Econaur

APRIL 22, 2020

Outraged by oil spills, smog and polluted rivers, 20 million people took to the streets, protesting what they recognized as an environmental crisis. In 2009, the United Nations General Assembly adopted a resolution formally recognizing the day as International Mother Earth Day. ” Background on Earth Day. Earth Day in 2020.

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Low Carbon Prosperity

OCTOBER 17, 2018

In this Low Carbon Prosperity Institute (LCPI) analysis, we explore scenarios of carbon reduction investment performance based on the revenue allocation described in Initiative 1631. The measure is intended, but not required, to reduce carbon emissions in 2035 to 25% below 1990 levels, consistent with the state’s legislated target.

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Pollution Carbon Business Energy Monitoring Carbon-negative 45

Unsustainable

APRIL 30, 2019

Chemical: emissions of toxic and long-lived substances such as synthetic organic pollutants, heavy metal compounds, and radioactive materials can have potentially irreversible effects on living organisms. Ocean: increasing amounts of CO 2 ultimately dissolve in the oceans and forms carbonic acid by altering the ocean chemistry.

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Biodiversity Carbon-negative Resilience Real Estate 53

DeSmogBlog

MARCH 31, 2023

Climate Lawsuits Historical evidence of what oil majors knew about climate change is taking on new significance in the courtroom as lawyers seek to hold big polluters to account for the accelerating devastation caused by the climate crisis. Multiple enquiries would clear the researchers of any wrongdoing.

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Climate change Fossil fuels Pollution Carbon-negative 98

Clean Energy Canada

SEPTEMBER 20, 2019

Climate change is already negatively impacting the health of Canadians, impacts that will become more severe in relation to the extent of warming that occurs. The link between airborne pollution from the combustion of fossil fuels and respiratory health is well-known. xiv] Fine-particulate air pollution costs Canada overall about $53.5

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Green Market Oracle

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

The virus has caused a 17 percent reduction in atmospheric carbon during parts of this year and may decrease CO2 emissions by 4.2-7.5 Negative values can be seen in 1982, 1992 and 1996. The negative index values in 1982 reflect the demise of the Soviet Union. percent in 2020 compared to 2019. There was a 2.6 ppm less than that.

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Carbon-negative Energy Monitor Fossil fuels Carbon 40

DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 26, 2022

Dolphins and sharks are just two other marine species that could be negatively affected by seismic surveys through behavioral changes to get away from the noise. In 2009 the company paid out $15.5 The case was originally filed in 2008 and two of the plaintiffs died in the 13 years it took for the verdict to be issues.

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Africa Fossil fuels Government Carbon-negative 92

Low Impact

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

There are plans for huge “SAF” refineries in Paraguay using soybeans as a feedstock and such fuels are permitted under the Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation (CORSIA) , which is the only internationally agreed policy and runs until 2035.

Aviation 69

Aviation Fossil fuels Waste Waste 69

Latham's Clean Energy Law Report

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

By Joshua Bledsoe , Winston Stromberg , Brian McCall , and Samantha Yeager Environmental groups and a biofuel trade association are challenging the California Air Resources Boards (CARBs) November 2024 amendments to the California Low Carbon Fuel Standard Program (LCFS or the Program).

Carbon 49

Carbon Methane Energy Monitor Carbon-negative 49

Business Green

DECEMBER 21, 2022

The ecosystem services that underpin the global economy should recover, providing greater climate resilience, enhanced natural carbon sinks, and improved food and water security. Natural England executive director Tony Juniper said he expected COP15 to spark a rapid increase in the numbers of companies pledging to become nature positive.

Biodiversity 41

Biodiversity Carbon-negative Government Agriculture 41

AGreenLiving

JANUARY 11, 2021

The company, an early partner with the Ellen MacArthur Foundation, has positioned water and carbon emissions as equally critical in the climate crisis. Last year, Ecolab set a goal for net-zero carbon emissions by 2050, getting halfway there by 2030. No doubt those conversations will be at play in Starbucks’ 50th year.

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Sustainability Building Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor 28

DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

The negative impacts of hydraulic fracturing on public health, the environment, and the climate are “intractable and not fixable,” according to a newly published report. That pollution finds its way to people who live nearby. In addition, vast quantities of carbon and methane pollution are released into the atmosphere.

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Methane Health Carbon-negative Pollution 129

Greentown Labs

OCTOBER 22, 2020

Multi-year initiative seeks carbon-to-value startups and welcomes first Carbontech Leadership Council members. The C2V Initiative is a unique, multi-year program driving the creation of a thriving innovation ecosystem for the commercialization of carbontech—technologies that capture and convert carbon dioxide (CO?) New York City, N.Y.,

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Business Energy Monitoring Carbon Building Energy Monitoring Startups 59

GreenBiz

MAY 11, 2020

Last year, the company announced two major initiatives: Carbon renewal technology , or CRT, which breaks down waste plastic feedstocks to the molecular level before using them as building blocks to produce a wide range of materials and packaging. We knew that the circular economy and being a lot more efficient with carbon was a good idea.".

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Business Green

MAY 15, 2020

Last year, the company announced two major initiatives: Carbon renewal technology , or CRT, which breaks down waste plastic feedstocks to the molecular level before using them as building blocks to produce a wide range of materials and packaging. We knew that the circular economy and being a lot more efficient with carbon was a good idea.".

Plastics 41

Plastics Recycling Recycling Waste 41

Business Green

MAY 26, 2020

Microsoft hit headlines at the start of year with a hugely ambitious plan to be 'carbon negative' by 2030 , backed by a pledge to - by mid-century - retroactively remove all carbon dioxide the company has ever emitted since it was founded in 1975, in an announcement that sent shockwaves across the corporate world.

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Carbon-negative Carbon Carbon-neutral Fossil fuels 56

Green Business Bureau

OCTOBER 12, 2021

Home is a 2009 French documentary film directed by Yann Arthus-Bertrand. The approach focuses on topsoil regeneration to increase biodiversity, improve water recycling, and support carbon capture by biosequestration. Communicate how non-desire for sustainability negatively impacts your business and society.

Climate change 147

Climate change Sustainability Fossil fuels Law 147

DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 22, 2023

Public Health Watch also analyzed more recent TCEQ pollution data and found that Channelview’s benzene problem has only worsened over the years. A Public Health Watch analysis of TCEQ pollution data shows that between 2019 and 2021, annual readings soared as high as 2.1 ppb, exceeding even today’s weakened TCEQ guidelines by 50%.

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Energy Monitor Home Energy Monitoring Building Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring 126

DeSmogBlog

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

Carbon footprint. It also creates dimensions where certain ideas and information, such as “clean coal” or “carbon footprints,” can be chosen over others and made to seem legitimate — what Aronczyk and Espinoza call the creation of “contexts of communication.”. A narrator proclaims, “People start pollution. May 28, 2020.

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DeSmogBlog

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

Hoyle served as a representative in Oregon’s legislature from 2009 to 2017 and is currently the state Labor Commissioner. Canning also signed the No Fossil Fuel Money Pledge and says that candidates accepting money from polluting industries are part of the reason there has been so little action on climate at the federal level.

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