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Methane Emissions:

Republican States Lose Motion to Stay New Methane Emissions Rules | OilPrice.com
Oil Price
... methane emissions reporting requirements for petroleum and natural gas systems. ADVERTISEMENT. Texas and other two dozen Republican states have ...

Methane's Climate Crisis Needs More than Satellites to Stop Emissions | Scientific American
Scientific American
New regulations, and satellites like MethaneSat, very likely will not cut methane emissions. Natural gas industry economics will instead continue ...

The Times They Are a-Changin' - EU Methane Regs to Begin Impacting U.S. Natural Gas Producers
RBN Energy
Three phenomena — the European Union's laser focus on reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, the EU's now-significant reliance on LNG from the ...

Sector Based Decarbonization:

SBTi's Draft Chemical Sector Guidance Stifles Innovation and Fails to Support Industry ...
American Chemistry Council
... Industry Decarbonization Initiatives. Rolling Hills with ... A sector-specific decarbonization approach would be based upon a product's carbon ...

ACC Weighs in With DOE on Industrial 'Decarbonization' - American Chemistry Council
American Chemistry Council
... Industry: Strategies for Decarbonization (DEFOA-0003363). Our comments ... To achieve this, we: Champion science-based policy solutions ...

Javier Rodríguez Soler: “BBVA's sectoral specialization is key to successfully managing ...
BBVA
A: We play a key role in the decarbonization of the economy and all its sectors. ... based in New York, London and Madrid, offering financing and ...

Data Driven Decision Making:

ERP Today
Data-driven decision-making allows companies to personalize their offerings and predict market trends with greater accuracy; without access to ...   
    
ET Edge Insights
Data-driven decision-making has enabled us to enhance project planning, execution, and delivery, ensuring optimal outcomes and client satisfaction.
    
TahawulTech.com
e& enterprise recently highlighted the significant impact of AI-driven decision-making on business operations during its AI & Smart Data Conference in ...

Global Reporting Initiative:

GRI to support corporate disclosure alignment with ESRS - Carbon Pulse
Carbon Pulse
The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) has launched an initiative to steer companies in aligning disclosures under its framework with the European ...

GRI materials on the interaction between EU ESRS and GRI Standards
Linklaters - Sustainable Futures
The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) has published a Q&A on what the new European Sustainably Reporting Standards (ESRS) under the Corporate ...

How a conglomerate streamlined its ESG reporting - Financial Management magazine
Financial Management magazine
For example, with the sector-specific guidance from Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) and Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB), there ...

Community Health Risks From Climate Change:

Climate change increases health risks with extreme summer heat and wildfires - EHN
Environmental Health News
Rising temperatures and wildfires fueled by climate change are posing significant health risks across Canada, with humid conditions exacerbating ...

New Emory dashboard details health impact of climate change across Georgia
Emory News Center - Emory University
... community to address the issue of climate change. It is designed to communicate the risks in Georgia—particularly the impact on public health—and ...

7 Ways Heat Impacts Health - UC San Diego Today
UC San Diego Today
Climate change isn't just about rising temperatures; it also can have consequences for mental health ranging from heightened stress and anxiety to ...

Renewable Energy Investments:

Powering new investments in the clean energy space - J.P. Morgan
J.P. Morgan
J.P. Morgan recently partnered with clean energy developer Ørsted on a ground-breaking $680 million tax equity financing deal.

5 High-Yielding Global Renewable Energy Stocks - Morningstar
Morningstar
... Sustainable Investing. 5 High-Yielding Global Renewable Energy Stocks. 5 High-Yielding Global Renewable Energy Stocks. Proximus, Vodafone, and ...

Investing in Green Energy: Opportunities for Renewable Diesel | Booster - 3BL Media
3BL Media
Investing in Green Energy. Solar panels and a windmill shown. Importance Of Renewable Diesel • Eco-Friendly • Better Combustion • Versatility • ...

CDP Sustainability:

New CDP Disclosure Platform Enhances ESG Reporting Efficiency
Seneca ESG
CDP, the leading independent environmental disclosure system, has launched a new platform aimed at improving the efficiency of environmental ...

BXP Named One of World's Most Sustainable Companies by TIME Magazine | Morningstar
Morningstar
... CDP (formerly known as the Carbon Disclosure Project), among other sustainability metrics. “Sustainability is core to our strategy and operations ...

O&G Companies Fail to Report Scope 3 Emissions - ESG Investor
ESG Investor
New research from global sustainability tech platform Clarity AI based on analysis of environmental platform CDP's 2023 climate change ...

