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This carbon challenge is bigger than cars, aviation and shipping combined

GreenBiz

This carbon challenge is bigger than cars, aviation and shipping combined. To transform basic inputs into stuff we need, manufacturers constantly heat (and cool) minerals, ores and other raw materials to extreme temperatures. Adam Aston. Thu, 08/13/2020 - 02:15. You may not know it, but you rely on industrial heat every day.

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Water scarcity: A growing risk for companies and investors

GreenBiz

Despite how crucial water is to business, and to life itself, the risks that come with not having enough of it have often been overlooked by investors, who’ve tended to focus more on carbon. In fact, the analysts estimate that average EBITDA impact from water is three times higher than that of carbon for the sector. Rising rates.

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The carbon challenge that is bigger than cars, aviation, and shipping combined

Business Green

To transform basic inputs into stuff we need, manufacturers constantly heat (and cool) minerals, ores and other raw materials to extreme temperatures. Now in its first draft, CRS' Green-e certified fuel certificate standard is focusing initially on RNG, already being produced and sold on a small scale across North America.

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Water scarcity: A growing risk for companies and investors

AGreenLiving

Despite how crucial water is to business, and to life itself, the risks that come with not having enough of it have often been overlooked by investors, who’ve tended to focus more on carbon. In fact, the analysts estimate that average EBITDA impact from water is three times higher than that of carbon for the sector.

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Atmospheric Rivers, Floods, And Drought: The Paradox Of California’s Wetter And Drier Climate Future

Energy Innovation

Warmer air can hold more water vapor than cool air, and this study found that as the atmosphere warms, more atmospheric rivers will carry moisture loads that can generate extreme precipitation in the western U.S.—a find that the rate of carbon emissions determines how soon low- to no-snow conditions emerge, while Huang et al.

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Water scarcity: A growing risk for companies and investors

AGreenLiving

Despite how crucial water is to business, and to life itself, the risks that come with not having enough of it have often been overlooked by investors, who’ve tended to focus more on carbon. In fact, the analysts estimate that average EBITDA impact from water is three times higher than that of carbon for the sector.