Are paper bottles a solution to reduce plastic waste?
GreenBiz
OCTOBER 17, 2019
Brewing giant Carlsberg debuted new bottle prototypes made from sustainably sourced wood fibers, which it claims are fully bio-based and recyclable.
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Scotland bans plastic-stemmed cotton swabs in bid to combat plastic pollution
Inhabitat - Innovation
OCTOBER 17, 2019
Following backlash concerning plastic waste buildup in beaches and oceans, Scotland is now the first country in the United Kingdom to officially ban the manufacture, supply and sale of plastic-stemmed cotton swabs.
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Microgrids could help California improve grid resilience in face of wildfire threat
GreenBiz
OCTOBER 17, 2019
Installations covering municipal and rural county critical facilities, especially fire stations and water districts, are an important first step.
German clothing detergent opts for bottles made from chemically recycled plastic
Envirotec Magazine
OCTOBER 17, 2019
German industrial and consumer products manufacturer Henkel announced on 17 October that it has produced bottles using chemically recycled plastic for the first time, working in collaboration with packaging manufacturer Alpla. Through chemical recycling, mixed plastic waste that was previously impossible to recycle can be effectively reprocessed and reused.
Manufacturing Sustainability Surge: Your Guide to Data-Driven Energy Optimization & Decarbonization
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.
What businesses need to know about Berkeley’s historic natural gas ban
GreenBiz
OCTOBER 17, 2019
The current ordinance will have a very narrow impact on developers, but it is encouraging other cities to move forward. Meanwhile, companies are taking electrification into their own hands.
Ford’s EVs to Come With Access to Multiple Charging Networks
GreenTechMedia
OCTOBER 17, 2019
Electric vehicle drivers have more public chargers than they did just a few years ago. But to access all those chargers, drivers still need to navigate a range of different charging companies that each have their own account and payment systems. Some use apps, some use RFID chips, some ask you to swipe a credit card. "The feedback we’ve been getting from EV drivers is that this is one of the biggest pain points," said Harmeet Singh, CTO at charging services company Greenlots, a subsidiary
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Recycled botanical garden in Seattle brings visitors decades of joy
Inhabitat - Innovation
OCTOBER 17, 2019
When Wendy Morgan accepted a friend’s invitation to go see Elda Behm’s garden in the 1990s, she had no idea she would become entangled in a project for the next 25 years. “Elda popped her head around the garage and that was the beginning of it,” Morgan says with a laugh. “She was a saleswoman.” The Port of Seattle was planning its third runway at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport.
Nominees announced for Aquatech Innovation Award 2019
Envirotec Magazine
OCTOBER 17, 2019
Urbanisation and online sensors key trends in Aquatech Innovation Award nominees. 12 innovative technologies nominated by expert jury. This year a total of 12 innovative technologies have been selected by an expert jury in the lead up to the Aquatech Amsterdam event , taking place in early November. Award entries were submitted across four categories, with the jury identifying nominees from each category to be considered as candidates for the overall prize. “This year we received a really
Elevated bamboo housing protects an Indian community from floods
Inhabitat - Innovation
OCTOBER 17, 2019
The nonprofit SEEDS (Sustainable Environment and Ecological Development Society) teamed up with local organization NEADS (North-East Affected Area Development Society) to create 80 core houses that are resistant to flooding.
How making your fleet eco-friendly protects your business
Envirotec Magazine
OCTOBER 17, 2019
Derek Bryan of fleet management software and solutions firm Verizon Connect offers a rundown of pointers for improving the sustainability of fleet-based businesses. Going green is currently front of mind for businesses and consumers alike. According to a national study by the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, concern about the environment is currently polling at its highest level since 2008.
Electrofuels Are the Future: The Driving Force to Decarbonizing Heavy Transport
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.
Leyline Renewable Capital Raises $150M to Support Early-Stage Solar and Biogas
GreenTechMedia
OCTOBER 17, 2019
Leyline Renewable Capital has raised $150 million from private equity firm Newlight Partners to finance early-stage solar projects and anaerobic digesters backed by other developers. The Durham, North Carolina-based outfit wants to help developers that have multiple projects in the works but could benefit from additional working capital. Smaller, often-bootstrapped developers can struggle to meet interconnection payments or post security deposits that lock up millions of dollars.
AI energy management system nominated for Retail Energy Forum’s annual awards
Envirotec Magazine
OCTOBER 17, 2019
EMMA AI provides remote and direct energy saving communication to those responsible for facilities management. Optimal Monitoring, a firm describing itself as “a thought-leader in energy management software”, has been nominated as one of three short listed finalists for the Wright Commission Award – an annual competition run by the Retail Energy Forum (REF) – with its EMMA AI (Artificial Intelligence) solution.
