Charged

JUNE 15, 2020

This contains some interesting statistical tidbits which, taken together, indicate that post-crisis, EV leadership is likely to shift to Europe. 2 per km was instituted a decade ago, but as T&E notes, automakers delayed compliance as long as they reasonably could, and only started making substantial clean-tech investments in 2019.

Europe 100

Europe Fossil fuels Transportation Investment 100

GreenBiz

JUNE 3, 2021

Climate tech startups, and investments into them, are growing. In 2020, investments into early stage climate tech companies topped $60 billion and grew at a faster rate than all VC investments from 2013 to 2019. Accelerate is a fast pitch competition featuring startups across the circular economy value chain. Courtesy of.

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Startups Carbon-negative Waste Waste 494

Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 2, 2023

These criteria include biodiversity impact, pollution impact, carbon impact, readiness level, costs, trade-offs and scalability. While there is a way to go to reverse the decline, this shift is gaining momentum following regulatory change such as the EU Nature Restoration Law in July 2023, and greater investment in nature-based solutions.

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Sea level rise Biodiversity Climate change Carbon 318

Smart Energy International

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

The past week has been a key period for investment decisions, pleas and pledges within the financial community. At the same time, the European Investment Bank (EIB) released its 7th annual investment survey, breaking down how firms have been faring in the energy space in the midst of the continuing effects of the war in Ukraine.

Investment 64

Investment Energy Energy Carbon-negative 64

Business Green

OCTOBER 5, 2022

UK-based plastic recycling innovator Mura Technology has secured a further "multi-million-dollar" injection from global chemicals giant Dow to support the firms' plans to construct multiple advanced recycling facilities across the US and Europe.

Plastics 68

Plastics Recycling Recycling Innovation 68

DeSmogBlog

JULY 21, 2023

‘Next Steps for Levelling Up’ The NRG claims that its goal is to “pressure government for greater investment in the north”. The group’s former chair, Jake Berry MP, was previously the Northern Powerhouse minister, a role which focused on boosting economic investment in the north of England.

Government 85

Government Pollution Politics Packaging 85

DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 7, 2021

Just over half of all directors at 30 of the world’s largest insurance companies have affiliations to polluting companies and organisations, reveals an investigation by DeSmog, including several individuals holding senior roles at some of the world’s largest energy companies. The first risk is what we call transition risk,” Shrago said.

Pollution 98

Pollution Fossil fuels Climate change Aviation 98

Business Green

MARCH 29, 2023

UK-based private jets emitted half a million tonnes of CO2 in 2022, the most in Europe, as new research slams the continent's most 'carbon intense' flights UK-based private jets clocked up their busiest year to date in 2022 with the total number of flights soaring by 75 per cent versus 2021, according to a new analysis commissioned by Greenpeace.

Pollution 40

Pollution Aviation Transportation Europe 40

Envirotec Magazine

MAY 25, 2023

“Over nine races across Europe, our fleet of Mercedes-Benz Actros trucks, which transport all the freight required for each race, will refuel with HVO100, a second-generation biofuel. It also produces less NOx and particulate pollution than conventional fuels.

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Logistics Europe Sustainability Transportation 246

Clean Energy Canada

JANUARY 12, 2021

VANCOUVER — Most British Columbians would like to see the provincial government invest in clean energy rather than LNG as it begins its new term, while a strong majority think the province should prioritize combating climate change, according to a new survey from Stratcom and Clean Energy Canada. Only 9% disagree.

Investment 104

Investment Energy Energy Climate change 104

GreenBiz

JUNE 30, 2021

The foundation hopes that by accomplishing this in four regions — the United States, China, India and Europe — enough global momentum will be achieved to stop the heating of the atmosphere. In the past, the strategy was around minimizing pollution through reducing the demand for miles, energy and engine efficiency, and mobility pricing.

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Transportation Europe Electric vehicle Climate change 435

DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 18, 2021

Bank bosses due to attend a green investment summit tomorrow head institutions which have provided over £700 billion of financing for the fossil fuel industry since the 2015 Paris Agreement, including £129 billion in 2020 alone. . The amounts include high levels of funding in coal, the most polluting fossil fuel.

Fossil fuels 98

Fossil fuels Investment Pollution Global warming 98

Business Green

OCTOBER 26, 2020

Companies targeted by the campaign span a number of polluting sectors, including oil and gas, consumer goods, power and transportation and have been identified as "systematically important" to the net zero transition by the campaign.

