Green Living Guy

JUNE 25, 2022

Solar energy clearly is the future today. During the past few years, we have seen a drastic shift in the power sector. All from coal and gas to solar energy. The main driving reasons for this shift were the threatening global warming and the back-breaking energy costs. People frequently ponder the question, “Why is solar […]. The post Reasons Why Solar Is The Future Of Energy appeared first on Green Living Consultants, Companies, Electric Car Expert, Green Living, Electric Car News,

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Green Business Bureau

JULY 1, 2022

Tech startup sustainability. Tech startup sustainability means to be purpose-driven and sustainable. For the major tech giants Salesforce , Lenovo , and Microsoft , sustainability lies at the core of these organizations. With this in mind, it’s important tech startups globally follow suit, to establish proactive and forward-thinking organizations.

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GreenBiz

JUNE 28, 2022

Five- to tenfold growth is expected in the global lithium battery market over the next decade as people shift to electric vehicles, but already lithium supplies are tight.

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Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 30, 2022

A seemingly ground-breaking street-level, real-time air quality sensor network has launched in Camden, presented by air quality specialist AirScape as a bid “to fundamentally transform how government, businesses and the public monitor and manage air pollution in urban spaces” The technology is said to provide a significant uptick in the spatial resolution of air quality sensing in the borough, by a factor of 45, incorporating more than 225 of the firm’s AirNode air quality sens

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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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JUNE 27, 2022

Dominic Walters, a marketing and communications expert, has joined the Highview Power team as Chief Marketing and Communications Officer

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Green Business Bureau

JUNE 27, 2022

WHAT IS A SUSTAINABILITY SCORECARD? The key to becoming a sustainable business is to have a sustainability scorecard that tracks progress and measures results. As the old adage says, what gets measured gets done. And with a sustainability scorecard, you can hold yourself accountable while providing a formal structure for your sustainability program, with goals and KPIs that can be measured.

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Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 28, 2022

Environmental charity Hubbub is today (Tuesday 28 June) launching ‘Reuse Systems Unpacked’, a report uncovering the challenges and opportunities for reusable food and drink packaging systems. The report, launched at The Royal Society of Arts in the presence of key players in the sector, provides recommendations on how reusable packaging systems can work and what needs to happen for such systems to be used by consumers and become mainstream.

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altenergymag

JUNE 28, 2022

Provider of long-duration energy storage completes convertible funding round co-led by CDP Venture Capital Sgr and Barclays and joined by Novum Capital Partners, ahead of planned Series B round.

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Green Business Bureau

JUNE 30, 2022

Sustainable Law Firms. Law firm sustainability is a strategic business shift that aims to prevent socially and environmentally damaging operations in the legal industry. This could be by reducing an organization’s carbon footprint while also establishing a healthy work-life balance for employees. There’s heightened market demand for sustainable practices with robust and transparent disclosure.

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GreenBiz

JUNE 29, 2022

Almost half the global population will experience "severe water stress" by 2030. A new White House strategy aims to tackle the problem.

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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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Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 27, 2022

Simon Richards is Sustainability Director with Sir Robert McAlpine. Simon Richards writes about how the construction industry is taking the lead ahead of the Government when it comes to setting targets to achieve net zero in the industry. There are no actions without consequence, and what’s abundantly clear is that over the years the built environment has had a detrimental effect on the natural one.

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Green Living Guy

JUNE 29, 2022

It’s no secret that cars are one of the world’s biggest contributors to climate change. That’s why we have to get rid of so many! The average passenger vehicle emits about 4.6 metric tons of carbon dioxide every year, and there are over a billion cars on the road worldwide. In the United States alone, automobiles […]. The post Environment-Friendly Ways of Getting Rid of Your Old Car appeared first on Green Living Consultants, Companies, Electric Car Expert, Green Living,

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Renew Economy

JUNE 28, 2022

Australia's LNG exporters are contributing to an ongoing energy crisis, by diverting gas away from the domestic market, AER data confirms. The post Gas exporters sucking gas out of domestic market in middle of crisis, data shows appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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GreenBiz

JUNE 29, 2022

Water prices are artificially low and businesses are adding in shadow prices to get ready for a drought future.

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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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Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 30, 2022

Swiss firm Climeworks says work has begun on the construction of its newest and largest carbon dioxide direct air capture and storage plant – Mammoth. The groundbreaking for the plant was announced on 26 June, described as a demonstrable step in the company’s ambition to achieve multi-megaton capacity by 2030, and on track to deliver gigaton capacity by 2050.

