Are bioplastics really better for the environment? Read the fine print
GreenBiz
AUGUST 28, 2019
Confusion among terms like bioplastics, bio-based and biodegradable plastics makes it hard to discern and make the environmentally responsible choice.
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The Electric-Vehicle Revolution Has A Visibility Problem
Forbes Green Tech
AUGUST 3, 2019
Which comes first: the electric vehicle or the charging station?
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Railway heat to be repurposed to warm London homes this winter
Inhabitat - Innovation
AUGUST 28, 2019
Besides riding the railway, or 'tube,' to go from one end of the U.K. to another, some North Londoners will benefit from excess heat generated by the Northern Line by year's end with a new initiative to reuse this heat to warm hundreds of houses and businesses in Islington.
World’s Largest All-Electric Ferry Enters Revenue Service In Denmark
CleanTechnica
AUGUST 29, 2019
Ellen, the world's most powerful all electric ferry, has entered revenue service in southern Denmark, moving the zero emissions transportation revolution forward another step.
How to Drive Cost Savings, Efficiency Gains, and Sustainability Wins with MES
Speaker: Nikhil Joshi, Founder & President of Snic Solutions
Is your manufacturing operation reaching its efficiency potential? A Manufacturing Execution System (MES) could be the game-changer, helping you reduce waste, cut costs, and lower your carbon footprint. Join Nikhil Joshi, Founder & President of Snic Solutions, in this value-packed webinar as he breaks down how MES can drive operational excellence and sustainability.
Europe’s wind potential is 100 times higher, could power the world
Renewable Energy World
AUGUST 16, 2019
Europe can potentially generate 100 times the current amount of energy generated, and produce enough power to power the world until 2050, if it were to maximize land use for onshore wind capacity.
Can Amazon.com Save The Amazon?
CleanTechnica
AUGUST 25, 2019
Climate anxiety is real. I’ve felt it for years — a sense that we’re demolishing the only planet we have, hurtling toward a cliff at unprecedented speed, and, for the most part, only a backseat driver is currently starting to murmur something along the lines of, “Hey, guys? Ummm … maybe we ought to … you know, I don’t want to nag or anything, but, maybe we oughta, ya know, slow down?
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A deluge of batteries is about to rewire the power grid
Renewable Energy World
AUGUST 5, 2019
A pale orange-and-gold sunset bathes the macadamia plantations and avocado orchards that sweep down to Australia’s Byron Bay. The coming dusk is a cue for two sleek Tesla battery packs in the garage at Amileka, a secluded holiday villa nearby. They stir silently into action—powering the appliances in the five-bedroom home’s twin kitchens, recharging a $100,000-plus Model X SUV, driving a filter pump for an 18-meter swimming pool sparkling in the shade of a century-old native black bean tree.
Can Development & Sustainability Go Hand-In-Hand?
CleanTechnica
AUGUST 23, 2019
History might lead us to believe that they can’t — but is that true for today’s developing countries.
The UN's Sustainable Development Goals Aren't Just Doing Good -- They're Good Business
Forbes Green Tech
AUGUST 29, 2019
As a flotilla of boats representing the UN's Sustainable Development Goals follows activist Greta Thunberg into New York City, the need to do good is more apparent than ever. But how can business leaders use the UN's goals to do more than just greenwash?
Nuclear Power And The 2020 Presidential Candidates
Jim Conca
AUGUST 8, 2019
14 candidates support nuclear in some way, 9 do not, and 1 is unclear. Leading climate scientists say we can't address climate change without nuclear power. Supporting nuclear power is a clear signal about how serious a candidate is about climate change and how serious they are about science.
