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Does the SEC climate rule really matter? Investors will still demand disclosure

GreenBiz

Attacks against ESG reporting have done little to dampen investors’ demand for consistent and comparable sustainability information.

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Medieval heritage site to be heated using energy from the Clyde

Envirotec Magazine

The interior of Govan Old Church (image credit: SP Energy Networks). A group dedicated to preserving and promoting one of the most renowned collections of early medieval sculptures in Europe has been awarded a grant of £150,000 by SP Energy Networks’ Net Zero Fund to make vital sustainable upgrades to the home of the archaeological site in the heart of Govan.

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As Demand Grows for Electric Cars, So Does the Market for Green Jobs in the EV Industry

NRDC onEarth

Analysts expect openings for all types of electric vehicle jobs to expand over the next decade, with new opportunities across the country.

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Wind and solar are delivering an energy transition at record speed

Renew Economy

As Dutton renews call for renewables to be stopped and coal closures suspended until nuclear is built, wind and solar are delivering the fastest transition the world has seen. The post Wind and solar are delivering an energy transition at record speed appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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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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How Pandora, the world's largest jewelry maker, switched to recycled silver and gold

GreenBiz

The changes affected more than 40 suppliers, which help it produce more than 100 million pieces annually.

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Is the Amazon forest approaching a tipping point?

Envirotec Magazine

Global warming may be interacting with regional rainfall and deforestation to accelerate forest loss in the Amazon, pushing it towards partial or total collapse. Research published on 14 February 2024 in Nature , has identified the potential thresholds of these stressors, showing where their combined effects could produce a ‘tipping point’ – in which the forest is so fragile that just a small disturbance could cause an abrupt shift in the state of the ecosystem.

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We can go “toe-to-toe” on IRA: Albanese hints at an Australian Green Deal

Renew Economy

Prime minister Anthony Albanese says his government will go “toe-to-toe” – if not “dollar-for-dollar” – on policies to establish Australia as a booming net-zero economy. The post We can go “toe-to-toe” on IRA: Albanese hints at an Australian Green Deal appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Delta, Prologis and PepsiCo: The art of winning corporate buy-in for sustainability

GreenBiz

Preaching the benefits for customers is the best way to get support for environmental initiatives, they say.

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UK’s first Small Modular Reactors to be built in North Teeside

Envirotec Magazine

North Teeside will host the first Small Modular Reactors (SMRs) in the UK, with facilities to be delivered by a collaboration between US nuclear firm Westinghouse Electric Company and Community Nuclear Power (CNP), based in Cumbria. The 8 February announcement detailed the intention to deploy four Westinghouse AP300 SMRs at the site, a technology previously selected by Great British Nuclear (GBN) in October.

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Dead Right Whale Confirmed Entangled in Maine Fishing Gear

NRDC onEarth

A juvenile female North Atlantic right whale died from severe entanglement injuries caused by ropes used by the Maine lobster fishery.

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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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Is Ted O’Brien a fit for purpose shadow energy minister?

Renew Economy

In pursuit of blind, dogged virtue signalling to their base, the Coalition is prepared to sacrifice what remains of the Liberal Party in favour of a declining rural constituency. The post Is Ted O’Brien a fit for purpose shadow energy minister? appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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EPA named 9 new ‘forever chemicals’ it wants out of supply chains

GreenBiz

Manufacturing and chemical industries are responding to the new business-as-usual.

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Heat pumps outsold gas furnaces again last year — and the gap is growing

Canary Media

Heat pumps outsold gas furnaces. Again. According to data from the Air-Conditioning, Heating, and Refrigeration Institute released last week, Americans bought 21 percent more heat pumps in 2023 than the next-most popular heating appliance, fossil gas furnaces.

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Report: Plastics, Oil Industry Deceived Public on Recycling Use for More Than 50 Years

DeSmogBlog

An explosive new report finds that the plastics industry has misled the public for decades about the viability of recycling plastic, promoting reuse despite the fact that mechanical recycling was not feasible – perpetuating the plastic waste crisis the world faces today. “The plastics industry has ‘sold’ plastic recycling to the American public to sell plastic,” according to the report by the Center for Climate Integrity (CCI), a nonprofit organization that advocates for legal action to hold the

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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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“Baseload getting more difficult:” Origin doubles profits, still coy on Eraring and green energy transition

Renew Economy

Australia's biggest energy retailer doubles underlying earnings to $1.995 billion, taking advantage of higher bills and lower fuel costs, but remains coy about the future of the Eraring and pace of green energy transition. The post “Baseload getting more difficult:” Origin doubles profits, still coy on Eraring and green energy transition appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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When to laugh about climate change

GreenBiz

Comedian Stuart Goldsmith says stand-up offers strategies for those working day to day to mitigate the climate crisis.