EEA reports poor air quality caused premature deaths of 400,000 Europeans in 2016
Inhabitat - Innovation
OCTOBER 17, 2019
Coal-fired power plants, vehicle-clogged highways, and fossil-fuel spewing factories have contributed to the growing European air pollution dilemma. Industries, households and vehicles all emit dangerous mixtures of pollutant particulates that are harmful to human health. Indeed, the European Environment Agency (EEA) highlighted the issue when reporting that over 400,000 Europeans met their untimely demise in 2016 due to poor air quality standards that placed their health at risk.
AECOM launches PFAS solution at remediation event
Envirotec Magazine
OCTOBER 17, 2019
PFAS substances, widely used in fire-fighting foams, present challenges with respect to their removal from water sources and the environment. Infrastructure services firm AECOM announced the launch of DE-FLUORO , a technology said to effectively and permanently remove per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (known as ‘PFAS’) at the CleanUp 2019 site remediation conference which took place 8-12 September in Adelaide.
AR/VR Simulations for Sustainable, Regenerative, Circular Cities
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.
Architects use simple, low-cost and efficient materials to create spectacular home with 'flying roof' in Chile
Inhabitat - Innovation
OCTOBER 17, 2019
Located in a coastal area in Chile's Valparaíso region, the gorgeous home was built using prefabricated and modular materials, then topped with an eye-catching, origami-inspired metal roof.
How Zest Labs is tracking produce to reduce waste
GreenBiz
OCTOBER 17, 2019
The company uses sensors to provide data about a product's shelf life.
MHI Vestas Wins 1.1GW Turbine Order for UK Offshore Wind Farm
GreenTechMedia
OCTOBER 17, 2019
SSE Renewables, the project development arm of the British utility SSE, has selected turbine supplier MHI Vestas for its 1.1-gigawatt Seagreen project off the east coast of Scotland. Seagreen was one of the winning projects in the U.K.’s most recent contracts for difference (CFD) auction. The project secured a 15-year contract with a guaranteed price of £41.61/megawatt hour ($53.41) covering 484 megawatts of its total capacity of 1,075 megawatts.
Setting climate targets and creating tools to achieve them
GreenBiz
OCTOBER 17, 2019
Including a national clean energy standard.
How Digital Transformation will Bend the Curve of the Linear Economy Toward the Circular
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?
Volkswagen CEO: electrification won’t hurt profit margins
Charged
OCTOBER 17, 2019
Volkswagen, which has unveiled the most ambitious electrification plans of any of the legacy automakers, does not believe the transition to EVs will hurt its profit margins, CEO Herbert Diess said in an interview with la Repubblica (via Reuters ). “We do not expect a deterioration in margins. Our advantage is that all our brands have the same platform for electric products and the same batteries that we buy in China.”.
New study pinpoints the places most at risk on a warming planet
Grist
OCTOBER 17, 2019
As many as five billion people will face hunger and a lack of clean water by 2050 as the warming climate disrupts pollination, freshwater, and coastal habitats, according to new research published last week in Science. People living in South Asia and Africa will bear the worst of it. Climate activists have been telling us for a while now that global warming isn’t just about the polar bears, so it’s hardly breaking news that humans are going to suffer because nature is suffering.
Opinion: We Owe Greta and the Youth More Than a Nobel Prize
DeSmogBlog
OCTOBER 17, 2019
Read time: 4 mins Many people, including me, expected Greta Thunberg to win this year's Nobel Peace Prize. Instead, Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed Ali was deservedly awarded for ending more than 20 years of conflict with neighboring Eritrea. Greta and the young people worldwide urging adults to care about their future don't need a Nobel. They need grown-ups to take them seriously and heed the scientific evidence about global warming.
Gender-Smart Investing: More than two dozen new funds investing with a gender lens
Impact Alpha
OCTOBER 17, 2019
ImpactAlpha, October 17 – I’m getting calls regularly from people who are starting new funds or who want to reshape the funds they already have to include a gender lens. Many of the funds featured in Project Sage last year have raised a lot more capital. Catalyst At Large and the team at Wharton Social The post Gender-Smart Investing: More than two dozen new funds investing with a gender lens appeared first on ImpactAlpha.
Miami transit agency buys 33 Proterra electric buses
Charged
OCTOBER 17, 2019
Miami-Dade Transit has ordered 33 40-foot Proterra Catalyst E2 electric buses and up to 75 Proterra plug-in chargers. The purchase is part of the agency’s plan to electrify at least 50 percent of the county’s buses by 2035. Proterra will work directly with the county to design and install the charging infrastructure. Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Giménez said, “Deploying electric buses is one of the best actions we can take to improve our environment and our community’s public health.
