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Celebrating 10 female leaders in sustainability

GreenBiz

Celebrating 10 female leaders in sustainability. Heather Clancy. Fri, 05/21/2021 - 01:30. "Lift while you climb.". That was just one powerful message delivered last week by keynote speaker Kaye Husband Fealing, dean of the Ivan Allen College College of Liberal Arts at Georgia Institute of Technology, during a virtual ceremony celebrating diverse, female leadership in the sustainability profession.

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Insights from the zebrafish could help humans reach Mars

Envirotec Magazine

Studying the zebrafish could advance efforts to reach Mars, say researchers, by understanding how a form of hibernation, known as induced torpor (a state of reduced metabolic activity) may provide radio-protective effects. The fish is a type of freshwater minnow, native to South Asia and a popular aquarium fish. Hibernation is a physiological condition found in many species that protects them against harsh conditions, such as food scarcity and low environmental temperatures.

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Just 20 companies create half the world's single-use plastic waste

Inhabitat - Innovation

Approximately 50% of all single-use plastic waste originates from just 20 companies, according to a recent study. The study also took a holistic look at the plastics industry supply chain, including those that make polymers and other building blocks for plastic production.

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Energy Talk: Western Balkans: from coal to clean? (free)

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Fostering the transition towards cleaner and renewable energy sources is crucial for Western Balkans, a region highly dependent on coal. Not only are there untapped opportunities in the region, due to windy locations, sunny days and, in some countries, a large hydropower potential, but there is also increasing interest from foreign investors and financiers in renewable energy.

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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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Outdoor gear company Arc'teryx flies toward a circular economy

GreenBiz

Outdoor gear company Arc'teryx flies toward a circular economy. Deonna Anderson. Wed, 05/19/2021 - 10:14. In the front yard of the Coast Mountains in North Vancouver, Canada, Arc’teryx, an outdoor clothing and climbing gear company, is building a circular economy. Now, it’s ready to share more of that story with its customers, who spend time climbing, hiking and skiing in those mountains and peaks in other parts of the world.

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Sustainability Marketing: How to Authentically Convey your Company’s Green Commitments and Avoid Greenwashing

Green Business Bureau

Sustainability Marketing. Sustainable marketing starts with the eco friendly development and delivery of products and services and then sharing your commitment to sustainability transparently and honestly with your employees, customers and partners. When considering how to convey your commitments to your stakeholders, it is important to understand the right and wrong way to do so.

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Tyrrells Crisps set to reduce carbon emissions by over 14% with switch to LNG

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One of the UK’s largest potato crisp manufacturers, Tyrrells, has taken its latest step in a continued sustainability drive by converting its energy supply to liquefied natural gas (LNG) which will reduce its carbon emissions by over 14% per year.

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Why needless growth isn’t needed

GreenBiz

Why needless growth isn’t needed. Emily Chasan. Thu, 05/20/2021 - 02:00. "Stop investing in companies that explore for needless new drilling sites — they’re wasting their money and ours." That’s what Deborah Silvey, president of Fossil Free California, told the board of CalPERS, the largest U.S. public pension fund, at a meeting more than two years ago.

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Low-Speed Zones Save Lives. How Do You Design an Effective One?

The City Fix

As the COVID-19 pandemic has altered urban landscapes and pushed many people toward active mobility, there’s increased urgency to make roads safer for walking and cycling. Many cities are now tasked with protecting more vulnerable users in addition to creating. Continue reading on TheCityFix.com.

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3D-printed e-bike wins 2021 international Green Product Award

Inhabitat - Innovation

Germany-based bicycle manufacturer Urwahn Bikes has created a bike frame made entirely of 3D-printed steel. Known as Urwahn Platzhirsch, the minimalist commuter bicycle is already racking up awards, including the international Green Product Award in 2021.

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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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Warren Controls Announces ILEA 2900E Series Electrically Actuated Valves

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Warren Controls announces its ILEA 2900E Series of electrically actuated, industrial globe-control valves.

