Renew Economy
JULY 25, 2024
A giant battery project that will help get the national capital get off gas and reach its net zero target has won development approval. The post Giant Canberra battery gets approval to help wean national capital off fossil gas appeared first on RenewEconomy.
3BL Media
JULY 23, 2024
VANCOUVER, British Columbia, July 23, 2024 /3BL/ - DP World , a global leader in supply chain solutions, is pleased to engage as a Pilot Partner in the Net Zero Supply Chain (NZSC) Initiative, a collaborative effort dedicated to advancing the decarbonization of Canada's freight-transportation supply chains. Launched earlier this year by convening partners GLOBE Series, Delphi and 7GEN, the NZSC Initiative seeks to transform Canada's freight-transportation sector by uniting key retail and transpo
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McKinsey Sustainabilty
JULY 24, 2024
By moving from information to action—think virtual coworkers able to complete complex workflows—the technology promises a new wave of productivity and innovation.
ESG Today
JULY 25, 2024
Global truck manufacturer Daimler Truck announced today the launch of the initial customer trials of its hydrogen fuel cell-powered Mercedes-Benz GenH2 Trucks by five customers including Air Products, Amazon, Holcim, INEOS and Wiedmann & Winz. The launch of the new trucks follows a commitment set by Daimler Truck in 2020 to significantly invest in hydrogen technology, forming part of the company’s objective to offer only CO2-neutral driving vehicles in its core markets by 2039.
Speaker: Kevin Kai Wong, President of Emergent Energy Solutions
In today's industrial landscape, the pursuit of sustainable energy optimization and decarbonization has become paramount. ♻️ Manufacturing corporations across the U.S. are facing the urgent need to align with decarbonization goals while enhancing efficiency and productivity. Unfortunately, the lack of comprehensive energy data poses a significant challenge for manufacturing managers striving to meet their targets. 📊 Join us for a practical webinar hosted by Kevin Kai Wong of Emergent Ene
Renew Economy
JULY 24, 2024
Dutton dismissed report on nuclear SMR by the highly respected Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering, saying he is not interested in the views of "fanatics." The post “I’m not interested in the fanatics:” Dutton responds to science academy’s report on nuclear SMRs appeared first on RenewEconomy.
Good.is: Planet
JULY 25, 2024
The ocean was discovered 430 miles deep into the Earth's mantle, which was usually thought to be a hot rocky layer devoid of water.
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McKinsey Sustainabilty
JULY 25, 2024
Our July obituaries also include a CEO and media mogul, an early transgender-rights activist, a Pritzker Prize–winning architect, and an astronaut whose work inspired the establishment of Earth Day.
Renew Economy
JULY 24, 2024
Origin to double size of Eraring battery, adding a more than four-hour second stage to help soak up solar at the site of Australia's largest coal generator. The post Origin to double size of Eraring battery to soak up solar next to country’s biggest coal generator appeared first on RenewEconomy.
Science Daily / Earth & Environment
JULY 25, 2024
Tackling a long-time mystery, scientists have found that the turbulent movements of air in clouds play a key role in the growth of water droplets and the initiation of rain. The research can improve computer model simulations of weather and climate and ultimately lead to better forecasts.
Chris Hall
JULY 26, 2024
Karen Ellis, Chief Economist at WWF-UK, talks about the convergence of climate and nature and the emergence of industry sector transition pathways. At COP26 in Glasgow, the then-Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak announced plans for the UK to become the world’s first net zero-aligned financial centre. Sunak applauded “historic” climate commitments from private companies, representing US$130 trillion in financial assets, saying they would help achieve the net zero transition – including a m
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Whether your organization is at the start of its sustainability and impact journey or years into it, many brands share a common concern: the uncertainty of whether they are sending stakeholders mixed messages. Creating content that speaks to your audience's “love language” can be a tricky dance. But, worry not! 3BL has put together tips to ensure that your content not only finds its rhythm but also resonates with your target audiences.
