Business Green

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

As green groups slam the government's 'attack on nature', the opposition is this week seeking to make bolder climate action central to its offer to the country. Labour's new green energy policy is a case in point. We want to see all political parties put it at the heart of their economic strategies.".

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Green Business Bureau

DECEMBER 16, 2021

“Greenwashing involves companies either misleading consumers about the green credentials of a product or service, or misleading consumers about the environmental performance of a company as a whole.” – Dr. Aoife Brophy , Research Lecturer at the Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment at the University of Oxford.

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AGreenLiving

OCTOBER 16, 2020

Despite the promises and inflated price tag, biodegradable glitter ends up the same way as old-school glitter — wreaking havoc on aquatic ecosystems. But this new research threatens to steal the sparkle from eco-conscious party people and render an already bleak 2020 even drabber. Anglia Ruskin University (ARU) in Cambridge, U.K.

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AGreenLiving

OCTOBER 28, 2021

Then there are the common green, black, matcha, mint and chai teas. These bags, along with the tea bags and tags, are certified biodegradable and household compostable. We even had a nighttime tea party with the young adults in the house for some tastings and feedback. Similarly, there are six combinations that include Rooibos.

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Business Green

MAY 23, 2021

Total historic issuance of sovereign sustainability-labeled bonds - green, blue, or sustainable development bonds - which promise to use their proceeds to finance sustainable development - reached $71.5bn in 2020, with a total of 17 nations having issued (according to the Climate Bonds Initiative ). Reducing risk and raising targets.

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Business Green

JULY 27, 2021

However, economists and green groups raised concerns that delaying the decarbonisation of home heating - widely seen as one of the most challenging tasks in the UK's net zero transition - risks piling further costs on the transition further down the line, as well as undermining climate targets.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 1, 2020

Green businesses contend the social media giant's policies are treating their adverts in the same way as campaigns from 'dark money' funded lobbyists, undermining the timeliness and effectiveness of their marketing messages in the process. Fidler's experience does not appear to be unique.

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Business Green

MARCH 31, 2023

However, CORSIA-eligible programs, which issue more than 95 per cent of credits in the market, will have to provide evidence they meet additional high-integrity criteria around effective governance, credit tracking transparency and robust, independent third-party validation and verification.

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AGreenLiving

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

Set another date on the calendar for a craft party, and invite friends, family and neighbors to gather and make gifts. Choose green technology A quick glance through most holiday catalogs will highlight deals on electronics. Use the Black Friday and Cyber Monday discounts to score some deals at the craft store. Images via Shutterstock.

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Low Impact

JUNE 7, 2020

Whereas some other OPD projects have amazing houses, with price tags I’d shudder to have a guess at. So if someone else wants to buy that smallholding, to become an organic smallholder, they’re going to have a huge price tag, because someone wanted to build a massive house. That’s a problem isn’t it? Absolutely. Definitely. Highlights.

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Business Green

MARCH 23, 2022

BusinessGreen rounds up all the reaction from the green economy to the Chancellor Rishi Sunak's mini-budget. The Chancellor should also have committed to an ambitious nationwide energy efficiency programme to deliver warm homes, lower bills and thousands of green jobs - a retrofit revolution fit for the 21 Century.

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The Environmental Blog

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

One example is the US-based company Japanese Greentea Co. ( [link] ), which sells premium Japanese green tea online and gives 10% of its profits to One Child Matters ( [link] ). Clearly, this could serve to benefit not only both parties of the transaction but the society at large. Photo by Lisa Fotios from Pexels ( [link] ).

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Mr. Sustainability

APRIL 18, 2021

This article explores what is needed to build such a green hydrogen refinery. It would require roughly 2GW of energy to replace this fully with green hydrogen, which is half the proposed IJmuiden Ver windfarm. For that we need green hydrogen. Lots of green hydrogen. What is needed to create a green hydrogen refinery? >

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Green Business Bureau

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

And to do that, this Green Business Bureau is your guide. Since the convention’s establishment, the countries involved meet annually during the Conference of the Parties (COP). The issue with this approach is that an organization’s specific emission reduction efforts aren’t captured, such as the purchasing of green power.

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DeSmogBlog

MAY 13, 2020

Mitch McConnell green new deal American Conservation Coalition Tags: Covering Climate Now republican party climate change U.S.

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Mr. Sustainability

APRIL 18, 2021

Transforming this fossil feedstock and the industry behind it requires an immense amount of green hydrogen, in the very least 2GW of renewable energy coming from a windfarm like IJmuiden Ver. This explores what is needed to build a green hydrogen refinery. For that we need green hydrogen. Lots of green hydrogen.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 14, 2020

To describe autumn 2020 as a busy period for green economy policy in the UK would be an understatement. However, today's publication of the Energy White Paper marks a significant milestone in the UK's net zero transition, representing the first detailed policy framework to be delivered in support of Johnson's new 'green revolution'.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

As touted over the summer during her Tory leadership bid, Truss confirmed plans to temporarily shift green levies - which are used to pay for legacy renewable energy subsidy costs and social schemes that support vulnerable billpayers - off bills and onto the taxpayer's books.

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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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DeSmogBlog

AUGUST 22, 2019

Bernie Sanders on Thursday unveiled a comprehensive Green New Deal proposal that would transition the U.S. Tags: Bernie Sanders green new deal Democratic Party climate change Calling the global climate crisis both the greatest threat facing the United States and the greatest opportunity for transformative change, Sen.

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DeSmogBlog

JANUARY 27, 2020

Earlier this month we discussed how during Australia’s devastating fires, conservatives tried to claim that it was green party forest management policies that were to blame. Tags: Ryan Zinke Trump Administration wildfires climate change Read time: 4 mins This is a guest post by ClimateDenierRoundup. That is, of course, wrong.

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DeSmogBlog

MAY 27, 2020

Tim Ball , who a Canadian court earlier derided as incompetent, ill-intended, and apparently indifferent to the truth, has been further rebuffed in the British Columbia Court of Appeal and must now stand libel for a nearly 9-year-old attack against prominent Canadian climate scientist (and outgoing BC Green Party leader) Dr. Andrew Weaver.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

The measures include plans to ditch or curtail green planning regulations that are sure to upset environmental campaigners and local communities alike. Taking action to get Britain's economy moving again by beginning construction on transport and green infrastructure projects shows immediate delivery. Planning reform is long overdue.

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Frank Schäffler, of the Free Democratic Party, or FDP, is a member of the German parliament, or Bundestag , and is well known for hard-right positions. Shocked that the British public elected the Labor Party in their first post-war election, Fisher decided he must make sure people voted the right way next time around.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Many of RGE's customers - which include a roll call of multinational corporates from Unilever and Proctor & Gamble to PepsiCo, Mondelēz and Nestlé - have frequently come under pressure from green groups to suspend sourcing from its firms. Boasting a $2.33bn price tag, it is the largest single investment in APRIL's 30-year history.

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Grist

JANUARY 13, 2020

Juliette’s only other claim to fame is its turn as the setting for the 1991 Oscar-nominated film Fried Green Tomatoes. ” A local salon was also tagged with a message accusing Georgia Power of “telling a lie” to residents about the plant’s health risks. By the late 1960s, Georgia Power had started planning to build the Robert W.

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