Pollution 101

Pollution Climate change Policy Global warming 101

The Environmental Blog

OCTOBER 18, 2023

Continuous growth is helping, in part, to alleviate its pollution problems, although it will need to invest more money in this type of source to be able to truly reduce them. By consistently investing in wind infrastructure and technology, China has become the global leader in wind energy production. Spain produces 60.46

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Wind power Energy Energy Climate change 195

Business Green

JULY 4, 2022

BNP Paribas Asset Management has calculated that its investments are potentially responsible for the degradation of nature in an area equivalent to roughly five times the size of London each year. From there, it calculated its own headline biodiversity footprint. From there, it calculated its own headline biodiversity footprint.

Biodiversity 68

Biodiversity Investment Energy Monitor Building Energy Monitoring 68

Charged

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Vehicle OEMs are investing large sums to advance the transition to electric vehicles, even as they lobby governments to water down the emissions regulations that are forcing that transition. In 2022, the same three companies agreed to jointly invest some $550 million to build and operate a public charging network for heavy-duty EVs in Europe.

North America 116

North America Education Europe Construction 116

GreenTechMedia

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

The European Investment Bank (EIB) will stop backing fossil fuel energy projects in 2021, except those using carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology or offsets to cancel out their emissions. “The EU bank has been Europe’s climate bank for many years.

Investment 100

Investment Carbon-neutral Natural gas Fossil fuels 100

Envirotec Magazine

JANUARY 23, 2023

In the worst cases, it can lead to the release of untreated wastewater into the environment and pollution of rivers and seas. It also increases the risk of cross-contamination of drinking water, where polluted water from the environment enters through faults in clean water pipes. tonnes of excessive carbon emissions.

Energy Monitor 246

Energy Monitor Business Energy Monitoring Building Energy Monitoring Stormwater 246

GreenTechMedia

MARCH 19, 2020

Europe, Asia and beyond. These areas are regulatory reform, evolution of market models, the scale of grid edge investment around electrification, and de-risking grid edge investment. Heating electrification is picking up steam in Europe and parts of Asia as decarbonization and pollution-reduction efforts are tipping the scales.

Building Energy Monitoring 218

Building Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor Home Energy Monitoring Solar Energy Monitor 218

Business Green

JANUARY 19, 2023

From its source in the Pindos Mountains in north-west Greece to its meeting with the Adriatic Sea in Albania, the Vjosa river flows uninterrupted for more than 270 kilometres, making it the longest free-flowing river in Europe outside of Russia. But the picture is much more complicated.

Europe 68

Europe Business Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor Hydropower 68

DeSmogBlog

JANUARY 25, 2022

The European Union’s scientific and political communities are locked in a battle over whether gas and nuclear can be considered green investments. It’s a “green investment guidebook,” said Henry Eviston, spokesperson on sustainable finance at WWF European Policy Office. But this didn’t suit everyone. An Unholy Alliance’.

Investment 94

Investment Sustainability Fossil fuels Carbon-neutral 94

Smart Energy International

OCTOBER 10, 2023

The European Commission has adopted two final pillars under its Fit for 55 legislative package, setting in place legally binding climate targets across sectors and prioritising the shift away from polluting vehicles as soon as possible. It is also agreed that Europe will aim to reach 45% of renewables in the EU energy mix by 2030.

Aviation 59

Aviation Europe Packaging Pollution 59

Business Green

MAY 27, 2020

A sweeping €1.85tr stimulus strategy to rebuild Europe's economy from the wreckage of the coronavirus crisis has been unveiled by the European Commission today, promising a green infrastructure spending blitz to help put the continent on a path towards net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. This is Europe's moment," she said.

Investment 99

Investment Packaging Carbon-neutral Europe 99

Smart Energy International

JUNE 1, 2022

Global technology company, ABB, has invested €700,000 ($750,000) to create a test facility to energise medium-voltage (MV) switchgear, which will be the first of its type in Europe. The chamber will simulate harsh climatic site conditions, from lows of minus 50 °C to temperature highs of up to 80 °C as well as pollution conditions.

Pollution 98

Pollution Resilience Europe Technology 98

Business Green

APRIL 4, 2023

It also reiterates Defra's previously announced plans to channel the proceeds of all fines recouped from water companies directly into a Water Restoration Fund which will invest in projects that enhance water quality and resources.

