Energy

Steam rises from the Niederaussem coal-fired power plant operated by German utility RWE, which stands near open-pit coal mines that feed it with coal, on November 13, 2017 near Bergheim, Germany. Lukas Schulze | Getty Images News | Getty Images LONDON — The deepening climate emergency underscores the urgent need for policymakers to oversee a

This article was originally published in The Green Techpreneur newsletter and is adapted with permission. It may be unusual for a serial entrepreneur to take inspiration from a copywriter, but Bryan Eagle does just that.  As a young man in New York, his first boss, Carl Alley, ran a legendary advertising agency: “They did the

This week’s run time is 40:16. WEEK IN REVIEW (5:25) FEATURES Style and substance: Going circular in the Netherlands:  (19:40) GreenBiz Senior Writer CJ Clouse chats about why there’s a burgeoning startup scene cropping up around circular fashion in Amsterdam, which she explored in person in August. With interview highlights from Bert van Son, founder

This story was or first published on Next City, a nonprofit organization with a mission to inspire social, economic and environmental change in cities through journalism and events around the world. Read the original article at Next City.  Margaux Riccio didn’t become a vegan for any particularly moral or political reasons. Rather, it was a

In this article GE IBE-ES AGR This photograph, taken on June 13, 2017, shows the Block Island Wind Farm, Rhode Island. David L. Ryan | Boston Globe | Getty Images Ground has been broken on a project dubbed the United States’ “first commercial scale offshore wind farm.” The construction’s kickoff, which took place on Thursday,

Date/Time: December 7, 2021 (1-2PM ET / 10-11AM PT) Earning investors’ trust and taking a multi-stakeholder approach is table stakes for companies today. However, Edelman’s upcoming 2021 Trust Barometer Special Report: Institutional Investors reveals that there is skepticism amongst investors around environmental, social-impact and governance (ESG) practices and a push for greater climate action and

In this article RY4C-IE AIR-FR BMW-DE RR.-GB Rolls-Royce’s all-electric Spirit of Innovation takes to the skies for the first time. Courtesy: Rolls-Royce Rolls-Royce said Friday its electric aircraft had reached a maximum speed of 623 kilometers per hour (a little over 387 miles per hour), with the firm claiming this made the airplane the “world’s

This article originally appeared in our Circularity Weekly newsletter.  As most players in the apparel industry shift away from brick-and-mortar retail, Shilla Kim-Parker is doubling down on the importance of small stores for communities and mom-and-pop shop-owners. Coming from a family of Black, small business owners, Kim-Parker launched Thrilling in 2018 to support Black, Indigenous

The EU’s climate chief told CNBC that he “wouldn’t be too critical of China” when it comes to assessing negotiations at the COP26 climate change summit in Glasgow, Scotland. The deal agreed at COP26 sought to build on 2015’s Paris Agreement and prevent the worst effects of climate change, although it faced stumbling blocks related

This article originally appeared in our Food Weekly Newsletter.  You may remember my semi-successful attempt to persuade my kids to eat fungi-based bacon. This week, I bring news of a more formidable challenge: Can my two elementary-aged children be persuaded to eat insects? Our experiment begins with our two subjects upstairs, engaged in one of

Kemmerer, Wyoming, is a frontier coal town. It was organized in 1897 by coal miners and still employs people in the coal and natural gas industries today. Photo courtesy TerraPower TerraPower, a start-up co-founded by Bill Gates to revolutionize designs for nuclear reactors, has picked Kemmerer, Wyoming, as the preferred location for its first demonstration

This article was adapted from Climate Tech Weekly, a free newsletter focused on climate technologies. My biggest geek-out moment during the COP26 gathering in Glasgow, Scotland, last week came in the central train station, where I had the opportunity to briefly tour a 30-year-old passenger train retrofitted to run on hydrogen fuel cells and lithium-ion

US President Joe Biden speaks during an event to commemorate Veterans Day at The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetary in Arlington, Virginia on November 11, 2021. Nicholas Kamm | AFP | Getty Images President Joe Biden is asking the Federal Trade Commission to look into behavior from energy companies as prices

This article was adapted from Mobility Weekly, a free newsletter on decarbonizing transportation. Electric truck and van company Rivian’s breathtaking and record-breaking IPO last week — which values it at more than $100 billion, more than the market capitalizations for either General Motors or Ford Motor Company — is testament to the power of procurement

Economist Adewale “Wally” Adeyemo reacts as he testifies before the Senate Finance Committee during his confirmation hearing to be Deputy Secretary of the Treasury in the Dirksen Senate Office Building, in Washington, D.C., February 23, 2021. Jim Lo Scalzo | Reuters U.S. Deputy Treasury Secretary Wally Adeyemo told CNBC Tuesday that President Joe Biden was

