GreenBiz

JANUARY 15, 2020

The momentum to stop plastic pollution continues to grow, so how do we channel it into real systems change?

Plastics 265

Plastics Pollution Waste Waste 265

CleanTechnica

JANUARY 17, 2020

Germany has announced a new plan to close its coal mines and coal generating stations by 2038. Is it enough? Of course not. But it's better than running away from the problem like the United States is doing.

Fossil fuels 0

Fossil fuels Policy Politics 0

CleanTechnica

JANUARY 13, 2020

Iceland made it clear that winning the silver medal was a piece of cake for the island nation, as it logged a massive 25% EV market share in.

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Logging Electric vehicle Technology Electricity 0

Inhabitat - Innovation

JANUARY 15, 2020

Innovation is the name of the game for luxury industry leaders like Rolls-Royce, so it’s no surprise they have a variety of sustainable travel projects in the works. Last month, Rolls-Royce released its newest project — an all-electric plane set to take flight later this spring.

Electricity 259

Electricity Innovation Sustainability 259

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.

Energy

GreenBiz

JANUARY 16, 2020

Regenerative practices could bring huge win-wins for farmers, food companies and the environment, implementing them will involve overcoming wide-ranging barrier.

Agriculture 526

Agriculture Sustainability 526

The Environmental Blog

JANUARY 16, 2020

Flying cars, companion robots, cell phones embedded in the palm of your hand, McDonald’s home delivery … we all once wondered what the city ??of the future would look like. We live in an increasingly urban world marked by technologies to which we never imagined having access only a few years earlier. Science fiction films not only entertain us, but also direct our imagination towards this vision of a utopian city where everything would be automated.

Automotive 370

Automotive Smart Cities Technology Pollution 370

Inhabitat - Innovation

JANUARY 15, 2020

To empower a marginalized community in Brazil’s Maranhão state, São Paulo-based architecture firm Estudio Flume has completed Castanha de Caju, a new headquarters for a women’s agricultural cooperative that doubles as a a welcoming community hub.

Agriculture 294

Agriculture Sustainability 294

GreenBiz

JANUARY 13, 2020

Get ready for all-electric heavy-duty big rigs, semi-trucks, box trucks, delivery vans and more.

Electricity 535

Electricity Electric vehicle Transportation 535

The Environmental Blog

JANUARY 14, 2020

If you think that there is nothing that you can do in order to help preserve the world’s beautiful wildlife, think again. You don’t have to be a hands-on conservationist to make a difference! Here is some great advice on everything that you, as an individual, can do to help. Preserve natural habitats. Grasslands, rivers, and forests are all natural habitats for a wide variety of animals, including birds and insects.

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Recycling Recycling Education Health 335

Envirotec Magazine

JANUARY 17, 2020

FLIR Systems has published a new application spotlight that highlights the role its Optical Gas Imaging (OGI) cameras are playing in detecting gas leaks from oil and gas pipelines. These often stretch long distances, carrying a variety of materials. Sometimes the pipes fail, resulting in liquid leaks or fugitive emissions. Through routine inspections, leaks may be caught early-but this is challenging to accomplish when there are many miles of pipelines in a system, and they are often in remote l

Technology 259

Technology 259

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.

Transportation

Inhabitat - Innovation

JANUARY 17, 2020

Back in 2018 when Lombok was struck by several earthquakes, some of which measured up to magnitude 7, local communities around the seismic region were greatly affected by loss. After the series of earthquakes settled, there were over 500 dead, 129,000 homes damages and 445,000 people homeless.

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 16, 2020

Bold new commitment will see the tech giant charge an internal carbon fee not just on emissions from its direct operations, but on those of its supply chain.

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Carbon-negative Carbon Innovation Policy 364

The Environmental Blog

JANUARY 16, 2020

According the Guardian, 2020 is set to be the year that the electric car, or EV as they’re more commonly known, takes over the European car market.At a surface level observation, the EV offers countless advantages over its traditional petrol and diesel counterparts, but are the limitations which have held it back in the past finally done with? There’s no doubt the EV is becoming a bigger part of daily life.

Electricity 243

Electricity Europe Technology 243

Jim Conca

JANUARY 17, 2020

History is amazing and fascinating. Unfortunately, Americans have lost interest in the subject. Most think the present hostilities with Iran stem from the 1979 overthrow of the Shah of Iran and the United States hostage crisis that followed. But the issues go back much further than that.

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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.

Sustainability

Inhabitat - Innovation

JANUARY 13, 2020

Australian architecture firm POLYstudio has recently completed A House for All Seasons, a contemporary family home with an emphasis on energy efficiency. Commissioned by a young family, the sustainable new dwelling was designed with a flexible layout to accommodate the clients’ evolving needs within a relatively compact footprint.

Sustainability 271

Sustainability Energy Energy 271

GreenBiz

JANUARY 17, 2020

Major oil companies, facing the prospect of reduced demand for their fuels, are ramping up their plastics output.

Plastics 425

Plastics Demand 425

GreenTechMedia

JANUARY 15, 2020

In a move that will resound across the world of energy investing, BlackRock, the world’s largest asset manager, this week warned of a “fundamental reshaping of finance” as the impacts of climate change become better understood. BlackRock CEO Larry Fink said in an open letter that his company will end support for thermal coal, screen fossil fuel investments more closely, and redesign its own investment approach to put sustainability at its core.

