GreenBiz
OCTOBER 6, 2020
Certifications matter more than ever and brands should be promoting them. Suzanne Shelton. Tue, 10/06/2020 - 00:30. I’ve written quite a bit lately about how Americans are experiencing a "Maslow moment" right now. Concerns about the environment are taking a backseat to worries about basic needs — our health and our economy (at both the macro and personal level).
Jim Conca
OCTOBER 6, 2020
A new study out of U.C. Davis shows a dramatic reduction in cattle methane emissions using red seaweed as a feed supplement while significantly reducing the cost of feed. The five-month study found that these reductions were sustained with no change in animal health or in the quality of the beef.
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GreenBiz
OCTOBER 6, 2020
Our COVID-19 response can make our cities more resilient to heat waves. Roland Hunziker. Tue, 10/06/2020 - 01:00. The COVID crisis has exposed our interdependencies and the insufficient preparation of our urban systems for coping with shocks. It also has highlighted the stress we put on the environment and in many places greatly increased inequality — including the response to heat.
Inhabitat - Innovation
OCTOBER 6, 2020
Ballman Khapalova has proposed to turn the banks of the Tiber River into Piazza Tevere, a river promenade with gardens, art, outdoor gym equipment and more.
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.
GreenTechMedia
OCTOBER 6, 2020
U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson has offered a huge boost to the country’s offshore wind sector as it looks to double-down on its status as the world’s leading market. The nation’s next round of contracts for difference (CFD) revenue-stabilizing auctions, scheduled for autumn 2021, will aim to support twice as much renewables capacity as the 2019 round.
Inhabitat - Innovation
OCTOBER 6, 2020
Businesses and institutions must abide by the law banning single-use foam containers for carryout in Maryland.
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Inhabitat - Innovation
OCTOBER 6, 2020
A new study shows the Amazon rainforest may soon change from a closed canopy rainforest to an open savanna.
Grist
OCTOBER 6, 2020
This year has been hell on earth, in more ways than one. Catastrophic blazes have spanned the planet from Australia to the Arctic , and wildfires have torched large swaths of the western United States , all fulfilling forecasts much faster than scientists had predicted. It’s as if the wildfires of 2050 are already here. California’s wildfire season is far from over, and it has already scorched 4 million acres of land, more than twice the previous record.
Inhabitat - Innovation
OCTOBER 6, 2020
The unusual cabins add a layer of mystique to the foggy tea field landscape.
GreenTechMedia
OCTOBER 6, 2020
Generac Power Systems is acquiring Enbala Power Networks, a major step toward putting its market-leading backup generator business and its fast-growing behind-the-meter battery-solar fleet to work as a power grid resource. Financial terms of the acquisition weren’t disclosed, but Enbala CEO Bud Vos said in a Tuesday interview said that the company's "investors would call it a very large success.
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.
Inhabitat - Innovation
OCTOBER 6, 2020
The HQ building is wrapped in an aluminum facade that references lines of code.
GreenTechMedia
OCTOBER 6, 2020
Macquarie Capital and Siemens have formed a joint venture to finance and build distributed energy projects, joining an increasingly competitive landscape in the growing corporate renewables market, the two announced this week. The partnership, called Calibrant Energy, will initially focus its energy-as-a-service model in the United States, where corporate and industrial customers have become heavyweight renewables buyers as they seek to reach decarbonization goals.
altenergymag
OCTOBER 6, 2020
PITT OHIO receives a patent for the process they developed to take wind and solar energy into a battery system and the subsequent distribution of that power to points of use throughout their facilities.
Impact Alpha
OCTOBER 6, 2020
ImpactAlpha, Oct. 6 – ExxonMobil was eclipsed last week by solar and wind producer NextEra Energy, which briefly became the largest US energy company by market value. Exxon’s value has dropped by more than half this year, underlining “the multi-year shift from traditional toward renewable energy,” UBS’s Mark Haefele said in a note. But oil. The post Will the public bear the cost of the oil industry’s unfunded liabilities?
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.
Solar Power World
OCTOBER 6, 2020
With the advancements of the Internet of Things and whole-home automation, it is surprising that easy management of energy storage systems isn’t included in the equation. When a homeowner hooks up a battery, typically only a few circuits are rewired for energy backup. The bedroom lights may not get that emergency power, but at least… The post Smart circuits hold the key to true whole-home backup appeared first on Solar Power World.
Impact Alpha
OCTOBER 6, 2020
ImpactAlpha, Oct. 6 – Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff is a vocal proponent of ‘stakeholder capitalism’ and the company was a pioneer in corporate impact investing. Now, Salesforce is committing $100 million to a second impact fund inside its corporate venture arm, Salesforce Ventures (see, “SoftBank, Salesforce and Orange signal corporate venture capital’s tilt towards impact.
Forbes Green Tech
OCTOBER 6, 2020
Coal country is attracting candidates who are working to get their peoples aboard the clean energy train. Will their message resonate with voters?