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How much electricity does AI consume?

The Verge: Energy

How many watts and joules does it actually take to generate a single Balenciaga pope?

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Corporate Clean Power Buying Grew 12% to New Record in 2023, According to BloombergNEF

BloombergNEF

• BNEF’s 1H 2024 Corporate Energy Market Outlook shows that a surge of activity in Europe was the biggest catalyst in record activity • Big tech remains a large contributor of PPA growth • Amazon, Engie were the largest buyer and seller in 2023, respectively New York and London, February 13, 2024 – Corporations publicly […] The post Corporate Clean Power Buying Grew 12% to New Record in 2023, According to BloombergNEF appeared first on BloombergNEF.

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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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CATL big battery to be removed from US Marine base over China security fears

Renew Economy

American energy company Duke Energy pressured by Congress to decommission big batteries made by China's CATL from their installation at a military base. The post CATL big battery to be removed from US Marine base over China security fears appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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What Comcast learned from issuing its $1 billion green bond

GreenBiz

The market for sustainability bonds reached almost $940 billion in 2023, with more growth expected in 2024.

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Chart: Wind and solar are closing in on fossil fuels in the EU

Canary Media

The cleanest sources of electricity could soon make up the largest share of electricity generation in the European Union. Wind and solar made huge strides last year, producing more than one-quarter of the EU’s electricity for the first time, while fossil fuel generation plummeted.

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China’s H2 strategies includes building over 1,200 hydrogen fuel stations

Hydrogen Fuel News

The country’s ambitious plan is to have those refueling locations in place before the end of 2025. China has been extremely enthusiastic about the use of H2 as a part of its decarbonization strategy, and part of this effort involves the construction of a network of hydrogen fuel stations. With more H2 cars on the road, there is a growing demand for places to refuel them.

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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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AGL and AEMO search for answers on Loy Yang outage, but “woke” energy not to blame

Renew Economy

It will likely take some time to fully understand the events after an intense storm tore down at least six transmission towers in Victoria. But one thing is for sure - it was not the fault of "woke" renewables. The post AGL and AEMO search for answers on Loy Yang outage, but “woke” energy not to blame appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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The domino effect of transport sector decarbonization

GreenBiz

Cross-industry collaboration and innovation can put global decarbonization on the fast track.

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German Fund Launches €270 Million Grant for Moroccan Green Hydrogen Initiatives

FuelCellsWorks

Deadline Approaches for Proposals on Renewable Hydrogen Production Enhancement The German Power-to-X Development Fund has issued an invitation for project proposals in Morocco, among other countries, to partake in a.

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Hydrogen garbage trucks – The key to decarbonizing a hard-to-abate industry in North America

Hydrogen Fuel News

Hyzon and New Way Trucks collab on H2 refuse vehicles. Hyzon Motors Inc. and New Way Trucks have come together to establish a Joint Development Agreement (JDA) to develop hydrogen garbage trucks for the North American Market. The goal is to help reduce emissions produced from the waste management industry by powering vehicles with fuel cells. Providing clean fuel options to reduce emissions in hard-to-abate industries.

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World must spend $A18 trillion in renewables and grids by 2030 to meet climate targets

Renew Economy

World must spend at least $A18 trillion on renewables and the grid to meet climate targets, and most can come from scrapping fossil fuel plans. The post World must spend $A18 trillion in renewables and grids by 2030 to meet climate targets appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Simplifying sustainability: 4 concepts to power our purpose

GreenBiz

Applying these principles can lend more authenticity to sustainability decisions and strengthen understanding among key audiences.

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EU Commission Approves €6.9 Billion State Aid for Hydrogen Project by Seven Member States

FuelCellsWorks

The Commission has approved, under EU State aid rules, a third Important Project of Common European Interest (‘IPCEI’) to support hydrogen infrastructure. This IPCEI is expected to boost the supply.

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Plug Power marks new liquid hydrogen achievement

Hydrogen Fuel News

Plug Cryogenic Trailers make liquid H2 deliveries only two days after operations start. Just two days after the official start of its operations at its Charleston, Tennessee hydrogen production plant, Plug Power (NASDAQ: PLUG) has filled Plug cryogenic trailers with liquid hydrogen to be delivered at east coast pedestal customer sites, including Walmart , Home Depot and others.

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Grid drama and power cuts as multiple coal units and lines trip in midst of heatwave

Renew Economy

Updated: Grid drama in Victoria in midst of heatwave as all four units at Loy Yang trip, transmission lines fail and other generators off line. The post Grid drama and power cuts as multiple coal units and lines trip in midst of heatwave appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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DOE awards $4 million to build local energy incubators

GreenBiz

Here are the innovation hubs that were awarded grants from the US DOE to support clean energy startups in their regions.