GreenBiz

DECEMBER 16, 2020

Pollution, poverty and race collide in many other disadvantaged communities across California — and the country — and some argue that the state’s climate policies haven’t helped. The overall "cap" lowers every year, forcing polluters to reduce their emissions or purchase allowances from others who do. As the U.S.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

UNEP boss warns 'there will be no jab to prevent seven million premature deaths caused by air pollution each year'. Those are the headline findings from Regulating Air Quality: The first global assessment of air pollution legislation , which was launched this week ahead of the International Day of Clean Air for blue skies.

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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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Low Carbon Prosperity

OCTOBER 17, 2018

In this Low Carbon Prosperity Institute (LCPI) analysis, we explore scenarios of carbon reduction investment performance based on the revenue allocation described in Initiative 1631. The measure is intended, but not required, to reduce carbon emissions in 2035 to 25% below 1990 levels, consistent with the state’s legislated target.

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Business Green

MAY 19, 2021

The system uses natural cold air from outside to cool data centre equipment rather than relying on traditional air conditioning, reducing both energy use and "reliance on polluting refrigerant gases", O2 said. This, O2 says, puts pressure on data centres and leads to higher carbon emissions as equipment requires increased cooling.

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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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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 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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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

Members of a trade association set up to encourage carpet recycling in the UK – which goes by the name ‘Carpet Recycling UK’ – are causing 128,480 tonnes of carpet to be incinerated every year – emitting dangerous toxic chemicals and significant carbon emissions, costing UK society around £16.5

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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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Clean Energy Canada

MAY 6, 2020

Following the 2008 financial crisis, countries around the world put together stimulus packages with varying emphasis on clean energy. These investments also paid off in reduced carbon pollution: since 2008, U.S. contributing to a 28 per cent fall in electricity-related carbon pollution since 2005.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

Green groups warn new carbon regulation for the shipping sector will fail to cap industry emissions and thus undermine global climate goals. Meanwhile, the ICS, one of the architects of the proposal greenlit this afternoon, argued it would put the the shipping sector "on track" to meet the IMO's 2030 carbon target.

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GreenTechMedia

MAY 21, 2020

Moves to adapt engines and ship designs to ammonia fuel are driven by a 2018 International Maritime Organisation (IMO) commitment to cut international shipping’s annual greenhouse gas emissions by at least 50 percent by 2050, compared to 2008 levels. Here, though, the problem is cost. Green ammonia's manageable drawbacks.

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R-Squared Energy

JULY 27, 2020

Fossil fuels are composed of carbon and hydrogen. When hydrocarbons are combusted, the carbon forms carbon dioxide and the hydrogen forms water. Coal contains a higher percentage of carbon than does oil or natural gas. peaked in 2005, but remained at a pretty constant level until the financial crisis of 2008.

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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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DeSmogBlog

AUGUST 5, 2021

Under the Emissions Trading System (ETS) all major polluters must submit an annual report declaring how much carbon dioxide they emitted that year. The system was designed to provide an economic incentive for polluters to use greener forms of energy, but it has faced accusations of fraud that have cost taxpayers billions.

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 16, 2021

‘Our Future Planet’ will focus on ways of removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere through controversial Carbon, Capture and Storage (CCS) technology and nature-based solutions, as part of a programme of events leading up to the COP26 UN climate summit in November.

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Sustainability Consulting

APRIL 8, 2020

Could coronavirus be slowing global carbon emissions? Let’s be clear: a global health pandemic is not the way we want to reduce carbon emissions. of global carbon emissions. ? in carbon emissions. in carbon emissions. To help your company reduce its carbon footprint, contact us for a consultation.

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 16, 2021

‘Our Future Planet’ will focus on ways of removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere through controversial Carbon, Capture and Storage (CCS) technology and nature-based solutions, as part of a programme of events leading up to the COP26 UN climate summit in November.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 14, 2022

trade associations from 2008 to 2018. billion on advertising and PR between 2008 and 2017. It is no secret that companies in carbon-intensive industries engage their trade associations to lobby and advertise on their behalf in order to stave off climate policies. billion on climate-related political activities.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

PR and Ad agencies pollute the airwaves so that fossil fuel companies can pollute the atmosphere," said Duncan Meisel, campaign manager at Clean Creatives, who said the spread of climate misinformation could be directly traced back to a number of high profile PR agencies. "As It's time for PR and ad agencies to come clean.".

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Renewable Energy World

AUGUST 25, 2021

For example, in 2018, the International Maritime Organization (“IMO”) adopted a goal of reducing greenhouse gas (“GHG”) emissions 50% below 2008 levels by 2050. If hydrogen is meant to be burnt, the temperatures required also encourage the formation of certain air pollutants, particularly nitrous oxides.

