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The Carbon Footprint Of Live Music Is A Savage Beast — Is There Any Hope For Improvement?

October 3, 2024 admin air quality, carbon emissions, climate change, music, waste reduction

Credit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Mon, 30 Sep 2024 15:25:05 +0000

The quest to understand live music’s carbon footprint began in 2019, when a rep from the band Massive Attack became curious and contacted Carly McLachlan. The director of the Tyndall Center for Climate Change Research soon had quite a challenge: to assess the UK band’s touring practices and then design … [continued]

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Is The USA Becoming A Free Rider On Other Countries’ Climate Action?

October 2, 2024 admin air quality, carbon emissions, carbon pricing, China, clean power, clean transport, climate change, Coal, crude oil, Diesel, electric trucks, Energy, Europe, Fossil Fuels, gasoline, green economy, grid, India, natural gas, Oil, policy & politics, renewable energy, subsidies, usa

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Sun, 29 Sep 2024 00:41:50 +0000

The free rider problem in climate action arises when some countries or actors benefit from the efforts of others to mitigate climate change without contributing their fair share. Since the atmosphere is a global common good, actions taken by one country to reduce greenhouse gas emissions benefit the entire world, … [continued]

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Automakers’ EV Cowardice Is Hurting You And Our World

October 1, 2024 admin carbon emissions, Electric vehicles, ev batteries, ev charging, ev sales, policy & politics

Credit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Sat, 28 Sep 2024 16:13:01 +0000

This year it has become a trend for major automakers to announce a retreat from ambitious plans to transition to electric vehicles (EVs). While publicly stating the decision is due to limited consumer demand, the reality is that profitability deficits press on upper automotive management. Such reluctance to embrace EVs … [continued]

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Working For Climate Solutions No Longer Requires Career Or Life Compromises

October 1, 2024 admin Agriculture, carbon emissions, China, clean energy jobs, clean power, clean transport, climate change, Energy, Europe, future, green economy, green jobs, grid, heat pumps, jobs, Solar energy, waste reduction, wind energy

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Sat, 28 Sep 2024 03:55:39 +0000

A regular feature of my life is having long-term friends, co-workers, collaborators and even complete strangers reach out to me to ask how they can pivot or start their careers to help with climate change or the environment more generally. Most recently, a recent sciences graduate from Cambridge, Hari Kukreja … [continued]

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Earthshot Prize Finalists: Protecting Oceans, Monitoring Biodiversity, Providing Refrigeration, & More

September 30, 2024 admin carbon emissions, climate change, climate week nyc, energy efficiency, Manufacturing, waste reduction

Credit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Fri, 27 Sep 2024 16:02:54 +0000

The 15 finalists for the Earthshot Prize, an annual award from an organization led by the UK’s Prince William that recognizes emerging solutions to the environmental crisis, were celebrated on Tuesday at Climate Week NYC. The $1.3 million Earthshot Prize panel searches the globe for innovations that will help repair … [continued]

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How Can Communities Help Deploy Clean Energy & Build Up Local Economies?

September 29, 2024 admin carbon emissions, clean power, climate change, demand response, distributed energy resources, grid, pew charitable trusts, Smart Grid, Solar energy

Credit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Thu, 26 Sep 2024 18:00:12 +0000

The global urgency to decarbonize is captured by the rapid growth in new low-carbon infrastructure throughout the energy economy. As power systems around the world rapidly evolve to achieve decarbonization objectives, it is crucial that power system planners and operators use appropriate models and tools to analyze and address the … [continued]

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Risk Fingerprints & Gray Rhinos Help Communication & Strategy

September 28, 2024 admin carbon emissions, clean power, clean transport, climate change, climate policy, climate risk, green economy, policy & politics, risk, subsidies, usa

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Wed, 25 Sep 2024 18:40:56 +0000

We continue to live in world with changing and in many cases increasing risks. Michele Wucker, author of The Gray Rhino and You Are What You Risk, has thought about not only about risk more than most people, but also how different people and organizations perceive risks very differently. I … [continued]

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The Sustainable Agriculture Fair Of The Future

September 27, 2024 admin Agriculture, carbon emissions, climate change, events, waste reduction

Credit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Wed, 25 Sep 2024 12:43:07 +0000

As the summer wound down, I immersed myself in a local cultural tradition: the agriculture fair, a harvest tradition in New England that dates back over a century. With it are competitions for the best examples of cows, pigs, sheep, ducks, and horses, with wide-eyed young future farmers eagerly and … [continued]

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Hong Kong’s Climate & Hydrogen Plans Were Captured By Its TownGas Utility

September 27, 2024 admin air quality, buildings, carbon emissions, China, clean power, clean transport, climate change, Coal, electric trucks, Energy, Fossil Fuels, government policy, green economy, Hong Kong, hydrogen, investment, natural gas, Oil, policy & politics, waste reduction, waste to energy

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Tue, 24 Sep 2024 23:15:41 +0000

Recently John Haffner, responsible for sustainability at Hong Kong’s US$1.4 billion annual revenue Hang Lung Property Group, reached out to me. ReThink HK, which bills itself as Hong Kong’s best-attended and most ambitious business event for sustainable development, was hosting a debate he would be part of in front of … [continued]

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Ship Owners Confused About Decarbonization

September 21, 2024 admin batteries, biofuel, boats, carbon emissions, cargo shipping, clean power, clean shipping, clean transport, Electric vehicles, Energy, Energy Storage, Fossil Fuels, green economy, investment, Logistics, natural gas, nuclear energy, Oil

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Thu, 19 Sep 2024 03:30:13 +0000

For three years, the International Chamber of Shipping has been running a survey of ship owners, covering multiple domains, including biggest risks to shipping, changes in shipping patterns with initiatives like friendshoring and most relevantly for this discussion, decarbonization. Recently they dropped their 2023-2024 survey, and the results indicate ongoing … [continued]

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