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On the agenda this Earth Day: A global treaty to end plastic pollution

Grist

Happy Earth Day (and Earth Week, and Earth Month) — a time of year when sustainability is elevated in the global consciousness, and my inbox is full of vaguely greenwashy PR pitches. But it struck me that Earth Day 2024 has a particularly timely theme: Planet vs. Plastics. degrees Celsius (2.7

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Zoom in on Net Zero - with environment correspondent Geoffrey Lean

Business Green

Lean had always wanted to be a journalist, but it wasn't until shortly after beginning his career at the Yorkshire Post in 1970 that he first got a taste for environmental issues, when his editor assigned him to report on the first ever Earth Day, during what was the European Conservation Year.

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A decidedly impartial review of Mark Jacobson’s 100% Clean, Renewable Energy and Storage for Everything

Renewable Energy World

Happy Earth Day 2021! When you’ve followed the evolving research of a leading clean energy expert and become a supporter of his vision for a global clean energy transition, it should come as no surprise that I was eager to crack open Mark Jacobson’s 2021 book release, 100% Clean, Renewable Energy and Storage for Everything.

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NRG Energy’s VP of Sustainability Jeanne-Mey Sun Says Customer Demand is Driving Decarbonization

Greentown Labs

NRG Energy , a Founding Partner of Greentown Houston —which opened on Earth Day —is an excellent example of a company that’s weaving pathways to decarbonization deep into its ethos and business model. degree Celsius by SBTi, and one of only 12 power companies globally. and Canada.

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What Is Carbon Accounting? Standards, Frameworks, Developments and Challenges

Green Business Bureau

Although this level was not defined by the convention, the aim was to allow ecosystems and society to adapt naturally to climate change, which means slowing global warming down. The protocol sets binding and measurable objectives for combating climate change for the first time, stipulating global ceilings for GHGs.

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The Meat Industry Is Advertising Like Big Oil

DeSmogBlog

On Earth Day and during the United Nations Climate Week, it published 85 letters to the editor in local newspapers on “behalf” of cattle farmers proclaiming that beef is sustainable. After these trade associations and meatpackers spent millions on lobbying, Congress repealed mandatory country of origin labeling in December 2015.

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An Earth Day Like No Other

Green Market Oracle

This is an Earth Day like no other that has gone before. In 2020 we are celebrating the 50th Earth Day and the theme this year is climate action. In 2020 we are celebrating the 50th Earth Day and the theme this year is climate action. This year's Earth Day has a gravitas unlike any that have gone before.