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How the world's largest design firm is spearheading the sustainable building movement

GreenBiz

Gensler is pioneering best practices on how to institutionalize the new normal of sustainable building.

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CBI: Green Economy soars 9% compared to UK economy’s 0.1% growth

Envirotec Magazine

The UK’s net zero economy grew 9% in 2023 according to a new report commissioned by the Energy and Climate Intelligence Unit (ECIU), with analysis provided by CBI Economics and The Data City. 1 The total gross value added (GVA) by businesses involved in the net zero economy now stands at £74 billion. This is in contrast to stagnation in the wider economy with GDP growth at just 0.1% in 2023. 2 But CBI Economics is warning that without further investment and policy stability, the strength of futu

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The U.K. is Burning Canadian Forests for Fuel

NRDC onEarth

Twenty-three environmental organizations stress that the U.K. government funding the incineration of imported Canadian wood pellets threatens climate progress.

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Iberdrola to build 245MW PV plant in Sicily, Italy’s “largest”

PV Tech

Spanish utility Iberdrola has signed an agreement with solar developer ib vogt for the construction of a 245MW solar PV plant in Sicily, northern Italy.

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How to Drive Cost Savings, Efficiency Gains, and Sustainability Wins with MES

Speaker: Nikhil Joshi, Founder & President of Snic Solutions

Is your manufacturing operation reaching its efficiency potential? A Manufacturing Execution System (MES) could be the game-changer, helping you reduce waste, cut costs, and lower your carbon footprint. Join Nikhil Joshi, Founder & President of Snic Solutions, in this value-packed webinar as he breaks down how MES can drive operational excellence and sustainability.

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Giving back to the land — one food and drink product at a time

GreenBiz

Manufacturers and retailers have the keys to unlocking a food system that regenerates rather than degrades nature, via circular design. The Big Food Redesign Challenge shows them how.

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Boiling tap water helps remove microplastics, says study

Envirotec Magazine

Image credit: Eddy Zeng. Nano- and microplastics are seemingly everywhere — water, soil and the air. While many creative strategies have been attempted to get rid of these plastic bits, one unexpectedly effective solution for cleaning up drinking water, specifically, might be as simple as brewing a cup of tea or coffee. As reported in ACS’ Environmental Science & Technology Letters , boiling and filtering calcium-containing tap water could help remove nearly 90% of the nano- and microplasti

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BNEF: Global solar additions could reach 655GWdc in 2024

PV Tech

The report offers multiple predictions for global solar PV installations in 2024, ranging from 520GWdc to 655GWdc.

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5 steps to create a sustainability upskilling strategy for your company

GreenBiz

Take these 5 actions to develop your employee sustainability training strategy based on your company’s unique priorities, budget and resources.

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A bright idea for recycling rare-earth phosphors from used fluorescent bulbs

Envirotec Magazine

Recycling facilities collect glass and mercury from thrown away fluorescent bulbs, but discarded lighting could also supply rare-earth metals for reuse. The 17 metals referred to as rare earths aren’t all widely available and aren’t easily extracted with existing recycling methods. Now, researchers have found a simpler way to collect slightly magnetic particles that contain rare-earth metals from spent fluorescent bulbs.

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How to Lower Your Energy Bills in Any Season

NRDC onEarth

From weather-stripping windows to using the right fan settings, these simple tips can reduce your electricity costs—and keep your family comfortable all year-round.

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The Key to Sustainable Energy Optimization: A Data-Driven Approach for Manufacturing

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. 📊 Join us for a practical webinar hosted by Kevin Kai Wong of Emergent Ene

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South Australia fast-tracks 100 pct renewables target to 2027

Renew Economy

South Australia fast tracks its target of "net 100 pct" renewables to 2027 - rather than 2030 - as a result of the state's new wind and solar developments and ambitious hydrogen plans. The post South Australia fast-tracks 100 pct renewables target to 2027 appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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The US bioeconomy is worth $950 billion, and growing, thanks to these federal policies

GreenBiz

The bioeconomy is already a strong sector for the U.S. Here’s how we ensure it's decarbonized.

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EcoFABs could lead to better bioenergy crops, say researchers

Envirotec Magazine

A fabricated ecosystem, or EcoFAB (image credit: Thor Swift/Berkeley Lab) A greater understanding of how plants and microbes work together to store vast amounts of atmospheric carbon in the soil will help in the design of better bioenergy crops for the fight against climate change, say the authors of a new paper. Deciphering the mechanics of this mutually beneficial relationship is challenging, however, as conditions in nature are extremely difficult for scientists to replicate in the laboratory

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TECO 2030 and Yokogawa Take Partnership to the Next Stage With Delivery of One TECO Fuel Cell Stack

FuelCellsWorks

Lysaker, Norway– TECO 2030 (OSE: TECO, ISIN: NO0010887516) announces that for the next step in its partnership with Yokogawa, the global industrial automation company, it will be delivering a TECO.

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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.

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The network of conservative think-tanks out to kill the switch to renewables

Renew Economy

Australia's renewable energy plans are being targeted by coordinated campaigns from conservative "think tanks", as the Coalition embraces nuclear and rails against large scale renewables and transmission lines. The post The network of conservative think-tanks out to kill the switch to renewables appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Companies risk greenwashing with their trade group activities, report says

GreenBiz

Unilever, BASF, Procter & Gamble, Walmart and Colgate-Palmolive aren't assessing this 'climate alignment', according to Planet Tracker.

