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Drax is UK’s largest single source of CO2 emissions

Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 12, 2024

Biomass qualifies for these subsidies, along with exemption from carbon taxes, because wood is categorised as an emissions-free source of energy. A large and growing majority of scientific evidence shows that burning wood for power is often not carbon neutral, and in some circumstances can be a worse polluter than coal.

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Carbon negative beauty brands leading us to a greener future

Inhabitat - Innovation

DECEMBER 12, 2022

To offset climate change and catch up on urgent carbon emissions reduction goals, some brands in the beauty industry are going even further than being sustainable or carbon neutral. They are trying to be carbon negative, some even doubling the amount they offset emissions beyond net zero.

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The Wild West of plastic credits and offsets

GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

There’s a new kid on the block of sustainability claims being made by businesses: "plastic neutrality." And, much like the market for carbon offsets, it’s messy. . The new term "plastic neutrality" is being used to convey that a company has offset its "plastic footprint.". Consider carbon markets again. Given that U.S.

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Carbon marketplace hawks credits in businesses that store CO2 with their products

GreenBiz

AUGUST 31, 2020

Carbon marketplace hawks credits in businesses that store CO2 with their products. As corporate interest in carbon removal options grows, Puro.earth , a startup from Finland, is offering a twist on carbon marketplaces. Gloria Oladipo. Mon, 08/31/2020 - 05:00.

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FedEx says it will be carbon-neutral by 2040

Renewable Energy World

MARCH 5, 2021

Company is going all-electric and funding a new Yale center for applied research focused on carbon-negative technologies. announced this week that it wants to achieve carbon-neutral operations globally by 2040. Key steps toward reaching the FedEx carbon neutral goal include: Vehicle Electrification.

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Shooting for the moon: 3 radical innovations to remove atmospheric CO2

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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Isle of Portland to host UK’s first carbon neutral EfW facility

Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 7, 2020

The directors of Powerfuel Portland – a firm aiming to deliver a proposed Energy Recovery Facility (ERF) at Portland Port on the Isle of Portland in Dorset – have provided more details about how how it will be a net-zero carbon project for its operational lifetime (up to 30 years).

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Let?s get together: Intel?s 2030 commitments include ?shared? climate and social goals

GreenBiz

MAY 18, 2020

Achieve carbon-neutral computing to address climate change. Achieve carbon-neutral computing to address climate change. It will work with personal computer manufactures to create "the most sustainable and energy-efficient PC in the world — one that eliminates carbon, water and waste in its design and use." .

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Hydrogen-Powered Data Centers Poised to Transform AI Infrastructure

Hydrogen Fuel News

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

These facilities promise faster deployment times and a significantly lower carbon footprint compared to conventional setups connected to strained energy grids. While these operations are not yet completely carbon-free, the benefits are clear. The company has hinted at utilizing green hydrogen in the future.

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Could trash-to-energy technology feed hydrogen demand?

GreenBiz

JULY 15, 2020

Early pioneers of these hydrogen-from-waste technologies such as Ways2H, SGH2 Energy (SGH2) and Standard Hydrogen say not only are they making carbon-free, energy-rich fuel, their approaches also will divert mountains of trash from landfills and waterways, cutting greenhouse gas emissions. . There are other ways to make hydrogen.

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Net-Zero iPhones: Apple Pledges to Go Carbon-Neutral by 2030

GreenTechMedia

JULY 21, 2020

Apple committed on Tuesday to becoming carbon-neutral by 2030, pushing its ambitions far beyond its own corporate walls — already 100 percent powered by renewables — to include its vast supply chain and the lifecycle of all its products. Apple will increasingly rely on carbon-removal programs. technology giants.

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SGH2 Energy and Yamanashi Collaborate to Drive Green Hydrogen in Fuji Five Lakes

Hydrogen Fuel News

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

The project includes establishing a carbon-negative hydrogen production facility using SGH2 Energys proprietary Solena Plasma Enhanced Gasification (SPEG) technology. The company recently gained approval for its Lancaster, California, plant, which will be the worlds largest carbon-negative hydrogen production facility.

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Strategies to limit redox electrolyte-enhanced carbon-based supercapacitor self-discharge

TechXplore

DECEMBER 15, 2023

The efficient storage of clean energy is a critical component to achieving carbon neutrality. Capacitors are devices that store energy by separating positive and negative electrical charge, and supercapacitors (SC) are capacitors that can store and release large amounts of energy.

