DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Carbon capture and storage (CCS) was high on the agenda at New York Climate Week last week, where critics of the technology raised concerns it would be used to extend the life of the fossil fuel industry. The data showed us that their carbon capture plans are not working at scale.” What CCS Projects Promise. And What They Deliver.

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Business Green

APRIL 1, 2022

The tech giant has lifted the lid on its efforts to soak up more carbon than it emits. While other organizations are focused primarily on getting to carbon neutral for current emissions, Microsoft plans to offset its entire historical emissions going back to when the company was founded in 1975.

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GreenBiz

MARCH 8, 2021

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern wasted little time raising the stakes in her nation’s fight against climate change after handily winning re-election in October. Drawing on that mandate, Ardern declared a "climate emergency" and set the wheels in motion for New Zealand’s public sector to become carbon neutral by 2025.

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Envirotec Magazine

JULY 6, 2021

This had been central to the climate accords since 2009, and is widely viewed as an indispensable ingredient for securing the mutual trust and cooperation of the 191 countries that signed the Paris agreement. One solution might be carbon pricing, and the imposition of such a measure was Bordini-Staden’s “biggest hope” for COP26.

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AGreenLiving

MARCH 2, 2020

Following the sold-out success of “I Am Not a Plastic Bag” in 2007, designer brand Anya Hindmarch has launched a new product, called “I Am a Plastic Bag”, aimed at recycling single-use plastic and leaving behind a net-zero carbon footprint from production. alone used 10.6bn plastic bags, and this figure dropped to 6.1bn in 2010.

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AGreenLiving

MARCH 2, 2020

Following the sold-out success of “I Am Not a Plastic Bag” in 2007, designer brand Anya Hindmarch has launched a new product, called “I Am a Plastic Bag”, aimed at recycling single-use plastic and leaving behind a net-zero carbon footprint from production. alone used 10.6bn plastic bags, and this figure dropped to 6.1bn in 2010.

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Econaur

APRIL 22, 2020

In 2009, the United Nations General Assembly adopted a resolution formally recognizing the day as International Mother Earth Day. In addition to these practical outcomes, the event demonstrated just how much can be achieved when people come together and demand action. The day continues to hold great significance.

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Greentown Labs

OCTOBER 21, 2021

Alkemy Environmental (Somerville, MA) recycles industrial waste streams into structural-grade lightweight concrete aggregates. billion in sales in 2020 More than 167, 000 employees, located in 70 countries Committed to achieving Carbon Neutrality by 2050.

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Business Green

JANUARY 13, 2021

If you look at the markets we operate in - whether it is the UK, Sweden or Norway - most of our markets have the most ambitious policies for carbon neutrality or net zero. Meanwhile, incentives for senior leadership are now based in part on carbon elimination progress.

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Business Green

JANUARY 6, 2023

Carbon offset. Does the carbon offset provider use sound science and accounting practices to back up the claims it makes about its carbon offsets? The FTC said in December that it expects comments on 'carbon offsets' in particular for the next Green Guides. Less waste than / Less toxic than. Low carbon.

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Business Green

MAY 26, 2020

Microsoft hit headlines at the start of year with a hugely ambitious plan to be 'carbon negative' by 2030 , backed by a pledge to - by mid-century - retroactively remove all carbon dioxide the company has ever emitted since it was founded in 1975, in an announcement that sent shockwaves across the corporate world.

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Greentown Labs

OCTOBER 22, 2020

Multi-year initiative seeks carbon-to-value startups and welcomes first Carbontech Leadership Council members. The C2V Initiative is a unique, multi-year program driving the creation of a thriving innovation ecosystem for the commercialization of carbontech—technologies that capture and convert carbon dioxide (CO?) New York City, N.Y.,

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Grist

SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

Forests are so unhealthy they are now emitting more carbon than they produce, according to recent s tudies. At the same time, California is counting on its forests sucking up lots of carbon from cars, factories, and power plants to meet its goals to slash carbon emissions. “If But either way, the result is more carbon 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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AGreenLiving

JANUARY 11, 2021

In Beck’s mind, too , forwarding-thinking companies should look at natural resources not just as consumables but as recyclable goods, and then design systems and products in a way that eliminates waste. Nearly a century ago, Ecolab sold dishwasher soap with a dispenser described as its first effort to reduce waste.

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AGreenLiving

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

Could green hydrogen be key to a carbon-free economy? The Saudis are going big on something called green hydrogen — a carbon-free fuel made from water by using renewably produced electricity to split hydrogen molecules from oxygen molecules. is California’s aggressive push toward a carbon-neutral future.

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Green Market Oracle

DECEMBER 2, 2020

carbon neutral by 2050. As a Democratic Senator representing the state of Massachusetts, in 2009 he cosponsored a climate bill with Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) You have to factor in the long-term cost of carbon pollution. Kerry helped to craft Biden's climate agenda which includes a plan that will seek to make the U.S.

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AGreenLiving

OCTOBER 21, 2020

South can be traced back to 2009, when wood pellets were touted as a “transition fuel” that could be used to advance the EU’s climate goals — a 20 percent reduction in greenhouse gas emissions from 1990 levels, and a 20 percent increase in renewable energy by 2020. The rise of the wood pellet industry in the U.S.

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Green Market Oracle

DECEMBER 2, 2020

carbon neutral by 2050. As a Democratic Senator representing the state of Massachusetts, in 2009 he cosponsored a climate bill with Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) You have to factor in the long-term cost of carbon pollution. Kerry helped to craft Biden's climate agenda which includes a plan that will seek to make the U.S.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 21, 2022

The ecosystem services that underpin the global economy should recover, providing greater climate resilience, enhanced natural carbon sinks, and improved food and water security. The bulk of the funding - some £2.5tr - was deemed neutral. It's important to have CEOs and its important to have national leaders here," he said.

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