GreenBiz

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

Paper, plastic or neither? Inside the collaboration to reinvent the shopping bag. Tali Zuckerman. Wed, 09/02/2020 - 01:45. Replacing the single-use shopping bag may be one of the most complex sustainability challenges of our time. At GreenBiz’s Circularity 20 virtual conference last week, sustainability leaders from Target, Walmart and CVS came together to discuss how they are planning to do just that, and why working together despite being competitors is critical to achieving success.

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Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

A £3.4m investment project to help reduce the risk of sewer flooding in Tarbert, Argyll and Bute began on 31 August. The improvement work will help tackle the issue of sewer flooding by increasing the capacity of the local sewer network. It will involve the upsizing of almost 350 metres of sewer pipe, with large diameter sewers being installed along Barmore Road, Harbour Street, and on a short section of School Road.

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Inhabitat - Innovation

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

What if you could charge your phone with body heat?

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GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

Two capital markets days in the space of a week have offered a forensic look at wind turbine supplier Siemens Gamesa and its new parent company, Siemens Energy. The latter’s IPO is now just weeks away, planned for September 28, and after much speculation, guesswork and a change in leadership, Siemens' wider role in the energy transition is becoming clearer.

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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

AUGUST 31, 2020

What does 'climate risk' actually mean? Joel Makower. Mon, 08/31/2020 - 02:11. If you stick around the world of sustainable business long enough, you’re sure to see an immutable march of memes — terms that rise up and become popularized, often without agreed-upon definitions. Then, over time, they become used, and overused, to the point where they lose much of their meaning.

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Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

The Ffestiniog scheme in North Wales: Pumped storage can resolve a perceived conflict between boosting economic activity and encouraging a sustainable green agenda, said ILI Group’s Mark Wilson. Land development firm says long term energy storage is ‘crucial’ for the net zero energy system of the future and keeping consumer bills lower. A morning programme at the final day of the Scottish Renewables Conference (3 September) – an online event this year – addressed the topic R

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Green Business Bureau

AUGUST 29, 2020

Buying local is touted as the best way to be environmentally friendly while supporting local communities at the same time. By purchasing food and other goods that are produced locally, consumers help stimulate their regional economy, help create and retain valuable jobs, supports families and strengthen community and culture. Understanding the strengths, limitations and potential pitfalls of local consumption is key to making the most of the trend.

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GreenBiz

AUGUST 31, 2020

Circular economy startups compete at Circularity 2020, taking on shoes to shelf-life. Holly Secon. Mon, 08/31/2020 - 01:00. A circular economy is urgently required for the shift to a more sustainable planet. But it will take new, innovative ideas to build a global system that uses and reuses all of the resources within it and moves us away from the deeply entrenched extractive system under which the modern world functions.

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Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

Hedgehog (photo credit: Ben Andrew). The government is approaching a “fork in the road” that could “change the course of the future for nature” as it plans to shake up the country’s planning system, conservation experts have warned. On 3 September the RSPB was asking people to speak up for nature and ensure wildlife in their local area is protected and make sure the wildlife that brought us so much solace during lockdown is not endangered by proposals for a radically different planning system.

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Inhabitat - Innovation

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

University of Westminster Master of Architecture (MArch) (RIBA Pt II) student Eliza Hague has proposed an eco-friendly alternative to the plastic-covered greenhouses commonly found in India.

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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

altenergymag

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

SenseHawk's cloud-based platform and application modules solve several challenges in the development, construction and operation of solar sites. Its application modules enable solar companies to reduce costs, enhance workforce productivity and improve solar site performance leveraging sophisticated AI and machine learning models.

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GreenBiz

SEPTEMBER 4, 2020

The broken system that sends most food waste and organic matter to landfills. Jim Giles. Fri, 09/04/2020 - 00:15. How about this for a series of maddening statistics? Landfills in the United States generate 15 percent of the country’s emissions of methane, a greenhouse gas with a potential warming impact 34 times that of carbon dioxide. The single largest input into U.S. landfills is food waste, yard trimmings and other organic matter.

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Fairsnape

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

This was an early access post for Regenerator Patron s. Here are eight regenerative graphics and charts that have shaped, and are shaping, my sustainability thinking and may inspire others., There are two that I have created, inspired by regenerative thinking from others. Some concepts are a few years old now and well established but very powerful, others new, inspirational and provide deeper insights into regenerative sustainability.

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Inhabitat - Innovation

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

Wildfires are causing more carbon emissions in the first eight months of 2020 than they did in all of 2019.

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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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U.S. Green Technology

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

Water is vital for all life on Earth. It’s what humans need to survive — in more ways than one. Whether it’s for drinking, doing laundry, cooking or practicing hygiene, clean water must be available at all times. Without the right infrastructure, water access is at risk. Public health then comes into question as well. The post How Water Infrastructure Can Be More Sustainable appeared first on U.S.

