GreenBiz
DECEMBER 13, 2021
By embedding water strategy into business strategy, companies can create an advantage not only operationally and across the supply chain, but also with employees and customers.
Inhabitat - Innovation
DECEMBER 13, 2021
Chilean wildlife conservationists are excited about discovering a new population of Andean cats living close to Santiago. Experts think fewer than 1,400 of the Americas' most endangered cats are left in the wild.
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GreenBiz
DECEMBER 13, 2021
We need more of young professionals working on sustainability, climate, circular economy and ESG solutions — and we need them right now.
Envirotec Magazine
DECEMBER 13, 2021
A young Danish researcher has seemingly succeeded in developing a technology that will reduce the costs of getting wind power into the tanks of heavy-duty vehicles by approximately 15 percent. In recognition of her research, she has received an award worth €67,000. Green hydrogen produced from renewable energy, such as solar and wind, is expected by many to play a major role in the energy system of the future.
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.
GreenBiz
DECEMBER 13, 2021
During 2022, climate and mandatory ESG reporting will be on the ballot in scores of states and localities.
Inhabitat - Innovation
DECEMBER 13, 2021
Canton House Romania by Marc Thorpe Design shows just how many options there are for going off-grid with cabins. The Canton House Romania project used solar panels, locally sourced timber and unique rooflines to create a trio of unique hotel cabins.
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Inhabitat - Innovation
DECEMBER 13, 2021
Wildlife officials in Florida will start feeding starving manatees to reduce their mortality rate. Officials have announced a hand-feeding program that will help rescue the sea mammals from starvation. Manatees rely on seagrass for food and usually return to warm water in winter to feed.
GreenBiz
DECEMBER 13, 2021
Sponsored: How do brands effectively communicate the benefits of circular and sustainable products to consumers?
Inhabitat - Innovation
DECEMBER 13, 2021
A primary gift-giving season is upon us, and even those people you know best can be challenging to match with the perfect gift. It can be especially difficult when you’re equally focused on consuming consciously in favor of the environment. Whether your goal is to find natural materials, support small businesses, ensure Fair Trade, limit waste, or all of the above, we’ve got some gift ideas for the special person in your life.
GreenBiz
DECEMBER 13, 2021
The latest fund from Closed Loop Ventures Group includes Microsoft and the Autodesk Foundation as investors.
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.
Envirotec Magazine
DECEMBER 13, 2021
New solid fuel local space heaters will have to be type-tested to measure the environmental performance of the devices, under regulations coming into effect at the start of the new year. From 1st January 2022, a new regulation will impose Ecodesign requirements for solid fuel local space heaters. Regulation (EU) 2015/1185 24/5/2015 describes the requirements which will harmonise energy consumption, particulate matter (PM), organic gaseous compounds (OGC), carbon monoxide (CO) and nitrogen oxides
U.S. Green Technology
DECEMBER 13, 2021
Winter is the time of holidays when many people all over the world celebrate big events that most of the time include presents. No matter if you’re looking to surprise your loved ones, your buddies or yourself with a nice gift, it’s important to stay true to your green lifestyle. Luckily, it’s possible to shop. The post How to Identify Truly Eco-Friendly Products appeared first on U.S.
Envirotec Magazine
DECEMBER 13, 2021
A bike helmet made from recycled plastic picked up the award for the UK Best Recycled Plastics Product 2021 at the Plastics Industry Awards on 2 December in London. Injection moulding firm Cameron-Price was presented with the award for the product – the Packable Helmet – that is easy to use, lightweight and foldable in design. Lewis Pepall Finance Director at Cameron – Price Limited, commented, “We believe people are becoming more focused and aware of how products are made.
Green Living Guy
DECEMBER 13, 2021
As eco-consciousness rises around the globe, individuals search for carbon-footprint-reduction methods. Society is shifting away from overly convenient and ecologically degrading lifestyles towards sustainable alternatives. A significant contributor to one’s carbon footprint is their diet. The agricultural industry produces a significant number of emissions and surface-level pollution, influencing climate change.
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.
Envirotec Magazine
DECEMBER 13, 2021
New research from Queen’s University Belfast has led to 184 deep-sea species being added to the global Red List of Threatened Species. With almost two-thirds of the species assessed listed as threatened, it highlights the urgent need to protect them from extinction. The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)’s Red List of Threatened Species is the world’s foremost conservation authority, with universally recognised extinction risk categories (e.g.
Green Living Guy
DECEMBER 13, 2021
For almost two years now, the pandemic has unquestionably changed our lives. People began spending a lot more time at home. While businesses have opened, many people who were tasked to work at home are still doing it. This has changed the way we think about our houses. They are, after all, our sanctuaries. Not […]. The post Five Ways to Renovate Your Home appeared first on Green Living Guy.
Envirotec Magazine
DECEMBER 13, 2021
A new waste incinerator is claimed to be “turning heads” in the recycling and waste processing world because of its ability to process previously unrecyclable materials and its efficiency in using the exhaust heat generated by a vortex to produce electricity, district heating and food production. A collaboration between Siemens Digital Industries and waste incinerator maker Xetrov Group, the Clean6 Vortex “will have a very high 98% conversion rate with only 2% residue, against
Green Living Guy
DECEMBER 13, 2021
The holidays are a special time to connect with your loved ones and show them your gratitude. Many individuals turn to gift-giving to display their appreciation for others. Consumerism can have adverse effects on the environment, limiting the sustainability of the holiday season. Manufacturing and transporting presents create greenhouse gas emissions, causing climate change.
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?
