GreenBiz

MARCH 12, 2021

Fri, 03/12/2021 - 01:30. The paper identifies five core green policy areas that policymakers should focus on — green energy, low-carbon transport, natural capital, green building upgrades and green research and development (R&D) — and highlights successful green spending programs to date. Cecilia Keating. Meanwhile, $86.1

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Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 19, 2021

We can now harness the carbon scavenging power of Japanese knotweed and other invasive plants, explains Nic Seal, Founder and MD of Environet, a UK specialist in the topic. According to our data, almost 70% of customers opted for excavation of Japanese knotweed during 2021, an increase of +10.6% over the same period.

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Hydrogen Fuel News

OCTOBER 9, 2024

Toyota’s Vision for Carbon Neutrality: A Showcase of Innovation Also at the upcoming show, Toyota will highlight its pioneering efforts towards carbon neutrality with two other groundbreaking projects: the Liquid Hydrogen-Powered GR Corolla and the Sweep Energy Storage System.

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Envirotec Magazine

JULY 12, 2022

UK energy utility Drax has unveiled plans to build the world’s largest carbon capture facility with the goal of removing more CO2 from the atmosphere than it produces, and thereby securing “carbon negative” status. But campaign groups continue to insist that the maths behind biomass doesn’t add up.

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 20, 2021

Wed, 01/20/2021 - 01:00. Negative/exclusionary screening (44.6 Finally, in November, Foxconn announced a set of new commitments, including a greenhouse gas emissions neutrality goal by 2020 and a pledge to take actions on climate-related goals as proposed by Climate Action 100+. "A José Miguel Salazar. Conclusion.

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Grist

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

Some of the most difficult-to-understand words were mitigation , referring to efforts to reduce emissions to slow down climate change, and carbon-neutral , when there’s no net increase in the amount of carbon dioxide in the air. Some people found the shorthand use of carbon confusing. “I

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Business Green

JANUARY 22, 2020

Bank of America has become the latest corporate to hit carbon neutrality, with the firm announcing yesterday it has met the target a year ahead of schedule. Both goals were established in 2016 with a target date of 2021.

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Planet Pulse

OCTOBER 13, 2021

During the second day of Explore 2021, our customers shared how they are enabling global transparency and supporting critical sustainability research. Our science track demonstrated the robust research applications for Planet’s datasets, highlighting key findings in climate change and carbon farming initiatives. All Rights Reserved.

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GreenBiz

MARCH 8, 2021

Mon, 03/08/2021 - 01:00. As lawyers, we're concerned, because if there is no federal preemption, then there will be a multitude of litigation against the companies with respect to activities that they take that may be considered to be negative due to the climate change," she said. Elsa Wenzel. You're not alone. The power of metaphor.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Australian sheep meat is a “climate-neutral” product. The study found that an alternative method of quantifying the impact of methane emissions has led to a raft of industry-friendly findings that the livestock sector seems to be using to claim climate neutrality as they continue to pollute. Credit: Matt Brown/Flickr (CC BY 2.0)

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Green Business Bureau

APRIL 12, 2022

The voluntary carbon offset market is rocketing, with the Ecosystem Marketplace reporting an annual market value of ~$1 billion in 2021, which was an all-time high. This can make things difficult for business leaders like you, looking to reduce their carbon footprint through purchasing offsets. The rules of carbon offsetting.

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Smart Energy International

JUNE 13, 2022

T 3 transformation, which encompasses digital transformation, energy transformation and net-zero carbon transformation, is a new model for propelling today’s campuses into the future through systematic reformation and innovation. The world is consuming increasingly more energy, which causes higher carbon emissions.

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Green Business Bureau

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

While most changes have been negative–canceled or delayed surgeries, intensive care units filled to maximum capacity, and provider burnout–the rise of telemedicine, virtual care, and remote monitoring is considered a silver lining by many patients and healthcare providers alike. The carbon footprint savings range between 0.70-372

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Business Green

AUGUST 10, 2021

The UK is committed to achieving net zero carbon emissions by 2050 and this year's edition of National Grid ESO's 'Future Energy Scenarios' shows that a 2035 clean power sector driven by a massive expansion of renewables is now the benchmark for the UK if it is to reach this goal. Future Energy Scenarios 2021. Credit: Ember.

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Green Business Bureau

APRIL 27, 2022

From 1970-2021 (52 years) one study found that, out of 202 locations, 84% had experienced warmer winters by >2°F (1°C). One study reported that the average carbon footprint per skier could be as much as 74kg CO 2e per trip. Below we explore 5 ways ski resorts can reduce their carbon footprint.

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Green Business Bureau

JANUARY 26, 2023

Achieving carbon neutrality and effective stakeholder communication The Beacon Design Collective has focused their sustainability efforts on achieving carbon neutrality, and effective stakeholder communication and engagement, as we discuss. is zealously planting trees. In addition, Dani and her husband share a smart car.

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DeSmogBlog

JUNE 26, 2024

But discussions of natural gas’ negative aspects — namely excessive, typically underreported methane emissions that are considerably worse for the climate than carbon emissions — did not take place. Renewable carbon gases is a euphemism for biomass and hydrogen, among others.

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

Analysis of the government’s latest transparency data shows ministers at the Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS) held 130 one-on-one meetings with energy producers between July 22 2019 and March 18 2021, of which nearly half (63) were with producers of high carbon energy. Drax Access.

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Clean Energy Canada

APRIL 16, 2021

Offsets offer a carbon polluter (like the operator of a steel plant) an additional option to comply with government rules that limit carbon pollution. Carbon offsets have been enabled under international law in the 1997 Kyoto Protocol and were first used internationally in 2001. WHAT ARE OFFSETS?

