GreenTechMedia

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

Arizona may soon join a lengthening list of states pledging to reach 100 percent carbon-free power by 2050, although a final decision on its plan to get there won’t be made until after Tuesday’s election. ” Arizona’s investor-owned utilities have already laid out plans for decarbonization.

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GreenBiz

MAY 26, 2022

By now, we all know the scale of the problem: Up to 13 million tons of plastic leaks into the ocean every year; this is equivalent to dumping one garbage truck full of plastic waste into the ocean every minute; without intervention, we’ll have more plastic than fish in the ocean by 2050. What will it take to address the plastic waste crisis?

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GreenTechMedia

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

A longer-term 300 GW by 2050 target will also be established in support of the EU's net-zero carbon by the midcentury goal. trillion) economic recovery package. “Floating offshore will be up to a third of all offshore capacity by 2050. That includes access to support from the European Investment Bank and the €1.85

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GreenTechMedia

MAY 21, 2020

The European Union is planning a 15-gigawatt renewable energy tender and auctions for green hydrogen projects as part of a trillion-dollar Green Deal package, according to draft proposals leaked this week. The draft Green Deal Recovery package also mentions efforts to reduce electrolyzer costs.

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Business Green

MAY 15, 2020

MEPs have called on the European Commission deliver a "massive" €2tr coronavirus recovery fund next week that prioritises the proposed Green Deal agenda to transform Europe into the world's first net zero continent by 2050.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 5, 2022

The predicted rise in plastic use between now and 2050 is on track to eat up more than an eighth of the world's carbon budget, according to a new analysis from Wood Mackenzie. of pre-industrial levels," he said.

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Business Green

MARCH 17, 2021

A new roadmap seeking to guide the packaging industry towards a sustainable future was published today, with a view to embedding circularity and sustainable sourcing as standard throughout the beverage packaging supply chain. aligned science-based emissions targets.

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Business Green

MAY 19, 2020

Spain's cabinet has today approved an ambitious draft climate law targeting net zero emissions "no later than" 2050, which it estimates will generate over €200bn investment, create up to 350,000 new jobs, and boost the country's economic growth by 1.8 per cent over the next decade.

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GreenTechMedia

OCTOBER 23, 2021

On our current policy trajectory, there is no peak in sight, according to EIA By 2050, we will likely see a 50% increase in energy consumption. That means emissions could rise through 2050, absent massive changes to policy. And that spending packages around the world — even at historic levels — are still not enough.

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Business Green

JULY 3, 2020

Survey commissioned by Conservative Environment Network reveals overwhelming majority of British public want next week's recovery package to back measures that tackle pollution and climate change. Even more people - some 69 per cent of respondents - said such a plan would be a sign the government has the "wrong priorities".

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GreenBiz

MARCH 29, 2021

At the forefront is Europe’s Green Deal, the policy framework intended to bring the European Union to net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 while decoupling economic growth from resource extraction and leaving no person or place behind.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 4, 2021

McDonald's today announced its commitment to achieving net zero emissions by 2050 across its global corporation, with the UK & Ireland branch of the business aiming to lead the way by achieving net zero emissions by 2040. by 2050, having joined the Science Based Targets initiative's Business Ambition for 1.5C

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Renewable Energy World

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

electricity by 2050. energy storage capacity to grow from 30 GW to 1,700 GW by 2050 to provide flexibility and resilience for renewable energy sources. Last month, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer wrote to colleagues that approving the bipartisan infrastructure bill and the budget reconciliation package would allow the U.S.

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Business Green

JULY 6, 2020

The proposals drew a mixed response from environmental groups, who welcomed the new funds but criticised a lack of clarity over how the new spending would be targeted and argued the £3bn compared unfavourably with Germany's recently announced €40bn climate-focused stimulus package.

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GreenTechMedia

OCTOBER 14, 2021

On our current policy trajectory, there is no peak in sight, according to EIA By 2050, we will likely see a 50% increase in energy consumption. That means emissions could rise through 2050, absent massive changes to policy. And that spending packages around the world — even at historic levels — are still not enough.

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GreenTechMedia

JANUARY 4, 2021

“This is the Government of Canada ensuring that we have every tool possible in our toolbox to reach net-zero carbon emissions by 2050 and address the existential crisis of climate change,” Seamus O’Regan, Canada’s Minister of Natural Resources, said in a live-streamed launch event. Meanwhile in the U.K.,

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 24, 2022

A trial is studying the use of bacteria to convert emissions from Tata Steel’s blast furnaces into products which could be used by other industries to make products such as food packaging and animal feed. The vast majority of that work will need to happen in South Wales, the location of the company’s largest operational site.

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 26, 2021

Mura says it will form the blueprint for a rapid global rollout that will see one million tonnes of capacity in development worldwide by 2025 – equivalent to nearly half the plastic packaging waste produced in the UK each year.[i] tonnes of plastic packaging – the second highest per capita in the world. iii] The UK alone produces 2.4m

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 23, 2023

All these proposals fall under the purview of the European Green Deal, first approved in 2020, whose goal is to achieve incremental sustainable growth so that Europe becomes the first climate-neutral continent by 2050. Green Deal legislation has proven most adaptable to the times.

