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☆ Oil and gas companies are investing billions to make energy from waste but some climate groups call it greenwashing
  + stars: | 2023-03-02 | by ( Catherine Boudreau | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +6 min
Canadian gas company Enbridge pledged up to $1 billion to a US firm turning food waste into energy. Oil and gas companies see a green opportunity from food waste like rotting spinach but some climate advocates say it's more like greenwashing. The company's software tracks retailers' food waste and Divert then recovers what can be donated to food banks. The plan is to build 30 plants, enough to manage 5% of US food waste; Divert now handles about a half percent. Making gas from waste can avoid greenhouse gas emissions that seep out of landfills.
☆ I'm an EPA worker who's responded to more than 100 toxic spills and chemical fires, and I'll never forget one that got my adrenaline going
  + stars: | 2023-02-28 | by ( Catherine Boudreau | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +5 min
Kelly worked on disasters like the BP oil spill and lead drinking-water crisis in Flint, Michigan. I'm one of the 220 emergency responders that the EPA has across the country who's on call when there's a major oil spill or chemical fire, like after the train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio. There are also smaller events, like fires at oil refineries and paper mills and hazardous waste left behind by mines. EPA on-scene coordinators sample air, water, and buildings for toxic chemicals to determine public-health risks. Brian KellyThe EPA issues an enforcement order to the companies responsible for a spill or fire to take over the cleanup.
☆ BNP Paribas is the first commercial bank to be sued over its fossil-fuel financing
  + stars: | 2023-02-23 | by ( Catherine Boudreau | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +5 min
Climate activists say BNP Paribas is violating a French law meant to reduce environmental risks. BNP Paribas defended its plan to exit the fossil-fuel sector and have a net-zero portfolio by 2050. BNP Paribas has pledged to achieve net zero carbon emissions across its portfolio by 2050. Ripoll said BNP Paribas should adopt a policy requiring fossil-fuel companies to stop developing new projects. If they fail to do so in a certain time frame, BNP Paribas should divest from these companies, she said.
☆ A guide to climate buzzwords and what they say about corporate promises
  + stars: | 2023-02-19 | by ( Catherine Boudreau | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +6 min
Thousands of companies with climate goals use confusing jargon like "carbon neutral" and "net zero." Corporate climate pledges are rife with terms like "carbon neutral," "net zero," and "carbon negative," leading to confusion among consumers and investors, among others, about what it all means. Some companies, including ExxonMobil, also have net-zero goals that only cover direct operations. Why 'carbon neutral' can be misleadingThe UN's concerns about carbon offsets are why claims of an organization or product being "carbon neutral" can also be worrisome. "I think there is rightfully some skepticism around climate neutral," Fischweicher said.
☆ About 1 in 5 Americans live in areas where policies encourage a switch to electric heating, cooling, and cooking
  + stars: | 2023-02-17 | by ( Catherine Boudreau | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +4 min
About 1 in 5 Americans live in areas with policies for decarbonizing buildings, an analysis found. As of this year, one in five Americans — some 72.5 million people — live in areas covered by those policies. But last year, for the first time, US shipments of electric heat pumps consistently outpaced gas furnaces, the coalition's analysis found. Heat pumps both warm and cool a home or building by circulating heat from indoors to outdoors and back again. The state has already surpassed a goal set in 2019 to install 100,000 heat pumps in homes and businesses.
☆ The workers who are supposed to lead the US response to the climate crisis are feeling 'burned out'
  + stars: | 2023-02-15 | by ( Catherine Boudreau | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +5 min
There's a staffing crisis at the nation's top environmental agency, union officials say. The number of Environmental Protection Agency employees today is similar to the Ronald Reagan era. Sign up for our newsletter to get the latest on the culture & business of sustainability — delivered weekly to your inbox. "People are burned out," Marie Owens Powell, an EPA employee and the president of its union chapter known as AFGE Council 238, told Insider. "Communities need to implement these programs, whether it's replacing lead service lines for drinking water or cleaning up environmental pollution."