McKinsey Sustainabilty
JULY 21, 2024
Demand for sustainable aviation fuel could outpace supply by 2030 without a significant increase in capacity. Forward-leaning aviation players use a combination of strategies to source SAF, including equity investments, to help scale the ecosystem.
Renew Economy
JULY 25, 2024
Texas has around the same population as Australia and double the grid consumption. And it's been able to add renewables and storage at a rate Australia would envy. The post Learnings from the Texas grid, and why it’s been able to add so much solar and battery storage appeared first on RenewEconomy.
Science Daily / Earth & Environment
JULY 22, 2024
An international team of researchers has discovered that metallic minerals on the deep-ocean floor produce oxygen -- 13,000 feet below the surface. Discovery challenges long-held assumptions that only photosynthetic organisms generate Earth's oxygen. Minerals at the abyssal seafloor appear to act like geobatteries to produce oxygen in a process that does not require sunlight.
Impact Alpha
JULY 25, 2024
Young people have been at the forefront of Kenya’s six weeks of protests against proposed tax hikes that have left at least 50. The post Protests in Kenya present an impact opportunity to invest in Africa’s youth appeared first on ImpactAlpha.
Speaker: Hortense Grouvel
In this new webinar, you will learn firsthand how to set up a sustainable supply chain program that will help meet increasing ESG requirements stemming from regulators, customers, consumers, and investors alike. Hortense Grouvel, ESG expert at IntegrityNext, and Sean Whelan, Global Senior Manager at Halliburton, will look at how ensuring compliance will also help you increase sustainability performance, resilience, and innovation, allowing you to unlock the full potential of your supply chain op
Energy Central
JULY 24, 2024
The Nuclear Company, a fleet-scale nuclear development company, announced plans to construct a series of nuclear power plants in the U.S. The company says its target markets are data centers, electrification of the transportation sector (cars, trucks), and manufacturing centers. Details are sparse about the reactors it plans to build, how many it plans to build as a.
Renew Economy
JULY 23, 2024
Surge in wholesale electricity prices in June quarter highlights the problem of digging in with ageing coal plants and fossil gas generation. The post Costly gas, coal outages and generator bidding lead to big jump in electricity prices in June quarter appeared first on RenewEconomy.
Science Daily / Earth & Environment
JULY 23, 2024
Chemists have developed a rapid electrothermal mineralization (REM) process, which in seconds can remediate the accumulation of synthetic chemicals that can contaminate soil and the environment.
ESG Today
JULY 24, 2024
Grid-focused AI startup Splight announced today that it has raised $12 million in its Seed funding round, with proceeds aimed at supporting the company’s global expansion plans and further product development for its solutions to help deploy clean energy at scale. Founded in 2020, California-based Splight provides AI-based solutions aimed at unlocking the capability to deploy clean energy at scale on electricity grids.
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Navigating the waters of sustainability reporting disclosures and regulations can be intimidating, to say the least. With various measures set in motion in 2023 to keep companies accountable, there is a lot in store for brands’ impact communication in the upcoming year. 3BL is kicking off this January with our Navigating ESG Comms Through the Cosmos - Capricorn Edition by highlighting the impact of: The U.S Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Climate disclosure rules The European Commission
Cisco CSR
JULY 25, 2024
The need to support hyperscale data centers, pervasive cloud services, and AI workloads is changing the data center paradigm. Today’s data centers need to be scalable, energy efficient, and advance sustainability.
Renew Economy
JULY 23, 2024
The Australian Academy for Technological Sciences and Engineering has joined other scientific, engineering and energy experts in describing the federal Coalition's nuclear power plan as too slow and too risky. The post Too slow and too risky, and waste won’t fit in a coke can – engineers debunk Coalition nuclear plan appeared first on RenewEconomy.
Science Daily / Earth & Environment
JULY 24, 2024
Researchers reveal there are an estimated 400 billion microplastic fibers on the surface of Frenchman Bay, which borders Bar Harbor and Acadia National Park in Maine, and several connected rivers and estuaries where freshwater from rivers meet salty seawater. The watershed contains an average of 1.8 fibers per liter of water. The team also investigated how microplastics traveled throughout the watershed by sampling water from nine sites on Mount Desert Island, particularly within Bar Harbor.