The City Fix
DECEMBER 13, 2021
This year, reports have indicated that to keep temperatures from rising more than 1.5°C, there must be a major drop in greenhouse gas emissions. The transportation sector is the fastest growing contributor of greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) and must be drastically transformed. Continue reading on TheCityFix.com.
Charged
DECEMBER 13, 2021
The Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority, which serves Charged ’s home city of St Petersburg, Florida, hopes to add 60 electric buses to its fleet over the next five years. The PSTA board has unanimously approved an agreement with bus-maker Gillig to provide the 60 new e-buses. The procurement, which is expected to cost $80 million, including charging infrastructure, will be subject to the availability of funds.
Impact Alpha
DECEMBER 13, 2021
In July this year, at the invitation of the UK’s G7 Presidency, the Impact Taskforce was formed to answer the pressing question: “How. The post Here’s how we can mobilize private capital for a green and just transition appeared first on ImpactAlpha.
Charged
DECEMBER 13, 2021
If there’s one thing that will make a greenie see red, it’s pulling up to a public charging stall only to find that it’s been ICEd out by a gas-burning vehicle (which always seems to be a giant truck or SUV with bellicose bumper stickers). In 2019, Tesla began testing anti-ICEing devices that pop up from the ground to block unauthorized use at some Supercharging stations in China.
Impact Alpha
DECEMBER 13, 2021
ImpactAlpha, December 13 — Equitable Facilities Fund, a New York-based nonprofit social impact fund, has since 2018 deployed $585 million in low-cost and. The post Equitable Facilities Fund secures $300 million to finance Black schools leaders appeared first on ImpactAlpha.
Charged
DECEMBER 13, 2021
Lithium-ion battery firm NOVONIX has received 1.675 million Canadian dollars ($1.3 million US) from Next Generation Manufacturing Canada (NGen) as part of a larger investment in building a battery development and manufacturing facility in Nova Scotia. According to NOVONIX, “The new facility will play a key role in building a Canadian battery materials supply chain, limiting the current dependence on Asia and capitalizing on the tremendous growth in this sector created by the increased demand for
Impact Alpha
DECEMBER 13, 2021
ImpactAlpha, December 13 — Black Americans make up nearly half of the people living in federally financed affordable housing. But only 2% of. The post Amazon launches accelerator program for affordable housing developers of color appeared first on ImpactAlpha.
Charged
DECEMBER 13, 2021
The European oil comanies bp , Shell and Total have been buying up companies in many charging infrastructure-related fields. Now this trend has spread to the US, as bp announces the acquisition of AMPLY Power , a charging and energy management provider for EV fleets. Under the terms of the agreement, AMPLY Power will continue to operate independently as part of bp’s global portfolio of businesses.
Impact Alpha
DECEMBER 13, 2021
ImpactAlpha, December 13 — Toronto-based venture firm Cross-Border Impact Ventures is looking to raise up to $200 million to invest in up to. The post Cross-Border Impact Ventures’ healthtech fund raises $30 million appeared first on ImpactAlpha.
Charged
DECEMBER 13, 2021
Arkema has opened the Christian Collette Center of Excellence, dedicated to batteries, at its Pierre-Bénite Research Center. The group also announced a 50% increase in Kynar PVDF fluoropolymer production capacity at its Pierre-Bénite site. These polymers are used as separator coatings or as cathode binders. Arkema supplies PVDF (polyvinylidene fluoride) for binders and separator coatings, lithium salts to improve cell performance, smart adhesives for cell-to-cell bonding, and bio-based polyamide
Renewable Energy World
DECEMBER 13, 2021
ZeroAvia announced it has raised another $35 million to help develop its 2-5 megawatt (MW) zero-emission powertrain systems for commercial aviation. United Airlines joins an already crowded field of investors, which include Alaska Air Group , Amazon’s Climate Pledge Fund , AP Ventures , Bill Gates-founded Breakthrough Energy Ventures , Horizons Ventures , Summa Equity , and Shell Ventures.
Charged
DECEMBER 13, 2021
ACEINNA ’s new ±65 A MCx1101 Current Sensor is the company’s most accurate and highest-bandwidth current sensor. Designed for WBG (wide-bandgap) applications, and available in 3.3- and 5-volt versions, this AMR-based (Anisotropic Magnetoresistive) current sensor is designed for a wide range of power systems and applications. The MCx1101’s fast response and high bandwidth is designed for fast-switching SiC- and GaN-based power stages.
Renewable Energy World
DECEMBER 13, 2021
The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) issued its much-anticipated plan to revise the state’s current Net Energy Metering (NEM) rules and create a Net Billing Tariff that it said would balance the needs of the “electric grid, the environment, and consumers.” The proposal will be on the CPUC’s Jan. 27, 2022 agenda for a vote.
Charged
DECEMBER 13, 2021
The Corporate Electric Vehicle Alliance (CEVA) has sent an open letter to the US DOE, DOT and GSA, urging officials to develop charging infrastructure programs that incorporate open standards such as the Open Charge Point Protocol (OCPP) and Open Charge Point Interface (OCPI). CEVA is a group of 28 companies that advocates for zero-emission vehicles.
Business Green
DECEMBER 13, 2021
Clean transport advocates point out £30bn price tag for railway electrification is in the same ball park as budget for road building. The Treasury is facing further accusations that it is hampering the UK's net zero transition, after reports emerged over the weekend that it has blocked plans to electrify Britain's railways over cost concerns. The Traction Decarbonisation Network Strategy, a £30bn plan to decarbonise the UK's railways over the next 30 years, has been shelved amid fears that
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