GreenBiz
JUNE 1, 2020
Is sustainability undergoing a pandemic pause? Joel Makower. Mon, 06/01/2020 - 00:00. If you were to believe the mainstream business media, there would be no question whatsoever that the twin crises of a pandemic and a recession have pretty much put the kibosh on sustainable business activity. I mean, why, amid all this human and economic carnage, should companies be focused on anything besides keeping their doors open?
U.S. Green Technology
JUNE 2, 2020
10 of the Hottest Green Technology Trends Humanity has made some major shifts toward sustainability in recent years. While there’s still a long way to go before every business, organisation, and person on the planet exists in an environmentally harmonious way, there have nevertheless been some big developments in eco conscious living, particularly on the.
This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.
Jim Conca
MAY 31, 2020
A new study by scientists at PNNL shows that ongoing environmental changes are transforming forests worldwide, resulting in shorter and younger trees with broad impacts on global ecosystems. Stunted growth from rising temperatures more than offset any growth gains by increased CO2 fertilization.
CleanTechnica
JUNE 2, 2020
The oil and gas industry has been in a recession, effectively since the global financial crisis 11 years ago. Each year, production volumes have increased by more than global demand, meaning that the market has been in decline, with lower prices for crude oil and natural gas the natural result.
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.
GreenBiz
JUNE 4, 2020
How Ocean Spray cranberries became America’s '100 percent sustainable' crop. Jesse Klein. Thu, 06/04/2020 - 01:45. Cranberries are more than just an American Thanksgiving Day tradition; they also are a tradition of the American land. The crop is one of only three native cultivated fruits in North America. Because the plant is actually meant to grow in the natural environment, many growing and harvesting practices already help the surrounding land and could be considered sustainable, under normal
Inhabitat - Innovation
JUNE 4, 2020
Recently published research in Science magazine warns that older, taller trees are quickly becoming a thing of the past, consequently leaving forests in disarray. Forest dynamics being disrupted like this spells trouble for ecosystem equilibrium and biodiversity.
CleanTech Focus brings together the best content for cleantech professionals from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
Green Business Bureau
JUNE 2, 2020
Headquartered in London, Core provides supply chain management, customs classification, and sustainability solutions and services to global retailers, with a vision to realize the benefits of a digitized supply chain through their three software-as-a-service platforms – Suppliview, TariffTel, and Leaf. Core’s goal is to provide their clients the opportunity to work with a trusted supplier where understanding each other’s business drivers and ethos are key factors in promoting corporate engageme
GreenBiz
JUNE 5, 2020
Discrimination in our food system is everybody's problem. Jim Giles. Fri, 06/05/2020 - 00:30. The team at GreenBiz started Food Weekly to track progress toward a better food system. But as protestors filled streets across America last week, I was reminded that a critical question about this effort often goes unasked: Better for whom? We have to ask this question because we can't assume that any progress we make will be inclusive.
Inhabitat - Innovation
JUNE 3, 2020
Developed by Nomadic Resorts, these prefab suites provide the perfect opportunity for a luxury eco-vacation pretty much anywhere. The Looper tented suites incorporate recyclable materials and renewable energy to bring customizable accommodation to isolated and environmentally sensitive wilderness areas — such as rugged yet beautiful Yala National Park in southeast Sri Lanka. <!
GreenTechMedia
JUNE 3, 2020
Hawaiian Electric this week revealed the full list of winners from its second large-scale procurement of energy storage and renewables for the islands of Oahu, Maui and Hawaii. The winners run the gamut from major industry players like AES and Engie to relative newcomers to the large-scale energy storage game. The contracts were first announced on May 15 without naming the developers, to give each an opportunity to communicate with communities near their project sites to negotiate local land-use
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.
CleanTech Group
JUNE 3, 2020
Supply chains are now more globalized and complex than ever. While this creates immense opportunities, it also exposes them to heightened risk. In.
GreenBiz
JUNE 3, 2020
A tightrope walk ahead for corporate sustainability managers. Rajat Panwar. Wed, 06/03/2020 - 00:00. Amidst numerous uncertainties surrounding post-COVID corporate climate, one thing is certain: Sustainability managers will face multifaceted challenges. . Many could face budget cuts, even as their stakeholders expect them to ramp up sustainability efforts and seize this unique "opportunity" to initiate fundamental corporate transformations.
Inhabitat - Innovation
JUNE 5, 2020
China's pollution levels are rising. Will Europe follow? Or will some countries take measures to preserve one of the few happy by-products of COVID-19?
GreenTechMedia
JUNE 5, 2020
Tesla restarted work at its Buffalo, New York Gigafactory in May, not long after resuming production at its other U.S. factories in California and Nevada, according to a company letter first reported by Buffalo Business First. Work was on hold at the New York plant, where Tesla produces its solar roof and some car chargers, for about two months, according to the letter Tesla sent to state officials.
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.
LA CleanTech Incubator
JUNE 5, 2020
How racism manifests in clean energy. Sarah Golden. Fri, 06/05/2020 - 00:00. As our institutions strain under the uprising in cities across the country, I’ve been struggling to comprehend the depth of racism in America. I understand why these moments of police violence, the senseless destruction of black bodies caught on tape, would spark a fire that rages across this country.