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Stop perverse climate impact of biomass by radically reforming CO2 accounting rules, says advisory body

Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 25, 2020

These might turn out to look quite different in the future, if carbon-accounting under the Emissions Trading System (ETS) were to be based on science and the real effects on climate. Much of the biomass employed in Europe is anything but carbon neutral. Labelling forest biomass as renewable has a perverse impact on the climate.

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Magic carpet? Interface debuts world's 'first' carbon negative carpet tile

Business Green

OCTOBER 21, 2020

A US flooring company is celebrating the launch of a range of carpet tiles that it claims suck more carbon dioxide from the atmosphere than they create throughout their entire lifecycle. Products that minimise carbon in the built environment are a priority for Interface and a huge focus for the building industry," he said.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

While the use of biogas as a carbon-neutral fuel is rapidly expanding, it is also used as a substitute for natural gas in Europe and the US. The trial will use biogas derived from sewage sludge at the Kojima Sewage Treatment Plant. The technology will also be applied to CO2 separation and recovery from gases other than biogas.

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Office furniture giant Steelcase sets 2030 'carbon negative' goal

Business Green

AUGUST 25, 2020

Office furniture giant Steelcase has set its sights on becoming a 'carbon negative' organisation within the next decade, yesterday unveiling plans to ramp up its use of renewable energy, slash carbon emissions, and finance carbon offset efforts that deliver "external emissions reductions with social benefits".

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What’s the difference between net-zero and carbon-neutral policies?

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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Michigan 2050 Carbon Neutrality Goal Could Be An Economic Engine - If It Avoids A Rush To Gas

Energy Central

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

Michigan’s new economywide 2050 carbon neutral proposal vaults it into the vanguard of United States climate ambition. It’s just the fourth such goal nationwide with interim targets of 28% carbon reductions compared to 2005 by 2025, 52% by 2030, and carbon neutrality by 2050, going net negative thereafter.

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Adding fuel to the fire? Report further establishes destructive influence of biomass method

Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 14, 2021

A report from NRDC (Natural Resources Defense Council) seems to strengthen the case against Bioenergy with Carbon Capture and Storage (BECCS), currently a key ingredient of the UK government’s climate plan. Released on 13 October, the NRDC report summarises its latest investigation into BECCS.

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Portugal power-to-liquid project makes sustainable aviation fuels (SAF) from municipal waste-derived CO2

Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

The envisaged Carbon capture and utilisation (CCU) implementation at LIPOR’s Energy Recovery Plant consists of capturing, extracting and purifying the biogenic part of CO2, present in about 60% of the carbon dioxide emissions generated as a result of the incineration process.

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Drax’s ‘Carbon Negative’ Bioenergy Claims ‘Wildly Exaggerated’, Study Argues

DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 13, 2021

Analysis by US environmental advocacy group, the National Resources Defense Council (NRDC), studied the emissions from wood pellets transported from pine plantations in the southeastern United States to be used in a bioenergy, carbon capture and storage (BECCS) operation by Drax in Yorkshire. Drax has disputed these figures.

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Siemens publishes advice for businesses on steps to decarbonise

Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

Industry leaders have paved the way, with Google having been carbon-neutral since 2007 and Microsoft since 2012. To help businesses create their individual decarbonisation strategies, Siemens has published a new whitepaper suggesting a range of specific steps towards carbon neutrality. Shift to low-carbon heat.

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

Business Green

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

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. "We Embracing a commitment aligned with a 1.5C

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Carbon negative: Brewdog makes it a double (offset)

Business Green

AUGUST 24, 2020

Pioneering beer company confirms it has secured 'carbon negative' status as it steps up efforts to slash emissions and plant new Brewdog forest. So happy that @BrewDog is now carbon negative. This means we take twice the carbon out of the air each year that we emit.

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Wastewater analysis at Bolivian lithium deposit explores how to avoid past environmental mistakes

Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

The concentrated lithium is eventually moved from the evaporation ponds to a nearby facility for processing into lithium carbonate the material that goes into rechargeable batteries. In natural brine samples, the team measured arsenic levels between 1 and 9 ppm, as well as relatively neutral acidity.

