Remove 2017 Remove Biodiversity Remove Carbon-neutral Remove Europe
article thumbnail

Can burning biomass be sustainable?

Low Impact

In any case, why send wood pellets to Europe to substitute for coal, when North Americans burn more fossil fuels than Europeans do? Burning wood for energy emits more carbon on a per-unit-of-energy basis than burning coal. Burning trees to reduce our carbon footprint is oxymoronic.” Carbon Debt.

article thumbnail

Plan A is working to stop greenwashing

Rinexii

Our climate is rapidly overheating, and many concerned citizens are trying to do their part to stop choosing carbon polluting products, unnatural fibers, and plastics. Plan A , a leading carbon emission and ESG management software company, launched a Europe-wide movement against greenwashing. Interview with Plan A.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

Trending Sources

article thumbnail

Why Google products are getting an eco-focused upgrade

Business Green

And in Europe, according to Pew Research Center, climate change is seen as an even bigger threat than coronavirus. From this year, Google Maps will offer eco-friendly routing: defaulting to the route with the lowest carbon emissions when the estimated time of arrival is similar to the fastest route.

Fashion 36
article thumbnail

How circular cities can put people first

Business Green

For now, the United States leads most of the world in both economic inequality and carbon emissions. African-Americans are 75 per cent more likely than others to live near hazardous waste facilities, according to research released by the NAACP and Clean Air Task Force in 2017.

article thumbnail

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. Rosalind 'Roz' Brewer, COO and Group President, Starbucks. Company profile.

article thumbnail

Wood Pellet Giant Drax Targets California Forests

DeSmogBlog

The wood pellets Drax produces are treated as “carbon neutral” under international accounting rules, based on an assumption that new-growth trees will capture the carbon lost by wood burnt for electricity. Forest Service trail camera captured wolves in the Lassen Pack, whose territory includes parts of Lassen County, in 2017.

Logging 127
article thumbnail

Logging is destroying southern forests — and dividing US environmentalists

Grist

After they are cut they can be replanted, absorbing carbon once again as they mature. The industry claims that forests that are felled sustainably — for construction, say, or for burning to produce electricity in utility-scale power plants — can provide jobs and energy, stimulate the economy, and even reduce society’s net carbon emissions.

Logging 97