GreenBiz

JULY 24, 2023

After quietly dissipating in 2018, the bipartisan congressional committee is back and ready to reach across the aisle in regards to climate policy.

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Envirotec Magazine

JULY 25, 2023

The dam at Cruachan reservoir (image credit: Raining girl at English Wikipedia , CC BY 3.0 license ). Energy firm Drax Group has secured development consent from the Scottish Government for plans to build a new c.£500m underground pumped storage hydro plant at its existing Cruachan facility in Argyll. The decision was made through the Section 36 process, and announced on Tuesday, 25 July.

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NRDC onEarth

JULY 28, 2023

Wildlife star in this summer's congressional attacks.

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Renew Economy

JULY 28, 2023

"Tech-bro libertarians:" Former nuclear regulatory chief questions hype around new nuclear power technologies that largely don’t exist and will likely be very costly. The post The end of Oppenheimer’s nuclear energy dream: Modular reactors supported by ideology alone appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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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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GreenBiz

JULY 28, 2023

The company is grappling with the tradeoff between creating artificial intelligence services to help with sustainability and the large amounts of energy and water they need.

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Envirotec Magazine

JULY 25, 2023

A University of Leicester academic has led a study which appears to find that plastic pollution is changing the way riverbeds behave. Plastic particles in waterways affect the way sediment moves along sandy riverbeds, says the group, comprising Dr Catherine Russell, plus colleagues from Leicester, the University of Loughborough, and Penn State University in the US.

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Charged

JULY 28, 2023

Polish company Impact Clean Power Technology (Grenevia Group) has unveiled a rendering of its planned GigafactoryX, a large-scale battery factory for EVs and energy storage in Pruszków, near Warsaw. The facility will produce batteries with maximum dimensions of 1400 mm x 1000 mm x 400 mm and a maximum weight of 500 kg. The production area of GigafactoryX will be 16,300 square meters.

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GreenBiz

JULY 26, 2023

Hearts, minds and markets are convincing some investors to divest oil and gas holdings.

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Fossil fuels 334

Envirotec Magazine

JULY 24, 2023

Sector-wide views on the UK 2050 Water Innovation Strategy are being sought, to inform the future direction of the joint document. Spring, the UK & Ireland centre of excellence for water innovation, is inviting water professionals to complete a survey to share their views on how they see the strategy developing, three years on from its publication.

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Innovation 245

NRDC onEarth

JULY 27, 2023

A new survey commissioned by Smart Growth America, America Walks, and the Natural Resources Defense Council shows American voters have caught on faster than politicians to the reality that wider roads cause more congestion. Two thirds of survey respondents strongly or.

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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

Energy

Charged

JULY 28, 2023

ABC Companies, a provider of motorcoach, transit and specialty passenger transport equipment, together with commercial EV specialist Proterra , has announced the opening of a large electric motorcoach charging facility in Newark, California. The charging facility, which was jointly developed by ABC, Proterra and local utility Pacific Gas & Electric, is equipped to charge up to 40 electric motorcoaches with 20 dual-cable EV charging dispensers, and can support up to 1.4 megawatts of EV chargi

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GreenBiz

JULY 26, 2023

Synthetic biology startup Allonnia just raised $30 million more for tech to remediate PFAS.

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Envirotec Magazine

JULY 28, 2023

The move towards easier-to-recycle packaging formats seems well underway, but the issue of funding for waste and recycling is still up in the air, without the investment the EPR policy was intended to provide. Just as anticipated, the government has decided to delay the implementation of Extended Producer Responsibility for Packaging (EPR) by a year.

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NRDC onEarth

JULY 27, 2023

The world needs to achieve net zero greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions before 2050 : this is the conclusion reached by virtually all analyses, including NRDC’s own. ISO Standard 50010, issued this year, shows how organizations can set and meet.

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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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Renew Economy

JULY 27, 2023

Belgian-based consortium announces plans to launch its first offshore floating solar energy test platform designed specifically for rough seas. The post SeaVolt to launch “first of a kind” offshore floating solar demonstrator appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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GreenBiz

JULY 28, 2023

Here’s how corporate sustainability executives can effectively shift anti-ESG discourse and consequences.

