Renewable Energy World

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

Mandelbaum describes how he has already seen climate change impacts during his term on the council: flash flooding in 2018, a derecho storm in 2020 , and a severe drought in 2021. Damage from the derecho storm that swept Iowa 2020. This article originally posted at ilsr.org. Photo from Phil Roeder via Flickr (CC BY 2.0).

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Chris Hall

APRIL 19, 2024

As early as 1966, Kenneth Boulding’s essay, ‘The Economics of the Coming Spaceship Earth’, raised awareness of an “open economy” with unlimited input resources and output sinks, in contrast with a “closed economy”, in which resources and sinks are tied and remain as long as possible part of the economy.

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GreenBiz

JUNE 1, 2020

Mon, 06/01/2020 - 00:00. Okay, you say, April coincides with Earth Day, when companies traditionally strut their sustainability stuff. Still, this baker’s dozen of storylines provides a peek into what happened in the 31 days just ended, well before most cities and states have started to reopen. Two Steps Forward.

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GreenBiz

MAY 19, 2020

Mon, 05/18/2020 - 18:18. This article is part of our Paradigm Shift series, produced by nonprofit PYXERA Global, on the diverse solutions driving the transition to a circular economy. The Recycling Partnership’s 2020 State of U.S. A three-step plan to ensure recycling supports the circular economy. Sponsored Article.

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GreenBiz

SEPTEMBER 25, 2020

Fri, 09/25/2020 - 01:00. From an emissions standpoint, Climate Week 2020 may go in the books as the greenest of all time. . AT&T pledged to be carbon-neutral by 2035, a step up from its previous goal to reduce Scope 1 emissions by 20 percent and Scope 2 emissions by 60 percent. Sponsored Article. Sarah Golden.

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GreenBiz

MARCH 15, 2021

Even though we have been slow to initially take firm steps towards avoiding an involuntary calamity, we still have the opportunity to make better decisions today than we can tomorrow. But beginning to paint a tangible picture to wake up citizens and government officials will help; for instance: Can the world take 20 more years like 2020?

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Corporate Knights

JUNE 1, 2023

Imagine a world where consumers have access to affordable, locally grown plant-based foods every day. A world without unnecessary disposable plastic, where cities harvest heat from the earth, and where waste from food, farms and landfills is up-cycled into clean-burning biogas. million – a jump of 5,431%. million to $9.1

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 12, 2020

Mon, 10/12/2020 - 01:30. Carbon atoms flow through all living organisms, from the atmosphere to the earth to the oceans and back again. However, at the end of the day, we don’t just want to observe the needle — we want to move it. Featured in featured block (1 article with image touted on the front page or elsewhere).

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Chris Hall

DECEMBER 20, 2023

In the short term, the drama of the final days, specifically the rows over wording of the ‘UAE Consensus’ on transition from fossil fuels, will dominate. In this summary article, ESG Investor covers some of the areas with the biggest implications for asset owners. C in realistic reach. trillion in 2022.

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Gail Tverberg

MARCH 28, 2022

For example, the US dollar may lose its reserve currency status, the world debt bubble may pop, and globalization may take a major step backward. [2] Figure 3 shows the high correlation between energy consumption and PPP GDP during the period from 1990 through 2020. Everything is constantly evolving, even economies.

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GreenBiz

MARCH 17, 2021

It was in the cornfields with my grandfather where I learned the importance of water and protecting our resources and where I gained a deep respect for the earth," Haaland said in her confirmation hearings, emphasizing that her experiences make her uniquely qualified to lead the Interior Department. . Sponsored Article. Social Justice.

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GreenBiz

JUNE 2, 2021

To recap: Shell had been sued by seven environmental groups, including Greenpeace and Friends of the Earth Netherlands, along with 17,000 Dutch citizens named as co-plaintiffs. Two Steps Forward. Featured in featured block (1 article with image touted on the front page or elsewhere). Sponsored Article. degrees Celsius.

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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Annual clean energy investment in EMDEs needs to increase by more than seven times, from US$150 billion in 2020 to over US$1 trillion a year by 2030, according to an International Energy Agency (IEA) report. . One of the most notable was announced by US Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry on COP27’s Finance Day.

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GreenBiz

MAY 17, 2021

In addition, most of the honorees find the time to exercise global citizenship beyond their day jobs, mentoring youth, hosting a podcast and launching peer networking groups. Vartan Badalian’s mother has a favorite story to prove that being born on Earth Day imbued him with an innate concern for the environment. in childhood.

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GreenBiz

MARCH 8, 2021

Given the devastating economic toll the COVID-19 pandemic has had on women and girls, the imperative to mark International Women’s Day carries more weight than usual this year. . The idea of a day celebrating the accomplishments of the female gender in the U.S. Mon, 03/08/2021 - 02:00. reaches back to 1909.

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GreenBiz

DECEMBER 21, 2020

Mon, 12/21/2020 - 02:00. So I’m grateful for this opportunity to escape, to walk on sturdy ground and see all the way to where the earth touches the sky. . Over the past decade, organic food sales in the United States doubled to more than $50 billion in 2019, according to the Organic Trade Association’s 2020 Organic Industry Survey.

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GreenBiz

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

Wed, 09/30/2020 - 01:00. The climate lawyer and senior adviser to the NRDC Action Fund spends his days defending the environment from the U.S. It rushed through the process, often shortening or entirely skipping over the required 60 days for public comment, which provided a clear opening for its rule changes to be challenged in court.

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GreenBiz

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

Tue, 11/17/2020 - 01:30. This article originally was published in the BSR Insight. 2020 has exposed the serious holes in the safety net, not least access to health care. Innovations such as the tax-deferred "401(j)" accounts proposed by Al Gore to allow employees to save for lifelong learning also would be a good step.

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