4 ways companies can build low-carbon supply chains
GreenBiz
MARCH 9, 2020
From McDonald's 2001 commitment to sustainable fish to Walmart’s 2017 Project Gigaton launch, the length and path of these journeys ranges widely.
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Tribute in Light endangers migrating birds
Inhabitat - Innovation
SEPTEMBER 11, 2019
New York City’s annual September 11 Tribute in Light seeks to console a still-damaged city and commemorate those lost in the 2001 Twin Tower attacks. Unfortunately, the stunning beams of light also mesmerize birds, sometimes luring them to their deaths.
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Rosario, Argentina Uses Urban Farming to Tackle Economic and Climate Crises
The City Fix
JUNE 21, 2021
When the country’s economy collapsed in 2001, a quarter of Rosario’s workforce was suddenly unemployed; more than half of its population dropped below the poverty line. The residents of Rosario, Argentina’s third-largest city, are no strangers to crises. Faced with. Continue reading on TheCityFix.com.
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BMW’s Peter Lamp joins Wildcat Discovery Technologies as a new board member
Charged
APRIL 9, 2021
Dr. Lamp joined BMW in 2001 as a development engineer for fuel cell systems. Battery material developer Wildcat Discovery Technologies recently announced that Dr. Peter Lamp has joined its Board of Directors. He later became the leader of BMW’s Technology and Concepts Electric Energy Storage group and Battery Cell Technology department.
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Special mud helps XGS Energy get more power out of geothermal wells
TechCrunch: Climate
MAY 21, 2024
In California, for example, the amount of electricity generated by geothermal power plants declined by 15% between 2001 and 2018, partly because existing wells degraded. Young geothermal energy wells can be like budding prodigies, each brimming with potential to outshine their peers. But like people, most decline with age.
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Amnesty International: Dow’s failure to offer remedy for Bhopal disaster has created a “sacrifice zone”
Envirotec Magazine
APRIL 8, 2024
The report notes that when asked to comment about this settlement following its purchase of UCC in 2001, a Dow spokesperson said, “US$500 is plenty good for an Indian”.
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Surrey academic wins air quality’s ‘Nobel Prize’
Envirotec Magazine
OCTOBER 21, 2024
. “P rashant lives by GCARE’s ethos – clean air for all. We are proud that his work at Surrey has been recognised with this prestigious Haagen-Smit Clean Air Award.
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Uruguay’s green power revolution: rapid shift to wind shows the world how it’s done
The Guardian: Energy
DECEMBER 27, 2023
After a period of volatility in the 1980s, the crude oil price per barrel had reached one its lowest points – $20 – at the end of 2001 but then, over the course of six years, it tripled before a new oil shock saw prices surpass those of the 1970s, reaching a record $145 a barrel on 3 July 2008. Uruguay imports its oil, so it had a problem.
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Accelerating a Reliable, Clean Energy Future
LA CleanTech Incubator
JANUARY 5, 2021
The result of raging wildfires and prolonged heat waves combined with other grid planning factors led to power outages and rotating blackouts that had not occurred since the 2001 energy crisis. Read more » The post Accelerating a Reliable, Clean Energy Future appeared first on LACI.
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Facility Solutions Group Acquires Greenleaf Energy Solutions
Solar Industry
JANUARY 30, 2024
Founded in 2001, Greenleaf established its foothold as a lighting company and subsequently evolved into the renewables sector. Facility Solutions Group (FSG) has acquired Greenleaf Energy Solutions with the aim of expanding the company’s North America reach.
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The Guardian view on wind energy and the UK: Labour plays catch-up | Editorial
The Guardian: Energy
AUGUST 8, 2024
Disused since 2001, the port is making a triumphant comeback , to be reconfigured as a giant hub for the turbines that will harness wind power off the Scottish coast. During the North Sea oil and gas boom, thousands worked on one of the largest rig construction sites in the world.
