Renewable Energy World

MARCH 5, 2021

Big name corporations Chevron and Microsoft are joining Schlumberger on a plan to develop a bioenergy project that will include carbon capture and sequestration. As a result, the energy produced would be carbon negative. The project will be located in Mendota, California and will use an idled bioenergy plant.

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GreenBiz

SEPTEMBER 25, 2020

I’d argued that regenerative grazing could cut emissions from beef production , helping reduce the outsized contribution cattle make to food’s carbon footprint. You can imagine a future in which some beef, probably priced at a premium, comes with a carbon-negative label. Food & Agriculture. Regenerative Agriculture.

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GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

A tidal wave of new carbon emissions data soon will be upon us. A radical increase in available carbon emissions data may be just around the corner. Each partner brings a relevant monitoring technology to the table and expertise or a track record working in a key industry such as transport, agriculture or the energy sector.

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GreenBiz

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

Removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere may be as difficult as getting to the moon. . Launched on Earth Day 2019, Project Vesta aims to enhance natural weathering processes to accelerate carbon capture and storage in the world's oceans. Shooting for the moon: 3 radical innovations to remove atmospheric CO2. Tali Zuckerman.

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Greentown Labs

AUGUST 17, 2022

The food and agriculture industry, responsible for 19 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions, is ripe for climatetech innovations that reduce waste and emissions and restore healthy ecosystems. Clearly, there’s a tremendous opportunity to rethink and improve our entire food system to address both its negative climate and social impacts.

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DeSmogBlog

JANUARY 3, 2023

We investigated allegations of workers exposed to radioactive oilfield waste , reported from the frontlines of climate-fueled extreme weather and climate migration , expanded our coverage of the climate impact of agriculture , followed the ongoing buildout of LNG , and sent a team to COP27 , among other things. Carbon Capture and Storage.

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GreenBiz

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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GreenBiz

MAY 27, 2021

The economic foundations of today’s food and agricultural systems continue to be dominated by a singular focus on productivity and increased yields. At the same time, the positive externalities — carbon sequestration, pollination services, health and wellbeing and vibrant cultural traditions — also go unappreciated. Food & Agriculture.

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Greentown Labs

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

When she realized microbes could create carbon-negative materials for applications across vegan leather, insulation, packaging, and more, González co-founded SpadXTech with mechanical engineer Connor Crawford in 2020. The pair got married this summer.

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GreenBiz

DECEMBER 3, 2020

The fashion industry, for example, is very dependent on natural resources and healthy agricultural and forestry ecosystems. Such an approach focuses on maximizing positive and minimizing negative aspects of nature-based adaptation strategies and options. Collaborative leadership: Fashion Pact.

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Grist

DECEMBER 18, 2024

As global temperatures rise from the burning of fossil fuels, researchers and policymakers have proposed solutions like installing renewable energy, replacing gasoline-powered cars with electric ones, and developing technology to suck carbon out of the air. A forest of quiver trees in Namibias biodiverse southern region.

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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. From one tonne of knotweed rhizome (wet weight) we can create around 150-200kg of charcoal which is 99% pure carbon.

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Business Green

JUNE 3, 2024

Investment aims to prepare low carbon fertiliser product for roll out across UK farms

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GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

So either ranchers figure out how to produce low-carbon beef — and it’s far from certain they can — or we eat less red meat. News of the plan was greeted by negative headlines, followed by a hurried assurance from Downing Street that "we will not be imposing a meat tax on the great British banger." Food & Agriculture.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 22, 2019

To achieve this it will require an annual reduction in carbon intensity of 9.7%, according to the latest “Low Carbon Economy Index (LCEI)” produced by professional services firm PwC. This year the UK became the first major economy to set a legally binding commitment to reach net zero emissions by 2050.

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GreenBiz

MARCH 12, 2021

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. billion has been spent on low-carbon transport, $28.9 Meanwhile, $86.1

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DeSmogBlog

MAY 29, 2024

For the past three years, agricultural industry associations such as farmers’ union COPA-COGECA , European Livestock Voice , and the European Livestock and Meat Trades Union (UECBV) have spearheaded the pushback against six key EU climate policies, alongside meat and dairy companies such as Cargill, Arla, and Vion.

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DeSmogBlog

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

A recent study has found it is currently “not feasible” for the global livestock industry to sequester enough carbon to cancel out its planet-warming emissions — and that policy efforts geared toward that goal may be deeply misguided. 135 gigatons is roughly equal to all the carbon lost due to agriculture over the past 12,000 years.

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Energy Central

DECEMBER 1, 2022

A new, private company, Rainforest Energy Corporation, plans to build biorefinery processing facilities in multiple sites to convert forest and agriculture waste into “clean fuels.”

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 19, 2021

But as sterile as those labs may appear, they have a dirty secret: immense carbon footprints. Last year, the Colorado Department of Agriculture became the first government lab to reach "green," the highest of five levels. Its Green Lab Certification already has labeled more than 400 labs.

