GreenBiz

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

million more people were employed in clean energy in 2022 than in 2019, according to the IEA. But that's not enough.

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Energy Energy 361

Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 18, 2022

The study was completed in 2019. In fact, as recently as 2019, no waste at all was recycled in Turkey. The UK has improved in its waste management since the last report in 2019. It moved from 17th to 21st place as it is producing a lower volume of waste (down from 468kg per capita in 2019, to 463kg per capita in 2022).

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Inhabitat - Innovation

MAY 21, 2020

This record 40-day timespan has edged over 2019's run of 38 days when U.S. Both the US Energy Information Administration (EIA) and the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysts (IEEFA) have revealed that, from March 25th through May 3rd, utility-scale solar, wind and hydropower collectively generated more electricity than coal!

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GreenBiz

AUGUST 12, 2020

The amount of renewable diesel used in California tripled between 2015 to 2019 to 620 million gallons. Between 2015 and 2018, the consumption of renewable natural gas by natural gas fleets grew by 475 percent, and in 2019 in California, 80 percent of the natural gas used for transportation was renewable.

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Natural gas Sustainability Carbon-negative Transportation 532

GreenBiz

NOVEMBER 27, 2020

secondhand clothing market is projected to more than triple in value in the next 10 years — from $28 billion in 2019 to $80 billion in 2029 — in a U.S. In 2019, secondhand clothing expanded 21 times faster than conventional apparel retail did. The market value of this sector reached $2 billion in 2019.

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Fashion Sustainability Retail Pollution 485

GreenBiz

OCTOBER 13, 2020

The study analyzed litigation, transactional and lobbying work conducted from 2015 to 2019. After all, the $41 million ExxonMobil spent on climate lobbying in 2019 ( according to InfluenceMap ) exceeds the entire $37 million annual operating budget ( 2019 ) of Greenpeace USA. Four firms receive an A while 26 received an F.

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TechXplore

JULY 5, 2024

When Google announced this week that its climate emissions had risen by 48 percent since 2019, it pointed the finger at artificial intelligence.

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GreenBiz

JUNE 10, 2020

The organization expects there to be 169 zero-emission commercial vehicles available for purchase, or soon to be available, in North America by the end of 2020; that's a 78 percent increase from the number of zero-emission commercial vehicles available at the end of 2019. Why does this matter?

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Hydrogen Fuel News

OCTOBER 17, 2024

Hyundai Recalling Nexo Models Due to TPRD Defect Hyundai Motor America announced a recall for certain 2019-2024 Nexo models due to a defect in the thermally activated pressure relief device (TPRD). In April 2022, two separate recalls were issued for the 2019-2021 models.

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Hydrogen Technology Innovation Automotive 111

TechXplore

JANUARY 9, 2025

But the technology powering thisrechargeable lithium-ion batteriesheralded a genuine technological revolution when these batteries first appeared on the commercial scene in the 1990s, and they earned their developers the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2019.

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Lithium Batteries Electric vehicle Innovation 299

GreenBiz

MARCH 26, 2021

You’re looking at the aftermath of 2019 floods that left millions of acres of U.S. When researchers looked at satellite imagery in the aftermath of the 2019 floods, for example, they found that farmers who previously had used regenerative practices were more likely to be able to successfully plant in the spring. . farmland underwater.

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TechCrunch: Climate

MARCH 5, 2025

Founded in 2019 in London, Epoch Biodesign now a 30+ strong multidisciplinary team of chemists, biologists and software engineers. startup, originating from founder Jacob Nathan’s high school science project on using enzymes to break down plastic waste, has secured an oversubscribed $18.3 million in Series A funding.

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TechXplore

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

In 2019, 30% of the electric vehicle (EV) models available worldwide were sports utility vehicles (SUVs). Electric cars are getting bigger and heavier.

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 7, 2023

Importantly while daily levels have reduced in Europe and North America in the two decades to 2019, levels have increased in Southern Asia, Australia, New Zealand, Latin America and the Caribbean, with more than 70% of days globally seeing levels above what is safe. exposed days globally, by 2019 more than 70% of days still had PM 2.5

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GreenBiz

JUNE 5, 2020

Meet the fellows for 2019 and 2020. Here are the 2019-2020 fellows. is a fourth-generation black farmer and the founder and president of the National Black Farmers Association. More in this Guardian feature. The Castanea Fellowship is a two-year program for diverse leaders working for a racially just food system.

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The Verge: Energy

OCTOBER 15, 2024

It also committed to slashing its planet-heating pollution in half by 2030 compared to a 2019 baseline. Back in 2020, Google set a goal of running on carbon-free energy around the clock by 2030.

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GreenBiz

MAY 19, 2021

The company started implementing circular strategies for its products years ago — for example, it launched its used gear program in the United States in 2019. In 2019, Arc'teryx processed nearly 5,000 items in the first six months of the program, on which it partners with Trove , and the company said the program is continuing to grow.

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GreenBiz

MARCH 19, 2021

So far the program, approved by the Oregon Public Utilities Commission in 2019, has inked deals for 300 megawatts (MW) of new capacity, with hopes to expand soon. In May 2019, PGE launched the first GFI offering: access to the energy from a new 162-MW solar facility, to be built in Gilliam County, Oregon. Credit: Avangrid Renewables.

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Energy Energy North America Demand 385

GreenBiz

DECEMBER 17, 2020

With about $9 billion in annual revenue in 2019, AGCO is behind some of the best-known global brands in tractors, combine harvesters, balers and other farm equipment, including Massey-Ferguson, Fendt, Challenger and Valtra. . It's supposed to deliver the first models in fall 2021 and claims "hundreds" of pre-orders.

