One for the road: Ford and McDonald's to turn coffee waste into car parts
GreenBiz
DECEMBER 10, 2019
Bioplastic car parts will reduce weight and lower petrol use to cut CO2 emissions.
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Fast Fashion: the second biggest polluter on Earth
Envirotec Magazine
DECEMBER 12, 2019
Dr. Akmez Nabeerasool is a Senior Project Manager at Arvia Technology, a provider of advanced tertiary water and wastewater treatment systems. Below he discusses the issue of water pollution in the fashion industry. The fashion industry is reliant on water. Without it, the majority of manufacturing processes wouldn’t be possible. To put it into perspective, one cotton t-shirt uses enough drinking water to sustain one human for three years; 2,700 litres.
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Which Industry Offers The Safest Jobs In America: Nuclear Or Logging?
Jim Conca
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University Of Arizona To Transition To 100% Renewable Electricity By 2022
CleanTechnica
DECEMBER 12, 2019
The University of Arizona has signed a 20-year power purchase agreement with Tucson Electric Power that will provide 100% of the school's electricity from wind and solar resources in about a year from now.
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.
Residential Solar Hits New Peak in US with Record Q3 Installations
GreenTechMedia
DECEMBER 11, 2019
The U.S. residential solar industry pulled off an all-time record for installations in the third quarter, according to new research from Wood Mackenzie and the Solar Energy Industries Association. And it happened with Northeastern states — traditionally powerhouses in the sector — completely absent from a ranking of the top five state markets.
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GreenBiz
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CleanTechnica
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Oil & Gas Leaks Crocodile Tears Over Nuclear Waste Storage
Jim Conca
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Experimental, net-positive energy development in India is a prototype for future sustainable housing
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DECEMBER 12, 2019
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GreenTechMedia
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DECEMBER 10, 2019
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This book put me to sleep
GatesNotes
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Solar Power World
DECEMBER 10, 2019
By Douglas Grubbs, applications engineer, Morningstar Corporation In its basic forms, solar PV is a very straightforward proposition. Hook a solar panel up to a DC load and it will run until the sun goes down. Connect solar panels to a grid-tied inverter and, as long as the sun is shining, power will be sent… The post How to select a solar charge controller appeared first on Solar Power World.
As the climate crisis grows, Big Oil finds itself over a barrel
GreenBiz
DECEMBER 9, 2019
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AR/VR Simulations for Sustainable, Regenerative, Circular Cities
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Watt It Takes: The Founder-Engineer Turning CO2 Into Fuels and Materials
GreenTechMedia
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Wood-based yarn captures hormones from wastewater
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GreenTechMedia
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GreenTechMedia
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