GreenBiz
JUNE 1, 2020
Real-life Lessons for Trucking's Clean Future. Having flown under the radar for decades, the trucking industry more than proved its value during the COVID-19 crisis as hospital, grocery and e-commerce deliveries became critical. With more attention on the industry and its current practices, we want to focus on its future as well. Trucking is ready for a transition to electric vehicles, and that transition is primed to start in the urban and regional-haul segments that’s been so essential for us
Inhabitat - Innovation
JUNE 2, 2020
Here are four vegan ice cream recipes you can make right in your kitchen — no ice cream maker or hard-to-find ingredients required.
Charged
JUNE 1, 2020
Swindon Powertrain ’s compact HPD 80 kW “crate” motor for EV conversions is now available to order from the company’s web site. The motor is suitable for OEMs, niche vehicle manufacturers, electric car conversion companies and home mechanics. Prices start at £6,400+VAT for the 80 kW motor, transmission and differential. Options for cooling, inverters and limited-slip differential are also available.
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?
Solar Power World
JUNE 4, 2020
By Shaun Laughlin, Head of U.S. Strategic Development, Standard Solar The effects of the COVID-19 pandemic have touched just about every household, business and industry across the country. Renewable energy, and solar in particular, has not been spared from the impacts of the economic downturn and collective uncertainty. Market volatility, liquidity concerns, rising unemployment, declines… The post Why community solar is winning, even in the midst of a pandemic appeared first on Solar Powe
GreenBiz
JUNE 5, 2020
How racism manifests itself in clean energy. Sarah Golden. Fri, 06/05/2020 - 00:00. As our institutions strain under the uprising in cities across the country, I’ve been struggling to comprehend the depth of racism in America. I understand why these moments of police violence, the senseless destruction of black bodies caught on tape, would spark a fire that rages across this country.
Inhabitat - Innovation
JUNE 1, 2020
Berlin-based inventors Martin Binder and Claudio Rimmele believe that parents shouldn’t have to make the choice whether or not to let their children enjoy a playground in a world changed by COVID-19.
CleanTech Group
JUNE 2, 2020
To combat the climate crisis and build a new economy, an increasing number of innovators and investors are turning to nature-based solutions, taking.
Charged
JUNE 4, 2020
Magnix, a maker of electric powertrains for aircraft, collaborated with engineering and flight test specialist AeroTEC to test an electric Cessna 208B Grand Caravan that they claim is the largest all-electric aircraft yet flown. The 30-minute maiden flight, which took place at an airfield near Moses Lake, Washington, was “flawless,” according to the test pilot.
GreenBiz
JUNE 5, 2020
Episode 223: Climate action and racial justice must converge, urban forest credits. Heather Clancy. Fri, 06/05/2020 - 02:00. Week in Review. Commentary on this week's news highlights begins at 13:00. This moment: An open letter to the GreenBiz community. Al Gore: Climate action is "bound together" with racial equality and liberation. How the Navajo got their day in the sun.
Inhabitat - Innovation
JUNE 3, 2020
Looking for an eco-adventure in a remote location? Arquitetura Rural has unveiled a pair of forest cabins set deep into a forest landscape in Tocantins.
Forbes Green Tech
MAY 30, 2020
Wind farms have traditionally made less money for the electricity they produce because they have been unable to predict how windy it will be tomorrow. Not any more.
Charged
MAY 31, 2020
Sponsored by EBG Resistors. Professional resistors for electric vehicles. Since 1993, EBG Resistors has been working on the cutting-edge development of resistor technology. Leading manufacturers of electric motors, medical equipment and frequency converters use our power resistors because of their impact on performance and long-term operating reliability.
GreenBiz
JUNE 2, 2020
It's time to prioritize the survival of indigenous people, the world's forest stewards. Carol Goodstein. Tue, 06/02/2020 - 00:00. Hunting and gathering for food is taking on a whole new meaning of late. The ever-lengthening line at my local Whole Foods starts to wrap around the outside of the store before 7 a.m., as socially distanced shoppers — securely donned in gloves, masks and even plastic face shields — wait nervously to scavenge for their week’s worth of essentials along with their COVID-
Inhabitat - Innovation
JUNE 1, 2020
Marine mammal conservationists warn of a contagious respiratory pathogen, cetacean morbillivirus (CeMV), that could potentially harm already endangered orca populations. Like the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 that is causing the current COVID-19 pandemic, CeMV similarly has high transmission and mortality rates.
Impact Alpha
JUNE 4, 2020
ImpactAlpha, June 4 – Social justice protests in the streets are exposing misperceptions of risk and opportunity in the boardroom. Systemic racial bias has taken countless lives. It has also left a long tally of misallocated capital, lost talent, overlooked markets, untapped innovation and wasted time. An eclectic set of venture capital firms and institutional.
Charged
JUNE 3, 2020
Lightyear and Royal DSM have signed an agreement to jointly scale the commercialization of Lightyear’s solar-powered roof for the EV market. The partnership aims to integrate solar-powered roofs in a variety of EVs, including cars, vans, and buses, enabling users to charge their vehicles directly with clean energy. The companies are teaming up to assess the market, starting with pilot projects for customers from the automotive and public transport sectors.
Solar Power World
JUNE 3, 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. When there isn’t space on the rooftop for a solar array, sometimes installers can look to south-facing walls. Learn about this unique mounting option in this Solar Basics video,… The post Solar Basics: How does wall-mounted solar work?
Inhabitat - Innovation
JUNE 4, 2020
Here are some handy tips to keep your favorite summer fruits and vegetables fresher for longer.
Expert insights. Personalized for you.
522 
Let's personalize your content