GreenBiz

OCTOBER 7, 2020

The destruction of rainforests to make way for palm oil plantations is a major contributor to climate change and nature loss, due to the crucial role of richly biodiverse tropical forests in sequestering carbon dioxide, absorbing rainfall and releasing water into rivers. Pull Quote.

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Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 12, 2022

Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng told a private meeting of MPs this week that Drax’s imports of US-made wood pellets to be burnt for energy are “not sustainable” He added that it “doesn’t make sense” and told MPs the government had not fully investigated the sustainability of burning wood pellets, a type of biomass.

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 1, 2020

All of them are using their artificial intelligence prowess and analytics power to help companies such as BP, Chevron and ExxonMobil continue exploration and extraction. When I asked Microsoft Chief Environmental Officer Lucas Joppa about this tension last year, he told me that changes won't happen overnight.

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Envirotec Magazine

MAY 16, 2023

With droughts affecting the UK for much of last summer, the project, from Westcountry Rivers Trust and South West Water, will not only contribute to better hydrated wetlands, woodlands and fields, but can help farms manage water demand through dry weather, as well as boost aquatic biodiversity.

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Planet Pulse

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

Learn how satellite data and analytics help farmers and agricultural agencies monitor regenerative agriculture practices that reduce carbon emissions. In response, environmental policies increasingly require sustainable agricultural practices like carbon farming, which maximize carbon sequestration.

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

Soil acts as a carbon ‘sink’, locking in GHGs that would otherwise be released into the atmosphere. Upgrading UK soils, particularly farmland and degraded peatlands, could radically improve their ability to store carbon. Away from farms, the scientists argue strongly that peatlands should be restored to maximise on natural capital.

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GreenBiz

JULY 20, 2020

For a food company, that means knowing how and where you source your ingredients, what your customers want, and understanding the provenance of your direct and indirect carbon emissions. Concretely, when you look at Danone, 60 percent of our carbon footprint is from agriculture," Soubeiran acknowledged.

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 21, 2020

The series is supported by the Temple Hoyne Buell Center for the Study of American Architecture at Columbia University, and is part of their POWER project. . Other wood pellet companies have flocked to the region, including Drax , a major energy utility in the UK that now manufactures wood pellets in the U.S.

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Planet Pulse

AUGUST 4, 2022

Starting in 2007, Permian Global has worked to reduce atmospheric carbon dioxide levels, protect habitats, and support sustainable local economies through large-scale tropical forest protection and restoration projects. Tropical forests, an important part of NCS, are some of the most biodiverse regions on Earth and must be protected.

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 11, 2021

In 2014, the electrical engineer and MBA became the first woman to lead a U.S. As electric vehicles drive toward the mainstream, General Motors has come full circle as well. It mass-produced the first electric car in the 1990s, then literally crushed most of them in 2003. and globally by 2040. LinkedIn | Personal website.

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Planet Pulse

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

Authors: Christopher Anderson, David Marvin, & Maxwell Joseph As world leaders discuss climate solutions at Summit of the Future and Climate Week NYC, Planet is proud to announce the release of Forest Carbon Monitoring, a new data product for mapping forest change at high resolution worldwide.

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Planet Pulse

DECEMBER 17, 2024

AI Takes Off AI was everyones favorite buzzword this year, but more than that, were only just beginning to realize its incredible value and staying power. Planet Labs PBC) In 2025, EO datasets will emerge as an invaluable resource to train AI models, strengthening the power of AIs usefulness to commercial and government users.

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GreenBiz

JUNE 17, 2020

And mature mangroves can store nearly 1,000 tons of carbon per hectare, thus mitigating climate change while also helping communities adapt. The project, managed by Wetlands International, already has improved the district’s climate resilience, protecting communities from coastal flooding and absorbing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.

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DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 28, 2024

Under thundery tropical skies, and amid ever more dire warnings on the precarious state of the world’s ecosystems, the United Nations Biodiversity Conference is unfolding in Colombia. Credit: Rachel Sherrington Corporations have turned out in large numbers at COP16, as they did at the last biodiversity summit in 2022.

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Climate Tech VC

JANUARY 7, 2025

AI spurred clean firm power, Europe strengthened carbon markets, and emerging economies’ climate tech demand opened up. 🚗 Vertical: Energy came top in 2024 investment, up 12% to $9.4bn. Scala and Crusoe both support clean energy for data centers. Nuclear and energy storage returned to dominance.

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Envirotec Magazine

JANUARY 13, 2023

The report evaluates the impact of the national Natural Flood Management Programme which received £15 million of government funding, including benefits to communities and to biodiversity alongside protecting homes and businesses from floods. Across 60 pilot projects the programme created an equivalent of 1.6 What is it?

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Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 5, 2023

According to the World Bank, agricultural development is one of the most powerful tools to end extreme poverty, boost shared prosperity, and feed a projected 9.7 In recent decades, growth in agricultural production has come with a heavy price; causing unsustainable harm to the environment and biodiversity. billion people by 2050.

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Terra Infirma

JANUARY 29, 2025

It’s one area where biodiversity is arguably treated above climate change as an issue. It is true that a protected species can block a development, and the biodiversity net gain regulations provides at least a funding stream for nature projects. But carbon emissions?

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

Intended to fill the policy vacuum emerging from the UK’s departure from the EU on 31 January, the Environment Bill has been eagerly anticipated, and seemingly gives government the power to set legally binding targets on all aspects of the environment in future. Soil and biodiversity.

