DeSmogBlog

AUGUST 11, 2020

Read time: 7 mins When I arrived on Sunday, August 9, scores of tiny plastic pellets lined the sandy bank of the Mississippi River downstream from New Orleans, Louisiana, where they glistened in the sun, not far from a War of 1812 battlefield. Tags: plastic production Mississippi River Formosa RISE St.

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DeSmogBlog

MARCH 19, 2020

Despite clear warnings from scientists , global health experts and even central banks of impending climate-driven crises, Shell’s report largely sends a message that everything is fine and the company’s “business strategy is sound.”. Tags: shell Shell Knew energy transition Paris Agreement climate change climate litigation

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 10, 2019

These groups clarify underwriting as the process of banks raising “investment capital for companies by issuing bonds or shares on their behalf and selling them to investors.”. Tags: Paris Agreement blackrock Vanguard Citigroup JPMorgan Chase Coal Power Generation Finance

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 13, 2019

And as much as the film looks back to history, DuPont’s pollution — and the company’s decades-long cover-up — may gain new relevance as the chemical industry plans a multi-billion dollar expansion, fed by fracked fossil fuels, along the banks of the Ohio.

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GreenBiz

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

And then there are “sub-systemic” shocks, more localized climate-related impacts that “can undermine the financial health of community banks, agricultural banks or local insurance markets, leaving small businesses, farmers and households without access to critical financial services.” It placed the price tag at up to 10.5

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DeSmogBlog

AUGUST 16, 2019

The days of oil as a fuel for cars, whether petrol or diesel, are numbered — because the economies offered by wind and solar energy and other cheap renewables, combined with electric vehicles, are irresistible, a French bank says. Tags: electric vehicles BNP Paribas renewables investment cars

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DeSmogBlog

AUGUST 2, 2019

billion plastics factory on the banks of the Mississippi River. Tags: cancer alley Louisiana Pastor Harry Joseph St. James, is one of the plaintiffs appealing the parish council’s permit granted May 20 to Wanhua Chemical, which is planning to build a $1.25

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Business Green

JULY 2, 2021

Thanks to the support of BCG, Schroders, SNC Lavalin, ENGIE, Bank of America, Drax, Derwent London, and Energy Saving Trust a limited number of free passes to attend the three day Net Zero Festival virtual summit are now available.

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Charged

JUNE 1, 2020

Plug & Charge, based on the ISO 15118 standard, enables direct communication between an EV and a charger, eliminating the need for a card or RFID tag. Kennedy says Tritium’s Plug & Charge solution is more secure than existing card-swipe or RFID tag payment methods. “A

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Business Green

MAY 23, 2021

Sustainability-linked sovereign bonds can help promote economic resilience and a much-needed sustainable recovery to Covid-19, according to the World Bank's Fiona Stewart and Samantha Power. Difficulties around resource intensive budget tagging and project identification could also be avoided.

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Econaur

AUGUST 30, 2021

This week we present the Flashback story of Dholavira, the archaeological site of a Harappan-era city, whi ch received the UNESCO world heritage site tag on Tuesday. Before Dholavira was excavated, Lothal, in Saragwala village on the bank of Sabarmati in Dholka taluka of Ahmedabad district, was the most prominent site of IVC in Gujarat.

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DeSmogBlog

MAY 10, 2021

TAG), the largest natural gas transporter in Brazil. The online event on 4 May, which included a keynote speech from Canada’s Infrastructure and Communities Minister, was organised by the British High Commission in Canada and the Canada Climate Law Initiative (CCLI) to mark six months to the COP26 conference in Glasgow.

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Business Green

JANUARY 14, 2022

Unlike green or sustainable bonds, funds raised through sustainability-linked bonds are not tagged to a specific use for the proceeds with the funds raised able to be used for general corporate purposes.

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Business Green

MAY 26, 2022

Research by Inside Housing has put a price tag of £104bn on decarbonising all the UK's homes, with an upper estimate of £250bn - equivalent to just under a quarter of the government's total projected spending for 2022-23. With the ongoing cost of living crisis , that number is likely to fall substantially.

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AGreenLiving

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

Delta was created in collaboration with the World Bank, Build Academy, Airbnb and GFDRR. In addition to its flexible, sustainable and resilient design features, the Delta shelter comes with an incredibly reasonable price tag and construction time. Each bamboo shelter starts at $8,500 and can be constructed within 28 days.

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Smart Energy International

AUGUST 19, 2022

And this is a bit of the fallacy that tags along when we talk about the ubiquitous smart grid. Then one can look at a capacitor bank for circuit voltage regulators on that same circuit and see a full telemetry. From a utility standpoint, that’s what they’re looking to do. The grid is only smart in places.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Firms with fewer than 250 employees - the traditional cut-off point for SMEs - may individually have a fraction of the climate impact of their corporate counterparts, but they together make up as much as 90 per cent of all businesses worldwide, according to the World Bank. Such investments need not break the bank.

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Smart Energy International

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

An AI-driven platform can automatically upload, tag, organise and analyse multiple data types and sources. Detect failed fused switches on capacitor banks or overhead fused disconnects. This creates a wealth of data: visual, thermal and geospatial. Depending on the length of a T&D line, this can mean millions of images.