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2021 kicks off with record growth for clean energy in the US

Renewable Energy World

The Clean Power Quarterly Market Report, released last week by the American Clean Power Association (ACP), shows that U.S. project developers installed nearly 40 percent more wind power in the first three months of 2021 than in the first three months of 2020, the strongest year ever for clean power. This amount of development also represents nearly three times the amount of wind added to the U.S. grid in the first quarter of 2019.

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Unique alternatives to rooftop solar for small-scale installations

Solar Power World

Rooftops aren’t the only place to harvest a few kilowatts of solar power for smaller energy applications. Homes with yards or in off-grid locations can use the soil underfoot or south-facing walls to mount some solar panels. Solar mounting manufacturers offer a number of alternatives for homeowners looking for a different kind of installation. Pole… The post Unique alternatives to rooftop solar for small-scale installations appeared first on Solar Power World.

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Eco-conscious hotels are changing the way people travel

Inhabitat - Innovation

Travel is a great way to enjoy new experiences, but it can also leave behind a big carbon footprint. With an eye toward the future, New York is leading the way with eco-conscious hotels aimed at providing sustainable travel solutions.

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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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LevelTen Energy Launches Renewable Energy Asset Marketplace Amid Booming Demand for Wind and Solar Energy

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LevelTen Asset Marketplace Brings More Liquidity to the Market, Aiming to Catalyze Sales of Wind and Solar Projects as Supply Struggles to Meet Demand

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Google’s turn to geothermal renews interest in 100-year-old clean tech

Impact Alpha

ImpactAlpha, May 20 – Geothermal energy taps the heat generated from the earth’s molten core to heat homes and businesses and drive turbines. The post Google’s turn to geothermal renews interest in 100-year-old clean tech appeared first on Impact Alpha.

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Study: Climate change to blame for $8 billion of Hurricane Sandy damages

Grist

There is a universe in which Hurricane Sandy didn’t create quite so much devastation back in 2012; where the waters, which surged deep into subway tunnels and left parts of New York City in the dark for days, left some parts of the tri-state area unscathed. And that universe, according to scientists, is one without climate change. Superstorm Sandy destroyed half a million homes, killed 159 people, and caused $62.5 billion in damages.

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UK plastic waste is being exported to and burned in Turkey

Inhabitat - Innovation

Approximately 40% of the U.K.'s plastic waste was sent to Turkey last year, according to a Greenpeace U.K. report.

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McKinstry Expands National Footprint with Opening of Southeast HQ Office in Atlanta

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McKinstry, a Seattle-based national energy services and construction firm, has expanded into the Southeast with the opening of a new office in Atlanta. In addition, the company has hired Marcus Craig, a 20-year veteran of the energy services industry in this region, to serve McKinstry's existing clients and grow its presence in the Southeast.

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Five new DC fast charging hubs planned for convenience stores in central New York state

Charged

The Mirabito convenience store chain plans to install DC fast charging hubs at five locations in central New York. The five hubs, which are to go into service by this fall, will offer a total of 19 chargers. The project is part of the New York Power Authority’s EVolve NY charging network, which will be expanded to 150 chargers across the state by the end of 2021.

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When the utilities left him stranded, a homeowner went off-grid with solar + storage

Solar Power World

Many homeowners might have given up and bought a different home when faced with the utility hassle that landowner Derrick Zearley experienced. Instead, he looked to solar + storage to avoid interconnection altogether. Zearley purchased land located on a boundary of two utility territories in Anderson County, South Carolina — Duke Energy and its energy… The post When the utilities left him stranded, a homeowner went off-grid with solar + storage appeared first on Solar Power World.

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Cargo ships' exhaust purification systems are polluting the oceans

Inhabitat - Innovation

Waste from the exhaust cleaning systems, also known as "scrubbers", is dumped close to ocean shores.

