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Tesla solar panels now available to rent

Inhabitat - Innovation

If you’ve been looking to cut your electric bill down by installing solar panels but didn’t want to shell out the often-big price tag Tesla may have the answer – rent them. Tesla describes its solar panels as “low profile design with integrated front skirts and no visible mounting hardware,” according to its website.

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Comment: Pay-as-you-throw can drive the circular economy

Envirotec Magazine

The best way to do this is to invest in an integrated system designed and built by people who properly understand the industry. Extracting raw materials has an impact on climate, as do the manufacturing processes that we use to make products. “To

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ABB e-mobility simplifies payment for EV charging with Vourity acquisition

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ABB e-mobility has acquired Swedish fintech startup Vourity , which provides technology designed to enable seamless payment options for EV charging. Vourity’s technology “enables rapid, secure payment for EV charging, using a wide variety of payment options including credit cards, mobile pay and RFID tags.”

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Peers sought to build urban resilience platform

Envirotec Magazine

It is against this background that Isle set up its Urban Resilience Technology Approval Group (UR TAG) in 2019. Urban Resilience TAG meetings are an opportunity to pool project experiences, share best practice and collaborate. Technology pilots. Best practice.

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Analysis: Fossil Fuel Tax Programs to Cut Emissions Lead to Lots of Industry Profit, Little Climate Action

DeSmogBlog

Read time: 12 mins The fossil fuel industry and its investors have financially benefited from tax policies and subsidies designed to reduce the emissions from oil, gas, and coal — sometimes without taking the action required to tackle climate change.

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EV charging beyond the grid: Forecasts from a new report

Envirotec Magazine

These electrical distribution and transmission networks were never designed to carry the estimated 22,000TWh (22 billion kWh) that the transportation sector currently gets from fossil fuels. They are also unable to produce power at night or in inclement weather and have a hefty price tag, especially considering the charging rates.

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Ulta Beauty is bringing refillable containers back to the cosmetics industry

GreenBiz

Ulta, like Sephora, is planning a Made Without list that will tag products free of parabens, phthalates and 25 other chemical categories. When customers buy the product online, they put down a deposit that is returned when the consumer mails the containers back via a designated tote. Loop already has U.S. Pull Quote. Circular Economy.

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