When it comes to decarbonization, nothing is easy, but some measures are easier than others. Rapid, widespread deployment of renewable energy is one of the best near-term solutions, and it will reduce emissions substantially but not entirely. To reach net zero, it will also be necessary to clean up sectors that don’t have readily deployable

Mohamed El-Erian, chief economic adviser of Allianz SE, listens during a Bloomberg Television interview on the sidelines of the Bloomberg New Economy Forum in Singapore, on Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2018. Wei Leng Tay | Bloomberg | Getty Images The Federal Reserve is losing credibility over its long-standing view that inflation is transitory, according to Allianz

Sometimes the future becomes visible in the present. During our time at the COP26 climate summit, we discovered that the number of fossil fuel industry delegates outnumbered those from any single country. Activists saw this, no doubt accurately, as a concerted attempt to slow down — or stall — timely action to address the climate

In this article BP.-GB The secretary general of oil producer group OPEC has said the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow was “definitely a wake-up call.” Speaking to CNBC at the ADIPEC energy industry forum in Abu Dhabi, Mohammad Barkindo was asked if the deal eventually reached in Glasgow — which included a late compromise on

I’m not going to weigh in on whether COP26, the climate conference that concluded over the weekend in Glasgow, Scotland, was a success or failure. There is no shortage of opinions on both sides of that equation, a debate that will no doubt rage right up until COP27, in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, next November. There

For the first-time, some of the world’s most influential circular economy actors have come together to urge businesses to consider new ways of designing, producing and consuming goods — and their role in scaling change to meet climate targets. The U.N. Climate Change Conference, COP26, is hailed as a “make-or-break” moment for the world, one

Gone are the fleeting days of component parts showing up just in time for production from an unknown combination of suppliers. After pioneering the just-in-time supply chain, Toyota responded to the Fukushima disaster by stockpiling critical components — such as semiconductor chips — with enough supply for months at a time. That was a decade

In theory, the circular economy offers an elegant alternative to the siloed, short-sighted and waste-ridden reputation of the building industry — an industry that accounts for 38 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions by some estimates. This lens provides a compelling opportunity to expand the ecosystem around the design, construction, operation, renewal and repurposing of

In this article 175-HK TSLA An eActros is unveiled at the Mercedes-Benz truck plant of Daimler Truck AG on Ocotber 7, 2021. Uli Deck | picture alliance | Getty Images The Daimler Truck CEO has spoken of the challenges and opportunities his industry faces in the years ahead, as competition heats up and efforts to

This week’s run time is ???. WEEK IN REVIEW (10:20) FEATURES Amazon’s climate plan in Europe (19:55) Zak Watts, director of sustainability for the giant retailer and tech company’s European operations, discusses how Amazon’s global sustainability agenda, the Climate Pledge, is playing out far from its Seattle headquarters. What does circularity have to with climate?

In this article SPGI PALM SPRINGS, CA – MARCH 27: Giant wind turbines are powered by strong winds in front of solar panels on March 27, 2013, in Palm Springs, California. According to reports, California continues to lead the nation in green technology and has the lowest greenhouse gas emissions per capita, even with a

This article was originally published on YES! Magazine and allows reprints 48 hours after publication. Milwaukee’s proposed 25-story Ascent tower sounds like a conventional housing project. Scheduled to open in September 2022, it offers 250-plus apartments with views of downtown Milwaukee and Lake Michigan. But one thing sets it apart from other housing towers in

In this article TWTR US special climate envoy, John Kerry speaks during a joint China and US statement on a declaration enhancing climate action in the 2020’s on day eleven of the COP26 climate change conference at the SEC on November 9, 2021 in Glasgow, Scotland. Jeff J Mitchell | Getty Images LONDON — A

Date/Time: December 9, 2021 (1-2PM ET / 10-11AM PT) Consumers around the globe are craving more sustainable products, and brands are struggling to figure out how to deliver on their recycled content goals. Chemical recycling, also known as advanced or molecular recycling, will be a crucial part of the solution set for brands to meet

As you read this essay, there are still several days of negotiations, protests and corporate proclamations left between now and the end of COP26, but there’s no doubt in my mind the new Global Methane Pledge that emerged here last week in Glasgow, Scotland, will be one of the gathering’s enduring legacies. The pledge, orchestrated

In this article ENR-DE RDSA-GB FREDRIK HAGEN | AFP | Getty Images Norsk Hydro and fossil fuel giant Shell are to look into the potential of joint projects focused on green hydrogen production. In an announcement Tuesday, Norway’s Hydro said a memorandum of understanding had been signed between the two parties. Under the deal, Shell