Jim Conca
NOVEMBER 9, 2020
The international shipping industry wants to reduce their rather large carbon footprint and are considering installing nuclear power in their increasingly large ships. It would save billions of barrels of oil per year. And they only have to adopt the Nuclear Navy’s protocols to be safe and easy.
DeSmogBlog
NOVEMBER 17, 2020
Read time: 15 mins This article was published as part of the launch of DeSmog’s Agribusiness Database , where you can find a record of companies and organisations’ current messaging on climate change, lobbying around climate action, and histories of climate science denial. “ Like a pandemic, climate change is an inevitable threat that we must address before it is too late,” reads a June 2020 statement.
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Solar Power World
NOVEMBER 10, 2020
Solar systems are predominantly installed on rooftops in urban settings, where open land is scarce but multi-level buildings are aplenty. Often, the roof space on these structures isn’t large enough to host solar systems that can cover a building’s entire energy footprint, so they’re supplemented with renewable energy credits (RECs) generated by out-of-city solar systems.… The post Philadelphia architecture firm installs wild solar project to maximize onsite power production appeared first
The City Fix
NOVEMBER 2, 2020
In a groundbreaking move for national road safety policy, Mexico has elevated to their constitution a universal right to safe mobility. On October 14, the country’s Chamber of Deputies unanimously voted in favor of adding an amendment to Mexico’s constitution: Continue reading on TheCityFix.com.
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.
Grist
NOVEMBER 11, 2020
The National Weather Service has run out of letters for hurricanes in this record-breaking season , which is why tropical storms have started to sound like vengeful Greek demigods. And with Eta and Theta menacing coastlines, any climate-concerned citizen should be wondering: Is climate change the culprit? Well, it’s complicated, but a new study suggests that climate change makes some elements of destructive hurricanes even worse.
Forbes Green Tech
NOVEMBER 30, 2020
The U. K. could save money, reduce the risk of blackouts and more quickly achieve net zero carbon emissions by abandoning plans to build more nuclear power plants and instead invest in a flexible electricity grid, new analysis has found.
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CleanTechnica
NOVEMBER 30, 2020
Why should we be more interested in transportation emissions? In short, transportation is the largest single contributor of US greenhouse gas emissions.
Forbes Green Tech
NOVEMBER 16, 2020
The manufacturer of diesel engines for boats, heavy-duty pickups, delivery vehicles, buses and semis sees big opportunities for its hydrogen technology.
Business Green
NOVEMBER 20, 2020
Environmentalists welcome legislation but warn that a lack of penalties for failing to meet targets must be addressed as landmark bill makes its way through legislative process. Canada has tabled new legislation that will see the country formally commit to reaching net zero emissions by 2050, in line with its Paris Agreement commitments. The bill, introduced to Parliament yesterday by federal environment and climate change minister Jonathan Wilkinson, would require the government to set five-yea
Business Green
NOVEMBER 17, 2020
Carbon capture, hydrogen, nuclear, EVs, and renewables all set to benefit from £12bn government stimulus plan, but critics warn funding falls well short of the level required to trigger a green recovery. Boris Johnson has unveiled his much-vaunted 10-point green recovery plan, promising a multi-billion pound package of investment across the green economy designed to create an estimated 250,000 new jobs in the carbon capture, electric vehicle, nuclear, hydrogen and renewables sectors.
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.
Business Green
NOVEMBER 19, 2020
The funding will focus on tackling building and transport emissions and supporting new green businesses, according to City Hall. A host of green projects in London are set to benefit from £10m funding announced yesteday as part of the UK capital's 'Green New Deal Fund', which the Mayor of London claims could create up to 1,000 new jobs. Announced yesterday, Sadiq Khan said the first tranche of £10m funding would be invested in green projects such as solar panel installations and home
Business Green
NOVEMBER 15, 2020
Total number of faith groups to join anti-fossil fuel movement hits 400 as pressure builds on governments to end public funding for oil, coal, and gas projects. The global divestment movement expanded further today, as 47 faith institutions from 21 countries announced they are to cut ties with the fossil fuel industry in a bid to help tackle the climate crisis.
