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Drax is UK’s largest single source of CO2 emissions

Envirotec Magazine

Tomos Harrison, Electricity Transition Analyst, Ember, said: “It’s a startling fact that the UK’s largest single source of greenhouse gases is a government-backed project that receives hundreds of millions in energy bill payer funding every year.” Currently, Drax is the only company in the UK developing BECCS in the power sector.

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2020 was the year that…

GreenBiz

Circular models made the rounds, starting with the design department, where a lot of negative environmental and social impacts are baked into garments, usually unwittingly. Microsoft , JetBlue and Royal Dutch Shell are among those seeking to offset a portion of their carbon footprint by investing in forest protection and reforestation.

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

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

GreenBiz

But one component is highly unique: the company’s decision to include three "global challenges" — ones that require collaboration with "industries, governments and communities" to pull off. Achieve carbon-neutral computing to address climate change. Achieve carbon-neutral computing to address climate change.

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

GreenBiz

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

Envirotec Magazine

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. This report makes clear that any UK Government climate plan that relies on BECCS at Drax is extremely high-risk.

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

DeSmogBlog

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. Uncapturable’.