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LG Energy Solution Aims to Achieve RE100 in All Global Production Sites by 2025

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AUGUST 3, 2022

-The initiative was introduced in the ESG Report 2021 published today -The company to focus on "Carbon Negative" after achieving carbon neutrality across the entire value chain by 2050

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Europe’s Green Hydrogen Revolution Is Turning Blue

GreenTechMedia

JULY 1, 2020

Blue hydrogen is produced from natural gas, with carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology scooping up the resulting CO2. The EU is aiming to be net-zero carbon across all sectors by 2050. Hydrogen is likely to play a substantial role in getting carbon out of those hard-to-reach sectors like heavy industry and freight.

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Net Zero vs Real Zero Emissions and What It Means for Your Business’ Goals

Green Business Bureau

AUGUST 4, 2022

Carbon Positive- Business as Usual. Though we are beginning to see a shift towards greener business practices and sweeping sustainability commitments, companies are almost all still carbon positive, meaning they produce emissions greater than zero. Carbon Offsets. Net Zero Emissions vs Carbon Neutral. In the U.S.

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Dealing sensibly with knotweed (with a nod to emissions)

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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Heard of “Net-Zero Oil” or “Carbon Negative” Bioenergy? In 2023 You Will

DeSmogBlog

JANUARY 3, 2023

Salmon might seem like a good alternative to meat, in a world that needs to shift away from carbon-intensive cattle — at least the fish farming industry would have you see it that way. Carbon Capture and Storage. Below, a handful of DeSmog writers dive into the issues they’ll be watching in 2023. Aquaculture. Next year you will.

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Climate Crisis, Global Warming, Carbon Neutral, Zero Waste: Meaningful Buzzwords or Passing Fads?

Green Business Bureau

MARCH 10, 2020

Our future requires and depends on constant change and a new way of thinking, everything we do or design will have an impact, both positive and negative, and our goal is to enable the transition to continuous positive experiences across all sectors of society. Carbon Neutral vs. Zero Carbon – 1.5

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From Cars to Kitchens: Toyota’s Hydrogen Cartridges Transform Energy Use

Hydrogen Fuel News

OCTOBER 9, 2024

Toyota’s Vision for Carbon Neutrality: A Showcase of Innovation Also at the upcoming show, Toyota will highlight its pioneering efforts towards carbon neutrality with two other groundbreaking projects: the Liquid Hydrogen-Powered GR Corolla and the Sweep Energy Storage System.

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Making the UK’s net zero target real: Professional services firm comments on progress

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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Partnership aims to install UK-first CCUS pilot plant at EfW facility

Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 19, 2024

Energy-from-Waste (EfW) operator enfinium signed an agreement – on 19 March – with green technology company Hitachi Zosen Inova (HZI) to install the UK’s first carbon capture pilot plant at an EfW facility. The aims of the pilot is to demonstrate the use of carbon capture technology at EfW facilities.

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Whether pandemic or climate crisis, you better get your data right

GreenBiz

JUNE 25, 2020

With growing consensus on the gravity of the climate crisis, countries and companies are adopting carbon reduction targets. Pressure to make emissions visible has been around for a while: Consumers want to know how much carbon is embodied in the products they buy. Alas, to date the same isn’t true of carbon performance.

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A bad bet on biomass? Critics respond to Drax announcement

Envirotec Magazine

JULY 12, 2022

UK energy utility Drax has unveiled plans to build the world’s largest carbon capture facility with the goal of removing more CO2 from the atmosphere than it produces, and thereby securing “carbon negative” status. But campaign groups continue to insist that the maths behind biomass doesn’t add up.

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The (not so) green recovery: New report warns world is failing to 'build back better'

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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Under development: Top 5 cleantech innovations to watch in 2020

Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 25, 2020

Put simply, the term ‘cleantech’ describes a product that aims to reduce or mitigate negative environmental impact. Accounting for eight per cent of the world’s carbon emissions, the current process for making cement is far from eco-friendly. At the same time, carbon dioxide is released and captured, alongside oxygen and hydrogen.

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New report says the building and construction sector can reach net zero carbon emissions by 2050

Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

Non-profit organisation’s report describes actions that would gear the buildings and construction sector towards a net zero future, through elimination of embodied carbon emissions. WorldGBC’s vision to fully decarbonise the sector requires eliminating both operational and embodied carbon emissions.

