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Rapid job growth in Canada’s clean energy sector set to outpace losses in fossil fuels: report

Clean Energy Canada

VANCOUVER — As jobs in fossil fuels decline amid a shifting global landscape, rapid growth in Canada’s clean energy sector will more than make up the difference. So finds a new modelling report, The New Reality , from Clean Energy Canada and Navius Research, which forecasts changes in jobs, GDP and investment in Canadian energy between 2020 and 2030.

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Dirty money: What is the environmental cost of bitcoin?

Eco-Business

Many are growing more critical of bitcoin mining — a process that uses vast amounts of energy from fossil fuels. So just how dirty is the virtual currency, and can it clean up its act?

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5 reasons Home Depot and Lowe’s must weed out toxic weed killers

GreenBiz

5 reasons Home Depot and Lowe’s must weed out toxic weed killers. Caroline Boden. Wed, 06/16/2021 - 01:00. Consumers should be able to trust that the products on store shelves are safe for them to use. However, a recent analysis shows that many herbicides sold by home and garden giants Home Depot and Lowe’s contain ingredients known to be highly hazardous.

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Washington State’s Approaching Energy Crisis – Good Intentions Gone Wrong?

Jim Conca

WA State has trouble on the horizon – with its electrical grid, as in not being reliable, and as in risk of rolling blackouts. The trouble stems from decarbonizing. Getting rid of coal is the low-hanging fruit, but just getting rid of it without a real plan to replace it can do more harm than good.

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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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Recycling e-waste should be a legal requirement in the EU, says report

Envirotec Magazine

Recovering the critical raw materials residing within electronic waste will require investment, and a legal framework to incentivise this will be essential, say the authors (image credit: Steve Janosik , CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 license). A UN-backed report funded by the EU outlines a proposal whereby the recycling of certain components and sub-systems within electronic equipment should be mandated by law.

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Senate passes ban on shark fin sales in the US

Inhabitat - Innovation

The U.S. Senate has passed a bill that, if enacted into law, will ban the buying and selling of shark fins and products containing shark fins in the country.

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SUNFIG’S UNIQUE PROJECT OPTIMIZATION SOFTWARE BOOSTS UTILITY SOLAR RETURNS BY UP TO 15%

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New data from Sunfig shows its design, performance, and financial modeling platform drives greater profitability and value for utility PV. Smart SIFT informs decisions early on, increasing project IRR and lowering LCOE for developers and asset owners nationwide.

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Norfolk town’s gas supply set to go green

Envirotec Magazine

Attelborugh in Nortfolk (image credit: John McLinden , CC BY-ND 2.0 license). Development works at an anaerobic digestion (AD) plant in Norfolk will see Attleborough town become one of the first in the UK to be supplied mainly with green gas. As part of a £17m upgrade project led by Privilege Finance, 100,000 tonnes of food waste collected from local households and businesses will be processed by the AD plant, to produce green gas for use in 4,000 Attleborough homes.

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Critical Antarctic ice shelf breaking away at an alarming rate

Inhabitat - Innovation

A new study published in Science Advances has revealed that the Pine Island Glacier's ice shelf is breaking away at a rate much faster than previously measured.

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Achieving Decarbonization with Power Purchase Agreements

GreenBiz

Achieving Decarbonization with Power Purchase Agreements. Date/Time: July 13, 2021 (1-2PM ET / 10-11AM PT). As the need for climate action grows, decarbonization is becoming a major goal for more organizations. Procuring clean energy is a crucial strategy in this effort. . Yet the most common tool for corporate procurements, power purchase agreements (PPAs), is complex.

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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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Exponential Growth Predicted For Wind Energy Market

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Growing concern from government across the globe regarding renewable power source is anticipated to boost the wind energy market growth.

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10 Ways to Increase Your Home Value With Green Technology

U.S. Green Technology

Going green is a great way to help the planet. You can start by making minor renovations to your house. Consider updating your home with eco-friendly technology. This will also increase your property’s resale value. Here are 10 ways you can incorporate green technology into your home! 1. Invest in Smart Devices When adding new. The post 10 Ways to Increase Your Home Value With Green Technology appeared first on U.S.

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Cruise ships, shipping vessels can now earn a "Whale-Safe" label

Inhabitat - Innovation

An Italian NGO has launched a new eco-label that will be awarded to freight and cruise companies that take steps to prevent their ships from colliding with whales.

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Episode 273: Apple's 'bully pulpit', Xerox's climate tech agenda

GreenBiz

Episode 273: Apple's 'bully pulpit', Xerox's climate tech agenda. GreenBiz Editors. Fri, 06/18/2021 - 01:45. This is not the PC industry's PARC (6:30). The Palo Alto Research Center, the storied research and development division at Xerox, is getting hot and heavy into climate tech. Jessy Rivest, general manager of the Xerox cleantech business, drops by to chat about one of its projects, an electrochemical approach to air conditioning.

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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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Q CELLS Announces Major Push Into Hawaiian Solar Plus Storage Market With eStat Partnership

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-The partnership will enable development of resilient Zero Carbon Smart Homes and allow for NEM-equivalent savings in the Hawaiian market. -Q CELLS’ world-class solar modules and home energy storage system coupled with eStat’s energy optimization and management solutions will provide stable and resilient energy.

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Web Hosting Canada and Green Business Bureau Join Forces

Green Business Bureau

New program will enable Web Hosting Canada customers to verifiably demonstrate their sustainability. Green Business Bureau (GBB) has partnered with Web Hosting Canada (WHC) to bring the GBB sustainability program, framework and certification to Canada’s business community. GBB and WHC are working together to make businesses in every industry more sustainable and protect our planet and workers by enabling businesses to manage a sustainability program and verifiably demonstrate their sustainabilit

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All-electric affordable housing in Aspen to run on solar energy

Inhabitat - Innovation

A new, 53,000-square-foot building in Aspen is set to become one of the first multi-family structures run entirely off of electricity and solar energy in Colorado.

