Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 30, 2021

This renewed energy and focus on the energy transition is good news to ensure we continue to move towards the UK’s net zero targets. As it stands, electricity generation from renewable sources continues to increase year on year. New green shoots for UK biomass. Are we seeing the wood for the trees?

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Gail Tverberg

AUGUST 31, 2023

In fact, when I look at the data, it seems to be clear that oil imports are already constrained. Oil, coal, and natural gas are different enough from each other that we should expect somewhat different patterns. Prices tend to be worldwide prices. I also give more background how the three fossil fuels differ.

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Stacey Higginbotham

MAY 8, 2023

This story was originally published in my weekly newsletter on May 5, 2023. sensor, but instead I’ll just lay out which aspects of it work and which ones don’t. It might also be used to trigger an event (or avoid triggering one) when multiple people are in a space. To subscribe, visit www.staceyoniot.com/newsletter.

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Stanford Social Innovation

MAY 16, 2022

When I co-founded DataKind in 2011 to connect volunteer data scientists with nonprofits looking to increase their impact, I did so with a vision of data science and AI being used, first and foremost, in the service of humanity. There must be a third way. If you’re new to this conversation, welcome! By Jake Porway.

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Gail Tverberg

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

Strangely enough, a big part of the confusion regarding the nature of our energy problem comes from the fact that virtually everyone wants to hear good news, even when the news isn’t very good. A PDF of my talk can be found at this link. An mp4 video of my talk can be found at this link: Gail Tverberg’s Nov.

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Steven Mintz

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

One of the most talked about issues in accounting right now is whether the 150-hour requirement to qualify for licensing as a CPA creates a barrier to entry for many accounting students that should be revisited. However, would it not be better to include relevant coursework in the extra 30-unit requirement?

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Stanford Social Innovation

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

As many examples in this series have shown, facilitating the flow of ideas back and forth across national borders is one way to accelerate change. Borders between issue areas get in the way of solutions. Take the way that energy and health are often treated as separate issues. And that is actually good news.

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Stacey Higginbotham

APRIL 11, 2022

This is a good time to be excited about wireless technology that doesn’t require batteries. As a flush of recent news proves, energy-harvesting technology is poised to move from pilot applications to scaled out use in the real world in the coming year. I cannot wait. The post The battery-free IoT revolution is here!

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Corporate Knights

JUNE 3, 2022

But daunting challenges bring out the best in people. Our objective was to identify outstanding Canadian entrepreneurs and companies that are gaining significant traction in the fight against carbon – with exciting new solutions that most of the world hasn’t discovered yet. Innovation doesn’t work that way. In Squamish, B.C.,

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GreenBiz

JULY 6, 2020

How 5 communities across the US are seeking environmental justice. This story originally appeared in InsideClimate News and is republished here as part of Covering Climate Now, a global journalistic collaboration to strengthen coverage of the climate story. In many ways, Maleta Kimmons defines her neighborhood by what it lacks.

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Stanford Social Innovation

MARCH 21, 2022

Well-intentioned efforts to improve governance by reducing board size, restructuring standing committees, or identifying best practices have not resulted in demonstrably better governance quality across the nonprofit sector. Few of the directors we spoke with defined “governance” the same way. Governance has gotten tougher.

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Renewable Energy World

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

By Mason Adams, Energy News Network. Those and other provisions in Virginia’s sweeping Clean Economy Act now face political uncertainty, though policy experts predict that much of the 2020 law will be able to withstand a partisan challenge thanks to Democrats’ narrow control of the state Senate. That would be my prediction.”.

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Richard Matthews

JANUARY 4, 2022

You cannot be faulted for failing to notice the long list of environmental wins that occurred in 2021. Good news stories do not have the sensationalistic allure of dramatic prophecies of doom, but once you get past the dire headlines, there is a litany of overlooked achievements that tangibly illustrate progress.

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