GreenBiz

MARCH 8, 2021

That's despite this being the second pandemic in 10 years, the fourth respiratory illness in 18 years, and numerous warnings from the World Health Organization, he added at the February virtual event. Let's stop predicting the future because we've proven we're incapable of doing it," Irwin said. The risks of not sharing.

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Clean Energy Canada

SEPTEMBER 20, 2019

Climate change is already negatively impacting the health of Canadians, impacts that will become more severe in relation to the extent of warming that occurs. The link between airborne pollution from the combustion of fossil fuels and respiratory health is well-known. billion in health-related costs per year. [xv]

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GreenBiz

JUNE 29, 2020

We reached out this spring to check in, asking those inclined to weigh in on how current events have changed their world views. We are using the newly developed Embodied Carbon for Construction Calculator (EC3) to support low-carbon procurement on structural steel, piles, rebar and concrete. Willemijn Brouwer (2018).

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DeSmogBlog

MARCH 28, 2024

Community organizations, environmental groups, and transit advocates are demanding the city of Ottawa ban fossil fuel advertising from public spaces. These ads are sponsored by an organization called Canada Action , and feature deceptive web addresses such as OurEnergyHelps.ca and ClimateActionCanada.ca. Ottawa, and CAPE.

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Greentown Labs

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

These early-stage startups are working on innovations from vertical-axis wind turbines to carbon-negative concrete. is harnessing biology to clean water for planetary and human health. Carbon Negative Solutions (Rock Hill, N.Y.) is creating smart-city-ready, carbon-negative concrete products.

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

As the AP reported , “grassroots anti-hunger groups and food experts blasted the event as too corporate, tech-focused.”. DeSmog recently reported how HealthforAnimals, a Belgium-based organization representing some of the world’s biggest animal pharmaceutical companies, presented “misleading” information to back their current business models.

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DeSmogBlog

AUGUST 10, 2023

We’re one of the organizations that has contributed to calling for this six-month moratorium on approvals,” Mark Mallett, a founder of the Elk Point-based advocacy group Wind Concerns, told DeSmog. Credit: YouTube “Carbon dioxide is the gas of life,” Mallett said in a phone interview. We are not here to destroy the meeting.

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

“I belong here,” I reminded myself, as I drove toward the checkpoint to gain entry to the groundbreaking event for the $2.9 I felt I should have been, since I signed up to get media advisories from the CPRA about it, but choose not to let that stop me from at least trying to document the historic event.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 9, 2021

Invited to the event was a small group of Members of the European Parliament (MEPs). Like many corporations, the global COVID-19 pandemic and lack of usual in-person events meant they had to get creative about how to shape the political debate and find new allies to support their agendas. Europe’s Green Deal.

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Green Business Bureau

MARCH 10, 2021

This leads to widespread ecological changes, rising global temperatures and sea levels, increased frequency of extreme weather events, and depletion of natural resources. There has been an estimated 6% drop in carbon emissions due to altered lifestyles in COVID-19. Top Carbon Emission Contributors. SDG 13 Targets.

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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. The files also detail collaborations planned for the event itself. Scientists say that unless swift action is taken, methane from agriculture alone will take us beyond a 1.5C

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GreenBiz

MAY 17, 2021

Still others are driving sustainability at nonprofit organizations and consultancies. I just remember being super mad about knowing that the way society was operating could ruin something that should be so beautiful and fun," he says of his first encounter with the idea that human activities negatively affect the environment.

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Green Business Bureau

MARCH 10, 2021

This leads to widespread ecological changes, rising global temperatures and sea levels, increased frequency of extreme weather events, and depletion of natural resources. There has been an estimated 6% drop in carbon emissions due to altered lifestyles in COVID-19. Top Carbon Emission Contributors. SDG 13 Targets.

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Green Business Bureau

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

At the global scale, this contributes to a higher carbon footprint, resource scarcity and environmental and economic imbalances between affluent nations purchasing meat products and the vulnerable regions where livestock and livestock feed are heavily produced. and these travel miles add up to huge amounts of carbon emissions.

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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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Green Business Bureau

DECEMBER 19, 2022

The initialism “ ESG ” stands for “ E nvironmental, S ocial, and G overnance” Under each category there are a set of standards and goals an organization must meet to be compliant. Reports reveal that 87% of business leaders expect an increase in sustainability investments for their organizations over the next two years.

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GreenTechMedia

JUNE 5, 2020

The goal of such a transition: all-electric buildings powered by solar, wind, and other sources of zero-carbon electricity. Yes, including public health and safety. What sort of technology is involved in building electrification? Heat pumps are the big one. Economy-wide electrification (including transportation) could increase U.S.

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GreenBiz

MARCH 8, 2021

During the three-day event, they hopped into roundtable discussions, offered insights in the event chat and learned about the ever-changing sustainability field. GreenBiz 21 brought together so many different organizations and individuals sustainably transforming business, allowing me to see that everyone has a unique career path.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 22, 2023

The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, or TCEQ, has not told residents about the health risks they face. Today K-Solv is legally allowed to release almost 20 times more volatile organic compounds — a class of chemicals that includes benzene — into the air each year than it did back then.

