GreenBiz

DECEMBER 18, 2020

Episode 249: 30 Under 30 honorees share revelations, big oil pivots. Heather Clancy. Fri, 12/18/2020 - 02:00. Week in Review. Stories discussed this week (3:45). Can Shell pilot a new era of sustainable aviation? The oil and gas industry’s search for purpose in a climate-disrupted world. Can California’s cap and trade address environmental justice? BofA, BlackRock and State Street talk stakeholder primacy — and fall short.

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The Environmental Blog

DECEMBER 18, 2020

If you’re in the market for a new home and conscious of being environmentally friendly, you may consider looking specifically for a green home. Green homes are designed to be sustainable through their energy usage, building materials, or both. But how do you know whether a home is considered to be green? There’s already plenty of detail that goes into finding the perfect home, but there are particular aspects to which you may want to pay close attention.

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GreenBiz

DECEMBER 18, 2020

3 under-the-radar forces in food. Jim Giles. Fri, 12/18/2020 - 01:00. Last week, I unpacked three hype-worthy trends shaping our food systems. Now I want to shine a light on three behind-the-scenes forces that aren’t generating headlines but should be. Let’s drive straight in. 1. Our two-tier food system. The story: Online marketplaces that connect consumers with small-scale producers have boomed during the pandemic.

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Inhabitat - Innovation

DECEMBER 18, 2020

A new study shows that Scottish mountain hares are left vulnerable to predators as they fail to acclimate while Scotland experiences less snow cover each year.

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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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Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 18, 2020

Wildlife Trust unveils ambitious post-Covid wildscape to replace notoriously bleak shopping mall. Early December saw the launch of a bold vision to rewild the heart of Nottingham and green-up the historic city centre following the decision to demolish the much-derided Broadmarsh shopping centre. Broadmarsh shopping centre (photo credit: Erin McDaid).

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Inhabitat - Innovation

DECEMBER 18, 2020

Thai architecture firm Architectkidd has flipped the script on the typical Southeast Asian shopping mall with their completion of Mega Park, a nature-focused retail connection in Bangkok.

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Inhabitat - Innovation

DECEMBER 18, 2020

So far, it looks like Biden is surrounding himself with a strong climate team consistent with his top priority of quickly reducing U.S. greenhouse gas emissions.

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Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 18, 2020

An Air Quality Monitoring (AQM) Station installed in Liverpool City Centre in 2020. Despite the bleak, unprecedented Covid-19 cloud that descended upon us all in 2020, Enviro Technology Services (ET) has had a memorable and positive year with some fantastic and interesting projects. The Gloucestershire based supplier of real-time environmental monitoring instrumentation has enjoyed strong sales in all if its core sectors especially UK air quality monitoring, service contracts and scientific and

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Inhabitat - Innovation

DECEMBER 18, 2020

For clients Summer and Jason, their tiny house wasn't a home without space for their cats to roam.

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GreenTechMedia

DECEMBER 18, 2020

Vestas, the world’s largest maker of wind turbines has taken a 25 percent stake in the renewable asset manager Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP). The €500 million ($612 million) deal will include an upfront payment of €180 million and €320 million as a performance-based earnout. CIP runs seven funds with a total of €14 billion under management.

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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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Inhabitat - Innovation

DECEMBER 18, 2020

Forest House I is a low-impact luxury home that celebrates timber inside and out.

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Green Business Bureau

DECEMBER 18, 2020

Born out of a converted filling station in St. Louis back in 1973, Ole Tyme Produce has grown to become a vital part of the Missourian food supply chain. As a wholesale fresh food and grocery distributor, Ole Tyme Produce sources quality products from local growers and producers and delivers them to restaurants, hospitals, schools, professional kitchens, and charitable organizations.

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altenergymag

DECEMBER 18, 2020

"We are impressed by the depth of expertise and experience on the President-elect’s newly announced climate team, and encouraged about prospects for sorely needed progress on this vital issue.

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Charged

DECEMBER 18, 2020

Danfoss Editron has been selected as the official supplier for drivetrain systems that will power fully-electric trucks manufactured by Fábrica Nacional de Mobilidades (FNM) in Brazil. Founded in 1942, FNM was Brazil’s first truck manufacturer. The company was privatized in 1968 by the government, before being bought by Fiat, which held the company until 1988.

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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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Solar Power World

DECEMBER 18, 2020

By Mike Hall, CEO; and Ilan Gutherz, VP of policy and strategy, Borrego Solar The election results are in, and Joe Biden will become the 46th U.S. president. Like many in our industry, we expect the incoming Biden-Harris administration to adopt a strong clean energy and climate agenda that will stand in stark contrast to… The post What the Biden administration could mean for solar and storage appeared first on Solar Power World.

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Charged

DECEMBER 18, 2020

As it prepares for the first deliveries of its R1T pickup truck and R1S SUV, Rivian is taking a page from Tesla’s book, making plans to set up its own public charging network (Tesla wasn’t thrilled about sharing that particular page—in July, it sued Rivian , claiming that the younger company had stolen trade secrets). As is standard practice, Rivian’s new network will include fast chargers located along interstate highways.

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Impact Alpha

DECEMBER 18, 2020

ImpactAlpha, Dec. 18 – The COVID-19 pandemic revealed global financial systems as one disruption away from disaster. If the markets’ legacies of shareholder. The post Looking Ahead: Investors, asset managers and, yes, corporations, set their sights on impact outcomes in 2021 appeared first on Impact Alpha.

