DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

million tonnes of carbon dioxide in 2020, including 13.2 million from burning biomass, according to environmental law charity ClientEarth – is sponsoring an event called “How Can the UK Build a Zero Carbon, Lower Cost Energy Future?” Drax – which emitted 19.4 at the Labour conference in Brighton on Monday.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 22, 2019

“With the UK hosting COP26 in Glasgow in 2020, the country’s actions will be under close scrutiny and there will be nowhere to hide if we fall short of doing our part,” said Kiran Sura of PwC. But this trend of decarbonisation is neither sustainable or sufficient. If the UK is able to achieve the required 9.7%

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GreenBiz

JUNE 25, 2020

Thu, 06/25/2020 - 00:30. 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. Paolo Natali.

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GreenBiz

DECEMBER 28, 2020

2020 was the year that…. Mon, 12/28/2020 - 02:11. To recall some of the key developments, as I have done each December for more than a decade, I’ve plumbed the nearly 1,300 stories, columns and analyses we've published on GreenBiz.com since the dawn of 2020 — a.k.a. All links are to stories published on GreenBiz.com during 2020.)

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GreenBiz

MARCH 8, 2021

Fourteen months ago, the World Economic Forum's 2020 Global Risks Report neglected to include a pandemic among its major warnings for the year ahead. Irwin looks back on 2020 with "somewhat rose-tinted glasses" because it has proven the need to take the relationship between nature and society seriously. Reframe as vulnerability.

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

Labour’s energy spokesperson has said he stands “completely” with biomass giant Drax, despite admitting that its use of wood pellets in its North Yorkshire power station is not carbon neutral. The speakers at the panel event, “How Can the UK Build a Zero Carbon, Lower Cost Energy Future?” Completely With Them’.

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DeSmogBlog

AUGUST 15, 2023

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Mama Our Filipino Grandma (@ourfilipinograndma) While the video racked up around 40,000 likes across both platforms, it also attracted dozens of negative comments from Sangalang’s fans, some of whom said they would be unfollowing her account. Juarez and Sangaland declined to comment.

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 11, 2021

20 C-suite sustainability champions for 2021. The big stories of 2020 were not just about a pandemic, a reckoning on racial justice, an economic calamity and the ever-imminent rise of climate change impacts. Elsa Wenzel. Mon, 01/11/2021 - 02:15. Many leaders in this cohort happen to have climbed the ranks at one company for decades.

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

Analysis of the government’s latest transparency data shows ministers at the Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS) held 130 one-on-one meetings with energy producers between July 22 2019 and March 18 2021, of which nearly half (63) were with producers of high carbon energy. Drax Access.

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GreenBiz

DECEMBER 28, 2020

The top 2020 trends in sustainability, according to GreenBiz readers. Mon, 12/28/2020 - 01:30. At GreenBiz, we’ve been reporting on the world of sustainable business for over two decades, but this year has been unlike any other. READ THE FULL STORY: 8 electric truck and van companies to watch in 2020. .

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Business Green

DECEMBER 16, 2022

While companies should be trying to phase out carbon to achieve these net-zero commitments, Sick noted that life doesn't work without carbon. There's a reason why carbon is all around. What we have to do, though, is become smarter about how we source, use, reuse and dispose of this carbon.".

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 21, 2022

In the spring of 2020, the European Union announced an ambitious plan to overhaul farming practices in fields and valleys across the continent. Since 2020, the world’s four largest pesticide companies have spent over 20 million euros on lobbying both EU officials and the public. Arbitrary Targets Are Not The Solution’.

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Business Green

JULY 21, 2021

Rothesay is aiming to be carbon neutral, or negative, across its direct operations by 2023, and net-zero carbon emissions across its investment portfolio by 2050, both compared to a 2020 baseline date. tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent per full-time employee. "We

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GreenBiz

JUNE 29, 2020

Mon, 06/29/2020 - 02:30. June 22 marked the publication of the fifth annual GreenBiz 30 Under 30 , our report celebrating rising young professionals in the field of corporate sustainability. . Do you think the COVID-19 crisis marks a turning point for the sustainability movement? . Where are they now? Heather Clancy.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 9, 2021

Since then, leading industry associations and agrochemical companies have used their lobbying might to push back against core European measures aiming to lead the transition to a more sustainable way of farming. million on lobbying in 2019 and 2020, according to the latest available data on their lobbying spending from official EU data.

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Renewable Energy World

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

A research team at the Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory has developed a system capable of converting waste from sewage, food crops, algae and other renewable carbon sources into hydrogen fuel. It then removes carbon from wastewater, allowing the clean water to be reused.

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Grist

SEPTEMBER 11, 2020

The reason it’s considered a solution is that plants suck up carbon from the air while they grow. When we turn them into fuels and burn them, no new carbon is added to the atmosphere —the whole cycle is considered “carbon neutral.” But critics say biofuels’ carbon-neutrality is a mirage.

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R-Squared Energy

JANUARY 20, 2021

In January 2020, Microsoft launched a company-wide focus on sustainability by announcing an? to become carbon negative by 2030, and by 2050 to remove from the environment more carbon than they have emitted since they were founded. ambitious goal and a detailed plan ?to Project Highlights.

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E8 Cleantech Angels

AUGUST 1, 2021

Ahead of announcing our 2021 semi-finalists, we’re highlighting the progress of our 2020 investees. All three have successfully completed follow-on rounds at substantially higher valuations and have seen revenue and orders grow more than 300% since 2020. It includes over , $7.5

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Green Business Bureau

MARCH 10, 2021

Sustainable Development Goal 13: Putting Climate Action in the Hands of Businesses. SDGs are driving governments, individuals, universities, and businesses to adjust their practices to achieve benchmarks and secure a sustainable future by 2030. Top Carbon Emission Contributors. Adopt disaster risk reduction strategies.