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AGreenLiving

MARCH 4, 2021

Most investors and companies still don’t put a price tag on natural capital, or the cost of losing it, and biodiversity becoming a top “theme” only means people have begun talking about it. That said, huge as it sounds, that $7 trillion represents only a fraction of the more than $100 trillion in global assets under management.

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Clean Energy Canada

AUGUST 8, 2023

The effects of the climate crisis could cost Canadians some $700 per year by 2025—a price tag that is expected to double or triple by 2050. billion, in addition to $3 billion of financing support from the Canada Infrastructure Bank. Already, provinces with the cleanest grids typically pay the least for electricity.

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Business Green

MARCH 21, 2023

Moreover, this price tag is for capital investments, not costs. But this equates to an average annual level of $3.5tr and the roll out of clean technologies will serve to eradicate the need for around $500bn a year of fossil fuel investment resulting in an annual net capital investment requirement of $3tr.

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Climate 4.0

APRIL 1, 2021

We start with publicly available information from well-known sources such as the United Nations, World Bank, International Telecommunications Union, Transparency International, and others. Our other research puts a similar price tag on significantly reducing emissions. trillion could do it. of the world's GDP each year.

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AGreenLiving

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

Sub-systemic shocks And then there are “sub-systemic” shocks, more localized climate-related impacts that “can undermine the financial health of community banks, agricultural banks or local insurance markets, leaving small businesses, farmers and households without access to critical financial services.” percent of GDP by 2100.

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Business Green

JULY 7, 2021

The underlying analysis is not new, as it is based on work by the CCC and the Bank of England, and as the OBR admits there are inherent uncertainties. Of course, as with any far reaching projections and estimates, there are caveats and assumptions to bear in mind.

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Business Green

MAY 18, 2020

For one, Nick Charter, professor of behavioural science at Warwick Business School, suggests the government introduced a 'carbon pound' tagged to all goods and services that would alert consumers to the environmental impact of their purchases and activities.

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AGreenLiving

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

Sub-systemic shocks And then there are “sub-systemic” shocks, more localized climate-related impacts that “can undermine the financial health of community banks, agricultural banks or local insurance markets, leaving small businesses, farmers and households without access to critical financial services.” percent of GDP by 2100.

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DeSmogBlog

JUNE 17, 2022

Earlier this year, Trans Mountain said the price tag could reach C$21.4 However, the government provided a $10 billion loan guarantee in order to enlist Canada’s largest banks into funding another tranche of capital, allowing construction to continue. Since then, costs have exploded to new heights.

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Business Green

AUGUST 25, 2021

They are thinking about getting an electric vehicle in the next couple years and the idea of charging your own vehicle [with electricity generated on site] is a very attractive one.". But at the same time, the industry still faces major challenges.

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

To get a better understanding of the city’s legacy, DeSmog tagged along to an activist-led tour organised by Brussels based advocacy group, Corporate Europe Observatory (CEO) and local activists at Glasgow Calls Out Polluters. Barclays Bank.

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Grist

JUNE 2, 2023

Preliminary estimates suggest that the price tag on filtering forever chemicals out of America’s drinking water is more than $3.8 Many victims of PFAS poisoning don’t even know that their ailments may be linked to these chemicals, but their lives and bank accounts will feel the impacts. billion per year. 3M headquarters in Minnesota.

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Climate Tech VC

JULY 17, 2023

The majority of Denbury’s revenue comes from EOR, which involves injecting CO2 into the ground in order to extend the life of oil fields, and ~60% of the price tag likely covered the value of Denbury’s oil production rather than the CCS infrastructure. See more about the role of green banks from CTVC here.

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Business Green

MARCH 23, 2022

The price tag is almost identical - £2.7bn for a world-leading bus service against £2.5bn cutting a few pence off fuel duty - but the difference to real people's lives would be immeasurable.". We welcome the announcement to use tax reform to promote greater investment in skills and innovation.

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Business Green

AUGUST 11, 2021

The Budget built on that with further funding allocations and ambitious plans on green finance and the UK Infrastructure Bank which will help finance green projects across the UK," the government said in a statement. However, WWF is not alone in harbouring concerns about the Treasury's commitment to the net zero agenda, it would appear.

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Business Green

AUGUST 11, 2021

The Budget built on that with further funding allocations and ambitious plans on green finance and the UK Infrastructure Bank which will help finance green projects across the UK," the government said in a statement. percent of the country's GDP - has been directed towards climate change mitigation policies, the charity said.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

So although £1.2bn may look like a sizeable price tag, for every £1 invested in it, the government expects the economy to reap £19 in benefits. In those terms it sounds a no-brainer investment in an uncertain future.

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 15, 2019

That was how British businessman, Trump ally, and Brexit bankroller Arron Banks responded to the news that Greta Thunberg, the Swedish teen who inspired the school climate strikes movement, was sailing to America to attend the UN Climate Action Summit. Tags: School Strikes. Freak yachting accidents do happen…”.

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DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 19, 2019

Freak yachting accidents do happen… ” was a particularly disturbing attack, coming from British businessman and Trump ally Arron Banks. . Tags: The Rebel Greta Thunberg Ezra Levant charles koch foundation

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