June, 2023

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CSRD, CSDDD, ESRS and more: A cheat sheet of EU sustainability regulations

GreenBiz

Get ready for a nice warm bowl of alphabet soup.

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UK project will use AI plus microbes to unlock higher biogas production

Envirotec Magazine

Lactobacillus bacteria: A digital twin will help answer questions like: how does each species of microbe react to different food and to the other microbes around it? Researchers say they are using artificial intelligence to develop better microorganism-led processes that efficiently digest materials such as food waste, wastewater and animal manure to help boost the UK’s burgeoning biogas industry.

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What Happens If the Supreme Court Ends “Chevron Deference”?

NRDC onEarth

For one, the power of federal agencies like the EPA to set rules and enforce environmental protections would shrink.

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How To Make Your Building Green And Smart

U.S. Green Technology

Green and smart buildings gain attention due to the growing demand for eco-friendly and energy-efficient solutions. Awareness of conventional construction’s environmental and well-being impact prompts increased emphasis on green and smart buildings. Property owners and managers have the chance to make their buildings into energy-efficient, environmentally friendly, and intelligent settings by using cutting-edge technologies and.

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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.

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Bowen kicks off capacity scheme with doubling of NSW battery tender to replace coal

Renew Economy

Labor begins roll-out of Capacity Investment Scheme, more than doubling size of auction in NSW to fill a gap created by planned coal plant closures. The post Bowen kicks off capacity scheme with doubling of NSW battery tender to replace coal appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Biophilic Office: Interior Design Principles and Benefits

Green Business Bureau

What is Biophilic Design Biophilic design is the art of integrating nature into the built environment in order to improve human wellbeing and yield environmental benefits. Employees spend at least 8 hours a day in an office or other confined work space. Working in a biophilic office environment nourishes employees’ physical and mental health in many ways, such as reducing airborne pollutants, creating a calming atmosphere, among several others.

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European science advisory group urges moratorium on deep-sea mining

Envirotec Magazine

Regions like the Clarion-Clipperton Zone (CCZ), located between Hawaii and Mexico, are a focus of commercial plans, and are estimated to hold reserves of minerals like manganese, nickel, copper, and cobalt (pictured). Explore recycling and terrestrial resources first, says the European Academies of Science Advisory Council (EASAC) Rising global hunger for rare minerals is driving commercial interest in deep-sea mining and its potential exploitation on a massive scale.

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Want to save the planet? Save the bus

NRDC onEarth

California, with the fifth largest economy in the world, is at risk of steering public transit off a fiscal cliff. It's time for the State's leaders to take action to protect transit riders and transit jobs.

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Mono vs. Poly Solar Panels: Which is More Effective? 

U.S. Green Technology

Comparing the Efficiency of Mono and Poly Solar Panels Solar energy has unquestionably emerged as a remarkably immaculate and infinitely sustainable solution for the formidable challenge of power generation. As the insatiable demand for renewable energy relentlessly ascends to unprecedented heights, solar panels have inevitably soared in popularity, captivating the hearts and minds of individuals.

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Renewables supply more than half German electricity demand in first half of 2023

Renew Economy

A very sunny May, delivering record monthly solar power input, helps set a new record for German renewables. And June promises to take it higher again. The post Renewables supply more than half German electricity demand in first half of 2023 appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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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

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Lucid Air Touring: Test Drive Results

Green Living Guy

The Lucid Air Touring is a no joke. Really one of those cars that are remarkable feat of engineering. Then combining incredible comfort, remarkable speed. Moreover and a really spacious interior. It is also the culmination of everything Lucid Motors stands for. That’s innovation, luxury and sustainability. In this comprehensive review, we will delve into […] The post Lucid Air Touring: Test Drive Results appeared first on Green Living Guy.

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The first ISSB reporting standards are here — what that means for investors

GreenBiz

ISSB Chair Emmanuel Faber on investors’ need for comparable disclosures, collaborating to harmonize standards and what’s ahead for Scope 3 data.

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Scope 3 emissions preparation causing data overload, suggests study

Envirotec Magazine

‘Road to Net Zero’ study profiles difficulties, as many of the largest UK companies begin implementing Scope 3 emissions reporting Sixty per cent of large enterprises with more than 1,000 employees captured by a new study have begun implementing Scope 1 and 2 direct carbon emissions reporting. Two thirds (66 per cent) of these large UK firms had begun implementing Scope 3 reporting, including indirect emissions from upstream and downstream ‘value chain’ activities.

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California Assembly Passes Climate-Resilient Food & Farming Bill

NRDC onEarth

With AB 408, California can reduce climate emissions, protect farmworkers, stimulate economic growth, and increase equity across the food and farming system.

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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.

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Revel adds Kia Niro EVs to its NYC electric rideshare fleet

Charged

Brooklyn-based electric mobility and infrastructure Revel plans to diversify its EV rideshare fleet, adding 50 Kia Niro EVs to the 230 Tesla Model Ys and Model 3s it already has in service in New York City. Revel’s first Niros will be on the road by the end of June, available to rideshare customers for pick-up and drop-off in all five boroughs, parts of northern New Jersey and the three major NYC airports.