Pollution 36

Pollution Energy Monitor Plastics Government 36

GreenBiz

OCTOBER 6, 2020

In fact, in Europe and the United States, more people die of heat waves than from all other natural disasters combined. Air pollution, tall buildings, building materials, lack of green spaces and wind all contribute to trapping heat from the sun, traffic and industry and result in the creation of Urban Heat Islands (UHI).

Resilience 444

Resilience Climate change Cooling Smart Cities 444

Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

alive without the electric utilities sector moving more quickly away from polluting fossil fuels to renewable energy. But despite promising progress, too few companies are investing in technologies and building the grid flexibility needed to ramp up renewables and retire fossil fuels.”

Fossil fuels 147

Fossil fuels Electricity Energy Energy 147

Business Green

OCTOBER 21, 2020

Reversing tropical forest loss, which pumps nearly one tenth of all human-caused carbon pollution into the atmosphere each year, is essential if the world is to avoid the most dangerous climate change impacts. The UK and other donors could provide capital that makes these investments less risky.

Europe 73

Europe Carbon-neutral Carbon Agriculture 73

DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

European Union officials have opened talks with the Nigerian government to increase flows of fossil fuels into Europe, according to a report by Don’t Gas Africa. What’s so galling is that 89 percent of the liquified natural gas infrastructure being built in Africa is to export to Europe to bail them out of their addiction to Russian gas.

Africa 87

Africa Natural gas Fossil fuels Europe 87

Business Green

MAY 15, 2020

MEPs have called on the European Commission deliver a "massive" €2tr coronavirus recovery fund next week that prioritises the proposed Green Deal agenda to transform Europe into the world's first net zero continent by 2050.

Packaging 101

Packaging Demand Carbon-neutral Europe 101

Smart Energy International

AUGUST 12, 2022

This edition of Smart Energy Finance (SEF) Weekly sees companies across Europe dealing in different ways with the energy and bills crises that have been plaguing the continent as a result of the war in Ukraine. The name change reportedly serves as a signal to the market to secure the energy supply in Germany and Europe. EIB in Austria.

Energy 111

Energy Energy Europe Investment 111

Business Green

MARCH 29, 2022

Banking giant Barclays and venture capital firm Clean Growth Fund (CGF) have announced they have teamed up to co-invest £3m in clean technology company Sunswap in support of its efforts to slash the logistics industry's carbon emissions.

Energy Monitor 36

Energy Monitor Building Energy Monitoring Investment Solar Energy Monitor 36

Smart Energy International

JUNE 22, 2022

Scottish Water has announced an investment of up to £100 million ($122.7 This latest investment is hoped to improve the water company’s service to customers, protect the environment, reduce costs and assist in its journey towards net zero carbon emissions. Scottish Water has invested more than £5 million ($6.1

IoT 121

IoT Energy Monitor Business Energy Monitoring Pollution 121

Smart Energy International

APRIL 26, 2024

In September 2023, New Zealand-based battery material developer CarbonScape announced an $18 million investment, signalling the company’s plans to commercialise its biographite production in Europe and the US, enabling cleaner lithium-ion batteries for EVs and grid-scale energy storage. They hired me as an energy analyst.

Batteries 105

Batteries Lithium Demand Investment 105

Charged

JANUARY 21, 2021

Be that as it may, governments in Europe and Japan have big plans to subsidize hydrogen technology. The Strategy is supported by a federal investment of $1.5 The Strategy is designed to spur investment and partnerships to establish Canada as a global supplier of hydrogen, and to increase domestic production.

Hydrogen 144

Hydrogen Government Fossil fuels Natural gas 144

GreenBiz

MARCH 12, 2021

For instance, roughly 16 percent of recovery spending could bring positive air pollution impacts, but 16.4 percent is likely to increase net air pollution. trillion invested by these 50 countries to date, only $1.9 trillion has been invested in long-term recovery measures intended to spur economic activity, it notes.

Packaging 374

Packaging Carbon-negative Carbon-neutral Government 374

Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Water Minister Rebecca Pow said the government was “acting to make sure England’s water system is resilient,” adding that “through our Plan for Water we’ve set out how more investment, stronger regulation and tougher enforcement will help secure water resources for the future.”

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Government Resilience Energy Energy 162