Impact Alpha
JULY 23, 2024
The tech titans’ swing to the right is so last week. This week, the suddenly reset presidential race has given voice to a. The post Politics is a proxy battle for the soul of tech, innovation and social impact appeared first on ImpactAlpha.
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Temperatures are rising (and not just metaphorically) as key stakeholders anxiously anticipate the outcomes of COP28. While companies reconsider their 2024 environmental sustainability strategies, there is another aspect of ESG that deserves exploring, the social sector. In the latest edition of "Navigating ESG Comms Through the Cosmos - Sagittarius Edition", 3BL hones in on this sign’s bold quality of asking questions others are burning to know the answers to.
ESG Today
JULY 24, 2024
TotalEnergies announced today the acquisition of a 50% stake in OranjeWind, a 795 MW offshore wind farm under development in the Netherlands, from German power producer RWE, with TotalEnergies’ share of the project’s renewable energy to be used to power electrolyzer projects for the production of green hydrogen. According to TotalEnergies, the transaction forms part of the company’s initiatives towards its goal to achieve a 40% reduction in net Scope 1 and 2 greenhouse gas emissions linked direc
Renew Economy
JULY 22, 2024
Peter Dutton and some of the LNP's best and brightest gathered atop a small hill on Monday, where they had a panoramic view of one of their chosen nuclear power plant sites, and could repeat their energy nonsense. The post Dutton and crew get close to planned nuclear power plant site, and repeat same old nonsense appeared first on RenewEconomy.
Science Daily / Earth & Environment
JULY 24, 2024
New research underscores the close relationship between dust plumes transported from the Sahara Desert in Africa, and rainfall from tropical cyclones along the U.S. Gulf Coast and Florida.
Impact Alpha
JULY 24, 2024
Greetings Agents of Impact! The latest edition of our specialty newsletter, ImpactAlpha Latin America, is out later today. As an ImpactAlpha subscriber, you. The post The Brief: Meeting the demand for recycled plastics in Latin America appeared first on ImpactAlpha.
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In our latest edition of Navigating ESG Comms Through the Cosmos - Scorpio Edition, 3BL embraces the perspective of one of the zodiac's most misunderstood signs: Scorpio. While this sign often has a darker view of the world, they do not shy away from shining a light on controversial topics. This month we take a deep dive into corporate pullback of DEI and how companies can utilize astrological advice to reinvent its social impact communication.
ESG Today
JULY 25, 2024
Energy infrastructure software startup Paces announced today that it has raised $11 million in a Series A funding round, aimed accelerating the deployment of grid-connected clean energy infrastructure projects. Founded in 2022, New York-based Paces provides software solutions for clean energy infrastructure developers to identify the best places to build and manage their projects, providing data on zoning, permitting, and interconnection.
Renew Economy
JULY 22, 2024
On Sunday, we published an analysis on the soaring cost of nuclear power by leading economist John Quiggin. On Monday we attempted to post it in our feed on social media. Facebook removed it. The post We published an analysis from a leading economist on soaring nuclear costs. Facebook removed it appeared first on RenewEconomy.
Science Daily / Earth & Environment
JULY 24, 2024
Researchers have been tracking a 26-foot endangered whale shark -- named 'Rio Lady' -- with a satellite transmitter for more than four years -- a record for whale sharks and one of the longest tracking endeavors for any species of shark.
Good.is: Planet
JULY 23, 2024
Researchers said the ancients created petroglyphs showing curiosity in the dinosaur prints.
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Throughout Climate Week, a feeling of urgency on tackling the climate crisis was palpable. Yet, questions continue to linger about corporate progress. Are we truly moving the needle or are we stuck in a cycle of empty statements and a flood of reports and guidelines? In the latest edition of Navigating ESG Comms Through the Cosmos - Libra Edition , we use Climate Week outcomes to explore how brands can communicate progress credibly.
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