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Methane Emissions:
Supreme Court allows enforcement of Biden methane and mercury rules in rare win for the EPA
CNN
The Supreme Court on Friday let stand Biden administration rules that would cut emissions of the planet-warming gas methane as well as mercury in ...
To slow global warming, could methane be stripped from the air? | Science | AAAS
Science
... gas pipelines and landfills. But those represent as little as 21% of total methane emissions in recent years. The rest comes from more diffuse ...
Accelerating climate solutions in agriculture: Why reducing methane from livestock is an ...
Clean Air Task Force
Agriculture is now responsible for 40% of human-caused methane emissions, making it the largest source of this harmful gas to the atmosphere.
Sector Based Decarbonization:
Department of Energy
... based organic acids. The new facility, Bioforge Marshall, will house three modular trains manufacturing various organic acids for use in the ...
Houston PE firm scores $725M to launch new business unit to invest in decarbonization
InnovationMap
Houston-based Ara Partners, a private equity firm that focuses on industrial decarbonization ... carbon-intensive energy sector,” Konar says. Ara ...
TPG Rise Climate, GIC, Acquire Building Energy Management and Decarbonization ... - ESG Today
ESG Today
... decarbonizing and digitizing the building sector with its new investors. Founded in 1952, Techem works in the real estate sector, especially ...
Data Driven Decision Making:
Psychology Today
AI is changing the way entrepreneurs approach decision-making, turning instincts and guesswork into sharp, data-driven strategies. For many ...
Forbes
At Capital One, we've leveraged data to drive strategic decisions since our founding. As technology has advanced, we have evolved our data ecosystem.
The Rise of Data-Driven Decision Making in Business - Big News Network.com
Big News Network.com
Businesses globally recognize the value of harnessing data to inform strategic decisions, drive growth, and maintain a competitive edge. Companies, ...
Global Reporting Initiative:
FinTech Global
As the lines between global ESG frameworks like the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) and the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) ...
US investors push for ISSB standards amid disclosure 'paralysis'
Responsible Investor
US investors and consultants tell RI that enthusiasm for disclosures in line with the ISSB is not yet being matched by corporates.
The link between sustainability reporting and social performance - FM Magazine
FM Magazine
A new report from the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) and World Benchmarking Alliance (WBA) found that companies using GRI standards have a ...
Community Health Risks From Climate Change:
Gulf Research Program Awards Nearly $5M to Understand Risk Factors Contributing to ...
National Academies
The Gulf Research Program of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine announced today awards totaling $4.9 million to fund ...
Environmental Determinants of Health—Time to Redefine the Social History?
JAMA Network
These include heat illness, air pollution effects on respiratory function, ecoanxiety, chemical toxicity, food insecurity, and the spread of vector- ...
Cities are largely unprepared for the effects of climate change - Earth.com
Earth.com
Proactive measures are needed to make cities more resilient to climate change and capable of protecting community health, according ...
Renewable Energy Investments:
Data For Progress
The results show broad support for renewable energy, with 65% of respondents favoring more investments in renewable energy, and an appetite for a ...
Department of Energy
With Funding from the Investing in America Agenda, DOE Announces $1.5 Billion Transmission Investment to Improve Grid Reliability Across the ...
Closing the renewable energy investment gap | PATRIZIA SE
Patrizia AG
PATRIZIA's Tom Maher explains that renewable energy is growing rapidly, but we still face a significant investment gap that could derail the ...
CDP Sustainability:
CDP
Emmanuel blazed a sustainability trail as CEO of Danone, and he reminded the audience that the company's CDP triple A scores meant they could access ...
WWF and CDP Call for Integration of Nature-Related Risks in Banking Regulations to ...
ESG News
This paper by WWF and CDP serves as a crucial blueprint for redefining financial regulatory frameworks to integrate environmental sustainability ...
The Globe and Mail
The TMX ESG Data Hub offers insightful environmental, social and governance data, to empower investment communities to make well-rounded and informed ...
California's Leadership in Climate Change:
These California climate leaders all have one thing in common
University of California
Coming out of high school, Allie Larman figured the surest path to a career fighting climatechange would be through the hard sciences, even though ...
California makes major strides for water supplies and climate resilience over the past year
Governor of California - CA.gov
SACRAMENTO — The State of California, under the leadership of ... climate change adaptation, earthquake preparedness and improved water quality.