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GreenBiz

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

The U.S. Plastics Pact launches new initiative to redesign the plastics value chain at Circularity 20. Holly Secon. Wed, 09/02/2020 - 00:45. The U.S. recycling market has been in free fall since 2018, when China, Malaysia, Thailand and other Southeast Asian countries announced that they would no longer import many types of recyclable material scraps.

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altenergymag

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

Leading renewable energy consultancy and service provider, Natural Power, has appointed John Crowley as Principal Offshore Engineer based in the Dublin office.

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Inhabitat - Innovation

SEPTEMBER 4, 2020

A new rule published by the U.S. government legalizes oil and gas drilling within forested land. This action threatens forest ecosystems, reversing decades of work to protect forested areas.

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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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Solar Power World

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

Solar Basics is a video series by Solar Power World created to help installers learn about the business, tools and tricks of the solar power trade. Mounting solar panels on tracking systems instead of fixed-tilt racking increases the energy yield of a project. But more moving parts means different O&M considerations must be made for… The post Solar Basics: How to keep solar tracker systems running smoothly appeared first on Solar Power World.

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GreenBiz

SEPTEMBER 4, 2020

Clean energy and markets are the solution (not scapegoat) for California’s blackouts. Bryn Baker. Fri, 09/04/2020 - 01:00. On Aug. 14 and 15, the California electric grid operator made the incredibly rare decision to proactively shut off parts of the electricity grid, resulting in limited rolling blackouts affecting businesses and homes throughout the state.

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altenergymag

AUGUST 31, 2020

Decentralization, decarbonization, digitalization and the emergence of new business models will shape the global power sector

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Inhabitat - Innovation

AUGUST 31, 2020

The largest Passive House building in the world is set to welcome its first tenants this October.

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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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Solar Power World

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

Solar contractors working in expanding regions along the East Coast have the unique challenge of installing PV arrays that can withstand upwards of 100-mph winds. Every June to November, those coastal states, especially Florida, are susceptible to the annual superstorms as they travel northwest from the Caribbean. When the entire solar array is assembled, it… The post Mounting a solar system to survive a hurricane appeared first on Solar Power World.

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GreenBiz

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

Strategy firm BCG pledges net-zero impact, eyes ‘carbon positive’ future. Heather Clancy. Tue, 09/01/2020 - 00:02. Business strategy organization Boston Consulting Group will use remote workplace lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic to reduce per-employee travel by at least 30 percent by 2025, one key element of the $8.5 billion company’s new commitment to achieve net-zero status for its own operations by the end of this decade. .

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

Read time: 5 mins New Jersey has now joined the wave of lawsuits seeking to hold the fossil fuel industry accountable for climate impacts. The city of Hoboken today filed a case against major oil and gas companies and the American Petroleum Institute ( API ) , a powerful industry trade group which has played a major role in promoting “uncertainty” about climate science.

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Inhabitat - Innovation

AUGUST 31, 2020

Following Hurricane Laura's landfall, BioLab caught fire, unleashing chlorine gas over a small community.

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Charged

SEPTEMBER 4, 2020

V2G is one of the hottest topics in the EV world. Using EVs as a giant virtual battery is a promising prospect for electric utilities—it would offer them an efficient, cost-effective way to manage demand and facilitate the integration of more renewable energy sources into the grid (and create a powerful incentive for them to encourage EV adoption). Nissan , Honda and others are testing V2G systems.

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GreenBiz

AUGUST 31, 2020

Carbon marketplace hawks credits in businesses that store CO2 with their products. Gloria Oladipo. Mon, 08/31/2020 - 05:00. As corporate interest in carbon removal options grows, Puro.earth , a startup from Finland, is offering a twist on carbon marketplaces. Instead of selling and trading credits related to nature-based solutions, its exchange features industrial businesses that store carbon dioxide in products such as biochar, timber construction and other building materials.

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Impact Alpha

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

Public equity markets have historically been overlooked in the impact investing space, traditionally a domain for credit and private market financing. We see public equities playing a growing and indispensable role in the impact ecosystem. A common question in the industry is: how exactly can investing in public equities create impact? At BlackRock, our Active.

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Inhabitat - Innovation

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

An artist is using seaweed to create fibers, dyes and embellishments for clothing and wall art. “Having fallen in.

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Charged

SEPTEMBER 4, 2020

Commercial EV manufacturer Lightning Systems has reduced the prices of its 2021 battery and fuel cell EVs by 10 to 50% for Class 3 to Class 8 vehicles. The lower prices take effect immediately and apply to 2021 and 2022 deliveries. Lightning has also announced a number of new features for its EVs, including: faster Level 2 and DC fast charging systems; enhanced telematics and new remote software management features; and improved range and payload capacity.

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GreenBiz

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

Tesla's co-founder is pioneering a circular system for electric vehicle batteries. Katie Fehrenbacher. Wed, 09/02/2020 - 01:30. This week, I've been thinking a lot about electric vehicle batteries and the massive potential for battery recycling and reuse. As the market for electric vehicles takes off, that means eventually hundreds of millions of EV batteries will be in use and then face end of life.

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