GreenBiz

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Sponsored: The movement to make American cities more sustainable, healthy and equitable has a powerful, unassuming ally: The city bus.

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Inhabitat - Innovation

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

In a recent study, scientists "potty-trained" cows in an attempt to reduce the animals' greenhouse gas emissions. The study, published in Current Biology, included 16 calves trained to defecate in one spot.

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GreenBiz

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Cities are adopting climate-friendly transportation policies to encourage people to bike, walk or use public transit instead of driving. But they can't move alone.

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Inhabitat - Innovation

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

This summer, Google opened its first retail storefront in New York City. The landmark event is notable for a variety of reasons, perhaps the most noteworthy being that the location was planned, designed and built with sustainability in mind.

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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.

Energy

GreenBiz

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

ESG reporting and transparency at private companies is essential for achieving net zero for the entire world, not just the public companies.

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Inhabitat - Innovation

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Norway faces the biggest test in the upcoming elections. The country's resolve to fight climate change will be put to a test, forcing voters to decide which way the country moves in regards to the climate agenda. The thorn in the flesh is the country's over-reliance on fossil fuels to run the economy. The Norway we know today has fashioned itself as a green nation.

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Inhabitat - Innovation

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Studio Saar has teamed up with Dharohar, a non-profit that runs science workshops and school programs, to unveil the design for a new accessible learning center in Udaipur, Rajasthan, India. Known as Third Space: The Haveli of Curiosity, this learning and cultural center will support leisure, cultural and educational programs and provide high-quality facilities for learning, socializing and performing arts.

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Education 184

GreenBiz

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Climate change isn’t a future problem — the crisis is already here. Extreme weather and rising temperatures pose grave risks to our communities and environment, forcing relocation or migration, causing billions of dollars of damage to infrastructure, triggering severe water scarcity, wiping out natural habitats and putting endangered species at risk.

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Inhabitat - Innovation

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

BreezoMeter, a company focused on providing air quality data to citizens, is unveiling a database of information anyone can access so the general population can have an accurate understanding of active fires and their effect on environmental air quality.

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GreenBiz

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

German car giant aims to ensure all its passenger vehicles are 'carbon neutral' across its value chain by 2039.

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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 Business Bureau

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

The term biophilia was coined by Erich Fromm a social psychologist in 1973 and defined as “the passionate love of life and of all that is alive”.[1] Biophilia was later used by American biologist, Edward O. Wilson, in 1984 as the inherent human tendency toward nature.[2] Clowney held an environmental philosophical point of view and defined biophilia as an environmental virtue that provides environmentalists with fruitful strategies and motivates them to flourish as human beings.[3] Biophilic des

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altenergymag

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

• Soltec Industrial signs a contract with Moss & Associates, LLC for the supply of solar trackers with a 700-MW installed capacity for two photovoltaic plants in Colorado • Soltec will supply bifacial trackers with a 2-in-portrait configuration and the delivery will begin in 2021 • The United States is a strategic market for Soltec, where the Company has been operating since 2015

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Charged

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

BYD unveiled two new battery-electric heavy-duty trucks, the Gen3 8TT and 6F, at the recent ACT Expo in Long Beach. The Gen 3 8TT is “a versatile vehicle, capable of performing drayage, regional haul, and distribution work,” whereas the 6F “can perform regional haul and distribution work and can also be equipped with a body for refuse collection.”. Both vehicles offer a range of up to 200 miles (for the extended-range versions).

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Electricity North America Electric vehicle Batteries 145

Renewable Energy World

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Follow @EngelsAngle. The U.S. connected 6.1 gigawatts of wind power capacity to the grid in the first half of 2021, according to analysis by S&P Global Market Intelligence. The U.S. now has 127 GW of cumulative wind power capacity with a pipeline of 62 GW under development through 2025. Here are the 10 largest wind farm projects completed in the U.S.

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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

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

ImpactAlpha, Sept. 14 – Talk about negative externalities. False information intended to mislead viewers on climate, COVID-19, racial justice and other issues may drive. The post Disinformation poses systemic risks – so universal owners are pressing media companies to renounce it appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

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Charged

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Li-Cycle has announced plans to build a fourth commercial battery recycling facility in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. This facility will add to the capacity of the Kingston, Ontario and Rochester, New York plants. The company’s Gilbert, Arizona facility is still under construction. Univar Solutions will be an anchor battery feed supply customer for the new facility.

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Impact Alpha

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

ImpactAlpha, Sept. 14 – The New York Stock Exchange is seeking approval for a new kind of publicly traded asset based on the. The post Move over SPACs. Here come NACs to turn ecosystem services into tradable assets appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

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Charged

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Lightning eMotors (NYSE: ZEV), a manufacturer of specialty EVs for fleets, has formed a partnership with electronics giant ABB (NYSE: ABB) to offer DC fast charging hardware for electric fleet vehicles. Lightning’s division Lightning Energy, which supplies charging solutions to fleet customers, will sell ABB DC fast charging systems, with power outputs from 20 kW to 350 kW, under the Lightning brand.

