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Methane Emissions:

Why oil and gas producers say the Biden administration's plan to stop methane leaks might not work
The Salt Lake Tribune
Methane is a powerful greenhouse gas that contributes to global warming and climate change. It also is the largest component of natural gas. Funding ...

China's plan to control methane emissions - Science
Science
Methane is a powerful greenhouse gas, and its potential effects on global warming far exceed those of carbon dioxide (1).

Reducing methane emissions from cows - Spectrum News
Spectrum News
UC Davis professor studies how adding things like seaweed to cattle food can reduce their methane emissions.

Sector Based Decarbonization:

Biden-Harris Administration Announces $254 Million to Decarbonize America's Industrial ...
Department of Energy
The projects will also advance cross-sector industrial decarbonization approaches to tackle challenges common across various industries. Of the ...

U.S. Invests $254 Million in Industrial Decarbonization Projects, Technologies - ESG Today
ESG Today
... decarbonize sectors, such as chemicals, steel, food, and buildings. The ... ‹ o9 Solutions Submitted and Validated Science-Based Emissions ...

DOE Announces $254M Investment In The Decarbonization Of Industry - Carbon Herald
Carbon Herald
... decarbonization technologies and reduce emissions from the industry sector. ... based subsidiary of… January 26, 2024. Carbon Herald. About us · Contact ...

Data Driven Decision Making:

Navigating Product Management: The Power of Data-Driven Decision Making - Medium
Medium
In the realm of product management, the significance of data-driven decision-making cannot be overstated. In today's dynamic business landscape, ...

Diving Into Data Strategy With Samsung Research's Prashanth Rajendran - Forbes
Forbes
This could include creating a culture of data-driven decision-making. Overall, a well-developed data strategy can help organizations make better ...

From Hype To Help To Success: Applications Of Data-Driven Technologies That Matter
Medium
What is Data-driven decision-making (DDDM). DDDM uses optimized data, analysis, and software to guide strategic business decisions. The source of this ...

Global Reporting Initiative:

Global Reporting Initiative revamps biodiversity reporting standard - Investment Executive
Investment Executive
In an effort to enhance corporate reporting and improve investor decision-making, the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) issued beefed up standards ...

The Global Reporting Initiative has released a new Biodiversity Standard
Engineering News
Independent international standards organisation, the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), on Thursday published a significantly updated version of ...

GRI Launches New Biodiversity Reporting Standard - ESG Today
ESG Today
The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), one of the leading organizations promoting standardized ESG reporting, announced today the publication ...

Community Health Risks From Climate Change:

New data dashboards track the impact of climate change on health - Public Health Insider
Public Health Insider
Gathering information on these health impacts in our community will ... They are not a complete representation of the many health risks caused by ...

What do we know about the mental health effects of chronic, slow-onset climate change?
News-Medical.Net
Climate change causes long-term changes in weather patterns, and communities are exposed to slow-onset conditions that evolve gradually from ...

Harvard Public Health Researchers Examine Link Between Climate Change and Mental Health
The Harvard Crimson
A group of Harvard researchers linked the chronic effects of climate change to adverse mental health outcomes in a study published in Nature last ...

Renewable Energy Investments:

Global Clean Energy Investment Hit Record $1.8 Trillion in 2023 - Bloomberg Law News
Bloomberg Law News
Total spending surged 17% last year to $1.8 trillion, according to a report Tuesday from BloombergNEF. These include investments to install renewable ...

The clean energy economy demands massive integration investments now – Analysis - IEA
International Energy Agency
The clean energy economy demands massive integration investments now - A commentary by Pablo Hevia-Koch, Alana Rawlins Bilbao, Daniel Morris.

Global clean energy spending surges to $1.8 trillion. It's not enough - The Portland Press Herald
The Portland Press Herald
While the U.S., EU and U.K. boosted green energy investments, China remains the biggest market in the transition.

CDP Sustainability:

Honolulu's environmental leadership grade improves - Spectrum News 1
Spectrum News 1
The international nonprofit CDP (formerly known as the Carbon Disclosure Project), in partnership with the international non-governmental organization ...

SIX Launches Climate Data Sets to Support Climate-related Reporting, Investing
ESG Today
SIX also announced that it has recently entered into an agreement with environmental disclosure platform CDP to offer access to its global Greenhouse ...

Tau Group Closes €11 Million Extension to Series-B Round to Fuel Growth and Enhance ...
PR Newswire
The company remains dedicated to advancing sustainability, fostering ... CDP Venture Capital is an asset management company participated by CDP ...

California's Leadership in Climate Change:

COP28 Left a Vacuum California Leaders Aim to Fill - Inside Climate News
Inside Climate News
World leaders finally called for a transition away from fossil fuels at the annual U.N. climate talks, but offered few details. A California ...

