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Eight ways to seize the net zero opportunity

Business Green

This decade alone, the industry must: Increase low carbon electricity generation by approximately 50 per cent from sources such as wind or solar power. million homes. Develop carbon capture usage and storage (CCUS) technology and develop hydrogen networks. Championing ultra-fast electric vehicle charging points.

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The answer to climate-killing cow farts may come from the sea

Grist

One day in January 2014, police rushed to a farm in Rasdorf, Germany, after flames burst from a barn. They soon discovered that static electricity had caused entrapped methane from the flatulence and manure of 90 dairy cows to explode. The need to rein in methane emissions is especially urgent in CaliĀ­fornia, home to 1.8

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#Greentown10: A Look at Greentownā€™s Biggest Annual Event Throughout the Years

Greentown Labs

Youā€™ll also learn about key technology areas that are driving momentum to equitably tackle the climate crisis, and explore the plentiful opportunities for everyone to be a part of the energy transition thatā€™s already unfolding. Northeast Clean Energy Council President Peter Rothstein. Massachusetts Clean Energy Center.

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The Seven Sins of Greenwashing

Green Business Bureau

For instance, four waves of surveys, from 2014 to 2019 by Glocalities , compiled the answers from 189,996 respondents. In 2014, 71% of respondents were worried about the damage humans had caused to our planet. Energy Star. Since the 60s thereā€™s been a global rise in concern for the environment. USDA Organic. Green Seal.

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A Front-Row Seat for the Arcticā€™s Final Summers With Ice

Mr. Sustainability

Sailing through ice faster than ever before On a sparkling day in May, the nearly 300-meter-long tanker Christophe de Margerie set sail from the northern Russian port of Sabetta. About a third of the size of the Christophe de Margerie gas tanker, the Polarstern is almost like a second home for polar scientists. But it will.ā€

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The Seven Sins of Greenwashing

Green Business Bureau

For instance, four waves of surveys, from 2014 to 2019 by Glocalities , compiled the answers from 189,996 respondents. In 2014, 71% of respondents were worried about the damage humans had caused to our planet. Energy Star. Since the 60s thereā€™s been a global rise in concern for the environment. USDA Organic. Green Seal.

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Activists Decry FERC Rush to Construct LNG Gas Terminal, Say Permits for More Potential ā€˜Train Wreckā€™

DeSmogBlog

First, on October 19, the Louisiana Bucket Brigade called out the Federal Energy Regulatory Committee (FERC) for granting Venture Globalā€™s request to construct its Plaquemines LNG gas export terminal on a 24/7 construction schedule. He said most people donā€™t understand the magnitude these fossil fuel industry sites have on the environment.