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Startup tackles decarbonizing industrial heat processes

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Skyven Technologies, founded in 2013, is a company with a unique proposition for companies in the industrial sector — a way to save money through decarbonizing. dissertation in microelectronics to an entirely different field: climate change. "I

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Europe’s wood pellet market is worsening environmental racism in the American South

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This story was originally published by Southerly , in partnership with Scalawag and Environmental Health News for its Powerlines series, which looks at climate change, justice, and infrastructure in the American South. South, which is already bearing the brunt of climate change effects. . “As

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COP27: A Breakthrough for People and Planet

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DESCRIPTION: The 27th United Nations (UN) Conference of the Parties (COP), which took place this November in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, marked a significant milestone in developing action against climate change. Loss and Damage’ Fund Agreement. Mitigation Work Program’ Development. degrees celsius.

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Using Carbon Markets To Fuel the Energy Transition

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DESCRIPTION: Tetra Tech’s Rodrigo Chaparro, senior climate advisor, looks at how the carbon finance options defined at the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26) can help cut greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction costs for power utilities and large energy consumers.

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China’s PV plants are booming, but is that good news for the fight against climate change?

Renewable Energy World

Between 2006 and 2013, China’s global share of production of PV cells, the solar industry’s core technology, surged from 14 percent to 66 percent. And these new technologies are key, as solar energy plays a major role in the fight against climate change. appeared first on Renewable Energy World.

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20 C-suite sustainability champions for 2021

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The big stories of 2020 were not just about a pandemic, a reckoning on racial justice, an economic calamity and the ever-imminent rise of climate change impacts. Zimride merged into Lyft in 2013, its vehicles announced by a fuzzy pink "grill-stache." After joining Levi’s in 2013, Singh visited its factories in Turkey and India.

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Olympic House Obtains LEED Platinum Certification for Its Operations and Maintenance

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Olympic House is part of the IOC’s broader sustainability efforts, which include a commitment to reduce the organisation’s carbon footprint by 30 per cent by 2024, and by 50 per cent by 2030, in line with the Paris Agreement on Climate Change.