GreenTechMedia

AUGUST 26, 2020

Despite its long-time leadership in wind and solar energy, Germany still had 44 gigawatts of coal plants running at the end of 2019, and parts of the country remain economically reliant on coal. There are also compensation packages for workers in mines and power plants who lose their job as a result of the coal exit laws. In the U.K.,

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Business Green

AUGUST 16, 2022

The historic climate, health and tax package cleared by Congress last week could drive catalytic change in the US carbon dioxide removal industry, writes BeZero Carbon's Victoria Harvey. The expansion of grant opportunities for renewable energy sources such as wind or solar will have an indirect impact on the carbon removal industry.

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GreenTechMedia

JUNE 1, 2020

California’s energy past is on a collision course with its future. Clean energy is the state’s future. So how can the state reconcile its divergent energy path? They could push the state's oil and gas regulator, the California Geologic Energy Management Division, to prioritize environmental and climate concerns.

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 6, 2023

Some economists at the time warned that unconditional airline bailouts would have the lowest economic benefit and highest negative climate impact among a range of suggested support packages for different sectors. A recent report by the Royal Society estimated that vast resources would be needed to replace jet fuel based on current demand.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

Globally, the annual production of plastics has doubled over the past two decades, soaring from 234 million tonnes in 2000 to 460 million tonnes in 2019, the report states. And today, packaging giant Tetra Pak announced it has co-invested over €11.5m What has happened to all that plastic waste?

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Business Green

MARCH 17, 2020

There is a strong link between economic activity and global carbon dioxide emissions, due to the dominance of fossil fuel sources of energy. This coupling suggests we might be in for an unexpected surprise due to the coronavirus pandemic: a slowdown of carbon dioxide emissions due to reduced energy consumption. The emissions rebound.

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Sustainability Consulting

AUGUST 4, 2021

In California, utilities will need to have rolling blackouts to save energy while at the same time making homes and businesses hotter. Companies that rely on water for food production, packaging, and other manufacturing processes are also at risk as well as the companies they supply. With the megadrought affecting the U.S. Decarbonize.

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Green Business Bureau

APRIL 28, 2021

This consumption demand has driven fashion retailers to producing almost twice the amount of clothing than they did in 2000. . A substantial amount of the high carbon footprint is associated with the source of energy for production. Avoid fabrics that are highly water, land, and energy intensive. Use eco-friendly packaging.

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GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

McDonough: Last year, I opened the G20 in two tracks: climate and energy. How do we look at carbon itself as an element, which is both an energy source and a material? McDonough: I was at Yale, and we had the energy crisis in 1973. Where did that take you? I did four speeches. I decided to build a solar-heated house.

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 19, 2024

Both of these development banks’ investments cover a range of sectors, including manufacturing, education, agribusiness, energy, and tourism. Suppliers tend to be large, vertically integrated operations, often complete with facilities for manufacturing chicken feed and processing and packaging chicken meat.

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Unsustainable

OCTOBER 12, 2019

Then there is the energy investment required. MJ l –1 —as much as 2000 times the energy cost of producing tap water.” This is energy which is surely better spent elsewhere. In fact, Gleick and Cooley (2009, para. 12) conclude, “we estimate that producing bottled water requires between 5.6

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DeSmogBlog

JULY 18, 2021

According to a 2021 study by researchers from the New York University (NYU) Department of Environmental Studies, meat companies “emphasize mitigating energy use, with limited focus on emissions (e.g., Meat companies downplay their climate impacts by excluding the majority of their emissions. kg CO2e per day. .

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AFN Sustainable Protein

JANUARY 29, 2018

Demand growth in beef has dropped from 10% in 2000 to under 2% in 2017. This contrasts the green tech industries such as energy storage and biofuels where Chinese firms play a leading role globally. The silver lining is that the growth rate of animal protein has begun to taper off as China’s economy slows, according to Rabobank.

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AFN Sustainable Protein

JANUARY 29, 2018

Demand growth in beef has dropped from 10% in 2000 to under 2% in 2017. This contrasts the green tech industries such as energy storage and biofuels where Chinese firms play a leading role globally. The silver lining is that the growth rate of animal protein has begun to taper off as China’s economy slows, according to Rabobank.

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DeSmogBlog

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

She draws upon years of data gathered from climate protests as early as COP6 in 2000 and lessons from the world’s response to COVID-19 to understand how civil society has responded to 30 years of ineffectual international climate negotiations.

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 22, 2021

This drum of waste entered the United States aboard a Singapore Airlines cargo jet, appropriately packaged in a steel drum. Waste comes in all types of packaged and unpackaged methods and it can even come in a dump truck so long as the transporter follows the DOT [Department of Transportation] and RRC rules.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

In addition, 74 per cent of the poor are directly affected by land degradation globally and over 80 per cent of the human diet is provided by plants, with just three cereal crops - rice, maize and wheat - providing 60 per cent of humanity's energy intake.

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Low Impact

JUNE 6, 2021

The first non-Chinese ‘pre-coins’ (ingots) appeared in Asia Minor before 2000 BCE. Also, if a state’s money was a useful commodity (precious metal) – the state would be on a constant quest for precious metal – a waste of energy and resources. The ingots got smaller, got stamped, got rounder etc. 700 BCE – c. 600 CE: The Axial Age.

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AGreenLiving

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

McDonough: Last year, I opened the G20 in two tracks: climate and energy. How do we look at carbon itself as an element, which is both an energy source and a material? McDonough: I was at Yale, and we had the energy crisis in 1973. Where did that take you? I did four speeches. I decided to build a solar-heated house.

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