GreenBiz

MAY 17, 2021

The 2021 GreenBiz 30 Under 30. Mon, 05/17/2021 - 00:01. Our honorees for 2021 are intrepid startup founders, tenacious corporate innovators and determined public servants. Growing up outside of Boston, Zack Angelini spent summers swimming, but one polluted river was off limits. "I GreenBiz Editors. Circular outdoor gear.

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Envirotec Magazine

JANUARY 25, 2022

Despite the increasing popularity of greener vehicles, more than one in three (36%) cars in the UK fall into the worst two categories for harmful carbon dioxide (CO2) and nitrogen oxide (NOx) emissions, according to recent research by price comparison site MoneySuperMarket.com. 1st January 2021 to 26th September 2021. [2]?Data

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

How carbon offsetting compares to carbon reduction. The Sixth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Committee on Climate Change (IPCC), published in August 2021, painted a stark picture of our world. It made clear that more must be done to reduce and offset carbon emissions.

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 18, 2021

Is your team embedding equity considerations into its carbon removal projects? Mon, 01/18/2021 - 01:15. Ugbaad Kozar, senior policy advisor at Carbon180, discussed these disparities and the power imbalance associated with carbon removal measures. Gloria Oladipo. There’s a good reason to ask.

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The Verge: Energy

APRIL 25, 2024

that’s home to the Petra Nova Carbon Capture Project on Thursday, Feb. The Biden administration pledged to cut its carbon pollution in half from 2005 levels by the end of the decade under that agreement. “A A power plant in Thompsons, Texas, U.S. But it still doesn’t crack down on the nation’s fleet of gas-fired power plants.

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GreenBiz

MARCH 8, 2021

25 badass women shaping climate action in 2021. Mon, 03/08/2021 - 02:00. And now, I invite you to meet the 2021 class of Badass Women. Drawing on that mandate, Ardern declared a "climate emergency" and set the wheels in motion for New Zealand’s public sector to become carbon neutral by 2025. Heather Clancy.

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DeSmogBlog

MAY 30, 2024

More so than any other fossil fuel company, Occidental Petroleum — known as Oxy — has built its climate strategy around innovations that capture carbon before it can be emitted or pull it directly out of the air. This is where the problems begin, according to Carbon Market Watch.

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R-Squared Energy

AUGUST 14, 2022

Previous articles covered overall energy consumption , carbon dioxide emissions , petroleum supply and demand, and global natural gas trends. Coal is the most polluting fossil fuel. Fossil fuels are primarily composed of carbon and hydrogen. Coal contains a higher percentage of carbon than does oil or natural gas.

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 3, 2024

Half of the board members at the world’s six largest advertising and public relations companies have ties to polluting industries, DeSmog can reveal. All six companies in DeSmog’s analysis have made public commitments to slash the carbon emissions from their operations, creating an appearance of climate awareness. Coleman Jr.

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The Verge: Energy

MAY 8, 2024

. | Image: Climeworks Mammoth, the largest industrial facility yet built to filter carbon dioxide out of the air, just powered up in Hellisheiði, Iceland. Back in 2017, Climeworks became the first company to suck carbon dioxide out of the air and sell it as a product used in fizzy drinks and in a greenhouse. billion of funding.

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DeSmogBlog

MAY 8, 2024

Internal BP emails show that its UK executives were reassured by a controversial oil industry group that they could “shape [the] internal thinking” of a 2018 report on carbon taxes produced by the right-wing think tank Policy Exchange. The emails were among hundreds of documents released by a powerful committee of U.S.

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

The researchers used mandatory annual vehicle inspections – the MOT tests familiar to all in the UK – of all 65 million used vehicles on British roads between 2005 and 2021 to compare the pollution and emissions intensity of vehicles exported to those scrapped, destroyed, or driven in the UK. Exported vehicles were also 3.3

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

MSG had generously proposed to distribute blackout blinds to local serfs, but in the end their application was rejected on the grounds of the inescapable light pollution that would pour over people and wildlife. An advert produced by Badvertising.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 12, 2023

The latest data released on Friday shows air pollution emissions have fallen by over a quarter - 26 per cent - within the expanded ULEZ area compared to what they would have been without the it having come into force, which City Hall said demonstrated "clear" evidence of the scheme's benefits.

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

Soil acts as a carbon ‘sink’, locking in GHGs that would otherwise be released into the atmosphere. Upgrading UK soils, particularly farmland and degraded peatlands, could radically improve their ability to store carbon. The potential of soil to sequester carbon is huge and should be fully maximised.”.

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DeSmogBlog

JANUARY 26, 2023

A large donation to the Labour Party from wood-burning giant Drax has raised concerns among campaigners over the sway of big carbon emitters over Parliament. Opposition leader Keir Starmer has yet to articulate his party’s position on burning wood for electricity – or to clarify whether Labour accepts donations from polluting companies.

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Renew Economy

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

Between 2016 and 2021, a group of just 12 Australian fossil fuel companies emitted more carbon pollution than 50% of the Pacific Islands’ total emissions over the same period. The post Carbon emissions from Australia’s ‘Dirty Dozen’ more than half Pacific Islands’ emissions appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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GreenTechMedia

JANUARY 5, 2021

Last week, the CPUC issued a ruling asking the state’s three big investor-owned utilities to seek out ways to expand supply-side capacity before August 2021, the next step in an effort launched in November to prepare for the possibility of another regionwide heatwave pushing the state’s grid past its limits. Utilities agree.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 17, 2019

Five people dying prematurely every week – 260 for the year as a result of two most harmful forms of air pollution, PM2.5 The economic health impact costs of air pollution in Bristol estimated to be up to £170 million a year. pollution than Liverpool City and Greater Manchester, but a lower death rate and a smaller population.

