DeSmogBlog

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

Up to 85 percent of the emissions from buildings in Europe and North America could be mitigated, according to the IPCC, as could up to 45 percent of emissions from buildings in Australia, another major consumer of natural gas. But the rise of heat pumps and other energy-efficient appliances means its possible to make big changes.

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Business Green

AUGUST 3, 2021

Oxfam warns many net zero goals rely too heavily on forestation to offset carbon emissions, providing a potential threat to agricultural land. billion hectares of new forests to be planted, which would equate to an area five times the size of India, or more than all of the farmland presently on the planet.

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Business Green

AUGUST 9, 2021

The IPCC tends to present its latest dossier of evidence roughly every seven to eight years. As underscored by recent flooding, heatwaves, and wildfires across parts of North America, Europe, Asia and Africa, the report makes clear that climate change is accelerating and intensifying across every region of the planet.

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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. Several of these arguments reference the idea that grazing livestock can help maintain healthy soils which can store carbon. Past marketing drives run by the AHDB include the £3.5-million

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 11, 2023

The agenda for the conference, which is being hosted in Boise, Idaho, shows that the Western States Petroleum Association (WSPA) and the waste management company Veolia North America are sponsoring two of the “beat dinners” hosted on Friday, April 21 — the third day of the event.

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Greentown Labs

APRIL 22, 2021

Today is a major milestone in Houston’s broader efforts to build a more efficient and more sustainable low-carbon future. MHI combines cutting-edge technology with deep experience to deliver innovative, integrated solutions that help to realize a carbon-neutral world, improve the quality of life, and ensure a safer world.

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Climate Tech VC

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Tech-enabled credits continue to constitute a big chunk of an anticipated $1T voluntary carbon market , and Oxy is on a development frenzy. Just this year, Oxy: Acquired DAC company Carbon Engineering for $1.1B Just this year, Oxy: Acquired DAC company Carbon Engineering for $1.1B

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Planet Pulse

JULY 20, 2022

There are also security threats, very present as we write this during the war in Ukraine, for which the transparency created by daily broad coverage imagery can help illuminate events in a factual, unbiased and democratized way, reducing likelihood of miscalculation and escalation, and providing a common operating picture for society.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 9, 2021

BASF’s wine tasting is just one example of many such pandemic-style lobbying efforts by the European agriculture industry since the EU has attempted to pass sweeping new policies to combat climate change through measures included in its “Green Deal,” first presented in December 2019.

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Business Green

JANUARY 17, 2022

At present, hydrogen made using fossil gas dominates the global hydrogen market, and as such oil and gas firms are exploring how carbon capture systems could be used to slash emissions from the sector. Today's crisis therefore stands in stark contrast to IRENA's vision for a hydrogen market defined by a multiplicity of producers.

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Smart Energy International

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

Economic climate expectations have turned negative once again (declining from +27% to ?53%). Across the EU, 53% have already invested in tackling the impact of weather events and dealing with the process of reducing carbon emissions. 32% consider less polluting business areas & tech ??Read Read the full EIB survey??

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 6, 2022

This string of new infrastructure will enable the country to buy enough liquefied natural gas (LNG) from producers such as Qatar and the United States to cover up to a third of its present-day needs, officials say. gigatonnes of CO2 emissions per year by 2030 – about the same as the annual emissions produced by Russia, the organisation says.

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GreenBiz

DECEMBER 28, 2020

Carbon renewal technology, or CRT, breaks down waste plastic feedstocks to the molecular level before using them as building blocks to produce a wide range of materials and packaging. R oughly 45 percent of all global flights meet this standard — presenting a massive opportunity. . Eastman is one of the largest U.S. Media Source.

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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.

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Business Green

APRIL 4, 2022

Now such an opportunity presented itself when countries rolled out stimulus packages to help kick-start economies as we faced the COVID-19 pandemic. We know that a net zero economy presents huge opportunities for growth and the creation of good green jobs and so countries and companies need to accelerate that transition.".

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Green Market Oracle

FEBRUARY 23, 2020

Yet, as we discard 300 million metric tons of plastic waste every year, we struggle to find scalable, economically effective and environmentally conscious ways to reengineer and recycle plastic material, so that we can enjoy its beneficial qualities while reducing the negative effects of plastic waste.

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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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Greentown Labs

JULY 16, 2020

Leading climatetech innovation organizations launch multi-year initiative to accelerate the trillion-dollar carbon-to-value market. More than 100 gigatons of carbon, in the form of carbon dioxide, must be removed from the atmosphere by 2050. Newswise — New York City, N.Y., and Somerville, Mass., July 16, 2020.

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Greentown Labs

OCTOBER 22, 2020

Multi-year initiative seeks carbon-to-value startups and welcomes first Carbontech Leadership Council members. The C2V Initiative is a unique, multi-year program driving the creation of a thriving innovation ecosystem for the commercialization of carbontech—technologies that capture and convert carbon dioxide (CO?) New York City, N.Y.,

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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. Flaring along the Mississippi River. Shell Norco Manufacturing Complex.

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Grist

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

This new report focuses not just on how bad things could get if we don’t take decisive action to reduce carbon emissions, but on how bad things already have gotten, with climate impacts hitting every part of the country and threatening the things Americans hold most dear.

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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.

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AGreenLiving

DECEMBER 28, 2020

Carbon renewal technology, or CRT, breaks down waste plastic feedstocks to the molecular level before using them as building blocks to produce a wide range of materials and packaging. R oughly 45 percent of all global flights meet this standard — presenting a massive opportunity. Eastman is one of the largest U.S.

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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.

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Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 10, 2024

As heavy industry and transport sectors race to decarbonize, low-carbon hydrogen emerges as a promising zero-emission fuel, offering an alternative to battery electric vehicles for heavy transport while powering hard-to-abate industries from steel manufacturing to chemical production.

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