RP Siegel
GreenBiz
Rochester, NY, United States
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The rise of plant-based plastic packaging
Alternatives to plastics are growing in popularity. Can they be scaled? → Read More
Nature: the one partner every company should work with
Natural capital stewardship like restoring forests could deliver almost one-third of the emissions cuts needed to stave off global temperature increases. → Read More
How Kansas City, New York and San Jose exhibit three approaches to smart cities
Smart decisions, sound analysis of data, and Internet of Things are essential. → Read More
Affordable carbon capture with a soda on the side
Once seen as cost-prohibitive, pulling carbon dioxide out of air could become feasible thanks to a growing secondary market. → Read More
Why the business world should be far more involved with community recycling
The economics of local programs are challenging, but their existence is critical for the development of a circular economy. → Read More
How REMADE could drive innovation in circular manufacturing techniques
Think of it as a multi-disciplined proving ground. → Read More
Ambitious alliance mobilizes value chain for bio-based polymers
Project Effective, a partnership born in Europe, aims to replace petroleum-based synthetic fibers. → Read More
This blockchain startup is hungry to address the grocery industry’s food waste dilemma
A new app from startup INS Ecosystem, which will be tested in several markets starting later this year, could help balance supply and demand. → Read More
Leaders from Mars to McDonald's give voice to the power of partnerships
Big companies and NGOs share how they pooled resources and tackled ambitious goals to go 'far and fast'. → Read More
Our heaping food waste problem has an open secret: It can be solved
Experts from Kroger, Dow, ReFed, Feeding America and TSC weigh in the potential for making great systemic change. → Read More
What do the SDGs mean for business now?
International Paper, JPMorgan Chase, Novozymes and Tata may not have a lot in common on the surface, but each company is determined to tackle key U.N. Global Goals. → Read More
How Electric Vehicles Can Get Even Cleaner
All vehicles, including electric cars, produce emissions from tire, brake, and road abrasion. These are particulate emissions, which are some of the most dangerous when it comes to asthma and other health conditions. This startup, however, believes it has a solution. → Read More
Could perennial grains be the next climate-saving superstars?
Why General Mills is experimenting with Kernza, a potential breakthrough in restorative agriculture. → Read More
Economic Study Shows Widespread Renewable Use Will Leave Gaps
(3BL Media/Justmeans) — Building on the questions raised at last week’s US Power & Renewables Summit, a new report just released by Bloomberg New Energy Finance, Eaton, and the Renewable Energy Association, describes similar challenges in Europe. Speaking of a “tipping point,” in which renewables account for over half of total generation, which could happen in the UK and Germany by the… → Read More
Bringing Renewables to Scale Requires Aligning Policy Goals with Markets
(3BL Media/Justmeans) — Looking forward, the dynamics of today’s electricity industry look a lot like the auto industry. You have your traditional players, who have been doing this for a long time, being challenged by tech-enabled upstarts coming out of an entirely different sector, with offerings that are quite compelling. The Tesla-EV parallel cannot be denied. → Read More
Reflections on the Future of Renewables and the Grid
(3BL Media/Justmeans) — From the standpoint of utilities, renewables are the new kids on the block, that they knew very little about until they moved in. The same can be said of many renewable providers. → Read More
Challenges Face the Large-Scale Incorporation of Renewables into US Power Markets
(3BL Media/Justmeans) — “Renewables and power markets are on a collision course.” So said Prajit Ghosh, head of Americas Power and Renewables Research at Wood Mackenzie, in kicking off the GTM: U.S. Power & Renewables Summit in Austin, Texas, this week.Indeed, as one listened to one panel of experts after another, it was abundantly clear that this upstart renewable energy industry had never… → Read More
Is the UK’s Surge into Offshore Wind a Glimpse of Things to Come?
(3BL Media/Justmeans) — It’s a great example of how regulation can lead to innovation. When the UK government took the surprising move of first ending subsides for onshore wind and then banning new development outright, it raised howls of protest from environmental groups, among others, as a step backwards in the march to a clean energy future.Few could have anticipated that, only a short time… → Read More
Emerging Economies Overtaking the Establishment on Renewables
You might be surprised to learn that renewable energy growth in emerging economies could soon outstrip the gains made in the developed world. → Read More
Aquafil Initiates Carpet Recycling in the US
(3BL Media) — The carpet industry has traditionally been a large source of emissions. First, most of the fibers used, such as nylon are derived from fossil fuels. → Read More