DeSmogBlog

JUNE 28, 2022

British biomass giant Drax is lobbying the Californian government to play host to its first ever “carbon negative” power plant outside of the UK, despite concerns about the sustainability of the energy source. BECCS is a controversial technology that captures carbon dioxide from burning organic matter and buries it underground.

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

Compiled by a multidisciplinary group of experts – including engineers, ecologists, medics, and air quality analysts – the document provides a detailed rundown on topics such as what happens to tyres when we drive, what kind of particles are produced, where they end up, and the implications for health and the environment.

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Green Business Bureau

JUNE 30, 2022

This could be by reducing an organization’s carbon footprint while also establishing a healthy work-life balance for employees. Delta Air Lines and Microsoft Corp pledged to drastically curb their carbon emissions, taking into account the carbon footprint of their associated law firms. Recycle more than just paper.

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GreenTechMedia

JUNE 5, 2020

The goal of such a transition: all-electric buildings powered by solar, wind, and other sources of zero-carbon electricity. A growing body of research is documenting the danger posed by indoor air pollution in homes with gas stoves. What sort of technology is involved in building electrification? Heat pumps are the big one.

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Documents seen by DeSmog and the Guardian show that the meat industry is poised to “tell its story and tell it well” in the lead up and during the Dubai conference, which comes on the heels of the world’s hottest ever year. percent contribution to global human-induced emissions is a higher share than aviation.

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Green Business Bureau

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

AI-driven ESG can also give businesses real-time updates, meaning organizations can see the impact of sustainability changes made without delay. AI technology is used to read through documents, analyze keywords, and save data from relevant files, keeping them available when the time comes to report results.

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DeSmogBlog

MARCH 4, 2024

The wood pellets Drax produces are treated as “carbon neutral” under international accounting rules, based on an assumption that new-growth trees will capture the carbon lost by wood burnt for electricity. Drax already operates 18 wood pellet plants across the U.S. But scientists and campaigners have long disputed these claims.

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DeSmogBlog

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

One document reviewed by DeSmog referenced a course about “population growth, innovation and human flourishing,” to be taught by Marian Tupy and Gale Pooley, co-authors of a book called Superabundance. These arguments are being termed “the new climate denial” by watchdog organizations such as the Center for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH).

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AGreenLiving

JANUARY 22, 2020

For one, Harvard University has documented that kelp plays a significant role in reducing global warming. Kelp is also able to naturally remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, mitigating rising temperatures and climate change. ” Minimizing its carbon footprint is another crucial mission for AKUA.

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Grist

MAY 18, 2021

The company would take those almond shells and other types of biomass, convert them into a carbon-rich oil, and inject the oil deep underground. Strange as it may sound, demand for this service — a form of what’s called “ carbon removal ” — was just beginning to grow. That’s where carbon removal comes in.

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Business Green

AUGUST 7, 2020

There were plenty of juicy news tidbits in Microsoft's recent progress report about its goal to become carbon negative over the next decade. Microsoft will use third-party evaluators to help quantify and document both the social and environmental outcomes.

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Green Business Bureau

MARCH 9, 2023

Supporting these findings, the Harvard Business Review reports 99% of large company CEOs want to address sustainability issues as a must for the future success of their organization. The ISO 14000 standards address a need to standardize EMSs on a global scale, meaning comparisons between organizations can be made. What is ISO?

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Green Business Bureau

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

The majority (50%) of organizations thought sustainability was “ fairly well ” integrated, as opposed to an ideal “ extremely well ” target. It’s a living, integral part of your business that needs room to grow organically, adjust flexibly, and evolve to your company’s changing needs. If not, how can we offset our carbon emissions?

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 9, 2021

Within the Green Deal, the EU’s “Farm to Fork” strategy includes a 50 percent reduction in pesticide use and a 20 percent reduction in fertilizer use, and a 25 percent increase in organic farming. The documents leaked in the Corporate Europe Observatory investigation were “part of lobbying work that is done in all stakeholder groups.

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Planet Pulse

OCTOBER 23, 2024

L earn how governments and organizations leverage broad area management to monitor change across vast geographies and timescales. Organizations across various sectors increasingly rely on real-time data and actionable insights to make informed decisions. Let’s take a look at each.

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DeSmogBlog

MARCH 31, 2023

Time for Energy is part of a collection of 201 company documents, official correspondence, reports, academic studies, and other materials that cast new light on what Shell knew about climate change — and what it chose to tell the public. ” Documents from the collection can be viewed at Climate Files , a project of the U.S.-based

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DeSmogBlog

MAY 9, 2023

Greenpeace Italy and Italian advocacy group ReCommon aim to build on a similar case targeting Anglo-Dutch oil major Royal Dutch Shell in the Netherlands to force Eni to slash its carbon emissions by 45 percent by 2030. Eni has set a target of net zero carbon emissions by 2050. “Eni took a bath of green paint,” Abbate said.

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The Environmental Blog

MARCH 20, 2023

Environmental Impact of Biomedical Waste The improper management of biomedical waste can lead to negative consequences for the environment. Pathological waste includes human or animal tissues and organs, while pharmaceutical waste includes expired or unused medications. Additionally, it can pose health risks to humans and animals.

