Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 10, 2021

Just 10 per cent of national climate plans (as part of the Paris Climate Agreement) include references to rangelands, compared to 70 per cent of those plans including references to forests. Until now, rangelands have rarely featured on international agendas. million km2) is now used to produce crops.

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North America Biodiversity Agriculture South America 130

GreenBiz

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

I thought this one image captured a great deal of salient points I’ve learned after several years of researching medium- and heavy-duty alternatives such as battery electric, fuel cell electric and a variety of hybrid systems for the North American Council for Freight Efficiency (NACFE). Trucks require energy. Predictions are easy.

Transportation 280

Transportation Electric vehicle North America Investment 280

Charged

JANUARY 24, 2025

Kennedy International Airport, the busiest airport for international traffic in North America, always seems to be reinventing itself. It opened in 1948 as New York International Airport, although it was typically referred to then as Idlewild.

Electricity 111

Electricity Health Electric vehicle Transportation 111

Greentown Labs

MARCH 19, 2024

and Houston, Texas, March 19, 2024 — Greentown Labs, the largest climatetech incubator in North America, today announced leading integrated energy group Ecopetrol as its newest Terawatt Partner—the highest level of engagement with the incubator. Gulf of Mexico and Permian Basin), Brazil, Mexico, Peru, Chile and Bolivia.

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Incubators Incubators North America Startups 111

Charged

MARCH 10, 2023

I was referring to the IRA’s revamped system of EV tax credits. As John Voelcker wrote in Car and Driver , Section 45X “has the potential to make EV batteries built in the US so cheap that large swathes of Western cell and battery manufacturing will rush to locate in North America.” This is now happening.

Europe 105

Europe Batteries North America Transportation 105

GreenBiz

JUNE 29, 2020

I have heard IKEA leadership referring to coming back stronger than ever and there is no question that its 2030 strategy is at the heart of it; with product circularity, renewable energy investment and taking care of workers as some of the key tenants, IKEA's stewardship continues to be part of its core business model.

Sustainability 458

Sustainability Health Carbon-negative Climate change 458

Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 9, 2022

The Drax power plant in North Yorkshire is the UK’s biggest single-point source of carbon dioxide emissions, and is fed by a constant supply of wood pellets shipped to the UK on enormous vessels, mostly form North America. “Drax is the UK’s biggest single-point source of carbon dioxide emissions.

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Biodiversity Energy Energy Carbon-negative 235

DeSmogBlog

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Richard Black, an honorary research fellow at Imperial College London’s Grantham Institute, told DeSmog that the IPCC’s reference to misinformation was a “novel ingredient”, but also a necessary one. “If Instead it refers to those who have “organized and financed misinformation and ‘contrarian’ climate change communication”.

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Climate change North America Politics Global warming 98

Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

Indeed, based mainly on appearance, from three to 50 species are currently recognised in what is commonly referred to as brown trout. Scientists at Wellcome Sanger Institute extracted DNA from these specimens and used PacBio SMRT Sequencing technology to generate the first, high-quality brown trout reference genome.

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Climate change North America Technology 100

EDF + Business

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

1 These toxic chemicals, often referred to as “forever chemicals” for their persistence in the human body and the environment, have been linked to serious health concerns and environmental contamination leading to additional exposures beyond the original PFAS-containing article. In a 2022 survey of U.S.

Packaging 118

Packaging Sustainability Health Plastics 118

Greentown Labs

JANUARY 23, 2024

23, 2024 — Greentown Labs , the largest climatetech incubator in North America, today announced global multi-energy company TotalEnergies as its newest Terawatt Partner—the highest level of engagement with the incubator. Likewise, the words “we”, “us” and “our” may also be used to refer to these entities or to their employees.

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Incubators Incubators Startups North America 111

Envirotec Magazine

MAY 2, 2024

have reduced in Europe and North America in this period, while levels have increased in Southern Asia, Australia, New Zealand, Latin America and the Caribbean. Particulate matter (PM) refers to tiny particles of liquid or solid matter made of materials such as dust, dirt or soot (i.e., Daily levels of PM2.5

Asia 147

Asia Pollution Energy Monitor Oceania 147

DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 3, 2024

“We’re uniquely situated with our assets to support that power demand for these data centers,” Tina Faraca, president of US Natural Gas Pipelines at TC Energy, said during an industry conference last month, referring to the company’s 37,000 miles of pipelines across North America.