California Landscape of Climate Finance - CPI
Climate Policy Initiative
Over the past decade, California has become a national leader in addressing climate change. This includes passing laws that require carbon ...

California climate disclosure laws face possible delay - E&E News by POLITICO
E&E News
... climate change and their risks from global warming. The twin climate ... The measure “demonstrates California's continued leadership,” Newsom wrote in ...

Impact Investing:

The Week in impact investing: Fund discovery - ImpactAlpha
ImpactAlpha
TGIF, Agents of Impact! Category curation. Diversification across asset classes is one of the things that makes the “ownership economy” an ...

Green Bonds: Impact Investing Report - ETF Trends
ETF Trends
Green bonds are financing projects all over the world that have a positive environmental impact and provide a pathway to sustainable development.

Impact reporting 'not realistic' for every stage of company lifecycle - Private Equity International
Private Equity International
... impact investments. According to Sun, impact returns are measured annually ... impact investing is about,” she said. “Unfortunately, no matter how ...   

Energy Storage

Energy storage is growing in Maine, and utilities want to own it. Opponents are pushing back.
The Portland Press Herald
Battery storage that holds and releases solar and wind power when the sun won't shine and a breeze doesn't stir is drawing increased investment from ...

Elon Musk: Tesla energy storage now growing 'much faster than car business' | Recharge
Recharge
The US company led by billionaire CEO Musk saw energy storage – including its utility-scale Megapack batteries – hit 14.7GWh of deployments last year, ...

For success in residential battery storage, focus on the Big 3 | Utility Dive
Utility Dive
With solar installations growing robustly, installers and homeowners alike are increasingly focused on adding home battery storage to their ...

Climate Change and Satellites:

Not Invisible Anymore: Satellites reveal sources of atmospheric methane - SpaceNews
SpaceNews
“Methane is increasingly being targeted for near-term action, both because it has a very high global warming potential compared to other gases and ...

New Paper Pinpoints Key Role of NASA Satellites in Monitoring Earth's Vital Signs
Scripps Institution of Oceanography | - University of California San Diego
... climate change from increasing greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. Humans urgently need better ways to track and predict how Earth is changing ...

Monitoring Earth's climate variables with satellite laser altimetry - Nature
Nature
Satellite laser altimetry measures accurate elevations of the Earth's surface and precise changes with time, monitoring key climate variables.

Science Based Carbon Performance Targets:

Catalent Commits to Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions by 2030 | Business Wire
Business Wire
... efficiency, reducing greenhouse gas emissions, eliminating waste ... The Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) is a collaboration between the Carbon ...

ESL Shipping joins SBTi to reach decarbonization targets - SAFETY4SEA
safety4sea
ESL Shipping joined the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) in line with limiting global warming to 1.5oC above pre-industrial levels.

Coalition group and ministers call for ambitious and science-based 2040 climate target
ENDS Europe
... climate performance of the target and the fairness of the contribution of the EU to the global climate agenda; and “feasibility, including costs ...

Climate Change Winners and Losers:

Biden's LNG export project pause: Winners and losers - Washington Examiner
Washington Examiner
Here's an early look at the winners and losers from the project pause: ... Climate Change · Economy · Energy and Environment · Energy Department ...

'A picture of winners and losers': Several Triangle bird species declining as the climate warms
WUNC
“There are winners and losers to the overall global change that's going on in our area. But, there are more species showing strong declines than ...

Flooding drives millions to move as climate migration patterns emerge - Salem News
Salem News
First Street found that climate change is creating winners and losers at the neighborhood and block level. Zoom out to consider the whole country ...   

Microgrids:

The Rise of Microgrids: Bridging the Rural Energy Gap - Yahoo Finance
Yahoo Finance
Microgrids are emerging as a practical and resilient solution for distributing renewable energy, especially in rural areas, and are gaining ...

The Rise of Microgrids: Bridging the Rural Energy Gap | Markets Insider
Markets Insider - Business Insider
Microgrids are small grid systems that use one or more distributed energy source to supply power. They are independent of the regional or national ...

My Opinion: Why Microgrids? - Tech Briefs
Tech Briefs
First of all, what is a microgrid? It's a localized electrical network that includes both generators and loads — for example, a college campus ...

Community Health Risk Assessment:

How Integrated Programs Can Address The Challenges Of Limited English Proficiency For ...
Health Affairs
States can require their Medicaid managed care organization (MCO) contracts or programs to conduct health risk assessments in preferred languages and ...

How AI helps with risk assessment | Healthcare Finance News
Healthcare Finance News
Physicians use a seven-day readmissions model in which they take AI risk assessment into account when discharging patients, says Luis Ahumada, ...

Community-acquired pneumonia: Machine learning enhances early risk prediction in ...
Medical Xpress
Pneumonia remains one of the most significant health challenges globally, being a primary cause of hospitalization and leading to severe ...