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The UK’s first carbon capture pilot on an energy-from-waste facility goes live

Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

UK energy-from-waste (Efw) operator enfinium has launched the UK’s first carbon capture pilot at an EfW site, the group announced on 16 September. The launch is described as a milestone for the sector and for the group’s plans to deploy Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) technology across its UK facilities to generate carbon removals at scale.

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Bank of America becomes carbon neutral one year ahead of schedule

Business Green

JANUARY 22, 2020

Bank of America has become the latest corporate to hit carbon neutrality, with the firm announcing yesterday it has met the target a year ahead of schedule. Being carbon neutral is core to our $300bn, 10-year environmental business initiative that is helping finance the transition to a low-carbon future.".

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Carbonfund.org and Green Business Bureau Join Forces to Fight Climate Change

Green Business Bureau

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

GBB and Carbonfund.org encourage everyone to continually strive to reduce their carbon footprint through sensible energy reductions combined with cost-effective carbon offsets to eliminate their overall carbon footprint. Special Joint Offer. Join Carbonfund.org Foundation.

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Sustainable investing is changing global supply chains: 4 key takeaways

GreenBiz

JANUARY 20, 2021

Negative/exclusionary screening (44.6 Finally, in November, Foxconn announced a set of new commitments, including a greenhouse gas emissions neutrality goal by 2020 and a pledge to take actions on climate-related goals as proposed by Climate Action 100+. "A percent), ESG integration (32 percent) and sustainability-themed investing (13.4

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Drax is UK’s largest single source of CO2 emissions

Carbon negative beauty brands leading us to a greener future

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The Wild West of plastic credits and offsets

Carbon marketplace hawks credits in businesses that store CO2 with their products

FedEx says it will be carbon-neutral by 2040

Shooting for the moon: 3 radical innovations to remove atmospheric CO2

Isle of Portland to host UK’s first carbon neutral EfW facility

Let?s get together: Intel?s 2030 commitments include ?shared? climate and social goals

Hydrogen-Powered Data Centers Poised to Transform AI Infrastructure

Could trash-to-energy technology feed hydrogen demand?

Net-Zero iPhones: Apple Pledges to Go Carbon-Neutral by 2030

SGH2 Energy and Yamanashi Collaborate to Drive Green Hydrogen in Fuji Five Lakes

Strategies to limit redox electrolyte-enhanced carbon-based supercapacitor self-discharge

Stop perverse climate impact of biomass by radically reforming CO2 accounting rules, says advisory body

Magic carpet? Interface debuts world's 'first' carbon negative carpet tile

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Office furniture giant Steelcase sets 2030 'carbon negative' goal

What’s the difference between net-zero and carbon-neutral policies?

Michigan 2050 Carbon Neutrality Goal Could Be An Economic Engine - If It Avoids A Rush To Gas

Adding fuel to the fire? Report further establishes destructive influence of biomass method

Portugal power-to-liquid project makes sustainable aviation fuels (SAF) from municipal waste-derived CO2

Drax’s ‘Carbon Negative’ Bioenergy Claims ‘Wildly Exaggerated’, Study Argues

Siemens publishes advice for businesses on steps to decarbonise

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

Carbon negative: Brewdog makes it a double (offset)

Wastewater analysis at Bolivian lithium deposit explores how to avoid past environmental mistakes

LG Energy Solution Aims to Achieve RE100 in All Global Production Sites by 2025

Europe’s Green Hydrogen Revolution Is Turning Blue

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Dealing sensibly with knotweed (with a nod to emissions)

Heard of “Net-Zero Oil” or “Carbon Negative” Bioenergy? In 2023 You Will

Climate Crisis, Global Warming, Carbon Neutral, Zero Waste: Meaningful Buzzwords or Passing Fads?

From Cars to Kitchens: Toyota’s Hydrogen Cartridges Transform Energy Use

Making the UK’s net zero target real: Professional services firm comments on progress

Partnership aims to install UK-first CCUS pilot plant at EfW facility

Whether pandemic or climate crisis, you better get your data right

A bad bet on biomass? Critics respond to Drax announcement

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Bank of America becomes carbon neutral one year ahead of schedule

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Sustainable investing is changing global supply chains: 4 key takeaways

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