Envirotec Magazine

JULY 11, 2023

Concrete production accounts for 8% of global annual carbon emissions – if it were a country, it would rank somewhere between the US and India in terms of its carbon footprint. Looking towards 2030 and beyond, carbon capture and utilisation (CCU) through CO 2 mineralisation is an emerging solution.

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GreenTechMedia

MAY 27, 2020

utilities in setting a net-zero carbon target for 2050, aiming to balance the emissions from its sizable fossil fuel-fired generation fleet and sprawling natural gas business with reductions to be gained by expanding its portfolio of renewable energy and energy efficiency. Counting on 'negative carbon' solutions.

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Business Green

JULY 21, 2021

Rothesay and RPMI Railpen have become the latest big investors to set out plans to reduce emissions in their investment portfolios and operations to achieve net zero by 2050. tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent per full-time employee. This compares to a 160-tonne benchmark across the UK, according to 2019 data.

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Climate Tech VC

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

The investment covers 40% of the Texas facility’s $1.3B project cost and is one of the largest DAC investments to date. The plant, which aims to capture 500,000 tCO2/year starting in 2025, will now be a joint venture between Blackrock and Oxy subsidiary 1PointFive. To whom do we owe the credit?

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R-Squared Energy

JANUARY 20, 2021

to become carbon negative by 2030, and by 2050 to remove from the environment more carbon than they have emitted since they were founded. He added that energy demand is expected to continue growing, and thus there is a growing need to address the associated carbon emissions. ambitious goal and a detailed plan ?to

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Smart Energy International

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Another indicator is venture capital investments. In 2022 VC investments in 2022 were 42% up on 2021, but, except for batteries, the EU has still not fully unlocked its capacity to attract higher growth deals as the US and China have done. Don’t miss out on the most important energy transition conversations.

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Business Green

MARCH 5, 2021

UN argues 'rapid deployment' of CCUS needed to meet carbon neutrality goals. The report acknowledges that CCYUS technologies alone will not be sufficient to deliver carbon neutrality in line with the goals ofthe Paris Agreement. The trend now is to shift away from carbon," said Maeda Tadashi.

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Business Green

MAY 5, 2020

The plans are in line with a strategy to develop Total "as a broad-energy company", a company statement explained, where low-carbon electricity and carbon-neutrality solutions are offered alongside its traditional oil and gas offerings. It also intends to manage 25GW of renewable capacity by 2025, it added.

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 11, 2021

Many celebrated with their CSOs on meeting ambitious corporate targets for 2020, while setting audacious new goals for 2025, 2030 and 2050. Now, in its eventual internal-combustion phaseout, GM can’t seem to make EVs fast enough, and 30 new models are lined up for the market for 2025. million in Neighborhood Grants.

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Business Green

JULY 17, 2020

A group of exciting start-ups are exploring whether the world's trash mountains could become a valuable source of low carbon hydrogen fuels. Still, there is potential for clean - low- or zero-carbon - hydrogen to take off, energy experts believe. Technology & Investment Solutions is among those doing research for California.

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Low Carbon Prosperity

OCTOBER 17, 2018

In this Low Carbon Prosperity Institute (LCPI) analysis, we explore scenarios of carbon reduction investment performance based on the revenue allocation described in Initiative 1631. The initial carbon pollution fee of $15 per (tCO2e) in 2020 increases annually by $2/tCO2e plus urban-area inflation.

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Business Green

JANUARY 21, 2020

Just days after the tech giant unveiled a sweeping new plan to become 'carbon negative' coffee giant Starbucks has followed suit, today unveiling a plan to become 'resource positive'. The preliminary targets could see Starbucks' halve water withdrawal, waste-to-landfill, and carbon emissions within the next decade, Johnson said.

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Greentown Labs

OCTOBER 22, 2020

Multi-year initiative seeks carbon-to-value startups and welcomes first Carbontech Leadership Council members. The C2V Initiative is a unique, multi-year program driving the creation of a thriving innovation ecosystem for the commercialization of carbontech—technologies that capture and convert carbon dioxide (CO?) New York City, N.Y.,

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Business Green

DECEMBER 1, 2022

According to the report, the figure falls drastically short of the levels required to halt biodiversity loss, limit global warming to 1.5C, and achieve land degradation neutrality, with estimates suggesting $384bn is required annually by 2025 and $484bn is needed by 2030.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 6, 2022

That’s potentially very bad news for the climate: The huge amount of methane that leaks during the production, transport and storage of LNG means that the carbon emissions associated with importing the fuel could be up to ten times higher than for the equivalent amount of Russian pipeline gas, researchers say.

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Greentown Labs

APRIL 22, 2021

Houston is buzzing with incredible climatetech startups, world-leading energy organizations, and a thriving investment community. Today is a major milestone in Houston’s broader efforts to build a more efficient and more sustainable low-carbon future.

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AGreenLiving

JULY 15, 2020

Early pioneers of these hydrogen-from-waste technologies such as Ways2H, SGH2 Energy (SGH2) and Standard Hydrogen say not only are they making carbon-free, energy-rich fuel, their approaches also will divert mountains of trash from landfills and waterways, cutting greenhouse gas emissions. There are other ways to make hydrogen.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 6, 2020

The EV industry may have faced many of the same pandemic-related supply chain challenges experienced by the wider auto industry, but the crisis does not appear to have negatively impacted consumer appetite for EVs - quite the opposite in fact. We want to become a net zero carbon business with a 100 per cent alternative fuel fleet.

