Green Business Bureau

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

While most changes have been negative–canceled or delayed surgeries, intensive care units filled to maximum capacity, and provider burnout–the rise of telemedicine, virtual care, and remote monitoring is considered a silver lining by many patients and healthcare providers alike. The carbon footprint savings range between 0.70-372

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Grist

AUGUST 3, 2021

Other research groups before the Malaysia team have shown that the solar-powered and carbon-neutral metal extraction process works in practice — a key step to winning over mining industry investors, who have insisted on field trials of several acres to show proof of principle. Department of Agriculture named Rufus L.

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Green Business Bureau

MARCH 10, 2021

There has been an estimated 6% drop in carbon emissions due to altered lifestyles in COVID-19. Top Carbon Emission Contributors. Two examples of this are carbon capture , trapping CO2 before it is emitted and storing it elsewhere, and carbon credits/cap and trade programs , permits that allow a company to emit a certain amount of GHGs.

Climate change 88

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Animal agriculture is the largest emitter of methane, a greenhouse gas 80 times more potent than carbon dioxide when measured over a 20 year period. He has used GWP* to claim that the US meat and dairy sector can become “climate-neutral” by the late 2040s by reducing emissions only two percent a year.

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DeSmogBlog

JULY 18, 2021

It’s a recurring theme that somehow the livestock sector and eating meat is detrimental to the environment, that it is a serious negative in terms of the climate change discussions,” Hsin Huang, Secretary General of the International Meat Secretariat (IMS) , told his audience. She adds: “They’re paid to comfort us.

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Pollution Agriculture Carbon-negative Climate change 98

Green Business Bureau

MARCH 10, 2021

There has been an estimated 6% drop in carbon emissions due to altered lifestyles in COVID-19. Top Carbon Emission Contributors. Two examples of this are carbon capture , trapping CO2 before it is emitted and storing it elsewhere, and carbon credits/cap and trade programs , permits that allow a company to emit a certain amount of GHGs.

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Green Business Bureau

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

What is carbon accounting? Carbon accounting – also known as a carbon or greenhouse gas inventory – is the process of measuring the amount of carbon dioxide, or other greenhouse gases (GHG), an organization emits. Carbon accounting is a must for any becoming business today.

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Carbon Business Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor Building Energy Monitoring 78

Smart Energy International

JULY 19, 2022

Though it was later dismantled by Obama’s successor, the European Commission included funding for behavioural research projects in its European Green Deal , a 1 trillion Euro campaign aimed to make Europe the first climate-neutral continent by 2050. References. Putting people at the centre. Gosnell, G.K., Bazilian, M.D.

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Building Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor Home Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring 98

DeSmogBlog

JULY 27, 2023

He’s an ExxonMobil scientist in a company ad that also shows other scientists in a high-tech lab working to develop “low-carbon technologies.” This is what experts refer to as a prime example of corporate greenwashing. This goes for communication by fossil fuel and other carbon-intensive companies as well.

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AGreenLiving

AUGUST 31, 2020

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

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Business Green

JANUARY 5, 2021

The UK-EU trade deal is thought to be among the first to explicitly embed mutual commitments to climate action and the net zero transition, with the text of the document stating that "each party reaffirms its ambition of achieving economy-wide climate neutrality by 2050". Carbon pricing and energy. Electric vehicles.

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Green Business Bureau

MARCH 9, 2023

ISO 14000 references a family of standards structured to help organizations design, implement, and optimize an environmental management system (EMS), to reduce harm to nature from business operations. ISO standards are identified using multiples of 1000 (the family), and any number after refers to the specific standard (e.g.

Business Energy Monitoring 78

Business Energy Monitoring Building Energy Monitoring Organic Energy Monitor 78

Low Carbon Prosperity

OCTOBER 17, 2018

In this Low Carbon Prosperity Institute (LCPI) analysis, we explore scenarios of carbon reduction investment performance based on the revenue allocation described in Initiative 1631. The measure is intended, but not required, to reduce carbon emissions in 2035 to 25% below 1990 levels, consistent with the state’s legislated target.

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Pollution Carbon Business Energy Monitoring Carbon-negative 45

GreenBiz

JUNE 29, 2020

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. Boredom turned into negative thoughts, and negative thoughts turned into depressing thoughts.

Sustainability 458

Sustainability Health Carbon-negative Climate change 458

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. Traditional Knowledge – Referred to as local knowledge.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 8, 2021

Polman: What we're referring to is that you can actually show that you derive profits in your business not from creating the world's problems, but from solving the world's problems. If you truly look at the externalities of most companies out there, there are significant negative externalities. How is this different?

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Business Green

DECEMBER 1, 2022

The final deal also included landmark references to the need to reform decision-making at the multilateral development banks and other financial institutions to better tackle climate change. The report notes that that 'nature-negative' financial flows are currently three to seven times larger than investments in nature-based solutions.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 21, 2022

The ecosystem services that underpin the global economy should recover, providing greater climate resilience, enhanced natural carbon sinks, and improved food and water security. The word 'business' is mentioned three times in the text, amid a smattering of further references to the private sector and its activities.

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Climate Tech VC

DECEMBER 18, 2023

🔑 Climate tech startups hit key milestones - including but not limited to - Fervo’s FOAK enhanced geothermal project operational in Nevada, Brimstone’s third-party approval of its carbon-negative cement, and Heirloom’s first commercial DAC plant. 