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Green Living Guy

JUNE 26, 2022

Did you know that 3% of the United States’ electricity now comes from solar power? Whether it’s the high cost of nonrenewable fuel or the affordable price of solar panels, more people than ever are switching to solar. Unfortunately, many of these people are rushing home solar system design. As a result, they’re making serious […]. The post 5 Home Solar System Design Mistakes and How to Avoid Them appeared first on Green Living Consultants, Companies, Electric Car Expert, Green Living

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Renew Economy

JUNE 26, 2022

A Western Australian gold mine is now being powered by solar power, the first operational project under the state's Clean Energy Future Fund. The post WA gold mine now renewably powered after rapid solar deployment appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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GreenBiz

JULY 1, 2022

As part of the Bloomberg American Cities Climate Challenge, San Jose is acting to reform parking rules along with cities such as San Diego, Honolulu and Saint Paul.

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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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Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 27, 2022

Microscope image of the polyurethane foam, taken right after the formation of bacterial biofilm; the upper, darker half of this snapshot is oxygen-rich, clearly distinguished from the brighter bottom, which lacks oxygen (image credit: Bruno Garcia Silva). A new type of biofilm reactor adapted to Brazilian conditions and using polyurethane foam to lower costs can reduce the amount of nitrogen compounds in wastewater by as much as 70%, according to a recent report in the journal Environmental Tech

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Green Living Guy

JUNE 25, 2022

Exclusive Green Living Guy Photos The 2022 Kia EV6 was named winner of a WardsAuto’s 10 Best Interiors & UX award. So the EV6 is Kia’s dedicated battery-electric vehicle. It is the first step in a projected cadence of efficient and progressive vehicles. One guided by the brand’s ‘Plan S’ strategy. Totally Stylish […]. The post Kia EV6 2002 secures WardsAuto’s 10 Best Interiors & UX award appeared first on Green Living Consultants, Companies, Electric Car Expert, Green Living

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altenergymag

JUNE 30, 2022

Supply-chain woes push up cost of new-build solar, battery storage and onshore wind, which rises between 4% and 14% from year ago

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GreenBiz

JUNE 29, 2022

Business leaders need to weigh the expense of climate disclosure versus the cost of climate risk.

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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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Envirotec Magazine

JULY 1, 2022

DNA Analyzers at the Joint Genome Institute (image credit: Berkeley Lab , CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 license). The monumental global task of restoring degraded ecosystems will need to include sophisticated technologies such as environmental DNA monitoring to understand and support the recovery of complex biospheres, researchers say in a recent article. Genomics provides some important ‘weapons’ in the fight to repair ecosystems – from authenticating seed sources to improving the detection of invasive weeds

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Renew Economy

JUNE 28, 2022

Labor will seek to legislate its 2030 target, EV tax cuts and a revival of the Climate Change Authority during the first week of the new parliament. The post Labor to introduce legislation for climate targets and EV tax cuts in first week of parliament appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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altenergymag

JUNE 30, 2022

The international Marine Contractors Association (IMCA) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Business Network for Offshore Wind (the Network) a non-profit, educational organization to develop the offshore wind renewable energy industry and its supply chain in the U.S. The purpose of the collaboration is to share knowledge concerning the industry's safety and productivity that will promote investment and support its future growth.

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GreenBiz

JUNE 30, 2022

How to become a leader in the high-finance paradigm shift? Follow pioneer Wendy Cromwell.

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Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 30, 2022

The work included the complete removal of the existing steam generation and distribution equipment, and converting the site to Low Temperature Hot Water. Hydrogen-ready boilers are to be installed at the Royal Berkshire Hospital in Reading, believed to be the first use of this technology in the NHS, says Veolia. The £9.7 million works have seen the 740-bed Hospital advance its plans for a zero-carbon future, and follows the resource management firm’s recently receiving a 15-year extension

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Renew Economy

JUNE 28, 2022

Anthony Albanese says Scott Morrison's recalcitrance on climate change almost scuttled a major trade deal with the European Union. The post Europe saw Morrison’s Australia as “handbrake” on global climate action, Albanese says appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Charged

JUNE 27, 2022

FedEx has received its first 150 electric delivery vehicles from BrightDrop, GM’s new commercial EV brand. The first 150 BrightDrop Zevo 600s were delivered throughout Southern California to FedEx Express. Powered by the Ultium battery platform, the Zevo 600 is designed for last-mile deliveries. GM says the Zevo 600’s time to market has been the fastest in the company’s history.

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GreenBiz

JUNE 30, 2022

Kellogg is working with rice farmers to introduce a new sustainable flooding method that would substantially decrease emissions but also protect bird habitat.

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Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 28, 2022

Leading forest researchers from around the world call for a global forest observatory to provide much-needed data on the current and future ability of our trees to absorb and store carbon, produce multiple goods and benefit for people, and support biodiversity. Speaking at a global symposium on improving understanding of the world’s forests at the. Birmingham Institute of Forest Research (BIFoR) (21-23 June 2022), researchers called for an international effort to understand how environmental and

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Renew Economy

JUNE 28, 2022

MGA Thermal says it hopes to be producing 1MWh a day of stackable thermal storage blocks by year’s end at its new commercial facility in Newcastle. The post Australian thermal storage start-up nears production at Newcastle plant appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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