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

Green Business Bureau

As such, in 2022 81% of S&P 500 companies reported their own emissions (scope 1), and the emissions of the electricity they bought (scope 2). From Rio to Glasgow: The political recognition of our climate crisis increases On the 9th of May, 1992, the United Nations Framework Convention on Change (UNFCCC) was adopted.

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The EU Elections Candidates Spreading False Narratives on Food and Farming

DeSmogBlog

Both parties are considered to be continuations of Falange EspaƱola Tradicionalista (FET-JONS), the extreme nationalist party that formed the political pillar of the Franco regime. She began her political career in 2016 with Silvio Berlusconi’s Forza Italia.

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The prospects for I-1631 eliminating 20 million tons of carbon pollution annually by 2035

Low Carbon Prosperity

While 70% of total expenditures are directed toward ā€œClean Energy & Clean Airā€ investments, additional claims on those funds may diminish the amount made available for direct emission reduction activities. the fee) and targeted investments. In total, nearly 30 percent of fossil fuel emissions from in-state activities are exempt.

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A North-Pole, How Much Longer?

Mr. Sustainability

An ice-free Arctic might be a boon for the shipping industry in the short term, but comes at potential catastrophic cost to our economy in the form of environmental disaster and political upheaval. None of them were ever to be seen or heard from again until the wreck was found at the bottom of an Arctic bay in 2016, aptly named Terror Bay.

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In an era of climate change, Alaskaā€™s predators fall prey to politics

Grist

Pilots flew through alpine valleys, where ribs of electric green growth emerged from a blanket of snow. Board members, who did not respond to requests for comment, tend to reflect the politics of the administration in office; currently, under Republican Governor Mike Dunleavy, they are sport hunters, trappers, and guides.

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? Old nuclear, new-clear #161

Climate Tech VC

The US grid got its first new nuclear power in nearly seven years last week. In deals this week, $125M for biomaterials made from CO2, $33M for grid power storage optimization, and $26M for carbon-sequestering cement. Happy Monday! Meanwhile, the ice in Antarctica is way behind its typical seasonal growth this year.

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Can a tiger change its stripes? Meet the pulp and paper giant bankrolling a huge Sumatran rainforest reserve

Business Green

The reserve is home to a vast array of rare and critically endangered animal species, including pangolins, sun bears, and - perhaps most famously - the Sumatran Tiger, of which there are less than 400 left in the wild. After deforestation rates in Indonesia soared to record levels in 2016, they have since fallen significantly.