Socially Responsible Investing:

Sustainable Investing 101: Definition, Examples, and Strategies - Green Prophet
Green Prophet
It's also known as socially responsible (SRI) or ESG investing. Sustainable investing aligns financial goals with ethical, social, and ...

ESG investing: What it is, why it matters, and how to do it right - The Financial Express
The Financial Express
ESG stands for Environmental, Social, and Governance factors, and is no longer a niche trend but a growing force shaping the investment landscape.

Here's how to nail the ESG conversation with clients - Financial Planning
Financial Planning
For clients who want sustainable investing reflected in their portfolio, financial advisors will need to find an approach that resonates while ...

Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage:

Carbon Capture Technologies: Optimizing CO2 Utilization to Reduce Emissions in Agriculture
Global Ag Tech Initiative
BECCS: Bioenergy with carbon capture and storage technology uses biomass to generate energy. Agricultural residues and forestry wastes fuel ...

Global Market for Carbon Dioxide (CO2) Utilization Report - In-Depth Analysis 2024-2045 ...
Yahoo Finance
Report contents include: Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage (CCUS) market overview across industrial sectors and competing removal solutions.

Carbon Capture and Storage Market towards a USD 18.1 Billion by 2033 - GlobeNewswire
GlobeNewswire
... CCS technology as part of their sustainability strategies. Industrial Utilization of Captured CO2: Utilizing captured CO2 for commercial purposes ...

Coronavirus and Sustainability:

Progress on Sustainability and Climate Action Goals - City of Palo Alto
City of Palo Alto
... Coronavirus · Fiscal Sustainability: A Community Conversation · Race ... Progress on Sustainability and Climate Action Goals. Published on January 25 ...

Financial sustainability, growing revenue, integrating AI – a survey of C-suite leaders
Medical Economics
Only 5% said they are confident patients have caught up on care that was delayed during the pandemic. A majority – 60% – said an economic recession is ...

Mexico Steel Industry Outlook 2023-2032: Insights into Sustainability and Growth Opportunities
Yahoo Finance
The data-rich analysis presents insights on the significant growth, the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the steel sector, and projected market ...

Sustainability Investing: 

Majority of Investors Planning to Increase Sustainable Investments this Year: Morgan Stanley Survey
ESG Today
... investment horizon for sustainability-focused investors ... The report also examined the key drivers and barriers to sustainable investing, with ...

Morgan Stanley: Balancing Returns on Sustainable Investments | Sustainability Magazine
Sustainability Magazine
The Morgan Stanley Institute for Sustainable Investing Delivers Insights on Individual Intentions When it Comes to Impact Investing and Financial ...

ESG investing: What it is, why it matters, and how to do it right - The Financial Express
The Financial Express
ESG, investment decisions, ESG investing, sustainable growth, foreign investment, regulatory push. In the bustling world of Indian finance, a new ...

Geoengineering:

Geoengineering may slow Greenland ice sheet loss, finds modeling study - Phys.org
Phys.org
One of the many effects of global warming is sea-level rise due to the melting and retreat of the Earth's ice sheets and glaciers.

Does discussing geoengineering derail climate action? New study puts it to the test.
Anthropocene Magazine
In most cases, talking about about geoengineering—a set of technologies that manipulate the environment and atmosphere to reduce the effects of ...

Geoengineering may slow Greenland ice sheet loss - PR Newswire
PR Newswire
... geoengineering techniques. While they have some promise, we do not ... geoengineering technique called stratospheric aerosol injection on ice sheet ...

Green Bond Funds:

Explainer: What Are Green Bonds? | Earth.Org
Earth.Org
Green bonds are a financial instrument designed to fund projects with positive environmental or climate-related impacts.

Green Bonds: Impact Investing Report | ETF Trends
ETF Trends
Green bonds are financing projects all over the world that have a positive environmental impact and provide a pathway to sustainable development.

Highlights From Comcast's 2023 Green Bond Report | NCTA
NCTA — The Internet & Television Association
The green bond gives investors the opportunity to support key Comcast ... The funds supported key sustainability projects, including: Universal ...

Low Carbon Funds:

Explainer: How Asia Can Unlock $800 Billion of Climate Financing
International Monetary Fund
... financing via global climate funds ... Scaling up private capital is crucial to finance vital low-carbon infrastructure projects, particularly in less ...

Green Economy Outlook: Sustainability Trends for 2024 | JPMorgan Chase
J.P. Morgan
We are closely following initiatives to define transition finance, which should support scaling up financing for the low-carbon energy transition, ...

Subcommittee Chair Griffith Opening Remarks on Fighting the Misuse of Biden's Green ...
Energy and Commerce Committee
... funds and then claim to mobilize and leverage investment in low carbon technologies and infrastructure. “Under the IRA's Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund ...

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