DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 17, 2020

But the key player in implementing the Alamo City’s energy transition — the local energy utility CPS Energy — remains committed to carbon-based fuels like coal and natural gas, even while it begins to invest more in renewable alternatives.

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

Read time: 13 mins Residents of Weymouth, Massachusetts, are raising questions about a deal made between the city and multi-billion dollar Canadian energy pipeline company Enbridge, Inc., with some calling the situation a “complete sell-off” that could jeopardize the health of the community and environment.

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DeSmogBlog

JUNE 10, 2020

At a House committee hearing on fossil fuel deception last year, Congressional reps from oil and gas states repeated a long-used talking point: A clean energy transition is just a big f**k-you to poor people. They claim that it risks leaving marginalized communities out in the cold and stalls development in Africa.

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The Environmental Blog

OCTOBER 9, 2023

From recycling to upgrading to energy-efficient appliances, we can do plenty of things to contribute to our planet’s health. A proactive mindset can pinpoint eco-friendly moving companies, sustainable packing materials, and energy-efficient transportation options. Consider the moving process, too.

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DeSmogBlog

JUNE 25, 2020

These lumps of hydrocarbons historically played a vital role in America’s electricity mix, accounting for a third of the country’s energy production as recently as 2008. But even as it fades away, the industry could land a final, painful blow to communities and the environment in Appalachia.

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

The leader of Cold Lake First Nations has revealed the initiator of a major carbon capture project in Northern Alberta has not consulted with local Indigenous communities. Chief Jacko represents a roughly 3,000 member community spread across several reserves. The Pathways Alliance formed in June of 2022.

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Renewable Energy World

OCTOBER 27, 2021

For this episode of the Local Energy Rul es Podcast, host John Farrell speaks with City Administrator Shannon Mortenson of Warren, Minnesota. Mortenson and the city partnered with a community college to pilot a novel project; the college, using drones and thermal cameras, captures images that display energy leaks in homes and businesses.

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Smart Energy International

JANUARY 11, 2024

The water companies have a wealth of data about their water and wastewater systems but also how those services interact with communities and the environment but mostly it remains siloed within the individual companies. Have you read?

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Green Business Bureau

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

While nature doesn’t come with a clearly labeled price tag, sustainability innovation understands that there is great economic value in preserving ecosystems, natural resources, biodiversity, and cultures and communities around the world. GREEN COMPANIES TO RECOGNIZE. Smog Armor. Ginkgo Sustainability Inc. Ginkgo Sustainability Inc.

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GreenTechMedia

MAY 1, 2020

In this Greentech Media series, we’re asking people with jobs in cleantech — from installing solar panels, to permitting wind projects, to promoting building energy efficiency software — to tell us what they really do all day. Chinyere Osuala is a senior associate attorney for the clean energy program at Earthjustice.

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Front And Centered

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

But we know that in our communities, health and well-being varies significantly according to who you are and where you live. People across Washington suffering worst from pollution — often low-income people, communities of color and linguistically isolated people — pay with their well-being and shortened lives.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

Sweeping energy support package set to be announced later today, as campaigners urge government to prioritise energy efficiency measures and renewables projects. As a result, domestic energy bills should stay at around current levels through this winter.

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DeSmogBlog

MAY 10, 2021

The online event on 4 May, which included a keynote speech from Canada’s Infrastructure and Communities Minister, was organised by the British High Commission in Canada and the Canada Climate Law Initiative (CCLI) to mark six months to the COP26 conference in Glasgow. TAG), the largest natural gas transporter in Brazil.

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Low Impact

JUNE 7, 2020

But they’re really high quality, it’s sustainable and it builds community. Yeah, that works, except for when your domestic economy is leaking rent or interest, out of the community. I’m not saying it’s impossible, but it’s very difficult to build a parallel system, when capitalism is tearing people and communities apart.

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Business Green

JANUARY 14, 2022

Housing association claims the bond linked to emissions reduction and energy efficiency improvements is a first for housing association sector. Under the new targets, the firm has pledged to work to reduce its Scope 1 and Scope 2 direct emissions by 20 per cent against a 2019/20 baseline by the end of March 2024.

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Green Business Bureau

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Artificial intelligence, autonomous health devices, self-driving cars, and instant wireless communication have all been brought out of the realm of science fiction and into reality thanks to the unique power of software programs. Leaving computers on overnight wastes energy and money, and causes lifespan-reducing wear and tear.

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GreenTechMedia

APRIL 7, 2020

California officials expect that the state needs 1 gigawatt of new long-duration energy storage by 2026 to advance its clean-energy transition. But it adds 11 gigawatts of utility-scale solar by 2030, nearly 3 gigawatts of wind and a groundbreaking amount of energy storage.

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Green Business Bureau

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Artificial intelligence, autonomous health devices, self-driving cars, and instant wireless communication have all been brought out of the realm of science fiction and into reality thanks to the unique power of software programs. Leaving computers on overnight wastes energy and money, and causes lifespan-reducing wear and tear.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

But many green solutions and technologies remain out of reach from smaller firms, especially at a time when the rising cost of goods, rent, energy, and staffing threaten to a significant bite out of smaller businesses' revenues and profits.