☆ I asked ChatGPT about its carbon footprint, and for now, it's a mystery
  + stars: | 2023-02-14 | by ( Catherine Boudreau | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +5 min
ChatGPT said its carbon footprint depended on the energy use of its computers and servers. Concerns about ChatGPT's carbon footprint, which is likely small at the moment, could rise as more people turn to it for day-to-day search. For now, a lot of mystery surrounds the carbon footprint of AI, including ChatGPT. I asked the chatbot what its carbon footprint was, and its answer felt, well, human: It depends. "As an AI language model developed by OpenAI, I do not have a physical body or personal actions that generate carbon emissions," ChatGPT wrote.
☆ UK scientists found a way to slash nearly 90% of carbon emissions from the country's steel industry
  + stars: | 2023-02-09 | by ( Catherine Boudreau | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +4 min
Now, researchers at the University of Birmingham have developed a process to clean up the most carbon-intensive part of the steelmaking process: blast furnaces. Currently, coking coal and iron ore are fed into furnaces and heated to sky-high temperatures to create liquid iron, which is then refined into steel. About 70% of steel used around the world for buildings, cars, and household appliances is made this way. For every metric ton of steel produced, nearly two metric tons of carbon dioxide is released into the atmosphere, according to the World Steel Organization. Kildahl described it as a "closed-loop" system that captures and recycles carbon dioxide to trigger the chemical reactions that convert iron ore into steel.
☆ Bayer says chemicals farmers use to fight insects are safe, but it's more complicated than that, says its ESG head
  + stars: | 2023-02-06 | by ( Catherine Boudreau | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +7 min
The European Union, also in 2018, banned some pesticides that Bayer makes because scientists and regulators linked them to deaths of bees. "It felt like we were on the grill at a barbecue," Kunz, Bayer's head of environmental, social, and governance strategy, told Insider. Beyond neonicotinoids, Kunz said Bayer's strategy to meet its environmental targets involved what he called a more systems-based approach. Bayer also makes digital tools that help farmers apply fertilizer and pesticides more precisely, which can dramatically reduce how much they're needed, Kunz said. Bayer's sustainability efforts are attracting at least some ESG investors and ratings firms.
☆ Companies like Amazon, Walmart, and BlackRock that have pushed back against some parts of climate-disclosure rules might see one aspect eased
  + stars: | 2023-02-03 | by ( Catherine Boudreau | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +3 min
Companies and others are pushing back on aspects of the plan, The Wall Street Journal reports. Sign up for our newsletter to get the latest on the culture & business of sustainability — delivered weekly to your inbox. The agency proposed its climate disclosure rules in March 2022 and is aiming to finalize them this year. Some investors have pushed the SEC to issue the rules so they could better assess what climate risks companies face, from extreme weather events and supply-chain disruptions to stricter regulations. Companies that set goals to reduce the carbon footprint of their supply chains would have to disclose those emissions as well.
☆ It took 50 years and $11 billion to complete a train station beneath NYC's Grand Central Terminal. It shows how hard it is to build things in the US.
  + stars: | 2023-02-03 | by ( Jacob Zinkula | Catherine Boudreau | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +7 min
New commuter rail service to New York City's Grand Central Terminal began last week. The new station cost more than three times its initial budget and faced significant delays. The new rail service, which began limited operations last week, delivers riders to a gleaming new station some 15 stories beneath the soaring limestone facade of Grand Central Terminal. Train platforms at Grand Central Madison are well over 100 feet underground. Mary Altaffer/APPeople walk past a mural in the new Grand Central Madison last week.
☆ The US is bad at recycling. Making businesses pay could boost the rate to 75% in some states, a study found.
  + stars: | 2023-02-02 | by ( Catherine Boudreau | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +4 min
Recycling rates in US states could hit 75% if companies bear the costs, a study found. Recycling rates are high there, and taxpayers don't cover the bill, unlike in the US. The Recycling Partnership said it examined these states because they had the best available data. In most cases, recycling rates could get as high as 75%, de Thomas said. At least 11 others have either introduced legislation or plan to, according to a tally by The Recycling Partnership.
☆ Laid-off tech workers could find a home at startups trying to solve the climate crisis
  + stars: | 2023-01-29 | by ( Catherine Boudreau | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +5 min
The Big Tech layoffs have sweetened the talent pool for climate startups and venture-capital firms. Climate startups now have a growing talent pool to choose from, and hiring is picking up, according to recruiters, venture capitalists, and workers who already made the jump from Big Tech to climate tech. "Over the last year, people were already leaving mainstream tech to come into the climate space," Veery Maxwell, a partner at Galvanize Climate Solutions, a global investment firm focused on climate tech, told Insider. Cianfarini told Insider his salary is $185,000 a year plus a $40,000 stock option grant that vests over four years. This trend makes climate tech an attractive option, she said.
