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The US/China climate agreement: 5 takeaways for business leaders

GreenBiz

With geopolitical tensions high and the stakes for the global environment rising, the countries reached the starting point for a path forward on mitigating the climate crisis.

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‘Roving sentinels’ discover new air pollution sources

Envirotec Magazine

A Google Street Car loaded with air quality instrumentation (image credit: Logan Mitchell). In 2019, University of Utah atmospheric scientists, the Environmental Defense Fund and other partners added a new tool to their quiver of air quality monitors: two Google Street View cars, Salt Lake Valley’s roving sentinels that would detect hyper-local air pollution hotspots.

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Even One More Oil and Gas Lease Sale in the Gulf of Mexico Is Too Many

NRDC onEarth

An expansion of offshore drilling would lock the region into decades of fossil fuel extraction at the expense of the climate, coastal communities, and marine life.

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Tesla reveals plan to be Australian energy retailer and “disrupt traditional incumbents”

Renew Economy

Tesla reveals details of its plan to take on traditional utility incumbents in Australia by focusing on household and business packages that combine rooftop PV, electric cars and battery storage. The post Tesla reveals plan to be Australian energy retailer and “disrupt traditional incumbents” appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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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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Climate tech investing surges in the third quarter

GreenBiz

After a slow start to the year, funding in climate tech startups returns to the financial highs of 2021’s bull market.

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AD plant converts waste solvents to biogas, in a UK first

Envirotec Magazine

In an apparent first of its kind within the UK, a pharmaceutical manufacturing site in Northumberland has been equipped with an anaerobic digestion (AD) plant to recycle waste solvents into low carbon gas, which is being injected into the national gas grid. Decarbonisation and energy efficiency specialist Synergie Environ has undertaken the installation and commissioning of the AD plant, at the facilities of pharmaceuticals company Sterling Pharma Solutions.

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Nigel Farage’s Reform Party Took £135,000 from Climate Science Deniers and Fossil Fuel Interests

DeSmogBlog

Nigel Farage ’s Reform party received £135,000 this year from donors linked to climate science denial and fossil fuels, DeSmog can reveal. Reform UK , formerly the Brexit Party, is a vocal critic of climate action, and last year called for a referendum on the UK’s net zero policies. The party has pledged to accelerate oil and gas drilling, start fracking for shale gas, end subsidies for renewables, and scrap the windfall tax on oil and gas companies.

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How to be like Patagonia: 3 lessons in responsible business

GreenBiz

Key takeaways from Patagonia's first 50 years in operation, including insights from Vincent Stanley, director of Patagonia philosophy.

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Fish eDNA project highlights promise of environmental survey work at offshore wind farms

Envirotec Magazine

A new report validates the use of fish environmental DNA (eDNA) survey methods, declaring that they could transform the way fish ecology surveys are conducted for offshore wind farm developments. It has been produced by renewable energy consultancy and service provider, Natural Power, along with project partners, EDF Renewables and environmental DNA and nature intelligence expert, NatureMetrics.

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The Belvidere Plant's Transition to an EV Plant Has a Bright Future

NRDC onEarth

The United Auto Workers’ historic strike results in important benefits, including a path for reopening the Belvidere Assembly Plant in Illinois.

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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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Portugal just ran on 100% renewables for six days in a row

Canary Media

One recent autumn afternoon, I watched the Atlantic gusts collide with the cliffs that rise above Nazaré, Portugal. Rain pelted down, and the world-renowned swells rose into walls of water that even the most death-defying surfers reach only via Jet Ski.

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A climate solution disguised as an administrative decision

GreenBiz

Companies are increasingly focused on their financial carbon footprint. Choosing a sustainable insurance provider can provide an overlooked lever for change.

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Cracking Ammonia: Dissociation and Fuel Innovation

CleanTech Group

Ammonia is often touted as the fuel of the future. It is gaseous at room temperature but can be liquefied under low pressure.

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New Mexico Adopts Crucial Package to Clean up Cars and Trucks

NRDC onEarth

Adoption of the Advanced Clean Cars II, Advanced Clean Trucks, and Heavy-Duty Low NOx standards will provide significant benefits to New Mexico

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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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Australia has everything battery storage needs, except the ability to make them at scale

Renew Economy

Australia could support up to five giga-factories, just for domestic energy storage and commercial electric vehicles. The post Australia has everything battery storage needs, except the ability to make them at scale appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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14 training resources for designing circularity into business models and products

GreenBiz

Learn how to apply circular economy principles at your organization — whether you’re starting from scratch or reimagining the status quo.

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Poland’s answer to the climate crisis: one hundred nuclear reactors

Energy Transition

The good news is that Poland is no longer denying or ignoring the climate crisis. The bad news is that it believes the solution to eradicating its 80 percent dependency on fossil fuels – the highest in the EU – is an expansive nuclear energy program. Even the three democratic parties likely to form a new, liberal-minded coalition government, the outcome of the October 15 general election.

