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- 01 Mar 2019
- News
The Blue-Green Revolution
removed from fossil crude. As a result, algae could pull fossil-fuel generated CO2 out of the atmosphere and transform it into nearly carbon-neutral diesel or jet fuel with minimal environmental impact—a handy trick when demand for... View Details
- 01 Dec 2009
- News
Yurt Man
the skin-ripping heat.” Observed Zwern, “Every CO2 molecule out there came from a carbon atom somebody burned. With mirrors, lensing, and focusing, we can use the sun directly instead of in the form of ‘batteries’ like wood and coal that... View Details
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Industrial Production & Materials - Business & Environment
potential to reduce emissions significantly. [47] Spotlights Omar Abou-Sayed HBS MBA 2004 CEO, Advantek Waste Management Services “With 80% of sewage globally being discharged directly into waterways and ultimately ending up in the atmosphere as View Details
- 01 Mar 2023
- News
Clearing the Air
MORE For a deeper dive, check out our three-part Skydeck podcast series on carbon capture. Skydeck podcast MORE For a deeper dive, check out our three-part Skydeck podcast series on carbon capture. Skydeck podcast When the United States Congress passed the Inflation... View Details
- 09 Sep 2013
- Lessons from the Classroom
Teaching Climate Change to Skeptics
man-made," says Associate Professor Ramana Nanda, who studies entrepreneurial financing issues in the clean energy sector. "Depending on the person I speak to, I try to then make the following two arguments: "First, I point to data that shows a strong correlation... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 17 Nov 2022
- Blog Post
Creating Emerging Markets Sustainability Series - The Future of Green Building
approximately 40% of global CO2 emissions. With renewed commitments to green building coming from the conclusion of COP27, we feature two interviews from the CEM collection with business leaders in the real estate and hotel industries.... View Details
- 24 Sep 2014
- Op-Ed
Tackling Climate Change Will Cost Less Than We Think
business model, and the transition from a world in which throwing CO2 up the chimney was free to one in which throwing away CO2 is a costly activity. This won't be easy, but it will be easier than we expect.... View Details
- 29 Feb 2024
- Blog Post
IFC India: JSW Steel and Cement and the Quest to Capture Carbon in Hard to Abate Sectors
required thresholds (e.g. a percentage of captured CO2 to be used in a production process) for key industries, India could create incentives for high-emitting companies to invest in carbon capture and for others to buy the captured CO2.... View Details
- 04 Apr 2018
- Op-Ed
Op-Ed: Why Private Investors Must Fund 'New Nuclear' Power Right Now
Drbouz In June 2016, I gave a TED Talk called We Need Nuclear Power to Solve Climate Change. The talk discussed the world’s realistic options for reducing fossil CO2 emissions soon enough to contain climate change’s more severe effects.... View Details
- 19 Mar 2024
- Blog Post
IFC India: Tata Power - Trombay Thermal Power Plant Takeaways
most advanced air pollution control mechanisms in the world could not stop that plant from pouring CO2 into the air at astonishing rates. Despite a few usages of the term “green coal” by our gracious hosts, that term is nothing more than... View Details
- 02 Feb 2023
- News
Can We Really Engineer a Climate Fix?
greenhouse gas emissions is going to be insufficient. So we have got to start to find ways to actually actively remove greenhouse gasses, CO2 specifically, from the atmosphere if we're actually going to win this race. DM: Right now, there... View Details
- 03 Aug 2020
- News
A Clean Start
other chemicals) from carbon dioxide. His goal was to demonstrate—through research, discovery, and good business—a new way forward in reducing CO2 emissions. The first step was to lay out the photosynthesis process in black and white on a... View Details
Keywords: Maureen Harmon
- 22 Jul 2022
- Blog Post
Climate Stories Episode #7: Turning Waste Heat to Power
companies and schools. Said Janice, “I saw niche industry sectors that have a huge impact on CO2 emissions that don’t get a lot of attention. There are market barriers to creating economic benefits from turning waste heat into... View Details
- 13 May 2022
- Blog Post
Climate Stories Episode #5: Phyllis Newhouse, CEO, Entrepreneur, Leader
How much CO2 and NO2 can it remove from the atmosphere? The company’s number one goal is carbon free energy. Its technology can remove all CO2 and NO2 emissions coming from any large manufacturing plant. The... View Details
- 01 Mar 2016
- News
Reinventing the Wheel
extracting carbon black from discarded models to create new ones. Cardozo first heard about the idea in 2013 while serving as an entrepreneur-in-residence at the Dutch incubator YES!Delft. The idea of chipping away at the mountains of old tires without emitting loads... View Details
Keywords: Maureen Harmon
- 19 Oct 2023
- Blog Post
New Venture Competition 2023: Business and Environment Ventures
ClimateTech startup Seia Bio has developed a suit of armor to promote microbe stability, which will improve food security and eliminate 2% of global CO2 emissions. SmartCharge - Cathryn Hart (MBA 2024) - SmartCharge expands access to... View Details
- 05 Jun 2013
- Op-Ed
Corporate Leaders Need to Step Up on Climate Change
Green initiatives are ubiquitous these days, implemented with zeal at companies like Dupont, IBM, Walmart, and Walt Disney. The programs being rolled out—lighting retrofits, zero-waste factories, and carpool incentives—save money and provide a green glow. Most large... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Toffel & Auden Schendler
- 11 Jun 2018
- Blog Post
Meet the 2018-2019 Blavatnik Fellows in Life Science Entrepreneurship
technologies. Currently, he is a co-founder of X-COR Therapeutics, an extracorporeal CO2 removal device company focused on COPD and respiratory failure treatment. In May 2018, X-COR was awarded the runner-up prize in the Life Science... View Details
- 01 Dec 2016
- News
Ask the Expert: Energy’s Next Era
electricity grid are associated with carbon emissions. But an electric vehicle is less carbon intense (in terms of pounds of CO2 per mile) than a 25-mile-per-gallon internal combustion engine vehicle—even if the electricity grid that... View Details
- 26 Oct 2017
- News
Can Farming Save the Planet?
According to a report from the University of California Berkeley, “Current carbon sequestration in US cropland soils is only 8.4 million metric tons CO2 Eq. per year, compared to an annual potential of 100 million.” Practices like organic... View Details