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Net-Zero iPhones: Apple Pledges to Go Carbon-Neutral by 2030

GreenTechMedia

Apple committed on Tuesday to becoming carbon-neutral by 2030, pushing its ambitions far beyond its own corporate walls — already 100 percent powered by renewables — to include its vast supply chain and the lifecycle of all its products. Apple will increasingly rely on carbon-removal programs. technology giants.

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‘Moonshot Moment’: Europe Announces Green Deal

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New European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen unveiled Europe's Green Deal on Wednesday, a package of 50 far-reaching policy ideas that are still missing many key details, calling it a "man on the moon moment" for Europe. The current target for 2030 is a 40 percent emissions reduction, up from an original 27 percent.

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Sowing Doubt: How Big Ag is Delaying Sustainable Farming in Europe

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But now Europe is poised to enact laws that would not only recognise the harms of chemical-intensive agriculture, but also to ensure that synthetic pesticide and fertiliser use is significantly reduced. The targets are steep: to cut pesticides by 50 percent and fertilisers by 20 percent by 2030.

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Drax boosts biomass ambition with plan to double production of wood pellets

Business Green

Firm announces new wood pellet production and sales targets as it confirms intention to build global fleet of bioenergy and carbon capture and storage plants. Drax said it would spend £3bn between 2022 and 2030 to meet its new biomass pellet production and sales targets.

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Microsoft joins Coca-Cola and Unilever in EU green business supergroup

Business Green

Tech giant Microsoft has this week formally joined the European Corporate Leaders Group (CLG Europe), building on its recent commitment to become a net negative emission company. CLG Europe brings together influential European businesses which share the aim of delivering climate neutrality through "progressive public policy".

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Drax predicts turbine upgrade set to slash biomass power prices by a third

Business Green

Project is one of a number of key investments at the site that aim to push down low carbon energy costs, as it looks to advance deployment of 'carbon negative' technologies. As a result the site has cut carbon emissions by more than 90 per cent since 2012, making it one of the lowest carbon energy generators in Europe.

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British Airways owner sets goal to run 10 per cent of flights on sustainable biofuels by 2030

Business Green

International Airlines Group (IAG) has become the first major aviation firm in Europe to commit to powering 10 per cent of its flights with bio-based jet fuels by the end of the decade, in a move that will see the British Airways owner purchase one million tonnes of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) a year.