Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

This is simply not sustainable – and puts the fact that we need to change the way we dispose of electronic equipment into sharp focus. Businesses are making a significant contribution to this growing problem, so it’s heartening to see the topic of digital pollution going through a revival. A new environment creates new pressures.

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Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 20, 2022

We have been thinking about this topic a lot at Evoqua, and we see three big macrotrends – climate and water risk, health and safety and connectivity. Water and climate risk are at the top of the list. We need to recognize the role the industry can play in mitigating climate change.

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Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 26, 2021

Propelled at high-speed, along a network of underground and overground pipes, by magnetic waves generated by linear motors, Magway systems are a zero-emission step-change in how we transport online freight and make deliveries. Mega infrastructure projects like HS2 also aim to tackle a net zero carbon logistics industry.

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Moreover, there is no “silver bullet” that can deliver a zero carbon society overnight. However, all three of these are to at least some extent considered problematic within the context of net zero. Transitioning from a fossil fuel economy to a renewable one undoubtedly presents challenges. What’s driving the shift to hydrogen?

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Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 10, 2021

Launched in March this year, the drive to decarbonise industry forms a major part of the UK’s journey to 2050 net zero. The government went one step further and in April, set the world’s most ambitious climate change target into law: to reduce emissions by 78% by 2035 compared to 1990 levels. Think big but start small.

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Corporate Knights

JUNE 20, 2023

As more people become concerned by the heat waves, forest fires and flooding exacerbated by climate change, they're switching their carbon-emitting home appliances for electric, emissions-free alternatives. Bitcoin miners produce more carbon emissions than all of Serbia. But it also came with a heavy cost to the planet.

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Envirotec Magazine

MAY 16, 2023

These water “batteries” could form the basis of a smart water grid, improving the resilience of the water supply in the wake of climate change – in the same way solar batteries in homes store excess electricity that can be sold back to the National Grid.

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

Scottish Water Horizons Business Development Manager, Donald MacBrayne, said: “We’re excited to have our first battery facility up and running to help reduce emissions and tackle climate change. The digital optimisation platform, Dynamic Demand 2.0,

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GreenBiz

MARCH 8, 2021

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern wasted little time raising the stakes in her nation’s fight against climate change after handily winning re-election in October. Drawing on that mandate, Ardern declared a "climate emergency" and set the wheels in motion for New Zealand’s public sector to become carbon neutral by 2025.

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