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Methane Emissions:
Methane emissions from gas flaring being hidden from satellite monitors - The Guardian
The Guardian
Oil and gas equipment intended to cut methane emissions is preventing scientists from accurately detecting greenhouse gases and pollutants, a ...
Biden-Harris Administration Announces Final Rule to Cut Methane Emissions, Strengthen ...
Environmental Protection Agency
The oil and natural gas sector is the largest industrial source of methane emissions in the United States. Quick reduction of these methane emissions ...
EPA underestimates methane emissions from landfills and urban areas, researchers find - Phys.org
Phys.org
Methane emissions for 2019 from 70 individual landfills that report methane emissions of 2.5 Gg a−1 or more to the EPA's Greenhouse Gas Reporting ...
Sector Based Decarbonization:
UNFCCC
Next steps for international action to tackle industry emissions. Based on the results of the mapping exercise, the TEC, in partnership with the ...
Roadmap to close the carbon cycle - ScienceDaily
ScienceDaily
Reaching net-zero carbon emissions goals requires finding transformative paths to manage carbon in difficult-to-electrify economic sectors.
Making sense of our options to decarbonize aviation - Clean Air Task Force
Clean Air Task Force
Nonetheless, numerous major airlines and airports, among others in the industry, have made a series of commitments to reduce aviation's climate ...
Data Driven Decision Making:
Decision-Making Bias & AI: Does Data Dependency Dull You? - CMS Wire
CMS Wire
Consumer vs. producer: The impact of data varies significantly between consumers and producers, affecting decision-making processes differently based ...
How storytelling helps data-driven teams succeed | MIT Sloan
MIT Sloan
“Both — we use quantitative data, what we have available — and any qualitative assessments of our team performance. Some of the best decision makers ...
What Being a Data-Driven Organization Really Means | ITPro Today
ITPro Today
Simply collecting some data and using it to make some decisions isn't enough to call yourself data-driven. Instead, data-driven decision-making ...
Global Reporting Initiative:
PR Newswire
The 2023 Global Impact report was prepared with reference to the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) and Sustainability Accounting Standards Board ...
Weyerhaeuser : GRI (Global Reporting Initiative) - MarketScreener
MarketScreener
GRI INDEX | Where you'll find lots of details We are strongly committed to continuous improvement in our performance related to environmental ...
Navigating the sustainability landscape: Top three trends | Enhesa
Enhesa
1. Development and revision of voluntary international sustainability standards. The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) develops standards on impact ...
Community Health Risks From Climate Change:
Climate change is a threat to health - The Kathmandu Post
The Kathmandu Post
... global warming and AMR, let alone how AMR will affect the health risks of climate change. The international community is severely underestimating ...
Climate Change Is a Worse Health Threat Than We Think by Manica Balasegaram
Project Syndicate
Manica Balasegaram warns that the world is underestimating the extent to which global warming will fuel antimicrobial resistance.
The Impact of Climate Change on Health and Life Expectancy - Earth.Org
Earth.Org
Climate change poses a threat to global public health, amplifying existing humanitarian crises and affecting livelihoods and well-being.
Renewable Energy Investments:
Reuters
ETF PERFORMANCE HISTORY. Over the past five years or so, investment vehicles tied to clean energy have endured a roller coaster ride. Appetite for ...
Surging investment in manufacturing of clean energy technologies is supporting economic growth
International Energy Agency
“Record output from solar PV and battery plants is propelling clean energy transitions – and the strong investment pipeline in new facilities and ...
Clean energy technology investment tops $200 billion globally in 2023: IEA
ET EnergyWorld
Clean energy technology investment tops $200 billion globally in 2023: IEA ... The report, "Advancing Clean Technology Manufacturing," indicates a ...
CDP Sustainability:
PR Newswire
TOTO's inclusion on the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) A List marks it as a leader in environmental transparency and effectiveness, demonstrating its ...
Recycling remains battleground as plastics negotiations end | Global - Environment Analyst
Environment Analyst
Part of the solution, says the CDP, is more data. "Our findings show how much actionable data on plastics is needed," says CDP's head of sustainable ...
SCS Consulting Complimentary Webinar: Navigating 2024 CDP - 3BL Media
3BL Media
Experience the latest ESG and sustainability news reported by veteran journalists. 100 Best Corporate Citizens. Celebrate your company's placement ...
California's Leadership in Climate Change:
Los Angeles Times
The pope has invited California Gov. Gavin Newsom and other state and local leaders from around the world to a summit on the effects of climate change ...
