Smart Energy International

JUNE 14, 2022

But as representatives at the IEA’s global meeting on energy efficiency last week reminded, energy efficiency has an important role to play, particularly with energy prices surging and volatile in many parts of the world. Have you read? Global leaders agree to urgent action on energy efficiency Energy efficiency in smart buildings.

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Business Green

JUNE 1, 2022

A yellow dump truck has made history as the world's first commercially-produced vehicle made from fossil-free steel, after manufacturer Volvo handed over the articulated hauler to its customer NCC at a special event in Stockholm this afternoon.

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Grist

JUNE 10, 2022

This story was originally published by The Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Almost 2,000 times more particle pollution is produced by tire wear than is pumped out of the exhausts of modern cars, tests have shown. Air pollution causes millions of early deaths a year globally.

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Grist

JUNE 27, 2022

Many of us have spent the last two-and-a-half years worried about the health risks posed by other people. In the United States alone, more than 1 million have died from COVID-19, a painful consequence of how ill-prepared the nation was (and, in many ways, still is) for an infectious disease outbreak. We’re equally unprepared to handle those.

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Business Green

JUNE 23, 2022

I say this, because if by the end of the evening you are not among the winners or highly commended entries… just… be cool. You have done all this while vested and cynical interests seek to exploit the most horrendous of circumstances to try and lock the world in to another era of pollution and petrostate dominance.

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Business Green

JUNE 23, 2022

Consumers are vulnerable to false or misleading claims about the environmental credentials of companies, products, and services, according to new research that underscores the need for stronger protections and targeted interventions to curb the impacts of 'greenwashing'.

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DeSmogBlog

JUNE 3, 2022

Fergus Green : As we see all over the world, climate-related disasters like bushfires and wildfires, droughts, flooding… those that are already vulnerable tend to be the worst hit. Climate change has worsened global inequality, with poorer countries less able to withstand and adapt to climate change’s effects. How does it do that?

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Planet Pulse

JUNE 23, 2022

But, Marx says, “ Planet ’s space-based observations give us the ability to see what’s happening in the darkest corners of the world. But, Marx says, “ Planet ’s space-based observations give us the ability to see what’s happening in the darkest corners of the world. Born of founder and chief scientist Andrew Marx Ph.D.’s

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Business Green

JUNE 16, 2022

There's a simple way to raise this money and that's to permanently raise the tax rate on the profits of fossil fuel giants that are making billions off the multiple crises the world is currently facing, not a levy that looks like more tax breaks than taxes.".

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Green Business Bureau

JUNE 8, 2022

If you are a dry cleaner owner or operator, turning your dry cleaning business green will not only attract new customers but allow for a safe environment for you, your employees, your customers and the local environment. It is also critical that you do your part in addressing climate change. Perc (Perchloroethylene) and the Effects On Humans .

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Business Green

JUNE 30, 2022

Our most important achievement was the development and launch of our 'Net Zero' roadmap towards the end of 2021, which was the first detailed net zero pathway of any of the global 'heavy' industries. According to the UN Secretary General, 75 per cent of the infrastructure that the world will need by 2050 is yet to be built.

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Business Green

JUNE 19, 2022

New IEA report reveals encouraging recent trends have been thrown into reverse by the pandemic and Russia's invasion of Ukraine - but clean energy investment could swiftly reignite development.

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DeSmogBlog

JUNE 17, 2022

The Tiny House Warriors, a group of Secwepemc people, are opposing the Trans Mountain expansion pipeline, a long-distance oil pipeline that is under construction and would run from Alberta’s tar sands to the Pacific Coast, ending near Vancouver.

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Business Green

JUNE 6, 2022

World Environment Day first launched in 1974. With our social, economic and environmental crises intensifying every second, the stakes have never been higher - yet the sustainability movement and the world still finds itself firmly on a treacherous climate-warming path. Shifting mindsets for a just and regenerative future.

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Business Green

JUNE 23, 2022

We're going even further for our data centers and campuses, with a moonshot goal to operate on 24/7 carbon-free energy by the end of the decade. Selected organisations will receive $5m each in grant funding, as well as support from the tech giant's software products.

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Business Green

JUNE 8, 2022

Roughly a third of the emissions reductions required by 2030 to put the world on track to deliver net zero emissions by mid-century could be achieved if policymakers and business leaders press ahead with a string of measures designed to ensure energy is used more efficiently in buildings, industry, manufacturing, and transport.

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Business Green

JUNE 22, 2022

It was a very close call in a hugely competitive category, but in the end Seahorse Environmental edged it with the judges this year thanks to a series of vibrant and impactful communication campaigns, and its invaluable efforts to raise awareness of the pollution crisis afflicting our rivers. Anthesis Group. Highly Commended: JLL.

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Business Green

JUNE 29, 2022

The difficulty of arguing against new domestic energy projects at a time when energy security has suddenly become a real and present threat and there is a moral imperative to end imports of Russian fossil fuels. The absence of any coherent strategy for tackling emissions from land use and agriculture.

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Business Green

JUNE 22, 2022

Overall, should Europe put itself on a path to a near fully decarbonised power system by 2035, it would halve Europe's fossil fuel consumption by the end of the current decade, putting the continent on a pathway for achieving net zero emissions by 2050, according to Ember.