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Demand Natural gas Energy Energy 139

Smart Energy International

NOVEMBER 24, 2022

They work to cross-reference each other and easily locate any incorrectly added data and remove it. By relying on hashing and the Raft consensus algorithm, if an entity tries to illegitimately alter a record at one instance of the database the other ledger nodes are not altered.

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Blockchain Energy Monitor Business Energy Monitoring Resilience 140

Greentown Labs

DECEMBER 9, 2019

When you say “critical infrastructure,” can you explain what you’re referring to? So I can pull it up on my iPhone, and you could see the real-time probability of failure for any of thousands of assets around North America and Europe. Primarily the grid and power generation assets. A few different things.

Energy Monitor 88

Energy Monitor Home Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring Building Energy Monitoring 88

Charged

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

North America classifies charging stations into “Levels,” while the European Union differentiates charging stations using “Modes.”. References: Alternative Propulsion Forecast. Secondarily, designers must maximize efficiency to minimize power consumption and temperature rise. Figure 1 shows several types of charging stations.

Automotive 137

Automotive Batteries North America Organic 137

Charged

MAY 9, 2022

North America classifies charging stations into “Levels,” while the European Union differentiates charging stations using “Modes.”. References: Alternative Propulsion Forecast. Secondarily, designers must maximize efficiency to minimize power consumption and temperature rise. Figure 1 shows several types of charging stations.

Automotive 135

Automotive Batteries North America Organic 135

ThinkGeoEnergy

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

References Armstrong, R. Further collaboration between private industry, public support, higher education, national laboratories, and policymakers can further enhance RTES capabilities and make this energy storage technology a cornerstone technology for a sustainable energy future. The Future of Energy Storage An Interdisciplinary MIT Study.

Energy 85

Energy Energy Geothermal power Cooling 85

Greentown Labs

OCTOBER 26, 2022

AquaNRG launched ccus.ai , the reference website for its offerings in carbon capture, utilization, and storage. The company was also named to HolonIQ’s list of the 200 most promising climatetech startups from North America. Our member Boxes is piloting its refilling and dispensing technology on-site at Greentown Houston.

Energy Monitor 98

Energy Monitor Business Energy Monitoring Building Energy Monitoring Home Energy Monitoring 98

Charged

JANUARY 18, 2023

The term refers to a process for documenting the source of a product, along with all the links in the supply chain, and it has long been important in various industries. OPTEL uses globally-recognized standards to facilitate the sharing of data with partners and government regulators. Q&A with OPTEL’s Ken Fallu.

Batteries 134

Batteries Medicine North America Europe 134

ThinkGeoEnergy

AUGUST 22, 2024

The rules and Directive 089 introduced requirements and processes unique to geothermal energy and include reference to applicable oil and gas regulatory instruments. In 2022, the Geothermal Resource Development Act came into force , creating a regulatory framework for geothermal resource development in Alberta. Source: Yahoo!

Technology 108

Technology Energy Energy Government 108

DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 22, 2024

Mondelez defines regenerative agriculture as an approach to farming which aims to produce “high-quality crops” while also “restoring the natural rhythm of our surrounding ecosystem” – a definition which makes no reference to specific practices that would reduce emissions or boost biodiversity. Again, the strategy is partial.

Agriculture 139

Agriculture Soil Pollution Methane 139

Grist

APRIL 6, 2021

Europe and North America endured periods of moderate cooling: the Late Antique Little Ice Age around the 6th century, and the Little Ice Age from the 13th to 19th centuries. In this context, “resilience” refers to the ability of a group to cope with hazards, responding and reorganizing without losing their core identity.

Climate change 139

Climate change Resilience Europe North America 139

DeSmogBlog

MAY 18, 2023

An industry group that’s called Canada’s federal climate targets “unachievable” and referred to opponents of oil and gas expansion as “climate alarmists” has received nearly $1.23 million in taxpayer money from the British Columbia government. In a separate op-ed the organization accused environmentalists of practicing “eco-colonialism.”

