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Monitoring for flood management

Envirotec Magazine

In the past, peats and bogs have been drained to increase cropping areas, but this damages peatlands and reduces their capacity to retain water and store carbon. For example, wetlands and woodlands are effective at storing carbon and removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. Monitoring NFM.

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What Were Europe’s Oil Majors Doing When GTM Launched in 2007?

GreenTechMedia

It’s been an honor and a privilege to track Europe’s energy transition for the sector’s most discerning audience. Thanks for reading, and keep crushing that carbon. ~ It’s 2007. With the exception of Total’s stake in SunPower, the trio was fairly quiet for 10 years post-2007.

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PlanetScope and Planet Basemaps Utilized for Carbon Credits Monitoring in Indonesian Tropical Forest

Planet Pulse

Starting in 2007, Permian Global has worked to reduce atmospheric carbon dioxide levels, protect habitats, and support sustainable local economies through large-scale tropical forest protection and restoration projects. Each verified carbon unit purchased by a company stops the emission of one ton of CO2.

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Li-ion battery risks reduced by VOC sensors

Envirotec Magazine

The safe utilisation of Li-ion batteries is a key concern for the developers of equipment such as electric vehicles, e-bikes, mobile phones and laptops. This elec-trolyte includes compounds such as ethyl methyl carbonate (EMC) which is known to be among the gases emitted by a faulty Li-ion battery. Famously, in 2016, around 2.5

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Siemens publishes advice for businesses on steps to decarbonise

Envirotec Magazine

Businesses who fail to act on decarbonisation risk exposing themselves to potential risks from policy-driven increased operating costs, increased energy costs or increased compliance costs. Industry leaders have paved the way, with Google having been carbon-neutral since 2007 and Microsoft since 2012.

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Can Gas-Fired Power Plants Coexist with a Net-Zero Target? Yes, Southern Company Insists

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utility can reach net-zero carbon emissions by 2050 while still keeping natural gas as a central part of its business, both to generate electricity and to sell to its customers. That includes a recommitment to reaching its 2030 goal of reducing carbon emissions below 50 percent of their 2007 levels, potentially ahead of schedule.

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Google debuts Carbon-Intelligent Computing Platform

Business Green

Tech giant announces new project is successfully shifting energy intensive computing processes to occur when the sun is shining and the wind is blowing. The platform works by utilising forecasts provided by energy data specialist Tomorrow that provides day-ahead information on predicted grid carbon intensity.