Food decarbonization comes of age at COP28
GreenBiz
DECEMBER 7, 2023
Governments, funders and businesses are rolling up their sleeves at the climate summit to transform food systems.
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Study pinpoints pathways to boost plastic waste recycling globally
Envirotec Magazine
DECEMBER 14, 2023
A new study highlights potential pathways to significantly increase waste collection and plastic recycling rates globally. The Plastic Waste Management Framework lays out a framework with policy levers and actions that can be used to develop national action plans for advancing waste management systems and help effect systems change, according to the group behind it, non-profit organisation the Alliance to End Plastic Waste (supported by Roland Berger).
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COP28 Climate Fund Pledge Tracker
NRDC onEarth
DECEMBER 1, 2023
At COP28, countries will pledge to UN climate funds that help developing countries reduce greenhouse emissions and address the impacts of climate change. Keep track here.
Will Small Modular Reactors Surpass Regulatory and Supply Chain Hurdles to Fill the Need for Stable, Baseload Power?
CleanTech Group
DECEMBER 27, 2023
Global energy demands are expected to increase dramatically over the next few years. For decades, experts suggested estimates that 2050 could require twice.
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.
Six reasons to be optimistic about the energy transition
Canary Media
DECEMBER 28, 2023
The transition away from fossil fuels is a messy, frustrating and frequently uncertain story. Sometimes it seems like major change is just around the corner; other days it feels like we’re moving in the wrong direction. But despite the ups and downs, one thing is clear: The energy transition is happening.
Wales fears another Aberfan as Westminster refuses to clean up tips
The Guardian: Energy
DECEMBER 25, 2023
Map shows 350 coal tips close to communities as UK government unwilling to take on costs Edmund Richards, who worked for 40 years as a miner, shakes his head sadly as he gazes at one of the many disused coal tips at the head of the Rhondda Fawr valley in south Wales. “They’re on the move,” he says. “No doubt. From time to time, inspectors will come and have a look, and say all is fine, but everyone around here knows they are on the move, on the slide.
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Global hydrogen market will require strong climate safeguards
Envirotec Magazine
DECEMBER 11, 2023
Three key announcements made at COP28 on 6 December will have a significant bearing on the emerging global hydrogen industry, as the Natural Resources Defence Council (NRDC) reported. These are: The International Standards Organization (ISO) launched its technical specification for determining greenhouse gas emissions associated with hydrogen production and transport; The UAE COP28 Presidency, together with the US and 3 dozen other countries, released the COP28 Declaration of Intent on Mutua
We Need Healthy Farm Ecosystems – Not Harmful Pesticides
NRDC onEarth
DECEMBER 14, 2023
EPA should do more to protect pollinators – and we need to ramp up resources to help farmers build healthy ecosystems themselves.
2023: A Transformative Year for Small Modular Nuclear Reactors
POWER Magazine
DECEMBER 28, 2023
The small modular reactor (SMR) concept has long been viewed by many within the nuclear sector and by policymakers as somewhat of an arriviste—an upstart with bold promises but lacking […] The post 2023: A Transformative Year for Small Modular Nuclear Reactors appeared first on POWER Magazine.
10 charts that sum up 2023's clean energy progress
Canary Media
DECEMBER 27, 2023
As a team of writers and editors, we at Canary Media certainly believe in the power of the written word. But when you're reporting on a story as big as the energy transition, sometimes text alone doesn’t cut it.
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
Cash and luxury travel: how US utilities keep fossil fuels in new homes
The Guardian: Energy
DECEMBER 21, 2023
Utilities give rewards to house builders to install and promote gas appliances in homes – and enlist celebrity chefs to extoll the fossil fuel Dozens of US gas utilities, serving more than 35 million customers, offer builders and contractors incentives to keep fossil fuels in buildings, the Guardian has found. Washington state’s NW Natural offers builders $2,000 for each new single-family home they equip with gas appliances, while Texas’s Corpus Christi Gas offers $1,000.
5 big questions driving sustainability in 2024
GreenBiz
DECEMBER 11, 2023
Fossil fuels, electric vehicles and critical elections will top the list of sustainability concerns.
Interdisciplinary research group calls for accelerated delivery of the energy transition
Envirotec Magazine
DECEMBER 14, 2023
In its annual Review of Energy Policy 2023, published on 14 December, the UK Energy Research Centre (UKERC) urges the next government to take urgent action on the policies needed to deliver the energy transition. The review highlights the energy policy priorities for the next government – whether Conservative, Labour or a coalition. While 2050 may seem distant, without an immediate step-change in implementation the UK will miss its 2030 target to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 68% and be off
How Neonics Can Harm Soil Health and Soil Biodiversity
NRDC onEarth
DECEMBER 5, 2023
This World Soil Day, let's acknowledge the effects that neonic pesticides can have on soil health and biodiversity, and the farms that depend on them
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.
CSIRO says wind and solar much cheaper than nuclear, even with added integration costs
Renew Economy
DECEMBER 20, 2023
CSIRO's GenCost report updated to include near term transmission costs for wind and solar, and finds that the case for nuclear has been blown out of the water by the collapse of US SMR project. The post CSIRO says wind and solar much cheaper than nuclear, even with added integration costs appeared first on RenewEconomy.
The clean energy backlog barely budged this year. What’s the way forward?