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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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altenergymag

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

On September 13, Antaisolar has announced it has secured a 400MW solar tracker order from China-based project developer and EPC, JIAYANG and it is the third cooperation between the two parties.

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Impact Alpha

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

ImpactAlpha, September 14 — The Washington, D.C.-based organization is looking to raise $1 billion in debt capital and $150 million in grants to. The post Opportunity Finance Network’s Finance Justice Fund secures $23 million for CDFIs appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

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Renewable Energy World

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Follow @EngelsAngle. The Illinois legislature gave final approval Monday to a bill that sets the state on a path to 100% carbon-free power by 2045. The Climate and Equitable Jobs Act heads to Gov. J.B. Pritzker's desk to be signed into law, which he has indicated he plans to do. " Senate Bill 2408 represents the most robust energy justice bill in the nation and sets new precedent for how states can help navigate a just transition to a renewable energy economy that puts disadvantaged communities

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Impact Alpha

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

ImpactAlpha, September 14 – Small businesses in emerging markets are often shut out of traditional financial services because they’re deemed too risky to. The post Two African fintechs raise early rounds to connect informal businesses to capital appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

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Renewable Energy World

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

By Jonathan Spencer Jones , Smart Energy International. Toyota is expecting to invest up to $13.6 billion in battery development and production by 2030. In a briefing on batteries, the company announced that it is aiming for a 50% reduction in battery costs through 30% improvements in both cell efficiency and manufacturing costs in the late-2020s. At the same time, there are plans to increase the supply of batteries up to 200GWh from the currently planned 180GWh.

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Impact Alpha

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

ImpactAlpha, September 14 — Opportunity Finance Network, a Washington, D.C.-based network of community development financial institutions, or CDFIs, is looking to raise $1. The post Opportunity Finance Network’s Finance Justice Fund secures $23 million appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

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The City Fix

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic has made existing knowledge about how, why and where people travel largely obsolete. Even as some cities recover, travel patterns have changed. One thing is clear: around the world, public transport ridership declined precipitously and has not. Continue reading on TheCityFix.com.

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Charged

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Wrightspeed , the firm founded by Tesla co-founder Ian Wright, builds electric powertrains for medium- and heavy-duty vehicles. Now the company has announced an agreement with vehicle manufacturer Matthews Specialty Vehicles to convert buses, trucks and specialty vehicles to EVs and/or PHEVs. The companies aim to produce 5,000 vehicles over the next five years.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

New analysis from Energy Networks Association reveals existing pipeline of innovation projects could create thousands of jobs in the fledgling hydrogen economy. The wave of hydrogen projects being planned across the UK's industrial clusters could create over 17,000 jobs in the coming years if greenlit by developers and government. That is the headline conclusion of a new analysis from the Energy Networks Association (ENA), which highlights how the expanding portfolio of hydrogen pilot, demonstra

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Renewable Energy World

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

By Power Engineering International. Although wind is expected to play a key role in environmental sustainability through the decarbonization of power generation, adopting a circular approach across the entire value chain is vital. With over 14,000 wind turbine blades expected to reach the end of their usable life within the next three years in the UK, recycling them will help the sector reduce its carbon footprint, according to the Wind Turbine Blade Recycling P2 report released by the Energy Tr

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Planet Pulse

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

We’re thrilled to announce today that NASA has again expanded Planet’s contract under their Commercial SmallSat Data Acquisition (CSDA) Program, granting all U.S. Federal Civilian scientific researchers and National Science Foundation funded researchers, including their contractors and grantees, access to Planet data until September 2022. Planet recently entered into a definitive merger agreement with dMY Technology Group, Inc.

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Greenability Magazine

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

The city of Kansas City, MO wants to know how climate change is and will impact you and what actions the city should take now to become carbon neutral, equity focused and resilient by 2040. In 2020, the K.C. City Council passed Resolution 200005 directing the city to update the 2008 Climate Protection Plan to include new greenhouse gas reduction goals, resiliency and equity.

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Renewable Energy World

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Follow @EngelsAngle. UK planning authorities have approved plans for GE Renewable Energy's offshore wind blade manufacturing plant in Teeside. Construction on the manufacturing plant is expected to begin later this year. The facility will be operated by LM Wind Power and will be focused on the production of GE's 107-meter offshore wind blade as a component of the Haliade-X offshore wind turbine.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

If the environment sector does not actively work hard to promote diversity of thought and experience, it is doomed to fail in the long term, writes IEMA CEO Sarah Mukherjee. "I remember vividly how excited I was to have lunch with a colleague in my team one day. This proved to be very short-lived when she decided minutes before we were due to leave, to take up another lunch offer from someone else in the team.

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altenergymag

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Supply chain woes and policy uncertainty threaten America’s solar progress.

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