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Giant New GE Wind Turbine Can Power A Home For A Day In Just 7 Seconds

CleanTechnica

The developers of the Vineyard Wind project off Massachusetts have just announced that they’ll be using GE wind turbines — specifically, the GE Haliade-X. That turbine recently got a capacity upgrade, from a world-leading 12 megawatts (MW) to a world-leading-by-even-more 13.

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Superheroes Need To Be Environmentally Conscious, Too

Jim Conca

SaveOnEnergy came out with their list of which Marvel Comics superheros are the most eco-friendly. They used a ranking system based on several eco-factors for 30 of the top superheroes, to rank Spider-Man at the top and Iron Man at the bottom.

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Is your environmentalism intersectional? It should be

GreenBiz

Is your environmentalism intersectional? It should be. Deonna Anderson. Fri, 12/04/2020 - 01:30. In late May and then in June when companies and individuals were posting black squares across social media as a symbol of their commitment to Black lives, in the wake of the murder of George Floyd, eco-communicator Leah Thomas was thinking of a more concrete, tangible way to improve the environmental movement in a way that intentionally includes Black, Indigenous and other communities of color.

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"Ecocide" could soon be punishable by law

Inhabitat - Innovation

International lawyers are now working together to define the new crime of ecocide.

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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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Conference programme announced for Plastics Recycling Show Europe virtual event

Envirotec Magazine

Organisers have confirmed the full conference programme for the Plastics Recycling Show Europe Virtual Event taking place 9-11 December 2020. Participation in all elements of the online event is free of charge and registration is open at: www.prseventeurope.com. The PRSE Virtual conference will examine the latest developments in plastics recycling, practical solutions for the sustainable use of plastics, dealing with plastic waste and better design for recycling.

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Climate Change Hits Asia Hardest

Jim Conca

McKinsey&Company's Climate risk in Asia report indicates that Asia gets hit hardest by climate change, which shouldn’t be surprising. Asia has more people in coastal cities than all other cities in the world combined, so sea level rise and severe weather will be worse there than anywhere else.

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Is high-yield vertical farming the future of agriculture?

Inhabitat - Innovation

San Francisco-based agtech startup Plenty is promising 400% yields with 95% less water.

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Leveraging Coronavirus Stimulus to Take a Giant Leap Towards Decarbonization

GreenTechMedia

The coronavirus pandemic has provided a glimpse into the challenges and opportunities posed by a more rapid transition to a 100 percent renewable energy future. In the early months of COVID-19, for example, electricity demand dropped , as many businesses closed and factories either halted or drastically scaled back their operations. While electricity demand has faltered during the global pandemic, the share of wind and solar generation has continued to increase.

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Study proves bits of DNA in seawater correlate to the weight of netted fish, say researchers

Envirotec Magazine

New tool will help census oceans from surface to seafloor, monitor fish, track shifting marine life due to climate change, around coral reefs, aquaculture or wind farms, oil rigs, and more. Humanity is seemingly a step closer to answering one of the most ancient of questions – “how many fish in the sea?” – thanks to research that appears to show that the amount of fish DNA collected in a water sample closely corresponds to kilos of fish captured in a trawl with nets.

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Pressure on creatives: PR, advertising firms targeted by fossil fuel divestment movement

GreenBiz

Pressure on creatives: PR, advertising firms targeted by fossil fuel divestment movement. Michael Holder. Mon, 11/30/2020 - 01:00. As fossil fuel companies' social license to operate becomes increasingly frayed, more industries in their orbit are getting entangled in the reputational quagmire that is now part and parcel of any activity that exacerbates the climate crisis.

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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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Biophilic campus provides a safe haven for children with autism

Inhabitat - Innovation

One of the Kids is a nature-inspired campus that offers spaces to learn and play.

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Here's How Brands Could Use Webinars To Grow Their Business

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Read on as we talk about how brands have been successfully using virtual webinar keynote speakers to expand their target audience and further boost their sales.

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Symposium highlights impact of climate change on Antarctica

Envirotec Magazine

Scientists to share research on the response of ecosystems to environmental threats. A group of researchers from the University of Wollongong (UOW), in New South Wales, will lead a symposium on the impact of climate change and other environmental challenges on Antarctica, and what can be done to preserve the continent’s biodiversity in response to these threats.

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New benchmark shows that biodiversity is in fashion

GreenBiz

New benchmark shows that biodiversity is in fashion. Liesl Truscott. Thu, 12/03/2020 - 01:00. This week, in advance of World Soil Day — Dec. 5 — the Textile Exchange Corporate Fiber and Materials Benchmark (CFMB) Program is launching a new tool to help the fashion and textile industry take urgent action on biodiversity. The Biodiversity Benchmark , developed in partnership with The Biodiversity Consultancy and Conservation International and supported by Sappi, will enable companies to understand

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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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How 117-year-old Ford plans to curb carbon emissions by 2050

Inhabitat - Innovation

Any pathway to reduced greenhouse gases must involve stakeholders from the transportation sector — thankfully America's best-selling automotive brand is stepping up.

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Is Your Company Ready To Compete For Cleantech Funding?

Michael Grossman

The Battle for Cleantech Funding. A recent spate of stories in green media suggests a second climate funding boom is in the offing for startups in the cleantech sector. It’s a nice change of pace after funding dried up for almost a decade after the first wave of cleantech investment in the aughts. Although the curve for cleantech companies might not be as steep in the coming decade for reasons that run the spectrum from public opinion shifting on man-made climate change to maturing technologies,

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Australasian water programme creates opportunities for European technology companies

Envirotec Magazine

A programme developed by the Water Services Association of Australia (WSAA) for the Australian and New Zealand water industries will create opportunities for innovative, European technology companies. A Technology Roadmap has been created by the Australian and New Zealand water sectors through W-Lab – a WSAA initiative delivered by technology and business consultancy Isle Utilities (Asia–Pacific), and change-making consultancy ThinkPlace.

