Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 17, 2024

They argue that this statement is unlawful, because it cuts across the objectives of the Climate Change Act 2008. Laws to protect the environment and to guard against exactly this sort of ministerial folly need to come into their own and force a change in the Government’s approach so that councils can plan for zero carbon places.”

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 4, 2023

This multi-pronged challenge takes on the Government’s strategy to reach net zero in carbon emissions, which was published earlier this year in response to a previous legal challenge from the same three groups. The UK’s 2050 deadline to reach net zero and the carbon reduction targets that apply along the way are legally binding.

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Business Green

MAY 4, 2021

Carbon prices on the European Union's emissions trading scheme (ETS) have topped €50 per tonne for the first time, according to reports, as tightening climate policies and growing demand from investors continues to push the cost of pollution to record highs. European Carbon price ?? ton early on 4 May.

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Grist

MAY 19, 2020

By examining six economic sectors — aviation, electricity, transportation, public buildings and commerce, residential, and industry — the study’s authors were able to determine to what extent economic activity, and the carbon dioxide emissions that accompany it, slowed as a result of which lockdown measures. In the U.S.,

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Business Green

MARCH 24, 2021

New figures show that significant improvements in carbon intensity have been made since 2012, although these have slowed in recent years. The analysis also confirms that while total emissions have grown, the carbon intensity of shipping improved between 2008 and 2018 - both for international shipping as a whole and for most ship types.

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Grist

MARCH 8, 2021

When shipping giant Maersk announced last month it would operate a “carbon-neutral” vessel by 2023, the Danish company committed to using a fuel that’s made from renewable sources, is free of soot-forming pollutants — and is currently in scarce supply. E-methanol is made by combining hydrogen with carbon dioxide.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 19, 2020

A coalition of oil and gas majors are eyeing up the potential to capture carbon dioxide emissions from ships out at sea, teaming up with global tanker owner and operator Stena Bulk to evaluate the feasibility of technology they claim could play a key role in decarbonising the hard-to-abate sector.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 28, 2020

As a result, low carbon power generation accounted for over half of the grid mix for the first time. Nuclear also declined by around 14 per cent to its lowest level since 2008 due to outages. per cent low-carbon generation accounted for a record 51.6 per cent to 192.2 million tonnes of oil equivalent.

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R-Squared Energy

NOVEMBER 26, 2020

carbon dioxide emissions. carbon dioxide emissions have been declining for a dozen years, BNEF estimates that this year’s decline will be the largest on record. Emissions from transportation will probably be down more than twice as much as during the early days of the 2008-2009 financial crisis. Although U.S.

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Business Green

APRIL 29, 2020

Global carbon emissions are set to drop a record eight per cent this year, with lockdowns on public and economic life introduced to tackle the coronavirus pandemic delivering an unprecedented blow to fossil fuel demand, according to the International Energy Agency (IEA). A recent analysis by Carbon Brief noted that emissions have to fall 7.6

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Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

With misconceptions remaining around the topic of sustainable business practices and given the increasingly challenging economic landscape we find ourselves in, there’s a risk that the offsetting of carbon emissions could be overlooked by large and small businesses. Buying carbon offsets is a challenging and alienating experience.

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Energy Central

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Lofty goals are out there: “The International Maritime Organization (IMO) has set an ambition to reduce the carbon intensity of emissions from shipping by at least 40% by 2030, and 70% by 2050, compared with 2008 levels. Decarbonising the shipping industry seemed very aspirational until recently.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

Ahead of tomorrow's Net Zero Festival, Toby Hill explores how carbon offset standards are evolving in a bid to assure clients and campaigners that promised carbon savings can be delivered. To find out more about the role of carbon offsets in the net zero transition, sign up now for a free pass to tomorrow's Net Zero Festival.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

LSE's Josh Burke sets out the risks of prematurely incorporating carbon removal technologies into carbon markets. Carbon removals are needed because net zero targets - as implied by their name - are based on net emissions levels, which are important to distinguish from gross emissions. New net zero standards.

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Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 19, 2021

We can now harness the carbon scavenging power of Japanese knotweed and other invasive plants, explains Nic Seal, Founder and MD of Environet, a UK specialist in the topic. As far back as 2008 we thought it eco-crazy to dig up knotweed infested soils from one site only to dump it in a landfill site, many miles away.

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GreenBiz

MAY 5, 2020

Countries around the globe are set to launch the biggest round of infrastructure investment since the post-2008 financial crisis stimulus measures. Before the shovels hit the dirt, it's worth understanding how the world of 2020 is different from the world of 2008. For example, since 2008, the percentage of U.S.

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Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

The application for judicial review, by environmental campaigner Georgia Elliott-Smith, also includes a challenge to the Government’s decision to roll forward carbon emissions allowances to future years, and to the setting of a cap on allowable emissions which will be above the level of “business as usual” emissions.

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Business Green

MAY 19, 2021

This, O2 says, puts pressure on data centres and leads to higher carbon emissions as equipment requires increased cooling. The company said it has invested £400m in green energy since 2008 and all operations controlled by the firm are 100 per cent renewables powered.

