Sat.Dec 21, 2019 - Fri.Dec 27, 2019

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Challenges Remain in Understanding Energy Storage as an Investment

GreenTechMedia

Energy storage is a rapidly growing segment of the clean energy sector, and prices are dropping fast. Yet many are still struggling to understand how to value energy storage as an investment. As a growing number of cities, states and businesses commit to 100 percent clean energy, storage is already playing a pivotal role in determining how they will meet these targets.

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Geoengineering’s gender problem could put the planet at risk

Grist

This story was originally published by WIRED and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. A group of British scientists had a plan for a groundbreaking geoengineering test. Working from a disused military airstrip in Norfolk, U.K., they would attach a 3,000-foot hose to a helium balloon, pump water into it, and spray the liquid into the atmosphere, where it would evaporate.

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2030 goals: Mattel aims for 100% recycled and recyclable toys

GreenBiz

Firm behind Barbie, Hot Wheels and Fisher-Price plans to launch first toy made from and packaged in green materials in early 2020.

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Research partnership aims to put mattress waste to bed

Envirotec Magazine

A new partnership is aiming to forge a more sustainable approach to mattress design and disposal, tackling the estimated 600,000 mattresses disposed of in Scotland each year. Zero Waste Scotland, Scotland’s circular economy experts, and the National Bed Federation (NBF) are to work together on a three-year research project to increase mattress recycling and encourage more sustainable design.

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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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California bans time-based billing for EV charging

Charged

California’s Office of Administrative Law has approved amendments to its Electric Vehicle Fueling Systems Specifications. Effective January 1, 2020, the new rules will ban public charging operators from billing by the minute. This is likely to cause some turmoil in the charging market, as several major charging networks, including Electrify America and EVgo , currently bill by the minute, as do some ChargePoint site hosts (and the charger-sharing network EV Match, profiled in the latest issue of

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Rivian’s Tank Turn Is More Than A Silly Stunt

CleanTechnica

We awoke Christmas morning to a cool surprise from Rivian: its trucks and SUVs are going to be capable of tank turns! The short video was widely shared, but few people seemed to understand that it's actually a useful feature.

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Blackburn Energy Brings Clean Electricity to Diesel Trucks

Greentown Labs

Photo courtesy of Blackburn Energy. Andrew Amigo came up with the idea for Blackburn Energy while sitting in traffic. As he watched a truck’s drive shaft spin, he realized he could harness its lost kinetic energy and convert it into renewable electricity. “Everything clicked into place for me,” Amigo says. “Right there in my car I started taking notes, and started scratching out the idea of using the drive shaft and the wasted energy of the truck to create clean electricity, store it, and then r

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Thrift-store shoppers, hand-me-down wearers and 8 scrappy startups making reuse possible

GreenBiz

Today’s burgeoning recommerce and online rental markets offer high-end gadgets and swanky fashion.

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16 must-see environmental documentaries

Inhabitat - Innovation

Here are some top environmental documentaries to watch if you’re looking for a show that keeps sustainability in focus.

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America’s Nuclear Navy Still The Masters Of Nuclear Power

Jim Conca

America’s Nuclear Navy is one of the oldest and largest nuclear organizations in the world, and has the world’s best safety record of any industry of any kind. There are over a hundred nuclear reactors, which are actually small modular reactors, that power 86 submarines and aircraft carriers.

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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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Tech Companies Downshift Ambitions for Electric Vehicle Manufacturing

GreenTechMedia

Technology companies continued to curb their ambitions for manufacturing electric vehicles in 2019. At one point, Apple was reportedly planning to launch an electric vehicle by 2019 , but after much hype around its secretive initiative called Project Titan, the iPhone maker shifted gears on EVs several years ago. While Apple continues to file automotive-related patents, its efforts now appear focused on infotainment and autonomous driving software rather than building a car from scratch.

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The shift to a low-carbon economy highlights overlap between ESG and finance

GreenBiz

Supermajors are acknowledging write-downs, which pose threats to investors — but new standards could help them get on the same page.

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12 good things that happened for the environment in 2019

Inhabitat - Innovation

Between rainforest fires and growing ocean pollution, much of environmental news is grim. However, 2019 also brought good news. Here are a few high points as we go into 2020.

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A Christmas Light

Jim Conca

‘Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house No electrons were flowing, through even my mouse; All devices were plugged by the chimney with care, With the hope that St. Nikola Tesla would share.

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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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Top 10 Utility Regulation Trends of 2019

GreenTechMedia

In August, we published the top 10 utility regulation trends of 2019 — so far. With 2019 wrapping up, we look at the 10 trends and actions that stand out above the rest. From the falling cost of renewables and storage driving utilities' resource planning, to the realignment of utility performance incentives with evolving policy goals, it was a busy year.

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The UK fashion sector is already on trend to miss 2020 waste targets

GreenBiz

Population growth, rising consumption levels, lack of collection infrastructure and fast fashion is blocking industry progress on waste, report finds.

