March 12, 2021
Want more great analysis of the clean energy transition? Sign up for Energy Weekly, our free email newsletter. The era of American offshore wind finally may be coming to its shores. This week, the Biden administration backed the first commercial-scale offshore wind farm in the United States: an 800-megawatt project planned off the coast of Martha’s Vineyard. The project, known as Vineyard
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Reprinted from GreenFin Weekly, a free weekly newsletter. Subscribe here. For years, companies have focused voluntary social reporting on metrics that are, let’s say, comfortable: government-mandated data, such as occupational health and safety or certain hiring metrics, that has been measured and managed for years. Add a few more nuanced data points, such as the results of an annual employee
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A study investigating the environmental impacts of single- and multi-use packaging used at quick-service restaurants has found that paper-based single-use products provide significant environmental advantages compared with reusable options. Conducted by global engineering, design and consultancy company Ramboll, and commissioned by the European Paper Packaging Alliance (EPPA), the life cycle
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For more essays and articles by Shana Rapport, sign up for VERGE Weekly, one of our free newsletters. Sanjana Paul is a 23-year-old scientist, electrical engineer and environmental activist on a mission. Yes, she's worked at NASA. But her mission isn't to explore the outer edges of the solar system. Instead, it's to harness the full power of technology and the ingenuity of young people
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Cities are home to more than 50 percent of the global population and as a result are presented with ever-growing challenges, including finding a balance between social equity, economic vitality and environmental sustainability. Cities also have extraordinary potential to enable change and the ability to find harmony between people, prosperity and the planet that creates a better future for
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March 10, 2021
Webinar hosted by ECO Canada. Today, the focus is on truth and reconciliation and this webinar introduces the histories, cultures and issues facing Indigenous communities in Canada.
March 10, 2021
BlueDot Photonics aims to make solar power more efficient and affordable.
March 10, 2021
BlueDot Photonics aims to make solar power more efficient and affordable.
March 10, 2021
How conditions become ripe for carbon capture and storage to bloom in the ethanol industry.
March 10, 2021
Hotels don’t want to shelter homeless people. Advocates say it shouldn’t be a choice.