GreenBiz

APRIL 20, 2021

The push to quickly transition carbon-intensive activities away from fossil fuels while meeting the world’s growing energy needs has put electricity producers and consumers squarely in the forefront of the emerging clean economy. Electrification gets down to the wire. Joel Makower. Tue, 04/20/2021 - 02:11. Subscribe here.

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GreenBiz

JULY 27, 2021

It’s time we should be able to explain sustainability to a 5-year-old — in five words or less. There really aren’t many simple definitions of sustainability. This matters because if we want more people to contribute to a sustainable future, they would first need to know what to do, what the goal is. Existing definitions. For example: Only 42.7

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GreenBiz

APRIL 28, 2021

And, whether due to ideology or cynicism, few expected anything more from the business world. And, whether due to ideology or cynicism, few expected anything more from the business world. Wed, 04/28/2021 - 00:05. Not so long ago, business was business. No more words, thanks, give us action and results.

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GreenBiz

APRIL 12, 2021

And the world needs it. Chris Gaither. Mon, 04/12/2021 - 01:15. The other morning, for the 100th consecutive day, I wrote three pages in my notebook. No specific agenda. No writing prompt. Simply three pages, handwritten with my Bic ReAction No. 2 mechanical pencil, about whatever came to mind. One hundred days in a row. But it’s there.

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GreenBiz

MARCH 1, 2021

WBA employs more than 450,000 people in more than 25 countries and during the fiscal year that ended in August, it had sales that added up to $139.5 WBA employs more than 450,000 people in more than 25 countries and during the fiscal year that ended in August, it had sales that added up to $139.5 About 78 percent of the U.S.

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Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 30, 2021

C by the end of the century. C by the end of the century. C as soon as 2030, taking the world into a zone of dangerous climate change. C as soon as 2030, taking the world into a zone of dangerous climate change. license ). This means there is little to no room for manoeuvre, with only a 50% chance of holding the 1.5°C

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GreenTechMedia

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

The Chinese National Energy Administration (NEA) “stunned the world,” according to Wood Mackenzie senior analyst Xiaoyang Li, when it announced total wind and solar capacity additions of 120 gigawatts. had installed up until the end of 2019. Did China really install more wind than the entire rest of the world?

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Envirotec Magazine

JULY 2, 2021

In a study published in the Journal of World Systems Research , Yikang Bai of Washington State University and Jennifer Givens of Utah State University analyzed 11 years of data on the global plastics trade against economic measures for 85 countries. graduate and lead author on the study. graduate and lead author on the study.

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Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 14, 2021

The report by the CEWASTE consortium – led by the Switzerland-based World Resources Forum – says this requirement should apply to certain e-waste categories, including: End-of-life circuit boards, certain magnets in disc drives and electric vehicles, EV and other special battery types, and fluorescent lamps.

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GreenTechMedia

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

According to Global Energy Monitor (GEM) , there are nearly as many planned expansions of oil and gas pipelines in the world today as kilometers of highway in the United States — 212,000 kilometers, to be exact. Justin Guay is director for global climate strategy at the Sunrise Project. * * *.

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Charged

MARCH 1, 2021

Washington may soon become the third US state to fix a date for the end of the Oil Age. Several countries around the world have set deadlines for the end of ICE vehicle sales. The bill will now move on to the House Rules committee to be considered for a floor vote.

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

None of the world’s biggest fossil fuel producers, such as the US, Saudi Arabia and Russia, have joined, and the total oil production of those signed up makes up a small proportion globally. This wording, however, has met resistance from Saudi Arabia, the world’s second largest oil exporter. Beginning of the End of Oil and Gas’.

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Charged

JULY 26, 2021

Elon Musk has often said that Tesla’s production of vehicles is constrained by its supply of battery cells, and in 2020 he made a plea to the world’s mining companies: I gotta have more nickel ! Contrary to popular belief, the most important mineral in EV batteries may not be lithium, but nickel. or words to that effect).

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Renewable Energy World

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

By Laureen Peck, CMO, Solar Energy World. You could end up paying 20-30% less for your electricity once your system is turned on. Plus, you could end up paying nothing for your electricity. The truth is, not everyone qualifies for solar. Millions more are planning to get a solar system installed this year. Not really.

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Renewable Energy World

MARCH 5, 2021

Australia has the highest proportion of household photovoltaic (PV) systems in the world, with more than 21 percent of homes — or around 2.59 A University of South Australia researcher is helping establish a lifetime stewardship scheme to manage renewable energy waste from solar panels. by Sezen Bakan, The Lead, Australia.

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Solar Power World

JANUARY 5, 2021

Most of those resolutions will be forgotten by the end of January, not surviving contact with the reality of whatever the year will bring.… … The post Bouncing forward in 2021: Assess your talent for the new year appeared first on Solar Power World. .…

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Renewable Energy World

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

DNV’s fifth annual Energy Transition Outlook comes two months before COP26 , the climate summit of world leaders, in Glasgow. DNV’s fifth annual Energy Transition Outlook comes two months before COP26 , the climate summit of world leaders, in Glasgow. But DNV CEO Remi Eriksen estimates the world will reach the 1.5°C

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

Wales, France, Ireland, Denmark, and Costa Rica are among a group of national and subnational governments to this afternoon launch a pioneering alliance of actors who are "determined" to set an end date for oil and gas exploration and extraction. California and New Zealand are also joining the initiative as associate members.

