Business Green

OCTOBER 17, 2023

We now routinely reach hundreds of thousands of people a month, providing news, analysis, and insight on the fast-evolving global green industrial revolution. The even better news is that this success is a function less of our talents and more the continued expansion of the green economy.

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Michael Grossman

NOVEMBER 14, 2020

Events, on the other hand, encourage people to see the world through a new lens. Fake News Beats Climate Facts Because It’s Easier. But here’s the good news: there are fewer and fewer climate deniers than there were 12 months ago. “The public is the only critic whose opinion means anything at all.”--Mark Mark Twain.

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Smart Energy International

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

Greenbird Integration has worked together with Cleantech Scandinavia to assess the potential climate impact for utilities that manage their energy assets with Utilihive. Read more news from Greenbird. Utilihive’s unique ability to enable utilities to accelerate the speed of renewable distributed power is the key factor.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 7, 2022

And while many already buy and sell pre-loved clothes, more are open to alternatives schemes to ‘buy new’ shopping like subscriptions, preloved and rental. A fashion revolution could help clothe the nation sustainably, says WRAP. Adult UK population spends estimated £4 billion plus** shopping for clothes each month.

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DeSmogBlog

JANUARY 25, 2024

Mann’s voice shook as he described the impact on his daughter, stating that she was roughly the same age as Sandusky’s victims when Simberg and Steyn’s attacks were published. In 2012, Rand Simberg and Mark Steyn publicly accused Mann, then a professor at Penn State University, of scientific misconduct and fraud.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 31, 2022

News that start-up behind Northumberland gigafactory project is facing collapse comes as electric black cab maker LEVC announces major layoffs. When approached by BusinessGreen , a spokesperson for the company refused to be drawn on whether the company was poised to enter administration. "We We are aware of market speculation," they said. "We

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Planet Pulse

AUGUST 1, 2023

Planeteers, I have some important and tough news to share. If your role is impacted, you will have received a calendar invite titled “Transition Discussion” within the last hour setting up a meeting with a leader from your division. The AI revolution adds yet another. The changes impact every division at Planet, globally.

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Smart Energy International

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

Tonje Krosby Scheie, Greenbird’s Eco-Lighthouse representative said: “Everything we do is designed to help utilities transition to clean energy and accelerate the energy revolution. Read more news from Greenbird. Being an Eco-Lighthouse involves systematic work on environmental efforts in everyday life. About Eco-Lighthouse.

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Renewable Energy World

JANUARY 26, 2021

Last week, the Government’s chief planning officer, Joanna Averley, was forced to defend the recent decision to permit a new coal mine in Cumbria. In response, John Sauven from Greenpeace said that, “It’s extraordinary that anyone still believes burning coal is only a local issue and has no global impacts.

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Smart Energy International

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

In this article, experts from CLOU explore the power of energy storage and its transformative impact on the electrical energy sector. With a focus on sustainability and grid resilience, energy storage systems are unlocking a new era of flexibility, efficiency, and reliability.

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Business Green

MARCH 27, 2023

However, delivering new projects at such a scale would require a major overhaul of the planning system to reduce the amount of unnecessary paperwork and red tape that is currently holding back the UK's "clean energy revolution".

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Business Green

JUNE 20, 2022

Major new report from Resolution Foundation and LSE argues UK is set to experience a surge in the number of green jobs, but the transition needs to be carefully managed. The UK's 'green jobs revolution' has barely begun, with the share of 'green jobs' having grown by just 1.3 What constitutes a 'green' job? million 'brown' jobs.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

After a summer of whispers about Number 10's wavering commitment to climate action, I assumed the recent government funding for new electric vehicle and green steel plants meant the national economic interest had won out. Promise "no new energy efficiency regulations on homes". Relax the gas boiler phase-out target in 2035".

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Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 30, 2021

This renewed energy and focus on the energy transition is good news to ensure we continue to move towards the UK’s net zero targets. Victoria Judd, a lawyer at Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP, considers the sustainability credentials of biomass, and what this bodes for its future. Are we seeing the wood for the trees?

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

As Russia's unprovoked attack on Ukraine sparks chaos on the global energy markets the need for a clean tech revolution has never been clearer. It almost feels crass to talk about energy and technology on such an unbelievably bleak and depressing day. The climate sceptic kleptocrat in the Kremlin selected his preferred approach years ago.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 7, 2021

New data from the SMMT shows that demand for plug-in vehicles has increased by nearly 70 per cent year-on-year. According to new figures this week from the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) vehicle registrations in November 2021 were down 31 per cent compared to the pre-pandemic average. One in six of the 1.5

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Business Green

AUGUST 1, 2022

And the political challenge of building public support for what is set to be the biggest and fastest industrial revolution in history. And what does the net zero commodities boom mean for business everywhere? The net zero transition faces myriad challenges. The infrastructure challenge of deploying them at pace and scale.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

The IPCC report is genuinely terrifying and Russia's attack on Ukraine has revealed the complacency contained in suggestions worst case climate scenarios can be definitively ruled out - the only good news is that the world knows what needs to be done and has the tools to do it. As for smugness, it is always in the eye of the beholder.

