GreenBiz

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

Why agtech is critical for regenerative agriculture. Heather Clancy. Thu, 09/17/2020 - 01:30. Early this month, McDonald’s made headlines when it teamed with Cargill, Target and The Nature Conservancy to put $8.5 million toward helping Nebraska farmers cultivate regenerative agriculture practices over the next five years. The initiative, like others emerging in the past several years from Cargill , General Mills, Danone and other big companies in the food system, is aimed at promoting natural ca

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Inhabitat - Innovation

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

Hexia Architects recently completed Ginkgo Swan Lake’s second train station that comprises a pair of eco-friendly timber buildings designed to highlight the outdoor landscape.

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

Techstars Sustainability in Partnership with The Nature Conservancy. cecily martine…. Thu, 09/17/2020 - 13:41.

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Inhabitat - Innovation

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

The deaths of thousands of birds in the southwestern U.S. have sparked concern from scientists.

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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

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

Midwest Row Crop Collaborative. cecily martine…. Thu, 09/17/2020 - 13:15. The Midwest Row Crop Collaborative is an innovative partnership aligned to drive positive environmental change in the upper Mississippi River Basin. Comprised of leading businesses and nonprofits that span the full food and agriculture value chain, the Collaborative works to catalyze systems change solutions through diverse public & private sector partnerships and projects.

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The Environmental Blog

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

Most supermarkets throw away a lot of packaging every day. The best solution to reduce the energy and work of throwing away packaging is to convert the supermarket packaging to reusable supermarket crates. Plastic supermarket crates are a good alternative because they’re environmentally friendly. It provides a capacity to help store and preserve the quality of fruits, vegetables and other items.

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Inhabitat - Innovation

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

The first burial in a mycelium coffin has occurred in the Netherlands.

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GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

California regulators plan to address pleas from stakeholders in the energy storage industry to free up money for the state’s behind-the-meter battery incentive program, directing an additional $108.5 million that could allow about 100 megawatts of stalled projects in low-income and disadvantaged communities to be built this year. But regulators don’t plan to shift more money to the program from a much larger budget dedicated to serving low-income or medically vulnerable people livin

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U.S. Green Technology

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

In conversations regarding green technology, renewables like solar and wind sometimes take center stage. Biomass, though, is another source of innovation and progress for energy that benefits the environment. With eucalyptus as a biomass source, energy production can take off in green, progressive ways like never before. Benefits of Eucalyptus Eucalyptus is a common Australian.

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GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

The EU will increase its 2030 emission reduction target to “at least 55 percent” up from 40 percent, Ursula von der Leyen, president of the European Commission confirmed Wednesday. The change will be introduced as an amendment to the EU's climate law. The Commission is likely to have found a target that is achievable and politically palatable to all member states.

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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

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

The new learning hub prioritizes flexibility and student wellness.

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altenergymag

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

California-Based Microgrid Provider Brings New Capabilities to Electriq Power’s Growing Portfolio of Energy Storage Products and Services

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Inhabitat - Innovation

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

The "floating" terraces protect residents from the region's harsh climate.

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altenergymag

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

On this project, the VPP consists of JinkoSolar's high-efficiency solar modules installed on the rooftops of several gas stations that are linked in clusters to the charge/discharge cycle of the storage system. This allows more efficient battery control optimization and effectively re-utilizes the solar power generation on demand.

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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

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

By Boaz Soifer, CEO, BayWa r.e. Solar Systems Like most economic sectors, clean energy has been significantly impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. Within the solar industry, distribution businesses have faced some unique challenges. To meet them, we’ve had to learn how to dramatically accelerate our reaction times on a range of issues, responding to public… The post View from the channel: The impact of COVID-19 on solar distribution appeared first on Solar Power World.

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altenergymag

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

Holly Burnett, Senior Vice President at Natural Power in North America is set to chair the forthcoming Wind Resource & Project Energy Assessment Virtual Summit which takes place on September 28 - 30, 2020.

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Impact Alpha

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

Investors need to build a broader toolbox for advancing racial justice. To do that, we need to experiment with strategies that demonstrate what a total racial justice approach looks like. Since the murder of George Floyd and the subsequent demonstrations, many investors are considering the ways in which they can mitigate racial justice. However, they.

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altenergymag

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

The American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) released this statement after the corporate leaders at the Business Roundtable announced new principles and policies to address climate change, including support for market-based climate solutions:

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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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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

Read time: 6 mins As Pennsylvania took a significant step this week towards joining a regional climate initiative to curb carbon pollution from power plants, newly revealed email records show how fossil fuel interests campaigned to oppose this initiative in a state that has the fifth most polluting electric power sector in the nation.

