Grist

MAY 18, 2021

But the process of leaving the lab and entering the real world suddenly lifted the veil on all the economic, regulatory, and logistical challenges the startup had yet to solve. 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.

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GreenTechMedia

MAY 26, 2020

The renewable hydrogen would be combined with captured carbon from emission sources around Copenhagen to create hydrocarbon fuels — specifically, methanol for shipping and e-kerosene as a jet fuel replacement. A string of green hydrogen and carbon capture proposals have been announced in Northern Europe in the past year.

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Business Green

MARCH 18, 2022

Latest batch of carbon analysis from electronics giant reveals how clean technologies can help slash emissions from transportation and distribution. The German-headquartered company first started collecting carbon data in 2020, and as such the data unveiled yesterday provides the first year-on-year comparison of its climate impact.

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Green Business Bureau

APRIL 29, 2022

For instance, a single pint of beer can have a carbon footprint as high as 900g CO 2e (for bottled beer that’s been extensively transported). This is ~14% of the daily average carbon footprint from meals per US citizen – having 2 to 3 pints ramps that percentage up to 42%. Sustainable Brewing Tip #4: Reduce your carbon footprint.

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CleanTech Group

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

Hydrogen-based powertrains for zero-emission aviation, carbon-negative powerplants, and genome-editing for speciality crops: Recent Deals worth looking at Agriculture & Food Pairwise (2018). The post Recent Deals – 24 September 2024 appeared first on Cleantech Group.

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Latham's Clean Energy Law Report

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

While important details on Proposed Rule 2305’s levels of stringency and flexibility remain unavailable, the Southern California logistics industry could be facing compliance difficulties and significant costs. Latham & Watkins will continue to monitor and report on Proposed Rule 2305 and its potential impacts on the logistics industry.

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Latham's Clean Energy Law Report

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

While important details on Proposed Rule 2305’s levels of stringency and flexibility remain unavailable, the Southern California logistics industry could be facing compliance difficulties and significant costs. Latham & Watkins will continue to monitor and report on Proposed Rule 2305 and its potential impacts on the logistics industry.

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Hydrogen Fuel News

MARCH 19, 2025

Mote Hydrogen Secures $7M to Advance Carbon-Negative Biomass-to-Hydrogen Technology Mote Hydrogen, a trailblazer in biomass-to-hydrogen production, has recently raised $7 million in funding, marking the first phase of its Series A round. Importantly, this funding is not merely about building infrastructure.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

With the logistical challenges, work on the project is expected to resume by 2024. Transporting this huge equipment is a major challenge given the tough terrain and logistical challenges along the 750km road from Jammu to Leh,” said Kumar. It has no carbon emissions, does not require a lot of land, and does not generate e-waste.

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Green Business Bureau

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Not only does reclaimed lumber give that rustic, farmhouse look and possess some unique history within its grain, but it also helps preserve our carbon-sequestering forests and rejects monoculture tree farms that do not support biodiversity or ecological health. Eco-Friendly, Ethically-Sourced Building Materials. RECLAIMED LUMBER.

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DeSmogBlog

AUGUST 19, 2024

The hydrogen export proposal comes with considerable logistical and technical challenges. Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) tankers can be used to transport ammonia in bulk quantities, but unless the ships themselves are also powered by a zero-emissions energy source, shipping ammonia by sea will likely be a carbon intensive process.

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Green Business Bureau

AUGUST 19, 2022

Tip #3: Choose materials that do not include toxins : Even materials that are biodegradable and recyclable can negatively impact the environment. Not only will this give you a more accurate measure of your carbon footprint, but it will also highlight emission hotspots within your supply chain to be targeted for emission reduction.

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Green Business Bureau

JULY 26, 2022

The global food system is complex, requiring inputs from a diverse set of industries, such as agriculture, transportation logistics, plus marketing, and retail. Listed below are the five main ways foods supply chains negatively harm our environment. Our food supply chain has a high carbon footprint contributing to climate change.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

The COP26 Climate Summit has been awarded an ISO20121 certificate for sustainability, after organisers successfully proved it minimised all potential negative impacts on the environment, communities, and local economy. UK Presidency confirms UN Climate Summit has secured an ISO20121 certificate.

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Hydrogen Fuel News

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

The process uses a negatively-charged cathode and a positively-charged anode to create four distinct streams: useful oxygen and hydrogen, and harmless acidic and alkaline streams that can be recycled back into the ocean. Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency–Energy (ARPA-E).

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Hydrogen Fuel News

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

You therefore hear people talking about reducing carbon footprints on the environment. It is posited that using this alternative can enable businesses to reduce their carbon footprint. This invariably means that companies will consider the product that does not negatively impact on their bottom line.

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Greentown Labs

JUNE 24, 2024

Greentown Boston) Ensovi’s enzyme-based process for creating organic chemicals from CO 2 , renewable power, and water is carbon-negative and can be competitive with petroleum. It also functions as a strategic placement service, helping energy companies find and hire technical experts.

