Google reports 13% emissions increase fueled by AI
GreenBiz
JULY 2, 2024
The company is struggling to add carbon-free energy fast enough, CSO Kate Brandt told GreenBiz.
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Envirotec Magazine
JULY 11, 2024
Small Electricals Recycling banks were installed in seven locations across the Scottish Highlands in ILM Highland’s project (image credit: ILM Highland). Material Focus has reopened its Electricals Recycling Fund, offering £750,000 of funding to support projects that make it easier for people to reuse and recycle small household electricals. Previous rounds of funding have provided £1.8 million to fund over 40 UK projects, some of which are described here.
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Data Centers Gobbling Up Existing Nukes Threatens Grid Decarb Goals
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How to Drive Cost Savings, Efficiency Gains, and Sustainability Wins with MES
Speaker: Nikhil Joshi, Founder & President of Snic Solutions
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U.S. Oil Production Develops Massive Lead Over Russia And Saudi Arabia
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JULY 10, 2024
In June, the Energy Institute released the 2024 Statistical Review of World Energy. The Review provides a comprehensive picture of supply and demand for major energy sources on a country-level basis. Each year, I do a series of articles covering the Review’s findings. In two previous articles, I discussed the trends in global carbon dioxide emissions , as well as the overall highlights of the Review.
Extreme ‘heat dome’ hitting Olympics ‘impossible’ without global heating
The Guardian: Energy
JULY 31, 2024
Scorching temperatures in Mediterranean countries and north Africa already causing increase in premature deaths The “heat dome” causing scorching temperatures across western Europe and north Africa, and boiling athletes and spectators at the Olympic Games in Paris, would have been impossible without human-caused global heating, a rapid analysis has found.
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Another Fourth-Generation Nuclear Reactor Begins Construction in the U.S.
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JULY 30, 2024
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JULY 23, 2024
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California Calls on Congress to Fix Common Food Waste Problem
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Electrofuels Are the Future: The Driving Force to Decarbonizing Heavy Transport
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“The gig is up:” Joyce celebrates as wind project shelved and new route to New England zone unveiled
Renew Economy
JULY 30, 2024
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POWER Magazine
JULY 18, 2024
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JULY 24, 2024
Dutton dismissed report on nuclear SMR by the highly respected Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering, saying he is not interested in the views of "fanatics." The post “I’m not interested in the fanatics:” Dutton responds to science academy’s report on nuclear SMRs appeared first on RenewEconomy.
Nel Doubles Alkaline Electrolyser Production Capacity to 1 GW Annually
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World’s largest sodium-ion BESS comes online in China as it seeks to diversify away from lithium
Energy Storage News
JULY 4, 2024
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A lesson in collective buying power: How to use your voice to drive climate policy
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Not Just Talk: Next-Level Community Engagement in Renewable Energy
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JULY 16, 2024
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