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Government Natural gas Carbon-neutral North America 98

Green Business Bureau

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

6] Another study found that the airplane travel-related carbon footprint of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) annual meeting, which had 21,907 participants in 2017, totaled >39,500 metric tons, with an associated health burden of 51.4-79.0 References. miles, with median CO2e emissions of 0.61 Ashford, K.

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Waste Waste Sustainability Carbon-negative 148

ThinkGeoEnergy

JUNE 13, 2024

Supercritical geothermal, sometimes referred to as superhot rock energy, is a category of enhanced geothermal systems that requires deep drilling technologies to access dry rocks at temperatures around 400°C or greater.

Geothermal power 105

Geothermal power Technology Energy Energy 105

Greentown Labs

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

BASF, another Greentown partner, is currently the only manufacturer that produces cathode active materials (a precursor to lithium-ion batteries) in North America, Europe, and Asia. Goliaths have been taking steps for years to reform themselves in light of the climate crisis.

Startups 75

Startups North America Asia Batteries 75

Smart Energy International

OCTOBER 31, 2022

A home’s “building envelope” refers to engineering and building practices that help manage the energy use in a home. Have you read: Google and C40 cities launch carbon-free energy pilot Red Eléctrica completes first demand response auction. Smart tech.

Energy 122

Energy Energy Carbon-neutral Natural gas 122

DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Several of these arguments reference the idea that grazing livestock can help maintain healthy soils which can store carbon. In its messaging, industry also heavily references the role of meat in relieving hunger and in the Global South, claiming that it “plays a key role in reducing food insecurity and malnutrition”.

Agriculture 145

Agriculture Methane Climate change Government 145

DeSmogBlog

JULY 26, 2023

But climate disinformation “refers to content that has been deliberately created to deceive people or give them an inaccurate understanding of an issue.” The Role of State Actors She identified both Kremlin-linked and Chinese state media campaigns intent on creating “a division between the African continent and Europe or North America.”

Fossil fuels 98

Fossil fuels North America Climate change COP 98

ThinkGeoEnergy

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

For more details, please refer to the official AGM webpage. For more details, please refer to the information provided in the official AGM webpage. Friday, May 23: Continuation of presentations and congress closing. Technical Papers The call for abstracts is open. Registrations Registrations are now open.

Innovation 52

Innovation Energy Energy North America 52

Low Impact

OCTOBER 20, 2021

Referring to the tradition of Ethiopian christianity, forest ecologist Alemayehu Wassie describes these church forests as living arks of plants, people and other animals, with trees as the foundations and hermits as spiritual protectors, both crucial parts of the forest ecology.

North America 103

North America Climate change Politics Europe 103

Business Green

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

That's a far larger market than the offgrid use of used solar modules," Heath said, referring to the do-it-yourself use of panels on homes, mobile or otherwise. Enel North America, a renewable energy company with a global presence, is one solar developer that is focusing on some of those non-recycling strategies.

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Recycling Recycling Waste Waste 82

Greentown Labs

JUNE 11, 2020

It’s referred to as the ‘Saudi Arabia of offshore wind.’”. As the largest climatetech startup incubator in North America, Greentown Labs brings together startups, corporates, investors, politicians, and many others with a focus on scaling climate solutions. “On the east coast, and in particular the northeastern U.S.,

Business Energy Monitoring 64

Business Energy Monitoring Innovation Energy Monitor Building Energy Monitoring 64

DeSmogBlog

MAY 29, 2024

Anthony O’Hear, a UK-based philosophy professor, referred to “so-called climate science” and claimed it was based on “rather questionable” modelling. He added that the state of scientific knowledge on climate change is “far more uncertain than is made out.”

Fossil fuels 140

Fossil fuels Climate change Europe Policy 140

Smart Energy International

APRIL 16, 2024

Data transparency Also discussing the importance of transmission planning was Casey Cathey of Southern Power Pool, in reference specifically to predictability: “Predictability and looking at future planning is definitely one of my top use cases.”

Energy 105

Energy Energy Resilience North America 105

R-Squared Energy

AUGUST 10, 2023

For reference, this is down from an 87% share in 2010. China and India’s ongoing reliance on coal boosted demand despite Europe and North America cutting consumption. While renewable power expanded at record rates, fossil fuels maintained an 82% share of total primary energy consumption. growth in 2021.

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Solar Energy Monitor Energy Monitor Energy Energy 78