Business Green
NOVEMBER 19, 2020
Prince of Wales argues board-level chief sustainability officers are 'increasingly central to market competitiveness'. The Prince of Wales has called on all major companies to appoint "suitably empowered" chief sustainability officers to help embed environmental and climate change efforts into business strategies, arguing such roles are "increasingly central to market competitiveness".
Business Green
NOVEMBER 11, 2020
MHI Vestas announces that 9.5MW wind turbine is to be transported to offshore floating Kincardine wind project, where it will float at water depths of up to 80m, MHI Vestas said. The world's largest offshore floating wind project marked a major milestone this week, after MHI Vestas announced it had successfully installed one of the project's 9.5MW turbines on its floating foundation.
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.
Business Green
NOVEMBER 13, 2020
Lack of standardisation or regulation for setting net zero targets risks undermining credibility and legitimacy of corporate climate action, influential analyst firm warns. Many of the world's largest companies are now racing to set net zero emission goals, but the varying quality of these targets and a lack of regulation or standardisation means the current landscape for decarbonisation programmes "resembles the Wild West", Bloomberg NEF has warned.
Business Green
NOVEMBER 16, 2020
Journey to net zero will not be easy for federal government, due to enormity of Canada's oil and gas sector and the decentralised nature of Canadian politics. Canada is poised to introduce legislation this week that would establish how the country can hit net zero emissions by mid-century, according to reports. The forthcoming bill is expected to formally commit the country to a net zero target, five years after Canada signed the Paris Agreement and pledged to work with other nations to cap glob
Business Green
NOVEMBER 17, 2020
Green business groups and campaigners welcome the government's renewed focus on the net zero transition, but warn plan lacks long-term policies and sufficient funding in key areas. This evening Boris Johnson unveiled the government's much anticipated 10 Point Plan for a Green Industrial Revolution, promising to deliver £12bn of funding in a bid to unlock £36bn of private sector investment in the net zero transition.
Business Green
NOVEMBER 10, 2020
National Audit Office report urges government to shore-up its plans to protect and enhance the environment. In 2011 the government set an ambition for this to be the first generation to leave the natural environment in a better state than it inherited, a pledge that was followed in 2018 by the 25 Year Environment Plan which set out a vision for achieving that goal and establishing the UK a global "environmental leader".
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?
Business Green
NOVEMBER 16, 2020
Green home upgrades in the region could create hundreds of thousands of jobs and drive down emissions, think tank estimates. Delivering green upgrades to homes across the North of England could create almost 190,000 new jobs both in the region and beyond, while providing a multi-billion pound boost to the economy each year and bolstering the UK's efforts to meet its net zero emissions goal, fresh research by IPPR suggests.
Business Green
NOVEMBER 10, 2020
As the government gears up to release its National Infrastructure Strategy, Green Alliance warns current plans will not nearly suffice. Major gaps in the UK's infrastructure plans compounded by a severe lack of public investment in key areas must be urgently addressed if the government is to avoid locking in environmentally damaging economic activity long into the future, Green Alliance has today warned.
Business Green
NOVEMBER 26, 2020
Europe's biggest gas pipeline company unveils multi-billion Euro investment plan to transition to hydrogen and biomethane. Italian gas and energy infrastructure giant Snam has set its sights on becoming a carbon neutral company by 2040, pledging to invest €7.5bn over the next four years in hydrogen, biomethane, energy efficiency, and digitisation to help drive its transition away from fossil fuels.
Business Green
NOVEMBER 17, 2020
Consumer goods giant launches 'Future Foods' initiative, geared at meeting the growing global appetite for sustainable food products. Unilever has announced plans to dramatically increase sales of plant-based meat and dairy alternatives over the next seven years, as part of a new sustainability programme designed to shrink the environmental footprint of its food brands.
Business Green
NOVEMBER 9, 2020
Waste charity launches Textiles 2030 initiative to help fashion firms cut greenhouse gas emissions and foster development of circular economy practices. Concern among the UK public over the environmental cost of their clothes appears to have hit a high following the Covid-19 lockdown earlier this year according to a survey by WRAP, which is urging fashion retailers and manufacturers to confront their outsized environmental impact.