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Climate Tech VC

AUGUST 10, 2023

We’ve spilled plenty of ink in this newsletter on carbon capture, but less on what happens after —particularly carbon-to-value. In the meantime, Rubi aims to capture the CO2 from industrial processes and use it to make apparel inputs carbon-negative. What to watch Grab a partner. So you get a lot of waste.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

The promise of renewable natural gas is a sustainability win that has been financially and logistically out of reach for even the largest companies. A byproduct of anaerobic digestion process is a low-carbon fertilizer that has allowed farms to drastically reduce or eliminate synthetic fertilizers use and are increasing yield.

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Green Business Bureau

JANUARY 27, 2020

According to the EPA, sustainable manufacturing is the creation of manufactured products through economically-sound processes that minimize negative environmental impacts while conserving energy and natural resources. These numbers have increased in recent years and the trend is expected to continue. Sustainable Manufacturing.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 17, 2022

Stefanie Wurst, head of Mini, told the Times the decision to halt electric Mini assembly in the UK was not linked to supply chain and logistical headwinds caused by Brexit, but because it was inefficient to produce electric and petrol cars on the same line. Oxford is not geared up for electric vehicles," she told the paper.

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Business Green

MARCH 18, 2020

CNG Fuels' biomethane compressed natural gas - Bio-CNG - is currently 100 per cent sourced from waste feedstocks such as food waste and it claims the fuel is both cheaper and less-carbon intensive than traditional diesel. per cent of UK carbon emissions, with road transport as a whole now the UK's highest emitting sector of the economy.

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R-Squared Energy

FEBRUARY 6, 2021

And that’s a complete waste, it just adds carbon to the atmosphere for no benefit and you’re not getting the benefits of a clean energy. You can argue that carbon dioxide actually is not dirty. Carbon dioxide causes climate change, but in itself, it’s not dirty. How would you address such concerns?

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Sustainability Consulting

AUGUST 4, 2021

In industries like agriculture, fishing, transportation logistics, and construction, workers must work outside and generally have little protection against high temperatures. A myriad of small businesses like restaurants and food trucks are also negatively affected. Higher temperatures can also make extreme rain events more likely.

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Green Market Oracle

AUGUST 30, 2020

It will specifically explore systemic solutions to the climate crisis focusing on clean energy, electrified, transportation, the circular economy, carbon removal and sustainable food systems. Protein is being sourced from an increasingly long list of plants, synthesized from carbon dioxide sucked from the air, and extracted from insects.

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Business Green

MARCH 11, 2021

As COP26 host, the UK has an enviable track record on decarbonisation and world-leading carbon, wind, and EV goals – so why then are other policy interventions continuing to push in the opposite direction? One could be forgiven for feeling somewhat confused over the government's green priorities.

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Business Green

AUGUST 2, 2022

It said it will take action to slash its emissions and neutralise any remaining emissions with "additional, quantifiable, real, permanent, and socially beneficial offsets" in order to achieve net zero annual carbon emissions by 2040, which is 10 years ahead of the Paris Agreement targets of 2050.

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Grist

SEPTEMBER 2, 2024

Meanwhile, some of his collaborators, fearing the logistical complications of such a task, are pondering an even more mind-bending idea. Opponents of the plans, including many glaciologists, say such outlandish proposals are a dangerous diversion from the real task of mitigating climate change by curbing carbon emissions.

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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. Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) is one of the world’s leading industrial groups, spanning energy, logistics & infrastructure, industrial machinery, aerospace, and defense.

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Climate Tech VC

DECEMBER 15, 2023

  But all this travel comes at a steep carbon cost. Kerosene is a “long-chain hydrocarbon”, which means it is made up of carbon and hydrogen atoms (specifically C 12 H 26 C 15 H 32 ). Other vegetable oils face land use and carbon footprint concerns. In 2022, aviation accounted for 2% of global CO2 emissions.

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Business Green

AUGUST 31, 2021

This is despite the fact that the built environment is responsible for 40 per cent of carbon emissions in the UK, a stark reminder of the need for everyone in real estate to do what they can to reduce the impact of their buildings. The challenges may be daunting but the solutions are already available.

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Business Green

APRIL 28, 2021

Meanwhile, the advertising sector has faced growing calls to stop taking work from high-carbon industries, with campaigners just this month accusing advertisers of plumping consumer demand for SUVs, cars that are hugely carbon intensive and are far bigger than buyers need in practice.

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Business Green

MAY 18, 2022

Just this week Ford and Volvo joined together with 26 other energy, transport and logistics operators in calling on the EU to ban sales of new fossil fuel cars and vans in Europe by 2035, alongside fresh mandatory EV charging infrastructure targets.

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Business Green

MARCH 22, 2020

All around us society is shuttering up, hunkering down, limiting circulation: of course Boris Johnson and his fellow ministers would be wondering whether they can pull off such a big logistical feat on which so much depends. On the negative side, every international process like this depends on the 'big mo' - momentum.

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AGreenLiving

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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AGreenLiving

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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Hydrogen Fuel News

JANUARY 17, 2024

By embedding this technology into various facets of air transportation, the industry takes a significant leap towards carbon neutrality, aligning with global sustainability objectives. By considering these aspects, ZeroAvia is addressing the logistical concerns that come with the adoption of a novel energy carrier such as hydrogen.

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