Impact Alpha
OCTOBER 6, 2020
ImpactAlpha, October 6 – Indianapolis-based Malomo helps businesses engage customers as they track orders through the Shopify e-commerce platform. The intent is to help small businesses boost their online marketing and brand visibility. Harlem Capital, San Francisco-based Base 10, Hyde Park and High Alpha backed the Black-led startup’s funding round.
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?
Business Green
OCTOBER 6, 2020
But confectionery giant warns businesses need to work together to fix 'broken' palm oil supply chains that further destruction of tropical forests. US confectionary, food and pet care giant Mars claims to have eliminated deforestation from its palm oil supply chain after shrinking the number of mills it works with from 1,500 to a few hundred, it announced today.
altenergymag
OCTOBER 6, 2020
NX HorizonTM solar tracker selected by Neoen and Sterling & Wilson to deliver substantial yield gains for Western Downs Green Power Hub
Business Green
OCTOBER 6, 2020
Sustainable Restaurant Association argues diners should pay less for climate-friendly dishes, arguing tax breaks could support the hospitality sector post-Covid-19 and help drive more sustainable diets. The government should slash VAT on restaurant dishes that come with a lower environmental footprint, the Sustainable Restaurant Association (SRA) has urged, arguing the move would help nudge consumers towards greener, healthier diets.
Impact Alpha
OCTOBER 6, 2020
ImpactAlpha, October 6 – New York-based real estate investor Jonathan Rose Companies spotted the opportunity in buying, preserving and greening affordable housing earlier than other commercial real estate investors. Jonathan Rose acquires affordable housing properties and upgrades them with energy-saving lights and appliances, other green features and social and educational services for residents.
Business Green
OCTOBER 6, 2020
Pure electric vehicle sales are up 664 per cent since 2016 while diesel sales are down 75 per cent through the same period, according to SMMT. UK electric vehicle (EV) sales have surged in the wake of Covid-19, with the latest industry figures for September 2020 showing battery cars continuing their forward march, despite a sharp downward trend for the wider auto market marked by waning demand for new petrol and diesel cars.
Impact Alpha
OCTOBER 6, 2020
ImpactAlpha, October 6 – Husk is a veteran of off-grid energy. The 12-year-old company, once known for biomass energy plants in India’s remote communities, is now a solar minigrid developer in Africa as well. A new commitment of $5 million from FMO, the Dutch development bank, will help Husk expand from its five-megawatts of installed. The post FMO backs Husk Power System’s minigrid expansion appeared first on ImpactAlpha.
Forbes Green Tech
OCTOBER 6, 2020
Monolith Materials’ technology keeps CO2 out of the atmosphere by turning natural gas into a variety of useful products.
altenergymag
OCTOBER 6, 2020
With increasing global emphasis on lessening human impact on the environment from carbon emissions, the fuel cell electric vehicle market growth is expected to pick up tremendous speed over the coming years.
GreenTechMedia
OCTOBER 6, 2020
U.S. Green Technology
OCTOBER 6, 2020
The Greenlight spotlight series takes a look at innovative professionals and businesses disrupting environmental trends with green-focused technology. From automotive to building to energy sources, industries are being disrupted daily as smarter and more innovative green technology becomes available. Name: Christian Kaiser Company: Click A Tree Title: Founder & CEO Mission: To make planting trees.
Forbes Green Tech
OCTOBER 6, 2020
Driving the Polestar 2, the new all-electric premium performance car by the makers of Volvo and Geely.
Business Green
OCTOBER 6, 2020
DeSmog investigation uncovers lobbying by some road and freight trade bodies that may have delayed and watered down local UK measures to tackle illegal levels of air pollution. A network of lobbying groups backed by supermarkets such as Asda, John Lewis, and Sainsbury's have worked to derail efforts to combat UK air pollution, helping water down measures in several of the country's most polluted cities, a new investigation today by DeSmog reveals.
altenergymag
OCTOBER 6, 2020
The GRC 2020 Virtual Annual Meeting & Expo will take place on October 18-23, 2020 in an online and on-demand format that will bring together professionals from across the geothermal community, including industry, academia, non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and government institutions. For the first time, the conference will have a session on Reservoir Closed-Loop & Energy Transfer System (TSFA1) with Joseph Scherer, CEO, GreenFire Energy as one of the speakers on October 23rd.
Business Green
OCTOBER 6, 2020
The elimination of Benefit In Kind tax for company car drivers using an electric vehicle has since April driven a boom in EV leasing, according to Octopus Electric Vehicles. New company car tax breaks appear to be boosting electric vehicles (EVs) uptake, with the number of drivers opting to lease an EV almost doubling since the incentives were brought in earlier this year, new analysis today indicates.
altenergymag
OCTOBER 6, 2020
National energy firm is a finalist in two categories
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