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Grist

AUGUST 12, 2021

While that might seem like a no-brainer to some, it’s a finding that could have big implications for lawsuits seeking to hold polluters accountable for disaster damages. Take, for example, the 2008 case of Native Village of Kivalina v. ExxonMobil Corp., The plaintiffs said the erosion had been exacerbated by climate change.

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Business Green

APRIL 14, 2020

One points towards a greener, more resilient economy characterised by stronger rules and incentives for high carbon industries to put their future on a net zero footing. Calls for a green recovery are nothing new of course - similar arguments were made in the wake of the last global financial crisis in 2008.

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Hydrogen Fuel News

JANUARY 14, 2024

Red circles indicate many dead zones’ size and location (2008), with black dots representing those of unknown size. Primarily caused by excessive nutrient pollution from human activities, these dead zones not only disrupt local ecosystems by depleting oxygen levels in the water but also threaten biodiversity at a global level.

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Latham's Clean Energy Law Report

DECEMBER 12, 2023

For example, maritime vessels typically struggle to meet existing “green” thresholds as zero or low-carbon fuels are still in their early stages of development. TRACTION will address challenges and develop solutions to scale up CFPP retirement using carbon credits. C–aligned reduction in emissions.

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Business Green

JANUARY 4, 2021

Action to hit carbon targets has intensified. The disruption caused by extreme climate change falls into the same category and leading companies have intensified ambitions to reduce carbon. Progressive organisations know that to be truly resilient they have to reduce carbon emissions and plan for climatic disruption.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 17, 2019

According to a national study by the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, concern about the environment is currently polling at its highest level since 2008. Emissions from petrol or diesel fuel usage are likely to be the biggest pollutants of any fleet business. Increasing fuel efficiency.

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Front And Centered

APRIL 14, 2020

ENACTED – Set Strong, Comprehensive Climate Pollution Limits (HB 2311) . This bill aligns Washington’s greenhouse gas (GHG) limits with stronger global goals, ensuring our natural lands contribute, but do not compromise pollution source reduction. Front and Centered Community Priorities. This bill did not advance this session.

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Business Green

JUNE 18, 2020

Governments around the world have a unique opportunity to shift the world onto a sustainable development path over the next 12 months, or else risk locking in a new generation of high carbon infrastructure that would make it near impossible to meet the goals of the Paris Agreement.

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DeSmogBlog

AUGUST 25, 2021

Financial flows are also increasing to projects linked to the exploration and development of new fossil fuel resources, indicating that central banks are not using their influence as regulators of commercial banks to stem the flow of capital to polluting activities. Central banks’ roles have evolved over time.

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DeSmogBlog

MAY 2, 2023

Lord David Frost – a Conservative peer and former Cabinet Office minister who was appointed in November – is also a GWPF director , along with Terence Mordaunt , who has donated £342,500 to the Conservative Party and its MPs since 2008 via First Corporate Consultants and First Corporate Shipping.

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Business Green

APRIL 2, 2020

The speed which the sector rebounds can be helped by government and central bank policies to prioritise lending to low-carbon power. Once we emerge from this crisis the question will be to make sure that we don't embed fossil fuel and carbon into the emerging economy. Juliet Davenport is CEO of green energy supplier Good Energy.

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AutoGrid

OCTOBER 27, 2022

In Europe, and markets all over the world, the variability of solar and wind is often mitigated by fossil fuel generation, usually peaker plants , which remain the most expensive and polluting on the system. Europe’s first VPP dates back to 2008 with an aggregation of nine hydroelectric plants totaling 8.6 MW of capacity.

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

I think most policy officials in the department are left scratching their heads as to how we’ll reach our legally binding carbon budget commitments”. million from polluters, fossil fuel interests and climate deniers in 2022. DeSmog has previously revealed that the Conservative Party received £3.5

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Business Green

JUNE 28, 2020

European Environment Agency notes that growing SUV segment and a slow pick up of electric vehicles has pushed carbon dioxide emissions up. of carbon dioxide per kilometre in 2019, a figure that is significantly higher than the EU-wide target of 95g that kicks in at the end of this year. of carbon dioxide per kilometre.

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Business Green

APRIL 8, 2020

Covid-19 highlights humanity's dependence on nature and its processes, writes Neil Wallis of the Low Carbon Vehicle Partnership. The 2008 banking crash provoked a populist surge rooted in anger, confusion and resentment. Neil Wallis is head of communications at the Low Carbon Vehicle Partnership (LowCVP).

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