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Adriana Trujillo

California Governor Jerry Brown and Michael Bloomberg Launch "America's Pledge" | Bloom... - 1 views

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    California Governor Jerry Brown joined forces with Michael Bloomberg to launch America's Pledge, an initiative aimed at tracking and reporting progress made by U.S. states, cities, and businesses on reducing GHG emissions in line with the Paris Agreement.
Adriana Trujillo

Media giants Sky and Bloomberg join RE100 clean power campaign - 0 views

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    Sky promises to source 100 per cent renewable electricity by 2020 where available, while Bloomberg promises to purchase all green electricity by 2025 Two of the world's largest media firms have pledged to get all their electricity from renewable sources as part of the RE100 initiative, which encourages businesses to source 100 per cent renewable power.
Brett Rohring

Terrorist Tungsten in Colombia Taints Global Phone-to-Car Sales - Bloomberg - 0 views

  • Tungsten, in particular, is in high demand.
  • The dark, heat-resistant and super-hard metal is inside the engines of some of the most popular cars in the world. It’s used for screens of computers, phones, tablets and televisions. It helps mobile phones vibrate when they ring. Semiconductor makers use the metal to provide insulation between microscopic layers of circuitry.
  • Tiger Hill rises above the rain forest in an area ruled by armed FARC fighters more than 220 kilometers (137 miles) from the nearest road, town or police station.
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  • The mine is illegal in three ways: It’s inside a forest preserve, it’s banned by Colombian law because it’s on an Indian reservation, and it’s run by the FARC, which is classified by Colombia, the U.S. and the European Union as a terrorist organization.
  • While Tiger Hill is illegal, it’s the only known tungsten mine in Colombia, according to the police and Environment Ministry officials responsible for regulating mining.
  • China produces the most tungsten -- about 85 percent of global output -- authorities there impose tight controls on the metal to assure domestic manufacturers have enough. That’s forcing companies to scour the globe for mines elsewhere, the USGS says.
  • Apple Inc., Hewlett-Packard Co. (HPQ) and Samsung Electronics Co. purchase parts from a firm that buys from the company that imports tungsten ore from Colombia, company records show.
  • the Environment Ministry’s director whose jurisdiction includes much of Colombia’s Amazon region, says the shippers are hiding the tungsten ore’s true origins.
  • “They falsify the source of illegal metals,” Melendez says. “This is how they launder tungsten.”
Adriana Trujillo

India to Quadruple Renewable Capacity to 175 Gigawatts by 2022 - Bloomberg Business - 0 views

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    India announced plans to quadruple its existing renewable power capacity to 175 GW by 2022 in effort to supply electricity to every household in the country, according to Bloomberg. The plan entails 100 GW of solar PV capacity, 60 GW of wind power, 10 GW of biomass projects, and 5 GW of hydropower.
Adriana Trujillo

Electric Vehicle Outlook 2017 | Bloomberg New Energy Finance | Bloomberg Finance LP - 0 views

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    Electric vehicles are projected to represent 54% of new car sales by 2040, according to a Bloomberg New Energy Finance report. Electric vehicles are also projected to displace 8 million barrels of transport fuel per day and add 5% to global electricity consumption by 2040.
Adriana Trujillo

FivePoint Says Plan Will Push Forward $12.7 Billion Development - Bloomberg - 0 views

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    Developer FivePoint has a new plan to reduce carbon emissions at its proposed $12.7 billion master-planned community in California's Los Angeles County after a court blocked the project on environmental grounds. The company hopes to begin construction in 2018 and will implement zero-net-energy construction when it builds the 21,500 homes, each of which will have a charging station for electric vehicle.
Adriana Trujillo

It's Official: Solar Is Becoming World's Cheapest Form of New Electricity - 0 views

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    For the first time, solar power is becoming the cheapest form of electricity production in the world, according to new statistics from Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF) released Thursday. While unsubsidized solar has occasionally done better than coal and gas in individual projects, 2016 marked the first time that the renewable energy source has out-performed fossil fuels on a large scale-and new solar projects are also turning out to be cheaper than new wind power projects, BNEF reports in its new analysis, Climatescope.
Adriana Trujillo

Storebrand Puts Palm Oil on Blacklist With Tobacco - Bloomberg - 0 views

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    Storebrand ASA (STB) ended its investment in most palm oil producers, apart from Golden Agri-Resources Ltd. (GGR), after Norway's second-largest insurer found the companies breached its environmental sustainability standards.
Del Birmingham

New Poll Shows Voters Are Ready To Pay To Blunt Climate Change - 0 views

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    A new poll from Bloomberg shows that by nearly a two-to-one margin, 62 percent to 33 percent, Americans are willing to pay more for their energy to achieve reductions in carbon pollution, and a majority who plan to vote are more likely to support candidates who endorse policies to fight climate change.
Del Birmingham

