Business Green

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

The reality is that the UK simply cannot switch to an all-electric car, heat pump, and zero-carbon grid economy, without very significant contributions from solar PV and onshore wind, alongside storage. We want to see the best solar and onshore wind schemes supported, including those that deliver improvements to local biodiversity.

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DeSmogBlog

MARCH 4, 2024

The wood pellets Drax produces are treated as “carbon neutral” under international accounting rules, based on an assumption that new-growth trees will capture the carbon lost by wood burnt for electricity. Drax already operates 18 wood pellet plants across the U.S. But scientists and campaigners have long disputed these claims.

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 19, 2024

Lower-middle income’ countries, such as Jordan, Zambia, and Pakistan, are defined as countries with a gross national income (GNI) per capita of $1,136-$4,465 in 2024. But fulfilling a rising global hunger for chicken — raised on factory farms — will inevitably come with a steep cost for biodiversity and for people, he says.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

Moreover, more than half of respondents to the Savanta ComRes survey claimed to be aware that the current food system had negative impacts on climate change, air, water and soil pollution, and that it can drive destructive land-use changes such as deforestation. It has been getting easier.

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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. The payment from the former coal-fired power station was registered on September 12 last year, and published in December in the Electoral Commission register of political donations.

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Business Green

APRIL 25, 2024

For brands, this means designing out any negative impacts from the start. And for good reason too given that, if 79 per cent of Brits switched to a refurbished device in 2024, 63,750,000kg carbon could be saved. Innovation, therefore, is key. Finally, we are gradually introducing eSIMs to our customers.

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AGreenLiving

DECEMBER 28, 2020

It also launched a Corporate Fiber and Materials Benchmark to help the fashion and textile industry take action on biodiversity. Circular models made the rounds, starting with the design department, where a lot of negative environmental and social impacts are baked into garments, usually unwittingly. And that remains a problem.

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