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Beyond the Stockholm Convention: new regulations targeting forever chemicals
Envirotec Magazine
APRIL 25, 2024
The signing of the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) in 2001 marked a historic moment, as it was the first global treaty aimed at eliminating or restricting chemicals harmful to human and environmental health.
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Bearing and seal maker shares net-zero manufacturing journey
Envirotec Magazine
DECEMBER 9, 2022
While this is a lot of carbon, it is much lower than it was in 2001 – when we started monitoring our emissions. SKF first reported its own emissions in 2001 – and has steadily reduced them since then. SKF’s global emissions are around 1.8 million tonnes/year of carbon dioxide equivalent. Factory output.
PAS 402 certification is Scottish standout for Perthshire waste management firm
Envirotec Magazine
APRIL 16, 2024
Established in 2001, Binn Group has grown to become one of Scotland’s largest independent providers of integrated recycling and waste management services. To maintain the PAS 402 standard, the company has committed to ongoing adherence to various high-performance specifications.
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9-11 responders with the greatest exposure to toxic dust have a higher likelihood of liver disease
Envirotec Magazine
JULY 30, 2021
Their study seemingly links the increase in liver disease risk to the quantity of toxic dust the workers were exposed to, which was greatest immediately after the September 11, 2001, attacks. The study was published in the American Journal of Industrial Medicine in July. Steatosis means that the liver contains abnormally high levels of fat.
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New Jersey Transit orders 8 New Flyer Xcelsior CHARGE NG electric buses
Charged
FEBRUARY 15, 2022
With nearly 2,300 transit buses and motor coaches delivered since 2001, NJ Transit has relied on NFI’s advanced technology for decades. New Flyer’s Xcelsior CHARGE NG battery-electric bus delivers up to 525 kWh of power, and features a new lightweight electric drive system that boasts up to 90% energy recovery.
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New Chinese Mini EV flying off the lots
Charged
MARCH 25, 2021
As ZoZo Go recounts, GM leaders in Detroit were dismissive of the SGMW joint venture when it was initially proposed back in 2001. The story behind this blockbuster hit reads like one of those show-biz bios in which record execs pooh-pooh a concept that later turns out to be an artist’s best-selling album.
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Ohio’s COTA orders 8 more battery-electric buses and infrastructure from NFI
Charged
MAY 5, 2022
Since 2001, NFI has delivered over 165 transit buses to COTA. We are now are enabling its transition to zero-emission with high performance buses and infrastructure,” said Chris Stoddart, President, North American Bus and Coach.
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Why Doesn’t Load Flexibility Have the Same Incentives as Energy Storage?
GreenTechMedia
AUGUST 7, 2020
energy crisis of 2000-2001. Indeed, the only way to get a payout from the SGIP money cannon is to install an extremely heavy metal box with a nameplate affixed to it on which you can read its rated kW and kWh capacity. But it wasn’t always this way. SGIP was the product of legislation passed in the wake of the Western U.S.
Measurement of persistent organic pollutants: Recent progress profiled
Envirotec Magazine
FEBRUARY 5, 2024
To combat this issue, international agreements, such as the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants, finalized in 2001, have been established to control and phase out the production and use of these hazardous chemicals. These chemicals have had unforeseen adverse effects, largely because of their non-biodegradability.
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Advocates call for UK to change outdated laws regarding EV conversions
Charged
MAY 11, 2023
By law, the UK’s Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) is required to retain CO 2 emission ratings in vehicle logbooks for all cars built after 2001, even if they’ve been converted to electric power. EV advocacy group FairCharge is calling for the UK to change what it calls outdated laws that are holding back the EV conversion industry.
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EPA proposes new emissions regulations for heavy trucks
Charged
MARCH 15, 2022
The new standards, which would take effect beginning with the 2027 model year, include the first proposed cuts to nitrogen oxide emissions for heavy-duty trucks since 2001. As expected, the EPA has released its proposed new rules to reduce emissions from heavy-duty vehicles.