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Battery storage takes another giant leap over fossil fuels in heart of coal country

Renew Economy

New deals for four hour batteries takes the technology make the next giant leap over the fossil fuel generators they will replace. The post Battery storage takes another giant leap over fossil fuels in heart of coal country appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Car Electric Subaru: Test Drive Results SolTerra

Green Living Guy

Car electric Subaru coming at ya folks! We know electric cars are popular. I mean with each passing year. First of all, the world shifting towards a more sustainable future. For clearly, EV cars or electric cars are the way to go. In this post, we will be reviewing the Subaru Solterra electric car. One […] The post Car Electric Subaru: Test Drive Results SolTerra appeared first on Green Living Guy.

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The coming business insurance apocalypse

GreenBiz

Homeowners’ insurance is the latest climate casualty. Could business coverage be next?

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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.

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No, the Fukushima water release is not going to kill the Pacific Ocean

Envirotec Magazine

TEPCO subcontractors collect sea water samples near the damaged Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station in 2013 (image credit: IAEA Imagebank , CC BY-SA 2.0 license ). By Nigel Marks, Associate Professor of Physics, Curtin University; Brendan Kennedy, Professor of Chemistry, University of Sydney; and Tony Irwin Honorary Associate Professor, Nuclear Reactors and Nuclear Fuel Cycle, Australian National University, writing in The Conversation.

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New York Protects ‘the Birds and the Bees’ with Nation-Leading Legislation

NRDC onEarth

The New York State Legislature has passed the Birds and Bees Protection Act (A.7640/S.1856A), a first-in-the-nation bill that would rein in the use of neurotoxic neonicotinoid pesticides (“neonics”), which now heads to Governor Hochul’s desk for her signature.

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Lightning eMotors to deliver 126 commercial EVs to Macnab EV Sales

Charged

Canadian commercial EV provider Lightning eMotors has contracted with Canadian vehicle distributor Macnab EV Sales to supply 126 Lightning ZEV3 and ZEV4 cargo vans, passenger vans and shuttle buses by the end of the year. Lightning says it is ramping up production of its GM-based ZEV4 platform in school bus, box truck and shuttle bus configurations.

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Neoen and Tesla to build giant four-hour battery in landmark deal to squash solar duck

Renew Economy

Neoen is to build a massive four-hour battery in Western Australia in landmark and highly profitable contract designed to flatten solar duck in world's biggest isolated grid. The post Neoen and Tesla to build giant four-hour battery in landmark deal to squash solar duck appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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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?

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Another climate tipping point to worry about: Plankton

Grist

Rising temperatures could transform plankton and other tiny aquatic organisms into a huge source of carbon emissions, a little-known — and potentially catastrophic — climate tipping point that could accelerate global warming. A study , published Thursday in Functional Ecology, found that rising temperatures cause a sudden shift in these microbes’ eating habits, flipping them from carbon absorbers to carbon emitters.

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Now you can copy the Allbirds zero-footprint shoe design

GreenBiz

The company’s new Moonshot high-top, due commercially in 2024, uses specially sourced merino wool and a bio-based sole that slashes emissions associated with production. Allbirds published the “recipe” so other footwear companies can copy the approach.

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Fossil fuel drilling scheme faces High Court challenge

Envirotec Magazine

Protect Dunsfold campaigners celebrating outside the Royal Courts of Justice in March, after winning permission for their judicial review. A scheme to allow a drilling project on the edge of an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) in Surrey is being challenged in the High Court (Royal Courts of Justice) this Thursday (8th June). Good Law Project is supporting the action being brought by the local council and campaign group, Protect Dunsfold, against the Government which gave the project the

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Midwest states need a modern grid to supercharge clean energy goals

NRDC onEarth

Midwest states are already leading on clean energy, but achieving their goals depends on the power grid's readiness. We need the electricity system to catch up.

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Motor efficiency as an energy resource

U.S. Green Technology

Energy has always been vital to industry but rising costs in recent year have emphasized that it is a strategically important resource that can impact profitability and competitiveness. This was the key finding of a global survey of over 2,300 business leaders published by ABB in March 2023, with 92 percent of respondents indicating rising. The post Motor efficiency as an energy resource appeared first on U.S.

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Worse than passive smoking: Gas stoves emit high levels of cancer-linked benzene

Renew Economy

When used at normal cooking temperatures gas stoves and ovens push benzene levels up by as much as 70 times above baseline. The post Worse than passive smoking: Gas stoves emit high levels of cancer-linked benzene appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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GreenPower and its California dealership have over 40 electric school buses in the pipeline

Charged

Heavy-duty EV manufacturer GreenPower Motor is doing a brisk business in electric school buses in California, thanks in part to the state’s Hybrid and Zero-Emission Truck and Bus Voucher Incentive Project. GreenPower’s exclusive dealer, Creative Bus Sales, has more than 40 GreenPower Type D BEAST and Type A Nano BEAST school buses in the HVIP voucher funding pipeline.

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How regenerative tourism can help avert a sixth extinction

GreenBiz

John Pagano, Group CEO of Red Sea Global, examines the benefits regenerative tourism can bring and explores the importance of biodiversity to both business and planet.

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Wastewater is a more potent environment for antibiotic resistance, new study shows

Envirotec Magazine

Wastewaters have unique characteristics, allowing resistance genes to start their journey from harmless bacteria to those that cause disease. Microorganisms began producing antibiotic molecules long before we started to use them as medicines. Accordingly, the ability of many environmental bacteria to defend themselves against antibiotics is ancient.

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Did Pebble Mine Shareholders “Blink” in Securities Fraud Suit?

NRDC onEarth

Pebble Mine owner agrees to settle shareholder claims that company failed to disclose secret plan for exponential expansion of widely opposed Bristol Bay mine.

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