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What to Look for in a New Lead and Copper Rule

NRDC onEarth

What's needed to fix the EPA's broken rule for lead in drinking water? Some answers here.

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The humble trash truck is ready for an all-electric upgrade

Canary Media

A powerful new electric vehicle recently started roaming the leaf-strewn streets of Portland, Oregon. Between its tires sits a hefty 400-kilowatt-hour battery pack. Inside its body is the daily detritus discarded by residents of downtown Portland.

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Crocs wants your old shoes back. Here’s what it plans to do with them

GreenBiz

Shoemaker Crocs wants to keep old shoes out of landfills and reclaim materials that could be used in new products.

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Renewables hit record high in Australia, as green energy transition rolls on

Renew Economy

Renewable energy hit a record high of 72.9 per cent of total generation on Sunday, as a wave of wind and solar across the grid sent coal output and operational demand to new lows. The post Renewables hit record high in Australia, as green energy transition rolls on appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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The Outlaw Ocean Project Exposes China’s Use Of Forced Uyghur Labour To Supply UK Seafood Industry

DeSmogBlog

Britain is facing calls to impose import controls on China after an investigation revealed that supermarkets are sourcing seafood from companies exploiting forced labour by minority Uyghurs. The Outlaw Ocean Project documented the forcible transfer of more than a thousand Uyghurs and members of other Muslim minorities 2,000 miles from their homes in landlocked Xinjiang to 10 fish processing plants in the coastal province of Shandong since 2018.

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Researchers train AI to produce solar cells from perovskite in record time

TechXplore

Researchers in Australia have harnessed AI to produce solar cells from the mineral perovskite in just a matter of weeks, bypassing years of human labor and human error to optimize the cells.

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Hydrogen offtake is tiny but growing

BloombergNEF

Many companies have plans to make hydrogen, but many fewer are enthusiastic to buy it. The post Hydrogen offtake is tiny but growing appeared first on BloombergNEF.

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Cummins Fuels Hydrogen Commitment at Agritechnica

FuelCellsWorks

A strategy focusing on production, supply and use. At Agritechnica, Cummins Inc.confirmed its commitment to the hydrogen economy as part of its Destination Zero strategy. “Cummins has developed leading power.

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S&P: US nearing 15GW of battery storage, ERCOT rebounds from quiet second quarter

Energy Storage News

The US’ cumulative battery storage installations reached 14.689GW at the end of Q3 2023, with Texas’ ERCOT market contributing 40% of new additions during the quarter.

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An electrocaloric heat pump that is more efficient than conventional air conditioners

TechXplore

A team of engineers at the Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology, working with a pair of colleagues from Murata Manufacturing Company, has developed a regenerative electrocaloric heat pump that is more efficient than conventional air conditioners.

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Australia’s biggest coal state reaches 100 pct “potential” renewables for first time

Renew Economy

NSW - the state with the biggest capacity of coal fired generators - reaches more than 100 per cent "potential" renewables for first time as coal output hits record low. The post Australia’s biggest coal state reaches 100 pct “potential” renewables for first time appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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More than Half of World’s Largest Companies’ Net Zero Pledges Are False Promises, Study Finds

DeSmogBlog

Companies’ climate commitments are largely misaligned with their lobbying activities, with more than half of the world’s largest corporations at risk of “net zero greenwashing,” according to a new report. An analysis of nearly 300 of the top companies from the Forbes 2000 list found that 58 percent did not match their climate policy influencing actions with their public claims of being committed to the Paris Climate Accord and achieving net zero emissions. “ Net Zero Greenwash : The Gap Between

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Chart: US EV sales are having a record-setting year

Canary Media

Canary Media’s chart of the week translates crucial data about the clean energy transition into a visual format. Despite recent headlines declaring the industry stagnant or moribund, the U.S.

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World's 280 million electric bikes and mopeds are cutting demand for oil far more than electric cars, researchers say

TechXplore

We hop in the car to get groceries or drop kids at school. But while the car is convenient, these short trips add up in terms of emissions, pollution and petrol cost.

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China’s emissions set to fall in 2024 after record growth in clean energy

Renew Economy

New analysis shows a fall in China’s CO2 emissions is all but guaranteed in 2024, thanks to a historic expansion of low-carbon energy installations. The post China’s emissions set to fall in 2024 after record growth in clean energy appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Farm-to-Glass Supports Organic Farming

NRDC onEarth

Cheers! NRDC and our partners toasted a good cause on Capitol Hill: growing organic!

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Metacon Announces Approved CE Marking of Hhg 50 for the Production of Green Hydrogen From Biogas

FuelCellsWorks

Metacon, through its subsidiary Helbio, has received approved CE marking of its hydrogen generator HHG 50 for the production of ca 50 Nm3 of hydrogen per hour. The CE mark.

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