Envirotec Magazine

JULY 15, 2021

A report supported by Ofgem by Energy Systems Catapult found that local area planning “can provide sound foundations for effective and sustained local action to cut carbon emissions”. Working with other UK100 members, we have a bold ambition to make West Yorkshire a net-zero carbon economy by 2038, with significant progress by 2030.

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 26, 2020

Thanks to converging forces — including supportive policies, dropping battery costs and aggressive climate goals — transportation leaders at large and small organizations are increasingly turning to new zero-emission and low-carbon options that decarbonize fleets and in some cases save money. Media Authorship. Anheuser-Busch. Anheuser-Busch.

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Business Green

APRIL 2, 2020

Sweden's Electrolux has today revealed that it has reduced absolute carbon dioxide emissions from its operations by 75 per cent since 2005, speeding past its previous target to halve its emissions by 2020.

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Business Green

APRIL 27, 2020

Startup says new sustainability board hires, engagement platform for young adults, and contract with engineering firm will move it closer to its new carbon goals. Others argue that despite decades of research, it is still not clear whether cultured meat can be produced efficiently, at scale, and in way that does not harm the environment.

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Business Green

JULY 14, 2022

The Danish capital has well-publicised plans to be net carbon-neutral by 2025, and has already reduced emissions by nearly half since 2005. Yet it has managed this while achieving 25 per cent economic growth.

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DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 6, 2021

Formula 1, which in 2018 calculated its total carbon dioxide emissions at 256,551 tonnes, has now launched a plan to become carbon neutral by 2030. The automotive industry is under mounting pressure to decarbonise amid global targets to restrict global heating to 1.5C

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Clean Energy Canada

APRIL 16, 2021

Offsets offer a carbon polluter (like the operator of a steel plant) an additional option to comply with government rules that limit carbon pollution. Carbon offsets have been enabled under international law in the 1997 Kyoto Protocol and were first used internationally in 2001. WHAT ARE OFFSETS? HOW ARE OFFSETS USED?

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DeSmogBlog

MAY 18, 2023

The notes, which were made public following a freedom of information request, suggest that making First Nations the face of new LNG projects could help win over investors and neutralize opponents of gas expansion. Ministry of Energy, Mines and Low Carbon Innovation. government’s Ministry of Energy, Mines and Low Carbon Innovation.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 29, 2021

The declaration would also commit countries to lobby for a strengthening of CORSIA, the UN aviation agency's flagship scheme for addressing aviation emissions through a new international carbon offset scheme. per cent of global carbon emissions.

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Clean Energy Canada

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

Glasgow moved us a step closer to this goal, with almost 200 countries pledging to “phase down” unabated coal power in the final text (“unabated” refers to coal power without carbon capture and storage). Finance is shifting away from fossil fuels . This, of course, depends on how quickly and effectively the government moves to implement them.

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DeSmogBlog

AUGUST 17, 2021

At the same time, the country aims to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to 26–28 percent below 2005 levels by 2030 (a target which some deem “insufficient” and doesn’t go far enough towards helping limiting global warming to 2 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial temperatures). billion in financing to the fossil fuel industry.

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Business Green

JULY 30, 2020

In numbers, the firm has reduced its absolute operational carbon emissions by 78 per cent since 2005, speeding past its 2020 target of 60 per cent, while achieving carbon neutrality at several dozen sites and reducing its water consumption by more than half.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 11, 2020

Brazil announces 'indicative' goal to deliver carbon neutrality by 2060. Brazil this week announced a new 'indicative' goal to achieve carbon neutrality by 2060, ahead of this week's global Climate Ambition Summit. Australia drops Kyoto carbon credit demand from Paris Agreement plan.

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Business Green

MARCH 16, 2020

With the Council having set an ambitious target to become a carbon neutral city in 2028, it is now publicly consulting on an action plan to get there, and is already well on the way after slashing CO2 emissions by 41 per cent since 2005. It is far from Nottingham's only green transport initiative.

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Low Impact

AUGUST 15, 2021

Burning wood for energy emits more carbon on a per-unit-of-energy basis than burning coal. Let’s halt bioenergy, reduce emissions and protect natural carbon sinks and landscapes rather than relying on false solutions.” Burning trees to reduce our carbon footprint is oxymoronic.” Carbon Debt.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

"No economy in the world, much less the soon-to-be fourth largest, has put forth such a comprehensive roadmap to reach carbon neutrality. And we are placing before all, the key elements of India's transition to a low-carbon development pathway.". It integrates effortlessly mitigation, adaptation and transformation.

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Greentown Labs

JUNE 16, 2020

Since 2005, the City has reduced municipal emissions by 37 percent through building efficiency upgrades, investing in renewable energy, and converting to hybrid, electric and alternative fuel vehicles. Mayor Turner co-chairs Climate Mayors, a bipartisan network of almost 450 U.S. mayors demonstrating leadership on climate action. “As

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AGreenLiving

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

Even with decarbonizing the electric and transportation sector, to reach long-term goals of the Paris Agreement, the United States would need an 80 percent reduction from 2005 levels in economy-wide emissions by 2050.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 6, 2022

That’s potentially very bad news for the climate: The huge amount of methane that leaks during the production, transport and storage of LNG means that the carbon emissions associated with importing the fuel could be up to ten times higher than for the equivalent amount of Russian pipeline gas, researchers say. Credit: DeSmog.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 19, 2022

The EU this weekend agreed the biggest expansion to date of its emissions trading scheme (ETS), promising that sweeping reforms to the world's largest carbon market will drive investment in green infrastructure and help "reduce emissions further and faster".