Canary Media
DECEMBER 18, 2023
When it comes to the existentially important process of connecting new clean energy to the grid, 2023 is ending much as it began: in a literal gridlock.
Liebreich: Clean Hydrogen’s Missing Trillions
BloombergNEF
DECEMBER 13, 2023
90 million tons of clean hydrogen by 2030 would be enough to sustain claims that the world is on track to limit warming to 1.5C over pre-industrial levels. The post Liebreich: Clean Hydrogen’s Missing Trillions appeared first on BloombergNEF.
The year in food: These trends will help define 2024
GreenBiz
DECEMBER 14, 2023
These three topics were top of mind in 2023 for sustainable food professionals — and will move the field forward in the year ahead.
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.
Eco-friendly jetting backs super-thin tank technology at new hospital car park
Envirotec Magazine
DECEMBER 11, 2023
Lanes has used a jet vac tanker to clean silt traps in the giant water tank. Sustainable drain cleaning technology deployed by Lanes Group plc has supported the installation of a ground-breaking ‘super-thin’ source control stormwater attenuation system that has saved the NHS considerable costs during the construction of a new hospital car park, according to the group.
Municipal Compost is Key for Regenerative Farms and Sustainable Cities
NRDC onEarth
DECEMBER 5, 2023
Compost is a physical reminder that soils, farms, and farmers are all part of a larger food system inextricably linked with municipalities and urban areas
Australia’s richest person says solar panels are an eyesore: Here’s why that matters
Renew Economy
DECEMBER 19, 2023
AFR's choice of business heroes - mostly those who have fought quick action on net zero - underlines the tough road ahead for the green energy transition. The post Australia’s richest person says solar panels are an eyesore: Here’s why that matters appeared first on RenewEconomy.
Chart: The US installed more solar in 2023 than ever before
Canary Media
DECEMBER 15, 2023
Canary Media’s chart of the week translates crucial data about the clean energy transition into a visual format. This has been a record-shattering year for U.S. solar power.
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?
24/7 solar towers could double energy output
TechXplore
DECEMBER 6, 2023
If you want to improve the output of solar energy systems, why not also run them at night? That's the question researchers in Qatar and Jordan addressed as they successfully devised a system that promises to more than double energy output of current solar power stations.
The power of clean energy tax credits: A 10-year, $1 trillion opportunity
GreenBiz
DECEMBER 13, 2023
Under the Inflation Reduction Act, sustainability professionals can tap into tax credits to boost sustainability budgets.
Simpler Recycling won’t boost recycling rates says North London waste authority
Envirotec Magazine
DECEMBER 1, 2023
Recycling efforts by north London’s two million residents will not be significantly boosted by the new Simpler Recycling proposals, the North London Waste Authority (NLWA) has warned. While the waste disposal authority said it broadly welcomed plans for consistent collections, it has called for more ambitious changes to facilitate a sustainable and circular economic transition.
Proposed Hydrogen Tax Credit Rules a Win for Climate, Industry, Electricity Consumers
NRDC onEarth
DECEMBER 22, 2023
WASHINGTON – Today the U.S. Department of Treasury released its proposed guidance for the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) federal clean hydrogen tax credits, which are expected to amount to several hundreds of billions of dollars in subsidies for the emerging.
Batteries are getting bigger and longer, and helping wind and solar push coal out the door
Renew Economy
DECEMBER 19, 2023
Wholesale electricity prices declined across the grid in 2023, and batteries are having a growing influence over the market as their numbers and length of storage grows. The post Batteries are getting bigger and longer, and helping wind and solar push coal out the door appeared first on RenewEconomy.
Suddenly, US electricity demand is spiking. Can the grid keep up?
Canary Media
DECEMBER 20, 2023
For the past two decades, demand for electricity across the United States has hardly increased. But those dynamics appear to have dramatically reversed — and U.S. electric utilities, regulators and power grid planners aren’t prepared to deal with this new paradigm of surging electricity demand.
Record number of fossil fuel lobbyists get access to Cop28 climate talks
The Guardian: Energy
DECEMBER 4, 2023
UAE-hosted summit admitted at least 2,456 people affiliated with oil and gas industries, analysis finds See all our Cop 28 coverage At least 2,456 fossil fuel lobbyists have been granted access to the Cop28 climate negotiations, according to an analysis. The figure calculated by the Kick Big Polluters Out (KBPO) coalition is a record number that raises further questions about the fossil fuel industry’s influence over this year’s UN summit, which is being run by the president of the United Arab E
3 ways sustainability jobs have changed in 15 years
GreenBiz
DECEMBER 11, 2023
The sustainability profession has been growing. We’re staying abreast of how, how much and what's next.
Technology not growing fast enough to decarbonize steel and cement industries by 2050
Envirotec Magazine
DECEMBER 11, 2023
Previous predictions of the quantities of carbon that would be captured from activities like steel production (pictured) have proven to be over-optimistic. A new study appears to show that, for decarbonization goals of steel and cement to be met, and the demand for new green technology to be satisfied, consumption habits need to change. To meet zero-emission targets under the Paris Agreement, countries, cities, and industries are depending on new large-scale infrastructure for CO2 transport and
Driving Ambition, Action, and Equity at COP28 (Part 1)
NRDC onEarth
DECEMBER 14, 2023
World leaders in Dubai sent a clear signal: the end of the fossil fuel era has begun, and the world is rapidly transitioning to a clean energy economy.
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