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How Your Team Can Navigate the New Era of ESG Compliance

GreenBiz

The era of voluntary sustainability and ESG disclosure reporting is coming to a close. Newly enacted US and European rules are entering into force, creating a regulatory landscape that can be daunting to navigate.

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European glow-worm and firefly species are in decline

Envirotec Magazine

Glow-worm (image credit: Ramon Casha , CC BY-SA 2.0 license ). Fireflies and glow-worms light up the night, creating awe and wonder across the globe. Producing their own light through bioluminescence to communicate with each other, they can create spectacular shows on every continent, except Antarctica. Around 65 Lampyridae species are found in Europe, with the Common Glow-worm ( Lampyris noctiluca ) being the most familiar and widespread.

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Greening India's Roads: The Case for Retrofitting Auto-Rickshaws

NRDC onEarth

New research highlights how retrofitting auto-rickshaws in India can support road transport decarbonization and support India's energy transformation goals.

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“They just fit in with what we do:” Farmers reap rewards as they play host to wind and solar

Renew Economy

Some farmers see renewables as a game-changer for local communities, pouring millions into local communities and with no impact on agriculture. The post “They just fit in with what we do:” Farmers reap rewards as they play host to wind and solar 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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Investors and activists demand an end to funding for lobby groups that oppose climate legislation

GreenBiz

They’re asking why companies with net-zero goals support the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, which often opposes federal climate legislation.

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Walmart Canada Becomes First Major Retailer in Canada to Introduce a Nikola Hydrogen-Powered Electric Semi- Trailer

FuelCellsWorks

MISSISSAUGA, ON – Walmart Canada’s new hydrogen-powered electric semi-trailer is now on the roads of Mississauga , Ontario , as the retailer continues its ambitious journey toward a full fleet.

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Tesla battery business is worth nearly $200 billion, more than any Australian company except BHP

Renew Economy

While Peter Dutton says he is waiting for battery storage to be "discovered," one analyst values Tesla's battery business at $A200 billion, more than nearly every Australian company. The post Tesla battery business is worth nearly $200 billion, more than any Australian company except BHP appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Kimberly-Clark pledges to stop cutting down 'natural forests' for tissues, diapers

GreenBiz

New strategy centers on Canada and Alaska, which have 25 percent of the world’s remaining primary forests.

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Quebec’s First Hydrogen-Powered Truck Is on the Road Thanks to Harnois and Nikola

FuelCellsWorks

Harnois Énergies positions itself with a pioneering pilot project SAINT-THOMAS, QC– Harnois Énergies (HÉ) is proud to be the first company to introduce a hydrogen-powered truck on Quebec’s roads. This vehicle, built.

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As the Coalition goes nuclear, Labor is free to ensure fossil fuels are burned with abandon and little scrutiny | Greg Jericho

The Guardian: Energy

How can Australia get to net zero by 2050 while approving projects that will run for decades beyond that date? Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our morning and afternoon news emails , free app or daily news podcast The sham of Australia’s climate change policy has been made clear in the past two weeks. No, not nuclear power.

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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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Dutton compares wind turbines to 5G towers as he declares “huge support” for renewables

Renew Economy

Peter Dutton reportedly compares wind turbines to 5G towers as Coalition insists it is really a "huge" supporter of renewables, despite Nationals plan to bring them to a stop. The post Dutton compares wind turbines to 5G towers as he declares “huge support” for renewables appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Why Lime uses big electric trucks to haul its small electric scooters

GreenBiz

The company cut emissions by 16% with modular scooters and switching its operational fleet to electric trucks.

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Siemens Mobility and Tyczka Hydrogen Cooperate in the Hydrogen Railway Sector to Provide End-to-End Solutions for Fuel Cell Trains

FuelCellsWorks

Partnership of Siemens Mobility, Tyczka Hydrogen and Smart Train Lease will pave the way for a successful transformation of railways towards hydrogen mobility Customers to be offered hydrogen trains plus.

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Nuclear more costly and could ‘sound the death knell’ for Australia’s decarbonisation efforts, report says

The Guardian: Energy

Analysis from Bloomberg New Energy Finance says even if nuclear is successfully implemented it would be ‘at least four times’ more expensive than average cost of renewables Get our morning and afternoon news emails , free app or daily news podcast A nuclear-powered Australian economy would result in higher-cost electricity and would “sound the death knell” for decarbonisation effort if it distracts from renewables investment, a report by Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF) argues.

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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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First sod turned in plan to build networks of dozens of small batteries on regional grids

Renew Economy

Developers have broken ground on plans to build, own, and operate dozens of 5MW, two-hour batteries to fill a "crucial gap" between home energy storage and grid-scale big batteries. The post First sod turned in plan to build networks of dozens of small batteries on regional grids appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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How the food industry is working to protect freshwater ecosystems

GreenBiz

Food powerhouses are crafting strategies to tackle the intertwined challenges of water and nature.

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Plug Reaches 7.5 GW in BEDP Contracts for Global Electrolyzer Projects

FuelCellsWorks

Company’s BEDP Offering Propels Growth of Electrolyzer Business. LATHAM, N.Y.– Plug Power Inc. (NASDAQ: PLUG), a global leader in comprehensive hydrogen solutions for the green hydrogen economy, has achieved a.

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The Coalition says the rest of the G20 is powering ahead with nuclear – it’s just not true | Adam Morton

The Guardian: Energy

The opposition claims Australia is an outlier in the developed world in not having nuclear, yet Germany and Italy have closed their plants Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our morning and afternoon news emails , free app or daily news podcast So much has been said by the Coalition about what nuclear energy could do for Australia, with so little evidence to back it up, that it can be hard to keep up with the claims.