Who's Behind the 96 Million 'Shade Balls' That Just Rolled Into L.A.'s Reservoirs? - Bl... - 0 views

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    The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power has now dumped 96 million balls into local reservoirs to reduce evaporation and block sunlight from encouraging algae growth and toxic chemical reactions. The balls are coated with a chemical that blocks ultraviolet light and helps the spheres last as long as 25 years.
Del Birmingham

China to Increase Wind, Solar Power Capacity by 21% in 2016 - Bloomberg Business - 0 views

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    China, the world's biggest clean energy investor, plans to increase wind and solar power capacity by more than 21 percent next year as it works to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by cutting its reliance on coal. The nation is targeting at least 20 gigawatts of new wind power installations and 15 gigawatts of additional photovoltaic capacity next year, the National Energy Administration said in a statement on Tuesday.
Adriana Trujillo

EU Installs Record Wind Power as Technology Leapfrogs Hydro - Bloomberg Business - 0 views

  • Photographer: Krisztian Bocsi/Bloomberg EU Installs Record Wind Power as Technology Leapfrogs Hydro
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    The EU added a record-breaking 12.8 gigawatts of installed wind capacity last year, according to the European Wind Energy Association. The group says wind has surpassed hydro power, becoming the third-biggest source of generation in the EU. "Wind power accounts for one-third of all new power installations since 2000 in the EU. Conventional power sources such as fuel oil and coal continue to decommission more capacity than they install," EWEA said.
Del Birmingham

Corporations' Hunger for Clean Power Has Never Been Bigger - Bloomberg - 0 views

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    Companies and government agencies last year signed contracts to buy 13.4 gigawatts of clean power, comparable to Nevada's total generating capacity.
Del Birmingham

Hershey to Spend $500 Million Making More Sustainable Kisses - Bloomberg - 0 views

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    Hershey Co. is spending $500 million in the hopes of producing its iconic chocolate Kisses from more sustainable cocoa. Through its so-called Cocoa for Good program, the company will invest the funds through 2030 to support four key areas: nourishing children, empowering youth, building prosperous communities and preserving natural ecosystems.
Adriana Trujillo

Bloomberg Plan Aims to Require Food Composting - NYTimes.com - 0 views

  • requiring New Yorkers to separate their food scraps for composting
  • it is hiring a composting plant to handle 100,000 tons of food scraps a year
  • Sanitation officials said 150,000 single-family homes
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  • New Yorkers who do not separate their food scraps could be subject to fines, just as they are currently if they do not recycle plastic, paper or metal.
  • 100 high-rise buildings
  • 600 schools
  • on the curb for pickup by sanitation trucks
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    Mayor Bloomber is starting a program to make food composting a requirement. Residents will sort trash in their homes and place food sraps in a brown trash can for curbside pick up. Going to start trial phase soon with actual residents and school
Adriana Trujillo

Why Shell Quit Drilling in the Arctic - Bloomberg Business - 0 views

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    Royal Dutch Shell has ceased all offshore drilling in the Arctic after it failed to find sufficient quantities of oil or natural gas that would warrant further exploration.
Adriana Trujillo

Tunisia Seeks $7 Billion to Fund Shift Toward Cleaner Energy - Bloomberg - 0 views

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    Tunisia has set a goal to source 33% of its total electricity needs from renewables by 2030. Energy and Mines Minister Mongi Marzouk said Tunisia's installed renewable energy capacity would have to reach 16 gigawatts to meet that goal, requiring an investment of about $7 billion.
Adriana Trujillo

Up to 13 Million Americans Are at Risk of Being Washed Away - Bloomberg Business - 0 views

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    A report in the journal Nature Climate Change said climate change and rising sea levels could threaten 13.1 million people living along the coastal United States. The study combines population projections with rising sea level models. The areas with the greatest percentage of people at risk are Florida's Miami-Dade and Broward counties. Smaller communities are threatened too and are dealing now with environmental changes.
Adriana Trujillo

How REI's Stop-Shopping Campaign Brings in More Shoppers - Bloomberg Business - 0 views

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    REI reported a 9.3% jump in sales last year, when it launched a Black Friday campaign encouraging consumers to go outside rather than shop and closed its stores on the major shopping day. The outdoor retailer also grew its co-op membership by 7.3% in 2015, and now boasts more than 6 million members.
Adriana Trujillo

JPMorgan Won't Back New Coal Mines to Combat Climate Change - Bloomberg Business - 0 views

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    JPMorgan Chase & Co. will no longer provide project financing for new coalmines worldwide or new coal fired power generation plants in high-income OECD countries.
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