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Hydrogen Fuel News

JUNE 11, 2024

Hydrogen can play a crucial role in the decarbonisation of the UK economy, especially where that hydrogen is “green” with zero carbon emissions. As methane is 28 times more potent a greenhouse gas compared to carbon dioxide, each molecule of methane captured is a significant gain in steps to reduce global warming.

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Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 22, 2023

The PigProGrAm project includes Membracon’s Downflow Gas Contactor (DGC), described as “a patented technology that excels in a wide variety of gas separation applications, such as industrial carbon capture.”. He said the DGC will be used “to help generate a route for the livestock sector to become truly sustainable.”

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The Verge: Energy

JUNE 13, 2024

Illustration by Hugo Herrera / The Verge New technologies and changes in consumer habits could limit the use of controversial carbon capture to fight climate change, new research shows. Efforts to capture carbon from polluting sources or to filter CO2 out of the air have picked up steam as a way for companies to meet their climate goals.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 20, 2020

Farmer Martin Lines, chair of the Nature Friendly Farming Network, puts forward the case for a robust payment framework to incentivise carbon sequestration in UK agriculture. More so than any other sector of the UK economy, agriculture will look substantially different after Brexit.

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CleanTech Group

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

Hydrogen-based powertrains for zero-emission aviation, carbon-negative powerplants, and genome-editing for speciality crops: Recent Deals worth looking at Agriculture & Food Pairwise (2018). The post Recent Deals – 24 September 2024 appeared first on Cleantech Group.

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E8 Cleantech Angels

DECEMBER 3, 2020

Today cleantech investment leaders E8 and partners launched the Good Carbon Gifts guide, an online listing of products that capture and store carbon that also make great gifts. Whether capturing carbon back from the air, or carbon rich and sequestering gifts for your garden, this is not science fiction.

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E8 Cleantech Angels

DECEMBER 3, 2020

Today cleantech investment leaders E8 and partners launched the Good Carbon Gifts guide, an online listing of products that capture and store carbon that also make great gifts. Whether capturing carbon back from the air, or carbon rich and sequestering gifts for your garden, this is not science fiction.

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E8 Cleantech Angels

DECEMBER 3, 2020

Today cleantech investment leaders E8 and partners launched the Good Carbon Gifts guide, an online listing of products that capture and store carbon that also make great gifts. Whether capturing carbon back from the air, or carbon rich and sequestering gifts for your garden, this is not science fiction.

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

The IPCC estimated that agricultural lands occupy about 40 percent of the Earth’s land surface, producing one fourth of global greenhouse gas emissions. JBS , the world’s second-largest food company, also shared its plan to support regenerative agriculture practices, which are said to improve soil health and biodiversity.

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Greentown Labs

JUNE 21, 2023

Seventeen startups joined our community Q2 2023, working on innovations ranging from smart sensors for wind turbines, to energy-efficient air conditioning, to a combo of water desalination and carbon capture. It’s participating in Year 3 of the Carbon to Value (C2V) Initiative. It’s part of the C2V Initiative Year 3 cohort.

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GreenBiz

JUNE 29, 2020

We know that animal agriculture is now recognized as a leading cause of global warming. After doing some research in Prague on carbon negative building materials, I have relocated to Portland and am currently working as a project manager/sustainability lead on the PDX Airport Terminal Core Redevelopment (TCORE) Project.

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Green Business Bureau

APRIL 29, 2022

For instance, a single pint of beer can have a carbon footprint as high as 900g CO 2e (for bottled beer that’s been extensively transported). This is ~14% of the daily average carbon footprint from meals per US citizen – having 2 to 3 pints ramps that percentage up to 42%. Challenge 5 : The brewing process is wasteful.

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Terra Infirma

APRIL 22, 2024

On Friday night, the Prof took me to see the new independent movie about regenerative agriculture, Six Inches of Soil, as soil health is her thing. The film-makers should not have messed with it just to give a happy ending to the movie and Farm Carbon Toolkit should never have allowed themselves to be professionally compromised in this way.

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 12, 2020

Historically, floodplains have been exploited for agricultural and urban development, which has increased the exposure of people, property and other infrastructure to floods. However, flood risk is now addressed on a wider catchment scale so that initiatives in one part of a catchment do not have negative effects further downstream.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

Launching at a time when prominent Royals have just been widely reported expressing opinions on what they see as negative impacts of rewilding, a supposedly groundbreaking environmental partnership using trailblazing AI algorithms to demonstrate the positive impacts of rewilding farmland is newly underway in North Yorkshire.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

Negative emissions technologies are critical for the earth’s climate and hitting net zero in the UK, argues Drax CEO Will Gardiner. In the first months of the crisis alone, China reported a 25 per cent reduction in carbon dioxide emissions. Going net negative. This year has been unlike any in recent memory.

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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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