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7 Emerging Technologies That Target Trucking Emissions 

U.S. Green Technology

Freight trucks in the US are believed to emit 161.8 grams of carbon dioxide (CO2) every ton-mile, a high carbon footprint. The transportation sector is considered a significant contributor of CO2 gas, which increases the number of greenhouse gasses. Whereas greenhouse gasses keep the earth habitable by managing its temperatures, a sharp rise in primary.

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Is advanced recycling the answer to plastic waste?

GreenBiz

Waste into materials not just once but continuously: It’s the brass ring of the circular economy. Can it work?

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Uncrewed vessel returns from volcano caldera survey in Tonga loaded with ‘astounding’ data

Envirotec Magazine

Aerial view of the Hunga-Tonga Hunga-Ha’apai (HT-HH) volcano, showing new multibeam depth data overlaid on a satellite image of the islands (deep depths in blue, shallow depths in red). Credit: SEA-KIT / NIWA-Nippon Foundation TESMaP survey team. A plethora of data and imagery obtained using an Uncrewed Surface Vessel (USV) is filling important gaps in scientists’ understanding of the HungaTonga Hunga-Ha’apai (HT–HH) undersea volcano in the South Pacific, the site of an eruption that

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National Association of REALTORS® and Green Business Bureau Join Forces

Green Business Bureau

New program will enable National Association of REALTORS®’ members to verifiably demonstrate their sustainability. Green Business Bureau (GBB) has partnered with the National Association of REALTORS® (NAR) to bring the GBB sustainability program, framework, and certification to the real estate industry. GBB and NAR are working together to make businesses more sustainable, to protect our planet and workers by enabling REALTOR® associations manage a sustainability program and verifiably demonstrat

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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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Greenwich Millennium Village awards 30-year heat network contract to Switch2 Energy

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Greenwich Millennium Village Limited (GMVL) has selected Switch2 Energy to provide retrofit design and build, operation and maintenance of its Greenwich Millennium Village heat network - as part of a 30-year ESCo partnership.

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Big names including Amazon, Honeywell, Mitsubishi line up behind green hydrogen

GreenBiz

Investments in technologies that could enable green hydrogen to help decarbonize heavy industry and other big emitters continue to add up.

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5 Quality of Life Improvements to Make on a Budget

U.S. Green Technology

When money is tight, it might seem like you are stuck. Maybe you dislike the boring gray color scheme of your apartment, or you are tired of everything in your wardrobe. Maybe you’ve had the same hand-me-down furniture your parents gave you when you were in college, and you’re ready for something new. Or maybe. The post 5 Quality of Life Improvements to Make on a Budget appeared first on U.S.

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Natural Power appointed as owner’s engineer at 58MW Moanvane Wind Farm in Ireland

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Leading renewable energy consultancy and service provider, Natural Power, has commenced service delivery on the 12-turbine, 58MW, Moanvane Wind Farm in Co. Offaly, Ireland.

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Takeaways from IKEA’s electrification of last-mile deliveries

GreenBiz

Making EVs appealing for corporations starts with laying out details such as evaluating efficient routes, use cases and what a company needs from a charging infrastructure standpoint.

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Research seems to confirm the effectiveness of oil dispersants

Envirotec Magazine

Bigelow Laboratory Senior Research Scientist Christoph Aeppli conducts an experiment to test the effectiveness of chemicals that disperse oil after a spill. The new study appears to validate their efficacy under real-world conditions (image credit: Courtesy of Christoph Aeppli, Bigelow Laboratory). One of the few tools available to mitigate the damage from marine oil spills are chemical dispersants that break down oil in the water.

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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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SEC Plans ESG Regulations

Green Business Bureau

SEC To Require ESG Disclosure of Data. Government agencies and nonprofit organizations all around the world are moving forward with ESG regulations and requirements. The US Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) has released two proposals this year that would increase government oversight and make information more transparent in matters relating to publicly traded companies and the environment.

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Solar Tracker Market Rising Adoption for Renewable Energy Sources

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The increasing emphasis on clean and green energy is propelling the global solar tracker market forward. The global solar tracker market size was estimated at USD 22.72 billion in 2022.

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How climate tech startups can survive and thrive in the downturn

GreenBiz

A bubble-bursting means climate tech entrepreneurs will need to adjust their game plan. They’ll need to adapt, conserve cash, negotiate flat or down fundraising rounds, adjust to rising costs of capital and look at forms of financing outside of venture capital.

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Turning fish waste into carbon-based nanomaterials

Envirotec Magazine

The new synthesis procedure can seemingly convert fish scales obtained from fish waste into a useful carbon-based nanomaterial. The approach uses microwaves to break the scales down thermally via pyrolysis (image credit: Takashi Shirai from NITech, Japan). Group says they have developed a simple, fast, and energy-efficient synthesis method for producing exceptional carbon nano-onions from fish scales.

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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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Net Zero vs Real Zero Emissions and What It Means for Your Business’ Goals

Green Business Bureau

“Net zero” or “real zero”, what’s the difference? There are numerous terms that relate to reducing emissions and overall environmental impact including “carbon positive”, “climate neutral”, “carbon neutral”, “real zero”, and “net zero”, making it difficult to determine what means what and which is the best approach for real climate solutions. .

