Business Green

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

A new report from the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) has this week warned that one third of the world's countries still have no legally-mandated outdoor air quality standards in place, and even where such laws exist standards vary widely and often misalign with World Health Organization (WHO) guidelines.

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 15, 2021

While officials have argued that oil prices will eventually rise, reviving inactive wells, environmental advocates and energy analysts say that the industry is in a downward spiral that will cause the number of abandoned wells to balloon. Just like in Midland, business in Hobbs was booming until the price of oil bottomed out in 2020.

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AGreenLiving

JANUARY 11, 2021

These 20 C-suite executives have steered their companies forward through much disruption, providing inspiration for the possibilities of advancing sustainability, social responsibility and circular business models — sometimes all at once. In 2014, the electrical engineer and MBA became the first woman to lead a U.S.

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 15, 2021

While officials have argued that oil prices will eventually rise, reviving inactive wells, environmental advocates and energy analysts say that the industry is in a downward spiral that will cause the number of abandoned wells to balloon. Just like in Midland, business in Hobbs was booming until the price of oil bottomed out in 2020.

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AGreenLiving

DECEMBER 16, 2020

The system works by setting a limit on the total amount of greenhouse gases released by refineries, power plants and other large emitters, and requires polluters to obtain permits to cover their share. In-state emissions were offset by purchasing cleaner power and carbon credits from other projects that reduced emissions elsewhere.)

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AGreenLiving

JULY 20, 2020

Danone’s Eric Soubeiran: ‘The food system is broken’ Cecilia Keating Mon, 07/20/2020 – 00:30 Earlier this year, Danone became the first listed company to become an “enterprise à mission,” a new type of corporation created by a 2019 French law. “You showed evidence that finance can change the world.

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Mr. Sustainability

OCTOBER 11, 2020

Food is basically a combination of energy, water and nutrients. Some plants and micro-organisms can make food ‘out of thin air’ by simply rearranging carbon, water and oxygen molecules using energy from the Sun. Tasty Buggers For a growing number of entrepreneurs in China, cockroach-factories are a booming business. Literally.

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Grist

JULY 6, 2024

In 2008, Robock penned an article for the Bulletin on the 20 reasons solar geoengineering could be a bad — possibly even catastrophic — idea ; a more recent version expanded the list to 26. It is part of a broader university effort to become a global leader in the climate and energy space.

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

The facility, called Clearwater, was built by the Denver, Colorado-based oil and gas extraction company, Antero Resources, and an affiliate of Veolia, the multinational French waste, water and energy management company. On the same day that Antero filed its lawsuit, Veolia filed counterclaims for more than $118 million.

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

The data is drawn from various sources, including the Global CCS Institute; the International Energy Agency; the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis; the Geoengineering Monitor , and DeSmog research.

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Business Green

MARCH 5, 2020

Then the scientists: like the analysts you see at sporting events monitoring players' heartbeats and movement - warning in the 2018 UN IPCC climate science report the game for the planet is winnable - but slipping out of reach. It's slow, because the opposition is exceptionally well-funded, connected, with deep roots to power.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 22, 2023

The EPA’s National Air Toxics Assessment tool is based on weaker monitoring data from a few years back. TCEQ continues to vigilantly evaluate benzene levels at [the Jacintoport] monitor, while encouraging efforts to reduce benzene in this area,” an agency spokesperson said in an email. That’s likely an undercount,” Hopkins said.

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Business Green

MARCH 26, 2020

UN Secretary General António Guterres has already declared that the world has "a responsibility to recover better" than it did after the financial crisis in 2008, arguing the SDGs and the Paris Agreement on climate change should provide the framework for the stimulus packages that are already taking shape. "We

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GreenTechMedia

JULY 20, 2020

We’ll also look at a companion infrastructure bill from House Democrats that makes clean energy a centerpiece. A court affirms the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s decision to treat energy storage just like any other power source in wholesale markets, opening the door to massive investment. Learn more.

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Grist

JANUARY 10, 2024

Pilots flew through alpine valleys, where ribs of electric green growth emerged from a blanket of snow. Paragi has for more than a decade monitored the state’s intensive wildlife management programs and believes predator control can be effective. It’s clear to many that business as usual isn’t working. “I

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DeSmogBlog

MARCH 8, 2023

The purpose] is you get a much quicker application, you reduce that kinetic energy involved with that train.” 10 Sounds a lot like the rail industry in the 1800s explaining the choice not to use safer steel rails as “purely a commercial decision,” doesn’t it? Energy Information Administration conference in Washington, D.C.,

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Green Market Oracle

JULY 6, 2020

Trump is trying to brand himself as the "law and order" president. A recent executive order allows polluting projects like power plants and pipelines to forego proper environmental reviews under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), the Endangered Species Act and Clean Water Act. Obama and his administration had none.

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