EDF + Business

MARCH 3, 2023

By Sean Hackett Sean Hackett EDF+Business Senior Manager Energy Transition EPA’s recent comment period for proposed regulations to address methane emissions from the U.S. A throughline from investor and company comments is that cutting methane emissions from the oil and gas sector reduces risk and enhances the competitiveness of US producers.

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DeSmogBlog

JULY 22, 2024

Companies and their trade groups had opposed nature-friendly laws in multiple countries, the report noted, including attempts to curb methane, a potent greenhouse gas. Companies did this through vague and misleading statements on product packaging, for example.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 16, 2021

A wide-ranging package of legislative measures designed to curb emissions from the gas industry unveiled by the European Commission has come under fire from campaigners and energy analysts, who have warned they could 'lock in' fossil gas infrastructure across Europe for the years to come.

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 11, 2020

This would allow the packaged system to be constructed in a controlled environment and tested prior to delivery and installation, minimising disruption to the operation of the existing works. Irish Water’s Bruree Pumping Station.

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Green Business Bureau

JULY 23, 2020

Methane digesters: In the agriculture and food industry, waste is generated daily from the production of food to its processing, distribution, and consumption. Without thoughtful management, organic waste can emit methane gas as they decompose. The biogas generated can help businesses to save money by reducing their operating cost.

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Green Business Bureau

JULY 20, 2021

Food left rotting in landfills generates planet-warming greenhouse gases like methane and carbon dioxide, accounting for the third-largest source of human-related methane emissions in the U.S. While scraps and leftovers may seem harmless, food waste actually has a significant impact on the planet.

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Green Business Bureau

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

Food is the number one component taking up space in US landfills and it produces methane, a more potent greenhouse gas. Explore ideas that will take into consideration effective packaging, smart servicing and records of past events. Composting converts organic waste into soil carbon, averting landfill methane emissions in the process.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 15, 2020

In the latest addition to its 'green recovery' package, the European Commission yesterday unveiled a flurry of crucial green strategies, targets, and policies, ranging from new green building and renewable energy programmes, to tighter rules governing chemical use and methane emissions.

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

Cows produce methane, a greenhouse gas that absorbs more atmospheric heat than carbon and is currently responsible for 25 percent of all global warming today. Livestock methane emissions are also rising in some of these countries. Livestock methane emissions are also rising in some of these countries.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

Of course, the whole issue can be sidestepped by running a ship on liquefied natural gas (LNG), but more recently a problem of “methane slip” has been identified, with the difficulties arising from unburnt methane. Other add-on options include an in-situ heater and a stand-alone analysis software package. Looking to the horizon.

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Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 6, 2023

The projects include: Ground-breaking genetics research projects which could reduce methane emissions in cattle by 17% per generation, and produce a reliable UK-grown protein source that can replace soya in human foods. million for resilience competition With the new £12.5

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Renewable Energy World

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

Rhodium Group analyzed several of the most significant provisions within the $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure package and the "Build Back Better" plan within the $3.5 trillion budget reconciliation bill , which are both still working through the US Congress.

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Fossil Fuel Lock-in The meat and dairy industry’s high methane emissions are increasingly well known. It finds that the majority of fossil fuel consumption is in the processing and packaging stage (42 percent), and in retail consumption and waste (38 percent). Plastic packaging is produced from natural gas and crude oil.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Meat and dairy firms in particular are coming under increasing scrutiny due to pollution from livestock, which emits around a third of the global output of methane, a short-lived greenhouse gas identified as the quickest route to slowing global heating. Meat isn’t the only industry under the spotlight.

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Green Business Bureau

JANUARY 17, 2023

In the absence of oxygen, materials are broken down to produce methane, water, and biomass. Under these conditions, materials will break down anaerobically to produce the bi-product methane – a greenhouse gas 30 times more potent than carbon dioxide. Compostable definition.

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GreenTechMedia

JUNE 29, 2020

Europe is planning to make hydrogen a big part of its trillion-dollar Green Deal package , with an EU-wide green hydrogen strategy expected to be published in July. A purportedly cleaner option is known as blue hydrogen, where the gas is produced by steam methane reformation but the emissions are curtailed using carbon capture and storage.

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Greentown Labs

JANUARY 24, 2023

Greentown Go alum BlakBear , which provides package-level food freshness visibility, raised a £2.3M Syzygy Plasmonics is partnering with nonprofit research institute RTI International to demonstrate sustainable fuel production from CO2 and methane—a project sponsored by Greentown partners Equinor Ventures and Sumitomo Corporation of Americas.

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Green Business Bureau

AUGUST 16, 2021

Food waste is a global issue, releasing toxic ammonia-filled leachate and planet-warming methane into the environment. Now more than ever companies are starting to think about the entire lifespan of their products making it easier for consumers to find biodegradable, recyclable and reusable products and packaging. Minimize Food Waste.

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Green Business Bureau

APRIL 15, 2021

In addition, most green waste is enclosed in plastic bags and creates methane gas in the landfill. Not only are you reducing food waste by growing your own food (as the majority of foods come packaged in the store), you are also allowing yourself to connect deeper to the earth. – Rebel Green. 9) Divert landfill waste.

