COVID-19 could accelerate a global shift from planes to trains
GreenBiz
APRIL 21, 2020
UBS analysis suggests the pandemic is set to curb air travel growth 10 percent over the next decade as high-speed rail flourishes.
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Investing In Renewable Energy Could See A Return Of To Up To 800%
CleanTechnica
APRIL 22, 2020
The latest Outlook report from IRENA claims investing in renewable energy can result in returns of 3 to 8 times.
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This is climate tech
GreenBiz
APRIL 22, 2020
The stunning array of technologies emerging to decarbonize the world and make it more habitable for flora, fauna and humans goes far beyond cleantech 2.0.
Take a virtual dive with NOAA
Inhabitat - Innovation
APRIL 22, 2020
NOAA's new virtual reality experience invites viewers to dive into national marine sanctuaries to swim with sea lions, learn about coral and explore shipwrecks.
Manufacturing Sustainability Surge: Your Guide to Data-Driven Energy Optimization & Decarbonization
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.
How Artificial Intelligence, IoT And Big Data Can Save The Bees
Forbes Green Tech
APRIL 21, 2020
Artificial intelligence (AI), internet of things sensors, big data analytics, and other technologies are being used to monitor and develop solutions to mitigate the global issue of declining honey bee and pollinator populations.
Green swans and the new economic order: an Earth Day conversation with John Elkington
Impact Alpha
APRIL 22, 2020
ImpactAlpha, April 23 – Whether or not the COVID-19 crisis qualifies as a ‘black swan’ – global pandemics have been widely predicted for years – it is the kind of highly disruptive event that can enable radically new solutions and systems to emerge. Such ‘green swans’ can “deliver exponential progress in the form of economic, The post Green swans and the new economic order: an Earth Day conversation with John Elkington appeared first on ImpactAlpha.
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Marine veteran converts a school bus into a nonprofit traveling art studio
Inhabitat - Innovation
APRIL 23, 2020
This Marine veteran has turned a school bus into a home for herself and her two kids; the skoolie also doubles as a traveling art studio.
LA Cleantech Incubator Announces New Cohort of Startups with Over 50% Founders of Color, Nearly 40% Women
LA CleanTech Incubator
APRIL 22, 2020
Updated Incubation Program Includes the First Ever Equity Earn Back Option for Founders; New Cohort are Advancing Zero Emissions Mobility, Clean Energy, and Other Climate Tech Solutions While Creating Green Jobs LOS ANGELES, CA (April 20, 2020) – Today the Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator (LACI) announced the first cohort of 16 startups selected to participate.
Catholic institutions commit to move $40 billion towards impact
Impact Alpha
APRIL 21, 2020
ImpactAlpha, April 21 – From an empty St. Peter’s Square, Pope Francis reminded Catholics that the COVID pandemic is an opportunity to attune lives and actions to injustice, the poor and “our ailing planet.” A group of 21 Catholic organizations representing $40 billion in assets is demonstrating how, pledging to align their investment portfolios to.
This vision of the post-pandemic food system looks a lot like a microgrid
GreenBiz
APRIL 24, 2020
Redundant, distributed, resilient, smaller scale and locally powered, yet connected to the larger world in ways that benefit it when safe.
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.
Megadrought grips Western states, new study says
Inhabitat - Innovation
APRIL 21, 2020
Researchers have used tree ring data to chart droughts over the last 1200 years. The current situation in the western U.S. is the worst since Medieval times.
SparkCharge raises $3.3 million to scale production of its portable, modular charger
Charged
APRIL 21, 2020
SparkCharge, which was profiled in the July/August 2019 issue of Charged , has developed a portable, modular charger that’s designed to provide anytime/anyplace charging on demand. Now the company has announced the closing of $3.3 million in seed round financing led by Point Judith Capital (PJC) with participation from Revolution’s Rise of the Rest Seed Fund, PEAK6 Strategic Capital, M&T Bank and Tale Venture Partners.
Illinois begins value of solar investigation for Ameren customers
Solar Power World
APRIL 21, 2020
The Illinois Commerce Commission (ICC) voted unanimously to initiate an investigation into an annual process and formula for calculating rebate values for customers with solar, wind or other renewable energy systems on their property within Ameren Illinois’ territory. A provision of the Future Energy Jobs Act (FEJA), which became effective in 2017, requires the ICC… The post Illinois begins value of solar investigation for Ameren customers appeared first on Solar Power World.
Farmworkers are deemed 'essential' but are not protected from COVID-19
GreenBiz
APRIL 23, 2020
As many people in the U.S. shelter-in-place in their homes, farmworkers are at risk of becoming severely ill from the coronavirus as they continue to support the country's food supply chain.
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.
Recycled wind turbine blades proposed as a playscape for Burning Man
Inhabitat - Innovation
APRIL 23, 2020
It turns out, nearly 8,000 wind turbine blades go to landfill each year. This installation could recycle these blades.
‘Operating principles’ help investors hold asset managers accountable for impact
Impact Alpha
APRIL 21, 2020
ImpactAlpha, Apr. 21 – A set of ‘operating principles’ for impact investing may help investors distinguish between “impact” funds and… everything else. Case in point: When BlackRock last week launched the BlackRock Global Impact Fund, it said it would align the fund with the Operating Principles for Impact Management that were launched last year by the.
