GreenTechMedia

OCTOBER 10, 2019

“What we’re up on Capitol Hill talking about is including wind in Section 48 [of the tax code], which is where solar is — i.e., the ITC,” Kiernan said at an event hosted by AWEA. However, the solar industry received what is widely viewed as a better deal in the extension of its ITC.

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Charged

MARCH 11, 2024

MP Materials is in the enviable position of having a mine and processing facility already up and running in California, and it has big ambitions. MP Materials is in the enviable position of having a mine and processing facility already up and running in California, and it has big ambitions.

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GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

“Today was a big win for the city of Los Angeles, the people of California and the renewable energy industry as well," said 8minute Director of Marketing Jeff McKay in an email. Los Angeles' municipal utility unanimously approved the contract for the cheapest solar and energy storage project in the U.S. on Tuesday. Labor on board?

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Grist

JULY 19, 2021

The ivy is often identified in its plant form on the ground, but it can grow into a thick and hairy vine that curls around big trees and chokes out other native flora. The ivy is often identified in its plant form on the ground, but it can grow into a thick and hairy vine that curls around big trees and chokes out other native flora.

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Climate Tech VC

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Like Disneyland, at COP28 you can choose your own adventure – from hubs on energy transition and climate finance, to side events and roundtables in swanky hotel ballrooms, or serious negotiations in the sectioned-off blue zone. Yes, COP was held in a petrostate, yes there were rumors of oil & gas deal making on the sidelines.

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GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

So, you’ve packed your pantsuit, your Shoals party confirmation and plenty of business cards to paper the hands of all you meet at this year’s Solar Power International. All you need now is a brief refresher on what exactly you should be talking about this week. That’s where Greentech Media can help. Solar stocks are hot again.

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AGreenLiving

MAY 17, 2021

Amazon was already big, then came the pandemic. This section is also divided by region. Browse burlap throw pillows on Amazon Only Amazon Prime members can get the deals on Prime Day. Many people who were devoted to shopping local found their commitment wane. Here’s what you need to know for Prime Day. Well, we don’t know yet.

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AGreenLiving

MAY 19, 2021

Amazon Prime Day is just around the corner, and we’ve already started predicting what sustainable items we’ll see deals on this year. Shop OEKO-TEX bamboo bedding on Amazon Another key shopping tip is to check out Amazon’s Handmade and Shop Local sections. Check out the Handmade section here , where you can browse items made by hand.

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Renewable Energy World

MARCH 23, 2021

Investor Highland Electric Transportation made the biggest deal yet with a Montgomery School District in Maryland for 300 electric school buses (ESB’s). How does an under-resourced bus fleet just starting to electrify hold its own as it deals with well-resourced players like utilities and manufacturers? I don’t know any of these terms.

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Green Market Oracle

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

Here is the transcript from the section of the debate on climate change starting at the 48 minute mark. For 11 minutes climate change took center stage in the September 29th presidential debate in Cleveland, Ohio. What was truly surprising was Trump's tepid admission that anthropogenic GHGs are driving global warming. Chris Wallace: Okay.

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Business Green

JULY 9, 2020

The government's commitment to a green recovery is a big step forward, but impatience is growing as green businesses continue to wait for key policies and spending decisions that have been in the pipeline for months. Next time,' everyone tells themselves, 'the big green decisions will come in the next Budget/Spending Review/Spring Statement'.

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DeSmogBlog

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

What will it take for the world to finally rally around rapid, sustained climate action? Professor Dana R. Fisher answers this critical question in her new book, Saving Ourselves: Climate Shocks to Climate Action. This interview was conducted on February 1, 2024, and has been edited and condensed for clarity.

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Grist

APRIL 24, 2024

The spotlight Hey there, Looking Forward fam. Happy Earth Day (and Earth Week, and Earth Month) — a time of year when sustainability is elevated in the global consciousness, and my inbox is full of vaguely greenwashy PR pitches. But it struck me that Earth Day 2024 has a particularly timely theme: Planet vs. Plastics.

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Bidgely

APRIL 6, 2022

In the past, when a utility read a customer meter once a month, there wasn’t a great deal of insight available about how a household used electricity or what appliances they had installed. It’s not that utilities haven’t always cared about their customers. Let’s think about what these trends mean for utilities. Tapping the Power of AMI Data.

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Green Business Bureau

MAY 12, 2021

Make sure the launch is a “big deal” with everyone involved, but especially with the green team and executive team. The Playbook for Becoming a Sustainable Business. If your company is working toward improving its sustainability performance, you need a strategy, plan and roadmap. Step 2: Create a sustainability committee or green team.

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DeSmogBlog

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

By John Foster, CounterPunch. Originally published on CounterPunch. Amid escalating tensions between the United States/NATO and Russia, all eyes are on Ukraine, but Nord Stream 2, a pipeline built to bring Russian gas under the Baltic Sea directly to Germany, is an integral part of the story. Delayed by U.S. leadership. President Biden gave way.

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DeSmogBlog

JUNE 3, 2021

Major accounting firm KPMG is under fire from investors who filed a class action lawsuit against the firm for overstating the asset values of now-defunct oil exploration company Miller Energy Resources. And last month, a judge dismissed KPMG’s attempt to have the case thrown out. At issue in the lawsuit, filed in 2016 , is a $4.55

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AGreenLiving

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

Why wholesale markets matter to big power buyers Adam Aston Thu, 11/05/2020 – 01:30 When a big brand such as Google, General Motors or Walmart unveils an eye-popping commitment to use more renewable energy, the news usually gets attention. They’re reshaping larger U.S. power trends by pulling investment into renewables.

