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Proposal: The “Purchaser Caused” EAC Tag

Sustainable Round Table

via a Power Purchase Agreement (PPA)), outside critics often lump critical renewable energy development work with reputationally risky “unbundled” EAC procurement. SR Inc) proposes the establishment of a “Purchaser Caused” (PC) tag, which will certify EACs as having enabled new grid capacity.

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Three sustainable fuels that could be the future of green aviation

Corporate Knights

of the world’s total carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuel combustion, many airlines are considering carbon-capture-and-storage technologies and electric-powered planes. Here’s what could be an eco-friendly power source on your next flight: Animal fats and cooking oils. With the sector contributing 2.8% Synthetic kerosene.

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Sofidel Cuts Its Emissions Also With Its New Regina Commercial in Italy

3BL Media

Sofidel’s 2030 CO2 emission reduction targets have been approved by the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) as consistent with the reductions needed to limit global warming to well below 2°C under the Paris Agreement. Your browser does not support the video tag. www.sofidel.com. Sofidel Press Office. Distribution Settings Markup.

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Responding to the SBTi’s Call for Evidence

Sustainable Round Table

The evidence presented focuses on the effectiveness of the impact-driving instrument SR Inc has labeled Purchaser Caused EACs. The evidence presented in SR Inc and Akamai’s joint submission, bolstered by Quantum Energy and REsurety’s data, focuses on the impact-driving instrument SR Inc has labeled Purchaser Caused EACs.

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What’s in a Name? The Ethics of Building Naming Gifts

Stanford Social Innovation

By Anne Bergeron Philanthropically-minded individuals through the ages have chiseled their names on buildings as expressions of civic responsibility, prestige, and power. Nonprofits are increasingly protecting themselves by inserting morality clauses in gift agreements with naming rights.

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Virginia advocates seek path forward for electric school buses despite lack of state funds

Renewable Energy World

An ambitious measure to convert Virginia’s fleet of 17,000 diesel-powered school buses to quieter and cleaner electric models over a decade was praised by health and environmental advocates when it passed the General Assembly at the end of February. But transitioning from yellow to green is expensive.