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Catalyst-based approach suggests new way of removing furans

Envirotec Magazine

Furans can be produced as a by-product of waste incineration. A new study appears to reveal avenues for better pollution mitigation by enhancing the effectiveness of vanadium-based catalysts through nitrogen-doped biomass carbon for the degradation of furan at lower temperatures. Polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and dibenzofurans are dangerous pollutants due to their carcinogenicity and persistence in the environment.

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Texas will add more grid batteries than any other state in 2024

Canary Media

California and Texas have a new clean-energy superlative to compete over: who’s got the most grid batteries. Last year, Texas overtook California in large-scale solar power capacity. When huge amounts of solar power rush onto the grid, batteries tend to follow.

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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.

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Bekaert and Toshiba Sign a Partnership Agreement on MEA Technology for PEM Electrolyzers to Accelerate the Advance Towards Green Hydrogen Production at Scale

FuelCellsWorks

Bekaert and Toshiba Energy Systems and Solutions Corporation (“Toshiba”), have entered into a global partnership which includes a strategic cooperation agreement, and a manufacturing technology license for Membrane Electrode Assemblies (MEA),

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The week in climate policy: 6 updates you need to know

GreenBiz

The US House approved a nuclear power bill, and the SEC plans to drop its Scope 3 reporting requirement.

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Improvements to grid connection needed to achieve net zero goals

Envirotec Magazine

Andrew Normand is Business Development Director at Encora Energy. By Andy Normand Grid connections – sticking points and solutions With electricity demand forecast to double by 2050, the energy industry is busy devising ways of how best to meet this increased demand in the coming years. There is a vast array of ingenious and varied ways of making the most of the new regime through power generation, storage and demand flexibility.

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Low-income communities will soon get $7 billion for local solar

Canary Media

One of the Inflation Reduction Act's most potentially transformative programs is close to being finalized — and now we have a window into how it could take shape. States are vying for a share of a historic $7 billion in federal funding to help low-income families access clean solar power.

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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?

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Hyundai Signs Agreement With KD Transportation and SK E&S to Supply 1,000 Hydrogen Buses to Seoul by 2027

FuelCellsWorks

SK E&S, KD Transportation, and Hyundai Forge Alliance to Revolutionize Urban Transit with Hydrogen Buses Replacing 1,000 diesel buses with hydrogen buses would reduce 62,000 tons of carbon dioxide and.

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What to do in the first 90 days as a chief sustainability officer

GreenBiz

The CSOs from Apollo Global Management, James Hardie building materials and Insulet medical devices provide advice and highlight pitfalls to avoid.

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Resource demand gap requires investment, says water minister

Envirotec Magazine

The MOU signing on 19 February. Robbie Moore MP, UK government minister for water, has addressed the demand gap in resources during his keynote address at British Water’s International Reception, which took place in London on 19 February 2024. He called for greater collaboration and innovation in finding solutions. “Growing demand for water and more intensive periods of drought are projected to create a supply-demand gap if we don’t improve water efficiency and invest in new water resource infra

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Chart: Gas-powered cars are losing market share to EVs and hybrids

Canary Media

Canary Media’s chart of the week translates crucial data about the clean energy transition into a visual format. It’s been a messy few months for the U.S. electric vehicle market, but take a step back and the trend is crystal clear: Conventional gas-burning vehicles are on their way out.

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California Funds Major Expansion of Pop-Up Fishing Gear Library

NRDC onEarth

State funding for an expanded library of pop-up fishing gear will dramatically increase access for fishers and support critical testing efforts.

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Cleveland summit spotlights growing corporate interest in clean energy projects

GreenBiz

Corporate commitments and federal incentives help bolster the business case for clean energy projects, easing the path to getting projects off the ground.

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Innovation would help find more chemicals in water, say conference speakers

Envirotec Magazine

At the British Water Micropollutants Conference 2024, which took place in London on 8 February, keynote speakers from the UK’s Environment Agency called for a cross-industry approach to tackling the issue. John Collins, deputy director of evidence assessment and evaluation at the Environment Agency, said that despite having one of the most robust pollutants testing systems globally, rapid investment in innovation is needed to detect all sources of contamination from both established and ne

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India’s Leap into Sustainable Transport: Hydrogen-Powered Vehicles Pilot on Five Key Routes

FuelCellsWorks

India is embarking on a transformative journey towards sustainable transport with the initiation of pilot projects for hydrogen-powered vehicles, testing them on key inter-city routes. The Ministry of New and.

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IHME, Microsoft, and Planet Collaborate to Map Climate-Vulnerable Populations In Unprecedented Detail

Planet Pulse

From intensifying natural disasters and food insecurity, to public health crises and forced migration, we live at a time of unprecedented climate risks. Each of us is exposed to these risks in a different way, and we do not all bear them equally. Yet no matter which risks we face, one thing is certain: on a warming planet, knowing where people are is critical to saving lives.

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How BlackRock, JPMorgan and State Street can show they’re committed to climate action

GreenBiz

Large U.S. asset managers must nudge companies to act on the clean energy transition. Climate-conscious proxy voting is one way to do so.

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