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‘Hard-Right’ NatCon Event Was Organised by Oil Funded Group

DeSmogBlog

The National Conservatism (NatCon) conference was mired in controversy after the mayor of Brussels ordered police to shut down the event, leading to a standoff with its organisers. The NatCon Brussels event was sponsored and coordinated by Mathias Corvinus Collegium (MCC), a Hungarian think tank funded by oil and gas money.

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Episode 268: Doing the math on net zero; taking food waste off the menu

GreenBiz

Jim Giles, food and carbon analyst for GreenBiz and conference chair for our new VERGE Net Zero , debuting in July, names names. . Katie Fehrenbacher, GreenBiz transportation analyst and co-chair of the new VERGE Electrify event May 25-26, chats about how that's affecting the lives of fleet managers and the intersection of EVs and microgrids.

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Virgin Media dials up climate plan with pledge to achieve net zero operations by 2025

Business Green

Telecommunications giant intends to slash its absolute emissions by 25 per cent by 2025. To meet its 2025 zero waste goal, Virgin Media said it would ensure 95 per cent of all operational waste and all returned customer equipment and mobile handsets is recycled and reused.

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Carbon: That was then, This is now

Fairsnape

The biggest contribution we can make to the climate crisis is to urgently deliver buildings that are carbon sinks. The plethora of climate, carbon and biodiversity targets, visions and reports within, and beyond, the built environment, may seem to cause confusion, but there is a core, science based purpose.

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? It’s only a carbon credit if it’s from the CRCF region #186

Climate Tech VC

  In another kind of country, the EU announced the Carbon Removal Certification Framework (CRCF). The CRCF will, for the first time, create a regulated process for the issuance of voluntary carbon credits.   Was it the music, or the state’s burgeoning climate tech scene that drew Queen B back to Texas? Durability.

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How Lightsource Inspired BP’s Low-Carbon Pivot

GreenTechMedia

Now BP is eyeing a low carbon revolution of its own — a 30-year plan that includes establishing a renewables portfolio of 50 gigawatts by 2030 and 20 GW by 2025. In February of this year, BP announced its intention to reach net-zero carbon emissions by 2050, and revealed further details during a September capital markets event.

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104,000 panel solar farm set to power The University of Manchester

Envirotec Magazine

In a major move towards achieving its 2038 zero carbon ambitions, the University has partnered with leading UK clean energy company Enviromena to buy electricity generated from its brand-new solar farm based in Medebridge, Essex. Construction of Medebridge commenced in April 2024, with energisation expected in autumn 2025.

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