CleanTechnica
SEPTEMBER 25, 2019
EVs are expected to be the best choice for nearly all consumer automotive use cases by 2023. They will cost less than gas upfront and per mile, have plenty of range and have more refueling options than gas. Any company not already selling EVs will be playing catch-up in the 2020s, and may not survive as auto sales continue to decline.
GreenBiz
SEPTEMBER 9, 2019
Although the global economy is increasingly wrapped in plastic, companies of all sizes are dramatically reducing their use of it.
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AFN Sustainable Protein
SEPTEMBER 19, 2019
Wherever we look, humans have consistently built technologies that surpass their animal predecessors. Cars replaced horses, petroleum replaced whales, tractors replaced oxen, telecommunications replaced carrier pigeons. Food may be next. The post Why technology could make animals obsolete appeared first on AgFunderNews.
CleanTechnica
SEPTEMBER 3, 2019
is making it easier for owners of EVs as well as future EV owners by introducing a mandatory electric car charging point for each newly built home.
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.
CleanTechnica
SEPTEMBER 22, 2019
Google has announced a $2 billion commitment that will add more renewable energy to the company's portfolio. But some employees have concerns about what all that electricity is being used for.
Solar Power World
SEPTEMBER 9, 2019
California Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law last week financial protections for consumer investments in rooftop solar energy. The law, AB 1208 authored by Assemblymember Phil Ting (D-San Francisco), extends a prohibition on cities and counties taxing the energy generated by rooftop solar panels for use by homeowners and businesses. “We applaud Governor Newsom and… The post California passes law that prevents cities from taxing energy generated by solar rooftop projects appeared first
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Renewable Energy World
SEPTEMBER 3, 2019
Europeans can massively expand low-cost solar generation just by tapping the space over their heads.
Jim Conca
SEPTEMBER 12, 2019
Slowly releasing Fukushima tritium-contaminated water into the Pacific Ocean is a very good idea. No other radioactive elements are in the water and tritium just isn’t very radioactive - it self-dilutes in water really quickly, even in our bodies, making it impossible to harm anyone or anything.
GreenBiz
SEPTEMBER 6, 2019
Poor land use is increasing erosion, nutrient depletion and other threats. But sustainable practices and technologies can reverse this trend.
Inhabitat - Innovation
SEPTEMBER 16, 2019
The world’s largest retailer-owned hardware cooperative, Ace Hardware, is becoming more “bee-friendly” by phasing out inventory products associated with neonicotinoid pesticides.
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.
DeSmogBlog
SEPTEMBER 20, 2019
Read time: 3 mins Greta Thunberg, the 16-year-old Swedish climate activist, inspired millions of students worldwide to take park in climate strikes on Friday, Sept. 20 to demand politicians take urgent steps to stop climate change. An estimated 250,000 strikers marched in New York City from Foley Square to Battery Park. . The global climate strikes took place before the United Nations Climate Summit in New York City.
Solar Power World
SEPTEMBER 19, 2019
Regional Industrial Development Corporation of Southwestern Pennsylvania (RIDC) has contracted with Scalo Solar Solutions to install what is thought to be one of the largest solar arrays in Western Pennsylvania on the roof of RIDC’s Mill 19 development. Installation begins this week. The array, which will include more than 110,000 sq. ft of solar panels… The post Former Pittsburgh steel mill is being redeveloped to support solar appeared first on Solar Power World.
Forbes Green Tech
SEPTEMBER 2, 2019
Oil's days as a transportation fuel are numbered because the economics of renewable energy are so compelling, says a new report from BNP Paribas. In order to compete, the oil price would need to be $9-$10 a barrel, says the report's author Mark Lewis, the bank's head of sustainability.
Jim Conca
SEPTEMBER 10, 2019
Given our inability to reduce worldwide GHG emissions, should we try to reflect heat back into space? It’s called Solar Geoengineering and would give us the breathing room to cut fossil fuels on a more likely time scale. We’ve been studying it for decades and we know that it works.
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.
GreenBiz
SEPTEMBER 26, 2019
The effort has been strewn with obstacles.
Inhabitat - Innovation
SEPTEMBER 19, 2019
Located in the idyllic area of Diamante Valley, the House Without Shoes is an incredible rammed-earth complex made up of three interconnected domes, which are joined by an open-air deck that looks out over the stunning valley and ocean views.
DeSmogBlog
SEPTEMBER 12, 2019
Read time: 8 mins A fracked natural gas well in northwest Louisiana has been burning for two weeks after suffering a blowout. A state official said the fire will likely burn for the next month before the flames can be brought under control by drilling a relief well.
Charged
SEPTEMBER 4, 2019
Sponsored by Keysight. Autonomous Driving systems use innovative information systems which integrate automotive Ethernet networking, sensor fusions, optical cameras and V2X communications. Discover how these features are being influenced by 5G to make automotive vehicles safer and to help reduce the number of road accidents to zero. Download the white paper here: Download Now.
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?