After Second Deadly Crash, Regulators Say Trucks Leaking Fracked Gas Cargo Are Fine
DeSmogBlog
OCTOBER 17, 2019
Read time: 6 mins Last Friday, October 11, a “Virtual Pipeline” truck carrying compressed natural gas crashed on a highway in Orange, Massachusetts, killing the driver, leaking the potent greenhouse gas methane into the atmosphere, and leading local authorities to evacuate nearby residents. . “ Let me put this in perspective, if one of these trucks blew up in the right conditions, it could destroy a neighborhood,” said Bill Huston, director of a research and advocacy program called Terra Vigilat
Race Heats Up For Title Of Cheapest Solar Energy In The World
Forbes Green Tech
OCTOBER 17, 2019
Dubai has narrowly missed out on reclaiming the title of having the world’s cheapest solar energy, after bids were handed in for the latest phase of a massive solar park on the outskirts of the city. But Abu Dhabi and Saudi Arabia will both get the chance to claim the crown in the coming months.
Volta launches network of free DC fast charging stations
Charged
OCTOBER 17, 2019
The EVSE market is booming, but the economics of charging for charging still represent a major question mark. Conventional wisdom is that drivers will pay for DC fast charging, but network operator Volta just rebooted the conversation by launching a free, public-access DC fast charging network. Volta, which has provided free Level 2 charging stations since 2010, has opened the first of the free fast chargers at a retail center in Norwalk, Connecticut.
Market share of electric vehicles doubles in FY20
altenergymag
OCTOBER 17, 2019
In a landscape of stagnating new car sales, electric vehicle (EV) sales have soared. With further analysis by Pixie Energy on the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) figures* showing the market share of EVs almost doubling in the first half of the Financial Year FY20.
We know heavy metals are in food. Here’s how the Baby Food Council is taking on that challenge.
EDF + Business
OCTOBER 17, 2019
By Boma Brown-West This week, a new investigative report by Healthy Babies Bright Futures, a children’s health advocacy group, revealed that there is still more work to do in eliminating contaminants of concern, including lead, arsenic, and cadmium, from infant and toddler food. As noted in the report, at least one of these toxic heavy metals was detected in 95 percent of the 168 baby food samples tested.
The Energy Expo in warm Miami: Feb 12 & 13, 2020
altenergymag
OCTOBER 17, 2019
The Energy Expo (TEE) presents its next edition on February 12 & 13, 2020 at the MACC Convention Center in Miami, Florida. The EFFECTIVE COMMERCIAL HUB between North American & Worldwide Manufacturers & Distributors with Buyers, Professionals, Dealers, Operators, Contractors and Potential Reps. from LATIN AMERICA, THE CARIBBEAN and UNITED STATES. 40+ countries under one roof!
Wells Fargo will power its 400 Texas locations with solar
Solar Power World
OCTOBER 17, 2019
Wells Fargo has signed a 10-year structured power purchase agreement (PPA) with Reliant, an NRG Energy, to power the bank’s 400 Texas locations with PV solar. The new agreement is the bank’s largest contract to date in support of its corporate strategy to advance the development of new sources of renewable energy in order to… The post Wells Fargo will power its 400 Texas locations with solar appeared first on Solar Power World.
Smart Electric Power Alliance report offers EV advice for utilities
Charged
OCTOBER 17, 2019
A new report from the Smart Electric Power Alliance (SEPA), a nonprofit organization that assists electric utilities with the transition to renewable energy, offers recommendations and predictions designed to help utilities navigate the rollout of EVs. In “ Planning for an Electric Vehicle Future: How Utilities Can Succeed ,” SEPA offers the following insights: EVs present a chance for utilities to generate a positive image and increase customer engagement.
Greenlots Enables Widespread EV Charging Access for Ford All-Electric Drivers
altenergymag
OCTOBER 17, 2019
Through this program, future Ford all-electric drivers can quickly and easily charge across multiple major EV charging networks in North America
ITT Cannon launches customizable DC fast charging connector
Charged
OCTOBER 17, 2019
Electronics giant ITT Cannon launched a new customizable DC fast charging connector at a recent auto show in Munich. The connector offers up to 150 amps of continuous charging and up to 150 kilowatts of power. Anh Phan, ITT Cannon’s Vice President, Global Sales and Marketing, said, “We will continue creating solutions that move EVs further into the mainstream.” Source: ITT Cannon.
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