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The City Fix

DECEMBER 18, 2020

Some of the fastest growing cities in developing countries like India, Brazil and Ethiopia are strapped for cash. These cities often struggle to provide basic infrastructure and services for a growing population, leading to widespread inequalities. Up to 70% of residents in developing. Continue reading on TheCityFix.com.

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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

DECEMBER 18, 2020

ImpactAlpha, December 18 – New energy infrastructure and technologies often require subsidies to gain traction. That’s true for rural electrification, solar technology, and. The post Solar irrigation subsidies aim to boost livelihoods for Togo’s smallholder farmers appeared first on Impact Alpha.

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Forbes Green Tech

DECEMBER 18, 2020

Climate change is an immediate threat that calls for a Manhattan or Apollo Project approach.

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Impact Alpha

DECEMBER 18, 2020

ImpactAlpha, December 18, 2020 – As it’s fit and proper to take stock of last year’s predictions before venturing new ones, we looked back. The post Institutional Shift: The Great Burp Forward and other trends to watch in 2021 (podcast) appeared first on Impact Alpha.

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Charged

DECEMBER 18, 2020

Recurrent, a Seattle-based startup that provides independent reports on the condition of used EV batteries, has raised $3.5 million to power its business. The startup officially launched in September to offer third-party reports on the battery life and range of used EVs to help car buyers make purchase decisions. Recurrent says it has more than 2,500 EV owners connected and providing data in exchange for receiving monthly battery reports for their cars.

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Impact Alpha

DECEMBER 18, 2020

Greetings, Agents of Impact! Year-end bonus. In lieu of our usual Friday roundup, we bring you the fifth in this week’s series of. The post The Brief: Institutional shift lookahead, solar irrigation in Togo, microfinance in America, waste-picking robots, lab-made milk, Biden’s climate agents appeared first on Impact Alpha.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 18, 2020

Seven projects across England secure funding to test nature-based prescriptions designed to improve mental health and community well-being. Research into how connecting people with nature through activities such as walking, cycling, community gardening, and tree planting can help boost mental health and wellbeing is to be carried out through seven projects across England, thanks to £5.77m of government funding confirmed today.

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Impact Alpha

DECEMBER 18, 2020

ImpactAlpha, Dec. 18 – The Covid-19 pandemic has revealed that financial systems are one disruption away from disaster. Financial markets’ commitment to shareholder primacy. The post A roadmap for building a financial system resilient to future disruptions appeared first on Impact Alpha.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 18, 2020

GE Renewable Energy confirms latest order from Dogger Bank wind farm will see upgraded 14MW Haliade-X turbines deployed for the first time. Another wave of world record-breaking wind turbines are on track to be deployed in the North Sea, after GE Renewable Energy today announced it has been confirmed as the preferred turbine supplier for Dogger Bank C, the third phase of the giant offshore wind project.

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Forbes Green Tech

DECEMBER 18, 2020

Mental health has been woefully low on the boardroom agenda for decades. But one thing 2020 taught us is that prioritising health, especially mental health, is absolutely critical. How can business leaders achieve this?

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Business Green

DECEMBER 18, 2020

Motorsport governing body FIA unveils plans for F1 cars to use greener fuel in next five years, as it sets sights on becoming net zero carbon by 2030. The FIA claims to have developed a "100 per cent sustainable" fuel made from bio-waste which it aims standardise across Formula 1 cars within the next five years, as part of the motorsport governing body's drive to become net zero carbon by the end of the decade.

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Clean Energy Canada

DECEMBER 18, 2020

Environmental groups, clean fuel industry leaders welcome draft regulation, urge swift implementation. OTTAWA — Implementing a clean fuel standard as soon as possible will be crucial to attract investment in low-carbon fuel options and put Canada on track to meet its emission reduction targets, environmental advocates and industry leaders said today.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 18, 2020

All the green business news from around the world this week. Alliance of leading truckmakers pledge to switch to zero emission models by 2040. A group of Europe's largest truckmakers have this week pledged to stop selling vehicles that produce emissions by 2040, a decade earlier than originally planned. Daimler, Scania, Man, Volvo, Daf, Iveco, and Ford signed a new pledge to phase out traditional combustion engines as they step up investments in hydrogen, battery technology, and clean fuels.

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Defend Our Future

DECEMBER 18, 2020

In early December, Defend Our Future Pennsylvania students and community leaders testified at the virtual hearing hosted by the Pennsylvania Environmental Quality Board (EQB). The EQB sought public comments from Pennsylvanians as well as out-of-state stakeholders on whether the Commonwealth should take part in the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, an interstate compact of 11 states mandating the reduction of power sector emissions.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 18, 2020

The US agricultural technology giant is preparing a range of new cleantech innovations that promise to curb the carbon footprint of food production. Without the benefit of their favorite search engine, I'm certain many readers would be hard-pressed to name the largest, pure-play agricultural equipment company in the world. But digging into innovations being advanced by that organization - AGCO, based in Duluth, Georgia - reveals much about the potential future of technology for cultivating regen

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Forbes Green Tech

DECEMBER 18, 2020

As you finish up your holiday shopping, do not forget that the supply chains that bring us our holiday goods and those that will soon distribute 14 million doses of lifesaving medicine to every living soul also has a major role in degrading the ecological health of the planet we call our home.

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