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Today’s Energy Crisis Is Very Different from the Energy Crisis of 2005
Energy Central
NOVEMBER 18, 2022
per year in the 2001 to 2005 period. China had been added to the World Trade Organization in December 2001, ramping up its demand for all kinds of fossil fuels. Back in 2005, the world economy was “humming along.” ” World growth in energy consumption per capita was rising at 2.3%
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Storage in Catalonia: Optimising energy use at Primavera
Envirotec Magazine
AUGUST 14, 2024
” Primavera Sound is an international music festival that started in Barcelona in 2001. Our collaboration with Morillo has been instrumental in this endeavor, setting a new benchmark for excellence and partnership in the industry.”
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Heat and drought are sucking US hydropower dry
The Verge: Energy
MARCH 26, 2024
Hydropower generation in the region fell by 11 percent during the 2022–2023 water year compared to the year prior, according to preliminary data from the Energy Information Administration’s Electricity Data Browser — its lowest point since 2001.
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CONNECTICUT CLEAN HYDROGEN ROADMAP
Energy Central
JULY 31, 2024
Over the past few years, the state has established ambitious greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reduction targets: • 45% below 2001 levels by 2030 as mandated.
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5 Negative Impacts from Wildfires
Energy Central
NOVEMBER 5, 2024
From 2001 to 2023 the areas burned has increased by over 5% per year. Over the last 20 years the frequency of wildfires has doubled globally. CarbonBrief data indicates that over the past 15 years, 14 of the 20 largest wildfires on record have occurred in California.
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Can Shell help pilot a new era of sustainable aviation?
GreenBiz
DECEMBER 14, 2020
Nearly 20 years ago, in 2001, Shell set out to become a player here, too, establishing a network of offset trading desks around the world. “My My day starts in the New Zealand market,” Bill McGrath, general manager of global environmental products at Shell, explained to me recently from his base in London.
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Study shows substantial difference in radon levels between Canada and Sweden
Envirotec Magazine
DECEMBER 7, 2021
Inhalation of radioactive radon gas is the leading cause of lung cancer in non-smokers and is estimated to have caused approximately 88,000 Canadian lung cancer cases since 2001. Correlation between lung cancer and exposure to radon.
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Sponsored Content: Your post-lockdown pollution-prevention plan: Why it pays to be proactive
Envirotec Magazine
JULY 15, 2021
Outside of specific legal requirements, such as the Control of Pollution (Oil Storage) Regulations 2001, there is not a single piece of overarching legislation dictating the various measures required to prevent and contain pollution across a site.
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AECOM launches PFAS solution at remediation event
Envirotec Magazine
OCTOBER 17, 2019
AECOM has been helping clients to understand and remediate PFAS contamination since 2001 and has worked on over 200 PFAS projects, including environmental and human health-risk investigations at RAAF Base Williamtown and the Army Aviation Centre Oakey.
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Consumers Are Playing a Big Role in Keeping the Lights On in California This Week
GreenTechMedia
AUGUST 19, 2020
After a massive heat wave in California that led grid operator CAISO to order its first rolling blackouts since the 2001 energy crisis on Friday and Saturday, the state has thus far managed to avoid further forced outages. High heat can cause problems for power plants that can force them to shut down.
EPA might water down its cleanup standards for Seattle’s only river
Grist
SEPTEMBER 2, 2021
The five-mile stretch of Seattle’s only river was declared a Superfund site in 2001 after nearly 100 years of industrial activity, such as the manufacturing of airplane parts and the production of asphalt. It isn’t easy to undo a century of industrial pollution — or even agree on how to do it.