☆ JFK airport's new terminal will be powered by a microgrid and the largest rooftop solar array in New York City
  + stars: | 2023-01-26 | by ( Catherine Boudreau | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +3 min
A new terminal at New York's JFK will be partly powered by a microgrid, batteries, and fuel cells. John F. Kennedy International Airport's $9.5 billion New Terminal One will be partly powered by a microgrid with 11.34 megawatts of electricity from rooftop solar, gas fuel cells, and battery storage. A system that captures waste heat from the fuel cells will chill and warm water. The rooftop solar array — made up of more than 13,000 panels — will be the largest in New York City and at any US airport terminal, AlphaStruxure said. Installing fuel cells, instead of diesel generators, is estimated to reduce emissions of nitrogen oxide, a toxic air pollutant, by 98%, Macias added.
☆ NHL roundup: Pens' Kris Letang plays hero in return vs. Panthers
  + stars: | 2023-01-25 | by ( ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +8 min
Letang, who was activated from long-term injured reserve earlier in the day, finished with two goals and two assists. Aaron Ekblad had a goal and two assists, Sam Reinhart and Matthew Tkachuk a goal and an assist apiece and Colin White one goal. Fiala also had an assist, while Anze Kopitar scored two goals and Samuel Fagemo contributed one goal for the Kings. Avalanche 3, Capitals 2Artturi Lehkonen, Alex Newhook and Andrew Cogliano scored goals, Alexandar Georgiev had 37 saves and Colorado beat Washington in Denver. Logan O'Connor had two assists for Colorado, which has won six straight despite Cale Makar missing his fourth straight game with an upper-body injury.
☆ The world is one step closer to making a business out of vacuuming carbon dioxide from the sky
  + stars: | 2023-01-23 | by ( Catherine Boudreau | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +5 min
Climeworks got third-party sign-off on its technology for sucking carbon dioxide out of the sky. The sign-off marked a huge step forward in the nascent world of direct air capture, said Christoph Beuttler, Climeworks' head of climate policy. "We need a standard, because a ton of carbon dioxide removed by Climeworks is not the same as, for example, afforestation. Global carbon dioxide emissions rose to an estimated 40.5 billion metric tons in 2022, according to research by the Global Carbon Project. Climeworks uses fans that suck in air through filters to capture carbon dioxide, and works with CarbFix to permanently store the carbon underground in rock formations.
☆ How food giant Danone plans to cut planet-warming methane emissions by 30% this decade
  + stars: | 2023-01-19 | by ( Catherine Boudreau | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +4 min
Danone aims to cut methane emissions across the farms supplying its milk by 30% this decade. Farming accounts for 40% of man-made methane emissions globally. Danone this week promised to cut methane emissions across the farms supplying its milk by 30% by the end of the decade. Cow burps, manure pits, and fertilizers make agriculture the top source, accounting for 40% of man-made methane emissions, the study found. As of December, the US Department of Agriculture had invested more than $3 billion in what it calls climate-smart projects, including for Danone dairy farmers.
☆ Insider's One Planet destination zeroes in on the innovations and actions taking on the climate crisis
  + stars: | 2023-01-18 | by ( ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +4 min
The section will focus on how people can take action to address the climate crisis in their homes, businesses, and communities. Today, Insider is launching a new destination — One Planet — that draws inspiration from the messages of Climate Action 30. The project will also convene in-person and virtual events adjacent to the world's biggest global climate activations, such as COP28 and Climate Week NYC. Underpinning One Planet will be the spirit of entrepreneurship and the innovations and technologies that will unlock climate progress. Journalists from across Insider's global newsroom will contribute to One PlanetOne Planet will be led by editor Lily Katzman, who also edited the Climate Action 30 project.
