DeSmogBlog

JULY 18, 2021

It’s a recurring theme that somehow the livestock sector and eating meat is detrimental to the environment, that it is a serious negative in terms of the climate change discussions,” Hsin Huang, Secretary General of the International Meat Secretariat (IMS) , told his audience.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 17, 2021

Italy announces ban on new petrol and diesel cars, EU carbon prices hit record levels, and all the green business news from around the world this week. RUSAL opens new low carbon aluminium smelter. Our smelter in Taishet will help to address the high global demand for low carbon aluminium.".

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AGreenLiving

DECEMBER 28, 2020

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. Now, companies themselves are seeing the business benefits of proactive forestry policies. It’s not just the climate impacts of concern to investors.

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Green Market Oracle

OCTOBER 25, 2020

Schools give us a glimpse into what carbon neutrality looks like. Thirteen years ago, this ahead-of-its-time cool school eliminated plastic water bottles (though it's had to temporarily suspend the policy due to COVID-19). The Golden Bears are also retrofitting an art museum into Berkeley’s first zero-carbon building.

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Clean Energy Trust

MARCH 11, 2020

Clean Energy Trust’s cleantech roundup highlights interesting cleantech news and perspective, across industry, technology, policy, and investing Top Topics Large oil and gas and utility companies are making net-zero pledges , as they look to get ahead of consumer and regulatory trends.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

BlackRock's CEO Larry Fink has warned companies that they face increased scrutiny of their carbon-cutting plans and US president Joe Biden has outlined $2tr of commitments in support of climate action at a time when thousands of businesses and scores of national governments are unveiling net zero strategies.

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Business Green

MAY 6, 2021

A constant stream of negative news risks giving rise to hopelessness and nihilism, it is argued , which benefits nobody and undermines efforts to tackle the very real problems the world still faces. Without keeping carbon in the ground, there's no way that we can achieve these climate goals. Political advocacy.

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GreenBiz

SEPTEMBER 25, 2020

As is their wont, many companies used the occasion to proclaim updated commitments — the buzzword du la semaine was "net-zero" with Walmart declaring a zero-emissions target by 2040 along with a big clean fleet promise and a pledge to "protect, manage or restore" at least 50 million acres of land and 1 million square miles of ocean by 2030.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 25, 2020

As is their wont, many companies used the occasion to proclaim updated commitments - the buzzword du la semaine was 'net zero' with Walmart declaring a zero emissions target by 2040 along with a big clean fleet promise and a pledge to "protect, manage or restore" at least 50 million acres of land and one million square miles of ocean by 2030.

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Mr. Sustainability

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

To me, this was a particularly silly question, as I recently finished writing an article on the future of fossil fuels and oil prices were actually negative for the first time in human history. The International Energy Agency (IEA) forecasts that if governments continue with current policies, global demand will reach 121 million b/d by 2040.

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Mr. Sustainability

OCTOBER 22, 2020

A sudden collapse of the industry - called a carbon crunch - could lead to economic disaster of epic proportions. For the first time in history, oil prices were negative. Carbon Tracker states that the world is “witnessing the decline and fall of the fossil fuel system”. The transition is among us.

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