California Notches Wins for Climate, Nature and Health - NRDC
NRDC
... leaders to implement lasting change and prosperity. Climate and Clean Air. AB 660 (Irwin) helps reduce food waste and greenhouse gas emissions by ...
Impact Investing:
ImpactAlpha
TGIF, Agents of Impact! PluggedIn: Financing resiliency with Natalia Arjomand of SecondMuse. On Monday's Plugged In, ImpactAlpha's Sherrell ...
Impact Investor
The latest GIIN report shows impact-related investments in public debt, real assets and public equity, in particular, have grown strongly over the ...
How One Firm That Focuses on Impact Investing Is Handling ESG Blowback | Barron's
Barron's
Justina Lai, Laird Norton Wetherby's impact investing chief says demand remains strong amid criticism of the approach.
Energy Storage
EV Magazine
As the world transitions from fossil fuels, energy companies adopt advanced storage technologies to secure a sustainable future.
US energy storage deployments jump 86% year-over-year to 10.5 GWh in Q2 - Utility Dive
Utility Dive
The average price of a grid-scale energy storage system declined 4% from Q1 to Q2 2024 and 34% from Q2 2023 to Q2 2024 as some U.S. battery ...
Energy Global
RWE, a leading renewable energy company, has broken ground on three battery energy storage systems (BESS) in Texas, bringing RWE's total battery ...
Climate Change and Satellites:
How satellite data has proven climate change is a climate crisis - Space.com
Space.com
In the fight against climate change, satellite data is an extremely valuable resource.
Satellites Are Changing How We Study Climate Change | Extremetech
ExtremeTech
Satellites devoted to both Earth science and space exploration are offering an unprecedented look at the changing planet—and that data could ...
Space technologies and climate change: A growing connection - Anadolu Ajansi
Anadolu Ajansi
Observation satellites offer vital data that allows scientists to study phenomena such as greenhouse gas emissions, deforestation, and rising sea ...
Science Based Carbon Performance Targets:
Seneca ESG
The Science-Based Targets initiative (SBTi) is introducing a new climate target-setting framework aimed at financial institutions, ...
Genesis Property is committed to reducing carbon emissions - Business-Review.eu
Business-Review.eu
Targets are considered “science-based” if they align with the latest climate science findings, particularly in relation to the Paris Agreement's goals ...
Asda Ties Financing Rates for Suppliers to Decarbonization, ESG Reporting and Performance
ESG Today
The new sustainability-linked supply chain finance program follows a commitment by Asda to set science-based carbon emissions reduction targets across ...
Climate Change Winners and Losers:
USA Today
Ohio Sen. JD Vance called climate change "weird science" during a ... winners (and losers) from VP debate between JD Vance, Tim Walz Will ...
Climate change stories are everywhere. Here's how to find them. - Poynter
Poynter
The shift to renewable energy is shaking up the job market, creating a quilt work of winners and losers. The battery and electric vehicle industry ...
Are We Winning? In Our Summer Paradise, Summer Is Warmer & Longer - Cape Cod Wave
Cape Cod Wave
There are always winners and losers. And as the climate changes, one wonders if the summer paradise that is Cape Cod is ultimately getting even better ...
Microgrids:
Department of Energy
Microgrids provide a solution to electrical grid disruptions, such as ... microgrid project, or to optimize existing microgrid systems for improved ...
Mission Critical Facilities International Delivers 20 Microgrids to Alaska's OTZ ...
Yahoo Finance
MCFI Microgrids Bring Off-Grid Power and High-Speed Connectivity to Remote Alaska RegionsSPICEWOOD, Texas, Oct. 09, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) ...
A Multi-Layer Techno-Economic-Environmental Energy Management Optimization in ... - Nature
Nature
multi-Microgrids (MMGs) that incorporates a Demand Response Program (DRP) ... Microgrids (MMGs) that incorporates a Demand Response Program (DRP).
Community Health Risk Assessment:
Health assessment looks at populations | Local News | miltontimes.com
Milton Times
The Milton Department of Public Health recently released their Community Health Assessment ... risk surveys, and 15% of high schoolers and 22% of ...
Breast Cancer Health Risk Assessment Tool - KTBS
KTBS
SHREVEPORT, La - It's breast cancer awareness month, and you can better understand your risk for breast cancer with the health risk assessment ...
As Respiratory Virus Season Begins, IDPH Urges Illinoisans to Protect Themselves from ...
Illinois Department of Public Health - Illinois.gov
Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System ... They can check with their local health department or contact a free and charitable clinic or a Community ...