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Fossil fuels Climate change Investment Sustainability 246

Envirotec Magazine

JANUARY 17, 2020

As the slipping of climate targets continues, it’s becoming increasingly clear that cutting emissions won’t be enough to keep global temperature increases below the 2ºC target enshrined by the 2015 Paris agreement. Most people seem to believe some form of carbon capture and storage (CCS) will be necessary, although many are stil sceptical of an arguably “unproven” and ambitious technology.

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Carbon-negative Carbon Europe Technology 227

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?

Carbon

Inhabitat - Innovation

JANUARY 17, 2020

Airstream is a long-standing American legend beloved by many roaming road warriors, but now the iconic campers have been given a sleek modern makeover.

Technology 279

Technology 279

GreenBiz

JANUARY 15, 2020

As demand for safe food and vaccines explodes in emerging economies, growth in the market for environmentally safe refrigeration technologies is reaching the boiling point.

Technology 294

Technology Investment Demand Energy 294

GreenTechMedia

JANUARY 16, 2020

Canadian startup e-Zn has raised money to store clean energy far longer than currently available batteries allow, using cheap and abundant zinc. On Wednesday, the company received CAD $2 million ($1.5 million) in non-dilutive grant funding from Sustainable Development Technology Canada, a federally funded body charged with vetting and funding cleantech hardware innovation.

Business Energy Monitoring 170

Business Energy Monitoring Solar Energy Monitor Energy Monitor Building Energy Monitoring 170

Envirotec Magazine

JANUARY 17, 2020

Zero Liquid Discharge, or ZLD, is a technique which aims to discharge no liquid waste to the environment, instead recovering as many products from the ‘waste’ stream as possible and leaving just water, which can be re-used. Depending on the nature of the initial waste stream, and the effectiveness of the evaporation system and any post-evaporation treatment, the water can then be used for various purposes including cleaning, as a heating or cooling fluid, or even inclusion into other products.

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Waste Waste Patents Cooling 162

Inhabitat - Innovation

JANUARY 13, 2020

For those planning a summer day on the waterways of Lake Michigan, there's a new ecological option that will help you spend the day boating in sustainable style. Located on the lake's eastern shore, Retro Boat Rentals has unveiled a collection of fiberglass boats from the 50s and 60s that have been restored using state-of-the-art electric motors.

Cooling 251

Cooling Electricity Sustainability 251

GreenBiz

JANUARY 14, 2020

Some researchers contend there is an opportunity for ecological restoration that could help fight climate change and stem the loss of biodiversity.

Agriculture 262

Agriculture Biodiversity Climate change Carbon 262

CleanTech Group

JANUARY 15, 2020

Every year, the Global Cleantech 100 selects the innovative companies poised to make a significant commercial impact in the next five to ten.

Carbon 200

Carbon Innovation Logistics Waste 200

Envirotec Magazine

JANUARY 17, 2020

Flooded streets in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam in October 2016. Governments around the world must step up their preparations for a minimum sea level rise of 1 metre this century and be planning for up to 3 metres, according to a report released by the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE) in November. Rising sea levels present society with a significant shift in one of the most fundamental of baselines – the height of high tide.

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Sea level rise Government Medicine Resilience 162

Inhabitat - Innovation

JANUARY 15, 2020

IKEA offers an almost infinite amount of space solutions for any type of abode, but for one couple looking to convert an old van into a home on wheels, IKEA products were their saving grace. Ambitious couple Grace Aquino and her husband Marlon were on an extremely tight budget when they decided to turn their old van into a full-time home so that they could travel the world.

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 14, 2020

Many big Bay Area companies such as Facebook and Genentech use large fleets of private commuter buses. This year more of these vehicles will run on batteries.

Electricity 248

Electricity Batteries Transportation 248

Green Business Bureau

JANUARY 16, 2020

As real estate markets across the country continue to ebb and flow, one thing that is impacting and influencing the market is the buyer demographic. The millennial population currently makes up over 50% of the overall workforce, and that number will rapidly increase over the next 5-10 years, and we already know that nearly 80% of those individuals are looking to work for and with companies that document and promote positive environmental and sustainability credentials.

Real Estate 141

Real Estate Education Sustainability 141

Envirotec Magazine

JANUARY 17, 2020

Odour nuisance is one of the most difficult issues facing many sites today. When a complaint is made, it’s essential that a reliable and representative air sample is taken as quickly as possible. One of the biggest challenges site operators face is acquiring the capability to effectively take these samples within an appropriate time frame. Automatic samplers such as Odorprep allow samples to be taken immediately, rather than waiting for a technician to get to site, by which time the odour might

Health 147

Health Pollution 147

Inhabitat - Innovation

JANUARY 14, 2020

The modern, solar-powered home is situated on a hilly slope with the help of a protective and stabilizing wall along a surrounding orchard.

Solar Power 243

Solar Power 243

GreenBiz

JANUARY 13, 2020

The move comes just a month after the firm was accused of being 'full of greenwash' by former US Vice President Al Gore.

Investment 281

Investment Politics Policy 281

Andrew Winston

JANUARY 15, 2020

(I just posted yesterday and I generally only do a couple of posts per month, but there was some big sustainability news that I wanted everyone to know about). Larry Fink is the CEO of Blackrock, the largest asset manager in the world, with more than $7 trillion under management. Every year in January, Fink writes a public letter to the CEOs of the world’s largest companies.

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Climate change Sustainability Investment Government 128