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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U.S. Green Technology

MARCH 7, 2023

The automotive industry has been rapidly evolving, and one of the most significant changes in recent years has been the rise of electric cars. With their many benefits, such as lower cost of ownership, environmentally-friendly nature, and smoother driving experience, electric cars are becoming increasingly popular among consumers worldwide. In this article, we will explore.

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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.

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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.

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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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Renew Economy

MARCH 1, 2023

Musk says world can dump fossil fuels and move to an electric economy, and save money and energy. "I'm shocked by how few people realise this." The post Musk says electric world that kicks out fossil fuels will cost less than combustion economy appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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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.

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U.S. Green Technology

MARCH 7, 2023

Thinking about strategies to preserve energy in our daily lives is crucial in today’s world of rising energy bills and environmental concerns. Using energy-efficient products in our homes is one of the most efficient methods of doing this. Energy-efficient products, which range from lightbulbs to appliances, are made to consume less energy than their conventional.

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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.

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Charged

MARCH 29, 2023

Lithium-ion battery manufacturer Amprius Technologies has signed a letter of intent to build a 775,000-square-foot facility in Brighton, Colorado. The factory is expected to be operational in 2025, and will be built in phases. The first phase will have an annual capacity of 500 MWh. Capacity could potentially be expanded to as much as 5 GWh within the initial footprint.

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Renew Economy

MARCH 15, 2023

The first stage of what will be the biggest solar farm in Australia - at least for the time being - has been officially opened near Uralla in NSW. The post Australia’s biggest solar farm powers up to help replace New South Wales coal appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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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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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

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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.

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Pollution 183

U.S. Green Technology

MARCH 13, 2023

As people grow ever more mindful of the negative implications of climate change, their interest in eco-friendly living also increases. Living sustainably is becoming more and more important, and landlords who emphasize green amenities in their apartment rentals are more likely to draw affluent, environmentally-conscious tenants. In the following article, we’ll explore five essential green.

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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.

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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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Charged

MARCH 15, 2023

Sponsored by Rockwell Automation. Maximize production with smart, flexible solutions. Launching a connected battery Gigafactory is no small undertaking. And when you’re focused on setting up an environment to deliver enough power for the world’s growing volume of electric vehicles, you need to feel confident that you can meet demand through a smart and scalable production strategy that allows you to build growth from the start.

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Batteries Electric vehicle Demand Innovation 145

Renew Economy

MARCH 25, 2023

The NSW Coalition loss means Australia's best performing energy minister is no longer running the show. What does that mean for the state's transition from coal? The post Australia has just lost its best energy minister, lets hope Labor doesn’t trash his legacy appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Business Green

MARCH 16, 2023

New government-backed research project confirms heat pumps are an effective form of heating homes, even on cold days Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs) could be as much as three times more efficient than traditional gas boilers and are capable of working well even in the coldest weather conditions, new data from a government-backed research project has revealed.

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NRDC onEarth

MARCH 30, 2023

Three writers counter despair and summon courage in facing the challenges of our warming world.

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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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U.S. Green Technology

MARCH 8, 2023

Sustainability efforts are becoming increasingly important and prominent with industries across the country. Technology is leading the way in making these efforts easier and more approachable for everyone, including the manufacturing and transportation sectors. There’s no denying the environmental benefits of a sustainable company fleet. It can cut down on carbon emissions, boost greener efforts.

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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.

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Charged

MARCH 2, 2023

A few days ago, share prices of lithium miners including Albemarle, SQM, Livent, Piedmont Lithium and Lithium Americas ,plunged, losing as much as 9% on a day when the S&P 500 dropped only a fraction of a point. There had been no major moves on the commodities market, and investors not privy to inside information wondered what was going on. Then analysts revealed that the world’s largest EV battery maker, China’s Contemporary Amperex Technology, had changed its pricing strategy.

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Renew Economy

MARCH 15, 2023

We know the solution to the energy crisis, and it is not to pander to the demands of the war-profiteering, multinational gas cartel to create new supply. The post There is no “gas shortage,” just a shortage of ethics and integrity from gas cartel appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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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.

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NRDC onEarth

MARCH 16, 2023

Digital currencies are booming. So are their emissions.

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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

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Charged

MARCH 6, 2023

Sponsored by Lubrizol. The explosion in EV uptake has created huge opportunities for innovations in the vehicle electrified powertrain, and the unprecedented rapid design of completely new lubricating fluids to allow the electrified powertrains to operate at their utmost efficiency. At the heart of the e-powertrain is the electric motor. Increasingly this is intentionally soaked with the lubricating fluid, which must directly cool and protect this vital component of the vehicle drive.

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Renew Economy

MARCH 30, 2023

Senate agrees to landmark inquiry into the impacts of greenwashing on both consumers and the environment, and how best to stop it. The post Greens establish Senate inquiry into greenwashing appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Renew Economy

MARCH 27, 2023

Two wins for wind industry sustainability, with recyclable turbine blades entering operation in the North Sea and a new 95% recyclable offering from China. The post Recyclable wind turbine blades make debut in offshore project appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Renew Economy

MARCH 28, 2023

New report shows approval of all new coal mines would be equivalent of keeping all Australian coal plants open for another 129 years. The post Australia’s coal mine project approval list is a climate disaster appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Charged

MARCH 16, 2023

Automotive supplier Continental is collaborating with semiconductor manufacturer Infineon Technologies to develop server-based vehicle architectures. The goal is to create an efficient electrics/electronics (E/E) architecture in which central high-performance computers (HPCs) and a few Zone Control Units (ZCUs) replace the hundred or more individual control units used in current vehicles.

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Renew Economy

MARCH 22, 2023

Scientists show "conclusively" that wind turbine infrasound doesn't make you dizzy, nauseous, disrupt sleep or cause any "wind turbine syndrome" symptoms. The post Wind farm noise not harmful to health: New study finds no evidence of wind turbine syndrome appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Charged

MARCH 8, 2023

The Tesla teardown is a staple of the EV literature. Teardown expert Sandy Munro has taken apart many a Tesla, with highly informative (and entertaining) results. Various legacy automakers have performed their own private teardowns—rumor has it that, when the Model 3 first appeared, a group of German automakers paid an enormous sum to have a couple of units shipped to Germany for their perusal.

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Charged

MARCH 13, 2023

Palmer Digital Group, Samsung and IoTecha have partnered to launch a new EV charging kiosk that “offers new opportunities for businesses to visually engage with their customers and generate revenue.” The new charging kiosk combines Samsung’s video displays, IoTecha’s EV charging technology and Palmer Digital’s integrated solutions. The integrated Samsung OH55A displays can be used for advertisements and promotions, creating new revenue streams for businesses.

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