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DeSmogBlog

JULY 27, 2023

This comes as major polluters are increasingly deploying digital tactics to detract from negative headlines about their record profits and decades-long contribution to climate change. percent of their annual capital expenditures in low carbon technologies between 2010 and 2018.

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

These incidents — documented via video taken at protests, interviews with the campaigners, and police records — took place both before and after the video was published on the Silverback website in March. According to the European Environment Agency , a tree can absorb an average of 22 kilos of carbon dioxide (CO2) each 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.

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DeSmogBlog

JULY 18, 2021

IMS does not make specific (quantitative) claims about emissions for meat companies or any particular organization — the main role of IMS is to promote sustainability, not certify or police it. GLEAM documentation can be found here. The LEAP document for assessing nutrient cycles can be found here.

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Business Green

APRIL 13, 2021

The report, published yesterday, reveals that it is not just the natural environment that is compromised by the high-carbon, high-waste practices of the disposable, 'fast fashion' industry, but the future profitability of many of the sector's major players.

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Green Business Bureau

APRIL 28, 2021

Document and Share Your Sustainability Commitments. It can include commitments related to being more energy efficient, reducing waste, reducing your carbon footprint, minimizing pollution, eliminating plastic, changing how you manufacture, and sourcing from other sustainable companies. Appropriately Time Based.

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 5, 2023

For instance, the company’s just-published “ Energy Transition Progress report ” references chemicals right alongside “low carbon energy” and “renewable natural gas” as examples of the company’s stated commitment to lowering emissions.

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Green Market Oracle

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

The virus has caused a 17 percent reduction in atmospheric carbon during parts of this year and may decrease CO2 emissions by 4.2-7.5 This organization launched a research programme dedicated to studying the phenomenon of global change. Negative values can be seen in 1982, 1992 and 1996. percent in 2020 compared to 2019.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 21, 2022

Named Farm to Fork, it calls for less fertiliser and pesticide use, and more organic production. DeSmog has identified five “narratives of delay” in documents put out by powerful actors in the agrochemical and industrial farming industries since the EU announced Farm to Fork. Big Ag’s Delay Tactics. The EU Targets Ignore Science’.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 16, 2020

That's the message from several recent reports focusing on the role of service-sector companies in addressing - positively or negatively — climate change. For the first time, those organizations have the opportunity to verify their emissions reduction plans against the goals of the Paris Agreement.

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Business Green

APRIL 29, 2022

Planetary Technologies celebrates grant from XPrize Carbon Removal competition as it prepares a series of pilot projects to demonstrate its negative emissions technology. The company has also scored some notable corporate procurement commitments for its carbon removal credits. What's next for corporate buyers?

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Green Business Bureau

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Using these trends we then present retail sustainability initiatives that will help you kickstart your organization’s sustainability program. Yet, such negatives can be mitigated through the expansion of local fulfillment centers and consumer education on the importance of minimalism as previously discussed.

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Clean Energy Canada

SEPTEMBER 20, 2019

Climate change is already negatively impacting the health of Canadians, impacts that will become more severe in relation to the extent of warming that occurs. and in February this year, representatives from five Canadian health organizations described it as the “ greatest public health challenge of the 21st century. ” [iii].

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AGreenLiving

JANUARY 3, 2020

During the most recent determination of the NHL’s total carbon footprint , it was estimated to emit 530,000 metric tons of greenhouse gases , an amount rivaling the yearly emissions from 110,000 cars, says the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). HFCs heighten the greenhouse effect, while carbon dioxide similarly intensifies global warming.

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Energy Innovation

MAY 25, 2022

Positive (+) feedbacks reinforce changes, while negative (-) feedbacks dampen them. The constructed model compares four idealized policies: three different carbon tax policies and one generic policy of performance standards. See the article’s Table 1 for an excellent summary of social factors represented in the model. Public support.

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AGreenLiving

OCTOBER 20, 2020

Ahead of the latest crucial round of talks this week at the International Maritime Organization (IMO), green groups are warning proposals are “an empty shell” that will have a negligible impact on the sector’s emissions. It is a dynamic that has left environmental campaigners increasingly frustrated.

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AGreenLiving

OCTOBER 13, 2020

That’s the message from several recent reports focusing on the role of service-sector companies in addressing — positively or negatively — climate change. For the first time, those organizations have the opportunity to verify their emissions reduction plans against the goals of the Paris Agreement.

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AGreenLiving

OCTOBER 13, 2020

That’s the message from several recent reports focusing on the role of service-sector companies in addressing — positively or negatively — climate change. For the first time, those organizations have the opportunity to verify their emissions reduction plans against the goals of the Paris Agreement.

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Grist

APRIL 14, 2021

Eventually the protest caught the attention of some larger organizations: the Australian Green Party, the Tasmania-based nonprofit Wilderness Society, and the Sea Shepherd, a marine conservation group. Broome residents attend a 2011 protest rally against the proposed natural gas plant. Ingetje Tadros / Getty images.

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