U.S. renewable energy additions completely overwhelm those by natural gas in first months of 2020
Solar Power World
APRIL 21, 2020
A review of FERC data by the SUN DAY Campaign has found that solar, wind and hydropower provided 85.7% of new U.S. electrical generating capacity added during the first two months of 2020 — completely overwhelming that provided by natural gas. FERC’s latest monthly “Energy Infrastructure Update” report (with data through February 29, 2020) also… The post U.S. renewable energy additions completely overwhelm those by natural gas in first months of 2020 appeared first
We need a Project Drawdown for conservation
GreenBiz
APRIL 24, 2020
The organization Project Drawdown has done a great job of identifying and sharing the most viable solutions to climate change. We need to do the same thing for biodiversity.
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?
Dark Chalet in Utah will generate over 350% more energy than it needs
Inhabitat - Innovation
APRIL 24, 2020
The mysterious, net-positive energy building will generate 364% more power than it needs.
10 Years After BP Oil Spill, Pandemic Compounds Hardships Faced by Louisiana’s Commercial Fishers
DeSmogBlog
APRIL 20, 2020
Read time: 9 mins A decade after the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig exploded, killing 11 and spewing 200 million gallons of crude oil into the Gulf of Mexico, south Louisiana resident Kindra Arnesen told me that the community was never made whole again, despite BP ’s ads promising it would.
New Michael Moore-Backed Documentary On YouTube Reveals Massive Ecological Impacts Of Renewables
Forbes Green Tech
APRIL 21, 2020
“Planet of the Humans” documents how industrial wind farms, solar farms, biomass, and biofuels are wrecking natural environments.
Rooftop wind power might take off using a key principle of flight
GreenBiz
APRIL 23, 2020
A new device could open more areas to wind production by using stationary airfoils instead of twirling turbines.
COVID-19 and its effects on the environment
Inhabitat - Innovation
APRIL 20, 2020
The novel coronavirus has undoubtedly impacted the environment. From wildlife conservation to the renewable energy sector, COVID-19's effects can't be ignored.
DAF’s CF Electric refuse truck begins field tests in the Netherlands
Charged
APRIL 24, 2020
As part of a field test of four comparable vehicles, the first DAF CF Electric 6×2 refuse collection truck has begun operations with Dutch public waste disposal firm ROVA. The vehicle will serve the Dutch city of Zwolle. Since the end of 2018, DAF CF Electric 4×2 tractors have been in operation for inner-city distribution with several Dutch and German transport companies and supermarket chains.
John Bayes’ Green Bodhi: Esoteric Oregon Cannabis That Illuminates The Inner Self
Forbes Green Tech
APRIL 20, 2020
Not really sure if I discovered the plant or it discovered me truly. My very first experience with the plant was in Lincoln Nebraska, I was 6. A few houses down, there were these plants in the neighbors backyard peeking above the fence.
Google redefines what it means to be '100% renewable'
GreenBiz
APRIL 24, 2020
The company's new carbon-intelligent software can switch loads between its data centers depending on the availability of clean power.
Floating islands bring a new type of public park to Copenhagen
Inhabitat - Innovation
APRIL 22, 2020
Copenhagen Islands is a floating park that includes space for wildlife, floating saunas, a sail-in cafe and more.
Just in time for Earth Day: Oil’s epic crash
Impact Alpha
APRIL 21, 2020
ImpactAlpha, April, 21 – The dramatic drop in the global price of oil meant that traders with oil contracts for May delivery are willing to pay someone – anyone – to take the crude off their hands. The price of West Texas Intermediate, or WTI, ended the day at more than $30 below zero. It was. The post Just in time for Earth Day: Oil’s epic crash appeared first on ImpactAlpha.
Toshiba’s SCiB battery system meets ClassNK guidelines for ships
Charged
APRIL 23, 2020
Toshiba Corporation ‘s SCiB lithium-ion battery modules have received approval for use in marine vessels from international ship classification society Nippon Kaiji Kyokai (ClassNK). Ships with the battery system can use renewable energy sources to charge the SCiB while at sea, allowing the system to power on-board equipment while the ship is at anchor and to provide power when entering or leaving port.
Coronavirus has exposed the fragility of auto-centric cities
GreenBiz
APRIL 21, 2020
We need to develop neighborhoods that ensure access to food, healthcare, education and jobs — without relying on personal vehicles.
How to cook dry beans
Inhabitat - Innovation
APRIL 23, 2020
Don't be put off by sorting and soaking. Here's the lowdown on how to cook dry beans, and why sheltering in place is the perfect time to do it.
Bipartisan group of senators asks Treasury to extend ITC safe harbor deadline by one year The extension would apply to projects started in 2016 or 2017.
Solar Power World
APRIL 24, 2020
A bipartisan group of senators sent a letter to Treasury Secretary Mnuchin on April 23 asking him to extend the ITC safe harbor deadline by one year for energy projects that started construction in 2016 or 2017. “Providing a temporary extension of the continuity safe harbor of five years, in lieu of the current four,… The post Bipartisan group of senators asks Treasury to extend ITC safe harbor deadline by one year <br><span style='color:#404040;font-weight:600;font-
A Look at the Oil Industry’s Favorite Climate Solutions
DeSmogBlog
APRIL 22, 2020
Read time: 12 mins This story is a part of Covering Climate Now’s week of coverage focused on Climate Solutions, to mark the 50th anniversary of Earth Day. Covering Climate Now is a global journalism collaboration committed to strengthening coverage of the climate story. Shell recently announced plans to “stop adding greenhouse gases to the atmosphere by 2050,” a move hailed by some as a major step towards addressing climate change.
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