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Green Business Bureau

APRIL 29, 2022

For instance, a single pint of beer can have a carbon footprint as high as 900g CO 2e (for bottled beer that’s been extensively transported). This is ~14% of the daily average carbon footprint from meals per US citizen – having 2 to 3 pints ramps that percentage up to 42%. Sustainable Brewing Tip #4: Reduce your carbon footprint.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

Reports suggest Number 10 is considering a radical overhaul of the UK's carbon taxes in a bid to spark global climate action ahead of COP26 Summit. Number 10 has instructed every department in government to propose a price for carbon emissions, in a move that could provide the basis for a major extension of the UK's carbon tax regime.

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Business Green

MARCH 29, 2023

The government is expected to launch a consultation on the proposals, which broadly mirror plans already being pursued by the EU in a bid to create a 'level playing field' for the bloc's carbon intensive industries.

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AGreenLiving

JANUARY 11, 2021

Many celebrated with their CSOs on meeting ambitious corporate targets for 2020, while setting audacious new goals for 2025, 2030 and 2050. Now, in its eventual internal-combustion phaseout, GM can’t seem to make EVs fast enough, and 30 new models are lined up for the market for 2025. and globally by 2040.

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Women in Cleantech and Sustainability

MAY 14, 2021

Dramatic graphics illustrated a steady year-over-year expansion in sectors represented by companies such as Tesla, both as an investment attraction and market cap growth. Natalie Hollier, Head of Cleantech & Sustainability Solutions, Microsoft, “What I Learned From Living Carbon Neutral in 2020”.

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Clean Energy Trust

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

January Cleantech Roundup: Corporations Claim Their Carbon | How Public Chargers Influence Electric Vehicle Adoption | Investor Climate Initiatives Clean Energy Trust’s cleantech roundup highlights interesting cleantech news and perspective, across industry, technology, policy, and investing. EV startup Arrival.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

How difficult is it to achieve a net zero investment portfolio? Consider, for example, the news in February that German energy provider RWE is suing the Dutch government through the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID), seeking compensation for the decision to phase out use of coal in the Netherlands.

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Green Market Oracle

OCTOBER 25, 2020

Schools give us a glimpse into what carbon neutrality looks like. Dickinson College Score: 80.67 | Carlisle, Pennsylvania The very green Red Devils became carbon-neutral this past school year, with help from an LED lighting retrofit, the installation of a three-megawatt solar field on campus, and a campus-wide behavior change campaign.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 21, 2022

The ecosystem services that underpin the global economy should recover, providing greater climate resilience, enhanced natural carbon sinks, and improved food and water security. Natural England executive director Tony Juniper said he expected COP15 to spark a rapid increase in the numbers of companies pledging to become nature positive.

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Business Green

MAY 26, 2020

Microsoft hit headlines at the start of year with a hugely ambitious plan to be 'carbon negative' by 2030 , backed by a pledge to - by mid-century - retroactively remove all carbon dioxide the company has ever emitted since it was founded in 1975, in an announcement that sent shockwaves across the corporate world.

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38 North Solutions

AUGUST 17, 2022

On August 17, President Biden signed the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) of 2022 into law, the largest investment in the clean energy transition in the history of the U.S. 2023-2025 Timeline. [Our summary of the IRA is here.]. We would love to hear from folks who could use our assistance!

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 4, 2020

Test operations at the world's first fossil fuel-free steel-making plant have begun, marking a major milestone in the race to decarbonise the carbon intensive steel industry that is thought to be responsible for around seven per cent of global emissions. Apple extends European clean energy footprint.

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GreenBiz

MAY 17, 2021

"I just remember being super mad about knowing that the way society was operating could ruin something that should be so beautiful and fun," he says of his first encounter with the idea that human activities negatively affect the environment. And that’s his hope for the apparel and footwear industry as a whole. Myisha Majumder.

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AGreenLiving

MAY 17, 2021

. “I just remember being super mad about knowing that the way society was operating could ruin something that should be so beautiful and fun,” he says of his first encounter with the idea that human activities negatively affect the environment. And that’s his hope for the apparel and footwear industry as a whole.

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Mr. Sustainability

MARCH 4, 2021

3) A gradual decline is preferred, because the alternative is a carbon crunch scenario. Sustainability’s view (1) I have not yet figured out how much the transition to a fossil fuel economy in the 1950s and 1960s cost, but that might be because we have simply forgotten and see it as investment rather than cost. That happened in 2020.

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Mr. Sustainability

MARCH 4, 2021

3) A gradual decline is preferred, because the alternative is a carbon crunch scenario. Sustainability (1) I have not yet figured out how much the transition to a fossil fuel economy in the 1950s and 1960s cost, but that might be because we have simply forgotten and see it as investment rather than cost. That happened in 2020.

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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. As President Biden observed, the IRA "makes the largest investment ever in combatting the existential crisis of climate change".

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