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Printable Solar Cells Market is Growing Faster

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Increase in demand for electricity across the globe is a primary driver of the printable solar cell market, and it is likely to expand at a significant pace in the near future. Printable solar cells have the capability to provide constant electricity for residential and commercial buildings.

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California lawmakers want to decarbonize shipping, but is the technology ready?

GreenBiz

Experts say getting to net-zero will require more research and government support.

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Nominations open for Scottish renewable energy awards

Envirotec Magazine

The Scottish Green Energy Awards – the UK’s largest celebration of renewables – opened for nominations on 27 July. This year’s event will return to Edinburgh on 1 December to celebrate those who are doing ground-breaking work to decarbonise the energy system. Nominations are open for 11 categories, with submissions welcome from all renewable energy technologies, from wind, hydro and solar to wave, low-carbon heat and more.

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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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“Momentous:” Labor begins process to declare Australia’s first offshore wind zone

Renew Economy

A huge day for renewables as Albanese government starts process to declare Gippsland, in Victoria, as Australia’s first zone for offshore wind development. The post “Momentous:” Labor begins process to declare Australia’s first offshore wind zone appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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How climate change is muting nature’s symphony

Grist

This story is part of Grist’s Coming to our Senses series, a weeklong exploration of how climate change is reshaping the way we see, hear, smell, touch, and taste the world around us. When Jeff Wells, vice president for boreal conservation at the Audubon Society, first encountered the call of the common loon on a pond near Mt. Vernon, Maine — about an hour and a half north of Portland — he thought he may have heard a ghoul.

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The case for bidirectional EV charging is growing stronger

GreenBiz

Bidirectional charging through vehicle-to-grid technology could help boost resiliency for the grid as well as EV fleet owners.

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Fivefold rise in smart meter data, and what to do with it

Envirotec Magazine

A 500% increase in data traffic from smart meters is predicted over the next four years, according to the Data Communications Company (DCC), the organisation which built and maintains the UK’s smart metering network. The DCC has also published its 5-year look into the future, with the release of its 2022 Business and Development Plan. In its roadmap document, the DCC highlights the past year of progress and sets out with forecasts how it plans to improve its services while working to reduce cost

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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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Blink Charging to Deploy EV Chargers for Electric School Bus Fleets

Green Living Guy

With nearly a half million school buses today, Blink is working with school districts around the nation to support the drive toward electric school bus fleets Miami Beach, FL (July 27, 2021) – Blink Charging Co. (Nasdaq: BLNK, BLNKW) (“Blink” or the “Company”), a leading owner, operator, and provider of electric vehicle (“EV”) charging equipment and services, announced […].

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How Australia created its own gas price mess

Renew Economy

The problems we face today with gas prices and supply are a result of decisions made almost 30 years ago that have been systematically ignored by governments. The post How Australia created its own gas price mess appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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The Sustainability Scorecard, reviewed

GreenBiz

Paul Anastas and Urvashi Bhatnagar's new book provides a simple and straightforward method for identifying where a company currently is on their sustainability journey and a method to track progress.

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Multi-million pound investment needed in carbon capture technology to mitigate CO2 emissions, report finds

Envirotec Magazine

Multi-million-pound investment is urgently needed in technologies including direct air capture (DAC) if the UK is to make ‘green’ airports a reality in the future, research by Cranfield University seems to reveal. Said to be the first study of its kind focusing primarily on emissions from the operational aspects of airports, researchers looked at how carbon capture, utilisation and sequestration (CCUS) technologies could be deployed across the sector to help some airports effectively become gree

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5 Reasons Cities Should Include Trees in Climate Action

The City Fix

Cities and communities around the world are stepping up to cut greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and prevent dangerous climate change impacts. Their strategies typically focus on reducing emissions from sectors such as transportation, energy, housing and waste. But there’s one sector many communities.

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France’s troubled nuclear fleet a bigger problem for Europe than Russia gas

Renew Economy

More than half of France's nuclear fleet are offline, its power prices are through the roof, and it faces a long-term supply problem. The post France’s troubled nuclear fleet a bigger problem for Europe than Russia gas appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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How can composting become a viable waste management solution?

GreenBiz

How Quito’s garden waste can unlock a circular future.

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Sacré bleu: French heat pump costs blow hole in ‘nonsense’ UK government policy

Envirotec Magazine

The evidence of what French consumers are paying for heat pumps “blows a hole in UK government policy” in relation to the low-carbon heating technology, according to a UK energy trade body. Chief Executive of Energy and Utilities Alliance (EUA), Mike Foster, said he believed the latest evidence renders UK heat decarbonisation plans “useless” and calls for a Government re-set.

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Walmart to buy 4,500 Canoo electric delivery vehicles

Charged

Walmart has become the latest large fleet operator to make a vote of confidence in a startup EV-maker—the giant retailer has made a definitive agreement with Canoo (NASDAQ: GOEV) to purchase 4,500 electric delivery vehicles, beginning with the Lifestyle Delivery Vehicle (LDV), with the option to purchase up to 10,000 units. Advanced deliveries, which will serve to refine and finalize vehicle configuration, will take place in the Dallas/Fort Worth metroplex in the coming weeks.

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ACT to quit gas by 2045, shift to all-electric homes and business

Renew Economy

ACT joins Victoria with a commitment to phase out the use of gas in homes and businesses by 2045, and shift to electrification backed by solar and storage. The post ACT to quit gas by 2045, shift to all-electric homes and business appeared first on RenewEconomy.