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Cornwall Insight PPA Market share survey | Increased interest and competition boost market

altenergymag

The Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) market for renewable assets continues to be highly competitive, according to the latest survey results from Cornwall Insight's PPA insight service. In fact, the PPA market for renewable generation assets has seen a significant rise in the £/MWh value achieved by generators, particularly in the short-term market (deals 1 - 3 years in length).

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The Reconstruction: Patience Marime-Ball on driving change by changing who controls capital

Impact Alpha

ImpactAlpha, May 17 — Women are not waiting to be saved. Women are doing the saving. That’s the mantra of Patience Marime-Ball, who. The post The Reconstruction: Patience Marime-Ball on driving change by changing who controls capital appeared first on Impact Alpha.

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How EVs can advance environmental justice

Renewable Energy World

Andrea Marpillero-Colomina , The New School. The global auto industry has begun a historic shift from gas- and diesel-fueled cars to electric vehicles. President Biden’s infrastructure plan seeks to speed up this transition by requesting billions of dollars to modernize the electric grid and build 500,000 electric vehicle charging stations. Evidence shows that many Americans are eager to transition to EVs and participate in a clean energy economy.

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Discarded face masks and plastic become 24-foot spinning dome

Inhabitat - Innovation

New York City-based architecture firm SLO Architecture is finding a purpose for discarded face masks with a concept it's calling Turntable.

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Iron Edison Partners with Wholesale Electric Caribe in Puerto Rico

altenergymag

Iron Edison is excited to announce that it has partnered with Wholesale Electric Caribe, LLC to distribute the RE-Volt Battery in Puerto Rico and throughout the Caribbean.

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Bitcoin’s energy consumption has crypto investors seeking green alternatives

Impact Alpha

ImpactAlpha, May 18 – Elon Musk sent the cryptocurrency world reeling last week when he backpedaled on Tesla’s offer to accept Bitcoin as payment. The post Bitcoin’s energy consumption has crypto investors seeking green alternatives appeared first on Impact Alpha.

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Meet the startup producing oil to fight climate change

Grist

Shaun Meehan was burned out. It had been about a year and a half since he left his job at an aerospace company to found a clean energy startup in San Francisco with three of his friends, but the path to success he’d once envisioned had crumbled. Sitting in their tiny conference room, nicknamed the “Pineapple Room” for a tropical rug that covered the floor, in the summer of 2019, he and his co-founders faced their primary investor to deliver a grim update.

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A vision for an island made of plastic waste in the ocean

Inhabitat - Innovation

An ambitious project will use plastic waste in the ocean to build a new island with a beautiful hotel and spaces for all visitors to enjoy.

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Panasonic Enhances Solar Options for Homeowners with Additional EverVolt® Modules and Optimized Battery Storage Design

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New Higher Efficiency EverVolt Modules include 360W to 380W; Redesigned EverVolt Battery Storage Cabinet Now Features Smaller Footprint

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Ulu Ventures raises $138 million to invest in diverse early-stage founders

Impact Alpha

ImpactAlpha, May 18 — Alto, Palto-based Ulu Ventures has raised $138 million for its third fund to invest in startups led by women, The post Ulu Ventures raises $138 million to invest in diverse early-stage founders appeared first on Impact Alpha.

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Canada has a once-in-generation opportunity to be a global battery leader if we act now: industry stakeholders

Clean Energy Canada

OTTAWA — As Canada’s largest trading partners transform their economies to be cleaner and more competitive, one aspect of that shift is clear: batteries will be the engines of the modern world. Canada has a once-in-generation opportunity to establish itself as a major player in the global battery sector, according to a new Clean Energy Canada report reflecting the opinions of stakeholders across the electric vehicle supply chain, including General Motors Canada, Lion Electric, the Mining Associa

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Forests the size of France have been restored in the past 20 years

Inhabitat - Innovation

More than 59 million hectares of forests have been restored since the year 2000.

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