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Envirotec Magazine

JANUARY 25, 2022

Despite the increasing popularity of greener vehicles, more than one in three (36%) cars in the UK fall into the worst two categories for harmful carbon dioxide (CO2) and nitrogen oxide (NOx) emissions, according to recent research by price comparison site MoneySuperMarket.com. Image credit: Jeremy Segrott , CC BY 2.0

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 26, 2020

Prior to the coronavirus pandemic, bus travel was in decline, with the number of people using that mode of transport falling by around 100 million since 2008. This would save 87,000 tonnes of carbon per year through reduced mileage and the cleaner vehicles in car club fleets.

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GreenTechMedia

MARCH 12, 2021

Thanks for reading, and keep crushing that carbon. ~ Another change of pace from Big Oil in the coming years, especially from the national oil companies, would go a long way to meeting the carbon limits set out in the Paris Agreement. Find me on Twitter @jk_parnell if you want to say hi. It’s 2007.

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Clean Energy Canada

AUGUST 23, 2019

Carbon pricing is a regular feature of Canadian headlines, as parties and governments clash over the right to impose a price on pollution across Canada. Many of these discussions are centred around whether carbon pricing is genuinely effective at reducing emissions. The carbon price incentivized B.C.

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GreenBiz

MAY 18, 2020

Achieve carbon-neutral computing to address climate change. This is a longstanding practice for Intel, something the company has done since 2008. Achieve carbon-neutral computing to address climate change. Simply stated, they are: Revolutionize health and safety with technology. One company can’t solve climate change’.

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AGreenLiving

DECEMBER 15, 2021

Starting this week, the whole world can see Reno’s carbon footprint. The new portal is a partnership between Reno and the 24/7 carbon-tracking platform Ledger8760. Now both policymakers and the general public will be able to find out exactly how much carbon Reno’s buildings , vehicle fleet, meters and public utilities are emitting.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

As the debate on which form of carbon pricing would best suit a post-Brexit United Kingdom continues, notions of reliability and assurance have come to the fore, particularly with regards to which type of price signal investors are most likely to trust and put their money behind. While a long-term carbon price signal - i.e

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 23, 2020

Heineken has toasted further progress against its green goals for carbon emissions, clean energy, and water consumption over the past year while simultaneously boosting profits worldwide. The company said it is now developing 2030 emissions reduction targets for its business and supply chain through the Science Based Targets initiative.

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 20, 2020

IMO member states are meeting this week for critical talks to discuss how the carbon-intensive shipping industry can be regulated to meet its 2030 climate target of reducing its carbon emissions intensity by 40 percent compared to 2008 levels. It is a dynamic that has left environmental campaigners increasingly frustrated. .

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Business Green

JANUARY 30, 2020

Herein lies a conundrum - it is within the power of the banking sector to enable a transition to a low carbon economy without regulatory or government help. Behaviour change or investment in low carbon assets first means diplomatically showing clients that low carbon is in their best interest.

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AGreenLiving

MARCH 5, 2020

A recent analysis by Carbon Brief has revealed that the United Kingdom’s carbon dioxide emissions fell by 2.9% The data indicates that declines in coal use was the main factor that led to last year’s carbon emissions decrease, as both oil and natural gas usage levels remained unchanged. Carbon Brief elaborated that U.K.

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Greenability Magazine

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

The city of Kansas City, MO wants to know how climate change is and will impact you and what actions the city should take now to become carbon neutral, equity focused and resilient by 2040. In 2020, the K.C.

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AGreenLiving

OCTOBER 26, 2020

The Oil and Gas Climate Initiative (OGCI) — which represents 12 of the world’s largest oil and gas companies including BP, Shell, Exxon, Chevron, Aramco and Petrobras — revealed recently it is funding research alongside Stena Bulk into mobile carbon capture on board ships out at sea.

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Business Green

APRIL 14, 2020

Covid-19 crisis will result in a "worse shock" to the economy than seen 12 years ago, according to the group, and "what worked for the 2008 financial crisis may not be sufficient to overcome this one". The group warns the shock to the economy caused by the coronavirus pandemic will be tougher than the 2008 financial crisis. "We

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AGreenLiving

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

While the world rushes against time to curb carbon emissions from cars, trains and airplanes, another area of transport raises concerns. To deal with the issue of carbon pollution by ships, several companies and organizations are exploring ammonia as a possible solution.

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Business Green

JUNE 21, 2020

The UK government's post-Brexit ambition for a net zero carbon market could be world-leading - but the plans released earlier this month repeat many of the mistakes of the EU system, including a very loose cap on emissions, and a market so complex it would make Rube Goldberg weep. This is below the current EU ETS price of €23 (£20.50).

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GreenBiz

JUNE 29, 2020

They've expanded their markets and slashed carbon footprints along the way, cementing reputations as innovators. Buying 100 percent-recycled nylon from Aquafil has helped Interface reduce the carbon footprint of its carpet tile by 69 percent. It’s not easy to be ahead of your time.

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GreenBiz

AUGUST 13, 2020

Consider this: In April, Royal Dutch Shell, one of the largest companies in the world, announced its intent to become a net-zero carbon company by 2050. No doubt Shell is counting on some miracle like carbon capture to preserve its adherence to a century-old business model of selling oil. In 2008, Exxon made a record $40.6

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AGreenLiving

OCTOBER 26, 2020

The Oil and Gas Climate Initiative (OGCI) — which represents 12 of the world’s largest oil and gas companies including BP, Shell, Exxon, Chevron, Aramco and Petrobras — revealed recently it is funding research alongside Stena Bulk into mobile carbon capture on board ships out at sea.

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