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Business Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor Building Energy Monitoring Solar Energy Monitor 75

Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 9, 2022

The Drax power plant in North Yorkshire is the UK’s biggest single-point source of carbon dioxide emissions, and is fed by a constant supply of wood pellets shipped to the UK on enormous vessels, mostly form North America. Birds and plants, and forests’ important carbon stores, are being damaged by this industry.

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 18, 2023

Meyer is referring to the “ Big 4 ” meatpackers — JBS, Tyson Foods, Cargill, and Marfrig — all of which are members of NCBA. The “latest science-based information” to which the Pork Board is referring includes Mitloehner’s campaign to downplay the impact of methane emissions from the livestock industry. It’s our words.

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Agriculture Fossil fuels Methane Sustainability 80

Clean Energy Canada

APRIL 16, 2021

Offsets offer a carbon polluter (like the operator of a steel plant) an additional option to comply with government rules that limit carbon pollution. Carbon offsets have been enabled under international law in the 1997 Kyoto Protocol and were first used internationally in 2001. WHAT ARE OFFSETS? HOW ARE OFFSETS USED?

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 6, 2022

That’s potentially very bad news for the climate: The huge amount of methane that leaks during the production, transport and storage of LNG means that the carbon emissions associated with importing the fuel could be up to ten times higher than for the equivalent amount of Russian pipeline gas, researchers say.

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Energy Innovation

JULY 1, 2022

Meanwhile, at the national level, the Biden administration has set a bold goal of achieving carbon neutrality by 2050. Participation refers to who is included, when they are engaged in the process, and how the process is structured. Further, the poor appearance and fit of the turbines with the landscape were cited as negative.

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DeSmogBlog

JULY 11, 2023

Drax, which says it supports over 6,000 jobs in the North of England, is the UK’s single largest emitter of carbon dioxide. In the newsletters, Drax says advocating for BECCS technology “should be a focus of our parliamentary representative”, highlighting its ambition to achieve ‘carbon negative’ energy by 2030.

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Mr. Sustainability

DECEMBER 25, 2020

When there is no sea ice and no continental glaciers whatsoever on the planet, it is commonly referred to as greenhouse Earth. Unfortunately, all kinds of positive (or negative?) This ‘active ingredient’ in natural gas, is up to 28 to 84 times more potent than carbon dioxide as a greenhouse gas. Sea Ice extent is going down.

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Solar Energy Monitor Home Energy Monitoring Methane Building Energy Monitoring 78

Energy Innovation

AUGUST 6, 2021

The three-part assessment will be the most vital and comprehensive reference yet for informing international negotiations to curb catastrophic human-caused climate change. One such critical tipping point is the potential transformation of the world’s largest tropical forests from carbon sinks into net sources of carbon emissions.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

Today's announcement is a major milestone for the Bayou Fuels reference project and further strengthens our conviction in the important role sustainable fuel will play in the future of the aviation industry," said Henrik Wareborn, CEO of Velocys. Wareborn also welcomed IAG's intention to purchase SAF.

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AGreenLiving

JUNE 11, 2021

But the new six-month Carbon to Value Initiative (C2V) acceleration program is all about ways to capture and convert carbon dioxide into something useful. Inhabitat: Please give us just a little history about the Carbon to Value Initiative. Most business accelerators focus on community economic development.

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AGreenLiving

JUNE 11, 2021

But the new six-month Carbon to Value Initiative (C2V) acceleration program is all about ways to capture and convert carbon dioxide into something useful. Inhabitat: Please give us just a little history about the Carbon to Value Initiative. Most business accelerators focus on community economic development.

Startups 28

Startups Carbon Carbon-negative Carbon-neutral 28

AGreenLiving

JUNE 29, 2020

John Bello (2018) Project Manager, Skanska; Portland, Oregon 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.

Sustainability 28

Sustainability Health Carbon-negative Climate change 28

Mr. Sustainability

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

To me, this was a particularly silly question, as I recently finished writing an article on the future of fossil fuels and oil prices were actually negative for the first time in human history. It is a modern form of dowsing for highly educated people, who never cross-reference actual findings with their past predictions.

Building Energy Monitoring 78

Building Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor Fossil fuels 78

DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

With reference to its presence at the summit, Nestlé said: “reaching net zero needs effective engagement and contributions from real economy actors, and we believe our role is critical in helping achieve effective outcomes.” Russia followed with 13 delegates from the fertiliser industry. Brazil’s COP29 pavilion.

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Mr. Sustainability

OCTOBER 22, 2020

A sudden collapse of the industry - called a carbon crunch - could lead to economic disaster of epic proportions. For the first time in history, oil prices were negative. Carbon Tracker states that the world is “witnessing the decline and fall of the fossil fuel system”. The transition is among us.

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DeSmogBlog

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

Espinoza refer to in their book Strategic Nature as “strategies of silence”: the role of PR agents has been to create and execute strategies for their clients while remaining completely invisible. Their study challenges the notion that PR agents are neutral mediators merely working to carry out their clients’ wishes. Carbon footprint.

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Mr. Sustainability

MARCH 4, 2021

3) A gradual decline is preferred, because the alternative is a carbon crunch scenario. Then again, especially in these times of negative oil prices, corona and geo-political instability, all bets are off. I was part of making the bold plan to fully prevent, reduce or compensate all carbon emissions towards 2025.

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Fossil fuels Politics Demand Plastics 78

Mr. Sustainability

MARCH 4, 2021

3) A gradual decline is preferred, because the alternative is a carbon crunch scenario. Then again, especially in these times of negative oil prices, corona and geo-political instability, all bets are off. I was part of making the bold plan to fully prevent, reduce or compensate all carbon emissions towards 2025.

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