Grist

MAY 18, 2023

This story was originally published by Grist with the headline El Niño could cost the global economy $3 trillion on May 18, 2023. They found that in the five years following each of those El Niños, the weather phenomena depressed global economic growth by $4.1 trillion and $5.7 trillion in 2017 dollars, respectively.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

The International Energy Agency (IEA) will broadcast live the official launch of its first “Latin America Energy Outlook”. This event can be followed through its virtual platform on November 8 2023 at 4:00 p.m. The virtual platform for the live event can be accessed via this link.

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Greentown Labs

JANUARY 4, 2023

Many of the most-polluted cities of South America are in Chile, and this is mainly because of the use of wood during the winter. In 2023, the 10-person startup intends to grow its team, raise its seed round, implement its innovation at a farm in the United States, and explore additional applications for its technology.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 18, 2024

billion barrels of oil deep below the waters of the Atlantic ocean off the coast of Suriname, South Americas smallest country. Companies have repeatedly been caught breaching pledges to eliminate natural gas flaring and venting in South Americas remote offshore oilfields. By some estimates, there might be 2.4

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EDF + Business

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Further, 82% of consumers across age demographics are willing to pay more for sustainable packaging, according to a 2023 survey of 9,000 consumers spanning Europe, North America and South America. In a 2022 survey of U.S.

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Business Green

JANUARY 26, 2021

Demand for such products continues to grow rapidly around the world and is widely blamed for fuelling mass deforestation - both legal and illegal - in Asia, Africa, and South America, where forests are frequently cleared to make way for commodity cultivation and production.

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Grist

AUGUST 28, 2023

This story was originally published by Grist with the headline Rainforest study: Scientists now know the temperature at which photosynthesis stops on Aug 28, 2023. In some ways, you know, it doesn’t seem that daunting, because we’re all on spaceship Earth together,” he said.

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Grist

MARCH 14, 2023

The most severe drought took place in northeastern South America from 2015 to 2016, followed by the ongoing drought in the Cerrado region of Brazil. This story was originally published by Grist with the headline Climate change is supercharging floods and droughts, new research shows on Mar 14, 2023.

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Planet Pulse

JULY 10, 2023

A global image of Soil Water Content measurements indicating the average of a two-week time period in April 2023 for each individual pixel.* Figure 3: This image shows how much Soil Water Content levels changed from the previous 28 days prior to April 10, 2023. Increases are shown in blue and decreases are shown in orange.*

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Planet Pulse

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

This future hyperspectral satellites will be named Tanager, a colorful and visually diverse family of birds in Central and South America, and are designed to deliver hyperspectral data at a resolution of 30 meters with over 400 spectral bands.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 9, 2021

All furniture in the branch is made from 100 per cent recyclable materials in line with McDonald's pledge to ensure all furniture in its new and refurbished restaurants will be recyclable and made from recycled or certified materials by 2023.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

DECEMBER 8, 2023

One of the biggest stories and most widely supported initiatives coming out of the 2023 UN Climate Change Conference (CO28) in Dubai, UAE is the pledge to triple the world’s installed renewable energy capacity by 2030 to limit global temperature rise to 1.5°C.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

The signing of the memorandum of understanding between the three parties took place in March 2023. The decision to proceed to drilling comes after the surface studies done by the partnership of Ecopetrol, Baker Hughes, and Grupo EPM’s Caldas Hydroelectric Power Plant (CHEC).

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ThinkGeoEnergy

JANUARY 29, 2024

A Framework Cooperation Agreement signed in March 2023 between the two parties created a strategic alliance that aimed to facilitate scientific exchange and technology and knowledge transfer complementing the competencies of both parties.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

JANUARY 5, 2024

The main objective of the project, which officially began in October 2023 after administrative processes, is to evaluate the technical and economic viability of establishing a green hydrogen plant powered by geothermal cogeneration in the Aysén Fjord.

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Business Green

MARCH 15, 2023

The firm said it is now aiming to accelerate delivery of battery cars to customers in 2023 in order to tackle its huge EV order book, which includes over 100,000 orders in Europe alone. The update confirmed sales of the auto giant's fully electric vehicles rose 23.6 per cent year-on-year to around 330,000 units worldwide.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Greg Thompson, CEO MB Century says the agreement also focuses on other international key markets such as Indonesia, Taiwan, and Japan, with plans to expand into the USA, South America, Kenya, Tanzania, Ethiopia, Djibouti, Turkey, and Italy.

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Hydrogen Fuel News

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

Since late 2023, GLS Germany has effectively delivered over 100,000 packages using the Hyundai Xcient Fuel Cell 6×2 truck, which features the highly efficient Allison 4000 Series™ fully automatic transmission in the greater Cologne area.

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Grist

JULY 20, 2023

Researchers have documented the insects making their homes in higher places that are typically too cool for them, from the tropical highlands of South America to the mountainous but populous regions of eastern Africa. A recent Georgetown University study found them moving upward in sub-Saharan Africa at the rate of 21 feet per year.

