GreenBiz

JUNE 3, 2021

In 2020, investments into early stage climate tech companies topped $60 billion and grew at a faster rate than all VC investments from 2013 to 2019. Textiles and the fashion industry account for about 20 percent of global wastewater pollution, 10 percent of global carbon emissions and 17 million tons of municipal solid waste.

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GreenBiz

AUGUST 13, 2020

We’ve spent decades promoting clean energy technologies. Consider this: In April, Royal Dutch Shell, one of the largest companies in the world, announced its intent to become a net-zero carbon company by 2050. Exxon’s 2018 revenues were half of what it made a decade earlier; in 2019, it was only $14.3 Hunter Lovins.

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GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

Over the past few years, as companies have come under steadily increasing pressure to tackle climate change, nature-based solutions have emerged as a particularly exciting method for shrinking corporate carbon footprints. Investing in forests can be a win-win that both sequesters carbon and regenerates nature. Let’s start with costs.

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GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

Over the past few years, as companies have come under steadily increasing pressure to tackle climate change, nature-based solutions have emerged as a particularly exciting method for shrinking corporate carbon footprints. Investing in forests can be a win-win that both sequesters carbon and regenerates nature. Let’s start with costs.

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AGreenLiving

JANUARY 22, 2020

Kelp is also able to naturally remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, mitigating rising temperatures and climate change. If Kelp Jerky is all about protein and energy, our Kelp Balls will be all about improving your digestion.” ” Minimizing its carbon footprint is another crucial mission for AKUA.

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

Policymakers met with fossil fuel and biomass producers nine times as often as with their renewable energy counterparts, DeSmog can reveal, raising fresh concerns over the depth of the government’s commitments to reaching net zero emissions by 2050. Our record on renewable energy speaks for itself,” they said. “In

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GreenBiz

MAY 18, 2020

Achieve carbon-neutral computing to address climate change. Swan, who took the helm as Intel CEO in January 2019, was the catalyst for the creation of the shared goals — because "one company can’t solve climate change" — and a broad coalition of stakeholders across the company was responsible for developing them, according to Brady. .

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Envirotec Magazine

JANUARY 17, 2020

Most people seem to believe some form of carbon capture and storage (CCS) will be necessary, although many are stil sceptical of an arguably “unproven” and ambitious technology. Many have maintained that it makes better sense to invest in renewables and energy reduction, a position held by Greenpeace and other groups.

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GreenTechMedia

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

It plans to add carbon capture and storage to the biomass plants, taking them to a negative-emissions status. A Drax spokesperson told GTM the decision aligns with a strategic shift to renewables, a shift that has also seen the firm acquire a portfolio of hydro and pumped hydro plants in 2019. ’s largest power plant.

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Business Green

JULY 19, 2022

The latest edition of National Grid ESO's Future Energy Scenarios report was released this week, setting out the energy system operator's detailed vision for how the net zero transition could accelerate. The 237-page report is dense and it has landed during the hottest week on record and in the midst of a Conservative leadership race.

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Green Market Oracle

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

Research into carbon capture and sequestration has shown both promise and disappointment. A 2010 study indicated that "negative emission technologies…significantly enhances the possibility to meet low concentration targets" (Azar et al, 2010). Welch, 2019). The trouble with negative emissions. Science, 14 Oct 2016: Vol.

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GreenTechMedia

MAY 12, 2020

has called on the German government to intervene to keep down the costs of renewable electricity and “fast-track” the energy transition. Any shortfall in that support should be covered by federal funding, including proceeds from the new carbon tax, Teyssen said Tuesday. is now focused on providing energy services.

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GreenTechMedia

APRIL 9, 2020

Major infrastructure projects are notoriously tough to build in 21st-century America, and that seems especially true for transmission lines, however critical they are in transforming the energy system. The case for new multi-state transmission lines has never been clearer. All the same, transmission developers have not given up.

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GreenBiz

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

Removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere may be as difficult as getting to the moon. . Launched on Earth Day 2019, Project Vesta aims to enhance natural weathering processes to accelerate carbon capture and storage in the world's oceans. Shooting for the moon: 3 radical innovations to remove atmospheric CO2. Tali Zuckerman.

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Business Green

AUGUST 6, 2021

Project is one of a number of key investments at the site that aim to push down low carbon energy costs, as it looks to advance deployment of 'carbon negative' technologies. As a result the site has cut carbon emissions by more than 90 per cent since 2012, making it one of the lowest carbon energy generators in Europe.

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GreenBiz

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

The furniture giant’s commitments have the potential to move markets: IKEA has 433 stores in 53 countries, and it hit 2019 global retail sales of about $45.5 IKEA has invested about $2 billion in total in clean energy — at the end of last year, it earmarked $220 million on green energy, reforestation and forest protection projects.

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Renewable Energy World

DECEMBER 13, 2021

This transition, however, will impact jobs in fossil fuel-based energy production and could, if not considered from a social perspective, negatively impact millions of individuals in emerging economy nations. Emerging economy countries face the undeniably huge task to transition their economies to be cleaner and more sustainable.

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GreenBiz

JUNE 29, 2020

And, if you want to consult those lists in their entirety, here are the links: 2016 , 2017 , 2018 and 2019. Holly Beale (2019). We are using the newly developed Embodied Carbon for Construction Calculator (EC3) to support low-carbon procurement on structural steel, piles, rebar and concrete. Willemijn Brouwer (2018).

