The Future Is All-Electric. Why Are We Spending Millions on Gas?
NRDC onEarth
MARCH 27, 2023
Gas rates are high and poised to get higher. States are running out of time to keep energy costs low with a managed gas transition.
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Could you power your data center with green hydrogen?
GreenBiz
MARCH 1, 2023
Can green hydrogen be the key to more sustainable data center infrastructure? Startup ECL thinks so.
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The White House's 2024 budget proposal prioritizes climate tech
GreenBiz
MARCH 27, 2023
The White House's 2024 budget proposal prioritizes climate tech
Toilet paper is an unexpected source of PFAS in wastewater, study says
Envirotec Magazine
MARCH 6, 2023
Researchers have reported an unexpected source of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in wastewater systems — toilet paper. The study in question appeared in a recent edition of ACS’ Environmental Science & Technology Letter s PFAS have been detected in many personal care products, such as cosmetics and cleansers, that people use every day and then wash down the drain.
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.
We need new tech like this to understand hydrogen’s climate impact
EDF Voices
MARCH 4, 2023
As the world invests in hydrogen, we need better technology for monitoring hydrogen leaks that contribute to global warming.
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A Turning Point in the Fight to Protect New Mexico’s Greater Chaco Region
NRDC onEarth
MARCH 16, 2023
The Biden administration’s proposal to prohibit new oil and gas leasing and drilling in the area comes after years of exploitation that’s had devastating health and cultural impacts on Indigenous communities.
Rising groundwater levels are threatening clean air and water across the country
Grist
MARCH 29, 2023
Beneath our feet there is an invisible ocean. Within the cracks of rock slabs, sand, and soil, this water sinks, swells, and flows — sometimes just a few feet under the surface, sometimes 30,000 feet below. This system of groundwater provides a vital supply for drinking water and irrigation, and feeds into rivers, lakes, and wetlands. Across the globe, it contains 100 times as much fresh water than all of the world’s rivers and lakes combined.
Pondering chemical accidents and the industry we’ve come to accept
GreenBiz
MARCH 3, 2023
When materials such as asbestos were put into use, lead was added to paint and gasoline and we discovered the properties of PVC, we didn’t know any better. Now we do, and it is time to start acting like it.
BlocPower raises $154 million to decarbonize buildings in low-income neighborhoods
Impact Alpha
MARCH 1, 2023
ImpactAlpha, March 1 — Brooklyn-based climate tech venture BlocPower has raised $154 million in debt and equity funding to partner with municipalities in. The post BlocPower raises $154 million to decarbonize buildings in low-income neighborhoods appeared first on ImpactAlpha.
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.
Poll: British Columbians prefer clean energy over LNG, with low support for fossil fuel subsidies
Clean Energy Canada
MARCH 3, 2023
VANCOUVER — British Columbians overwhelmingly prefer the government to focus on developing renewable energy (64.0%) over LNG (18.2%), according to a new public opinion survey conducted by Stratcom for Clean Energy Canada. What’s more, clean energy has consistently been the preference of British Columbians for at least the past three years. Accordingly, more British Columbians (44.2%) would oppose LNG expansion if it causes B.C. to miss its climate targets than would support it in such a case (36
WEVC reveals new commercial EV platform
Charged
MARCH 24, 2023
Watt Electric Vehicle Company ( WEVC ), a manufacturer of low-to-medium-volume EVs, both under its own brand and for third parties, has revealed a new chassis-cab product that it says will “provide the foundation for next-generation electric light commercial vehicles.” The eCV1 uses the company’s PACES (Passenger And Commercial EV Skateboard) architecture, which has been developed to support commercial vehicle manufacturers, specialist vehicle converters and fleet operators.
More Sustainable (and Beautiful) Alternatives to a Grass Lawn
NRDC onEarth
MARCH 16, 2023
Manicured turf grass lawns cover up to 50 million acres of land in America. But a new, no-mow movement is challenging this conformity—and helping the environment.
Want to sequester carbon? Save wild animals
Grist
MARCH 27, 2023
As the world increasingly turns toward natural climate solutions like reforestation and grassland restoration to sequester carbon, it may be overlooking a crucial ally: animals. Protecting existing populations and restoring others to their natural habitats often improves the natural capture and sequestration of carbon dioxide within ecosystems, according to a study published today in the journal Nature Climate Change.
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?
Climate finance must center frontline, underrepresented and underserved communities
GreenBiz
MARCH 20, 2023
Frontline communities have been underrepresented and underserved in climate resiliency efforts to date, mirroring their underinvestment in the investment field as a whole.
How the U.S. can boost community financial institutions to counter bank consolidation and bridge racial wealth gaps
Impact Alpha
MARCH 29, 2023
The collapse of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank sent depositors fleeing into the arms of large “Systemically Important Banks,” even after the. The post How the U.S. can boost community financial institutions to counter bank consolidation and bridge racial wealth gaps appeared first on ImpactAlpha.
