GreenBiz

AUGUST 7, 2020

Planting tiny urban forests can boost biodiversity and fight climate change. Alex Thornton. Fri, 08/07/2020 - 00:30. How much space do you think you need to grow a forest? If your answer is bigger than a couple of tennis courts, think again. Miniature forests are springing up on patches of land in urban areas around the world, often planted by local community groups using a method inspired by Japanese temples.

Biodiversity 420

Biodiversity Climate change Carbon Soil 420

Jim Conca

AUGUST 2, 2020

The misrepresentations of nuclear power from ideological groups is being countered by a bi-partisan group of high-level politicos in Nuclear Matters. Watch their Nuclear Caucus on this Tuesday, August 4th. Anyone can participate.

Nuclear Power 277

Nuclear Power Innovation Energy Energy 277

Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 2, 2020

The team at FeTu (with founder Jon Fenton, centre). An Elland-based firm whose turbine-based device has global potential to slash CO2 emissions by converting waste heat into electricity, has been awarded the Institute of Physics (IOP) Business Start-up Award. Established in 2016 by engineering entrepreneur Jon Fenton, FeTu’s seemingly “simple but revolutionary” device is a two-stage turbine designed to “reduce both energy consumption and emissions by unprecedented levels”

Waste 264

Waste Waste Electricity Innovation 264

Inhabitat - Innovation

AUGUST 6, 2020

A new study published by the National Bureau of Economic Research shows that by the end of the century, the number of global warming-related deaths will rival that of deaths caused by all infectious diseases combined. The study estimates that high, uncontrolled greenhouse gas emission rates will increase global mortality rates to 73 deaths per 100,000 people.

Global warming 277

Global warming 277

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.

Energy

GreenBiz

AUGUST 3, 2020

The perfect pair? Custom-fit jeans startup challenges fast fashion mindset. Lauren Phipps. Mon, 08/03/2020 - 02:12. Canceled orders, excess stock, disrupted supply chains: The pandemic has laid bare some fundamental challenges with the way our clothes are designed, ordered, manufactured and sold — or landfilled, incinerated or sold on secondary markets.

Fashion 333

Fashion Startups Waste Waste 333

GreenTechMedia

AUGUST 7, 2020

Tony Seba gets a lot of things right. The world-renowned thought leader, entrepreneur, educator and author accurately predicted the rapid decline in solar photovoltaic costs and lithium ion batteries. He also predicted the collapse of the coal industry and oil prices. Now, he’s out with a new book, “ Rethinking Humanity ,” that predicts the 2020s will be “the most disruptive decade in history” — not just in terms of energy technology, but across every major in

Fossil fuels 246

Fossil fuels Energy Energy Lithium 246

Inhabitat - Innovation

AUGUST 6, 2020

Fear of viral spread has led to the killing of more than 1 million minks on farms in Spain and the Netherlands.

275

275

GreenBiz

AUGUST 4, 2020

Electric truck fleets will need a lot of power, but utilities aren't planning for it. Stephen Nadel. Tue, 08/04/2020 - 01:11. As more electric buses and trucks enter the market, future fleets will require a lot of electricity for charging. While some utilities in California and elsewhere are planning for an increase in power demand, many have yet to do so and need to get started.

Electricity 305

Electricity Electric vehicle Batteries Transportation 305

GreenTechMedia

AUGUST 7, 2020

John Powers is the co-founder and CEO of Extensible Energy, a load-flexibility software company. *. We are in the middle of the most remarkable transformation in the history of the electricity grid — from dirty and centralized to clean, distributed, and digital. Many policymakers and pundits believe that if only we had enough batteries, we could adapt to this new mix of generation resources and continue to pretend that nothing but a few operating conventions have changed.

Business Energy Monitoring 245

Business Energy Monitoring Building Energy Monitoring Solar Energy Monitor Energy Monitor 245

Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 5, 2020

As the offshore wind sector adjusts to working with increased physical separation during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, G+ Global Offshore Wind Health & Safety Organisation, in partnership with ORE Catapult, KTN and the Workboat Association, has recognised five organisations for initiatives to improve operational safety. With social distancing severely reducing the number of offshore wind turbine technicians permitted to undertake wind farm inspections, maintenance and repairs, a cross-secto

Innovation 246

Innovation Business Energy Monitoring Building Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor 246

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.