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The race to mainstream electric vehicles by 2030

GreenBiz

The race to mainstream electric vehicles by 2030. Katie Fehrenbacher. Wed, 12/02/2020 - 00:30. The world's leading companies and policymakers are coalescing around setting targets for adopting zero-emission vehicles around a 2030 time frame. The latest — and one of the most aggressive to come from a country leader — was issued a few weeks ago by U.K.

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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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GoSun releases solar-powered travel mug to brew coffee or tea anywhere

Inhabitat - Innovation

GoSun Brew makes it easy and safe to brew hot drinks anywhere.

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WRI scores grant from Bezos Earth Fund, hopes to electrify all US school buses by 2030

Charged

The Bezos Earth Fund has awarded a grant of $100 million, to be disbursed over a five-year period, to the World Resources Institute (WRI), a global research organization, for two separate climate initiatives. The first project is to develop a satellite-based monitoring system to improve monitoring of changes in land use and associated carbon emissions.

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Deforestation in Brazilian Amazon spikes to 12-year high

Envirotec Magazine

Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon increased 9.5 percent between August 1, 2019 and July 31, 2020, according to data released on 30 November by the Brazilian National Institute of Space Research (INPE). Nearly 11,088 km² (4,281 mi²) of rainforest were deforested in this period– equivalent to an area the size of Jamaica –compared to 10,129 km² recorded in the same 12 months last year (2018-2019).

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Why investor Green Century has taken an active interest in fighting deforestation

GreenBiz

Why investor Green Century has taken an active interest in fighting deforestation. Julie Nash. Wed, 12/02/2020 - 00:15. Jessye Waxman is a shareholder advocate at Green Century Capital Management, where she uses the environmentally responsible investment firm’s leverage as a shareholder to protect forests. Ceres talked with Waxman about Green Century’s focus on deforestation and its growing importance as a driver of climate change.

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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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Barcelona to transform Eixample streets into car-free zones

Inhabitat - Innovation

The city council of Barcelona has laid out a plan to turn 1/3 of the Eixample district's streets into small parks.

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Ditch Nuclear And Save $860 Million With Grid Flexibility, U.K. Told

Forbes Green Tech

The U. K. could save money, reduce the risk of blackouts and more quickly achieve net zero carbon emissions by abandoning plans to build more nuclear power plants and instead invest in a flexible electricity grid, new analysis has found.

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Research creates hydrogen-producing living droplets, suggesting a route to possible future energy sources

Envirotec Magazine

Electron microscopy image of a densely packed droplet of hydrogen-producing algal cells. Scale bar, 10 micrometres (credit: Prof Xin Huang, Harbin Institute of Technology). Scientists have built tiny droplet-based microbial factories that produce hydrogen, instead of oxygen, when exposed to daylight in air. The findings of the international research team based at the University of Bristol and Harbin Institute of Technology in China, were published in Nature Communications on 25 November.

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Introducing … GreenFin 21

GreenBiz

Introducing … GreenFin 21. Joel Makower. Mon, 11/30/2020 - 02:11. The world of environmental, social and governance (ESG) reporting and investing has ramped up significantly over the past couple years, even more so during 2020, when social risks and reporting became front and center for many companies and investors. Combine that with the growth of related finance products and services — sustainability-linked loans and bonds — and you can find sustainability sitting squarely on Wall Street.

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Scotland to become first country to test 100% green hydrogen

Inhabitat - Innovation

The U.K. has moved one step closer towards its net-zero carbon target by unveiling a plan to test 100% green hydrogen for cooking and heating in 300 Scottish homes, making Scotland the first country to do so. Ofgem, the U.K.'s energy regulator, announced this plan on Monday.

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Here’s how the U.S. can lead the world on climate change innovation

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It’s time to create the National Institutes of Energy Innovation.

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New research reveals ‘megatrends’ that will affect forests in the next decade

Envirotec Magazine

A group of experts from academic, governmental and international organisations have identified five large-scale ‘megatrends’ affecting forests and forest communities, published on 1 December in Nature Plants. These are likely to have major consequences – both positively and negatively – over the coming decade, says the group. Around the world, 1.6 billion people live within 5km of a forest, and millions rely on them for their livelihoods, especially in poorer countries.

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Can big data, AI and chemical footprinting help the renewable energy sector avoid a toxic waste legacy?

GreenBiz

Can big data, AI and chemical footprinting help the renewable energy sector avoid a toxic waste legacy? Krishna Rajan. Tue, 12/01/2020 - 01:00. The launch of the digital economy has brought with it an expansion of disruptive technologies such as predictive analytics, artificial intelligence (AI) and robotics that are readily being used to transform the marketplace.

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Amazon deforestation reaches a 12-year record

Inhabitat - Innovation

Under Jair Bolsonaro, Brazil's Amazon rainforest is hitting new highs in deforestation.

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IoT is Transforming the Renewable Energy Industry: Challenges Energy Suppliers Need to Overcome to Implement IoT Solutions at Scale

U.S. Green Technology

As fossil fuels such as petroleum and coal are depleting, there is an urgent need for sustainable alternative energy resources like wind, solar, and wave power. Some power companies are already making the move. According to the International Energy Agency forecast, renewable electricity capacity is expected to increase by 43% throughout the time period of.

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