The Key to Sustainable Energy Optimization: A Data-Driven Approach for Manufacturing
Speaker: Kevin Kai Wong, President of Emergent Energy Solutions
In today's industrial landscape, the pursuit of sustainable energy optimization and decarbonization has become paramount. ♻️ Manufacturing corporations across the U.S. are facing the urgent need to align with decarbonization goals while enhancing efficiency and productivity. Unfortunately, the lack of comprehensive energy data poses a significant challenge for manufacturing managers striving to meet their targets. 📊 Join us for a practical webinar hosted by Kevin Kai Wong of Emergent Ene
Vertical forest buildings designed by Stefano Boeri set to center new Cairo Administrative district
Inhabitat - Innovation
AUGUST 22, 2019
In a world of high population growth, it’s increasingly difficult to find adequate housing, and green space is diminishing throughout most urban areas. But when Cairo began developing a new administrative capital area architects and designers jumped into the planning with vertical forest block buildings. Italian architect Stefano Boeri collaborated with Egyptian designer Shimaa Shalash as a local partner, as well as landscape agronomist Laura Gatti to create three, seven-story buildings includin
Toxic chemicals can enter food through packaging, so we made a list
GreenBiz
AUGUST 23, 2019
Environmental NGO EDF has identified toxic chemicals of concern that must be addressed to ensure health and safety.
Dundee to host conference on climate change science and law
Envirotec Magazine
AUGUST 27, 2019
Scotland will host world-leading experts in climate change law and science in September, as they attend a major conference on global climate at the University of Dundee. Held at the University’s Dalhousie Building from 27-28 September, this inaugural event will focus on identifying elements of a global climate consensus and the legal practicality of effective climate action.
A Plan to Unlock Local Clean Energy for A Climate-Resilient California Grid
GreenTechMedia
AUGUST 27, 2019
Like much of the country, California is faced with a “new abnormal,” in which wildfires and other climate-related disasters are becoming more frequent and destructive. It’s exposing both the vulnerability of our existing electric system and the opportunity to use clean energy as a critical resilience strategy. Policymakers have directed California’s major utilities to proactively shut off power as a public safety measure when fire risk is high, and the utilities have aler
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.
Chlorophyll Water – Good For the Mind, the Body, and the Planet
Green Business Bureau
AUGUST 26, 2019
If you’ve been around family or friends who are focused on living a healthier lifestyle or if you’ve been noticing more articles on “non-toxic” or “detoxing,” you’ve no doubt heard or read about the health benefits of chlorophyll. One impressive company, Chlorophyll Water , has captured this rapidly expanding market by combining the health benefits of vitamin-enhanced chlorophyll water with eco-friendly, sustainable, non-toxic bottles.
A Very Fast, Very Safe, Very SLIMM Nuclear Reactor
Jim Conca
AUGUST 31, 2019
The SLLIM is a liquid sodium nuclear fast reactor that generates 10 to 100 MW for many years, even decades, without refueling. It can’t meltdown, can operate without water, is factory fabricated and shipped to the construction site where it is installed below ground in a seismic-resistant cocoon.
Nestl plans to bottle 1.1M gallons of water daily from natural springs in Florida
Inhabitat - Innovation
AUGUST 27, 2019
In Ginnie Springs, northern Florida, Nestlé is battling local humans and turtles for their water supply.
The power of job crafting for sustainability jobs — and beyond
GreenBiz
AUGUST 28, 2019
Even if your title isn't 'corporate sustainability specialist,' there are still many ways to have an impact.
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.
Bristol announces low carbon housing development, and selection of heat pump technology
Envirotec Magazine
AUGUST 19, 2019
Borehole drilling rig for the installation of heat pumps at Ashton Rise. A sustainable housing development is to be developed in Bristol, featuring innovative low-carbon heating. Bristol City Council’s 133 homes at Ashton Rise are being built using the high efficiency Sig iHouse solution, and heated by individual ground source heat pumps connected to a shared ground loop array of boreholes.
Form Energy Raises $40M Series B for Super-Long-Duration Grid Storage
GreenTechMedia
AUGUST 26, 2019
Long-duration storage startup Form Energy thought that solving the problem of months-long grid storage would take a decade. But its last year of work advanced faster than expected. Based on that progress, the team of industry veterans has fast-tracked development and raised a $40 million Series B, co-founder Mateo Jaramillo told Greentech Media. Italian oil and gas major Eni signed on as lead investor, joined by Capricorn Investment Group and most of the existing investors from last year's $
Japan – Asia’s Biggest Energy Market Opportunity in 2019?
CleanTech Group
AUGUST 2, 2019
One of the largest economies in the world and the fourth largest consumer of electricity, Japan has long been a recognized leader in energy technology development. The 2011 earthquake and the subsequent Fukushima nuclear accident triggered a major overhaul of the energy market in Japan. As a result, local and foreign innovators are now looking […].
