DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 23, 2020

counterintelligence agent stationed in Beirut, Lebanon, during and after World War II , and his job was to protect oil and other American interests from fierce competition from America’s wartime allies. Tags: Middle East oil politics Central Intelligence Agency Her father, Daniel Dennett, was a U.S.

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GreenTechMedia

MAY 20, 2020

With two turbines, the Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind pilot is tiny; and with a price tag of $300 million, it’s very expensive for a generation facility of its size. There is no local supply chain to speak of today, let alone a competitive one. A tiny project in a market obsessed with scale. offshore wind market.

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GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

It secured in the offshore market’s second-ever competitive lease auction in 2013 for a mere $1.3 The project will, however, face regulatory scrutiny in Virginia, where the $300 million price tag for Dominion’s 12-megawatt pilot project has raised eyebrows.

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The Environmental Blog

OCTOBER 21, 2021

In terms of industrial impacts on the environment, one of the biggest culprits is the packaging material and accessories that tag along with products. More and more eco-friendly packaging alternatives are coming up in the market at competitive prices. We all know how important and urgent it is to reduce our environmental impact.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 28, 2020

The good news is there is real innovation happening when it comes to the various sensors and "markers" that could be used for validation - everything from near field communications (NFC) tags to DNA and biome tracers. NFC forensics tags from IN-Code Technologies , used to collect data at specific points of the process.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 5, 2020

Red Bull reiterated its commitment to F1, with team principal Christina Horner saying "we will now take the time afforded to us to further evaluate and find the most competitive power-unit solution for 2022 and beyond".

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Clean Energy Canada

AUGUST 8, 2023

Even when the costs of battery storage are included, both wind and solar are cost-competitive in many scenarios. The effects of the climate crisis could cost Canadians some $700 per year by 2025—a price tag that is expected to double or triple by 2050.

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

Additionally, a complaint issued by Greenpeace Canada — that Pathways Alliance’s ad campaign was making false and misleading statements — is now the subject of a Canadian Competition Bureau inquiry. “We billion (CAD) price tag by 2030 to fund the project. Pathways estimates a $16.5

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Business Green

OCTOBER 23, 2020

The average price tag on an electric vehicle (EV) could shoot up by £2,800 in the UK in the event of a 'no-deal' Brexit, with resulting tariffs imposed on battery imports likely to effectively cancel out consumer savings from the government's plug-in car grants scheme, Britain's car industry has warned.

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Business Green

MAY 23, 2021

Difficulties around resource intensive budget tagging and project identification could also be avoided. Fiona Stewart is lead financial sector specialist in the finance, competitiveness, and innovation global practice at the World Bank. Samantha Power is sustainable finance consultant at the World Bank.

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Business Green

JUNE 10, 2021

In fact, the reverse is true, and often by a large margin: globally, government subsidies for fossil fuels are tagged at more than $440bn per year, according to IEA (International Energy Agency) estimates. It may seem paradoxical, but renewables only see a fractional 20 per cent of the subsidies paid to the energy sector.

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Mr. Sustainability

MARCH 17, 2021

But while Neom’s $500 billion price tag prompts questions about whether it will go ahead exactly as planned, the hydrogen effort doesn’t depend on the megacity’s overall success. That is where Saudi Arabia possesses a tremendous competitive advantage. The hydrogen plant is part of that vision.

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Clean Energy Canada

JUNE 26, 2020

As battery costs continue to fall and electric buses are produced on a larger scale, their price tags will become increasingly competitive. Growing demand for electric buses at home supports local jobs and helps Canadian companies maintain their competitive edge. And let’s not forget the very real cost of climate change.

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DeSmogBlog

JULY 27, 2023

but did not tag Shell, nor mention his commercial relationship with the brand. In a campaign produced for the fossil fuel giant by advertising agency EssenceMediacom, Furze co-hosted a six week virtual competition “challenging students to solve real life energy challenges”.

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Business Green

JULY 27, 2021

Moreover, figures argued the price tag on low carbon heating systems would only start to fall once installations gather momentum across the country, and that a more stretching timeline for decarbonisation could spur much-needed innovation in the sector.

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R-Squared Energy

JANUARY 31, 2022

Further, CATL presently has eight factories under construction at a price tag of over $14 billion, underscoring the investments China is making toward securing continued market control. But there are other efforts underway in the U.S. Last week I spoke with the CEOs of two American companies working on lithium commercialization efforts.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 24, 2019

CEMEX, RSPB, BTO and Jamie Dunnings’ Twite Google Group – Dove Holes Quarry, Dove Holes, Buxton, Derbyshire -Radio tagging twite. MPA NATURE PHOTO COMPETITION 2019. CEMEX, RSPB, Conwy County Borough Council, and North Wales Minerals and Waste Planning Service – Raynes Quarry, Old Colwyn, Conwy, Creation of chough habitat.

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Mr. Sustainability

MARCH 17, 2021

But while Neom’s $500 billion price tag prompts questions about whether it will go ahead exactly as planned, the hydrogen effort doesn’t depend on the megacity’s overall success. That is where Saudi Arabia possesses a tremendous competitive advantage. The hydrogen plant is part of that vision.

