GreenBiz

APRIL 1, 2021

Urging clean energy and justice for tribal nations. Roger Sorkin. Thu, 04/01/2021 - 00:45. During the 20th century, coal was a cheap and reliable source of electricity. Today it’s relatively expensive and highly polluting. The shift to cleaner, less expensive renewable energy is rapidly underway, and it’s happening faster than anyone expected. Our nation’s task now is to manage that transition in a just and sustainable way so that people living in "coal country," who made sacrifices to build our

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Inhabitat - Innovation

APRIL 1, 2021

Archiborescence is a proposal to turn Lille, France into a sustainable, carbon-neutral district that produces more renewable energy than it consumes.

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GreenBiz

APRIL 1, 2021

Cargill fishes for innovations in sustainable salmon farming. Jesse Klein. Thu, 04/01/2021 - 00:05. Cargill’s new sustainability program, SeaFuther , expands its carbon reduction commitments from the terrestrial to the oceanic. The commitment focuses on Cargill’s aquaculture and aquaculture feed business, targeting a reduction in Scope 3 emissions of 30 percent by 2030, from a 2017 baseline. .

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Inhabitat - Innovation

APRIL 1, 2021

Community building recently received a boost in Toronto's bustling downtown core with the completion of the new $65 million Canoe Landing Campus, a social nexus that combines a community recreation center, public and Catholic elementary schools and a childcare center under a massive shared green roof.

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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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GreenBiz

APRIL 1, 2021

The Human Side of Sustainability. Date/Time: April 20, 2021 (1-2PM ET / 10-11AM PT). Loyola University Chicago, in partnership with its Quinlan School of Business and School of Environmental Sustainability, presents a discussion of the impact of sustainability on people and communities, and the measures business can take. Speakers from supply chain, workforce development, and food insecurity will discuss training the workforce of tomorrow and the role of business in addressing sustainability opp

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Inhabitat - Innovation

APRIL 1, 2021

More than 120 samples of water from across the U.S. were tested for arsenic, lead and PFAS.

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APRIL 1, 2021

The earliest cherry blossoming is happening in Kyoto, Japan in 1,200 years.

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The Environmental Blog

APRIL 1, 2021

The year 2020 will be remembered as a year in which humanity weathered a dangerous and fast-spreading disease, costing companies and governments billions in management and recovery. Many economic sectors had slowed down or shuttered entirely due to lowered demand and health measures. Large swaths of the population lost their jobs and relied on governmental assistance to survive.

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Impact Alpha

APRIL 1, 2021

The time is now for the impact investing sector to reflect on how it does business, how it frames success, and begin to. The post Sacrificing returns? These community investors ask if they’re sacrificing impact. appeared first on Impact Alpha.

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Renewable Energy World

APRIL 1, 2021

Iberdrola announced this week that it is moving forward with the development of three wind farms in Greece and that it has signed an agreement with Vestas to supply a total of 102-MW of wind turbine capacity for its Askio II, Askio III and Rokani wind farms. The Rokani project, in the Viotia region, will install three EnVentus V162-6.0 MW turbines, the most powerful onshore wind turbine in the market.

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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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Charged

APRIL 1, 2021

Last-mile delivery is a perfect use case for EVs, but fleet operators (understandably) tend to insist on lengthy real-world pilots before placing substantial orders. The latest delivery giant to move from testing to deployment is DHL Express, which wrapped up a successful pilot program using nine Lightning Electric Ford Transit 350HD electric vans in the US late last year, and now plans to deploy another 89 EVs this year in New York and California.

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Green Business Bureau

APRIL 1, 2021

U.N. Sustainable Development Goal 5: Gender Equality. In honor of International Women’s Month (March) International Women’s Day (March 8) and Trans Day of Visibility (March 31), GBB would like to recognize SDG 5: Gender Equality and acknowledge the progress towards this goal and continued need for improvement. The U.N. SDGs are driving governments, individuals, universities and businesses to adjust their practices to achieve benchmarks and secure a sustainable future by 2030.

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GreenBiz

APRIL 1, 2021

Loyola University. taylor flores. Wed, 03/31/2021 - 19:58.

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APRIL 1, 2021

Unifrax has announced that its new proprietary technology, SiFAB (Silicon Fiber Anode Battery Technology), which is currently in advanced testing after years of R&D, has shown promising performance in multiple battery systems, enables higher energy density, and has demonstrated incremental Si loadings of greater than 40 percent. “SiFAB is the latest development from our long-standing tradition of using fiber-based technologies to create step-change value for our customers,” commented VP Chad

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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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Impact Alpha

APRIL 1, 2021

ImpactAlpha, April 1 – European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen calls the the E.U.’s ambitious plan to become carbon neutral by 2050, “our. The post Overheard at Phenix Capital: Blurring the line between social and environmental impact appeared first on Impact Alpha.

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Charged

APRIL 1, 2021

Semiconductor manufacturer Nexperia has announced a partnership with United Automotive Electronic Systems (UAES), a provider of automotive powertrain and body control systems. The program will focus on power systems for EVs, with the aim of jointly developing automotive applications using gallium nitride (GaN) technology. UAES is currently using Nexperia GaN FETs in EV projects such as vehicle-mounted chargers and high-voltage DC-DC converters.

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Forbes Green Tech

APRIL 1, 2021

A new company, Bamboo Bioproducts Ltd. has been registered in Jamaica and says by the end of 2021, it will break ground on the first Bamboo Pulp mill in the Western Hemisphere. The facility is projected to create up to 5,500 jobs and earn $1.5 billion in revenues within its first 10 years.