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Business Green

JUNE 9, 2022

The Guardian reported yesterday that Sharma is understood to have been approached about whether he would be interested in picking up the reins from Espinosa when she steps down at the end of her second three year term later this year. The COP26 President is said to be willing to take on the role.

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Business Green

JUNE 14, 2022

Move lamented by climate activists, but Business Secretary says move necessary to guard against growing threat to energy security sparked by Russia's invasion of Ukraine. If we have available back-up power, let's keep it online just in case. I'm not taking chances". An update will provided at the appropriate time.".

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Business Green

JUNE 24, 2022

By comparison, ammonia in its liquid form is easy, inexpensive and safe to move, making it the perfect vector for an of end-game hydrogen fuel, according to Woo. Significant funding raised by US start-up Amogy could pave the path to an emissions-free global shipping sector.

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Business Green

JUNE 21, 2022

Report from BeZero predicts that carbon removal credits could become the dominant player in global carbon markets by the end of this decade. It is equally well understood that both engineered and nature-based carbon removals are likely to be critical to capping global temperature rises at 1.5C. So how, then, to proceed?

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Business Green

JUNE 29, 2022

Given MEPs have already backed such a phase out date, the European Council's decision last night means the fate of fossil fuel cars and vans in the world's third largest automotive market appears more or less sealed. It's been a big week for European climate policy, and the implications are likely to ripple far beyond the EU itself.

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Business Green

JUNE 20, 2022

Environmental Audit Committee says move could help UK catch up with fast-evolving EU and US policy plans. The approach could mitigate against the potential risk of heavy emitters 'offshoring' their emissions and "send a clear signal for companies to re-evaluate their carbon footprint," the committee said.

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Business Green

JUNE 28, 2022

The difference this year, however, is that the UK now has a Net Zero Strategy in place, a host of new emissions reduction targets for the 2030s, and still holds the COP26 Presidency, having helped steward the world towards agreeing the landmark Glasgow Climate Pact last November. The UK government's spokesperson said:?. "We

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Business Green

JUNE 14, 2022

At just 33 pages, including title pages and contents, it is a relatively quick read that touches only fleetingly on some of the key challenges facing UK food businesses, the wider economy, the natural world, and the growing number of households facing food insecurity. Half baked', 'flatter than a pancake', a plan to 'cook the planet itself'.

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Business Green

JUNE 6, 2022

The company has pledged to make its entire home collection with "more sustainable" or recycled materials by the end of the decade and has also promised to achieve net zero emissions by the same date, while prioritising industry circular design principles and investing in product recovery programmes.

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Business Green

JUNE 5, 2022

Sixty per cent of the world has set net zero targets for 2050 and we have just under 30 years to achieve those targets. Cheerleaders trumpeted ‘the largest and most important gathering of world leaders in history'. In 1972, Chinese premier Zhou Enlai was asked about the impact of the French revolution, almost 200 years on.

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Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 7, 2022

The UWS project team (left to right: Dr Mohammed Yaseen, Dr Mostafa Rateb, Dr Emanuel Epelle, Dr Luc Rolland, and Anthony Burns COO of ACS (image credit: Elaine Livingstone). The chamber will be installed at ACS’s automated fashion fulfilment facility on the outskirts of Glasgow. Public body Scottish Enterprise will financially support the project.

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Business Green

JUNE 29, 2022

It is the CCC's biggest document to date, awash with crucial information, data, and 300 policy recommendations to government that tell the compelling story of the most significant societal and economic challenge the UK - and indeed the world - has ever faced. At 600 pages, the bumper report is as daunting as it is comprehensive.

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Smart Energy International

JUNE 10, 2022

“Buildings create nearly 50% of the energy consumption and emissions across the world,” stated Natalie Patton, director of customer success at Buildings IOT (Internet of Things). For those of us in the energy industry, it is often easy to get side-tracked with the pressing necessity of contributing towards accelerating net-zero.

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Business Green

JUNE 17, 2022

The latest Bonn Climate Conference came to a close yesterday after two weeks of intense talks, simultaneously marking both the end of one era and the beginning of another for the long-running global climate negotiations.

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Clean Energy Canada

JUNE 8, 2022

Around the world, automakers are pouring millions of dollars into electrifying their vehicles. Handily, Canada ranks fifth in the world for its battery supply chain potential, in large part thanks to its supply of metals and minerals. By 2030, the number is expected to be closer to a million a week.

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Business Green

JUNE 29, 2022

Transport for London has opened up its first tender for clean power that would enable it to source 10 per cent of its electricity from renewables, he confirmed, as part of a new pledge for the city's largest energy user to transition to 100 per cent renewable energy by the end of the decade.

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Business Green

JUNE 22, 2022

Initiative that aims to cut operational emissions of advertising production welcomes raft of high-profile global, US, and EU trade bodies to its fold. Ad Net Zero, the UK advertising industry's sustainability initiative, announced this week that it is expanding its reach into new markets, starting with the US and the European Union.

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Business Green

JUNE 27, 2022

Environmental groups raise alarm bells at lack of progress in talks aimed at drafting historic global treaty to halt and reverse nature loss. However, throughout two years of Covid-disrupted negotiations, diplomats have struggled to translate this top line support for action into a package of detailed targets, policies, and funding commitments.

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