Clean Energy – Karma

Madrid Climate Talks Highlight U.S. Divisions, Where States Take Lead While Federal Government Retreats

Mark Shenk — Tue, 10 Dec 2019 22:27:13 +0000

U.S. differences in efforts to combat greenhouse gasses were on display at a global climate gathering in Madrid, highlighting difficulties in reaching a global accord. Delegates at the U.N. climate change conference are trying to get a handle on greenhouse emissions at record high levels. Differences between countries, and within them, are putting an agreement […]

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Jet Engine Makers Cast an Eye on Nuclear Power for Help Making Cleaner Fuel

Ron Day — Fri, 06 Dec 2019 19:11:53 +0000

Jet engines, increasingly criticized for contributing to greenhouse gases, may turn to an unexpected technology to help them cut emissions: nuclear power. Not to actually power the engines, though. According to Rolls-Royce Holdings CEO Warren East, speaking at the Aviation Club in London this week, small nuclear reactors may help the industry produce cleaner fuel. […]

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Davos Founder Shifts Focus to “Stakeholders” from 1973’s “Shareholders” in New Manifesto

James Peter Rubin — Thu, 05 Dec 2019 18:06:43 +0000

Davos summit founder Klaus Schwab sees a broader purpose in companies than he did nearly 50 years ago, as he calls for, in a new manifesto, a focus on “stakeholders” and not only “shareholders.” In a document prepared in advance of the January World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Schwab wrote that while companies must […]

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As Coal Use Declines, Increases in Global Emissions Rate Slows, Study Says

Bruce Rule — Wed, 04 Dec 2019 19:29:01 +0000

Carbon dioxide emissions around the world are rising less than last year, thanks to the developed world’s shift away from coal and into more renewable energy sources. But the drop isn’t steep enough, scientists caution. Emissions are expected to rise 0.6% this year from 2.1% in 2018 as coal use fell in the U.S. and […]

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Amazon Fires Aren’t Just Adding Greenhouse Gas Emissions, They’re Shrinking Glaciers in the Andes

Mark Shenk — Tue, 03 Dec 2019 20:13:30 +0000

The fires that spread across the Amazon this year are claiming another victim beyond the millions of acres they burned: Andean glaciers, which are melting at a faster pace because of particles released by the burning. Biomass burning in the Amazon is producing black carbon that is being carried by wind to glaciers a thousand […]

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Global Group Growing as it Rethinks Electricity Grid In Quest for Renewable Energy

Margot Habiby — Mon, 02 Dec 2019 19:51:11 +0000

Facebook, Google, BMW and other companies are pushing for systemic change in the global electricity market, in their effort to procure all their energy from renewable sources. These companies are part of an initiative called RE100, which strives to achieve zero carbon grids on a global scale. Members currently get about 38% of their total […]

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U.K. Startup Aims to Bring Sustainable Dyes to Market in 2020, with a Bit of Help from H&M

Daria Solovieva — Wed, 27 Nov 2019 20:01:55 +0000

Colorifix, a U.K.-based biotech startup, is planning to kick off “industrial-scale trials” in December together with a handful of fashion industry giants, aiming to bring its dyes to market in 2020. Industry partners include H&M, Switzerland’s Forster Rohner and India’s Arvind. The trials will be held at “dye houses already supplying those brands,” Reuters reported. […]

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BNP Paribas, Feeling the Heat from Critics, Says It Will Quit Financing Coal Projects by 2040

Bruce Rule — Fri, 22 Nov 2019 21:21:18 +0000

BNP Paribas, criticized as one of the leading Western financiers of coal expansion, says it will cease all financing of the sector worldwide by 2040. The Paris-based bank, and the French financial sector in general, is being pressured by the country’s Ministry of Economy and Finance and environmental activists to abandon coal and help achieve […]

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Saatva is Bringing Eco-Friendly Luxury Mattresses to the Masses

Meg Massey — Thu, 21 Nov 2019 20:31:13 +0000

Ever since Casper’s bed-in-a-box mattress model launched in 2014 with a VC-fueled growth engine, the direct-to-consumer market for something we all use nightly has exploded. Today there are about 175 direct-to-consumer mattress brands, accounting for 12% of the $16.5 billion mattress industry. In 2018, a whopping 45% of mattresses were bought online. Despite such a […]

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U.K.’s Plastic Energy Envisions Fuel in Heaps of Plastic Waste, and a Market Worth Billions

Johannes Koch — Thu, 21 Nov 2019 19:13:16 +0000

Key Takeaway: Europe’s drive to deal with plastic waste recycling may be a billion-dollar boon for an emerging chemical recycling technology that turns old plastic into high-grade material that can be used again in food packaging. Where one person sees trash, Spanish entrepreneur and engineer Carlos Monreal envisions a potential market worth billions — giving […]

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