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Charged

APRIL 1, 2021

MIT researchers analyzed three decades of studies that examined the decline in lithium-ion battery prices, and found that costs have dropped by 97 percent since they were first commercially introduced in 1991. This rate of improvement is much faster than many analysts had claimed, and is comparable to that of photovoltaic panels, which some had considered to be an exceptional case.

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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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Impact Alpha

APRIL 1, 2021

ImpactAlpha, April 1 – Some climate-focused investors say they have dumped shares of ExxonMobil as they purge fossil fuel companies from their portfolios. The post Stewardship challenge at ExxonMobil: How long to wait for fundamental change? appeared first on Impact Alpha.

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Renewable Energy World

APRIL 1, 2021

Plug Power Inc. and Brookfield Renewable Partners L.P. announced plans to build a green hydrogen production plant, which would use 100% renewable energy from Brookfield Renewable’s 252-MW Holtwood hydroelectric facility. Green hydrogen from this facility will support decarbonization of the transportation and logistics industries in the Northeast and the mid-Atlantic.

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Impact Alpha

APRIL 1, 2021

ImpactAlpha, April 1 — New York-based venture firm Harlem Capital aims to invest in 1,000 companies led by women and minority founders over. The post Harlem Capital closes $134 million second fund to back diverse entrepreneurs appeared first on Impact Alpha.

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The City Fix

APRIL 1, 2021

As the world reels from the financial blow of COVID-19, local governments in the United States are under huge pressure as cities and counties face severe budget shortfalls. This is forcing cuts to crucial spending on education and infrastructure as. Continue reading on TheCityFix.com.

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Green Business Bureau

APRIL 1, 2021

U.N. Sustainable Development Goal 5: Gender Equality. In honor of International Women’s Month (March) International Women’s Day (March 8) and Trans Day of Visibility (March 31), GBB would like to recognize SDG 5: Gender Equality and acknowledge the progress towards this goal and continued need for improvement. The U.N. SDGs are driving governments, individuals, universities and businesses to adjust their practices to achieve benchmarks and secure a sustainable future by 2030.

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Impact Alpha

APRIL 1, 2021

ImpactAlpha, April 1 — The U.S. International Development Corporation, formerly known as OPIC, is investing $35 million in the Cambridge, Mass.-based social lender. The post Root Capital secures $35 million from DFC to expand lending to rural agribusinesses appeared first on Impact Alpha.

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Business Green

APRIL 1, 2021

Globally renowned climate scientist to deliver opening keynote, as wave of high profile partners confirmed for the second annual Net Zero Festival. Leading climate scientist and author Michael E Mann has been confirmed as the first keynote speaker for the Net Zero Festival 2021 , as the programme for this autumn's landmark celebration of the net zero transition takes shape.

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 1, 2021

Read time: 4 mins By Alex Kirby, Climate News Network. In a significant challenge to the United Kingdom’s Supreme Court, several leading climate scientists have said a recent ruling it made on the expansion of London’s main airport, Heathrow, will cause serious damage to the global environment, urging it to rule that the government must respect the 1.5C limit internationally agreed to rein in global heating.

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Business Green

APRIL 1, 2021

The UK has a golden opportunity to develop a world-leading wind turbine blade re-manufacturing industry, argues a new report from the Energy Transition Alliance. The UK government should work with wind energy businesses to support the development of wind turbine blade recycling capacity, helping bring a circular economy approach to the offshore wind sector that could create an extra 20,000 jobs in the burgeoning industry, a new report released today has argued.

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Forbes Green Tech

APRIL 1, 2021

Mycelium leather has been mooted as a potential replacement for leather for some time, but is now scalable thanks to development of automated and controlled growth and handling processes, potentially disrupting the animal leather market.

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Energy Innovation

APRIL 1, 2021

Energy Innovation is extremely pleased to announce Mary Anne Hitt and Rekha Rao will join the firm’s Climate Imperative project, which aims to avoid the worst impacts of climate change through focused, effective policy design. “Mary Anne and Rekha have dedicated their careers to confronting the climate crisis through smart policy implementation that cuts emissions and expands clean energy resources,” said Bruce Nilles, Executive Director of Climate Imperative.

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Impact Alpha

APRIL 1, 2021

Greetings, Agents of Impact! Featured: ImpactAlpha Original Stewardship challenge at ExxonMobil: How long to wait for fundamental change? Some climate-focused investors say they. The post The Brief: Email subject: Exxon’s climate reckoning, Harlem II, Root Capital’s lending, Nigerian insurance tech, Europe’s green growth, impact-first community investors appeared first on Impact Alpha.

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U.S. Green Technology

APRIL 1, 2021

Every living being on earth is getting affected by the changes happening gradually in the climate. Rising temperatures and sea levels, less rain and more droughts are a few of the reasons that resulted in climate change and because of extreme climate changes we are facing the extinction of animals. Losing animals is heartbreaking news. The post ANIMALS THAT ARE FACING EXTINCTION DUE TO CLIMATE CHANGE appeared first on U.S.

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Impact Alpha

APRIL 1, 2021

ImpactAlpha, April 1 — Curacel uses AI and cloud-based tools to enable health, travel and auto insurance companies in Africa to process claims. The post Nigerian insurance tech venture Curacel scores $450,000 for geographic expansion appeared first on Impact Alpha.

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Low Impact

APRIL 1, 2021

Our friends at Ethical.net share what to look for in local food and drink in their guide to farmers’ market shopping, plus how else to access sustainable produce from local producers. What to look for in local food and drink. When choosing food and drink or other items from a farmers’ market, there are a lot of considerations. You may be used to selecting what you buy largely on the basis of price, but when shopping carefully and sustainably, other elements come into play.

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