Governor Newsom To Visit Vatican For Climate Change Conference - California Globe
California Globe
... leadership on the climate crisis inspires us all to push further and faster. ” Newsom climate advisor Lauren Sanchez added, “We think the governor ...
California companies call for full funding for historic climate disclosure laws - Ceres
Ceres
However, the implementation of the two laws has not yet been funded. In a letter to the governor and legislative leaders, 35 businesses called for ...
Impact Investing:
Forbes
Instead of just chasing profits with a laser focus, it focuses on companies that are making a positive social and environmental impact alongside ...
Impact Investing Should Be Hard - Stanford Social Innovation Review
Stanford Social Innovation Review
As the graph shows, impact investors seeking market-rate returns reported lower levels of difficulty in impact investing—compared to traditional, non- ...
The elusive inflection point in impact investing | Opinion | Eco-Business | Asia Pacific
Eco-Business
Despite the growing awareness and interest in socially responsible and sustainable investments, the core considerations for investors remain rooted in ...
Energy Storage
Kimley-Horn
Battery energy storage systems store electric power from renewable energy sources or power from the grid, thus providing backup power when needed and ...
Storing energy with compressed air is about to have its moment of truth - Ars Technica
Ars Technica
The need for long-duration energy storage, which helps to fill the longest gaps when wind and solar are not producing enough electricity to meet ...
'Waterless hydro' energy storage: Pilot plant confirmed in the UK - New Atlas
New Atlas
This remarkable project promises to open up zero-carbon energy storage to a broad range of areas without huge hills, delivering 2.5 times the ...
Climate Change and Satellites:
NASA selects Rocket Lab for back-to-back climate change research launches - Space.com
Space.com
NASA's PREFIRE mission will deploy a pair of satellites from twin launches aboard Rocket Lab's Electron rockets that will contribute to climate ...
Some NASA Satellites Will Soon Stop Sending Data Back to Earth - The New York Times
The New York Times
The recent drought in the Panama Canal was driven not by global warming but by below-normal rainfall linked to the natural climate cycle El Niño, an ...
NASA Works to Give Satellite Swarms a Hive Mind
NASA
Such swarms, using machine learning algorithms, could revolutionize scientists' understanding of weather and climate changes. Engineer Sabrina ...
Science Based Carbon Performance Targets:
PR Newswire
... efficiency and creating a "zero" carbon network. ZTE is helping global operators save 10 billion kWh of electricity annually through intelligent ...
Critics of the SBTi are focusing on the wrong question - Infrastructure Investor
Infrastructure Investor
... climate action. The background: the Science Based Targets initiative is one of the foremost providers of standards for companies to set ...
Climate Change Winners and Losers:
Canada's National Observer
An economic, political game has winners and losers. But a failure at climate mitigation only has losers. ... How thinking about climate change has ...
Axe carbon tax claims challenged by North Okanagan climate group - Vernon Morning Star
Vernon Morning Star
... carbon tax in 2008 to fight climate change. Because climate change is ... Yes, policies inevitably create winners and losers. Middle and higher ...
Focus on Climate Change and Biodiversity loss - Sunday Observer
Sunday Observer
... winners and losers; Climate Change as a complex, interrelated global crisis. The parley also found that significant challenges remain, including ...
Microgrids:
Utility Dive
... Microgrids, told Facilities Dive. The system can also reduce business disruption by providing backup power during outages, she added. content ...
Multi-level optimal energy management strategy for a grid tied microgrid considering ... - Nature
Nature
Microgrid (MG) is a small-scale electrical grid that consist of Distributed Energy Resources (DERs) such as Photovoltaics (PVs), Wind Turbines (WTs), ...
Midstate company, non-profit create solar-powered microgrids for disaster relief efforts
FOX 17 News
"A microgrid is a power production unit that allows electricity to be either captured by solar, wind or other production options, gas generators, ...
Community Health Risk Assessment:
Syra Health to Deliver Comprehensive Needs Assessment and Community Health ... - PR Newswire
PR Newswire
Investors should read the risk factors set forth in our Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2023, and other periodic reports filed with the ...
Medicare Advantage Health Risk Assessments Contribute Up To $12 Billion Per Year To ...
Health Affairs
We relied on the community segment score produced by the HCC model. An HCC score of 1.2 implies that a beneficiary has a 20 percent higher expected ...