Swiss Re reveals global cost of climate impacts as losses from natural disasters top $275bn
Business Green
MARCH 22, 2023
Insurer warns industry's insured losses from natural disasters topped $100bn for the second year in a row A surge in climate-driven natural disasters resulted in global economic losses of $275bn last year, of which $125bn were covered by insurance, according to the latest report insurance giant Swiss Re. The update confirms that the insured losses from natural catastrophes exceeded the $100bn mark for the second year in a row, continuing a trend that has seen insured losses from natural disaster
Study links EVs with real-world reductions in air pollution and respiratory disease
Charged
MARCH 30, 2023
Electric vehicles produce far lower greenhouse gas emissions over their lifecycles than legacy vehicles, and this fact has been demonstrated by dozens of studies over the past decade (regardless of what you might read on Facebook). EVs are also expected to deliver benefits in terms of human health, but this has not been extensively studied. Now a team of researchers from the Keck School of Medicine of USC have begun to document the actual respiratory impact of EV adoption in a study that uses re
Water Crisis in Philly Highlights Our Broken National System
NRDC onEarth
MARCH 27, 2023
An industrial chemical spill upstream of the city’s water intakes is poised to contaminate the water supply. If you feel like you’ve seen this movie before, it’s because you have.
How climate change made the Mississippi tornadoes more likely
Grist
MARCH 30, 2023
A recent study is disrupting the conventional wisdom that there is no connection between climate change and deadly tornadoes, such as the ones that tore through Mississippi over the weekend. Researchers at Northern Illinois University looked at data from the past 15 years, which compared different types of supercell storms. They concluded that these storms, which are precursors to tornadoes, will increase in frequency and intensity as the planet warms.
Companies and climate policy: Time for ‘everything, everywhere, all at once’
GreenBiz
MARCH 30, 2023
Companies with serious net-zero targets will find it hard to meet them without public policy. Many companies are already engaged, but on the side of obstruction and delay, through their big trade associations.
One more way AI can help us harness one of the most underutilized datasets in the world
Planet Pulse
MARCH 21, 2023
How we tracked the Chinese balloon in satellite data Satellite data may be one of the most underutilized datasets in the world. At Planet alone, we have six years of documented history — which means we have over 2,000 images on average for every point on earth’s landmass. This dataset at high resolution never existed before Planet came along and created it.
'Green Day': Boulevard of Deferred Dreams
Business Green
MARCH 31, 2023
Yesterday's 'Green Day' package offered the good, the bad, and the ugly of the UK's climate policy programme It was way back in 2010 that the outgoing Labour Treasury Minister Liam Byrne wrote his infamous letter declaring that "I'm afraid there is no money". At some point in the next 18 months, the Tories will no doubt attempt to weaponise Byrne's misplaced attempt at jocularity at a fourth consecutive election.
Ricardo to define a harmonized European life-cycle assessment standard for EVs and batteries
Charged
MARCH 20, 2023
British consulting company Ricardo has begun work on developing a harmonized European life-cycle assessment standard for EVs and batteries. The project is funded by the EU and UK Research and Innovation (UKRI). At the moment, there is no agreed European or international standard on vehicle life-cycle assessment. Defining a single, harmonized life-cycle assessment approach for vehicles and batteries is a key to providing transparency and comparability of impacts from these products, says the comp
Rich, Polluting Nations Still Owe the Developing World
NRDC onEarth
MARCH 16, 2023
Here’s why follow-through on a $100 billion–per–year climate finance promise, from collecting data to determining success, remains complex but critical.
Grid Transmission Progress In The U.S.
CleanTechnica
MARCH 31, 2023
As the U.S. continues to see the highest levels of renewable energy investment in its history, the investment required to expand and improve the energy transmission grid will need to keep pace. This is happening through a combination of private investment and support by the Biden administration.
The enormous opportunity of e-waste recycling
GreenBiz
MARCH 17, 2023
In Minnesota alone, the value of metals and materials that could be mined from electronic waste has an estimated value of over $2.8 billion annually.
Diving into water restoration? What it takes to prime a project
GreenBiz
MARCH 22, 2023
Corporations including Meta and P&G have vowed to replenish the water consumed by their operations in water-stressed regions, but finding appropriate, “shovel-ready” projects takes connections and patience.
3 ocean sequestration technologies you should know
GreenBiz
MARCH 23, 2023
Microalgae cultivation, seaweed sinking and electrochemistry enhanced sequestration are new ocean focused ways to pull CO2 out of the air.
Should regenerative agriculture follow organic’s path?
GreenBiz
MARCH 23, 2023
The organic movement forged a path for a federally recognized standard for food. Should regenerative follow its course?
An Allbirds shoe with no footprint?
GreenBiz
MARCH 22, 2023
The materials that make up the "M0.0NSHOT" design were carefully curated to serve the Allbirds moonshot goal of creating a shoe with no carbon footprint.
You're going to need coding in your sustainability career
GreenBiz
MARCH 21, 2023
Thing you can ditch the coding course for a sustainability seminar? Think again. Why data science matters in the world of sustainability.
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