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BAT fires up net zero strategy with new 2050 goal

Business Green

British American Tobacco (BAT) has committed to delivering net zero emissions by 2050 across its value chain and will bring its existing sustainability targets in line with limiting global warming to 1.5C Earlier this year, it claimed e-cigarette brand Vuse had become the first 'carbon neutral' vape brand.

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Google Pledges 24/7 Carbon-Free Energy by 2030

GreenTechMedia

Google on Monday pledged that by 2030 it will run its entire business on carbon-free energy — every hour of every day of the year. West driven by increased heat and dry conditions linked to global warming from human carbon emissions. Europe and Chile. Europe and Chile.

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Ford revs up efforts to deliver two million electric vehicles a year by 2026

Business Green

The commitments formed the centrpiece of the automakers second annual Integrated Sustainability and Financial Report, which was released yesterday, confirming Ford's long term goals to to achieve carbon neutrality no later than 2050, backed by science-based interim emissions targets for 2035.

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Office for Students Chair Condemned for Role With Oilfield Firm

DeSmogBlog

The International Energy Agency has stated that new oil and gas exploration is incompatible with the effort to limit global warming to 1.5C – the legally-binding limit set by the 2015 Paris Agreement. Consumer Choice Center was founded in 2017 by the libertarian advocacy group Students for Liberty.

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Where are they now? Catch up with 30 Under 30 alumni

GreenBiz

But look for future updates and essays on this topic, such as the one digitally penned recently by Jarami Bond (named in 2017). And, if you want to consult those lists in their entirety, here are the links: 2016 , 2017 , 2018 and 2019. We know that animal agriculture is now recognized as a leading cause of global warming.

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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. Paraphrased from their press release.).

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California Air Resources Board Releases Draft Scoping Plan Update (Part 2)

Latham's Clean Energy Law Report

Assembly Bill (AB) 32, the California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 (AB 32), required CARB to develop a scoping plan, to be updated at least once every five years, that describes the approach California will take to reduce Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions to achieve the goal of reducing emissions to 1990 levels by 2020.