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Energy Innovation

AUGUST 6, 2021

One such critical tipping point is the potential transformation of the world’s largest tropical forests from carbon sinks into net sources of carbon emissions. Currently, carbon emissions that result from deforestation and forest degradation (often referred to as land-use change) are offset, in part, by new reforestation and regrowth.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 12, 2020

President Xi, one of around 75 world leaders scheduled to speak at the virtual UN summit, reiterated his landmark pledge from September to peak China's carbon dioxide emissions before 2030 and reach carbon neutrality by 2060. I welcome President Xi's commitment to achieving carbon neutrality before 2060.

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Business Green

APRIL 21, 2021

The news came as reports suggested the White House is poised to sign off on a new target to halve emissions against 2005 levels by 2030. The EU deal formalises the bloc's goal to achieve net zero emissions by 2050 and become the world's first 'carbon neutral continent'.

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Elemental Excelerator

AUGUST 12, 2022

Not to mention President Biden also signed the CHIPS and Science Act of 2022 , putting about $67 billion toward zero-carbon industries and climate research. Analysis firm Rhodium Group estimates that it will reduce CO2 emissions by 31–44% below 2005 levels in 2030, as compared to 24–35% under current policy. CarbonCure ). Nth Cycle ).

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 18, 2023

In 2005, the U.S. AMS [Agricultural Marketing Service] went to great lengths to save it, insisting it was a government program,” Penzer says about the Beef Checkoff, referring to the 2005 case which went to the Supreme Court. “We Whose Speech Are Checkoff Ads? It’s our words. It’s our spending.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

The new climate bill - which passed with support from Green and crossbench senators - introduces a new near term target to cut emissions by at least 43 per cent by 2030 against 2005 levels, in addition to a long term goal to deliver net zero emissions by 2050. Project Bison': Plans unveiled for giant Wyoming Direct Air Capture project.

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Business Green

APRIL 22, 2021

The President opened the two-day meeting by confirming heavily-trailed plans to reduce the US' emissions by between 50 and 52 per cent on 2005 levels by 2030 and called on other countries to step up their ambition ahead of the vital Glasgow Summit this autumn. I cannot agree more that we must be ambitious on the climate agenda," he said. "I

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

In January China's largest steel producer and second largest in the world by output - state-owned Baowu - announced it would achieve 'carbon neutrality' by 2050, and - importantly - would aim to peak its emissions in 2023. It is reckoned easily to be the industry with the largest carbon footprint in the world.

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DeSmogBlog

MAY 14, 2021

In ExxonMobil Corp’s 2005 Corporate Citizenship Report , for instance, which extensively questions whether AGW is human caused and serious, a member of the public [is quoted asking]: ‘Why won’t ExxonMobil recognize that climate change is real …? “We

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Business Green

APRIL 22, 2021

The President opened the two-day meeting by confirming heavily-trailed plans to reduce the US' emissions by between 50 and 52 per cent on 2005 levels by 2030 and called on other countries to step up their ambition ahead of the vital Glasgow Summit this autumn. I cannot agree more that we must be ambitious on the climate agenda," he said. "I

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Green Market Oracle

OCTOBER 9, 2019

You can’t be a climate leader and spend ten to $13 billion more on a project that by itself blows through our carbon budget. No one remembers the Paul Martin plan in 2005. Andrew Scheer: There is no Canadian that believes they’re going to be better off by paying a carbon tax. We have to – Rt. It was better. Lawrence River.

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Renewable Energy World

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

The announcement comes as Duke intends to deploy $63 billion of capital over the next five years, 80% of which is expected to support investments in grid modernization and zero or lower-carbon emitting generation. The Carbon Plan" would then be reviewed every two years and may be adjusted. Courtesy: Duke). "As Climate mandate.

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GreenTechMedia

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

utilities in promising to reduce its carbon footprint to zero by 2050. Carbon dioxide emissions from PJM’s 13-state footprint have fallen by 34 percent from 2005 to 2019 to stand at 850 pounds per megawatt-hour of generation, according to a March report. Setting the boundaries of FirstEnergy’s carbon-reduction goals.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 14, 2020

Ahead of the COP26 Summit in Glasgow the hope is that an engaged US administration can again work with China to secure more ambitious decarbonisation pledges, but also ramp up pressure on those carbon intensive industries yet to come forward with sufficiently ambitious climate action plans. This is no time for changes of the margins.

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Business Green

JANUARY 14, 2022

The group said it had written to the heads of the multinationals calling on them to set out how they intend to reduce their carbon emissions by at least 45 per cent by 2030. degree path, industrialised countries must achieve the goal of climate neutrality in their electricity sector by 2035," the document states. per cent, it notes.

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Business Green

JUNE 9, 2022

Pascal Canfin, a French centrist MEP who chairs the European Parliament's Environment Committee, hailed the vote as "a historic decision that will lead us towards a new era of climate neutrality - it is a major victory".

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Eco-Business

FEBRUARY 17, 2020

While companies such as Amazon, Nestlé, and Unilever have set targets for carbon neutrality, Microsoft just announced that it will become carbon negative by around 2030, and remove all the carbon the company has emitted since its founding in 1975. A low carbon economy will demand new skills both upstream and downstream.

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