Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

By Marc McElhinney For today’s modern farmer, sustainability is at the heart of agricultural best practice. 1 With agriculture estimated to have been the source of 48% of the UK’s methane emissions in 2020 – an increase of 1.3% The AD process also produces an organic biofertiliser and soil conditioner, called digestate.

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DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 22, 2024

During September’s Climate Week in New York City, the world’s major food companies lined up to share their pro-nature credentials, claiming that they are embracing “regenerative agriculture” practices that will reduce their massive carbon footprint.

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GreenBiz

APRIL 16, 2021

The current situation is insane: Organic waste is the single biggest input in landfills, where it produces the potent greenhouse gas methane as it decomposes. Keep organic waste out of landfills and incinerators . Some of this waste is perfectly good food. The rest could be used to make compost. farms and ranches.

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Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 29, 2021

The World Biogas Summit 2021 will focus on how, in the build up to COP26, anaerobic digestion (AD) and biogas can help reduce global methane and other greenhouse gases (GHG) emissions. Ahead of his address, CCAC’s Drew Shindell said: “Methane mitigation is one of the most significant climate actions the world can take this decade.

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EDF + Business

JANUARY 16, 2023

Urgent action is needed to shift food and agriculture from a driver of climate change and biodiversity loss to a solution, with positive outcomes for producers, companies and consumers. It aims to achieve significant methane cuts while feeding a growing population and protecting the livelihoods of farmers around the world.

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Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 19, 2021

The Japanese knotweed removal industry generates thousands of tonnes of plant waste every year which is consigned to landfill sites where it either regrows or decays, giving off harmful gases such as methane. The charcoal is made into biochar simply by adding a liquid fertiliser, improving soil structure, health and fertility.

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Green Business Bureau

JULY 23, 2020

In the agriculture and food industry, sustainable business practices are intended to protect the environment, reduce waste production, increase productivity, and reduce operating costs. Sustainable Business Practices for the Food and Agriculture Sector. What are Sustainable Business Practices?

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Envirotec Magazine

MAY 28, 2024

The product is said to be pathogen – free, rich in phosphorus and nitrogen , and has for many years been used in agriculture to enrich soil and improve its moisture retention. Yorkshire Water’ s Sewage Sludge Gasification project presents a novel approach to sludge management. The project has been awarded £2.3

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Green Business Bureau

JULY 27, 2020

Food scraps and other organic materials decaying in landfills release methane and carbon dioxide contributing to climate change. Diverting food scraps and other organic materials from landfills, methane, and carbon dioxide can be captured and used efficiently. An anaerobic biodigester is ideal for the agricultural sector.

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EDF + Business

APRIL 8, 2024

In this report, Environmental Defense Fund, along with experts at Deloitte, have provided example pathways for six key commodities aligned with the Science Based Targets initiative’s (SBTi) Forest, Land, and Agriculture (FLAG) guidance for food companies to more strategically work toward these ambitious climate targets.

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Agriculture, which is responsible for over one third of the world’s emissions, will be under the spotlight at the upcoming COP28 global climate summit in Dubai. The agriculture industry has a lot to be worried about. No-till and organic farming fall under the banner of regenerative agriculture, as well as the use of cover crops.

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Business Green

AUGUST 20, 2020

Phase out of synthetic fertilisers and wider dietary shift away from intensively farmed meat urgently required to curb climate damaging gas, the Soil Association warns. The Soil Association said an overhaul was therefore urgently needed in the way nitrogen is used in agriculture in order to avoid further environmental and climate damage.

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Green Business Bureau

AUGUST 25, 2022

While carbon dioxide (CO2) tends to be the most commonly discussed and recognized GHG, there are numerous other greenhouse gasses including methane, nitrous oxide, sulfur hexafluoride, and hydrofluorocarbons. The three major greenhouse gases are carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4), and nitrous oxide (N2O). Methane (CH4).

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DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 6, 2022

and United Arab Emirates governments, the AIM for Climate (Aim4C) coalition pledged to accelerate innovation in agriculture and food systems to support climate action. Africa has workable alternatives right here at home, for resilient agriculture that works with nature.”. Aim4C’s participants skew heavily towards the Global North.

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Envirotec Magazine

MAY 12, 2021

Every year, we generate over 105bn tonnes of organic wastes (sewage, food waste, garden waste, food and drink-processing waste, farm and agricultural wastes), which release harmful methane and other greenhouse gases into the atmosphere as they decompose. deprived of oxygen) in a container called digester.

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 3, 2021

Would this reduce the agricultural sector’s greenhouse gas emissions? Another greenhouse gas, nitrous oxide (N2O), is released when synthetic nitrogen fertilizers are applied to soils. N2O and methane are also produced from the decomposition of animal manures under low oxygen conditions.

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Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 6, 2023

The UK government has awarded up to £30 million to “cutting-edge farming projects” that will boost food production, move towards net zero, and create a more resilient and sustainable agricultural sector. million available to fund innovative projects helping to deliver a more productive, resilient and sustainable agricultural sector.

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EDF + Business

AUGUST 3, 2021

A new report highlights differences in the approaches used to produce agricultural soil carbon credits and how this can cause uncertainty for companies looking to purchase or generate them. The findings put into focus the need to standardize protocols for quantifying how much soil carbon is sequestered.

