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Is 'net zero' much ado about nothing?

GreenBiz

Net zero can be achieved, first and foremost, by cutting or eliminating greenhouse gas emissions and, secondarily, by offsetting any remaining emissions through such actions as planting trees, investing in renewable energy projects that replace fossil-fuel energy, or investing in novel carbon-removal technologies such as direct air capture.

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Startup tackles decarbonizing industrial heat processes

GreenBiz

Skyven Technologies, founded in 2013, is a company with a unique proposition for companies in the industrial sector — a way to save money through decarbonizing. In order to manufacture products, companies in the industry sector must burn fuel, typically natural gas, to create heat. Myisha Majumder.

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Mapped: The Network of Powerful Agribusiness Groups Lobbying to Water Down the EU’s Sustainable Farming Targets

DeSmogBlog

In its list of 2030 commitments to support the European Green Deal, CropLife said that it will “invest 10 billion euros into innovation in precision and digital technologies by 2030.” The main ingredient in fertilizers is ammonia, which is produced from natural gas.

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Startup tackles decarbonizing industrial heat processes

AGreenLiving

Startup tackles decarbonizing industrial heat processes Myisha Majumder Wed, 09/16/2020 – 01:30 Skyven Technologies, founded in 2013, is a company with a unique proposition for companies in the industrial sector — a way to save money through decarbonizing.

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20 C-suite sustainability champions for 2021

GreenBiz

The company, an early partner with the Ellen MacArthur Foundation, has positioned water and carbon emissions as equally critical in the climate crisis. Last year, Ecolab set a goal for net-zero carbon emissions by 2050, getting halfway there by 2030. No doubt those conversations will be at play in Starbucks’ 50th year.

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Tanaka to boost production plant hydrogen energy use with new system

Hydrogen Fuel News

The company has already launched Operation Polaris*2, for the purpose of meeting its 2050 goal of being carbon neutral.   This process generates electricity without resulting in the production of carbon dioxide emissions, unlike many other sources of electricity generation that use fossil fuels such as coal or natural gas

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Greentown Labs Opens its Houston Incubator on Earth Day

Greentown Labs

Today is a major milestone in Houston’s broader efforts to build a more efficient and more sustainable low-carbon future. Shell , a Greentown Labs partner since 2013, is an active participant and thought leader in the energy transition and has announced its intentions to become a net-zero emissions energy company by 2050. “At