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altenergymag

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

Leading renewable energy consultancy and service provider, Natural Power, has provided technical due diligence for phase three of CPC's Lakiakangas wind farm to support the financing of the project which is located in western Finland between the Isojoki and Kristinestad regions.

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Forbes Green Tech

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

Redwood Materials is among the first companies to win investment from Amazon’s $2 billion venture fund created to back companies with technology contributing to carbon reduction efforts.

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altenergymag

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

Tigo Enhanced aims to increase customers’ confidence in selecting an MLPE device, while ensuring a reliable and cost-effective solution.

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Impact Alpha

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

Most middle-school-aged children are focused on their small life bubble: impressing their friends with their new sneakers or making sure they do their math homework on time. When I was young, I realized that I was a little different from most children. Instead of coming home from work yielding comic books, my father, who worked. The post Matthew Patsky: Finding my tribe in an unexpected place appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

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The City Fix

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

In spite of a global pandemic and the worst economic conditions in nearly a century, U.S. states, cities and businesses are continuing to lead the fight against climate change. A new report by America’s Pledge provides crucial evidence that state. Continue reading on TheCityFix.com.

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Impact Alpha

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

Greetings, Agents of Impact! The Call: Changing the racial justice algorithm. Racism is an archaic relic of an outdated economic operating system – and yet it remains entrenched in almost every investment asset class, from alternatives to municipal bonds to public equities. Building on new research from Transform Finance (see below), ImpactAlpha’s Agents of Impact.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

UK survey of 7-17 year-olds also highlights concern their views are not listened to by policymakers on climate change and environmental issues. Almost a third of young people want sustainability and climate change to be covered in more detail at school, a UK survey of 7-17 year olds has found. The poll, which was carried out by Censuswide on behalf of Zurich Insurance, also shows enthusiasm among young people for significant policy changes to prevent further damage to the climate.

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Mr. Sustainability

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

Summary - China considers going carbon neutral. What else did you expect with this title? This article is taken from Euractiv. For the original, click here. “China is willing to contribute more and we are now considering and studying a mid-century long-term vision for climate change, including such issues as the peaking of carbon dioxide emissions and carbon neutrality,” foreign ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin said at a press conference on Tuesday.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

Charity the Wildlife Trusts warns government's current planning reform proposals risk undermining efforts to protect nature and biodiversity. The government should look to establish new areas of protected 'wildbelt' land across both countryside and urban areas in order to aid nature and biodiversity recovery if it is to spur an environmentally-friendly surge in development in the wake of Covid-19, according to charity the Wildlife Trusts.

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Mr. Sustainability

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

How much energy do we need and where do we need it? Summary - The world needs 384 TWh of energy per day, of which 87% comes from fossil fuels. Energy is needed in 3 sectors, to do 3 things (3x3 rule). The sectors are transportation, industry and buildings. The things we need energy for (applications) are heating, transport and electricity. Depending on the region, most of our energy is required in the transportation sector and for heating purposes.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

Developers plan to build six all-electric, zero carbon modular homes in Sittingbourne by the end of January next year. Work has started on a new neighbourhood of net zero homes in Kent, paving the way for what its developers claim will be "one of the most energy-efficient housing schemes in the country". Located in Sittingbourne, the development is a partnership between property firm Public Sector Plc and green building specialist NetZero Buildings, and is set to transform vacant land on the tow

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Impact Alpha

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

ImpactAlpha, September 17 – Global startup network and investor Endeavor launched its Catalyst initiative in 2012 to back high-impact startups and entrepreneurs designing products and services that fill large market gaps. It has invested in 150 startups in 30 markets, including Kenyan “Amazon” Copia, Mexican waste-to-fuel company Sistema.Bio and fast-growing financial services firms like Brazil’s.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

Taskforce includes members of the Green Finance Institute, the Coalition for the Energy Efficiency of Buildings, and the Association for Decentralised Energy, among others. A broad coalition of experts from finance, energy, construction and national and local government has joined together as part of the Zero Carbon Heating Taskforce, a new effort launched yesterday to drive the rapid decarbonisation of the UK's home and buildings heating supply.

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Impact Alpha

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

ImpactAlpha, September 17 – Data centers are consuming huge amounts of electricity. Dallas-based Aligned uses energy-efficient cooling systems and has committed to 100% renewable energy for its facilities. A $1 billion credit facility to support Aligned’s sustainability goals, structured by ING Capital, will reward the company with a reduced interest rate if it hits impact.

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