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Hydrogen Fuel News

JANUARY 14, 2025

Department of Energy (DOE) is significantly bolstering clean hydrogen advancements with a $136 million funding package targeting industrial energy projects. The roadmap identifies clean hydrogen as integral to achieving a carbon-free grid by 2035 and net-zero emissions by 2050. National Clean Hydrogen Strategy and Roadmap.

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Business Green

MARCH 9, 2021

The funding forms part of the government's £1bn net zero innovation programme, and is aimed at supporting clean tech developers to drive forward the next generation of technologies to help the UK transition towards net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050, it said.

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GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

The number of companies proclaiming their intent to go net-zero by 2050 has expanded exponentially in the past 12 months, but the ones short-cutting that commitment by a decade are a rarer breed. And what steps are you taking to increase the use of recycled content in your packaging? Heather Clancy. Mon, 02/01/2021 - 02:00.

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Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 8, 2021

The facility will take PET – the main material used for food and drinks packaging such as plastic bottles and certain food packaging – and convert it into the raw material for new food-grade packaging. It will see an investment of around £20 million into the local economy and create 50 new, permanent jobs.

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Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 24, 2020

A study conducted by UCL’s Plastic Waste Innovation Hub estimated that in the UK alone, 66,000 tons of plastic packaging waste would be created if every person used a single-use face mask a day for a year.

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Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 14, 2023

of all global CO2e emissions, the beverage industry is currently not on course to meet its 2030 and 2050 greenhouse gas emissions targets. Therefore, companies have an opportunity for a substantial ROI in terms of emissions if they can focus on improving processes such as packaging design, crop growing practices, and energy sourcing.

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 26, 2020

billion people by 2050. We need to find sustainable and equitable solutions that provide nutritious food to almost 10 billion people by 2050, and remedy the global food inequity that permeates our communities and supply chains. The problem is vast. And we need to do so in a way that reduces the environmental devastation on our planet.

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GreenBiz

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

Embedded in the price you pay for goods are things such as vehicle maintenance, insurance, driver labor, warehouse labor, packaging labor, fuel energy, transport tolls, packaging disposal and, of course, profit margin. Profit is the whole reason a business exists in the first place.

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Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

Real solutions, such as mandatory collection of packaging, policies to increase reuse and phase out certain problematic plastic types or products, rarely feature in the voluntary approach and are fiercely fought against, if proposed by policy-makers. Capitalising on the COVID-19 crisis.

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GreenTechMedia

MARCH 17, 2020

trillion) on the road to making the EU economy net-zero carbon by 2050. It calls on banks to be flexible in their approach to debtors, central banks to pull their various levers including slashing interest rates and finally, for wide-ranging stimulus packages. BP sticking to its guns on net-zero emissions.

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Envirotec Magazine

JULY 28, 2023

The move towards easier-to-recycle packaging formats seems well underway, but the issue of funding for waste and recycling is still up in the air, without the investment the EPR policy was intended to provide. A statement from the group said she was hopeful that “the damage done to any remaining ambition isn’t terminal”. The good news?

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Charged

MARCH 1, 2022

Colorado’s Electric Vehicles Plan mandates that the states transit fleets transition to 100% zero-emission vehicles by 2050, with an interim goal of at least 1,000 ZEVs by 2030. New Flyer’s Xcelsior CHARGE NG battery-electric buses provide up to 525 kWh of energy storage and 250 miles of range.

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GreenBiz

MAY 29, 2020

Should stimulus packages focus on finding the way back to growth by kicking business as usual into overdrive, or could they accelerate the shift that has already started towards a more resilient, low-carbon circular economy? billion tonnes CO2e , corresponding to a 49 percent reduction in the projected 2050 total food system emissions.

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Business Green

JANUARY 24, 2025

Demand for plastic building materials is projected to almost double by 2050, surpassing plastic demand for packaging

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

Pressure increases on President Moon Jae-In to put 2050 net zero target in law and raise country's Paris climate ambitions. In July, however, President Moon announced a near-$70bn green and digital technology investment package as part of its Covid-19 recovery plans aimed at creating 660,000 new jobs by 2025.

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Sustainability Consulting

JANUARY 6, 2021

As we enjoy our new gifts, it’s sobering to think of packaging waste such as plastic mailers and bubble wrap adding to landfill or ending up in oceans. Our concerns about plastic and packaging usually point to online retailers, especially one of the world’s biggest: Amazon. and Canada are sending 11.5 and Canada are sending 11.5

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Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 27, 2022

The UK Government have set a legal requirement for the UK to be Net-Zero Carbon (NZC) by 2050. There is no silver bullet, and we will require a whole package of measures to enable the industry to decarbonise, supported and driven by the Government. We need clear trajectory.

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 26, 2020

Fleets are often the workhorses that toil behind the scenes: the garbage trucks that pick up your trash before dawn; the long-haul semi-trucks that move goods from the port; the bucket trucks that utilities use to fix power lines and keep your lights on; the delivery vans that drop off your packages and help you stay safe inside your homes.

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