DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 25, 2023

As Louisiana attempts to spew less climate-warming pollution, which disproportionately comes from industry, fossil-fuel companies have convinced lawmakers to jump onto the bandwagon of carbon capture and storage (CCS), a controversial and unproven method of addressing the issue.

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Planet Pulse

AUGUST 4, 2022

Starting in 2007, Permian Global has worked to reduce atmospheric carbon dioxide levels, protect habitats, and support sustainable local economies through large-scale tropical forest protection and restoration projects. This project embraced natural climate solutions (NCS), which a 2017 paper by Griscom et al.

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GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

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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GreenTechMedia

DECEMBER 1, 2020

In 2017, oil major BP took a 43 percent stake, which has since been converted into a full 50:50 joint venture. Now BP is eyeing a low carbon revolution of its own — a 30-year plan that includes establishing a renewables portfolio of 50 gigawatts by 2030 and 20 GW by 2025. was the largest end-market in Europe overtaking Germany.

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Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 14, 2021

A new white paper examines the carbon impact of streaming video on demand, in a bid to give a better impression of the carbon emissions of the technology. The authors are from The Carbon Trust, which describes itself as an independent organisation with a mission to accelerate the move to a sustainable, low carbon economy.

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Climate-KIC

JULY 10, 2017

An urban “algae farm” producing low-carbon protein and bio-fuel is one of the highlights on show this week at the future energy-themed Astana Expo 2017 in Kazakhstan. The post Algae-producing architecture a “future energy” highlight at Astana Expo 2017 appeared first on Climate-KIC.

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R-Squared Energy

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

That poses a serious challenge when global carbon dioxide emissions continue to climb. It can be scaled up to very large plants, it is firm power (available upon demand), and it produces no carbon dioxide while generating electricity. Otherwise, taking a serious bite out of global carbon emissions may be an insurmountable challenge.

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Better Ventures

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Carbon Markets are Ripe for a Reset — Our Investment in Funga Photo Credit: Filip Zrnzević The carbon sequestration market has been heating up lately (no pun intended). This is fueling the growth of the carbon markets. degrees celsius. 2 gitatons. We also backed Funga because of their impressive team.

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GreenTechMedia

MAY 27, 2020

utilities in setting a net-zero carbon target for 2050, aiming to balance the emissions from its sizable fossil fuel-fired generation fleet and sprawling natural gas business with reductions to be gained by expanding its portfolio of renewable energy and energy efficiency. Counting on 'negative carbon' solutions.

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GreenTechMedia

MARCH 3, 2021

General Assembly that the country is aiming to be carbon-neutral by 2060. It will likely include more details on the first stages of this path to net-zero carbon. GW in 2012 to 130 GW in 2017, according to data from the Asia Europe Clean Energy Advisory. Building a grid and power market fit for net-zero carbon.

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 4, 2024

Since the Paris Agreement was signed in 2015, a small number of fossil fuel entities — just 57 corporate and state producers — have been responsible for 80 percent of planet-warming carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions. Only in North America were a slim minority of carbon majors — 16 of 37 — linked to rising emissions. “It In the U.S.,

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

SSE has today announced an update to its sustainability strategy, setting four core goals for 2030 that would see the company slash its carbon intensity by 80 per cent and deliver a five-fold increase in renewables generation by the end of the decade.

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Business Green

MARCH 19, 2020

The UK's 'carbon footprint' is an oft-debated topic among green policy and energy wonks. Given the intricacies of the UK economy and its myriad supply chains, drawing up an accurate estimate of the UK's true 'carbon footprint' is an extremely complicated challenge. The overall carbon footprint stood at 772 million tonnes in 2017.

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GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

Duke Energy is the latest major utility to commit to a carbon-free future, with a plan to cut its emissions in half by 2030 and eliminate them completely by midcentury. It’s the first time Duke has pledged to zero out carbon-emitting resources from its fleet, albeit with a target deadline decades in the future.

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Business Green

APRIL 21, 2021

Fresh findings from CDP reveal nearly half the world's largest businesses have internal carbon fees, but warn prices fall short of preparing companies for ever-tightening emissions regulations.

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GreenTechMedia

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

By 2025, Ørsted will be carbon-neutral. In 2017 Dong sold its last oil and gas assets to U.K. BP's transformation is also likely to require driving the delivery of carbon capture, utilization and storage (CCUS) at large scale. Dong produced just short of 200,000 barrels a day in 2012.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

Fund launched following success of investor's first green energy fund, which it acquired when Macquarie Group purchased the Green Investment Bank from the UK government in 2017.

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Smart Energy International

APRIL 7, 2022

to provide approximately 300,000 households with personalised information and advice to reduce their energy use and carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions over four years. Today, nearly 70% of the average Japanese household’s carbon footprint stems from energy use.

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Renewable Energy World

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

With the number of companies making commitments to shift to 100% renewable energy doubling since 2017, it is important for both companies and individuals to understand the technical aspects of achieving net-zero.

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Green Market Oracle

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

Research into carbon capture and sequestration has shown both promise and disappointment. Related Why We Need Carbon Capture and Sequestration References Anderson, K., The feasibility of low CO 2 concentration targets and the role of bioenergy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS). Negative carbon dioxide emissions.

