GreenTechMedia

OCTOBER 3, 2019

For the first time, Pacific Northwest and Rocky Mountain utility PacifiCorp is planning to rely on massive amounts of solar PV and batteries, as well as wind power, for a large share of its long-term energy needs. The company also wants to shut down economically struggling coal plants years earlier than scheduled. These are some of the highlights from PacifiCorp’s draft integrated resource plan fil ed on Thursday, laying out its investment targets through 2038.

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 1, 2019

Products made from embedded CO2, from soap to fuels to vodka, are great examples of the circular economy in action.

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CleanTechnica

OCTOBER 1, 2019

Australia is the epicenter of a race between renewable hydrogen and coal to push natural gas out of the powerful global ammonia market.

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Clean Energy Canada

OCTOBER 2, 2019

Canada’s energy sector: its future is often seen as foggy and facing inevitable decline. But the fossil fuel energy sector does not equal our entire energy sector. Canada’s clean energy sector will employ 559,400 Canadians by 2030—in jobs like insulating homes, manufacturing electric buses, or maintaining wind farms. And while 50,000 jobs are likely to be lost in fossil fuels over the next decade, just over 160,000 will be created in clean energy—a net increase of 110,000 new energy jobs in Cana

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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.

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Eco-Business

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

What will buildings and cities of the future look like in the face of global megatrends like climate change? Eco-Business gazes into the crystal ball with industry experts at the recent International Built Environment Week in Singapore.

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Jim Conca

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

US and Canada entered into an agreement on nuclear power cooperation to collaborate on advancing new nuclear reactor designs, especially small modular reactors. This follows recent previous agreements with Canada, Japan, Russia, South Africa, the United Arab Emirates, Poland, Argentina and Romania.

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Charged

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

Airport ground support equipment – fuel trucks, tugs, container loaders, catering vehicles, etc – is a prime candidate for electrification, and New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport has taken a major step in this direction. New York Governor Andrew Cuomo recently announced a switch to electric ground service equipment at JFK’s Terminal 5.

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Inhabitat - Innovation

OCTOBER 4, 2019

After years of trials that left its engineers scratching their heads over design challenges, the nonprofit’s newest prototype device has consistently collected plastic waste from the Great Pacific Garbage Patch.

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 2, 2019

The case for using human-centered design to deliver the Sustainable Development Goals.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 3, 2019

The environmental team at engineering consultancy Idom Merebrook Ltd (IDOM) has been appointed by the City of London to work on a project assessing the air quality of Epping Forest – the largest public open space in the London area, and a site of national and international conservation importance. Epping Forest is a 2400-hectare stretch of ancient woodland between London and Essex; it is made up of more than 50 areas of woodland, grassland, bridleway, recreational space and is home to over

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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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GreenTechMedia

OCTOBER 1, 2019

GE has won another huge deal for its 12-megawatt Haliade-X offshore turbine, this time for the 3.6-gigawatt Dogger Bank trio of projects in the U.K. The project's co-developers, Equinor and SSE Renewables, named the technology their preferred choice, with the final investment decision due next year. Dogger Bank is set to become the world's largest offshore wind farm as it comes online from 2023-25 within the U.K.'s portion of the North Sea, starting about 130 kilometers (81 miles) fr

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Inhabitat - Innovation

OCTOBER 3, 2019

Researchers from the University Medical Centre (UMC) Utrecht recently announced that cells exposed to microplastics experience cell death three times faster than those that are not. With microplastic pollution everywhere, the findings are sobering.

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GreenBiz

SEPTEMBER 28, 2019

Where food prices are 35 percent higher than the US mainland average, community members do what they can to address food insecurity.

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Green Business Bureau

OCTOBER 2, 2019

GBB’s Customers Prove that Green Business Practices Attract Customers, Drive Sales, & Retain Employees. Boston, MA, Oct 2, 2019 — The Green Business Bureau, the trusted authority in green business and leader in green business certification, today announced the release of two new online applications, GBB EcoPlanner and GBB EcoAssessment , that enable businesses of any size to understand, prioritize, manage and certify green initiatives and sustainable business practices.

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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.

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DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 4, 2019

Read time: 7 mins For the fifth week since the blowout began , a large flare is still burning at the site of GEP Haynesville, LLC ’s blown out fracked gas wells in northwestern Louisiana. The blowout occurred on August 30, shortly after the company began a frack job, igniting two adjacent wells. A state official estimated that efforts to contain the blowout could take another two months, or more.

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Inhabitat - Innovation

OCTOBER 2, 2019

Alder Creek, a 530-acre forest billed as the largest privately-owned giant sequoia property, will be acquired by century-old conservation group, Save the Redwoods League. The group will ultimately transfer the land to the United States Forest Service to safeguard the trees as a national treasure.