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Companies are jumping aboard the federal packaging and recycling policy train

GreenBiz

Companies are jumping aboard the federal packaging and recycling policy train. Arlene Karidis. Fri, 06/18/2021 - 00:10. With an aggressive national recycling target (50 percent by 2030); a renewed White House focus on climate change; and clamor for consistent state rules around cutting trash, the federal sustainability policy train is leaving the station.

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Best solar company in Hyderabad-freyr

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Freyr Energy is one of best solar company in Hyderabad, Freyr Energy was set up on the standards of making sunshine based energy moderate and open for everybody. To make assurance of sun controlled energy a reality at the grass-root level, we have seen that client care, moderateness and openness anticipate an indispensable work. With our innovative stage, SunPro+, our wide channel-partner affiliation and our feasible assist we with guaranteeing that these three segments are coordinated to ensure

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Commercial vehicle OEM Proterra debuts on Nasdaq

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Commercial vehicle innovator Proterra will be ringing the closing bell at Nasdaq today (June 16) to celebrate the company’s public listing. Following the completion of the company’s business combination with ArcLight Clean Transition , the shares began trading on the Nasdaq Global Select Market under the new ticker symbol PTRA. Proterra has raised more than $640 million from the business combination with ArcLight, which it will use to fund growth initiatives, including its next-generation batter

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G7 leaders commit to curb climate change, but fall short on coal

Inhabitat - Innovation

On Sunday, G7 leaders committed to take action against global warming and to protect biodiversity, but they failed to set a date to stop coal exploration.

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Celebrating Juneteenth through community-based lending for vibrant neighborhoods

Impact Alpha

The promise of freedom was kept from enslaved people in Galveston, Texas for two and half years after the Emancipation Proclamation. On June. The post Celebrating Juneteenth through community-based lending for vibrant neighborhoods appeared first on Impact Alpha.

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Foresight Announce the Launch of JULI tunnel/mine ventilation duct

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Chengdu Foresight Composite Co. Ltd. announced a new website for their JULI ventilation duct products.

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Report: California needs 1.2 million EV chargers by 2030

Charged

A new analysis from the California Energy Commission (CEC) predicts that the state will need nearly 1.2 million public and shared chargers by 2030 to meet the demands of the 7.5 million passenger plug-in vehicles expected to be on California roads at that time. Assembly Bill 2127, “ Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure Assessment ,” examines charging needs to support Governor Gavin Newsom’s executive order requiring sales of all new passenger vehicles to be zero-emission by 2035.

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EU parliament calls for ban on caged farming practices

Inhabitat - Innovation

On Thursday, the European Parliament approved a report petitioning the European Commission to end caged farming of animals.

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GE Renewable Energy and LafargeHolcim agree to develop circular wind industry

Renewable Energy World

GE Renewable Energy and LafargeHolcim have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to explore circular economy solutions using materials from decommissioned wind turbines. The companies are exploring new ways of recycling wind blades, as well as how wind turbine blades can be turned into sustainable construction materials to build new wind farms.

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Businesses struggling to justify green investment in wake of pandemic despite commercial benefit

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UK businesses appear to be struggling to justify investment in low-carbon technology because of the impact of COVID-19, according to new research.

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Fiat says it will go all-electric by 2030

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The legacy auto brands are going electric one by one. The light has been seen, plates of crow have been eaten, and a rime of frost is beginning to appear on the gates of Hell. No turnaround has been more dramatic than the one at Fiat. Former CEO Sergio Marchionne was an outspoken opponent of EVs. Now current Fiat CEO Olivier François has announced, “Between 2025 and 2030, our product line-up will gradually become electric only.

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3,000 seabirds abandon their nests after drone crashes on beach

Inhabitat - Innovation

A drone illegally flying in Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve crashed, scaring elegant terns. The seabirds left behind 2,000 or so eggs, rendering them non-viable.

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A Latin American ethical bank as the heart of the economy and the creative industries

Impact Alpha

Banca Ética Latinoamericana is a banking project led by Fundación Dinero y Conciencia, which seeks to understand the structural challenges in Latin America. The post A Latin American ethical bank as the heart of the economy and the creative industries appeared first on Impact Alpha.

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Oil majors attracted by economic competitiveness of renewables

Renewable Energy World

The expected decreased demand for fossil fuels, coupled with the falling costs associated with renewable energy projects, are driving major oil and gas companies – including bp, Total and Shell – to actively restructure their businesses to add more renewable power projects to their portfolios. This is according to the latest research from data and analytics company GlobalData.

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Leasing firm Avolon to buy up to 500 electric VTOL aircraft

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Aircraft leasing company Avolon has placed an order for up to 500 electric eVTOL aircraft from Vertical Aerospace. The companies say the sale will introduce the ultra-short-haul aircraft category to commercial aviation. The two companies will collaborate throughout the development, certification and commercial roll-out of the VA-X4, a piloted, zero-emissions electric Vertical Take Off and Landing (eVTOL) vehicle.

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Rocky Mountains experience more severe and frequent wildfires

Inhabitat - Innovation

According to the study, climate change has led to decreased snowfall and increased the length of summers, triggering more wildfires.

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U.S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY ANNOUNCES WINNERS OF ANNUAL COLLEGIATE WIND COMPETITION

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Students From 13 Universities Represent the Next Generation of Wind and Clean Energy Professionals

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