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Agriculture Electricity Soil Organic 508

Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 23, 2021

The 2MW tidal turbine, the Orbital O2, has been under construction since 2019 and it was developed by Scottish firm Orbital Marine Power (Orbital). The O2 turbine started construction in the second half of 2019 and is roughly 80% UK-made.

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Earth Day Construction Innovation Technology 361

Jim Conca

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

Athens, Greece improved air quality with a ~35% drop in pollutants from 2019 to 2021 while Reykjavík had the highest air pollution increase of ~14%. A new study by Uswitch out of the United Kingdom shows some significant changes in air quality in many major European cities over the last two years.

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TechXplore

APRIL 2, 2025

With global water scarcity on the riseimpacting 38% of Europe's population in 2019 alonea novel approach is emerging to transform wastewater into a valuable resource.

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Europe Innovation Energy Energy 198

GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

Its 2019 sustainability report , for example, features a menu of links to a comprehensive data resource and all reporting frameworks from every page of its digital report. For example, MetLife, in its 2019 sustainability report , disclosed its diversity (gender and ethnicity) data against key industry benchmarks by Deloitte and McKinsey.

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Demand Sustainability Government Fashion 445

GreenBiz

DECEMBER 29, 2020

You'll find her haiku from 2019 here. Tue, 12/29/2020 - 01:00. Editor's note: Back by popular demand, smart cities consultant Sue Lebeck provides GreenBiz highlights from the past year in verse. Rise before the Surprise. Leaders gather for. the first and last time in year. of shelter-in-place. Learning on the Job. Could ways to flatten.

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Sustainability Smart Cities Plastics Climate change 376

GreenBiz

JANUARY 27, 2021

According to Joshua Davies, sustainability manager for Multiplex Europe, 42 percent of his company’s overall 2019 footprint came from embodied carbon from its suppliers. According to a 2019 Rocky Mountain Institute report, full-scale hydrogen-based steel production would cost 20 to 30 percent more than conventional steel-making processes.

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Hydrogen Real Estate Carbon Demand 503

TechXplore

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

A team from the Research Institute for Sustainability (RIFS) analyzed developments across 10 industrial manufacturing sectors in China between 2006 and 2019. To what extent does the digitalization of industrial and manufacturing processes (Industry 4.0) improve energy efficiency and thus reduce energy intensity?

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Energy Energy Sustainability 245

TechXplore

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

The rapid adoption of zero-emission electric vehicles will move the nation close to an 80% or more drop in transportation greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 from the 2019 level according to researchers from the U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL).

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GreenBiz

MAY 21, 2021

Before the formal inductions, attendees were also treated to a performance by Awa Ndiaye , a spoken word poet and 2019 GreenBiz Emerging Leader who is building a career in environmental management. Elaine Hsieh , co-founder, head of corporate partnerships and marketing, Third Derivative.

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Sustainability Organic Climate change Startups 542

GreenBiz

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

In 2019, Keurig Dr Pepper launched its Drink Well. How Keurig Dr Pepper is increasing its packaging recyclability. corporate responsibility platform aimed, in part, at reducing its environmental footprint.

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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. . According to the 2019 Registry of Corporate Directors published by Black Enterprise magazine, there were just over 300 African-American board members among S&P 500 companies, out of nearly 4,500 board seats overall.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

But we seized it as an opportunity to break new ground. We decided to use our direct-current technology expertise and product portfolio to create the world’s first direct current factory.

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Energy Monitor Building Energy Monitoring Solar Energy Monitor Energy 147

Solar Industry

DECEMBER 3, 2024

for the first time since 2019. Solar Market Insight Q4 2024 report from the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) and Wood Mackenzie shows that at full capacity, U.S. solar module factories can produce enough equipment to meet nearly all demand for solar in the United States. solar industry installed 8.6

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GreenBiz

MARCH 16, 2021

In addition to the net-zero goal, the e-commerce site has set two science-based targets using a baseline year of 2019, which are pending validation from the SBT i. Back in 2019, Etsy launched its first initiative focused on reducing the carbon emissions of its marketplace by introducing carbon offset shipping.

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GreenBiz

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

GreenFin 21 is the natural evolution of the GreenFin Summits we ran at our GreenBiz conferences in 2019 and 2020. What spurred us to launch the summits back in 2019 was the realization that these parties weren’t always speaking the same language or understanding one another’s needs. Tower of Babel.

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GreenBiz

APRIL 1, 2021

In 2019, it was recorded at a little under $160 billion, a projected compound annual growth rate of 2.5 In 2019 , Cargill partnered with InnovaFeed, a startup focusing on bringing plant-based and insect proteins to animal and fish feeds. Cargill is focusing on switching to feed ingredients that have less of a carbon footprint.

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Innovation Sustainability Seafood Carbon 395

GreenBiz

OCTOBER 13, 2020

HSBC, which provided $87 billion in financing to top fossil fuel companies since the Paris Agreement and nearly $8 billion in loans and underwriting to 29 companies developing coal plants between 2017 and Q3 2019, has faced growing pressure from shareholders to cease financing companies heavily dependent on fossil fuels.

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Fossil fuels Retail Climate change Investment 402

Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Flooding at Embankment in October 2019 (image credit: D MacDonald / Shutterstock.com). Over 100,000 square metres of London that should have improved drainage using SuDs (Sustainable Urban Drainage Systems) has not been delivered since 2019.

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