Jim Conca
SEPTEMBER 10, 2019
Given our inability to reduce worldwide GHG emissions, should we try to reflect heat back into space? It’s called Solar Geoengineering and would give us the breathing room to cut fossil fuels on a more likely time scale. We’ve been studying it for decades and we know that it works.
GreenBiz
SEPTEMBER 7, 2019
Cowless meat, chickenless eggs and ?shless seafood — oh my.
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Eco-Business
SEPTEMBER 10, 2019
Other gases like methane, nitrous oxide and hydrofluorocarbons also contribute to heating up our atmosphere. What is the China doing to limit its non-carbon dioxide pollutants?
GreenBiz
SEPTEMBER 13, 2019
It took more than three years of experimentation with industrial byproducts to hit on the right formula.
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.
Inhabitat - Innovation
SEPTEMBER 11, 2019
Scientists in the Netherlands have developed a solar concentrator that looks and acts like a leaf. By putting chemicals in the artificial leaf’s microchannels, which resemble the veins on a real leaf, and exposing it to sunlight, solar reactions create medicine. “Depending on the choice of chemicals, almost any kind of medicine can be created in a fast and sustainable way,” promises a video on the Eindhoven University of Technology’s website.
Solar Power World
SEPTEMBER 9, 2019
California Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law last week financial protections for consumer investments in rooftop solar energy. The law, AB 1208 authored by Assemblymember Phil Ting (D-San Francisco), extends a prohibition on cities and counties taxing the energy generated by rooftop solar panels for use by homeowners and businesses. “We applaud Governor Newsom and… The post California passes law that prevents cities from taxing energy generated by solar rooftop projects appeared first
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DeSmogBlog
SEPTEMBER 11, 2019
Read time: 6 mins Drivers of electric cars are being unfairly punished by punitive fees in several states, according to a newly published analysis by Consumer Reports. Legislators in 26 states have enacted or proposed special registration fees for electric vehicles ( EV s) that the consumer advocacy group found to be more expensive than the gas taxes paid by the driver of an average new gasoline vehicle.
GreenBiz
SEPTEMBER 9, 2019
Although the global economy is increasingly wrapped in plastic, companies of all sizes are dramatically reducing their use of it.
Jim Conca
SEPTEMBER 12, 2019
Slowly releasing Fukushima tritium-contaminated water into the Pacific Ocean is a very good idea. No other radioactive elements are in the water and tritium just isn’t very radioactive - it self-dilutes in water really quickly, even in our bodies, making it impossible to harm anyone or anything.
Inhabitat - Innovation
SEPTEMBER 13, 2019
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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.
GreenTechMedia
SEPTEMBER 11, 2019
The commonly held view that lithium-ion batteries are not being recycled is not true. It’s just that China has pretty much cornered the market, experts say. China recycled around 67,000 tons of lithium-ion batteries last year, or 69 percent of all the stock available for recycling worldwide, according to Hans Eric Melin, founder of U.K.-based Circular Energy Storage.
GreenBiz
SEPTEMBER 10, 2019
We need to promote natural “green” infrastructure such as forests, wetlands, and urban green spaces that can reduce risks from natural disasters.
Envirotec Magazine
SEPTEMBER 12, 2019
Venting storage tanks is essential for safety and reliability but is a practice that has long been poorly understood and regulated, according to tanks expert Assentech. The specification and maintenance of critical components here – breather valves – often falls short of what’s required, and tank leakage is a widespread problem. But change appears to be afoot, as Envirotec discovered.
Inhabitat - Innovation
SEPTEMBER 12, 2019
The call for environmental awareness and action has been given a new voice in a visually stunning art installation that just opened its doors in New York City. Entitled Arcadia Earth, the temporary art exhibition immerses guests in a multi-sensory journey spotlighting pressing ecological issues—such as overfishing, plastic pollution, food waste, deforestation, and climate change—with vivid artworks designed with upcycled and reusable materials.
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.
DeSmogBlog
SEPTEMBER 12, 2019
Read time: 8 mins A fracked natural gas well in northwest Louisiana has been burning for two weeks after suffering a blowout. A state official said the fire will likely burn for the next month before the flames can be brought under control by drilling a relief well.
GreenBiz
SEPTEMBER 13, 2019
State lawmakers this year made it easier to get renewables in some parts of the country, but others gutted clean energy expansion.
Forbes Green Tech
SEPTEMBER 9, 2019
The corporate market for renewable energy is set to break new records, thanks to falling prices, new financial instruments and the spread of the energy transition to transportation and HVAC. Markets such as China and Japan are set to see policy changes that will help markets there take off.
