DeSmogBlog

MAY 7, 2024

Appearing on the Neil Oliver Show on 14 April, journalist Jasmine Birtles made a series of outlandish claims about climate action leading to mass deaths. states that “alternative viewpoints must be adequately represented either in the programme, or in a series of programmes taken as a whole”.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 2, 2020

He is now appealing for UK and international businesses across every industry, especially those involved in the built environment, to join him in his mission to eradicate the use of plastic on a global scale. The construction sector is the second largest producer of plastic waste in the UK, after packaging. An online workshop programme. ·

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Charged

AUGUST 6, 2021

In Extreme E, we are taking battery technology away from the traditional race circuit and into hostile environments, where humidity, dust, extremes of temperature, shock and vibration will play a huge part and to that end, the batteries have had to be uniquely tailored for the environment,” says Pascoe. “As says Pascoe.

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

Researchers from the University of Glasgow and colleagues took a series of gruelling flights into microgravity to study how the different gravitational pull of other planets could affect the process of electrolysis. To do so, they designed and built an experiment to take into the microgravity environments created during parabolic flights.

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Envirotec Magazine

JULY 14, 2023

By Wendy Furgusson, Associate, Environment and Health, Ramboll With Natural England’s recent changes to planning policy causing a reduction in the number of new homes built from 240,000 a year in 2018-19 to a projected 111,000 by 2025, awareness of nutrient pollution as a problem is becoming more widespread.

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Terra Infirma

APRIL 19, 2023

One of the most influential public engagement events of recent years was the TV series Blue Planet II, presented by the peerless legend David Attenborough, whose evocative imagery of wildlife caught in ocean plastic made people face up to the impacts we have on the natural world. I am all for this tone of engagement.

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GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

Alternatively, an economic system based on the recirculation of resources and the regeneration of natural systems offers a way forward that can work in the long term. This means changing the way businesses see their role in society and, ultimately, transforming the economy. Our current economic model is based on extraction and waste.

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Climate Tech VC

JANUARY 5, 2024

In 2023, a challenging macro environment marked by higher interest rates and a cautious private investment market raised the hurdles for deployment. In 2023, a challenging macro environment marked by higher interest rates and a cautious private investment market raised the hurdles for deployment.

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Hydrogen Fuel News

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

With state-of-the-art electrolysers, the project ventures into uncharted territory, exploring the potential of hydrogen as more than an alternative source but as the next step in energy evolution. This positions the EU as a leader in energy innovation.

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AFN Sustainable Protein

JULY 7, 2022

US-based agtech startup Fyto has raised $15 million in Series A funding for its specialized aquatic “superplants” that can be used for animal feed, food and soil health ingredients. Protein alternatives like plant-based meat and dairy, precision fermentation, and cell-cultured analogues are posited as solutions.

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Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

A new paper from an independent group of climate experts emphasises “the critical importance of a comprehensive financial and regulatory ecosystem incentivising emissions reduction and removal, supported by a properly functioning carbon price.”

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Business Green

JANUARY 27, 2021

The BBC's Winterwatch series has recorded what is thought to be a broadcasting first with the transmission of a 60 minute episode powered entirely by green hydrogen and batteries. This is a superb development for us and the environment, and exactly the kind of thing we want to do more of," he added. tonnes of carbon emissions.

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GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

While the costs of mitigating those risks are hard to quantify, they’re likely much smaller than the costs of doing nothing and facing the alternatives. Take the example of two startups that have raised early-stage funding in the past month, both aimed at predicting some very hard-to-predict futures.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

The study details how shifting to alternative and plant-based proteins, supporting the market for electric two and three 3 wheelers, and providing targeted financial support for a fair and inclusive energy transition are among the highest impact opportunities philanthropic groups can support to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

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GreenBiz

MARCH 1, 2021

Walgreens is a fixture in the United States. About 78 percent of the U.S. population lived within five miles of a Walgreens or Duane Reade store as of August, according to the company. And the company has even more properties under the parent organization, Walgreens Boots Alliance (WBA). You have retailers in the U.K. and your wholesale business.

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Envirotec Magazine

MAY 10, 2021

The Chouara Tannery in Fez, Morocco: Sites at risk of leaking PFAS into the environment include: fluoropolymer manufacturing (i.e., The Chouara Tannery in Fez, Morocco: Sites at risk of leaking PFAS into the environment include: fluoropolymer manufacturing (i.e., Some of these are listed in the image caption, opposite. Why a problem?

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ThinkGeoEnergy

JANUARY 2, 2024

The Shapiro Administration is focused on advancing an energy policy that ensures a diverse and reliable ecosystem of energy resources that protects the environment, creates jobs, and protects consumers. energy states. the naturally occurring heat energy in the Earth’s subsurface.

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The Verge: Energy

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

Slowly, surely, one mote of black dust at a time, tires are leaving their mark on the environment. Those tires contained guayule, part of an agrarian prototype effort from Bridgestone, the supplier of spec tires for that series. Illustration by Nico H. It’s a depressing state of affairs, but there is room for optimism.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

At a virtual meeting held this week, the UN Agency's Marine Environment Protection Committee approved a series of amendments to international shipping pollution regulations which set out how the sector's goal of reducing carbon efficiency of fleets by 40 per cent compared to a 2008 baseline will be enforced.