Socially Responsible Investing:
The Times
... impact on their likelihood to take ESG – environmental, social and governance – factors into consideration when deciding where to invest their money.
Responsible Investing in Private Equity: Explore Benefits - CLA (CliftonLarsonAllen)
CLA (CliftonLarsonAllen)
Private equity companies embracing responsible investing often experience enhanced financial performance over time. By integrating ESG factors into ...
Expectations for the real-world impact of sustainable investing are unrealistic - LSE Blogs
LSE Blogs
Advocates of sustainable investing want asset managers to incorporate companies' environmental and social performance into their investment decisions, ...
Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage:
The World Economic Forum
Strong carbon capture utilization and storage (CCUS) buildout will be a crucial element of achieving global decarbonization in a timescale aligned ...
DOE Announces Notice of Intent to Fund $1.3 Billion in Carbon Capture Technologies
American Public Power Association
... up to $1.3 billion “to catalyze investments in transformative carbon capture, utilization, and storage technologies,” OECD said on Sept. 27.
OCED Announces Notice of Intent to Fund $1.3 Billion for Transformational Emissions ...
Department of Energy
... carbon capture, utilization, and storage (CCUS) technologies ... carbon capture, utilization, and storage (CCUS) technologies. This funding—made ...
United Nations Development Programme
Improvement of the overall investment climate in Serbia during and after the global COVID-19 pandemic and contribution to the sustainability of ...
Intensive Farming Fuels Pandemic Threat: A New Study Raises Red Flags - SciTechDaily
SciTechDaily
Rather we need to reconsider the socio-cultural impacts of intensifying farm animal production on planetary health, environmental sustainability and ...
G20 environment ministers back funding for forest conservation - The Lawton Constitution
The Lawton Constitution
... climate change and sustainability. The topic is one of Brazil's ... Coronavirus · Covid19. Recommended for you. Best 0f 2024 · Best 0f 2024.
Sustainability Investing:
The Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance
Sustainable Investing: Evidence From the Field. Posted by Alex Edmans (London Business School), Dirk Jenter (London School of Economics and Political ...
Expectations for the real-world impact of sustainable investing are unrealistic - LSE Blogs
LSE Blogs
The asset management industry has shown support for sustainable investing, but do they follow sustainability principles in their investment decisions?
The 10 Largest Funds Aligned to Sustainable Development Goals - Morningstar
Morningstar
This subfund promotes environmental and social characteristics. While it does not have as its objective a sustainable investment, it will invest a ...
Geoengineering:
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Solar geoengineering could be a climate lifeline. It's also a gamble, with no comprehensive global governance.
Control the path and power of hurricanes like Helene? Forget it, scientists say - ABC News
ABC News - The Walt Disney Company
In the wake of hurricanes that have disrupted lives for millions in the U.S., some people may wonder if extreme weather events could be somehow ...
Controversial US marine geoengineering test delayed until next year - Mongabay
Mongabay
But the geoengineering experiment has also run into public opposition from local environmentalists, commercial fishers and others.
Green Bond Funds:
Green Bonds: New Label, Same Projects
The Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance
... green bonds actually fund. Are they really “driving” capital to ... green bond ETFs and mutual funds do not tilt toward more-additional bonds.
Fund naming guidelines could hamper green bond growth, warns EFAMA | News | IPE
Investment & Pensions Europe
New guidelines for naming investment funds could limit the investable universe for green bond funds, in particular corporate green bonds that are ...
ESG round-up: Corporate green bond market 'at risk' from ESMA rules, says EFAMA
Responsible Investor
... in sustainable finance: ECB puts banks on notice over climate and nature-related risk shortfalls; AXA IM renames UK sustainable fund.
Low Carbon Funds:
The 10 Largest Funds Aligned to Sustainable Development Goals - Morningstar
Morningstar
The investment objective of the fund is to closely match the risk and return characteristics of the MSCI World Select ESG Leaders Low Carbon Impact G ...
Bridging the 'missing middle' of climate finance will require a variety of finance solutions
New Private Markets
When it comes to funding the transition to a low-carbon economy, private markets funds of various types will play a pivotal role. But as of today, ...
Climate Investment Funds Launches $1 Billion Initiative for Industry Decarbonization
ESG News
CIF aims to accelerate low-carbon pathways in sectors such as steel, cement, and aluminum, critical to the renewable energy transition. Pioneering ...
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