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Terra Infirma

JUNE 19, 2023

No one wants to confirm it’s Africa, Asia & South America that’s the real problem! I got this classic response: Still no credible expert stating the obvious that over population & deforestation is the cause. Not UK emissions or UK use of fossil fuels!

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Business Green

MARCH 21, 2023

The agency's Renewable Capacity Statistics 2023 report yesterday revealed that 295GW of renewable power capacity was brought online in 2022, accounting for 83 per cent of all new power capacity added last year. Moreover, Oceania saw 5.2GW of new capacity come online and South America continued an upward trend with 18.2GW of capacity added.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

The company announced its latest green investments at New York Climate Week, confirming plans for its first project in South America in the form of a solar farm in Brazil, as well as its first solar farms in India and Poland. "We

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ThinkGeoEnergy

MARCH 28, 2024

During the 10th Geothermal Congress for Latin America and the Caribbean (GEOLAC 2023) , recently held in the city of Cartagena de Indias in Colombia, the PiensaGeotermia team , in alliance with the New Energy Events team, interviewed Mr. Ken Takagi , president and CEO of Toshiba America, Inc.

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Grist

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Even South America, in the throes of winter, saw unbelievable heat: A town in the Chilean Andes topped 100 degrees F — another all-time high. A drugstore employee restocks deodorant and antiperspirant in Miami in March 2023. on Sep 19, 2023. It is getting to the point that life is dangerous without air-conditioning.

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Smart Energy International

JANUARY 13, 2023

Learn more: [link] pic.twitter.com/UbAIDqBu25 — Badger Meter (@Badger_Meter) January 5, 2023. TE Connectivity, US-based consumer electronics company with a focus on connectivity and sensors, and Germany-based Kries-Energietechnik, have signed a sales agreement covering North, Central and the majority of South America.

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Energy Innovation

MARCH 29, 2023

Multi-year droughts have also created challenges in South America (although heavy snows in July 2022 brought some relief to the Andes in Chile and Peru ). 2022) also projects declining snowpack within the American Cordillera, a series of mountain ranges across western North and South America that includes California’s Sierra Nevada.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

JULY 12, 2024

Perez et al, 2023) Type B volcanoes include the San Pedro-Tatara volcanic complex, the Puyehue-Cordon Caulle volcanic complex, and the Copahue , Caviahue, Tinguririca, Tolhuaca , and Mentolat volcanoes.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

OCTOBER 4, 2023

” This will be a two-day course on geothermal drilling taking place on 11-12 October 2023 at the NH Collection Bogota Teleport Royal in Bogota, Colombia. Registration is open for “Geothermal Drilling: Combining Oil and Gas Technology with Geothermal Knowledge.” Registration for the course can be done via this link.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

DECEMBER 18, 2023

In the US, we are seeing geothermal power prices of more than USD 100 per MWh, which is comparable with many other renewable sources, as noted by Lazard’s 2023 analysis of levelized cost of electricity (LCOE). There is much to be done in South America, a region I am counting on to start developing its geothermal potential in earnest.

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Workers in 2023 at a seafood plant called Yantai Sanko Fisheries in Shandong, which relies on Uyghur and other labour from Xinjiang and exports to the U.S., Part of the biggest fleet in the world, more than 300 Chinese squid ships ride the line of national waters on both sides of South America. Credit: Kashgar Media Center.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 26, 2023

Similarly, the Canadian government has proposed a hydrogen investment tax credit in its 2023 Budget Proposal, but the details of that credit remain confirmed. Department of Treasury, expected by the end of this year; without eligibility for this credit, many projects may not proceed.

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Charged

JULY 9, 2024

The report found an 81% year-over-year increase in the number of EV commercial vehicles in the US in 2023, which is still well behind more aggressive adopters, such as South Africa (796%), Peru (289%) and Mexico (248%).

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ThinkGeoEnergy

AUGUST 21, 2023

Date: 25 August 2023 Time: 16:00 CEST (7 am PST) Registration link: [link] Presenter: Bastien Poux, Aetna Geothermal Bastien is a Senior Geothermal Geologist and the Director at Aetna Geothermal with over 14 years of experience in the geothermal industry.

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

TotalEnergies will sponsor the 2023 Rugby World Cup in France. From the world’s biggest soccer championship to soccer training for kids , from major universities to music festivals and art galleries to — if you can name it, fossil fuel companies have probably sponsored it. Filling in For Governments.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

JUNE 4, 2024

With this update, the tool can now be used to provide insight on untapped clean geothermal potential in previously overlooked regions in North America, including within the central US, portions of the eastern seaboard, into the NW Territories of Canada, and across parts of Mexico.

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Smart Energy International

MAY 24, 2024

Since their last investment round in December 2023, the latest deal has raised the company’s valuation by 15%. Have you read: Octopus Energy extends reach into South America with Energisa partnership Octopus Energy and Enphase Energy announce strategic integration So, how do they do it?

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Business Green

MAY 6, 2021

billion acres of previously deforested land in South America alone where you can expand crops without sacrificing native ecosystems. For example, Unilever has committed to a deforestation-free supply chain by 2023, as well as pledging to protect and regenerate 1.5 There are 1.6

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