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Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 16, 2019

This is made even more important by the fact that food waste harms the environment as it gives off methane, a potent greenhouse gas, when left to rot. This has included the introduction of handheld devices to report real-time collection results and new de-packaging technologies which have produced higher volumes of organics for recycling.

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Green Business Bureau

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

Tackle Your Single-Use Items and Sustainable Catering Packaging. Food waste is one of the world’s leading causes of greenhouse gas emissions and it releases tons of methane whilst taking up massive space in our landfills. Tackle Your Single-Use Items and Sustainable Catering Packaging. Avoid Food Waste. Reduce Water Waste.

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Green Business Bureau

JULY 28, 2022

By zero waste, we mean the conservation of all resources utilizing responsible production, consumption, reuse, and recovery of products, packaging, and materials. Tip #5 – Recycle and reuse paper : Workspaces should have paper recycle bins to make it easy to collect all types of paper including packaging and cardboard.

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Business Green

MAY 27, 2020

The plan would see £904m invested in projects across Britain between 2021 and 2026 to prepare the gas grid for a switchover from using methane natural gas - a fossil fuel - to instead use zero carbon hydrogen and biomethane in support of the UK's 2050 net zero emissions target.

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GreenTechMedia

MAY 26, 2020

The key question we will have to answer is, will we see spending plans, policies and packages that support a low-carbon future or not? Incentivize decarbonization : While technically feasible, eliminating flaring, methane leakages and other emissions requires additional investment.

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 26, 2020

One juicy hamburger for you equates to (about) 600 gallons of water consumed, 0.126 pounds of methane released, 13.5 Any sort of innovation brought along the value chain (production, storing, processing and packaging, distribution and consumption) will be important.

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EDF + Business

OCTOBER 26, 2021

The finance community can help catalyze climate progress by publicly supporting the climate provisions of the budget reconciliation package and pushing portfolio companies and corporate clients to do the same. Methane Fee. Minimizing the immediate impacts of climate change depends on aggressively slashing methane emissions.

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Hydrogen Fuel News

JANUARY 25, 2024

It also promotes local economies and can lead to less packaging waste. Planning meals, storing food properly, and composting organic waste can drastically cut down on the amount that ends up in landfills, where it produces methane, a powerful greenhouse gas. Waste Not, Want Not Food waste is a huge environmental problem.

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Renewable Energy World

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

Alternative investments can also be made in initiatives that reduce greenhouse gas emissions, such as in cattle feed that reduces the methane output of cows. For example, could your carbon cardboard waste be shredded to become their packaging material or could waste heat from your processes be used for their hot water or offices?

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Green Market Oracle

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

This has improved air quality but these scrubbers do not reduce climate change causing greenhouse gas emissions like carbon and methane. In the period between 2014 and 2016 China canceled many coal plants and installed scrubbers on 80 percent of existing plants to reduce sulfur dioxide, nitrous oxide and other hazardous emissions.

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Business Green

MARCH 9, 2023

When we throw food away, we waste the precious resources it's taken to grow, package and transport it - and as it rots in landfill, it produces methane, a greenhouse gas more potent than carbon dioxide," she said. The simple action of throwing food in the bin is therefore more damaging to our planet than people often realise.

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DeSmogBlog

JANUARY 19, 2024

Nearly half of diet-related greenhouse gas emissions in the UK come from meat and dairy due to emissions of methane, an extremely potent greenhouse gas, in livestock farming. Lysaght described the adverts as “an insidious and irresponsible attempt to prop up a highly-polluting industry”.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Under the current plan, ships travelling within the EU will be required to pay for 100 per cent of their carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrogen dioxide emissions for journeys within the bloc, and 50 per cent of emissions of journeys to or from a non-EU destination.

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Energy Innovation

FEBRUARY 5, 2023

EPS users can design policy packages that achieve net-zero greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions across the economy and pinpoint which policies are most effective at reducing emissions while creating economic and health benefits. The five-policy scenario includes strong methane capture and destruction.

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DeSmogBlog

JULY 18, 2021

methane) from animal and land management and land-use change, which make the biggest warming contributions in the agricultural sector.”. These come from deforestation, changes in soil carbon, methane emissions, emissions from fertilisers, manure, farm machinery, and animal feed production. .

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

The electrification of oil and gas platforms, methane leak detection and flaring mitigation, meanwhile, could help to limit the climate impact of fossil fuel production and provide a show case for how the fossil fuel industry can support the transition towards net zero emissions.

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DeSmogBlog

JUNE 22, 2023

JBS, the world’s largest meat company — whose methane emissions exceed the combined livestock methane emissions of France, Germany, Canada and New Zealand — has also claimed to be on a net zero pathway based on offsets. The airline has pulled certain ads from the market.

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Green Business Bureau

JULY 22, 2021

Food waste is a huge emitter of methane, a planet-warming greenhouse gas, and takes up a large portion of municipal landfills. Eliminate the need to buy individually packaged plastic water bottles by providing water in bulk for event attendees. Use Eco-Friendly Tableware. Reduce Water Waste. Offer Meatless Food Options.

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