Health leaders release Statewide Health Assessment - Hometown Focus | Northland news & stories
Hometown Focus
The risk of hospitalization and death was ... “Everyone in Minnesota can use the assessment to support their communities' health ... HIBBING – Community ...
Socially Responsible Investing:
Erie News Now
What Is Social Investing? Socially responsible investing is the practice of investing around an asset's societal impact. It can refer to a ...
IBM A Top Socially Responsible Dividend Stock With 4.0% Yield - Forbes
Forbes
International Business Machines has been named a Top Socially Responsible ... Forbes Money Investing. IBM A Top Socially Responsible Dividend Stock With ...
Industry Concerns Help Drive Restrictions on ESG Investing - Governing Magazine
Governing Magazine
So far this year, legislators in at least 22 states have introduced about a hundred bills focused on ESG, the rubric of investment considerations ...
Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage:
U.S. Department of Commerce
Likewise, CDR can help to counterbalance emissions that cannot be addressed by removing carbon dioxide from ambient air. The United States and its ...
The current and future landscape of carbon capture - Spectra - Mitsubishi Heavy Industries
Spectra - Mitsubishi Heavy Industries
While it is a vital technology for achieving a carbon-neutral world, carbon capture, utilization and storage (CCUS) alone cannot reduce all CO₂ ...
Explainer: what do we mean by hard-to-abate industries? - Chevron
Chevron
One potential solution for addressing the carbon that is being emitted is carbon capture, utilization, and storage (CCUS). Considerations for ...
PERE
In A New Global Consensus, a report by the United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative, Mamoru Shimomichi, executive officer and general ...
Women and ESG investments | UBS Luxembourg
UBS
... sustainability criteria. 02 Dec 2022 5 min ... coronavirus pandemic. A question that is not ... Environmental, Social and Governance). According to ...
ICYMI: pandemic negotiations, self-determination and environmental destruction
Croakey Health Media
Climate and health. Climate emergency. Healthcare sustainability. Heatwaves. National Health and Climate Strategy. #HealthyCOP28. #HealthyCOP27.
Sustainability Investing:
PR Newswire
... environmental services investing to sustainable yet pragmatic solutions. Significant capital inflows are being allocated to the environmental ...
Americans cash out of sustainable funds - Axios
Axios
U.S. sustainable investment funds, including ETFs, suffered their worst-ever exodus in Q1. They saw $8.8 billion in net outflows, ...
4 key trends driving private market impact funds: One CEO explains - The World Economic Forum
The World Economic Forum
Major pension funds and other institutional investors are increasingly committing capital to sustainable investments, leading to more capital being ..
Geoengineering:
Chemistry World
A recent modelling study has raised new concerns about the unpredictability of solar geoengineering, questioning our ability to reliably manage ...
Opinion Can the world really engineer its way out of climate change? - Washington Post
Washington Post
Geoengineering is the ultimate dangerous distraction from bringing about what is unambiguously necessary: a just and equitable fossil fuel phaseout.
Oil or blue skies: New climate change solution offers a choice - Houston Chronicle
Houston Chronicle
Geoengineers think they can slow climate change. The catch? No more blue skies. Entrepreneurs and scientists are launching a new industry called solar ...
Green Bond Funds:
US Mulls First Green-Bond Sales to Tap a $2.6 Trillion Market - Bloomberg
Bloomberg.com
... exploring the sale of green bonds, which would put the US among nations that have been marketing their debt to funds focused on environmental causes.
Uncle Sam wants you . . . to buy green bonds? - Financial Times
Financial Times
For starters, green bonds need green projects to fund, and government investment on this front could be complicated by the politicisation of climate ...
Low Carbon Funds:
Is iShares MSCI ACWI Low Carbon Target ETF (CRBN) a Strong ETF ... - Yahoo News Singapore
Yahoo News Singapore
Making its debut on 12/08/2014, smart beta exchange traded fund iShares MSCI ACWI Low Carbon Target ETF (CRBN) provides investors broad exposure ...
The Energy Transition: Sparking Opportunities - Pensions & Investments
Pensions & Investments
... carbon emissions, investment opportunities will rise and fall. ... low-carbon or zero-carbon world,” he said. ... funds in the institutional investment ...
BlackRock, Temasek JV Fund Surpasses Target With $1.4 Billion Close - ai-CIO.com
ai-CIO.com
... investments in sustainable materials, lithium-ion batteries, clean hydrogen, science-based carbon management services, low-emissions battery ...
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