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Green news- How sustainability is being reshaped in 2026Companies are quietly but meaningfully innovating operations and infrastructure to deliver environmental — and financial – results. The post How sustainability is being reshaped in 2026 appeared first on Trellis.
- Starbucks merges sustainability and social impact with latest layoffsThe coffee retailer’s chief sustainability officer, Marika McCauley Sine, was among 300 employees across the company whose positions were eliminated, sources said. The post Starbucks merges sustainability and social impact with latest layoffs appeared first on Trellis.
- What sustainability leaders are saying about SBTI’s new net-zero standardAfter a week of debate, the nuances are becoming clearer. The post What sustainability leaders are saying about SBTI’s new net-zero standard appeared first on Trellis.
- CDP sells majority stake to private equity firmInvestment from Permira will accelerate improvements to the disclosure platform's technology, its CEO said. The post CDP sells majority stake to private equity firm appeared first on Trellis.
- Anthropic joins Google, Stripe and others in $900 million carbon removal initiativeFrontier will focus its second tranche of funding on projects with a clear pathway to success. The post Anthropic joins Google, Stripe and others in $900 million carbon removal initiative appeared first on Trellis.
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Category Archives: Alternative Energy
Solar pannel from plants. Is it possible?
In a mashup of biology and electronics, researchers said they’ve made progress in making low-cost solar cell from plants.
A paper published in Scientific Reports describes an improved method for making electricity-producing “biophotovoltaics” without the sophisticated laboratory equipment previously needed. Researchers said custom-designed chemicals could be mixed with green plants, even grass clippings, to create a photovoltaic material by harnessing photosynthesis. Continue reading
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The future of nuclear power takes another punch
In 2009, multinational financial services corporation Citigroup called nuclear power – with its skyrocketing costs, disastrous economics and dependence on public bailouts – a “corporate killer”. Now, in 2011, are we witnessing the slow death of one of the world’s largest nuclear companies? Continue reading
The Future of US Wind Power
It’s amazing to think that wind power could actually be on the decline when the alternative energy sector seems to be just taking off in the United States. Wind power generation broke records in 2009 with 9.8 GW of new installation; however, this expansion of growth is slowing down dramatically as favorable sites are already taken and energy consumption has dropped in the US creating less demand. Continue reading
How Solar Energy Works
The need for an alternative source of energy was never as important for mankind as it is today. Fossil fuels, which are being used since thousands of years, are about to get exhausted. More importantly, they are contributing to various hazards on the planet, prominent ones being global warming and pollution. In such a scenario, searching for an alternative source of energy, which is a clean, efficient and renewable energy, has become the utmost priority for mankind. One such source of energy is solar energy. Before we move on to how solar energy works, we need to know what is solar energy and whether it’s the right alternative source of power. Continue reading
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