Energy's Future - Battery and Storage Technologies
Jim Conca
AUGUST 26, 2019
Battery technologies have to catch up with other new low-C tech, and V-flow batteries may be the breakthrough we need. They are fully containerized, nonflammable, compact, reusable over semi-infinite cycles, discharge 100% of the stored energy and do not degrade for more than 20 years.
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?
Engineers invent origami-inspired self-watering pots that are made from 100% recycled materials
Inhabitat - Innovation
AUGUST 26, 2019
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The world is going sideways. What's a sustainability professional to do?
GreenBiz
AUGUST 27, 2019
The Amazon and the Arctic are burning, Greenland and Antarctica are melting, and longstanding concerns such as plastic waste, air pollution and water security that don’t seem to be getting better. How do you stay positive?
Treat citizens as partners, not participants, to improve air quality research
Envirotec Magazine
AUGUST 30, 2019
Encouraging citizens to take part in almost every step of scientific air quality research improves their understanding of how air pollution affects their health, finds a new study from the University of Surrey. In a paper published in Sustainable Cities and Society journal, researchers from Surrey’s Global Centre for Clean Air Research (GCARE) together with the IAAC Fab Lab Barcelona, Connected Places Catapult and T6 Ecosystems under the iSCAPE project, provide details about how introducing a mu
2020 Looks Like the Breakout Year for Building Decarbonization in California
GreenTechMedia
AUGUST 26, 2019
California has just 25 years to achieve its economywide carbon-neutrality target. Buildings account for about a quarter of California’s greenhouse gas emissions, so concerted efforts will be needed to squeeze carbon out of the sector, especially existing buildings. State policymakers are increasingly coalescing around a solution: electrification.
Freedom Lawns: A Clear Leader In Sustainable Lawn Care
Green Business Bureau
AUGUST 8, 2019
Freedom Lawns USA Inc. is an organic-based lawn care company that focuses on a safer approach to residential lawn, commercial lawn and ornamental plant care. Their franchises provide organic based lawn and plant care for residential and commercial clients using their own organic-based products and a sound integrated eco-friendly pest management program.
Marco Rubio Knows America's Future Depends On Rare Elements
Jim Conca
AUGUST 21, 2019
Rare elements like neodymium, niobium and cerium are critical to every aspect of our modern society from smart phones to electric cars. But China has a strangle-hold on the industry, so we need legislation to level the playing field like Marco Rubio’s Rare Earth Coop 21st Century Manufacturing Act.
Chattanooga becomes first 100% solar-powered airport in US
Inhabitat - Innovation
AUGUST 19, 2019
Tennessee’s fourth largest city, Chatanooga, becomes the first American airport to be 100 percent solar powered – and joins only a handful of airports who claim the same across the world. The $5 million dollar project has been seven years in the making and was funding by the Federal Aviation Administration. “This is a momentous day for the Chattanooga Airport as we complete our solar farm and achieve a major sustainability milestone,” said Terry Hart, president and CEO of the Chattanooga.
Here's how e-scooter and e-bike companies could embrace the circular economy
GreenBiz
AUGUST 28, 2019
Shared micromobility services may reduce emissions, but the short lifespan of the scooters and bicycles raises questions about materials use and deeper supply-chain impacts.
Government is “passing water pollution buck to the car industry”, experts warn
Envirotec Magazine
AUGUST 22, 2019
Poisonous particle pollution from brake and tyre wear is carried in runoff then enters rivers and streams. The Government acknowledged the serious and growing impacts of poisonous particle pollution from brake, tyre and road surface wear on the environment and human health – but diverted attention away from the immediate and urgent need to stop it entering directly into rivers and streams, water quality specialists have warned.
Investments in ‘people and places’ start to demonstrate impact in Opportunity Zones
Impact Alpha
AUGUST 28, 2019
ImpactAlpha, Aug. 28 – Capital is finally flowing to projects in U.S. Opportunity Zones that promote inclusive development and community empowerment. In other words, impact is investable. Locally led development efforts, homegrown startup activity and affordable housing investments from Erie, Pennsylvania to South Los Angeles are demonstrating that capital-gains tax incentives available in Opportunity Zones can The post Investments in ‘people and places’ start to demonstrate impact in Opportuni
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