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Over 650 scientists urge world leaders to stop burning forests for energy on eve of UN nature summit

Envirotec Magazine

The Drax power plant in North Yorkshire is the UK’s biggest single-point source of carbon dioxide emissions, and is fed by a constant supply of wood pellets shipped to the UK on enormous vessels, mostly form North America. Estonia, and Canada – and the UK–the world’s top importer of wood pellets for biomass energy.

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Drax Eyeing California as Site of New Biomass Carbon Capture Plant

DeSmogBlog

British biomass giant Drax is lobbying the Californian government to play host to its first ever “carbon negative” power plant outside of the UK, despite concerns about the sustainability of the energy source. BECCS is a controversial technology that captures carbon dioxide from burning organic matter and buries it underground.

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COP15 in Montreal: What does the landmark biodiversity conference mean for business?

Business Green

The new Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework should drive a step change nature protection natural world - here's why the world's new biodiversity targets matter for businesses. The 10-year plan, with its four broad goals and 23 targets, has a hugely ambitious aim: to halt and reverse biodiversity loss by 2030.

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COP15 Biodiversity Summit: A business guide to the critical UN talks

Business Green

The most important biodiversity conference in a generation is kicking off this week, with negotiating teams from around the world convening on Montreal, Canada to hammer out the terms of a new global pact for nature. As such the expectations for the COP15 Biodiversity Summit are high, fuelled by the extra-long lead up to the talks.

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The top 2020 trends in sustainability, according to GreenBiz readers

GreenBiz

The hottest trend of the year was the electrification of transportation, which is on the precipice of a major upswing: Less than 1 percent of fleet vehicles were electric at the beginning of the year, but that number is expected to grow to 12 percent by 2030. . Eastman is one of the largest U.S. That includes two new technologies.

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Drax Wants to Capture State Subsidies, Not Carbon

DeSmogBlog

After a year-long planning process, Energy Security and Net Zero Secretary Claire Coutinho on Wednesday gave the green light to Drax’s carbon capture (CCS) proposal for two of its large biomass units. Drax’s official plan is to capture four million tonnes of CO2 a year from 2030, and eight million tonnes from 2035.

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Velux pledges to become 'lifetime carbon neutral' by 2041 centenary

Business Green

New 20-year partnership with WWF aims to help roof window specialist offset 100 years of carbon emissions through global reforestation and afforestation projects. million tonnes of carbon dioxide - by investing in forest and biodiversity projects developed for Velux by WWF. Embracing a commitment aligned with a 1.5C