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Walmart to miss 2025, 2030 emissions reduction targets
The retail giant said it will miss its goals to reduce operational emissions because of challenges with energy policy and infrastructure, as well as technology availability.
By Lamar Johnson • Dec. 20, 2024 -
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EPA grants California waivers for truck, car emissions rules
Opponents to the rules expect the waivers will be short lived with a change in administration coming in January.
By Colin Campbell • Dec. 20, 2024 -
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TrendlineThe state of the clean energy transition in 2024
This year saw a large volume of initiatives and investments from corporations focused on the clean energy transition — alongside a handful of reversions on carbon reduction goals.
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Stellantis, Zeta Energy ink deal to develop lithium-sulfur EV batteries
Zeta Energy's lithium-sulfur batteries do not require critical raw materials, such as cobalt, nickel manganese or graphite.
By Eric Walz • Dec. 19, 2024 -
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OpinionPeople are as important as technology for reliable ESG data collection
Driven by various regulatory frameworks, companies of all sizes may need to retool their approaches to data collection to meet compliance timelines in the most effective ways possible.
By Matthew Gardner • Dec. 19, 2024 -
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Vanguard Renewables names new CEO as owner BlackRock looks for growth
The anaerobic digestion company’s former CEO, who held the role since before Vanguard was purchased by a division of BlackRock Real Assets, has departed, the company confirmed.
By Jacob Wallace • Dec. 18, 2024 -
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MN8 Energy inks record 50 MW virtual PPA with Cambridge, Massachusetts
It’s the largest virtual power purchase agreement by a U.S. city and the first time a city will use one to offset residential carbon emissions, according to deal broker Sustainability Roundtable.
By Diana DiGangi • Dec. 18, 2024 -
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SAP adds carbon-tracking solution to its cloud-based resource planning toolkit
The Green Ledger tool tracks and accounts for emissions across business units, the technology company said Monday.
By Matt Ashare • Dec. 17, 2024 -
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OpinionThe EV transition is taking time. That’s expected.
If all new car sales right now were EVs — a target for more than a dozen states by 2035 — it would still take at least a decade and likely far longer to fully transition to electric vehicles.
By Trey M. Gowdy • Dec. 16, 2024 -
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The AI paradox: Energy-hungry technology could speed clean energy transition
“I really think the climate case for AI needs to be made,” said Neil Chatterjee, a former chairman of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.
By Diana DiGangi • Dec. 12, 2024 -
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Meta signs quartet of solar purchase agreements with Invenergy
The four contracts are expected to provide the tech and social media giant with 760 megawatts of clean energy.
By Lamar Johnson • Dec. 11, 2024 -
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Google, Intersect Power to develop energy parks with $20B of renewables, storage
The tech giant has tapped the clean energy developer to provide renewable power to its planned, co-located data centers in the energy parks, which aim to ease power grid constraints.
By Ethan Howland • Dec. 11, 2024 -
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Rivian to open its charging network to all EV drivers
The move follows Tesla’s decision to open its Superchargers to other automakers to improve public access and promote EV adoption.
By Eric Walz • Dec. 10, 2024 -
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Meta seeks up to 4 GW of new nuclear power to help meet AI, sustainability objectives
The Facebook and Instagram parent aims to deploy new nuclear generation capacity to power its data centers beginning in the early 2030s, it said Tuesday.
By Brian Martucci • Dec. 5, 2024 -
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BlackRock, Temasek venture leads $35M funding round for ConnectDER
The latest funding round led by Decarbonization Partners will help accelerate growth for the home solar power and EV adapter company.
By Lamar Johnson • Dec. 4, 2024 -
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Amazon Web Services leans on AI to decarbonize data centers
Amazon’s cloud computing subsidiary has signed a deal with Orbital Materials and made infrastructure updates to boost data center sustainability and energy efficiency.
By Zoya Mirza • Dec. 3, 2024 -
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Inflation Reduction Act changes ‘not a Day 1 priority’ for Trump, Congress: Crux
Though a full repeal of the 2022 climate law is unlikely, a Republican-controlled legislature could repeal or phase out some of its individual provisions beginning next year, policy experts said.
By Brian Martucci • Dec. 3, 2024 -
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Utility-scale US solar installations to surpass 32 GW for record high in 2024: ACP
“Installations in 2025 are expected to be 16% lower than in 2024, but the market will recover,” the American Clean Power Association said.
By Diana DiGangi • Dec. 2, 2024 -
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Q&AHomium’s new chief impact officer wants to build a homeownership asset class
Marcus Martin joined the sustainable homeownership financing firm earlier this month after spending the last four years leading the ESG practice for various divisions at U.S. Bank.
By Lamar Johnson • Nov. 27, 2024 -
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Carbon removal developers unveil first all wind-powered direct air capture plant
Return Carbon and Verified Carbon’s “Project Concho” hub aims to remove 50,000 tons of carbon annually by 2030 and later expand this goal to 500,000 tons per year.
By Zoya Mirza • Nov. 22, 2024 -
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Wells Fargo’s latest innovation cohort to focus on building decarbonization
Three startups were each awarded $250,000 to help tackle energy management and emissions reduction in buildings.
By Lamar Johnson • Nov. 21, 2024 -
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Oil quartet including BP, Shell invest $500M in energy access, clean cooking
Equinor and Total Energies will join the companies to invest in energy and cooking solutions in Sub-Saharan Africa and South and Southeast Asia to help meet the UN’s Sustainable Development Goal 7.
By Lamar Johnson • Nov. 20, 2024 -
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New tool aims to bridge gap between organizations’ sustainability targets and outcomes
The U.S. Green Building Council's digital platform intends to help organizations meet reporting requirements and sustainability goals related to emissions, energy, water and waste.
By Nish Amarnath • Nov. 18, 2024 -
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American Petroleum Institute gives Trump a deregulatory policy wishlist
The organization seeks to have a number of Biden era regulations that focus on increasing electric vehicle adoption and slowing natural gas exports rescinded.
By Lamar Johnson • Nov. 15, 2024 -
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Clorox prioritizes supplier decarbonization efforts
The cleaning product manufacturer is partnering with carbon tracking service Manufacture 2030 to gain visibility into its vendors’ emission reduction plans.
By Kelly Stroh • Nov. 15, 2024 -
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Only 16% of global companies on track for 2050 net-zero goals: Accenture
“The fact that so few of the G2000 companies are on track to reach net-zero emissions is alarming,” the director of shareholder advocacy at Trillium Asset Management told ESG Dive.
By Lamar Johnson • Nov. 14, 2024
