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Sustainability professionals shouldn’t (and don’t want to) be accountants. Don’t make them

GreenBiz

The sustainability industry wants more data. But does it really need it? And what does that mean for sustainability professionals of tomorrow?

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EPA Unveils Game-Changing Insights on Food Waste

NRDC onEarth

New reports confirm prevention is the best solution for food waste

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South Africa’s Standard Bank faces dilemma over pipeline decision

Financial Times: Energy

Also in today’s newsletter, a new can of worms is opening up for board directors

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Chart: Which clean energy sector is creating the most new jobs?

Canary Media

Canary Media’s chart of the week translates crucial data about the clean energy transition into a visual format. Since the Inflation Reduction Act passed into law last August, both domestic and foreign companies have rushed to set up shop or expand operations in the U.S.

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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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Most companies are fumbling their 2025 plastic waste targets

GreenBiz

The world is off track to tackle plastic pollution. Here's what business must do now, according to the Ellen MacArthur Foundation.

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Electrifying Trucks: Tackling Inflation and Saving Americans Money

NRDC onEarth

In 2023, trucking is poised to carry nearly $15 billion in goods. Electrifying this sector is vital for combating inflation and bolstering economic resilience.

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Full steam ahead for electric freight trains

Canary Media

Electricity is taking over the transportation sector, with batteries replacing fossil-fuel engines in a growing number of passenger cars, big-rig trucks, school buses , delivery vans, speedboats and ferries. Yet one category in particular is only just starting to get on board with battery power: freight trains.

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The first frontier for electric aviation: Short-haul flights

GreenBiz

A third of flights are less than 250 miles, which is already within range for electric planes.

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NOAA Denies Key Protections in Fight to Protect Rice’s Whale

NRDC onEarth

On Friday, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Fisheries denied a petition to establish a 10-knot vessel speed limit and other protective measures in the Gulf of Mexico to protect the endangered Rice’s whale, which is estimated to have a.

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Olkiluoto Unit 3 Provides Carbon-Free Nuclear Power and Energy Security for Finland

POWER Magazine

As a first-of-a-kind project, Olkiluoto Unit 3 took more time to build than was originally expected, but the end result has proven worth the wait. Calling it the “largest single climate action” in The post Olkiluoto Unit 3 Provides Carbon-Free Nuclear Power and Energy Security for Finland appeared first on POWER Magazine.

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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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How many jobs is the Inflation Reduction Act spurring? A lot

Canary Media

The Inflation Reduction Act will create a lot of new construction jobs for people building the electric-vehicle and battery factories and the wind and solar manufacturing and generation projects spurred by the law’s hundreds of billions of dollars in tax credits and incentives.

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Green construction practices could unlock this $1.5 trillion opportunity, study finds

GreenBiz

Major emissions cuts and investment opportunities arise from shifting to greener materials and processes in construction and buildings, according to the World Bank's International Finance Corporation.

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How generous subsidies helped Australia to become leader in solar power

The Guardian: Energy

Households have continued to use state help that was first created more than a decade ago For a brief period over several weekends this spring, the state of South Australia, which has a population of 1.8 million, did something no other place of a similar size can claim: generate enough energy from solar panels on the roofs of houses to meet virtually all its electricity needs.

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South Australia to reach 100 pct wind and solar within a few years, says network company

Renew Economy

Wind and solar reached 100 per cent of demand on 282 days in last year in South Australia, and the state will average 100 per cent within a few years, grid owner says. The post South Australia to reach 100 pct wind and solar within a few years, says network company appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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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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The US offshore wind industry faces a moment of reckoning

Canary Media

Up and down the U.S. Northeast coast, the once-promising prospect of a burgeoning offshore wind power industry is facing a moment of reckoning.

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Can the fashion industry close the gap in sustainable raw materials?

GreenBiz

A new report from BCG spells out what will "make or break brands" in fashion and apparel.

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The struggles of the offshore wind industry

Financial Times: Energy

Governments around the world have set ambitious targets to tackle climate change, but developers say power prices will have to rise to pay for it

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Is nuclear the answer to Australia’s climate crisis?

Renew Economy

Short answer: no. Should we lift the ban? It would have no practical effect on electricity markets, but the political fallout could be tragic for Australia. The post Is nuclear the answer to Australia’s climate crisis? appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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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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Mainers will vote on replacing for-profit utilities with public power

Canary Media

Many people, and not just climate advocates, have wished they could make their utility company disappear. On November 7, the people of Maine may actually do that.

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Apple, Nike and others push Asian suppliers to buy clean energy

GreenBiz

The Clean Energy Procurement Academy will fund training for supply chain partners in Asia Pacific countries where renewable power is tougher to source.

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Ukraine braced for attacks on its power grid as winter draws in

Financial Times: Energy

Cities rush to protect energy infrastructure from Russian missile and drone strikes as temperatures drop

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Vanadium flow batteries stake a claim for round the clock storage for renewables

Renew Economy

Largest vanadium flow battery in south hemisphere is going through its commissioning process at Port Pirie, with big hopes for the future of round-the-clock storage. The post Vanadium flow batteries stake a claim for round the clock storage for renewables appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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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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Heat pumps are everywhere — even in clothes dryers

Canary Media

Canary Media’s Electrified Life column shares real-world tales, tips and insights to demystify what individuals can do to shift their homes and lives to clean electric power. Canary thanks Lunar Energy for its support of the column. Last year, Dan Fulop faced a problem.

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Where to find hope you can change the world

GreenBiz

Here are highlights of an inspiring conversation between two 21-year-old youth climate activists and Google chief sustainability officer Kate Brandt.

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‘We need a decarbonisation strategy’: climate shift threatens UK oil refineries

Financial Times: Energy

At Essar’s Stanlow refinery on Merseyside, efforts are focused on carbon capture and hydrogen

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Another battery project underway to manage low loads and rooftop PV in W.A.’s main grid

Renew Economy

Another big battery begins construction in W.A. as the world's biggest standalone grid deals with the combined challenges of low midday demand and evening peaks. The post Another battery project underway to manage low loads and rooftop PV in W.A.’s main grid appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Here’s how foundations are bringing solar to lower-income communities

Canary Media

The rooftop solar industry is booming, but far too few lower-income Americans are benefiting as a result. It’s a “modern version of redlining,” according to Joe Evans of the Kresge Foundation.

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4 best practices for using AI to reduce carbon emissions

GreenBiz

Deploying artificial intelligence applications to cut greenhouse gases requires deep planning and prep work.

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America’s Most Powerful Nuclear Reactor Makes a Landmark Revival

POWER Magazine

Entergy’s Grand Gulf 1—the largest single-unit nuclear power plant in the U.S.—has thrived for four decades by cultivating a culture of continuous improvement, achieving record-breaking performance The post America’s Most Powerful Nuclear Reactor Makes a Landmark Revival appeared first on POWER Magazine.

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Rooftop PV take a bite out of everyone’s lunch as minimum demand records tumble again

Renew Economy

Rooftop PV sets new records for share of generation, and sends minimum demand levels to new low, taking a bigger bite out of the fossil fuel lunch, and that of large scale solar farms. The post Rooftop PV take a bite out of everyone’s lunch as minimum demand records tumble again appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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US large-scale BESS installations in 2023 already exceed whole of 2022

Energy Storage News

The amount of large-scale battery energy storage systems completed in the US as of Q3 2023 already exceeds the whole of 2022, American Clean Power said.

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Introducing GreenBiz’s Climate Tech Startup of the Year

GreenBiz

A venture that captures carbon and stores it in concrete won this year’s startup competition. Here’s why.

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