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Grist

AUGUST 4, 2021

It’s a warm day in early June, and researcher Nicholas Dietschler is standing in front of an eastern hemlock sapling about a quarter of a mile up a steep ridge in New York’s Catskill Mountains. The evergreen is not looking good. Its lower branches are brittle and dead. Its upper limbs are balding. Dietschler visually scans the tree’s stubby needles.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 21, 2021

The challenges faced by the upcoming COP26 Climate Summit in Glasgow were laid bare this morning, as a flurry of reports revealed disagreements within Cabinet over the goals for the meeting and fresh tensions between emerging economies, petrostates, the UK hosts, and coalition of countries calling an ambitious deal. Alok is raging.

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Andrew Winston

JANUARY 15, 2020

(I just posted yesterday and I generally only do a couple of posts per month, but there was some big sustainability news that I wanted everyone to know about). Larry Fink is the CEO of Blackrock, the largest asset manager in the world, with more than $7 trillion under management. ” It was powerful stuff. ” It was powerful stuff.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 17, 2022

Talks on nature finance rumble on, as campaigners warn several elements of the draft pact have been watered down since Ministers arrived in Montreal. How to fund enhanced nature protection efforts, especially in the Global South, remains one of the major sticking point at the talks. Mixed messages.

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Green Market Oracle

OCTOBER 23, 2020

We have the best lowest number in carbon emissions, which is a big standard that I noticed Obama goes with all the time, not Joe, I haven’t heard Joe use the term because I’m not sure he knows what it represents or means, but I have heard Obama use it. We have a moral obligation to deal with it. So, you ready?

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DeSmogBlog

MAY 20, 2021

Fracking sand company Fairmount Santrol had a very clever corporate slogan for being in the business of selling products for oil and gas wells: “Do Good, Do Well.”. fracking industry. The company agreed to pay a $17 million penalty. Marketing Campaigns Touted Remarkable Results. Proppants are required for successful fracking.

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Charged

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

Unpacking the Inflation Reduction Act. The recent passage of the Inflation Reduction Act—a sweeping package of tax, health care and climate measures—was like the happy ending to one of those heartwarming “Save Christmas” stories. Credit where credit is due. The revamped tax credit scheme is clearly a great improvement over its predecessor.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

But until now, the focus has been very much on big business. times a company's direct emissions are located in their supply chains which often encompass thousands of smaller firms operating in a broad cross-section of countries. It's not news that business has a huge role to play in ensuring we halve greenhouse gas emissions by 2030.

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

Joe Manchin (D-WV) pulled the plug on his permitting reform bill on Tuesday, ending what would have been a major overhaul of bedrock environmental laws that date back to the 1970s. The demise of Manchin’s bill also means that a long-distance fracked gas pipeline named in the proposed reform is once again facing long odds of moving forward.

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Charged

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

However, one big prize continues to elude the administration’s wrecking crew: President Obama’s 2012 fuel economy rules, which represent the federal government’s most far-reaching climate change regulation, remain in place. and pro-Trump. and pro-Trump. Inconvenient truths. They look like they’re headed to a legal train wreck here.”.

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Green Business Bureau

JULY 12, 2022

With the backing of the big three , it’s never been more important for organizations to follow the appropriate ESG frameworks and standards , to align with the requirements of major investment organizations. To be compliant, there’s mounting pressure on businesses to follow robust ESG frameworks and standards.

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Business Green

JUNE 21, 2022

And it notes that the overwhelming majority of engineered carbon removal credit sales - a huge 96 per cent - are bilateral deals struck between suppliers and buyers, which take place outside of carbon markets. So how, then, to proceed?

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Mr. Sustainability

MAY 17, 2021

Flind is a dashboard that gives you insights on your vessel’s energy consumption and emissions. Summary - We all know that the maritime world is transforming. The US is calling for shipping to have zero emissions by 2050. If you are reading this, chances are you work in the maritime industry and you are frustrated. Perhaps Flind could help.

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Mearth

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

Mr Green Residence Providers 10% Off. We take delight in our work, offering installations and fence designs that look good, perform their function, add value to your property and stand the check of time. Only the best products and supplies are used and our service and workmanship is second to none. Edward Green (b.

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Mosaic

DECEMBER 27, 2022

So the big question is: How do you move from exhortation and demonstration to execution and deployment? Or is it simply too big a task, especially in the face of ongoing opposition from the fossil-fuel industry? “So The Inflation Reduction Act finally offers a chance for widespread change. This is one object at a time.”.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 6, 2020

Boris Johnson today gave arguably his biggest backing yet to the UK's burgeoning green economy, in a speech to the Conservative Party conference that placed wind power, green jobs, and clean technologies at the heart of his agenda to "build back better" from the Covid-19 crisis. And it will not.".

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Charged

MAY 18, 2021

Formula E, the FIA-sanctioned electric racing series, has been a powerful ambassador for the EV revolution—and a damn fine sporting event—since its opening season in 2014. Extreme E features custom electric off-road SUVs tearing through some of the harshest and most vehicle-punishing terrain on the globe. Formula E showed that EVs can be fast.

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Mr. Sustainability

NOVEMBER 1, 2020

Elon Musk made some big announcements. Tesla’s success could spill over into adjacent transport sectors Summary - Using Tesla’s announcements of Battery Day, DNV expects the cost of batteries to be reduced by 56% (measured in $/kWh) by 2025. In North America, Europe and China this will take place well before 2030. Max speed: 200 mph.

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Business Green

AUGUST 24, 2021

The creative industries have a pivotal role to play in the net zero transition, but can they really inspire sustained shifts in public opinion and behaviours? But not every part of the sector has moved at the same rate. As in any industry, the first step to minimising environmental impacts is to identify where the main culprits are to be found.

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