesla went from a low price of 328.69 on December 2nd, 2019, to a closing price of 430.38 on December 27th, 2019 (it has dropped a bit since then). This is a phenomenal return of 30.9% gain in less than 30 days. I speculated earlier on many reasons why it happened.

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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?