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Trane Technologies and the U.S. Department of Energy Partner To Advance Building Decarbonization in New Heat Pump Technology Challenge

3BL Media

In line with the Challenge’s advanced technology specifications, these heat pumps will be designed to help organizations meet their energy efficiency needs and decarbonization goals. “As We are thrilled to work together on this important initiative to drive greater energy efficiency and decarbonization in our nation’s buildings.”

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Ecocentricity Blog: Embracing Clean Technologies, Even If We Don't Have All of the Answers Yet

3BL Media

Not Every Climate Change Question is an Honest One. It suggests that proponents of clean technologies like renewables and electric vehicles are being dishonest by ignoring or glossing over any downsides that come with them. The incumbent and extractive fossil-based technologies. Okay, so here’s my actual answer.

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The sooner we start the energy transition, the faster Canada’s economy will grow

Corporate Knights

In its latest report released February 28, the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change issued its most dire warning yet about the consequences of inaction on billions of people around the world. We know we can’t decarbonize our economy with carbon pricing alone. Houses, farms and roads were ravaged. Lives were lost.

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Companies leading Decarbonization

Carlos Sanchez

In the race to decarbonization and achieving net-zero emissions, there is a clear role to be played by governments, individuals, NGOs and companies. I argued that the private sector is a principal driver of decarbonization, reducing carbon emissions, due to three reasons : First , corporates are flocking to adopt net-zero emissions.

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Countdown to 2045: Executive Summary

3BL Media

Significant electrification — powered by clean generation and enabled by an unparalleled expansion of the electric grid — is necessary to decarbonize the economy feasibly and affordably. Achieving this requires urgent and fundamental changes in how the state’s entire energy infrastructure is planned and built.

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Major Companies Celebrate Clean Buildings Agreement Between States

3BL Media

today signed a memorandum of understanding outlining their collective efforts to accelerate the deployment of clean technologies such as heat pumps in new and existing homes. We applaud state action to pragmatically decarbonize buildings, and today are proud to support the collaborative action by eight states and Washington, D.C.

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Volvo Targets 75% Emissions Reduction per Car by 2030

ESG Today

The company also announced that it has joined the First Movers Coalition (FMC) to use its purchasing power towards clean technologies to help support the shift to near-zero emission aluminum. We’re committed to doing our part and we call on corporate and political leaders around the globe to also do theirs.”