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Sustainability Consulting

MARCH 10, 2020

Early this year, Microsoft rocked the sustainability world by announcing it was going not only carbon neutral but carbon negative by 2030. What is carbon negative and how will Microsoft achieve this goal? Microsoft says it wants to achieve net zero carbon emissions. of its energy from renewable sources.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

Airport unveils new carbon, water, and waste targets in updated sustainability plan. Heathrow has today pledged to make 2019 the year carbon and waste peaked at the airport, as part of a string of new goals outlined in an update to its sustainability strategy.

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GreenBiz

APRIL 1, 2021

Cargill’s new sustainability program, SeaFuther , expands its carbon reduction commitments from the terrestrial to the oceanic. The commitment focuses on Cargill’s aquaculture and aquaculture feed business, targeting a reduction in Scope 3 emissions of 30 percent by 2030, from a 2017 baseline. . Thu, 04/01/2021 - 00:05. Pull Quote.

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Business Green

APRIL 1, 2020

Think tank argues new oversight body is needed to tackle risk of 'junk credits' as reliance on carbon offsets grows. The government is today facing calls to move swiftly to establish a new watchdog to oversee an anticipated surge in the development of carbon offsets through new nature-based approaches to emissions reduction.

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Green Market Oracle

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

Carbon capture and sequestration have often been considered technologies of last resort. As emissions keep rising and global carbon budgets decline, it is becoming increasingly apparent that if we are to stave off the worst of climate change we must deploy and scale these desperate remedies as quickly as possible. Welch, 2019).

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Business Green

JULY 11, 2021

By investing in forestry assets used to produce carbon offset credits, investors can benefit from growing demand for both compliance and voluntary credits, explains Gresham House's Olly Hughes. Carbon allowances are then auctioned off or allocated to companies and can subsequently be traded. Forestry's critical climate role.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

Swiss firm bolsters its science-based targets with plans to become carbon neutral, and then carbon positive by 2030. But yesterday the firm announced plans to go further, by offsetting its residual direct business emissions to achieve carbon neutrality by 2025, before becoming 'carbon positive' by 2030.

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Business Green

JULY 1, 2022

It's a strategy similar to the policy of setting internal carbon pricing to account for the "cost" of carbon emissions as part of a product or service. Water pricing, however, is a practice that is much less common among corporations than carbon pricing. But carbon is easy from an accounting perspective.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

The share of wind and solar generation across the 68 companies assessed almost doubled to 7% between 2017 and 2022. Of the 60 assessed companies that generated coal-fired power over the last five years, 65% burned less coal in 2022 than they did in 2017, and two companies, Iberdrola and SSE, have already phased out coal entirely.

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Business Green

MARCH 16, 2022

Member states back pioneering proposals for an import levy on carbon intensive goods produced in countries with lower environmental standards. The EU could soon become the first market to introduce carbon tariffs on imports of carbon intensive goods, after member state governments yesterday signalled their backing for the proposals.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

A host of global fashion brands and consumer goods retailers, including H&M, Ben & Jerry's and Stella McCartney, have today collectively committed to purchasing 550,000 tonnes of low carbon alternative fibres for textiles and packaging, in a move aimed at curbing supply chain deforestation.

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Charged

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

The myth of the “long tailpipe”—the notion that EVs generate just as much carbon emissions as ICE vehicles do—has been debunked by dozens of scientific studies (see below for a partial list). Contrarian studies cited by the anti-EV brigade include a non-peer-reviewed Swedish study from 2017 and a 2019 study from a German research institute.

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Clean Energy Canada

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

For the second year in a row, the Parliamentary Budget Officer’s review of the federal carbon pricing system concluded that because of the Climate Action Incentive rebate, “most households will receive higher transfers than amounts paid in fuel charges” and “The net benefits are broadly progressive by income group.

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GreenTechMedia

APRIL 10, 2020

Reuters: Biggest fall in carbon emissions since World War Two. Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists : Will the coronavirus have a lasting impact on carbon emissions? GTM : 2017 Primer–Too Much of a Good Thing? Recommended reading: Clean Air Memes from India : You Can See Los Angeles from Mumbai Now.

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Green Market Oracle

JANUARY 7, 2020

Greenhouse gas emissions are rising and our carbon budget* is dwindling. Between 2014 and 2016, global carbon emissions remained mostly flat, but emissions began to rise again in 2017. billion metric tons of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere in 2019. degrees, we had 420 GtCO2 left in our carbon budget as of Jan.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 2, 2020

Accounting giant to both reduce and offset its carbon emissions as part of plans to 'drive long-term, sustainable growth'. Global accounting giant Ernst & Young (EY) is aiming to be 'carbon neutral' by the end of 2020 by both reducing and offsetting its carbon emissions, the company announced on Friday.

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Business Green

APRIL 20, 2020

French firm says it has achieved goal set at Paris climate conference through offsetting and significant carbon reduction efforts across its design, production, shipping, and recycling operations. The resulting carbon neutral standard, PAS 2060, was awarded by British certification agency Carbon Trust.

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