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Business Green

MARCH 4, 2020

Water firms would also need to roll out electric and alternatively-fuelled vehicles across its road fleets, as well as shifting towards electric-powered construction equipment, the trade body said. The water industry has made an ambitious pledge to achieve net zero carbon by 2030," said Water UK chief executive Christine McGourty.

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Business Green

AUGUST 5, 2021

The government has a golden chance to utilise readily available alternatives to polluting diesel generators, argues AFC Energy CEO Adam Bond. The UK's independent Climate Change Committee recently stated that the UK is struggling to keep pace with climate change impacts. It shouldn't have to be like this however.

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GreenBiz

AUGUST 5, 2020

Due to highly price-competitive environments, upstream supply chain participants have little motivation to invest in improvements. Wed, 08/05/2020 - 01:00. The key to long-term success in the fashion industry is to start trends and continually push the envelope — a philosophy that also applies to its ESG priorities.

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GreenTechMedia

AUGUST 6, 2020

Thursday’s agreement to sell the O&M business was driven by expectations of a more challenging environment for a business that’s seeing increased competition and reduced power purchase agreement (PPA) prices for the utility-scale solar projects it serves, CEO Mark Widmar said during the Tempe, Ariz.

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Envirotec Magazine

JULY 30, 2020

It applies to testing based on techniques specified by a standard reference method (SRM) or an alternative method. In many of these processes, solvents play a major role and the release of VOCs represents a risk to health and the environment. Which Standards apply to the discontinuous measurement of TOC emissions?

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Business Green

AUGUST 12, 2021

This week's flight - which forms part of the Sustainable Aviation Test Environment (SATE) project, led by Highlands and Islands Airports Limited (HIAL) - marks the first time a hybrid aeroplane has operated on a commercial regional airline route. The Electric EEL is easy to fly and we've achieved a total five hours here so far," he added.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

British supermarket giant Sainsbury's has stepped up its climate ambitions with a series of science-based commitments that will see it pledge to reduce its indirect Scope 3 greenhouse gas emissions by 30 per cent by 2030 and slash its direct Scope 1 and 2 emissions to net zero by 2040. By aligning its goals with a 1.5C

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Business Green

AUGUST 31, 2022

With guayule, we can reduce the environmental impacts that come with overseas sourcing while also realising a more sustainable agricultural system for parts of this country that are facing persistent and worsening climate conditions, so it's really something with many benefits for our environment and our economy," he added.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 13, 2020

UK water services firm United Utilities committed yesterday to a series of climate targets aligning the company with the wider UK water industry's newly announced goal of reaching net zero carbon emissions by 2030. The pledge is significant given the firm owns peatland across the Lake District and South Pennines.

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Business Green

JULY 5, 2022

A raft of leading concrete and construction firms have joined forces to launch a major new initiative that aims to deliver 100 per cent net zero emission concrete by 2050, with signatories pledging to meet a series of decarbonisation goals within the coming decade.

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Climate Tech VC

JUNE 30, 2023

As venture capital funding falls across the startup landscape, the dollars flowing into climate tech companies dropped ~40% in the first half of 2023. Investors spent a lot of money in 2021 and 2022. With zero interest rate policy (ZIRP) days in the rearview mirror, deployments of real assets suddenly look real expensive again.

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Grist

MARCH 16, 2021

In order to save the state from sea-level rise, the Louisiana state government is embarking on a series of years-long, multi-billion dollar projects to slow the rate of land loss. Louisiana has never been hard to pinpoint on a map — it’s the only state in the U.S. that looks like a giant boot. This month, the U.S.

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Climate Tech VC

OCTOBER 30, 2023

  In recent weeks, the US and China have been facing off in a metals tug of war through a series of policy jabs. Check out these five costume ideas that make Halloween (and our clean energy future) less spooky.    Thanks for reading! Not a subscriber yet? 💼 Find or share roles on our job board here.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 7, 2020

The vertical farm facility, which is currently under construction just north of Paris, is designed to cultivate mealworm to provide an alternative, lower carbon protein source replacement for animal proteins in the supply chains of fish and livestock farms, as well as for pet food and plant nutrition, Ÿnsect said.

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GreenTechMedia

DECEMBER 4, 2019

The compensation claims stem from a series of retroactive feed-in tariff cuts that started in 2010 and culminated in the complete eradication of the support scheme in 2014. The Spanish administration approved the offer of a 12-year fixed 7.39 percent annual return for plant owners as part of a regulatory overhaul last month.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

The UK company announced yesterday that it plans to use the fresh investment to gear up for series production of its 7.5-19T The UK company announced yesterday that it plans to use the fresh investment to gear up for series production of its 7.5-19T E-truck company Tevva has raised $12.5m

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Climate Tech VC

AUGUST 3, 2023

Finding alternative fuel sources is essential (and tricky) for a few reasons:   Existing infrastructure has been developed to store, transport, and utilize hydrocarbons extracted from the Earth. Reliance on foreign fossil fuels is a national security concern for many countries, and cleaner alternatives could be sourced domestically.

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AFN Sustainable Protein

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

Bernardo Ferreira de Carvalho acknowledges the trend in making “alternative” proteins, like cellular or plant-based meat. Carvalho believes bivalve farming is a viable way to meet the world’s growing demand for protein while minimizing and even alleviating strain on the environment. million Series A funding round to test this thesis.

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