Sila Moses Lake Manager Rosendo Alvarado to Speak at Big Bend Community College Building the Future Energy Workforce Event

–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Sila, a next-generation battery materials company, is proud to announce its Moses Lake Plant Manager, Rosendo Alvarado, will be attending and speaking at Big Bend Community College’s Building the Future Energy Workforce event on April 11. Over a decade ago, Sila began its journey to engineer next-generation battery materials powerful enough to advance the clean energy future. Since then, Sila has been the first to bring … Continue reading Sila Moses Lake Manager Rosendo Alvarado to Speak at Big Bend Community College Building the Future Energy Workforce Event

Impact Newswire17/04/202409/07/2024

Asia

Cook Islands: First and fastest Green Climate Fund country project

PRESS RELEASE – 27 Mar 2024 Incheon, Republic of Korea – The first single-country project in the Cook Islands took 20 days from GCF Board approval to the first disbursement of funding. The USD 13.4 million project, of which USD 12.5 million is funded by the Green Climate Fund (GCF), focuses on improving health outcomes for all Cook Islanders and was developed by the government, … Continue reading Cook Islands: First and fastest Green Climate Fund country project

Impact Newswire02/04/202402/04/2024

Africa, Asia, Global

Green Climate Fund and Somalia: Accelerated USD 100 million investment partnership

Press release – 12 Mar 2024 Mogadishu, Somalia – The Green Climate Fund’s (GCF) Executive Director, Mafalda Duarte headed the first-ever GCF delegation to Somalia, announcing an accelerated programme of climate action investment – anticipated at USD 100 million over the next year. Duarte released her 50by30 vision at the UN Climate Action Summit in September 2023, announcing intentions to build a fund capable of impactfully … Continue reading Green Climate Fund and Somalia: Accelerated USD 100 million investment partnership

Impact Newswire14/03/202430/05/2024

Global, United States

MethaneSAT Now in Orbit after SpaceX Launches Groundbreaking Mission to Protect the Climate

First satellite developed by an environmental non-profit will see methane emissions others can’t, paving the way for heightened accountability and faster reductions VANDENBERG SFB, LOMPOC, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Just after 4:00pm Pacific Time today MethaneSAT effectively detached from SpaceX Transporter-10 that carried the emissions monitor into space. The groundbreaking satellite is designed to help protect the Earth’s climate by accelerating reductions of a powerful greenhouse pollutant, focusing first on … Continue reading MethaneSAT Now in Orbit after SpaceX Launches Groundbreaking Mission to Protect the Climate

Impact Newswire06/03/202406/03/2024

Europe, Global

Rich countries use six times more resources, generate 10 times the climate impacts than low-income ones

01 MAR 2024 PRESS RELEASE ENVIRONMENT UNDER REVIEW Nairobi, 1 March 2024 – Extraction of the Earth’s natural resources tripled in the past five decades, related to the massive build-up of infrastructure in many parts of the world and the high levels of material consumption, especially in upper-middle and high-income countries. Material extraction is expected to rise by 60 per cent by 2060 and could derail efforts to … Continue reading Rich countries use six times more resources, generate 10 times the climate impacts than low-income ones

Impact Newswire05/03/202405/03/2024

Global, United States

WasteFuel Strengthens Project Development Team With Appointment of Johan Fritz as Global Projects Director

Energy industry veteran brings deep project execution and management expertise to WasteFuel as it accelerates to scale Green Methanol production. February 27, 2024 08:00 AM Eastern Standard Time LOS ANGELES–(BUSINESS WIRE)–WasteFuel, a next-generation waste-to-fuels company, announced today that Johan Fritz, former Johnson Matthey Project and Engineering Director, will serve as the company’s Global Projects Director, effective May 1, 2024. Johan will oversee WasteFuel’s project development … Continue reading WasteFuel Strengthens Project Development Team With Appointment of Johan Fritz as Global Projects Director

Impact Newswire01/03/202401/03/2024

Europe, Global

South Pole appoints sustainability leader Dr Daniel Klier as new CEO

February 28, 2024 03:00 AM Eastern Standard Time ZURICH–(BUSINESS WIRE)–South Pole, the leading carbon project expert and climate consultancy, is pleased to announce the appointment of sustainability industry leader, Dr Daniel Klier, as the group’s new Chief Executive Officer. Daniel joins from sustainability data and technology platform ESG Book, where as CEO he oversaw the company’s growth and established the business as global industry leader. … Continue reading South Pole appoints sustainability leader Dr Daniel Klier as new CEO

Impact Newswire28/02/202428/02/2024

Africa, Europe, Global

A world united in environmental action

26 FEB 2024 SPEECH CLIMATE ACTION SPEECH DELIVERED BY: Inger AndersenFOR: UNEA-6 opening press statementLOCATION: Nairobi, Kenya My thanks to the members of the media for covering the sixth UN Environment Assembly, known as UNEA-6. The world has gathered here in Nairobi, the environmental capital of the world, to slow the triple planetary crisis: the crisis of climate change, the crisis of nature and biodiversity loss, and the crisis of pollution and waste. We’ve … Continue reading A world united in environmental action

Impact Newswire27/02/202430/05/2024