GreenBiz

OCTOBER 13, 2020

supported $1.316 trillion in transactions for the fossil fuel industry. received $37 million in compensation for fossil fuel industry lobbying. Law firms cannot maintain reputations as socially responsible actors if they continue to support the destructive fossil-fuel industry.".

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GreenTechMedia

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

” While heating often gets less attention than other areas of energy consumption, onsite use of fossil fuels in buildings accounts for about 15 percent of California's greenhouse gas emissions, according to an NRDC analysis. The CPUC believes heat pump water heaters meet all three criteria.

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Envirotec Magazine

JANUARY 9, 2025

It is developing up to 12 AD plants over the next five years, on urban industrial sites, which together could process over 700,000 tonnes of organic waste per year and power up to 80,000 homes with green gas. Our solution is a leading example of the circular economy. Charlie Clay, CEO of Dark Green Group.

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Grist

MARCH 22, 2021

College students fighting to get their schools to stop investing in fossil fuels have stumbled on a new idea that could bring fresh attention to their cause: Those investments might be illegal. They also write that Harvard’s fossil fuel investments threaten its own physical property by exacerbating flooding and sea-level rise.

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Hydrogen Fuel News

DECEMBER 31, 2024

How These Companies Are Tackling Climate Change Using Green Hydrogen Green hydrogen is paving the way for a sustainable future, offering a clean and carbon-free alternative to fossil fuels. The company employs cutting-edge metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) to accelerate photocatalytic hydrogen production.

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The Verge: Energy

DECEMBER 12, 2023

The beginning of the end for fossil fuels? This text is a step forward on our path towards phasing out fossil fuels, but is not the historic decision we hoped for.” More than 100 countries came to the table pushing for an official agreement to “phase out fossil fuels.”

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 1, 2020

We will be relying on fossil fuels for some time.". Broadly focused on the fossil fuels company's digital transformation, the applications being built collaboratively by the two companies are aimed at measuring carbon emissions — both Shell's and those of its suppliers and customers.

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GreenBiz

APRIL 1, 2021

But these organizations can’t do it alone. Labor unions and trade associations have important roles to play in charting a just and sustainable transition from fossil fuels to renewables. Renewable energy and energy efficiency are the fastest-growing segment of the energy industry. It has been a generator of wealth inequality.

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GreenBiz

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

Some renewable energy projects displace more fossil fuels than others, some are built at the cost of critical habitat for plants and animals, and others share jobs and infrastructure benefits with the local community. How a large company has applied this approach and received buy-in from the full organization.

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Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 13, 2024

Landfill emitters An estimated 40 to 70 per cent of global organic waste finds its way to landfills. The landfilling of organic waste creates about five per cent of annual global greenhouse gas emissions and we need to get this to zero per cent,” Dr Tepper says.

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The Guardian: Energy

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

One of largest private universities in US, with endowment of over $5bn, takes steps to address climate crisis after years of student protest New York University plans to divest from fossil fuels, the Guardian has learned, following years of pressure from student activists. Continue reading.

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GreenBiz

MARCH 5, 2021

More than 100 billion tons of resources enter the economy every year — everything from metals, minerals and fossil fuels to organic materials from plants and animals. Each year, huge quantities of fossil fuels are used to produce clothes from synthetic fibers each year. 5 opportunities of a circular economy.

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Green Business Bureau

JULY 28, 2021

Not to mention petroleum-based plastics are only draining our finite supply of fossil fuels. However, such plastics will never fully return to their “natural” organic state, thus they remain a source of pollution, leaking chemicals and micro fragments into the environment. Bio-derived Polyethylene.

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DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 12, 2023

Over the past month and a half month, California lawmakers have enacted a pair of climate disclosure bills and endorsed a global call to end the fossil fuel era. Lena Gonzalez (D-Long Beach) introduced legislation requiring both funds to divest from the 200 largest fossil fuel companies by the 2030s — holdings worth about $15 billion.

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 26, 2020

The research itself is also likely to provoke renewed criticism of the OCGI's priorities, given it focuses on CCS technologies that would in effect prolong the use of fossil fuels to power ships, rather than on alternative, low or zero carbon shipping fuels that could transition the sector away from fossil fuels altogether.

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DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 25, 2024

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) this week fired a shot over the bow at Wall Street companies that promise to help investors avoid putting their money into fossil fuels and tobacco — but steer funds towards those companies anyway. On the other hand, there’s been political pushback from the fossil fuel industry’s backers.

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DeSmogBlog

JANUARY 23, 2024

But it was canceled without explanation by conference organizers several weeks before it was due to begin. The event aims to bring together policymakers and liquified natural gas (LNG), natural gas, and hydrogen players to explore new avenues for fossil fuel expansion.

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GreenBiz

JULY 30, 2020

Moving away from fossil fuels for this heat production was the first step and the first big obstacle for Diageo. . The biggest challenge was to maintain that process integrity, but also move on from traditional fossil fuels.". These companies will provide a mix of solar and wind energy to power the distillery.

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 26, 2023

Major hospital systems and medical institutions in the United States are betraying their oath to “first do no harm” through their investments in the fossil fuel sector, warns a new report from a campaign advocating for fossil fuel divestment in healthcare. private hospital systems.