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Green Business Bureau

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

What is carbon accounting? Carbon accounting – also known as a carbon or greenhouse gas inventory – is the process of measuring the amount of carbon dioxide, or other greenhouse gases (GHG), an organization emits. Carbon accounting is a must for any becoming business today.

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Green Business Bureau

MARCH 10, 2020

This blog is the first in a series on common understandings and approach to waste mitigation, resource optimization and organization adaptive modernization. Terms such as climate change, climate crisis, carbon neutral, negative emissions, etc. Carbon Neutral vs. Zero Carbon – 1.5

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DeSmogBlog

JULY 18, 2021

An organization run by former Obama-era Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz, with the backing of the AFL-CIO, a federation of 56 labor unions, has created a policy “blueprint” to build a nationwide pipeline network capable of carrying a gigaton of captured carbon dioxide (CO2).

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Increased federal incentives for “carbon management” technologies are catalyzing a surge in proposed carbon capture and storage (CCS) projects in the United States, from the Gulf Coast to the Midwest to California. use the captured carbon to drill for more oil in a process called enhanced oil recovery.

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DeSmogBlog

AUGUST 31, 2021

Black carbon released by flares can be a powerful — if short-lived — greenhouse gas in its own right. I am extremely concerned about the flaring events, leaks, spills, and other accidental releases that occur at the Shell facility,” said Wilma Subra , a scientist with the environmental advocacy group Louisiana Environmental Action Network.

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Green Business Bureau

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

That is, more and more studies indicate business sustainability delivers greater prosperity, and designs organizations to last. If we apply this definition in a business context, we define a sustainable business as an endlessly operational organization. Carbon in our atmosphere is 280 parts per million (ppm). Our reality.

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Green Business Bureau

APRIL 11, 2023

Creating better businesses with B Corp Certification and beyond B Corp Certification presents a set of guiding principles that support organizations to minimize their impact on the environment and society. The community provides resources and support for members, including events, webinars, and peer-to-peer learning opportunities.

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Climate Tech VC

JULY 24, 2023

Subscribe Now 📩 Submit deals, announcements, events & opportunities, or general curiosities for the newsletter at hello@ctvc.co. 💨 Isometric , a London, UK-based carbon removal registry and verification platform, raised $25M in Seed funding from Plural and Lowercarbon Capital. Thanks for reading!

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Planet Pulse

JULY 20, 2022

Journalists shed light on critical world events (and even won a Pulitzer prize ). NASA Harvest leveraged Planet’s data to map the health of Ukraine’s seasonal grain, and reported that 22% of the country’s grain is now under Russian control, as of June 2022. or “what is the carbon and biodiversity value of this land?”

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 21, 2022

Named Farm to Fork, it calls for less fertiliser and pesticide use, and more organic production. We reviewed corporate reports, lobbying records, official position papers, responses to public EU consultations, minutes of meetings with EU officials, media events, and third-party civil society and news reports.

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Unsustainable

MARCH 29, 2020

Certainly, it appears that significant drops in pollution levels all over the world as carbon emissions plummet from a stumbling global economy is a good thing. The intended consequence of doing so will be a significant reduction in carbon emissions leading to a permanent and lasting halt of our climate crisis.

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DeSmogBlog

JUNE 22, 2022

The same community, as well as Indigenous communities along the Gulf South, face elevated risks from pollution and intensifying extreme weather events, which scientists warn will worsen if we don’t drastically and quickly cut carbon emissions. taking part in the Poor People’s Campaign events alongside Lavigne.

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Business Green

MARCH 14, 2022

Many of the risks related to fats and oils, such as human rights abuses, biodiversity loss, carbon emissions and poor working conditions, are recurring features of agricultural commodity supply chains. How might these regenerative approaches restore the health of ecosystems? This is an opportunity to flip how we frame impacts.

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Unsustainable

MAY 7, 2020

By Jeanne Yacoubou, MS In 2014, the United States Department of Defense, the world’s biggest polluter and one of the largest sources of carbon emissions on Earth, called climate change “ a threat multiplier.” In 2019, there were 14 extreme weather events in the United States, each causing over $1 billion in damage and destruction.

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Green Business Bureau

JANUARY 28, 2021

Video conferencing and web collaboration software is changing how companies operate their business while lowering their carbon footprint. The pandemic has shown us how unprepared we are, exposing nature as the puppet master dictating the wellbeing of society and the health of our economy. Disruptive Software That Fights Climate Change.

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AGreenLiving

JANUARY 3, 2020

During the most recent determination of the NHL’s total carbon footprint , it was estimated to emit 530,000 metric tons of greenhouse gases , an amount rivaling the yearly emissions from 110,000 cars, says the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). HFCs heighten the greenhouse effect, while carbon dioxide similarly intensifies global warming.

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DeSmogBlog

AUGUST 1, 2023

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is considering proposals aimed at reducing climate-warming carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from existing coal and gas-fueled power plants. Screenshot of a 2023 press release from National Association of Manufacturers that relies on arguments similar to those the organization used in 1963.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 2, 2022

Australia's Great Barrier Reef could soon be officially classified as 'in danger', after a UN-backed panel this week published a long awaited report on the health of the world's largest reef. EU unveils carbon removal regulatory framework. million TREES credits have been issued to Guyana for the five-year period from 2016 to 2020.

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