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Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

Long-established fixtures on the environmental monitoring calendar, both AQE (Air Quality & Emissions) and WWEM (Water Wastewater & Environmental Monitoring) events will take place online on 13-14 October 2021.

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Front And Centered

APRIL 27, 2021

For the past four months of the legislative session communities impacted by fossil fuel pollution and environmental injustice stepped up and organized for real and lasting solutions. The HEAL Act was an essential goal in the Front and Centered community’s 2021 Legislative Priorities. It’s passage is our biggest victory this session!

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Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 11, 2024

Energy-from-waste operator enfinium has announced (on 11 April) it is progressing plans to invest around £200 million in carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology at the Parc Adfer energy from waste facility in Deeside, North Wales. The project could capture up to 235,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide (CO2) every year, said the group.

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DeSmogBlog

JUNE 22, 2023

In this new lawsuit , it seeks to hold fossil fuel companies and their “misinformation agents” accountable for the unprecedented 2021 heat dome that saw temperatures in the county reach 116º Fahrenheit. The northwestern Oregon county is the state’s most populous and includes the city of Portland.

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DeSmogBlog

JULY 27, 2023

He’s an ExxonMobil scientist in a company ad that also shows other scientists in a high-tech lab working to develop “low-carbon technologies.” The TV ad, which aired in 2021, was shown to the participants of a recent study , published in May 2023. The tagline reads “Advancing Climate Solutions.” To do so, they turn to greenwashing.

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DeSmogBlog

MAY 15, 2023

New research for the first time links wildfire risks and impacts in western North America to carbon emissions traceable to the world’s largest fossil fuel and cement companies. Previous studies have quantified the share of increasing average temperatures, rising sea levels , and ocean acidification attributable to major industrial emitters.

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Carbon capture and storage (CCS) was high on the agenda at New York Climate Week last week, where critics of the technology raised concerns it would be used to extend the life of the fossil fuel industry. The data showed us that their carbon capture plans are not working at scale.” What CCS Projects Promise. And What They Deliver.

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Grist

MAY 18, 2022

World leaders aren’t doing enough to address pollution at its source, leaving nearly 9 million people each year to die from its effects. That’s the message delivered on Tuesday by public health experts from the Lancet Commission on Pollution and Health, a high-profile panel of scientific experts. named for their diameter of just 2.5

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Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

The launch of the joint website demonstrates each Council’s commitment to tackling air pollution across the county, said the announcement. In March 2021, Oxford City Council was awarded £162,500 to develop an air quality community website to help raise awareness of air pollution across Oxfordshire.

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Green Business Bureau

APRIL 11, 2022

Carbon Accounting, Carbon Offsets and Carbon Credits. What is carbon offsetting ? What is the difference between a carbon offset and a carbon credit ? Can carbon offsetting effectively mitigate climate change, or are we banking on a fruitless quick-fix solution ? What Is Carbon Offsetting?

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Green Living Guy

JANUARY 26, 2021

You probably know the term “carbon footprint.” There are many instances throughout the day that contribute to your carbon footprint. The post Do These 5 Things to Offset Your Carbon Footprint in 2021 appeared first on Green Living Guy. What does that phrase mean? We all have to take steps to work.

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Business Green

MARCH 8, 2022

More carbon emissions were produced by the global energy sector in 2021 than ever before, as soaring international gas prices and the recovery from the pandemic drove an increase in coal-fired power generation around the world, according to the latest figures from the International Energy Agency (IEA).

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 21, 2021

And this selection of photos I shot for DeSmog throughout 2021 offers visual proof that his warning is merited. Silhouette of a storm-damaged home on Grand Isle, Louisiana, on September 22, 2021. Black smoke from flares burning at Shell’s Norco Manufacturing Complex the day after Hurricane Ida hit in August 2021.

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Front And Centered

OCTOBER 24, 2023

In the next few weeks, the Washington State Department of Ecology is set to deliver a decision on whether to turn Washington’s cap and trade program into a carbon über-market tying our climate future to California and Québec. permits to pollute) into one marketplace where the permits are traded at the lowest possible cost.

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Greentown Labs

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

Twenty startups joined our community in Q3 2021, working on innovations as diverse as carbon-negative fats, energy-efficient membrane materials for chemical separations, and scalable electric vehicle charging solutions for high-density urban settings. Circe Bioscience tailor-makes fats through a carbon negative fermentation process.

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Increased federal incentives for “carbon management” technologies are catalyzing a surge in proposed carbon capture and storage (CCS) projects in the United States, from the Gulf Coast to the Midwest to California. use the captured carbon to drill for more oil in a process called enhanced oil recovery.

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GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

Thu, 02/04/2021 - 02:11. His 2021 letter to CEOs mentions "accelerate" eight times. The Science Based Targets initiative makes clear that greenhouse gas (GHG) pollution must halve by 2030. First, asking for company ESG data is entry-level stuff in 2021. Larry Fink says accelerate. He needs to say it much louder.

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Green Business Bureau

JANUARY 18, 2022

Now that 2021 is over, we’d like to take this time to recognize some of our member companies via our 3rd Annual “Best of GBB” Awards. To date, Replate has been able to save 819 million gallons of water, avoid 6 million pounds of harmful carbon dioxide and rescue nearly 3 million pounds of food. Ginkgo Sustainability.

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