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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. Technologies such as geothermal, biomass and solar, which Skyven initially focused on, can provide an alternative to natural gas to generate heat for industrial processes.

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Aviation is plotting a sustainable course

GreenBiz

The pandemic led ICAO to scale back the program, CORSIA (for Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation), to make it easier for airlines to comply. The sooner that the costs of carbon control are included in the costs of doing business, the sooner new technologies will be developed.

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A corporate water strategy manifesto: We can and will do better

GreenBiz

The recent interest and commitment to water pledges has diverted scarce resources and funds from actions such as watershed conservation and protection, reuse, technology innovation and adoption, public policy innovation, etc. 700 million people worldwide could be displaced by intense water scarcity by 2030 ( Global Water Institute, 2013 ).

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Europe’s wood pellet market is worsening environmental racism in the American South

GreenBiz

In 2013, when Enviva Biomass opened a new plant near Belinda Joyner’s community in Northampton County, North Carolina, she already knew what to expect. Wood pellets were considered to be renewable energy because replanted forests could recapture carbon lost in the clear cutting and burning process.

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GM and Honda team up on drive to develop 'affordable' electric vehicles

Business Green

US and Japanese car firms step up collaboration on battery technology and manufacturing development in bid to drive down cost of EVs. Honda and GM will build on our successful technology collaboration to help achieve a dramatic expansion in the sales of electric vehicles," he said.

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Media brief: What are carbon offsets and how can they be used?

Clean Energy Canada

Offsets offer a carbon polluter (like the operator of a steel plant) an additional option to comply with government rules that limit carbon pollution. Carbon offsets have been enabled under international law in the 1997 Kyoto Protocol and were first used internationally in 2001. WHAT ARE OFFSETS? HOW ARE OFFSETS USED?

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