2024

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The story of McDonald’s 10-year quest for sustainable beef

GreenBiz

A decade ago, the hamburger giant announced it would transform how it procures its most vital ingredient. It’s made progress, although you still can’t buy “sustainable beef.

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Experts to help tackle air pollution from domestic solid fuel burning in Greater Manchester

Envirotec Magazine

Environmental and engineering consultancy Ricardo is applying its expertise in air quality measurement to enable local authorities across Greater Manchester to monitor the contribution to air pollution from wood burning stoves, raise public awareness of its risks, and reduce its impact on people’s health. The firm has been awarded a multi-year contract by Transport for Greater Manchester, on behalf of the ten Greater Manchester councils, to monitor the air quality impact of the burning of solid

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Powering the Future: Women Leading the Charge Towards Net-Zero

CleanTech Group

Reaching net-zero emissions by 2050 requires both concerted policy and funding efforts to scale up clean technologies. Most importantly, it requires a diverse. The post Powering the Future: Women Leading the Charge Towards Net-Zero appeared first on Cleantech Group.

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International Community Wants Biden to Act on LNG

NRDC onEarth

Allies from key countries around the world came out resoundingly in support of the Biden administration's decision to pause permitting of new liquefied natural gas export facilities.

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Electrofuels Are the Future: The Driving Force to Decarbonizing Heavy Transport

Speaker: Ayesha Choudhury - Senior Vice President, Head of Capital Markets at Infinium

With the first wave of the energy transition, renewable energy sources (such as solar and wind) have begun replacing coal power generation. However, some sectors are lagging behind and struggling to decarbonize more than others, including large-scale transportation like commercial aviation, shipping, and rail transit. Electrofuels (aka eFuels) are the next generation of solutions to help the hardest-to-abate sectors pivot from their reliance on fossil fuels.

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CSIRO defends GenCost – and science – as Coalition and Murdoch go nuclear against key institutions

Renew Economy

Coalition's repeated attacks prompts CSIRO boss to publish an open letter defending GenCost report, and science in general. The post CSIRO defends GenCost – and science – as Coalition and Murdoch go nuclear against key institutions appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Inside the right-wing conspiracy to thwart the clean energy transition

Canary Media

This story was first published by Sierra , the Sierra Club magazine. Last July, a small group of rabble-rousers boarded a trio of powerboats, banners and bullhorns in hand. They were headed for the massive floating construction site of an offshore wind farm 35 miles from the eastern tip of Long Island, New York.

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Eavor reports drilling to 7000m measured depth at Geretsried project, Germany

ThinkGeoEnergy

Eavor Deutschland (Eavor) has provided an update on the progress of the geothermal project in Geretsried, Germany that serves as the first commercial-scale deployment of the company’s Eavor-Loop technology. According to the update, Eavor has now drilled down to 7000 meters measured depth, while power plant construction is also ongoing. Drilling for the project officially started in July 2023.

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Big Oil faces a flood of climate lawsuits — and they’re moving closer to trial

Grist

It’s been six years since cities in California started the trend of taking Big Oil to court for deceiving the public about the consequences of burning fossil fuels. The move followed investigations showing that Exxon and other companies had known about the dangers of skyrocketing carbon emissions for decades, but publicly downplayed the threat. Today, around 30 lawsuits have been filed around the country as cities, states, and Indigenous tribes seek to make the industry pay for the costs of clim

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NRC Sets Stage for Advanced Nuclear with New Part 53 Rule

POWER Magazine

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has directed its staff to publish a proposed rule and draft guidance to create Part 53, a much-awaited risk-informed and technology-inclusive licensing framework geared toward […] The post NRC Sets Stage for Advanced Nuclear with New Part 53 Rule appeared first on POWER Magazine.

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Liebreich: Net Zero Will Be Harder Than You Think – And Easier. Part II: Easier

BloombergNEF

Welcome to the second part of my two-part article exploring the bull and bear cases for the net-zero transition. The post Liebreich: Net Zero Will Be Harder Than You Think – And Easier. Part II: Easier appeared first on BloombergNEF.

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AR/VR Simulations for Sustainable, Regenerative, Circular Cities

Speaker: Nik Gowing, Brenda Laurel, Sheridan Tatsuno, Archie Kasnet, and Bruce Armstrong Taylor

With 191 country signatories to the Paris Climate Agreement now hard at work in the race to zero carbon by 2050, much of the heavy lifting in ecosystem sustainability falls on the shoulders of the world's densely populated urban centers. This conversation considers how today's AI-enabled simulation media, such as AR/VR, can be effectively applied to accelerate learning, understanding, training, and solutions-modeling to sustainability planning and design.