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Fairsnape

MARCH 11, 2021

The UK is to set up green finance hubs in Leeds and London , as part of efforts to encourage lenders and insurers to invest in renewable energy and sustainable industry. Its mission will be to provide data and analytics to financial institutions to support their investment decisions.

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Business Green

MARCH 18, 2022

Latest batch of carbon analysis from electronics giant reveals how clean technologies can help slash emissions from transportation and distribution. The German-headquartered company first started collecting carbon data in 2020, and as such the data unveiled yesterday provides the first year-on-year comparison of its climate impact.

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AGreenLiving

JANUARY 14, 2021

In a bold move last January, Adidas acknowledged its contribution to plastic waste, noting the waste’s negative impacts on the world’s oceans. Adidas’s new Outdoor line stays true to this environmental commitment with clear sustainable features. You can wear head to toe Adidas while still dressing sustainably.

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 20, 2021

Sustainable investing is changing global supply chains: 4 key takeaways. Sustainable investing strategies have ascended quickly in the last 10 years. Indeed, in early 2020, J.P. For more great analysis of ESG and sustainable finance, sign up for GreenFin Weekly , our free email newsletter.). José Miguel Salazar.

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Green Business Bureau

MARCH 10, 2021

Sustainable Development Goal 13: Putting Climate Action in the Hands of Businesses. SDGs are driving governments, individuals, universities, and businesses to adjust their practices to achieve benchmarks and secure a sustainable future by 2030. Top Carbon Emission Contributors. Adopt disaster risk reduction strategies.

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 18, 2021

The adverts regularly highlight the companies’ preferred solutions to climate change — from carbon capture and storage, to experimental algae biofuels, and investment in renewable energy sources — without being open about the small percentage of overall investment allocated to these technologies, nor their various limitations.

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Business Green

APRIL 1, 2022

The tech giant has lifted the lid on its efforts to soak up more carbon than it emits. Microsoft is one of those companies we write about a lot at GreenBiz , as it has often been at the forefront of sustainability. Among the core details in the latest report: In 2020, the company invested in projects driving 1.4

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Climate Tech VC

AUGUST 10, 2023

Now the CEO of Rubi Laboratories , Mashouf wants to clean up the industrial sector and create processes that harness the powerful systems of the natural world to create a sustainable manufacturing ecosystem. Read more about the industry’s footprint in our sustainable fashion deep dive ]. What to watch Grab a partner.

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Green Market Oracle

DECEMBER 3, 2019

degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels, reach carbon neutrality by 2050 and cut greenhouse gas emissions by 45 per cent from 2010 levels, by 2030. The key missing ingredient is a lack of political will he said: “Political will to put a price on carbon. A path of resolve, of sustainable solutions. We are well over it.

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E8 Cleantech Angels

AUGUST 1, 2021

Ahead of announcing our 2021 semi-finalists, we’re highlighting the progress of our 2020 investees. All three have successfully completed follow-on rounds at substantially higher valuations and have seen revenue and orders grow more than 300% since 2020. It includes over , $7.5

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Econaur

APRIL 22, 2020

By the end of 2020, global CO 2 emissions need to have dropped by 7.6% Earth day 2020 is not just the 50 th anniversary of Earth Day, but also the anniversary of the signing of the Paris Agreement to take climate action. Earth Day in 2020. Earth Day 2020 calls for 24 hours of actions, big and small, for people and the planet.

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AGreenLiving

AUGUST 31, 2020

Carbon marketplace hawks credits in businesses that store CO2 with their products Gloria Oladipo Mon, 08/31/2020 – 05:00 As corporate interest in carbon removal options grows, Puro.earth , a startup from Finland, is offering a twist on carbon marketplaces.

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DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 13, 2021

Analysis by US environmental advocacy group, the National Resources Defense Council (NRDC), studied the emissions from wood pellets transported from pine plantations in the southeastern United States to be used in a bioenergy, carbon capture and storage (BECCS) operation by Drax in Yorkshire. Drax has disputed these figures.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

Ahead of tomorrow's Net Zero Festival, Toby Hill explores how carbon offset standards are evolving in a bid to assure clients and campaigners that promised carbon savings can be delivered. To find out more about the role of carbon offsets in the net zero transition, sign up now for a free pass to tomorrow's Net Zero Festival.

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DeSmogBlog

JULY 27, 2023

This comes as major polluters are increasingly deploying digital tactics to detract from negative headlines about their record profits and decades-long contribution to climate change. percent of their annual capital expenditures in low carbon technologies between 2010 and 2018.

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Greentown Labs

JULY 16, 2020

Leading climatetech innovation organizations launch multi-year initiative to accelerate the trillion-dollar carbon-to-value market. July 16, 2020. More than 100 gigatons of carbon, in the form of carbon dioxide, must be removed from the atmosphere by 2050. Newswise — New York City, N.Y., and Somerville, Mass.,

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Business Green

MARCH 18, 2020

CNG Fuels' biomethane compressed natural gas - Bio-CNG - is currently 100 per cent sourced from waste feedstocks such as food waste and it claims the fuel is both cheaper and less-carbon intensive than traditional diesel. per cent of UK carbon emissions, with road transport as a whole now the UK's highest emitting sector of the economy.

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