Terra Infirma

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

This is incredibly frustrating: the Climate Change Act went into law in 2008 and yet no-one in the following 16 years acted to make it legal for DNOs (the companies who run the grid in the country’s regions) to prioritise the queue of projects coming on board so they can accelerate what they need for Net Zero until now.

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 29, 2021

When Corbett started Ecologic in 2008, scaling its sustainable packaging was challenging because at that time, only the “diehard” in the green movement were pushing for such solutions, she said. .

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Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Whilst not immediately obvious, with the looming recession, the data gives an indication of the likely impact of an economic downturn by looking back to the time of the 2008 financial crisis and the years that followed. For next year, whilst targets are flat, a shortfall this year could see a lack of carry forward PRNs into 2023.

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Charged

JULY 7, 2022

300 of these are e-208 Allure Premium models, and 300 are e-2008 GT models. The larger e-2008 is also powered by a 50 kWh pack, and has a range of up to 214 miles. UK electric car subscription service Onto plans to add 600 new Peugeot EVs to its fleet.

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FuelCellsWorks

APRIL 18, 2024

Empowering Innovation and Women in Engineering Since joining Vallourec in 2008, Justine Bernard has become an expert in the company’s core business and is now developing low-carbon solutions with the.

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EnergyTrend

APRIL 29, 2024

The 2008 Silicon Material Crash Led to the Bankruptcy of Photovoltaic Companies Like Suntech and LDK: Will History Repeat Itself? HistoricalReview:InthePhotovoltaicIndustry,JoyComeswithMaterialPriceIncreases,andSorrowwithDecreases."Thelastsiliconmaterialbullmarketbeganin2004anden. Thelastsiliconmaterialbullmarketbeganin2004anden.

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Forbes Green Tech

JANUARY 29, 2021

In a historic ruling against the oil giant Shell, the Court of Appeal in The Hague has found in favor of four Nigerian farmers along with environmental activists in an oil spill case that was first filed in 2008.

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GreenBiz

JULY 16, 2020

The primary reason I started covering the business of sustainability during the 2008 financial crisis wasn’t just because I was laid off from my position as editor of a technology trade publication. The electronic waste collection conundrum. Heather Clancy. Thu, 07/16/2020 - 01:15.

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Financial Times: Energy

JUNE 20, 2024

Treasury set to recoup almost all of what was forecast to be UK’s costliest bailout since 2008

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Financial Times: Energy

APRIL 15, 2024

Ballooning leverage and excessive financial engineering are among the unnerving parallels with the 2008 financial crisis

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GreenBiz

MAY 18, 2020

This is a longstanding practice for Intel, something the company has done since 2008. One company can’t solve climate change’.

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GreenBiz

AUGUST 13, 2020

In 2008, Exxon made a record $40.6 For years, extracting the black gold from the ground, processing it, then selling gasoline, fuel oil, petrochemicals and other refined products has been one of the most profitable businesses in history.

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 11, 2020

This was further underpinned in 2008 Grundfos set themselves some tough inhouse targets, including to reduce the total water usage, at their facilities by 50%, by 2025. Grundfos are proud to be at the vanguard of companies who are taking positive global action.

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Energy Monitor Climate change Sustainability Investment 179

GreenBiz

MARCH 4, 2021

BNP Paribas, France’s largest bank, last month pledged to stop financing companies that produce or buy beef or soybeans cultivated on land in the Amazon cleared or converted after 2008. Britain’s Prince Charles in January said he had established the Natural Capital Investment Alliance under his Sustainable Markets Initiative.

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The City Fix

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

One study counted 54 building collapse deaths and 122 injuries in Kampala, Uganda, between 2004 and 2008. Another identified 112 cases in Lagos, Nigeria, from 1978 to 2008. Incidents of building collapse are worryingly common in large African cities. Cities in Ghana and Kenya, Continue reading on TheCityFix.com.

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GreenBiz

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

Founded in 2008 as California’s first not-for-profit, community choice aggregation program, MCE today serves over 1 million residents and businesses in four San Francisco Bay area counties: Contra Costa; Marin; Napa; and Solano.

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Solar Energy Monitor Business Energy Monitoring Home Energy Monitoring Building Energy Monitoring 408

TechCrunch: Climate

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Husk Power Systems, a clean energy company at the forefront of fueling rural electrification since 2008 and that announced plans to launch 500 solar mini-grids in Nigeria over the next five years, has raised $103 million Series D in equity and debt to meet its objectives.

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Solar Power World

JANUARY 7, 2022

As of 2020, there were 551 mines in the United States (out of that group, 37% of them idled operations) compared to more than 1,200 active mines in 2008.… Over the last 13 years, the country has shuttered more coal mines than it has opened.

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Hydrogen Fuel News

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

With stringent targets set to reduce emissions by 40% from 2008 levels by 2030, and to achieve net zero by 2050 , innovations like these are crucial. These innovations underscore the dynamic progress in waste-to-hydrogen technology, offering promising avenues for cleaner energy and effective waste management.