☆ VCs are investing in these hot areas of climate tech
  + stars: | 2023-01-15 | by ( Catherine Boudreau | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +6 min
Tens of billions of dollars are up for grabs for startups trying to solve the climate crisis. That means tens of billions of dollars are up for grabs for startups trying to solve the climate crisis. Industries known to be big polluters, such as agriculture, utilities, and commercial shipping, are ripe for change, the VCs said. Maxwell added that the influx of cash was encouraging more entrepreneurs and former Big Tech employees to enter the field. Methane is a far more potent greenhouse gas than carbon dioxide, so sizable reductions could be a climate win.
☆ Chef Alison Roman loves her induction stove. Twitter has so many questions.
  + stars: | 2023-01-13 | by ( Catherine Boudreau | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +5 min
Those questions and comments rolled in for the celebrity chef Alison Roman on Wednesday after she tweeted that she owns an induction stove "by choice." Induction units are five to 10% more energy efficient than conventional electric stoves, and three times more efficient than gas stoves. Copper or aluminum cookware won't work on an induction stove — magnetic metals like cast iron and some stainless steels are best. The majority of US homes already use conventional electric stoves, while about 38% use gas stoves, according to the US Energy Information Administration. The Inflation Reduction Act authorized an $840 rebate for low- and middle-income households that don't already have an electric stove.
☆ Oceans are absorbing heat equal to 5 Hiroshima bombs every second and that's helping power massive storms
  + stars: | 2023-01-12 | by ( Catherine Boudreau | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +4 min
That was the tweet from Dustin Mulvaney, a resident of Santa Cruz, California. Then a series of atmospheric rivers inundated the region with heavy rainfall that poured down the Santa Cruz Mountains and overflowed rivers. The pattern has the fingerprints of the climate crisis all over it. In the last two years, Santa Cruz experienced prolonged drought and a major wildfire in 2020 that burned tens of thousands of acres. At least 17 people have died, including one in Santa Cruz, Gov.
☆ That gas stove you're cooking on could be giving your kids asthma, study finds
  + stars: | 2023-01-07 | by ( Catherine Boudreau | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +4 min
About 650,000 kids in the US likely have asthma because of gas stoves, a study found. The momentum was met with an opposition campaign by the gas industry and their allies in state legislatures. The gas industry also often points out that proper ventilation significantly reduces the concentration of pollutants from gas stoves. The Consumer Product Safety Commission could also regulate pollutants from gas stoves or require warning labels, Seals said. The commission's head, Richard Trumka Jr., in December indicated the agency was headed in that direction and said an outright ban on new gas stoves was "a real possibility," The Hill reported.
☆ A Colorado man says his green home renovation paid off during a winter storm when temperatures dropped below -10 degrees
  + stars: | 2023-01-05 | by ( Catherine Boudreau | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +4 min
Chaz Teplin spent $30,000 to electrify his home and tracked what happened during the winter storm. The winter storm that blanketed much of the US in late December put Chaz Teplin's green-home renovation to the test. Modern heat pumps can keep homes warm from snowy Colorado to chilly Maine and come with a fail-safe known as electric-resistance heating. Despite the name, heat pumps both warm and cool a home by circulating heat from indoors to outdoors and back again. After the winter storm, Teplin said he compared notes with a neighbor who has a gas-powered system.
☆ These 3 climate breakthroughs should give us hope for 2023 and beyond
  + stars: | 2023-01-01 | by ( Catherine Boudreau | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +1 min
Countries struck deals on plastic pollution, climate finance for poorer countries, and biodiversity. The US, European Union, and Australia each enacted stronger climate laws. The world may deploy as much renewable power in the next five years as it has in the past 20 years. Sign up for our newsletter to get the latest on the culture & business of sustainability — delivered weekly to your inbox. These events should give us hope for 2023 and beyond about life on Earth:
☆ These Hollywood celebs and an NFL Hall of Famer want you to electrify your home to help solve the climate crisis
  + stars: | 2022-12-28 | by ( Catherine Boudreau | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +6 min
GoodLeap is the largest financier of residential solar loans in the US, with 28% of the market. The former NFL tight end and Pro Football Hall of Famer told Insider he often reflected on whether, in life's final moments, he'd be proud of his choices. Gonzalez, who's also invested in plant-based-food companies like Beyond Meat, told Insider the climate crisis was the most important issue of his — and his children's — lifetime. GoodLeap is the top provider of residential solar loans, with a 28% share of the market. "Part of my work has always been making sure folks who typically are unconsidered are considered," DeBerry told Insider.
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