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. The European Biodiversity strategy, which is another core plank of the Green Deal, includes similar goals. Credit: Pixabay.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Australian sheep meat is a “climate-neutral” product. The study found that an alternative method of quantifying the impact of methane emissions has led to a raft of industry-friendly findings that the livestock sector seems to be using to claim climate neutrality as they continue to pollute.

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R-Squared Energy

APRIL 19, 2022

In the initial phase, 25 terawatt-hours (TWh) per year of green methane, from which more than half a million metric tons of hydrogen can be produced, will be imported into Wilhelmshaven. The Hydrogen Council estimates that hydrogen can address 18% of global energy demand and abate one-fifth of carbon emissions.

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Greentown Labs

JULY 12, 2022

Carbon Upcycling Technologies (Calgary, Canada) utilizes point-source CO2 and mineralizes it with waste materials to create supplementary cementitious materials (SCMs) that can be used in building materials. develops polymers for gas separation, enabling membrane-based carbon capture applications. Somerville, Mass.

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Clean Energy Canada

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

On the plus side, the pact reaffirmed the central importance of 1.5C (our best chance to avoid the worst impacts of climate change), mentions coal and fossil fuels for the first time, and calls for countries to “revisit and strengthen” 2030 climate pledges by the end of 2022 instead of waiting another five years. of warming.

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Climate Tech VC

AUGUST 3, 2023

Fuels are hydrocarbons, meaning they are long chains of carbon and hydrogen atoms strung together (sometimes along with nitrogen or oxygen). While most fuels are long-chain hydrocarbons, the exact ratio and arrangement of the carbon and hydrogen varies, even within the same types of fuels.

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R-Squared Energy

OCTOBER 24, 2019

Rejecting a low-carbon energy source simply on the grounds of the history of accidents in the past is particularly dangerous as the world is losing ground in the fight to rein in carbon dioxide emissions. The world has set new all-time record highs for carbon dioxide emissions in eight out of the past ten years.

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Business Green

APRIL 7, 2020

2019 Sustainability Report confirms oil giant is making progress with a raft of low carbon initiatives, but concerns remain over incremental pace of decarbonisation. The new report also reveals that in 2019 the Net Carbon Footprint fell slightly from 79gCO2e/MJ in 2016 to 78gCO2e/MJ last year. Shell shares this sense of urgency.

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 18, 2023

Later this month, the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA) will head to the 2023 National Agri-Marketing Association’s conference to see if its public relations campaign about beef’s sustainability can secure the national award for campaigns directed to consumers. Enter the NCBA. NCBA, NPPC, the U.S.

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Green Business Bureau

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

What is carbon accounting? Carbon accounting – also known as a carbon or greenhouse gas inventory – is the process of measuring the amount of carbon dioxide, or other greenhouse gases (GHG), an organization emits. Carbon accounting is a must for any becoming business today.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 17, 2021

It contrasts sharply with calls by science for rapid, sustained and large-scale emissions reduction to prevent the most severe climate consequences and suffering, especially of the most vulnerable, throughout the world," she said. within reach.". warming pathway. The UK's headline aims to "assign coal to history" and "keep 1.5C

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Mr. Sustainability

APRIL 18, 2021

This might be the quickest and cheapest way for you to become carbon neutral, without retrofitting your vessels at all. We will need to create a circular, sustainable feedstock to power our industry into the 21st century. Why focus on creating sustainable marine fuels? For that we need green hydrogen. Where do we start?

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GreenTechMedia

OCTOBER 8, 2020

That lines up with the city’s climate action plan calling for sustainable energy development and reducing carbon emissions to meet its economic and social goals. If all goes to plan, the project will break ground in mid-2021 and be put into service by mid-2022. A model for distributed clean energy-grid integration?

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Mr. Sustainability

APRIL 18, 2021

We will need to create a circular, sustainable feedstock to power our industry into the 21st century. It should be noted that there are countless ways to reshape the current carbon-intense industry, this article suggest merely one of many possibilities. Why focus on creating sustainable marine fuels? > So let us explore.

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Renewable Energy World

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

The announcement comes as Duke intends to deploy $63 billion of capital over the next five years, 80% of which is expected to support investments in grid modernization and zero or lower-carbon emitting generation. The Carbon Plan" would then be reviewed every two years and may be adjusted. Courtesy: Duke). "As Climate mandate.

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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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Green Market Oracle

AUGUST 30, 2020

It will specifically explore systemic solutions to the climate crisis focusing on clean energy, electrified, transportation, the circular economy, carbon removal and sustainable food systems. Meet the Innovators Creating a Sustainable Food Sector: Startups working in food and agriculture raised almost $20 billion in funding in 2019.

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GreenBiz

MARCH 8, 2021

Speaking of giving credit where credit is due, nominations are open for the seventh annual Women in Sustainability Leadership Awards, to be conferred by the Women in Sustainability Alumnae Group at a virtual ceremony May 19. This list, selected subjectively, celebrates a diverse, intergenerational set of leaders. percent of its GDP.

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Business Green

APRIL 8, 2022

Research from WWF, for example, has found 46 per cent of the UK's carbon footprint is generated overseas by goods produced to satisfy UK consumption. It is important to sustain utmost pressure on Putin and the Russian government at this critical point. Methane emissions soar to record high.

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Andrew Winston

DECEMBER 22, 2021

For more than a decade, I’ve written a year-end article for Harvard Business Review on the big stories in corporate sustainability from the year gone by. Sustainability has finally mainstreamed (which is my grand conclusion for this year’s HBR article, coming out in a few days). Business, democracy, and misinformation.

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Business Green

AUGUST 8, 2022

The landmark legislation's climate provisions could unlock billions of dollars of low carbon investment and millions of green jobs - but it also paves the way for new fossil fuel infrastructure. The US is set to get its first ever carbon equivalent tax - on methane. temperature goal is to be kept alive.

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