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 15, 2023

The creators of the new Plant Atlas say it is “the most powerful statement ever produced on the state of our wild and naturalised plants“ Thousands of botanists from the Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland (BSBI) 1 have spent the last twenty years collecting data on changes in the British and Irish flora.

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Grist

MAY 25, 2021

Climate-heating carbon dioxide will be sucked from the air using trees, peat, rock chips, and charcoal in major new trials across the United Kingdom. The best large-scale ways to use trees to capture carbon will also be examined across the UK, including on Ministry of Defence and National Trust land. Enhanced rock weathering.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

More than half of the winners cited energy saving as key to their plans for success and a third were named winners for their innovation in becoming more efficient. A new Energy Transition Scotland Award was also added to the categories this year. It is also now targeting becoming a net carbon neutral business.

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Planet Pulse

MAY 25, 2023

By linking the power of Planet’s satellite imagery with expert analysis from ERM, our data is brought to life for decision-makers and translated into information to address business’ operational and sustainability goals. This is especially critical as carbon offset markets grow and companies start to assess their impact on biodiversity.

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Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 15, 2022

With East Anglia the fastest growing region in the UK, the wetlands initiative is a major step forward to improving resilience through the power of nature without the need for carbon-hungry infrastructure and additional chemical usage. Footage of a water vole was also recorded using trail cams.

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Planet Pulse

OCTOBER 12, 2021

New funding builds on unique partnership to tackle potent methane emissions between Bloomberg Philanthropies, Carbon Mapper, Planet, the State of California, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, the University of Arizona, Arizona State University (ASU), High Tide Foundation, and RMI . The pledge needs to be matched with bold solutions.

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Fairsnape

NOVEMBER 12, 2019

The biggest contribution we can make to the climate crisis is to urgently deliver buildings that are carbon sinks. The plethora of climate, carbon and biodiversity targets, visions and reports within, and beyond, the built environment, may seem to cause confusion, but there is a core, science based purpose.

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Renewable Energy World

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

As understanding of the climate crisis increases and the harm to ourselves, the environment, business, industry, and the economy that will follow, so a desire to not only reduce carbon but to be seen reducing carbon increases. In both cases, carbon offsetting removes CO 2 from the environment.

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Green Business Bureau

JULY 1, 2022

Being more energy-efficient, reducing waste – through recycling, reuse, and reducing regimes -, and curbing scope 3 greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs) from the daily commute, all help your company save money. The average gas end electricity consumed by a medium-sized office is 45,000 kWh and 30,000-50,000 kWh per year respectively.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

New research will monitor the contribution of new native woodland in England towards mitigating the worst effects of climate change, such as flooding. Working together with world-leading researchers will allow us to take detailed measurements of how biodiversity and ecosystem functions change as the trees grow and the woodlands mature.

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Planet Pulse

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

Since the signing of the Paris Climate Agreement six years ago, the nations of the world have slowly begun to bend the curve on emissions, due largely to spectacular advances in renewable energy. Our technologies are designed to monitor and classify changes everywhere on Earth, every day, in high resolution. All Rights Reserved.

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Hydrogen Fuel News

JANUARY 19, 2024

As the quest for sustainable energy intensifies, biomass emerges as a pivotal player in the arena of renewable resources. This exploration into the realm of biomass energy untangles the complexities and delves into its multifaceted nature, uncovering the potential of plant-based and waste-derived materials as alternative sources of power.

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Envirotec Magazine

JULY 19, 2021

The “solar-powered digital nose” in situ. The first live demonstration of the group’s Silvanet system of solar-powered gas sensors was recently conducted successfully in a forest near Berlin, says the firm. . By adding additional sensors, the network can also be used to monitor tree health and growth.

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Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

Coal-fired power plants in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia (image credit: Asian Development Bank , CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 ” The document from the Climate Crisis Advisory Group (CCAG)[1] sets out seven recommendations that it believes global leaders at COP26 must consider to make carbon pricing more effective. license ).

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Planet Pulse

MAY 4, 2021

Planet has joined the newly formed European Carbon+ Farming Coalition to accelerate progress toward European Green Deal carbon neutrality goals. Earth observation data is a powerful tool for monitoring and assigning value to these natural resources in order to edge closer to carbon neutrality.

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Energy Monitor Carbon-neutral Agriculture Soil 122

Planet Pulse

SEPTEMBER 25, 2021

Amid these challenges, meeting the ambitions of the 2030 agenda will require us to redesign and optimize countless systems, from transport and agriculture to energy and manufacturing. This information helps to gain insights on local deforestation drivers and reduce uncertainty in conservation initiatives. © 2019, Planet Labs Inc.

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Climate Tech VC

MARCH 4, 2024

The US Clean Investment Monitor published its annual report for 2023, which saw clean investment total $239bn, up 38% from 2022. Energy & industry. Happy Monday!    Lots of spice for clean investment this week. The picture was less rosy for new wind and heat pumps, both of which have suffered from high interest rates.

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GreenBiz

MAY 29, 2020

The nuances of all the various adjectives and descriptors that are used to describe climate action — from "science-based" to "net zero" to "carbon negative" — are enough to make heads spin, especially for those who spend their professional lives worrying about how to communicate these concepts. Offsetting versus insetting.

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