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DeSmogBlog

JUNE 27, 2023

The analysis by researchers at the University of Waterloo, published today in partnership with the organization Stand.earth, has found that the total cumulative value of six major U.S. without the fossil fuel holdings. The analysis found that while the total actual value of the six funds was $402.8

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Hydrogen Fuel News

MARCH 10, 2025

What Are Microbial Fuel Cells and Why Do They Matter? Microbial fuel cells (MFCs) are devices that convert chemical energy in organic matter into electricity through the action of microorganisms. This breakthrough could have far-reaching impacts on the future of renewable energy systems.

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GreenBiz

NOVEMBER 6, 2020

PUSH Buffalo is a nonprofit grassroots community organization working to build and execute a comprehensive revitalization plan for West Buffalo’s West Side. UPROSE is Brooklyn's foremost Latinx community organization. Panelists explained how their community organizations and business partners have successfully collaborated in the past.

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DeSmogBlog

JULY 27, 2023

DeSmog analysed examples of more than 100 influencers being paid to promote fossil fuel firms worldwide since 2017, from the US to Malaysia, in campaigns that have reached billions of people. While there’s more knowledge in general around climate change and the harms of fossil fuels, I think that people have a lot of trust in creators.

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DeSmogBlog

MARCH 9, 2023

Elite law schools in the United States are disproportionately funneling their students into jobs serving fossil fuel clients, according to a new report published Thursday. LSCA, an organization of law students working to hold the legal sector accountable for its role in the climate crisis, has previously scrutinized the top ranked U.S.

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DeSmogBlog

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

A new report from InfluenceMap reveals the fossil fuel industry has been waging an international lobbying war to prevent cities and towns from requiring newly built homes and businesses to install climate-friendly heating and other appliances. So far, 26 U.S. So far, 26 U.S. Lobbying in the U.S. Of the 26 U.S.

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Hydrogen Fuel News

DECEMBER 7, 2024

Using sustainable methodologies, the researchers established a solar organic biohydrogen production system that could open new pathways for renewable energy solutions. One of the key hurdles in renewable energy research is developing efficient, cost-effective, and sustainable methods for clean fuel production.

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GreenBiz

MAY 11, 2021

Net zero can be achieved, first and foremost, by cutting or eliminating greenhouse gas emissions and, secondarily, by offsetting any remaining emissions through such actions as planting trees, investing in renewable energy projects that replace fossil-fuel energy, or investing in novel carbon-removal technologies such as direct air capture.

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GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). And in November, the Bezos Earth Fund made a $100 million grant to the World Wildlife Fund to support, among other things, the development of new markets for seaweed as an alternative to fossil fuel-based products. That amount accounted for 52 percent of global fish consumption.

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Hydrogen Fuel News

OCTOBER 15, 2024

The maritime industry is heavily reliant on fossil fuels, but new tech may change that direction Hexagon Purus Maritime of Norway has announced a $2.75 million purchase order for a green hydrogen fuel system that would power a sustainable ship commissioned by Greenpeace.

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GreenBiz

SEPTEMBER 4, 2020

Time to ditch fossil fuels-centric planning. Higher temperatures put more stress on traditional fossil-fired electric generators, reducing plant efficiency and output, and even caused them to temporarily shut down. REBA is organizing related sessions on clean energy markets during VERGE 20. View more information here. .

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Green Business Bureau

JULY 27, 2020

A biodigester is a system that biologically digests organic material, either anaerobic (without oxygen ) or aerobically (with oxygen). Microbes and other bacteria break down organic materials in a biodigester. An anaerobic biodigester breaks down organic materials in an environment absent of oxygen. is from fossil fuels.

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GreenTechMedia

MARCH 19, 2020

We’re going to break the conversation into three parts: the impact on fossil fuels and renewables; long-term prospects for decarbonization; and a blueprint for a low-carbon stimulus. Could clean energy have the advantage over fossil energy from investors and governments? How will this shape the energy system?

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GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

Slow-to-change investors and greenwashers in the business community will lose their cover to continue propping up the fossil fuel economy. The initiative is the product of a nine-organization collaboration that has the backing of climate campaigner and former U.S. Vice President Al Gore. Pull Quote. Finance & Investing.

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GreenBiz

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

If we addressed the root causes of those global problems such as reducing our reliance on fossil fuels, in fact, all endangered species would fare better. Perhaps they eat organic, use public transportation, recycle or take military-style showers. All endangered species matter.". If we’re doing good, we’re all doing good.

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GreenBiz

JUNE 5, 2020

The right to breathe isn't just related to surviving interactions with police," said Alexis Cureton, former electric vehicle fellow at GRID Alternatives , an organization that works to bring clean energy jobs and access to low-income communities. "It Are disproportionately exposed to toxic air pollution from the fossil fuel industry.

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U.S. Green Technology

JANUARY 2, 2023

As people grow more conscious of the negative consequences of fossil fuels, they’re considering cleaner energy sources. That is why governments and organizations encourage people to embrace more sustainable energy sources like solar. Solar is currently one of the most.

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Envirotec Magazine

JANUARY 24, 2025

Dr Robert Bornhofen is director of innovation at DC Water, organizer of WaterPitch! The outcome keeps buildings comfortable while reducing the need for grid electricity powered by fossil fuel. This temperature differential allows us to create cool air in the summer and warm air in the winter months.

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