Inhabitat - Innovation
SEPTEMBER 9, 2019
With their grown children living in different parts of North America, Indiana-based couple John and Pat Troth sought a retreat where they could bring their nature-loving family together in one place. To that end, the couple asked Seattle-based architectural firm Wittman Estes to transform a midcentury cabin in Washington’s Hood Canal into a getaway that would immerse their family into the coastal forest.
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?
Impact Alpha
SEPTEMBER 9, 2019
ImpactAlpha, Sept. 9 – Japan is staking out a leadership position in sustainable investing. Sustainable investing assets under management quadrupled from 2016 to 2018 to 18% of managed assets. Japan is now the third-largest center for sustainable investing, after Europe and the U.S. The $1.6 trillion Government Pension Investment Fund, led by Hiro Mizuno, has The post Japanese investors push to take impact investing mainstream appeared first on ImpactAlpha.
GreenBiz
SEPTEMBER 10, 2019
As with so many climate-related topics, the hypothetical is rapidly turning into the hypercritical.
Charged
SEPTEMBER 10, 2019
Two pioneers of ultra-fast charging infrastructure recently got together for a symbolic event to inaugurate a new era of faster charging. As part of the festivities for the Porsche Taycan’s global launch event , Electrify America and Porsche celebrated “the first time the Electrify America DC fast charging network was used nearly to its full potential.”.
Inhabitat - Innovation
SEPTEMBER 13, 2019
Before you prove your loyalty to the iconic autumnal beverage, consider the effects your morning brew might have on the environment and your health, from the ingredients to the delivery.
Impact Alpha
SEPTEMBER 9, 2019
ImpactAlpha, September 9 – Cooks Venture launched in April to provide consumers with better quality meat through the climate-friendly practice of “regenerative agriculture.” Unlike industrial livestock, poultry and crop farming, regenerative farming can have a positive environmental impact because it relies on a balanced ecosystem of animals and crops that nourish each other.
GreenBiz
SEPTEMBER 12, 2019
Properly designed and managed using sustainable landscape strategies, outdoor areas can help communities significantly.
Forbes Green Tech
SEPTEMBER 9, 2019
Tesla's mission is not to sell cars, or even to sell batteries, it goes much further. Its mission is to anticipate the future, a much better future, and to make it easier for us to think about how to get there.
Inhabitat - Innovation
SEPTEMBER 12, 2019
While in-the-know vegetarians have navigated Taco Bell’s menu for years, the fast food chain is moving plant-based food to the forefront with an official vegetarian section on its menu.
Charged
SEPTEMBER 12, 2019
The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) has granted $15 million to Evie Networks to develop the largest ultra-fast EV charging network on Australian highways, helping to support the first phase of a planned $50.2-million intercity highway charging network. Forty-two charging sites powered by renewable energy will be installed at service centers connecting Adelaide, Melbourne, Canberra, Sydney and Brisbane.
GreenBiz
SEPTEMBER 11, 2019
It's not impossible to get consumers to shift away from meat. Here are five strategies.
Grist
SEPTEMBER 10, 2019
To avoid the worst consequences of global warming, report after report has stressed the importance of cutting emissions. But with unusually intense weather events wreaking havoc all over the world — from Hurricane Dorian in the Bahamas to heat waves in Europe — new findings suggest that the world needs to devote an equally urgent effort to adapt to the changes that are already on the horizon.
Inhabitat - Innovation
SEPTEMBER 12, 2019
On Tuesday, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a move to "aggressively reduce animal testing" and to stop funding mammal tests by 2035.
Impact Alpha
SEPTEMBER 12, 2019
“Creating Impact,” ImpactAlpha’s series of articles on impact media, is sponsored by Upstart Co-Lab, a national collaboration connecting artists with social entrepreneurs, impact investors, social enterprises and sustainable companies. ImpactAlpha, September 12 – Movie makers and video game producers have what mission-driven investors want: impact at scale.
GreenBiz
SEPTEMBER 12, 2019
The industry that's bigger than agriculture and retail can incentivize regenerative land management practices.
Charged
SEPTEMBER 11, 2019
UPS is an electrification pioneer – the company has invested over $1 billion in alternative fuel projects since 2009, and currently has more than 10,000 alternative fuel vehicles in its global fleet. The logistics giant has teamed up with TEVVA Motors to develop a new class of electric delivery vehicles that addresses a particular problem: many cities in Europe plan to institute “clean air zones,” within which deliveries must be made by zero-emission vehicles.
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