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Business Green

JANUARY 12, 2023

The ResponsibleSteel coalition has inked a new partnership with the Sustainable Steel Principles Association (SSPA), in a move which the two organisations said could pave the way for the faster decarbonisation of the steel industry. Heaton said progress would depend on a revolution in steel decarbonisation project financing.

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Grist

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

degrees F) since the Industrial Revolution ushered in the widespread use of fossil fuels. The last three years were objectively hot, numbering among the warmest since records began in 1880. But the scorch factor of recent years was actually tempered by a climate pattern that slightly cools the globe, “La Niña.” degrees Celsius warmer (2.7

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Renewable Energy World

MARCH 3, 2021

New research by Drax Electric Insights shows that the UK broke all records last year for renewable energy consumption. By late Spring, we were receiving reports that the UK’s coal-powered energy had fallen to ‘ pre-industrial revolution levels ’, and by the summer, that pollution levels had dropped by half. The greatest successes.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

New analysis from Energy Networks Association reveals existing pipeline of innovation projects could create thousands of jobs in the fledgling hydrogen economy. The wave of hydrogen projects being planned across the UK's industrial clusters could create over 17,000 jobs in the coming years if greenlit by developers and government.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 17, 2020

limit set out by the Paris Agreement, according to a new analysis from PwC. per cent is now required to achieve global climate goals and thus avoid a raft of worsening climate impacts over the coming century. warming trajectory by the end of this decade. warming trajectory by the end of this decade.

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Business Green

MAY 29, 2020

This is just the beginning of a consumer driven revolution pic.twitter.com/n5xjotz6y6. Smart charging is obviously great news for EV drivers, reducing the total cost of owning an EV significantly by passing on energy cost savings," he said. What do you think? — Ohme (@OhmeEV) May 22, 2020.

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DeSmogBlog

MAY 9, 2023

The cover of a 1970 study by Eni’s Isvet research centre that warns of “catastrophic” climate impacts from burning fossil fuels. While Eni is among the world’s largest oil companies, the company’s role in climate change has so far undergone scant scrutiny.

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Business Green

MAY 26, 2022

However, the news wire also notes that, ahead of this week's meeting drawing to a close tomorrow, the draft communique is still being negotiated and could well be subject to change before its final adoption and publication, with sources suggesting neither the USA nor Japan could support such commitments on coal and electricity.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 20, 2021

Government-backed pensions scheme Nest has divested from a string of carbon-intensive fossil fuel companies, including US oil major ExxonMobil and Canada's Imperial Oil, citing concerns over their failure to adequately address climate impacts. It said it was targeting 46 companies in the new push.

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Business Green

APRIL 10, 2022

We are at the cusp of a digital revolution, but our mindset has to adapt if we are to make a difference for the future of our planet, explains techUK's Teodora Kaneva. We lack automation of processes, and we need digital architecture designed to support easier deployment of new applications.

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Business Green

JANUARY 17, 2023

That's why we work everyday to keep anyone who cares about the green economy as up to date as possible on the news, trends, policies, and arguments that are shaping what is the most consequential industrial revolution in human history.

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Business Green

JUNE 16, 2020

This biodiversity crisis is unleashing equally well documented risks for human civilisation, including but not limited to diminished soil fertility, pollinator loss, increased flood and wildfire impacts, eroded food security from land and sea, rising greenhouse gas emissions, resource insecurity, and, of course, new and dangerous disease vectors.

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Business Green

JULY 12, 2021

The statement, which was orchestrated by the UK100 group of councils, calls for the adoption of a new Net Zero Local Powers Bill that would award local authorities additional powers to support decarbonisation projects and require local authorities to report on their emissions.

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Clean Energy Canada

JUNE 5, 2023

And with good reason: the member countries are home to 40 per cent of global GDP and a quarter of the world’s emissions, giving them enough collective economic clout to have a significant impact on the energy transition. The sector — which includes steel, cement and chemicals — makes up about a quarter of global energy emissions.

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Climate Tech VC

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

The changes include a five-year delay on banning the sale of new gas and diesel cars and a nine-year delay for phasing out gas boilers, pushing enforcement of both measures out to 2035. It was a treat to meet so many readers in person at NY Climate Week. Let us know if you’ll be there too!

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Business Green

OCTOBER 4, 2021

The Times reports Boris Johnson will use his conference speech this week to confirm a new target to ensure all power comes from clean sources by 2035. Johnson hinted at his desire to rapidly expand the UK's renewables and nuclear capacity in an interview with The Times over the weekend.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

The company, which is owned by Chinese automotive giant Geely, is aiming to become an electric-only car manufacturer by the end of the decade, and the new Eden Project hub marks its first ever pure-electric test drive site. There is a quiet revolution going on and we want to be part of this transformation," he said.

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Smart Energy International

AUGUST 15, 2022

A new advance opening the way for Mg-ion batteries, protections for birds around networks, Enel Green Power’s Sicily hydrogen lab and a plan to power Bitcoin mining with methane from landfills are in the technology radar. Out with lithium, in with magnesium. For the birds. The Safelines4birds project, with a €14 million ($14.4

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Business Green

MARCH 30, 2023

Unveiled to coincide with the government's sweeping package of 'Green Day' announcements, the Bank said the new investment was in line with its plans to "find innovative ways to fund and increase the nation's storage capacity".

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