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Sea turtle rescue center mimics the natural ecosystems in Turkey

Inhabitat - Innovation

The Research, Rescue and Rehabilitation Center for Sea Turtles will raise awareness for the wildlife that call the unique ecosystem home.

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How The 22-Year-Old Founder Of Scale AI Built A Billion-Dollar Business

Forbes Green Tech

Here's how Scale AI Founder and CEO Alexandr Wang built a billion-dollar company with customers including Airbnb and Lyft at the age of 22.

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Reflections on the Last 10 Years in Energy and Cleantech

GreenTechMedia

We’re closing out the decade on this week's Energy Gang with a retrospective. We have been producing this podcast since 2013. So we are going to share some of our top story lines in energy and cleantech of the last 10 years — many of which played out while we were doing this show. We’ll start with some personal retrospectives. What was consuming us back in 2009?

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Corporate sustainability leaders share excitements, fears for 2020

GreenBiz

Companies across industries put the impetus on ESG action in the New Year.

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Matthew McConaughey unveils tiny eco-retreat in Australia

Inhabitat - Innovation

Academy Award-winning actor Matthew McConaughey is jumping on the tiny cabin movement, and it's "alright, alright, alright" with us.

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The Fracking Industry's Methane Problem Is a Climate Problem

DeSmogBlog

Read time: 9 mins While carbon dioxide — deservedly — gets a bad rap when it comes to climate change, about 40 percent of global warming actually can be attributed to the powerful greenhouse gas methane, according to the 2013 IPCC report. This makes addressing methane emissions critical to stopping additional warming, especially in the near future. Methane is shorter-lived in the atmosphere but 85 times more potent than carbon dioxide over a 20 year period. .

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LS Power Acquires Electric Vehicle Fast-Charging Specialist EVgo

GreenTechMedia

LS Power has added EVgo's electric vehicle public fast-charger business to its portfolio of power plants and businesses. The acquisition, for an undisclosed sum, sets up a new stage in EVgo's evolution, with the backing of a company that's willing to put lots of capital to work for energy infrastructure that moves the grid in a more flexible direction.

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It will take more than EV promises from car companies to limit climate change damage

GreenBiz

This next decade is crucial for the transition away from gasoline, and electric vehicle makers and climate-minded politicians are not going far enough.

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Dropps offers chemical-, dye- and plastic-free laundry and dishwashing products

Inhabitat - Innovation

In a world where it’s becoming increasingly difficult to find products free of harsh chemicals, it’s refreshing to discover a company focused on creating simple household supplies that do the job without endangering the health of humans or the planet. Dropps considers it their mission to provide safer cleaning products, minus bulky packaging and unnecessary ingredients.

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Rise In Climate-Related Deaths Will Surpass All Infectious Diseases, Economist Testifies

Forbes Green Tech

More people will die from climate-driven temperature changes in 2100 than the number who die today from all infectious diseases combined, a leading economist told members of Congress last week.

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The Most Influential Deals, Stats, Twists and Buzz Phrases of the Decade

GreenTechMedia

It’s our last episode of The Interchange for the decade! We’re looking back over the last 10 years and making our choices for: The most important statistic. The most impactful piece of research. The top buzz phrase. The most unexpected twist. The most pivotal deal. And the dark horse trend of the 2020s. If you're looking for more listening through the holidays, make sure to check out The Energy Gang , Watt It Takes , or go back through our Interchange archive.

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An ode to the sustainability profession

GreenBiz

Sustainability, it turns out, has both rhyme and reason.

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Gorgeous tiny home thrives in the California sunshine

Inhabitat - Innovation

The Noyer is a surprisingly spacious tiny home with sleek interiors designed for a client in California.

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Tesla: There’s None So Blind As Those Who Will NotSee…

Forbes Green Tech

What is a company capable of turning entire industries upside down and ultimately changing the world worth? According to the markets on Tuesday, $420 per share, making it worth $75 billion, greater than traditional carmakers such as Ford or GM. But in practice, Tesla is worth more, much more.

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Peer-to-Peer Energy Trading Still Looks Like a Distant Prospect

GreenTechMedia

It’s been more than half a decade since grid watchers first began talking about the concept of trading energy with your neighbors across peer-to-peer platforms. Since then, the idea of selling the power generated by your rooftop solar panels to other individuals in the same way you might let your spare room through Airbnb has gained plenty of attention thanks to the pitches from blockchain platform developers such as Grid+.

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Closing the loop on 2019

GreenBiz

Bringing you the five biggest stories of the circular economy from this past year, and some predictions for the next.

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Planned community embraces luxe, eco-conscious design in Bocas del Toro, Panama

Inhabitat - Innovation

More than 12 years in the making, the 457-acre planned community of Casi Cielo has just begun sales for its first phase.

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How Bike Lanes Are Transforming Paris

Forbes Green Tech

Bicycle use is soaring in the French capitol; cars are in decline, and there are big plans to extend the city's growing network.

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