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Meat Industry Using ‘Misinformation’ to Block Dietary Change, Report Finds

DeSmogBlog

The agriculture sector has spent millions of dollars on discrediting plant-based diets, a new report has claimed. The report, published by the consumer advocacy organisation Freedom Food Alliance on Thursday (29 February), found that multinational meat companies and lobby groups were using industry-funded research, public ad campaigns and educational materials to sway public opinion on meat and dairy.

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IHME, Microsoft, and Planet Collaborate to Map Climate-Vulnerable Populations In Unprecedented Detail

Planet Pulse

From intensifying natural disasters and food insecurity, to public health crises and forced migration, we live at a time of unprecedented climate risks. Each of us is exposed to these risks in a different way, and we do not all bear them equally. Yet no matter which risks we face, one thing is certain: on a warming planet, knowing where people are is critical to saving lives.

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Alberta renewables announcement paves uncertain future for province’s once-booming renewables industry

Clean Energy Canada

VICTORIA — Evan Pivnick, clean energy program manager at Clean Energy Canada, made the following statement in response to the Alberta government’s announcement of new rules for renewable project development : “Today’s announcement has dropped an uncertainty bomb on renewable project investors and developers in Alberta. Until last year, the province was the undisputed renewable capital of Canada, securing over $4.7 billion in new investment and bringing thousands of new jobs to the province since

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Five Things to Watch for in Biden’s State of the Union Address If You Care About the Climate Crisis

NRDC onEarth

This is an important moment to rally the country around the climate progress of the past three years—and show the way to build on those gains going forward.

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How Digital Transformation will Bend the Curve of the Linear Economy Toward the Circular

Speaker: Bruce Armstrong Taylor, Co-Founder & Managing Director of SmartNations Foundation, Jimmy Jia, Venture Partner at Pi Labs, Fabienne Durand, Senior Advisor to the SmartNations Foundation, & Roger Strukhoff, Executive Director of the Tau Institute

The Climate 4.0 Economy. Climate change is here. We see it in many ways already. Weather catastrophes: Texas freezing over, the wildfires of California, the increasingly unpredictable violence and frequency of hurricanes, the rapid melting and disappearance of polar ice caps. Much more evidence all around us. What can we do in our corporate organizations, in our homes and communities, to change the current course?

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This is the future: How my EV earned $100 in two hours supporting the grid in heatwave

Renew Economy

In the midst of a Sydney heatwave, my Nissan Leaf earned $100 in just two hours supporting the grid. This is the future. The post This is the future: How my EV earned $100 in two hours supporting the grid in heatwave appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Chart: EVs are definitely cleaner than gas cars over their lifetime

Canary Media

Canary Media’s chart of the week translates crucial data about the clean energy transition into a visual format. Myths run rampant about whether electric vehicles are actually better for the climate than fossil-fueled cars.

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Biden-Harris Administration Announces $750 Million to Advance Clean Hydrogen Technologies

FuelCellsWorks

Funding from President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Will Advance Electrolysis Technology, Reduce the Cost of Clean Hydrogen and Fuel Cells, and Provide Long-term Support for Hydrogen Hubs. WASHINGTON, D.C.

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2024 Dodge Charger Daytona: the ‘Brotherhood of Muscle’ goes electric

Charged

The Charger sedan and Challenger coupe exuded testosterone, courtesy of snarling V-8s. Dodge says the EVs that replace them will be just as noisy. The 2024 Dodge Charger Daytona is a Detroit anomaly: it’s a passenger car in an age of trucks and SUVs, it’s battery-electric when U.S. makers seem to be in an EV lull … and it resolutely, defiantly sneers at social convention and environmental concerns.

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The growing popularity of degrowth

Grist

The vision It’s a five-minute bike ride to the train station. On brisk mornings like this, I wear gloves and pack a warm coffee for the commute. My work buddy Lucy gets on two stops down, always with a pair of scones, wheeling her bike next to mine in the locker downstairs before joining me in the sunny coach section. Half an hour later, we unload the bikes and race each other along the greenway to our office.

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AWS Acquiring Data Center Campus Powered by Nuclear Energy

POWER Magazine

Talen Energy Corp. said the company has sold its Cumulus data center campus, located near a Pennsylvania nuclear power station that provides the site with its power, to Amazon Web […] The post AWS Acquiring Data Center Campus Powered by Nuclear Energy appeared first on POWER Magazine.

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Dutton’s blast of radioactive rhetoric on nuclear power leaves facts in the dust | Temperature Check

The Guardian: Energy

Coalition’s claim of cheap power and quickly built reactors is at odds with real world experience of other countries We may not yet be entering a nuclear age in Australia, but we would all be best advised to handle the rhetoric around the issue as carefully as we would radioactive waste. This week opposition leader Peter Dutton said an annual CSIRO report that had included estimates of costs for small modular reactors – which are not yet available commercially – was “discredited” because it “doe

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Government’s New Low Pay Advisor Heads Climate Denial Network

DeSmogBlog

A new government advisor on the minimum wage is the head of an international network of climate crisis deniers funded by the owners of GB News, DeSmog can reveal. Philippa Stroud was appointed chair of the Low Pay Commission, a body reporting to Kemi Badenoch’s Department of Business and Trade, on 30 January. The government-appointed role pays £530 per day for three days of work per month (£19,114 per year).