Transportation

Inhabitat - Innovation

AUGUST 6, 2020

Vollebak, a company at the core of sustainable clothing innovation, targets time itself with a new prototype, the Garbage Watch.

Waste 254

Waste Waste Innovation Sustainability 254

GreenBiz

AUGUST 5, 2020

Digital technology, green finance in vogue among fashion’s sustainability trendsetters. Phylicia Wu. Wed, 08/05/2020 - 01:00. The key to long-term success in the fashion industry is to start trends and continually push the envelope — a philosophy that also applies to its ESG priorities. The $2.5 trillion industry accounts for about 8 percent of the world’s carbon emissions when considering the entire value chain — higher than the entire iron and steel manufacturing industry combined, for compari

Technology 417

Technology Fashion Sustainability Energy Monitor 417

GreenTechMedia

AUGUST 3, 2020

Shell’s new Nature-Based Solutions business has made its first acquisition, with the Anglo-Dutch oil major announcing Monday that it will buy Australia's Select Carbon. Shell has a net-zero ambition for 2050 and has been upfront about the contribution that carbon offsets will make to that effort. In addition to selling more gas, less oil and pressing into the clean power sector, Shell will rely on a variety of carbon-capture methods and slashing its own operational emissions.

Carbon 240

Carbon Investment Health Electricity 240

Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 6, 2020

In politically sensitive regions of the West Balkans, the mineralogist and crystallographer Tamara ?or?evi? has been investigating mining waste contaminated with arsenic and other toxins. In order to understand how these ticking time bombs affect the environment, she examines their crystal structure with cross-disciplinary expertise from crystallography and chemistry, as this article explains.

Waste 208

Waste Waste Politics Technology 208

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.

Sustainability

Inhabitat - Innovation

AUGUST 7, 2020

Who says that beauty has to hurt the Earth? Many less harmful options exist, and FOReT proves this with its line of sustainable, eco-friendly cork jewelry.

Fashion 224

Fashion Sustainability 224

altenergymag

AUGUST 3, 2020

Industry group files testimony calling for Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission to end “self-committing” practice that allows utilities to pass extra costs for running uneconomic coal-fired power plants on to consumers

Energy 147

Energy Energy 147

GreenTechMedia

AUGUST 4, 2020

Exelon may be forced to close its Illinois nuclear plants if state legislation is not passed to bolster their eroding financial prospects. But subsidiary utility Commonwealth Edison’s involvement in a bribery scandal has complicated this and other key policy efforts in its home state. CEO Chris Crane outlined these challenges during the Chicago-based utility’s second-quarter earnings conference call on Tuesday.

Nuclear Power 238

Nuclear Power Policy Carbon Energy 238

Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 4, 2020

COP26 is to be held at the SEC, Glasgow, in November 2021. The UK Government, as hosts of the 26th UN Climate Change Conference (COP26), has selected engineering, design and consultancy firm Arup to help it achieve its ambition of delivering a sustainable summit. Arup, together with partners Crowberry Consulting, will work with the Government to prepare for the November 2021 COP26 event in Glasgow by advising on all aspects of sustainability.

Government 200

Government Sustainability Carbon-neutral Waste 200

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?

Carbon

Inhabitat - Innovation

AUGUST 4, 2020

Ramen is a college staple, but oodles of noodles can leave behind a trail of waste. One college student is rethinking instant noodle packaging.

Packaging 234

Packaging Waste Waste 234

Charged

AUGUST 2, 2020

In these troubled days, the world is divided into two hostile camps—each faction demonizes the other, and refuses even to listen to the other side’s arguments. Families have been torn apart, and sometimes it seems people are about to come to physical violence, or even block former Facebook friends. But what if the batteries-vs-hydrogen debate is based on a false choice?