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

Smiling into the camera, she tells viewers that “the world needs ways to reduce carbon emissions.” Speakers from diverse backgrounds then reassure viewers that, luckily, they’re working on solutions to that very problem, “like carbon capture , and clean energy from hydrogen.”

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Greentown Labs

JANUARY 9, 2024

Carbon Upcycling Technologies (Calgary, Alberta, Canada) is a circular-decarbonization solution for hard-to-abate industries–-utilizing low-purity industrial CO 2 and industrial byproducts to decarbonize cement. manufactures and distributes biobased building materials, including a low-embodied-carbon insulation.

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

The firm’s plant in Selby, Yorkshire, which burns wood pellets to generate electricity, is the single biggest source of carbon dioxide emissions in the country according to the climate think tank Ember. Drax disputes this claim.

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E8 Cleantech Angels

AUGUST 1, 2021

Our summer 2021 Decarbon8-US investment process is in full swing, with our panel of experts hearing pitches from companies in areas such as light duty EV charging and adoption, infrastructure, rail, and electric recreational boats, among others. Year-on-year revenue for 2021 is tracking towards >3x growth. Having just completed a $1.6M

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DeSmogBlog

JANUARY 26, 2023

A large donation to the Labour Party from wood-burning giant Drax has raised concerns among campaigners over the sway of big carbon emitters over Parliament. A 2021 Guardian investigation found that the Conservatives had received £1.3m Studies have also questioned the ability of BECCS to remove millions of tonnes of carbon a year. “By

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Grist

AUGUST 3, 2021

Other research groups before the Malaysia team have shown that the solar-powered and carbon-neutral metal extraction process works in practice — a key step to winning over mining industry investors, who have insisted on field trials of several acres to show proof of principle. on Aug 3, 2021.

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Green Business Bureau

APRIL 11, 2022

Carbon Accounting, Carbon Offsets and Carbon Credits. What is carbon offsetting ? What is the difference between a carbon offset and a carbon credit ? Can carbon offsetting effectively mitigate climate change, or are we banking on a fruitless quick-fix solution ? What Is Carbon Offsetting?

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DeSmogBlog

MARCH 4, 2024

The wood pellets Drax produces are treated as “carbon neutral” under international accounting rules, based on an assumption that new-growth trees will capture the carbon lost by wood burnt for electricity. Drax already operates 18 wood pellet plants across the U.S. But scientists and campaigners have long disputed these claims.

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Green Business Bureau

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Not only does reclaimed lumber give that rustic, farmhouse look and possess some unique history within its grain, but it also helps preserve our carbon-sequestering forests and rejects monoculture tree farms that do not support biodiversity or ecological health. Eco-Friendly, Ethically-Sourced Building Materials. RECLAIMED LUMBER.

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Green Market Oracle

DECEMBER 3, 2019

degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels, reach carbon neutrality by 2050 and cut greenhouse gas emissions by 45 per cent from 2010 levels, by 2030. The key missing ingredient is a lack of political will he said: “Political will to put a price on carbon. Global average levels of carbon dioxide reached 407.8

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Business Green

JANUARY 17, 2021

The carbon credit system needs an overhaul to effectively help in reducing climate change, according to a UCL study. French global energy giant Total recently announced it had delivered its first shipment of ' carbon neutral liquid natural gas '. Natural gas is, of course, a fossil fuel and so can't itself be carbon neutral.

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DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 3, 2021

The remaining 20 percent represents investments outside of fossil fuels, in areas such as renewables, carbon capture and storage, and research into new green technologies. . It also had the highest share of posts on carbon capture and storage technologies, with these making up one in five of the promos put out by the company.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 9, 2021

In February 2021, German agribusiness giant BASF hosted a virtual wine tasting, a seemingly cozy affair swirling glasses of Portugal’s finest in front of a webcam debating the future of EU agricultural policies. Invited to the event was a small group of Members of the European Parliament (MEPs).

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E8 Cleantech Angels

AUGUST 1, 2021

Our summer 2021 Decarbon8-US investment process is in full swing, with our panel of experts hearing pitches from companies in areas such as light duty EV charging and adoption, infrastructure, rail, and electric recreational boats, among others. Year-on-year revenue for 2021 is tracking towards >3x growth. Having just completed a $1.6M

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Business Green

AUGUST 3, 2021

Oxfam warns many net zero goals rely too heavily on forestation to offset carbon emissions, providing a potential threat to agricultural land. Too many companies and governments are hiding behind the smokescreen of net zero to continue dirty business-as-usual activities," he said. "Too

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Business Green

MARCH 5, 2021

UN argues 'rapid deployment' of CCUS needed to meet carbon neutrality goals. The report acknowledges that CCYUS technologies alone will not be sufficient to deliver carbon neutrality in line with the goals ofthe Paris Agreement. The trend now is to shift away from carbon," said Maeda Tadashi.

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DeSmogBlog

JULY 22, 2021

European airlines are fully committed to decarbonize air transport and accelerate their efforts to make Europe the world’s first carbon neutral continent by 2050,” the paper says. And when they have nothing left, they say ‘fine — have a law, as long as there are no negative consequences for us if we fail to live up to it.’”.

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DeSmogBlog

JULY 27, 2023

This comes as major polluters are increasingly deploying digital tactics to detract from negative headlines about their record profits and decades-long contribution to climate change. percent of their annual capital expenditures in low carbon technologies between 2010 and 2018.

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