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Charged

JUNE 16, 2021

Fiat had already announced plans to electrify 60% of its lineup by the end of 2021. Even then, we were already aware that the world could not take any more compromises. The legacy auto brands are going electric one by one. No turnaround has been more dramatic than the one at Fiat. This will be a radical change for Fiat.”.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 22, 2021

BREAKING: Ahead of COP26 US, EU, Japan, Canada, Australia, Turkey, and others join UK in ending export credit support for most polluting projects. The OECD said the terms of the ban cover all officially supported export credits and tied aid for: new coal?fired

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Charged

MARCH 22, 2021

We’re ending the Tesla subsidy. This sends the wrong message to the consumer, especially private customers, and to an industry challenged to meet the government’s ambition to be a world leader in the transition to zero-emission mobility,” said SMMT chief executive Mike Hawes. The plug-in car grant was introduced a decade ago.

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Impact Alpha

MAY 17, 2021

The post The Brief: Investing in women of the world, digitizing vintage clothing, scrutinizing carbon offsets and income-share agreements, ending unsustainable subsidies appeared first on Impact Alpha. Greetings, Agents of Impact! Women are not waiting to.

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Charged

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

billion as of year-end, compared to $6.3 billion at the end of 2019); and plausible plans for steady increases in production (an estimated 50% annual increase). billion as of year-end, compared to $6.3 billion at the end of 2019); and plausible plans for steady increases in production (an estimated 50% annual increase).

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Business Green

JULY 12, 2021

New tracker from MSCI warns that based on current emissions world's publicly listed companies will burn through carbon budget before the end of the decade. It found that the world's listed companies collectively emit 10.9 The report calculates that in order to keep within the 1.5C

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Grist

JULY 20, 2021

Governments across the world have been too slow in reducing greenhouse gas emissions and global warming continues apace,” Fowler said. Governments across the world have been too slow in reducing greenhouse gas emissions and global warming continues apace,” Fowler said.

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 6, 2021

GLASGOW, SCOTLAND — Thousands of protestors marched through Glasgow today to demand action from world leaders and polluting companies, as the COP26 UN climate summit moves into its second week. Organisers say over 100,000 people joined the protests, with 300 other demonstrations taking place around the world. We refuse to leave.

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Grist

JULY 6, 2021

Some 56 million years ago, just after the Paleocene epoch gave way to the Eocene, the world suddenly warmed. It is a story repeated throughout the fossil record: When the climate changes, so does the arrangement of the world’s plants. She studies how the PETM’s sudden warmth affected plants.

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Charged

JULY 14, 2021

The unprecedented global growth of electric motor technology, especially within the automotive sector, brings a whole new set of component reliability expectations to manufacturers and end users. Sponsored by Marposs. This new trend has implications on the quality control and the process control requests of the production chain.

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Charged

JANUARY 11, 2021

The automaker’s vision is that electric, autonomous vehicles can enable a world with “zero crashes, zero emissions and zero congestion.”. GM’s electric efforts are more than just talk—the company plans to invest $27 billion in electrification and autonomy, and to launch 30 new EVs (not all of them for China) by the end of 2025.

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Grist

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

The researchers set out to estimate how much of the world’s fossil fuel reserves must remain in the ground in order to limit global warming to 1.5 The researchers set out to estimate how much of the world’s fossil fuel reserves must remain in the ground in order to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 degrees Celsius (2.7

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Renewable Energy World

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

The world’s largest experimental nuclear fusion reactor is in development in Provence, southern France. The Manhattan Project to develop the world’s first nuclear weapon lasted for 6 years. The biggest problem with nuclear fission is the storage of dangerous radioactive end products. WHAT IS NUCLEAR FUSION?

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

It also pledged to completely end underwriting of thermal coal projects by 2030 in wealthy countries and by 2040 in the rest of the world, unless companies seeking cover had independently approved science-based emissions reduction targets in place.

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Charged

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

Set to become widespread across the world, this form of calibrated energy delivery will give consumers confidence in the amount of energy they purchase to power their EVs,” says ABB. When the state of California proposed such a standard in early 2019, industry stakeholders pushed back , asking for more time to iron out the details.

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Renewable Energy World

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

The project is expected to be operational by end 2022 and is part of overall efforts to reduce CO 2 emissions from thermal power generation by replacing the local grid’s dependence on fossil fuels and other energy sources. Turboden S.p.A., and Indonesia.

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Business Green

JUNE 9, 2021

Every one of the G7's leading stock indexes are aligned with climate pathways that shoot far beyond the temperature limits of the Paris Agreement, with more than half on a "dangerous" trajectory for 3C or more of global warming by the end of the century, a stark new analysis today shows.

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Grist

AUGUST 12, 2021

degrees Fahrenheit, a threshold the IPCC advised the world’s nations to avoid crossing as recently as 2018 — is guaranteed to arrive within two short decades. It looks a lot like the world we’re living in now, but worse, says Daniel Swain, a climate scientist and science communicator at the University of California, Los Angeles. “A

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DeSmogBlog

MAY 12, 2021

The government is paying companies billions in public money to extract every last drop of oil from the North Sea when it should be focusing on decarbonising the UK economy, meeting its international climate obligations and setting an example to the world as host of the UN Climate Summit in November.”. “The Whole World Is Watching’.

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