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Terra Infirma

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Twenty years ago I found myself attending a community engagement event on Teesside about renewable energy. A woman told us that she had been to Blyth, Northumberland on a fact-finding trip to see the wind-turbines on the coast there. “Even in the town square, I could feel the whomp whomp whomp of the turbines hurting my chest.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

Over the past decade this loose grouping has argued against renewables, only to watch them become the lowest cost form of new power capacity and backbone of the energy system. They've argued against electric vehicles, only to watch them become the driving force in the auto market. It's quite the track record. And that's it.

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AGreenLiving

MAY 3, 2021

Leading companies, including tech firms Microsoft and Akamai, are expanding their focus into new realms — ones that explore the intersection of sustainability and human health, or that allow employees to take action to reduce their own impact at home and in the communities where they live. One of Common Energy community solar projects.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

Incoming Prime Minister Liz Truss is expected to announce a sweeping new plan to freeze energy bills, as one of her first acts upon taking office this week. It also revealed that the plan had been briefed to energy industry leaders yesterday, who were said to be broadly receptive to the proposals.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 2, 2022

Credits for forestry or land use and renewable energy were the most popular, measured in metric tons of CO2 removed, the research found. Much of that growth in value was driven by an increase in nature-based solutions and prices of carbon credits rising about 60 percent in 2021, according to the analysis.

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Defend Our Future

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

The excitement and energy when Greta came to the stage was amazing, and felt in over 1,000 cities across the country and even more around the world. Keep tagging us in your photos on Instagram or Twitter–we want to see them, and we’ll include the best in an upcoming photo gallery on our website! ” She’s right.

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AGreenLiving

SEPTEMBER 20, 2019

Our research shows that health-related costs added at least another 26 percent to the national price tag for 2012 severe weather-related damages.” The research team exhorts that unchecked climate-related events will economically burden communities, especially unprepared ones. Vijay Limaye, lead author and NRDC scientist.

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Clean Energy Canada

JUNE 26, 2020

Electric buses are expected to account for two-thirds of all buses and nearly 80 per cent of new bus sales by 2040, according to projections by Bloomberg New Energy Finance. As battery costs continue to fall and electric buses are produced on a larger scale, their price tags will become increasingly competitive.

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The Verge: Energy

OCTOBER 19, 2023

. | Bess Adler/Bloomberg via Getty Images The Biden administration on Thursday announced $100 million in funding to make low-income homes in the US more energy efficient and resilient to climate change. The $100 million will go toward making 1,500 homes “zero energy” through loan and grant awards.

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Green Technology

OCTOBER 13, 2022

And as a bonus, customers love knowing that less water and energy consumption equals less money owed on home utility bills. Many of these advances and new technologies offer sustainable advantages and minimize energy and water consumption. Over time, shopping within the local community saves money on fuel consumption.

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AGreenLiving

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

Arbonne has served the vegan community for 35 years, always refusing to test on animals. It’s working on installing renewable energy systems at every location and has plans to be a zero-waste corporation worldwide by 2025. Shop Billy Jealousy on Amazon Nanshy With 9,326 tags, Nanshy moved into the tenth-place spot.

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Green Business Bureau

DECEMBER 16, 2021

Energy Star. Creating any product and delivering any service uses natural resources and energy, but some industries are more harmful than others. The environmental claim is implied by the tag line, but the solution it provides is to yesterday’s problem of oil shortage. USDA Organic. Green Business Bureau. Green Seal.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 1, 2020

The process, which has been described to BusinessGreen as "arduous" by one clean energy company, is not an option for many social media professionals who are often required to develop and deliver campaigns to tight deadlines or in response to breaking news.

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DeSmogBlog

JUNE 17, 2022

It was the third time the international body reproached the Canadian federal and provincial governments for their treatment of Indigenous communities in relation to the construction of the two fossil fuel projects. Both communities have been targeted by RCMP and private security forces, and the clashes intensified last year.

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Business Green

MAY 24, 2021

The long-running debate over whether biomass energy can deliver promised emissions savings has been reignited this morning, after fresh analysis from think tank Ember warned plans for the UK's largest biomass with carbon capture and storage (BECCS) plant could undermine the UK's net zero transition and land the taxpayer with a hefty bill.

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AGreenLiving

JANUARY 7, 2020

Namaspa Yoga Community offers public yoga classes in the Baptiste power and yin styles, as well as yoga for groups such as seniors, people in recovery and inmates at the local jail. For a fancier night out, Joolz is a Mediterranean-themed restaurant that uses the tag line “where the Middle East meets the Wild West.”

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AGreenLiving

JANUARY 7, 2022

The farms are small and mostly family or community-owned. Terra Thread also supports a solar energy project in Rajasthan, India, which generates clean and renewable electricity. Product tags are also sourced from natural materials and the bags are colored with GOTS-certified dyes. The packaging was minimalistic and plastic-free.

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Green Business Bureau

DECEMBER 16, 2021

Energy Star. Creating any product and delivering any service uses natural resources and energy, but some industries are more harmful than others. The environmental claim is implied by the tag line, but the solution it provides is to yesterday’s problem of oil shortage. USDA Organic. Green Business Bureau. Green Seal.

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