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Waste Waste Hydrogen Innovation 105

The Guardian: Energy

DECEMBER 27, 2023

Stung by the 2008 oil price spike, Uruguay now produces up to 98% of its electricity from renewables. Can other countries follow suit? It was the 2000s, and fossil fuel prices were rising worldwide. Uruguay imports its oil, so it had a problem. Demand for energy in the country had grown by 8.4%

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GreenBiz

MAY 26, 2020

Tone down the celebration : Though the scale differs, in 2008 people were losing their jobs and afraid for their futures. Immediate vs. restorative : The 2008 financial crisis sparked hopes of a fundamental shift from short-term profits to longer-term values.

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GreenBiz

JUNE 30, 2021

Here are some notable learnings from his interview with GreenBiz: The Hewlett Foundation (HF) has been a long-term, large funder in clean transportation since 2008. Since its inception, the focus has been on trying to build strong international policies in favor of green transport.

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GreenBiz

AUGUST 18, 2020

In 2018, the International Maritime Organization set the goal to halve emissions for commercial ships from 2008 levels by 2050. In that sense, there is a really good partnership that is not in name only, but in values and goals. And the goalposts are high. But by 2030, zero-emissions vessels will need to start being introduced.

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GreenTechMedia

JANUARY 6, 2020

The suit alleged that First Solar executives and officers misled shareholders between April 2008 and February 2012 about the extent of financial damage related to a manufacturing hiccup. Prior to the suit, First Solar had announced the discovery of a defect that impacted 4 percent of the panels it produced between June 2008 and June 2009.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 26, 2020

Prior to the coronavirus pandemic, bus travel was in decline, with the number of people using that mode of transport falling by around 100 million since 2008. With many services currently struggling to attract passengers, now is considered the moment to introduce new schemes and assist operators.

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 23, 2023

Home to Yorkshire’s only Seal Hospital, Sea Life’s Scarborough’s Seal Sanctuary opened in 2008, while the group’s Hunstanton’s dedicated Seal Rescue Centre and Hospital opened in 1989.

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GreenBiz

JULY 22, 2020

For example, Polman pointed to the 2008 financial crisis in which the U.S. In addition to discussing government leadership, Polman said corporate leaders must show courage. That leadership needs to be moral and human, he said, in order to not repeat the mistakes of the past.

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Business Green

MARCH 24, 2021

The analysis also confirms that while total emissions have grown, the carbon intensity of shipping improved between 2008 and 2018 - both for international shipping as a whole and for most ship types.

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GreenTechMedia

MARCH 12, 2021

The firm had 370 megawatts' worth of wind farms in operation with a target to build this up to 1 GW by the end of 2008. Trina Solar at this stage had a fully integrated manufacturing capacity of 150 MW and was on target to grow this to 350 MW in 2008. Solar was where the search for a silver bullet was focused.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 31, 2019

In a large-scale biodiversity study, an international research team headed by scientists at TUM surveyed a large number of insect groups in Brandenburg, Thuringia and Baden-Württemberg between 2008 and 2017. Since 2008 they measured a decrease of approximately 40 percent in insect biomass in the forests they studied.

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GreenBiz

JUNE 15, 2020

traded stocks, were filled by women in 2019, up from just 12 percent in 2008 — racial diversity has not. . And while gender diversity has improved significantly over the past few years — according to Institutional Shareholder Services , 45 percent of new board positions among the Russell 3000, representing 3,000 of the largest U.S.-traded

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Impact Alpha

AUGUST 27, 2020

27 – Investors have been talking about systemic risks at least since the Great Financial Crisis of 2008. ImpactAlpha, Aug. More recently, climate change, income inequality and now, suddenly, pandemics have been recognized as systemic risks as well.

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Impact Alpha

AUGUST 27, 2020

Investors have been talking about systemic risks at least since the Great Financial Crisis of 2008. Featured: Agents of Impact Call Replay Rooting out racism as a systemic risk (audio). More recently, climate change, income inequality and, suddenly, pandemics have been recognized as systemic risks as well. The current discourse on.

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Envirotec Magazine

JANUARY 25, 2022

Figures reveal that the most enquired about car in the UK, the 2008 Volkswagen Golf, is rated C for CO2 and D for NOx. The study combines insurance enquiry volumes for car makes and models with data from the AIR Index, which ranks vehicles from A (most environmentally friendly) to E (least environmentally friendly).

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Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 12, 2019

The API2000 standard (also known as ISO28300:2008) was the first to require testing for leakage and correct calibration, including the specification of a maximum allowable leakage rate, when Edition VI was published in 2008. Certification is a particular area of weakness where breather valves are concerned.

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Financial Times: Energy

MAY 29, 2024

Also in this newsletter: BHP’s £39bn pursuit of Anglo American collapses, German workers in largest real-terms pay rise since 2008, orange juice producers feel the squeeze

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Envirotec Magazine

MAY 2, 2024

The revisited Steelcoat systems – originally applied in 2008 and 2010 respectively – serve as demonstrable proof of their enviable track record of success and affirms their position as industry leaders. www.denso.net

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