Batteries 145

Batteries Hydrogen Startups Packaging 145

Grist

AUGUST 4, 2020

Almost exactly a year ago, we reported that June and July wildfires in the Arctic had released as much carbon as Belgium does in an entire year — an unprecedented summertime burn that would amplify the region’s climate change–fueled fever. But everything, apparently, is worse in 2020, including the climate toll of this year’s Arctic fires , which makes 2019 seem like a warm-up.

Carbon 145

Carbon Energy Monitor Soil Global warming 145

Forbes Green Tech

AUGUST 3, 2020

When considering the environmental costs and benefits of shifting away from fossil fuels – particularly in the transportation and industrial sectors of the economy – it's important to take into account each energy source's full lifecycle.

Fossil fuels 138

Fossil fuels Transportation Energy Energy 138

Inhabitat - Innovation

AUGUST 4, 2020

While the virus has taken its toll on our lives, the environment is getting a big sigh of relief.

Carbon 279

Carbon 279

The City Fix

AUGUST 5, 2020

As people stay home and city streets turn quiet, the COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted the global vehicle market. While many urban experts fear a turn to personal cars in lieu of public transport, few people so far are actually purchasing. Continue reading on TheCityFix.com.

Electric vehicle 134

Electric vehicle Electricity Transportation Climate change 134

Charged

AUGUST 6, 2020

A new lithium-based electrolyte invented by Stanford University scientists could pave the way for the next generation of EVs. In a study published in Nature Energy , Stanford researchers demonstrated how their novel electrolyte design boosts the performance of lithium metal batteries. “Most electric cars run on lithium-ion batteries, which are rapidly approaching their theoretical limit on energy density,” said study co-author Professor Yi Cui.

Lithium 128

Lithium Batteries Electric vehicle Organic 128

Forbes Green Tech

AUGUST 6, 2020

More than 18 months after showing an initial rendering, Cadillac is finally showing off its first EV, the 2023 Lyriq. It will have at least 300 miles of range, but it's still more than 2 years from production.

Electricity 128

Electricity Innovation Transportation 128

Inhabitat - Innovation

AUGUST 3, 2020

Even if global warming is curbed today, millions of people will still be at risk of severe flooding.

Global warming 265

Global warming 265

The City Fix

AUGUST 6, 2020

The large cities in the Latin American region all have one thing in common: the opportunities for employment and income are concentrated in a few districts while, more and more, sprawling housing zones are located on the outskirts of cities. Continue reading on TheCityFix.com.

Sustainability 130

Sustainability Pollution Waste Waste 130

altenergymag

AUGUST 3, 2020

JA Solar recently announced that it supplied 43.8MW bifacial double-glass modules for the Malaysia's first solar project that combines bifacial double-glass modules with trackers. The project is expected to generate 74 million kWh of electricity per year once entering operation.

Electricity 119

Electricity 119

Forbes Green Tech

AUGUST 3, 2020

Many products just aren’t built to last and it’s often a deliberate choice by the manufacturers known as planned obsolescence. Now enter the antidote - the circular economy, where products are kept in circulation for as long as possible.

Innovation 123

Innovation 123

Inhabitat - Innovation

AUGUST 3, 2020

This tiny wood cabin, called The Nook, is situated in a charming, forested area in Swannanoa.

272

272

Solar Power World

AUGUST 5, 2020

Solar Basics is a video series by Solar Power World created to help installers learn about the business, tools and tricks of the solar power trade. The tiered solar panel classification was first developed to show banks which panel manufacturers were legitimate and trustworthy, but it’s evolved since. Learn what tier 1 solar panels actually… The post Solar Basics: What are tier 1 solar panels?

Solar Power 122

Solar Power 122

altenergymag

AUGUST 5, 2020

APAC Solar Energy Digital Event 2020 , with the first subject centering around ASEAN region, is the only online virtual event that focusing on the burgeoning solar development in Asia Pacific. APAC Solar Energy Digital Event 2020 will combine with Virtual Exhibition showcase, Webinar session and 1-to-1 Match-Making Online creating a one-stop business matching platform for all industry players to share knowledge, expand business contacts and get rid of the Covid-19 travel restricts.

Asia 113

Asia Energy Energy 113