Impact Alpha
SEPTEMBER 16, 2019
ImpactAlpha, Sept. 16 – Aquaculture has emerged as a vital alternative to wild-caught fish, a major source of the world’s protein, as ocean fisheries are strained by overfishing and climate change. Investors are increasingly interested in the sector, as the range of ocean challenges – plastic pollution, coral bleaching, acidification, rising water temperatures, and overfishing The post Investments in sustainable aquaculture point to a greener ‘blue economy’ appeared first on ImpactAl
Forbes Green Tech
SEPTEMBER 19, 2019
Of the top thirty global polluters per capita, ten are from the Caribbean region and every year, these ten island nations generate more plastic debris than the weight of 20,000 space shuttles.
Planet Pulse
SEPTEMBER 24, 2019
The Problem. Despite the widespread availability of mapping services, key layers of human infrastructure like roads and buildings are often missing or incomplete. And while open and proprietary data providers have rich layers with building shapes and road networks mapped in great detail for some major cities, this level of detail is geographically biased and is not readily accessible in most rural areas or in the majority of the developing world.
Inhabitat - Innovation
SEPTEMBER 13, 2019
Related: Chemical-free community swimming pool is filled with recycled rainwater filtered through plants + gh3* Photos via gh3* Borden Park Natural Swimming Pool, gh3*, natural swimming pools, chemical-free public pools, sand and granite filters, natural swimming pool design, urban planning, public swimming pools,
Grist
SEPTEMBER 23, 2019
Tropical Depression Imelda turned southeast Texas into a disaster zone last week, dumping more than 40 inches of rain east of Houston and bringing back memories of the monster storm Hurricane Harvey in 2016. Hundreds of homes have been flooded and more than 1,000 people rescued from the floodwaters. Who would have thought a “tropical depression” could be this terrible?
Charged
SEPTEMBER 23, 2019
YASA , a manufacturer of axial-flux electric motors and controllers for hybrids and EVs, has closed an £18-million funding round. YASA says the new funding will enable it to scale to meet growing customer demand from the automotive and aerospace sectors. Investors include Oxford Sciences Innovation (OSI) and Inovia Capital, which join existing investors Parkwalk Advisors and Universal Partners.
Impact Alpha
SEPTEMBER 9, 2019
ImpactAlpha, Sept. 9 – Japan is staking out a leadership position in sustainable investing. Sustainable investing assets under management quadrupled from 2016 to 2018 to 18% of managed assets. Japan is now the third-largest center for sustainable investing, after Europe and the U.S. The $1.6 trillion Government Pension Investment Fund, led by Hiro Mizuno, has The post Japanese investors push to take impact investing mainstream appeared first on ImpactAlpha.
Forbes Green Tech
SEPTEMBER 9, 2019
The corporate market for renewable energy is set to break new records, thanks to falling prices, new financial instruments and the spread of the energy transition to transportation and HVAC. Markets such as China and Japan are set to see policy changes that will help markets there take off.
Business Green
SEPTEMBER 13, 2019
Tumblr, Kickstarter, WordPress, and BitTorrent are among the companies to support the Global Climate Strike by donating ad space or shutting down their websites.
Inhabitat - Innovation
SEPTEMBER 17, 2019
For decades, scientists have closely observed the ozone layer, which protects Earth from the sun's harmful ultraviolet (UV) radiation. This year, just in time for World Ozone Day, the European Union's Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service (CAMS) announced the state of the ozone hole — its size is the smallest it has been in the past 30 years.
Grist
SEPTEMBER 10, 2019
To avoid the worst consequences of global warming, report after report has stressed the importance of cutting emissions. But with unusually intense weather events wreaking havoc all over the world — from Hurricane Dorian in the Bahamas to heat waves in Europe — new findings suggest that the world needs to devote an equally urgent effort to adapt to the changes that are already on the horizon.
Charged
SEPTEMBER 19, 2019
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos has announced a far-reaching plan to reduce his company’s environmental footprint. Amazon’s “Climate Pledge” calls for the retail behemoth to zero out its carbon emissions by 2030. Bezos also challenged other companies to join Amazon in meeting the goals of the Paris climate agreement 10 years ahead of schedule. As part of the plan, Amazon has agreed to buy 100,000 electric delivery vans from EV startup Rivian.
Impact Alpha
SEPTEMBER 20, 2019
TGIF, Agents of Impact! Thanks to everyone who made it out last night to our Agents of Impact event in Manhattan. Watch this space next week for more Climate Week coverage. Per usual, please send through any tips, leads or news. Have a relaxing and refreshing weekend. – The ImpactAlpha team The Week’s Agents of Impact Climate The post The Week in impact investing: Climate action appeared first on ImpactAlpha.
Forbes Green Tech
SEPTEMBER 4, 2019
Although the Internet of Things and Artificial Intelligence technologies are in their initial stages, they are ushering in a new era for a safer and cleaner environment. Here's how.
Business Green
SEPTEMBER 12, 2019
World's largest food and drink company promises to align with 1.5C pathway by selling more plant-based food and drink, bolstering carbon sinks, and switching to green power.
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