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EDF + Business

OCTOBER 3, 2023

This year more than ever, food and agriculture sector issues were front of mind in the conversation, given companies even more opportunities and resources to take action. I came away with three main takeaways for companies in the food and agriculture sector: It’s time to act 2030 is fast approaching and a changing climate is already here.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 7, 2021

Trial in Buckinghamshire confirmed new technology that converts dairy herd waste into fertiliser can slash ammonia and methane emissions. N2 Applied has developed a technology, called N2 Unit, that it claims can reduce both ammonia and methane emissions and enrich livestock manure. million tonnes a year by 2035.

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Leaders have released a four-point “food and agriculture” agenda that calls for governments and industry to work together to find new solutions to climate change–driven food insecurity. One says it will “push” the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) to host “positive livestock content” at COP28.

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Hydrogen Fuel News

JUNE 11, 2024

AD’s sound environmental case Treating organics through AD avoids the fugitive emissions that would otherwise arise the decomposition: an AD plant effectively captures the methane and ammonia emissions that would otherwise arise before they can escape to the atmosphere. A new color of hydrogen?

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

A month after the food summit, P2DNZ made a splash at the COP26 climate conference in Glasgow, Scotland, where Tom Vilsack, the US Secretary of Agriculture – himself the former CEO of a major dairy industry lobbying firm – expressed his department’s “strong support”. Livestock methane emissions are also rising in some of these countries.

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Green Business Bureau

APRIL 12, 2022

According to the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM), carbon offset programs can be grouped into the following broad categories: Renewable energy, energy efficiency, methane abatement, reforestation and conservation, fuel switching, and community projects. Carbon offset program #3: Methane abatement.

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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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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 26, 2023

Named “Brazen TM Beef”, it was the first ever product of its kind to receive the “Climate-Friendly” stamp from the US Department of Agriculture. percent of global greenhouse gas emissions, according to the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization. At the last count, livestock production contributes 14.5 They’re all getting bigger.

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AFN Sustainable Protein

JULY 7, 2022

US-based agtech startup Fyto has raised $15 million in Series A funding for its specialized aquatic “superplants” that can be used for animal feed, food and soil health ingredients. Why it matters: It’s no secret that animal agriculture is a major contributor to climate change. Making use of waste streams.

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Business Green

APRIL 13, 2021

in backing for its plan to fund farmers' use of methane-reducing cattle feed through CO2 offsets. Companies and individuals may soon be able to pay cows to burp less in return for carbon offset credits, under plans being developed by Swiss-British agritech firm Mootral to fund the use of methane-cutting cattle feed on farms.

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DeSmogBlog

JULY 18, 2021

According to environmental experts and campaigners, the meat industry downplays the climate impact of animal agriculture and exaggerates the potential of different innovations to reduce it, depicting meat as indispensable to feeding the world’s population while denying the need to cut consumption globally to reach climate targets.

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Grist

OCTOBER 9, 2019

As they walled off rivers and created dry islands from what was previously soggy marsh, they discovered incredibly rich soil. No one foresaw that this very bounty — soil rich with organic material — would, over time, become a curse of sorts. That organic material contains copious amounts of carbon. And the land began to sink.

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DeSmogBlog

AUGUST 3, 2023

Indigenous peoples, smallholder farmers and academics have claimed that a UN summit focused on the future of agriculture helped to entrench corporate control over the global food system. Agriculture generates 34 percent of the world’s anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions, according to the UN’s own Food and Agriculture Organization.

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Hydrogen Fuel News

JANUARY 19, 2024

Biomass energy harnesses organic matter, including wood, agricultural crops, and waste by-products, as fuel. This process yields biogas, predominantly composed of methane and carbon dioxide, which can be used as a fuel for heating, electricity generation, or as a natural gas alternative.

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Business Green

JUNE 29, 2021

The group added that the targets could be met through the development of a "climate smart" supply chain, including the adoption of science-based land management practices to maintain healthier soils, enable additional carbon sequestration, promote efficient water use, and increase biodiversity.

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DeSmogBlog

AUGUST 22, 2024

The BBC has produced dozens of films and articles for oil and gas companies, agricultural giants, fossil fuel states, and high-emission transport firms in recent years, DeSmog can reveal. Even relatively small methane leaks during the process of extracting, shipping, and processing natural gas contribute significantly to global emissions.

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Grist

JULY 26, 2019

In their letter, the 30-some authors describe how the microbes in their respective area of study — the oceans, the soil, in and on animals, the Arctic tundra, and even the air — are impacted by, and in turn impact, climate change. Instead, we tend to focus on the “macro,” the things big enough to be visible. “We

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Business Green

JULY 8, 2022

US-based Regrow reveals how it is working with global food giants to help push regenerative agricultural practices into the mainstream. Now it's time for regenerative agriculture to take over and become the default way farmers grow their crops. That's where Regrow Agriculture comes in. The pilots have been done.

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Business Green

MAY 11, 2021

Findings of detailed case study into how Nordic country can slash its emissions carries lessons for advanced agricultural economies, according to WRI. Whether you have a stake in Denmark's farming sector or not, the findings of the technical report, entitled A Pathway to Carbon Neutral Agriculture in Denmark , are significant.

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