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Business Green

APRIL 25, 2022

In the UK, the Competitions and Markets Authority and the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) have launched various initiatives to tackle greenwashing, but the focus is more on weeding out misleading claims than addressing the damage caused by products.

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Business Green

MARCH 21, 2023

Moreover, this price tag is for capital investments, not costs. But this equates to an average annual level of $3.5tr and the roll out of clean technologies will serve to eradicate the need for around $500bn a year of fossil fuel investment resulting in an annual net capital investment requirement of $3tr.

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Business Green

AUGUST 26, 2022

But it is also true that an effective near-term energy security strategy would have dampened the impact of soaring bills, provided assurance to the public and businesses that the government had a grip on the crisis, and reduced the price tag of the multi-billion bailout the Treasury is now going to have to provide.

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Hydrogen Fuel News

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

The automaker’s fuel cell vehicle went through several upgrades to boost competition in its little market. Similarly, the Limited version is a touch more expensive than it was last year, with its price tag landing on $68,180. Moreover, for drivers in the United States, the competition isn’t exactly fierce.

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Business Green

JUNE 24, 2021

But if that sounds expensive at first glance, it is worth remembering firstly that it is an investment that will more than pay itself in the form of a greener, more resilient, and more competitive economy, and much of the money will come from the private sector, not just the public purse.

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The Environmental Blog

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

Founder of the business, Kei Nishida, shares that his desire to give back to the world inspired him to pursue the business advocacy: “We decided to use the tag line ‘Harvested with love in Japan’. My hope is that we can give back a tiny piece of love and gratitude for each cup of tea we offer, and the 10% pledge came naturally from that.”.

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 12, 2020

The questions companies must ask themselves are, "What business opportunities are inherent in this rapidly changing competitive landscape?" A landmark 2018 report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) suggested the price tag of unchecked climate change will run from $54 trillion to $69 trillion.

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Business Green

MAY 18, 2020

For one, Nick Charter, professor of behavioural science at Warwick Business School, suggests the government introduced a 'carbon pound' tagged to all goods and services that would alert consumers to the environmental impact of their purchases and activities.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Finnish technology research group VTT will develop sustainable materials and manufacturing processes for electronic products, as well as circularity enablers, namely smart tags as data carriers for digital product passports. A consortium of Finnish firms is among the line-up of contributors.

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AGreenLiving

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

We have also identified several 100- to 200-year-old trees on the property that will be tagged and protected as a learning opportunity for girls. Evers: To be competitive in the global market, over the next decade the U.S. Girls also added a butterfly garden to restore natural habitats that were affected by construction.

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Grist

JUNE 2, 2023

What this meant was that Stuart’s public water utility — winner of multiple awards, including a statewide “best-tasting water” competition — had been unintentionally poisoning its constituents. Preliminary estimates suggest that the price tag on filtering forever chemicals out of America’s drinking water is more than $3.8

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The Verge: Energy

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

They called it the “Clean Heat for All Challenge,” a competition for companies to design a heat pump that would work in cold climates and be installed in existing windows. That’s a hefty price tag for a renter if you’re comparing it to a window AC unit, and the new unit isn’t likely to be cheaper.

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GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

In order to be taken seriously as a competitive energy industry, storage needs to prove it can extract a special dispensation from Congress. All prior efforts have failed, but batteries have never been more competitive, nor have they been able to show such buy-in from red states and blue states across the nation.

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DeSmogBlog

MAY 13, 2020

Such discussions led him to a new national movement of young conservatives who are working to persuade their Republican elders to put forward a climate agenda, without sacrificing traditional GOP principles like market competition and limited government. . Tags: Covering Climate Now republican party climate change U.S.

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Green Business Bureau

AUGUST 17, 2021

Retrofits offer the cost-savings and health benefits of eco-friendly homes without the large price tag of newly-built green homes. By choosing to specialize in sustainable homes or a single aspect such as energy efficiency, you can take the lead in changing real estate trends and stand out from the competition.

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AFN Sustainable Protein

JULY 24, 2019

Recent headlines have triumphantly proclaimed that it is all but “inevitable” that plant-based meat will become cost-competitive with the products of industrial animal agriculture in short order. Ergo, Tyson isn’t planning to scale its alternative products line to the extent that it can become truly cost-competitive with animal products. .

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Business Green

DECEMBER 14, 2020

Previous unconfirmed reports have estimated a price tag for the Sizewell project of between £16-20bn. We need the operation of national and local energy markets to be managed impartially, without conflict of interest, ensuring they are fully open to competition," the document notes. "We

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DeSmogBlog

AUGUST 30, 2023

There is a lot of competition for these vessels, as in addition to decommissioning platforms, they are in demand for other offshore work such as wind farm construction. The crane vessels Sleipnier and Thialf, both owned by Dutch shipper Heerema, can lift up to 20,000 and 14,200 tonnes respectively — three to four times the size of PE-L7-PN.

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CleanTech San Diego

APRIL 3, 2024

Including your Instagram handle allows visitors to easily know how to find you on social and tag you in a post. You should also be listening to your competition. Pro tip: Give credit, tag, or @ mention the news source or publication you are sharing. How do you listen well? Set up a Google Alert. How do you do this?

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