Month: March 2025

New Study Shows American Sustainable Energy Technologies Are Ready to Meet Increasing Energy Demand

Stuart Mitchell

In 2024, U.S. power generation reached its highest volume in two decades, driven by growth in renewable energy technologies and by stable natural gas generation capacity. These energy growth sectors face favorable market conditions as the United States eyes rising energy demand, according to the 2025 Sustainable Energy in America Factbook published recently by BloombergNEF and the Business Council for Sustainable Energy (BCSE). 2024 saw continued investment and deployment across the power sector, especially in energy efficiency, renewable energy, energy storage, natural gas, and sustainable transportation. Meanwhile, rapidly rising expectations…

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Hey Girls Launch 2024 Impact Report

Stuart Mitchell

Hey Girls Launch their 2024 Impact Report with the following post on their site: In celebration of our 7th Birthday (yes that’s seven years as a successful social enterprise!) and thanks to your support, we’ve reached some huge milestones, donating over 42 million period products, working with more than 400 community partners, and taking part in exciting collaborations and campaigns that have driven real change towards an end to period poverty. We’re especially proud to have played a key role in Northern Ireland passing its Free Period Products Bill, making…

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Soft opt-in exemption for email marketing to be extended to UK charities

Stuart Mitchell

The soft opt-in exemption was adopted as an amendment to the Data (Use & Access) Bill by the UK government in January. The UK’s DMA, backed by 19 charities, wrote to the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology on behalf of its members last November, asking for soft opt-in to be extended to charities in the current Bill. Analysis referenced in the letter has estimated that this could lead to an extra £290 million in annual donations for UK charities. EFA member the Chartered Institute of Fundraising (CIOF)…

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Morrisons partners with Purpl to launch exclusive discounts for the disabled community

Stuart Mitchell

Morrisons has announced a partnership with the discount platform, Purpl, to provide exclusive online discounts to the disabled community in the UK. The grocery chain will provide disabled customers with 10% off when they spend £25 or more on groceries online. The discount will aid the 16.1 million people or 24% of Brits who currently live with a disability.  To access the exclusive discount, customers need to sign up for the free discount platform, Purpl, and verify their disability status with accepted documentation such as PIP, DLA, Blue Badge, Disabled…

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MODEC enters into offshore carbon capture FEED contract with SAMSUNG E&A, deploying Carbon Clean’s CycloneCC technology

Stuart Mitchell

MODEC has entered into a Front End Engineering and Design (FEED) contract with SAMSUNG E&A for an offshore carbon capture pilot project, selecting Carbon Clean’s modular CycloneCC technology. The study envisages the installation of a carbon capture module on a MODEC Floating, Production, Storage and Offloading (FPSO) vessel as a pilot, and it will be a first-of-a-kind deployment of CycloneCC in an onboard carbon capture setting. Carbon Clean will provide FEED support to SAMSUNG E&A, including equipment supply of the rotating packed bed (RPB) technology at the heart of CycloneCC…

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