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China Drops to Second in BloombergNEF’s Global Lithium-Ion Battery Supply Chain Ranking as Canada Comes Out on Top

BloombergNEF

The fourth edition of BNEF’s ranking finds Canada’s raw material resources, strong integration with the US automotive sector, and clear policy commitments have given it an edge over competitors London, February 5, 2024 – Canada has overtaken China for the top spot in BloombergNEF’s (BNEF’s) Global Lithium-Ion Battery Supply Chain Ranking, an annual assessment that […] The post China Drops to Second in BloombergNEF’s Global Lithium-Ion Battery Supply Chain Ranking as Canada Come

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MethaneSAT brings key tool to oil & gas operators, gives stakeholders unprecedented transparency

EDF + Business

Methane is now a central part of the oil & gas industry’s climate challenge. New regulations in the US and Europe, growing concern in Asia, and mounting interest from investors and global gas markets mean increasing pressure to improve emissions performance. It was also a focal point in the COP28 climate talks, where 52 producers representing more than a third of global production joined the Oil & Gas Decarbonization Charter, pledging to reduce emissions to near zero and to eliminate rou

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As Demand Grows for Electric Cars, So Does the Market for Green Jobs in the EV Industry

NRDC onEarth

Analysts expect openings for all types of electric vehicle jobs to expand over the next decade, with new opportunities across the country.

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CSIRO notches up record breaking efficiency levels for printed flexible solar cells

Renew Economy

International team led by CSIRO has achieved record-breaking efficiency for roll-to-roll printed flexible solar cells. The post CSIRO notches up record breaking efficiency levels for printed flexible solar cells appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Yes, heat pumps slash emissions even if powered by a dirty grid

Canary Media

Canary Media’s Electrified Life column shares real-world tales, tips and insights to demystify what individuals can do to shift their homes and lives to clean electric power. You might consider heat pumps to be a tantalizing climate solution ( they are ) and one you could adopt yourself ( plenty have ).

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US Unveils National Strategy for Boosting Electric and Hydrogen Freight Truck Infrastructure

FuelCellsWorks

The United States has officially launched a comprehensive national strategy aimed at expediting the development and deployment of electric and hydrogen infrastructure specifically for freight trucks. This ambitious initiative is designed to.

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California solar-plus-storage project with world’s largest BESS fully online

Energy Storage News

The Edwards & Sanborn solar-plus-storage project in California is now fully online, with 875MWdc of solar PV and 3,287MWh of battery energy storage system (BESS) capacity, the world's largest.

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New study says the world blew past 1.5 degrees of warming four years ago

Grist

Limiting average global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius, or 2.7 degrees Fahrenheit, above preindustrial levels has been the gold standard for climate action since at least the 2015 Paris Agreement. A new scientific study published in the peer-reviewed journal Nature Climate Change, however, suggests that the world unknowingly passed this benchmark back in 2020.

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Report: Biden Administration Will Provide $1.5 Billion for Palisades Nuclear Restart

POWER Magazine

The Palisades nuclear power plant in Michigan could be another step closer to restarting, with reports saying the Biden administration in February will announce $1.5 billion in funding for the […] The post Report: Biden Administration Will Provide $1.5 Billion for Palisades Nuclear Restart appeared first on POWER Magazine.

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Iberdrola to build 245MW PV plant in Sicily, Italy’s “largest”

PV Tech

Spanish utility Iberdrola has signed an agreement with solar developer ib vogt for the construction of a 245MW solar PV plant in Sicily, northern Italy.

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UK Government Holds its Nerve on Heat Pumps as Clean Heat Policy Confirmed

DeSmogBlog

A cornerstone of the UK’s plans to slash the use of gas in home heating has survived a bitter backlash from the gas boiler sector. Speaking in the House of Lords yesterday, energy efficiency minister Martin Callanan brought an end to months of speculation when he announced that a plan to ramp up heat pump installation targets would go ahead as planned on April 1, despite intense lobbying.

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Global Clean Energy Investment Jumps 17%, Hits $1.8 Trillion in 2023, According to BloombergNEF Report

BloombergNEF

• BloombergNEF’s Energy Transition Investment Trends 2024 finds that renewable energy, electric vehicles, hydrogen and carbon capture all drive investment growth year-on-year • China leads with $676 billion invested in 2023, or 38% of the global total • Together, the EU, US and UK invested more than China in 2023, which was not the case […] The post Global Clean Energy Investment Jumps 17%, Hits $1.8 Trillion in 2023, According to BloombergNEF Report appeared first on BloombergNEF.