California's Leadership in Climate Change:

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Impact Investing:

The Week in impact investing: Participatory prosperity - ImpactAlpha
ImpactAlpha
In today's Brief: Come-from-behind communities; Japan's corporate impact venture funds; Hydrogen-powered European venture capital. New revivalists.

Free markets and impact investing in the aftermath of the Supreme Court's rulings
ImpactAlpha
That is a dichotomy we continue to revisit in our work to grow the practice of impact investing for a more sustainable, equitable economy. Our field ...

8 LPs investing in emerging markets for impact
New Private Markets
But here are eight investors taking LP positions in emerging markets impact funds. 1 Altérra. Altérra, the United Arab Emirates' sovereign wealth fund ...

Energy Storage

Intersect Power to build $837M worth of grid batteries in Texas
Canary Media
... battery energy storage system project in Scurry County, Texas. (Intersect Power). Intersect Power CEO Sheldon Kimber has a vision: A world where ...

The success of renewable energy may depend on battery storage - CBS News
CBS News
Battery storage is what allows renewable energy to provide power even when the sun isn't shining or the wind isn't blowing. It's key to making the ...
  
Energy Department Opens Applications for $1M in Long-Duration Energy Storage Vouchers
Department of Energy
Energy storage tanks and windmills. The Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Electricity (OE) ...

Climate Change and Satellites:

Methane's Climate Crisis Needs More than Satellites to Stop Emissions | Scientific American
Scientific American
Flames from a flare stack at an oil refinery in Kentucky, U.S.. Bloomberg Creative/Getty Images. Climate Change. Opinion.

1st images from European climate satellite reveal how energy cycles to and from Earth
Space.com
This instrument is meant to provide clues about our planet's weather, and how climate change is impacting it. Comments (0).

Climate Change Underscores the Need for Strategic Investments in NASA's Earth Sciences ...
National Academies
Earth-observing satellites are critical to monitoring and responding to climate change and its effects, from methane leaks and deforestation to ...

Science Based Carbon Performance Targets:

Fresh guidance launched for nature-focused science-based targets - edie
edie
The Science Based Targets Network (SBTN) has issued fresh guidance, based on a corporate pilot programme, to help businesses set science-based ...

POSCO E&C published a "Sustainable Management Report" containing the management ...
mk.co.kr
... based on the approval of the Science-Based Reduction Target Initiative (SBTi) 2030 short-term carbon reduction goals were also included. In ...
 
Marriott International Highlights ESG Progress in Annual Serve 360 Report
Marriott News Center
... Environmental, Social & Governance Performance Tables ... carbon reduction goals to support progress toward the company's science-based targets.

Climate Change Winners and Losers:

Climate change threatens overall firefly populations, study shows, but Midwest could see increase
Phys.org
"Researchers are always saying there are climate change winners and losers, right?" Fallon said. "Some species are going to benefit from the ...

Climate Denial Undercuts Advanced Energy Technologies And Strategies - Forbes
Forbes
The Republican Party is concerned about the potential high cost of addressing climate change, fearing that it could also create winners and losers in ...

Oceans Webinar: Bridging Science and Action | OEHHA - CA.gov
OEHHA - CA.gov
... climate change (e.g. long-term ocean warming). There will be a brief discussion of the ecological "winners and losers" associated with these ...

Microgrids:

Microgrids On-Grid, Off-Grid, Big and Small for EV Charging
Microgrid Knowledge
EV enthusiasts often face interconnection challenges, but microgrids are proving to be a viable solution for many.

Five for the 20s: The Most Compelling Microgrid Challenges of the Decade
Microgrid Knowledge
Microgrid Knowledge sought out the prevailing wisdom of long-time industry leaders on the microgrid storylines driving this decade of ...

Sustainable urban transformations based on integrated microgrid designs - Nature
Nature
Microgrids are small, localized energy systems that can generate, store and distribute energy independently or in conjunction with the main energy ...

Community Health Risk Assessment:

5 Health Conditions That May Run in Your Family | Hartford Hospital
Hartford Hospital
Your ethnicity also contributes significantly to your disease risk assessment, as different diseases are more prevalent in certain ethnicities.

DHS Launches Maternal and Child Health Needs Survey to Gather Community Feedback
Wisconsin Department of Health Services - Wisconsin.gov
The Maternal and Child Health, Title V Needs Assessment Survey is part of a comprehensive, statewide assessment the DHS Maternal and Child Health ...

From Barriers to Bridges: The COVID-19 Health Disparities Grant's Impact on Rural Health Access |
CDC
... Community Health of West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine. ... Health Assessment: Index · Research Summary · COVID-19 Health Disparities Grant ...