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Report: Sea change in consumer demand is driving sustainable fishing practices
Business Green
SEPTEMBER 19, 2023
Almost 150 changes to fishing practices have been made since 2001, according to fresh research from the Marine Stewardship Council
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Nuclear hydrogen is promising, says US energy Loan Programs Office director
Hydrogen Fuel News
OCTOBER 4, 2023
billion for two H2-based projects since December 2001. According to Shah, these two forms of energy have a “ very interesting marriage.” ” Money is on its way The LPO has given the nod to around $1.5
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Racing ahead: Formula E team Envision Virgin Racing certified as carbon neutral
Business Green
AUGUST 5, 2020
Established in 2001, the Carbon Trust works with businesses, governments, and institutions globally to help them contribute to a more sustainable future through carbon reduction and resource efficiency strategies.
Providing more than 250 million automotive electronic batteries globally
Smart Energy International
MARCH 9, 2022
EVE was established in 2001 and was listed in Shenzhen GEM in 2009. EVE) was established in 2001 and was listed in Shenzhen GEM in 2009. (EVE) has become a global competitive lithium battery platform company, owning core technologies and comprehensive solutions for both consumer batteries and power batteries. Automotive electronics.
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Conservative Party Received 40 Percent of its Donations from Fossil Fuel Interests in First Week of Campaign
DeSmogBlog
JUNE 14, 2024
million since 2001. He holds shares worth at least £100,000 in Shell, Harbour Energy, and the oilfield services firm TechnipFMC, according to his register of interests. Fellow Tory peer Lord Farmer has donated an additional £317,000 to the party since the last election, and £8.8
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NYPA seeks to replace gas peaker plants with battery storage
Smart Energy International
APRIL 28, 2022
In 2001, NYPA installed peaker plants at six locations in New York City and one on Long Island. Both added additional analysis would need to ensure any envisioned retrofit, replacement or retirement does not result in an increase in carbon emissions or other criteria pollutants from less efficient fossil-fired power plants in NYC.
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International IoT exhibition – Extreme manufacturing sustainable development
Smart Energy International
JULY 4, 2022
Founded in 2001, EVE Energy Co., EVE Energy will be exhibiting several IoT battery solutions at the 18th 2022 International Internet of Things Exhibition-Shenzhen , which will be held at the Shenzhen Convention and Exhibition Center (Futian) on August 18-20, 2022. About EVE Energy Co., EVE) was listed in Shenzhen GEM in 2009.
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Self-Guided Learning Opportunities For Hispanic Heritage Month
Planet Pulse
SEPTEMBER 15, 2021
La Cienaga (2001). Enjoy Spanish language movies. Here are their Top 10 essential viewing: Roma (2018). Pan’s Labyrinth (2006). All About My Mother (Todo Sobre mi Madre) (1999). Simón del Desierto (Simon of the Desert) (1965). Pain and Glory (Dolar y Gloria) (2019). I am Cuba (Soy Cuba) (1995). The Chambermaid (La Camarista) (2019).
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Grist
SEPTEMBER 23, 2019
Back in 2001, Tropical Storm Allison doused Houston with as much as 25 inches of rain, causing some $5 billion in damages. Imelda, with maximum sustained winds of 40 mph , narrowly qualified for a name at all — the cutoff is 39 mph. It’s not the first barely-named storm to wreak havoc in Texas.
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EVE provides over 180m super capacitor solutions for smart meters worldwide
Smart Energy International
JULY 25, 2022
EVE) was established in 2001 and was listed in Shenzhen GEM in 2009. Currently, more than 180 million battery capacitors are operating stably in the market. View more content from EVE here. About EVE Energy. EVE Energy Co.,
Seven commodities continue to fuel the destruction of the world's forests - how can they be stopped?
Business Green
FEBRUARY 10, 2021
Conducted by the World Resources Institute (WRI), the analysis shows that just seven commodities - cattle, oil palm, soy, cocoa, rubber, coffee, and plantation wood fibre - accounted for 26 per cent of global tree cover loss from 2001 to 2015. million hectares from 2001 to 2015, principally in Indonesia and Malaysia.
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