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GreenTechMedia

AUGUST 28, 2020

Exelon is following through with a threat to close two of its Illinois nuclear power plants by next year unless it receives state support to boost their financial viability, a move that could undermine the state's carbon-free electricity goals. The announcement was met with strong negative reactions from Illinois state leaders.

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Mosaic

APRIL 1, 2022

First, what exactly is energy resilience? It’s a term used to describe when energy sources are independent from outside suppliers. It is also used when talking about more stable energy systems, higher quality products and products that can withstand erratic weather patterns. Because their homeowner customers care.

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Mosaic

APRIL 1, 2022

First, what exactly is energy resilience? It’s a term used to describe when energy sources are independent from outside suppliers. It is also used when talking about more stable energy systems, higher quality products and products that can withstand erratic weather patterns. Because their homeowner customers care.

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GreenTechMedia

JULY 21, 2020

Apple committed on Tuesday to becoming carbon-neutral by 2030, pushing its ambitions far beyond its own corporate walls — already 100 percent powered by renewables — to include its vast supply chain and the lifecycle of all its products. That creates an enormous opportunity for renewable energy. technology giants.

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Energy Innovation

JANUARY 28, 2020

Energy Innovation partners with the independent nonprofit Aspen Global Change Institute (AGCI) to provide climate and energy research updates. The difficulty of the task increases the longer peak emissions are delayed, as does the ultimate amount of negative emissions needed by 2100. 2017, Faulk, 2019).

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GreenTechMedia

JULY 27, 2020

’s power sector will be operating on a negative-emissions basis by 2033 at the latest if the country sticks to its plan to reach net-zero emissions across the economy by 2050, according to system operator National Grid ESO. actually hitting its targeted carbon reductions. is at something of a clean-energy policy crossroads.

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GreenBiz

JUNE 25, 2020

With growing consensus on the gravity of the climate crisis, countries and companies are adopting carbon reduction targets. Pressure to make emissions visible has been around for a while: Consumers want to know how much carbon is embodied in the products they buy. Alas, to date the same isn’t true of carbon performance.

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Greentown Labs

JANUARY 9, 2024

Carbon Upcycling Technologies (Calgary, Alberta, Canada) is a circular-decarbonization solution for hard-to-abate industries–-utilizing low-purity industrial CO 2 and industrial byproducts to decarbonize cement. manufactures and distributes biobased building materials, including a low-embodied-carbon insulation.

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DeSmogBlog

JANUARY 16, 2024

Smith’s comments were made in the context of home heating costs within a wider discussion concerning carbon taxes and the affordability crisis. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced a three-year “carbon price carve out” for home heating oil in October 2023. The most extreme reaction was from Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe.

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Business Green

APRIL 6, 2020

Sunny and breezy weather coupled with lower demand for power due to lockdown prompted negative electricity prices on Sunday. As such customers on Octopus Energy's 'Agile Octopus' tariff were among those to benefit from the dramatic fall in prices, meaning they were actually paid to use electricity for a short period on Sunday afternoon.

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Renewable Energy World

APRIL 14, 2021

Energy Information Administration. More Bioenergy news: Carbon-negative bioenergy project underway with Chevron, Microsoft and Schlumberger Australian firm partners with French giant to reduce carbon emissions in Japan. Subscribe to Renewable Energy World’s free, weekly newsletter for more stories like this.

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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. Lindsey, 2019).

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DeSmogBlog

JUNE 27, 2023

He said the findings are consistent with other similar studies, such as a 2019 analysis which found that California and Colorado’s public pension funds would have been a combined $19 billion richer had they divested from fossil fuel holdings in 2009. So that’s kind of a conflict.”

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Business Green

JUNE 9, 2020

The government must now address the market for all the low carbon energy technologies of the future, including hydrogen and CCUS, argues Siemens UK & Ireland CEO Steve Scrimshaw. According to our own Pace of Change report 71 per cent of UK consumers believe the government should be acting faster to develop clean energy.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

Fresh analysis backed by 40 major energy, finance, and industry companies - including Shell, BP, Volvo, and ArcelorMittal - explores actions required this decade to deliver an emissions-free economy by mid-century that is not overly reliant on carbon offsets.

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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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GreenBiz

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

And energy providers the world over are rushing to slash their reliance on fossil fuels as the clean energy transition gathers pace. . We can't let these major oil companies that are spending most of their capex on oil and gas run a bunch of advertising pretending they're renewable energy companies.

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The Environmental Blog

APRIL 1, 2021

While Nitrogen Dioxide is primarily produced by cars(EPA USA, 2016), other pollutants like Carbon Dioxide were on the fall too, with reduced global air travel reducing Carbon Dioxide emissions in the US by 17% ( Zogopoulos , 2021). Positive and Negative Impacts of the Pandemic on the Environment. online] Energy Industry Review.

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Energy Innovation

SEPTEMBER 16, 2019

Energy Innovation partners with the independent nonprofit Aspen Global Change Institute (AGCI) to provide climate and energy research updates. In addition, sufficient siting of facilities at scale is needed to capture and process the (CO 2 ), whether the carbon is sequestered underground or put to beneficial use. The IPCC 1.5°C

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