Socially Responsible Investing:

Professional Help: Help me make socially responsible investments - MPR News
MPR News
... socially responsible investing. Support the News you Need. Gifts from individuals keep MPR News accessible to all - free of paywalls and barriers ...

Cisco Systems A Top Socially Responsible Dividend Stock - Forbes
Forbes
Forbes Money Investing. Cisco Systems A Top Socially ... socially responsible investment, through analysis of social and environmental criteria.
 
Socially Responsible Investment professionals to speak at Brooks Memorial Library
Brattleboro Reformer
BRATTLEBORO — Socially Responsible Investing is an investment strategy that aims to effect social change while generating financial returns for ...

Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage:

Carbon Capture Utilization and Storage is a key tool in reaching climate goals - OMV Group
OMV Group
Carbon Capture Utilization and Storage is a key tool in reaching climate goals ... Meeting the aims of the Paris Agreement calls for a scaling-up of ...

Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage Market is Expected to Grow from 2.52 Billion 2023 ...
KXAN
... use of carbon dioxide for gas injection enhanced oil recovery methods (EOR). The globe's escalating industry on carbon capture, utilization and ...

To help with climate change, carbon capture will have to evolve - Knowable Magazine
Knowable Magazine
Carbon capture, utilization and storage technologies are expected to play a role in cutting CO2 emissions and limiting global warming, but some ...

Coronavirus and Sustainability:

Summer breaks from school get closer look in post-COVID environment - The Hill
The Hill
Experts say year-round school could have educational benefits, but the love of summer break, which became the standard in the late 19th century, ...

Addressing COVID 19 Disparities - State of Michigan
State of Michigan
... COVID-19, and ensure sustainability of health equity beyond COVID-19 within 4 strategies: Expand existing and/or develop new mitigation and ...
 
Embracing Plastic Free July: The Bedfont® Scientific Limited Commitment to a Sustainable Future.
News-Medical
Coronavirus Disease COVID-19 · Diet & Nutrition · Artificial Intelligence ... By making these changes, Bedfont® is not only reducing plastic waste but ...

Sustainability Investing: 

What Netflix tells us about the future of sustainable investing | AllianzGI
Allianz Global Investors
Accessing sustainable growth opportunities. Source: Allianz Global Investors, 2024. EM: Emerging markets. Schematic representation for illustrative ...

Temasek has S$44 billion in sustainability investments. Should you put your money in such ...
CNA
People used to think that sustainable investing meant sacrificing profits. But socially responsible companies can be profitable too.

The Green Revolution: Why business leaders should embrace sustainable investing
The Financial Express
Sustainable investing entails directing financial resources toward initiatives that prioritise environmental, social, and governance (ESG) factors.

Geoengineering:

Geoengineering the Climate Could Harm the Planet, U.N. Fears | Scientific American
Scientific American
A new U.N. Environment Program report focuses on geoengineering's potential dangers to the planet, from disease to unlivable places.
 
UN sees geoengineering as a new risk to nature - E&E News by POLITICO
E&E News
The report also points to geoengineering experiments such as solar radiation modification, and the use of carbon offsets as areas that could create ...

Scientists call for 'major initiative' to study whether geoengineering should be used on glaciers
ScienceDaily
Scientists have released a landmark report on glacial geoengineering -- an emerging field studying whether technology could halt the melting of ...

Green Bond Funds:

Record sales of green bonds in the first half of 2024 - Funds Europe
Funds Europe
The green bond market witnessed a record-breaking first half of 2024, with sales soaring to $356 billion, marking the busiest half-year since its ...

Green Bond Issuance Hits $540 Billion in 2023, Corporate Sector Leads with 64% Share
ESG News
The London Stock Exchange Group's "Investing in the Green Economy 2024" report analyzes the growth and trends in global green investments.

What's next for Fannie Mae's 12-year $120 billion quest for green housing | GreenBiz
GreenBiz
... bond that funds housing in low-income and disadvantaged areas. By the next year, these "Social Bonds" were outselling the green bonds, in part ...

Low Carbon Funds:

Sublime Systems says cement is being made with zero carbon emissions - CNBC
CNBC
Its venture capital backers are Lower Carbon Capital, Engine Ventures, Energy Impact Partners, Prime Impact Fund, Siam Cement Group and MCJ Collective ...

Million-dollar award will advance Evercloak's low-carbon HVAC technology
Yahoo Finance
Evercloak's ground-breaking HVAC technology recently received another boost, with $1.1 million in funding from Natural Resources Canada's Energy ...

BlackRock allocates $150bn for decarbonisation funds - FinTech Global
FinTech Global
In October 2023, BlackRock introduced a private debt fund focused on the climate transition to support institutional investors' low-carbon objectives.

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