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Sustainability 320

Envirotec Magazine

JULY 27, 2023

The 2022 ceremony in Edinburgh. Billed as the UK’s biggest celebration of renewable energy, The Scottish Green Energy Awards 2023, opened for nominations on 26 July. This year’s event will return to Edinburgh on 30 November 30 to celebrate “the inspirational organisations, people and projects going above and beyond to help decarbonise Scotland’s energy system.

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NRDC onEarth

JULY 26, 2023

A new analysis of satellite data shows that despite some recent progress, air pollution remains a persistent problem across India.

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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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Renew Economy

JULY 27, 2023

Planning permits for new homes will only connect to all-electric networks in 2024, marking a major about face for the state with the highest residential gas use in Australia. The post Fossil gas ban: Victoria calls time on gas connections for new homes appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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GreenBiz

JULY 28, 2023

These three steps can help apply hope to the cause of advancing circularity.

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Envirotec Magazine

JULY 27, 2023

The utility is first on the block with UK and sector deployment of Grandperspective’s scanfeld®. Described as a revolutionary new gas emissions monitoring technology, scanfeld® utilises Fourier Transform Infrared (FTIR) technology to identify, quantify (to parts per million) and localise over 200 different types of molecules from up to 2 kilometres away and can therefore quantify large areas of land for their gas emissions, such as a wastewater treatment works (WWTW).

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NRDC onEarth

JULY 24, 2023

Climate change may be out of control but it is not beyond our ability to confront.

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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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Renew Economy

JULY 27, 2023

July was the planet’s hottest month ever recorded – and may have been the hottest month in 120,000 years. The post “It is terrifying:” July confirmed as planet’s hottest month on record appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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GreenBiz

JULY 24, 2023

A recent Greenpeace analysis reveals how regulations across Europe are incentivizing travel by plane, despite flying being five times more polluting than train travel.

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Envirotec Magazine

JULY 27, 2023

Gavin Watson is a Partner at Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP. Gavin Watson writes Innovation, coupled with robust policy frameworks and access to long-term sustainable financing, present the perfect conditions for the next generation of renewable energy sources to emerge and flourish. This is a sweet spot rarely achieved in a country frenzied by conflicting energy commitments and an urgent demand to deliver short-term energy security.

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Hydrogen Innovation Demand Real Estate 130

NRDC onEarth

JULY 27, 2023

Increased and better-targeted USDA funding could help rural communities address sanitation challenges that threaten public health.

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Health 147

Green Living Guy

JULY 27, 2023

Let’s go charge EV network for real. Because an unprecedented move to accelerate the transition to electric vehicles (EVs) is happening. For seven major global automakers create a groundbreaking joint venture. It was held on July 26, 2023. I’m talking: BMW Group General Motors Honda Hyundai Kia Mercedes-Benz Group, and Stellantis NV Charge EV Network […] The post Charge EV Network: 7 Automakers Collaborate Revolutionizing North America appeared first on Green Living Guy.

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GreenBiz

JULY 27, 2023

Fervo Energy reaches a milestone unmatched by other enhanced geothermal technologies. Now all it needs is offtakers.

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Envirotec Magazine

JULY 27, 2023

Industry-wide targets to improve the sustainability of key ingredients in millions of household products in seven years have been set by a task force comprising 10 of the world’s most influential chemicals companies. Led by the Royal Society of Chemistry, the task force brought together leaders from some of the largest chemical using, product-making, and waste management companies to share information and work out a way forward for the global polymers in liquid formulations (PLFs) industry.

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Charged

JULY 27, 2023

German automaker Opel has announced that its subcompact Crossland SUV will be offered with an all-electric drive in 2024, meaning that every product in Opel’s portfolio will be available as an EV as early as next year. The range of Opel EVs currently consists of the Rocks Electric quadricycle; the Combo-e Life and the Zafira-e Life vans; and the Corsa, Mokka and Astra EVs.

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Green Living Guy

JULY 27, 2023

Solid-state batteries (SSB) have emerged as a promising alternative. That’s especially to traditional lithium-ion batteries. With their potential for increased safety and higher energy density. For solid-state batteries are paving the way. That’s for advancements in electric vehicles and grid-scale energy storage. In a recent study led by Sandia National Laboratories.

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GreenBiz

JULY 25, 2023

The divide is largely over whether sustainable aviation fuel derived from corn-based ethanol and other agricultural crops should qualify for a tax credit created by the Inflation Reduction Act.

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