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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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AGL plans huge solar recycling plant at retired coal site that Dutton wants for nuclear

Renew Economy

AGL signs MoU to explore feasibility of recycling up to half a million solar panels a year at a new facility at its Hunter Energy Hub in New South Wales. The post AGL plans huge solar recycling plant at retired coal site that Dutton wants for nuclear appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Why US Towns are Changing Lanes from Electric to Hydrogen Buses

Hydrogen Fuel News

In the evolving landscape of public transportation, the shift from traditional diesel-powered buses to more sustainable alternatives is gaining momentum. While electric buses have been at the forefront of this transition, many US towns are now reconsidering their strategies and turning to hydrogen fuel cell buses. This shift is driven by various operational needs, environmental concerns, and technological advancements.

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Hyzon Realigning Company Strategy to Focus on Core North American Markets and Refuse Industry

FuelCellsWorks

Company reviewing international markets for consolidation while advancing strategic alternatives assessment. BOLINGBROOK, Ill– Hyzon (Hyzon or the Company), a U.S.-based manufacturer and global supplier of high-performance hydrogen fuel cell systems.

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Peter Dutton’s nuclear plan could cost as much as $600bn and supply just 3.7% of Australia’s energy by 2050, experts say

The Guardian: Energy

Coalition proposal would cost a minimum of $116bn – the same as Labor’s plan for almost 100% renewables by 2050, the Smart Energy Council says Get our morning and afternoon news emails , free app or daily news podcast The Coalition’s pledge to build seven nuclear reactors as part of its controversial energy plan could cost taxpayers as much as $600bn while supplying just 3.7% of Australia’s energy mix by 2050, according to the Smart Energy Council.

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“Stick to the facts, stick to the plan:” Energy minister urges industry to ignore nuclear “fantasy”

Renew Economy

Victorian energy minister says the state will be 95 pct renewable by the time Dutton delivers his "fantasy" nuclear projects. The post “Stick to the facts, stick to the plan:” Energy minister urges industry to ignore nuclear “fantasy” appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Researchers engineer AI path to prevent power outages

TechXplore

University of Texas at Dallas researchers have developed an artificial intelligence (AI) model that could help electrical grids prevent power outages by automatically rerouting electricity in milliseconds.

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New Catalyst Unveils the Hidden Power of Water for Green Hydrogen Generation

FuelCellsWorks

A European team of scientists led by ICFO (Barcelona) reports in Science a new milestone for the sustainable production of green hydrogen through water electrolysis. Their new catalyst design harnesses so far.

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Mt. Princeton to work with Icelandic partners for Colorado geothermal project

ThinkGeoEnergy

Mt Princeton Geothermal (MPG) has announced a partnership with Western Geothermal and Reykjavik Geothermal for geothermal exploration and development in Chaffee County, Colorado. The partnership was announced in a community event where representatives from the Icelandic Ministry of Energy and Green by Iceland were also in attendance, aside from the representatives from all three companies.

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AEMO locks in renewables and storage to replace coal, as Australia urged to go faster

Renew Economy

AEMO planning blueprint confirms that renewables and storage the cheapest and smartest way to replace coal, and nuclear would be too slow and costly. But is the rapid transition quick enough? The post AEMO locks in renewables and storage to replace coal, as Australia urged to go faster appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Scientists just got closer to solving a major Antarctic puzzle

Grist

Three million years ago, the atmosphere’s carbon-dioxide levels weren’t so different from those of today, but sea levels were dozens of meters higher. Looking that far back presents a foreboding peek into the future, as satellite records show that melting Antarctic ice sheets are on their way to bulking up this epoch’s oceans, too. The puzzle for scientists is that the climate models they create can’t seem to match what they see with their own eyes.

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Bluegame and NatPower H Accelerate the Green Transition in Boating With the Completion of the First Hydrogen Refuelling for the ‘BGH’ Chase Boat for the 37th America’s Cup

FuelCellsWorks

NatPower H, the world’s leading developer for the production, storage and distribution of green hydrogen and part of the NatPower Group, and Bluegame, an Italian excellence in boat building and.

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Massive growth potential continues for battery storage in UK and Ireland, co-location emerging

Energy Storage News

The UK and Ireland's energy storage pipeline is rapidly growing, with co-located solar PV and storage comprising around 20% of planned capacity, writes Mollie McCorkindale of Solar Media Market Research.

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Australia will not come close to net zero by 2050 under Coalition’s nuclear plan

Renew Economy

Under the Coalition’s plan for nuclear power, emissions from the electricity sector in 2050 would be nearly 19 times higher than under Labor’s plan The post Australia will not come close to net zero by 2050 under Coalition’s nuclear plan appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Exxon’s Imperial Deletes CEO Claim That CCS Is ‘Critical’ to Paris Climate Goals

DeSmogBlog

Exxon’s Canadian subsidiary Imperial Oil has deleted from its website a document in which its CEO and chairman Brad Corson claims to investors that carbon capture and storage is “critical” to achieving the “climate goals outlined in the Paris Agreement.” That 2021 investors update is one of at least 39 documents referencing the technology, also known as CCS, that has been removed in recent weeks from the Imperial site following the passage in late June of new anti-greenwashing legislation in Can

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Milan to Host Italy’s Premier Green Hydrogen Gigafactory

FuelCellsWorks

Milan’s upcoming green hydrogen gigafactory, slated for completion by 2026, marks Italy’s largest initiative in renewable energy infrastructure, aiming to accelerate the shift from fossil-based to green hydrogen production. The.

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