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 3, 2019

The warming planet is having a drastic impact on the way the planet plays, especially when it comes to winter activities. The good news: Some major U.S. leagues are reconditioning their operations.

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Charged

OCTOBER 1, 2019

E-buses will make up nearly 33 percent of all buses worldwide by 2030, according to a recent report from Navigant Research. The Electric Buses report finds that China will continue to be the global leader in e-bus sales, maintaining 74 percent of the market share by 2030, while North America and Europe will make up only 14 percent. The report analyzes the global market for electric bus powertrains, including PHEVs and EVs, broken down by vehicle weight, type and region.

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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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Grist

OCTOBER 4, 2019

Well, folks, there’s a first time for everything — the Ocean Cleanup project has successfully deployed a device that collects plastic pollution. Our ocean cleanup system is now finally catching plastic, from one-ton ghost nets to tiny microplastics! Also, anyone missing a wheel? pic.twitter.com/Oq0rkXO3TH. — Boyan Slat (@BoyanSlat) October 2, 2019.

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Inhabitat - Innovation

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

The unfortunate decline is due to the combination of three paramount factors: problematic invasive species, unsustainable deforestation from logging and wood harvesting and urban development.

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 4, 2019

The mining industry has work to do to ensure that communities and workers are safe from pollution and injury.

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DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 1, 2019

Read time: 11 mins Two North Dakota gas processing plants in the heart of the Bakken oil fields have shown signs of an eroded safety culture and startling construction problems, according to Paul Lehto, a 54-year-old former gas plant operator who has come out as a whistle-blower. He described worrisome conditions at the Lonesome Creek plant, in Alexander, and the Garden Creek plant, in Watford City, where DeSmog recently revealed one of the largest oil and gas industry spills in U.S. history had

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Sunrun

OCTOBER 4, 2019

Solar energy is one of the most affordable, renewable energy sources available today. So how do solar panels actually generate electricity? Here’s the process demystified. Basic Solar Components To find out how solar panels work, you need to understand how they’re made. Many solar panels use silicon, one of the planet’s most common elements. But since creating silicon crystals of suitable quality is difficult and expensive, home solar systems are usually built from similar, but less expensive ma

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Inhabitat - Innovation

OCTOBER 3, 2019

Today’s wildlife are in peril, facing a variety of threats that test their survivability. To illustrate the crisis magnitude, a new Animal Endangerment Map has been presented that reflects the conservation status of globally threatened species. Species survival is vital to preserving biodiversity and a region’s unique natural history. But progress has not been kind to flora and fauna of late.

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 4, 2019

The luxury automaker is using circular practices to cut out costs and emissions from its manufacturing processes.

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Charged

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

Tesla’s Software Version 10.0, which the company calls “our biggest software update ever,” will be rolled out to Tesla owners around the world this week. The star of the show is Smart Summon, which appears to be a major step towards full vehicle autonomy: With Smart Summon, customers who have purchased Full Self-Driving Capability or Enhanced Autopilot can enable their car to navigate a parking lot and come to them or their destination of choice, as long as their car is within their line of sigh

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DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 3, 2019

Read time: 7 mins This week, the Wall Street Journal highlighted that the U.S. oil and gas shale industry, already struggling financially, is now facing “core operational issues.” That should be a truly frightening prospect for investors in American fracking operations, but one which DeSmog has long been warning of.

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Inhabitat - Innovation

OCTOBER 2, 2019

Converting an old school bus into a permanent tiny home on wheels is an overwhelming task, but for those who'd like to get a taste of skoolie living on a temporary basis, this Calabasas Glamping Bus is just the ticket.

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GreenBiz

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

Agriculture's biggest trade groups have started promoting farmers' role in mitigating climate change.

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Charged

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

As the legacy automakers finally begin to get serious about electrification, it’s becoming increasingly clear that the accelerating transition will result in a major restructuring of the industry, which seems likely to include substantial job losses. As a recent Bloomberg article reports, fear of the electric future is an underlying reason for the United Auto Workers strike against GM – the first in over a decade.

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Forbes Green Tech

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

In an exclusive interview with Forbes, Hurtigruten CEO Daniel Skjeldam discusses the importance sustainability on the high seas and why it’s imperative that cruise ship operators conform to more sustainable practices before it’s too late.

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Inhabitat - Innovation

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

Canadian company Taiga Motors, the creators of the world’s first electric snowmobiles, makes yet another splash in the luxury electric vehicle world with Orca, their first electric personal watercraft. Featuring full carbon fiber hull construction, the luxury jet ski forgoes gasoline in favor of a 23kWh battery that provides energy for up to two hours and can be charged by a regular outlet, standard automotive chargers, and DC fast charging.

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GreenBiz

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

Optimism. Frustration. Accountability. Action. Inclusivity. Those are the unifying themes of Climate Week 2019.

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