Business Green
NOVEMBER 17, 2020
Green groups warn new carbon regulation for the shipping sector will fail to cap industry emissions and thus undermine global climate goals. The International Maritime Organisation (IMO) has been accused of undermining global climate goals, after it formally approved shipping emissions regulations this afternoon that green groups have warned will allow the sector's annual greenhouse gas emissions to keep rising over the coming decade.
Business Green
NOVEMBER 17, 2020
Initiative that invites businesses to double their energy productivity reveals huge scale of emissions and energy cost savings already being realised. A group of just 33 businesses have delivered carbon emissions savings totalling one billion metric tons in recent years - more than three times the annual emissions of the UK - thanks to investment in energy efficiency measures.
Business Green
NOVEMBER 24, 2020
EU-funded New Cotton Project aims to collect, sort, and regenerate old clothing into new items for sale on the high street. Adidas and H&M Group are among a host of fashion and textile firms to have teamed up for an EU-funded sustainable fashion project announced today, which aims to develop a circular economy for clothing that would result in old garments and fibres being recycled into new items for major high street brands.
Business Green
NOVEMBER 9, 2020
Most firms in palm oil supply chain - including major consumer goods giants - still do not report basic information on how they are monitoring deforestation, wildlife conservation charity finds. Many of the world's biggest palm oil producers, processers and traders are still failing to implement effective strategies to prevent the destruction of forests across the topics, despite many having adopted zero deforestation commitments, according to the Zoological Society of London (ZSL).
Business Green
NOVEMBER 22, 2020
Riding Sunbeams project aims to shuttle power from a community solar plant to the London to Eastbourne railway line. Plans to run a stretch of railway line in southern England on solar power have taken a major step forward, after the social enterprise behind the pioneering project snapped up £2.5m of government funding. The Riding Sunbeams project, developed by climate charity Possible and Community Energy South, wants to make the London to Eastbourne mainline the world's first railway dir
Business Green
NOVEMBER 10, 2020
Joshua Tosteson, COO of climate conservation marketing company Everland, offers a defense of REDD+ carbon offsets. The recently-released United Nations Global Biodiversity Outlook opens with these words: "Humanity stands at a crossroads with regard to the legacy it leaves to future generations.". It is clear that Rome is burning - literally - as the catastrophic loss of Earth's forests drives the spread of two planetary cancers, now at stage four: climate change and species loss.
Business Green
NOVEMBER 9, 2020
Chancellor unveils raft of green finance plans, including green taxonomy proposals and mandatory climate risk disclosure rules for listed companies. Government plans to cement the UK's position as a global centre for green finance received a significant boost today, with the Chancellor Rishi Sunak unveiling proposals to issue the country's first sovereign green bond next year and make climate risk disclosure mandatory for major companies from 2025.
Business Green
NOVEMBER 10, 2020
IEA confirms surging growth in capacity puts renewables on track to become largest single source of electricity worldwide by 2025. Renewable power continues to go from strength to strength, despite the disruption caused by the global coronavirus crisis, with new capacity added in 2020 set to close in on a record of almost 200GW, according to the International Energy Agency (IEA).
Business Green
NOVEMBER 11, 2020
Global logistics giant begins operations of 16 tonne electric Volvo truck for London deliveries, as government launches consultation on longer, emission-saving HGVs. An electric truck can now be seen on the streets of London's West End, after global logistics giant DHL yesterday announced it had begun operating the first purpose-built fully electric 16 tonne truck in the UK.
Business Green
NOVEMBER 26, 2020
Landmark report from EU aviation regulator into non-CO2 emissions produced by jet engines sets out new financial, fuel, and air traffic measures that would target the full gamut of aviation emissions. Aviation emissions are harming the planet at a far more severe rate than previously thought, according to a major new study from the European Union's aviation regulator which examines the climate impact of a number of lesser-understood emissions produced by jet engines.
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