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How Stripe’s ‘negative emissions’ team picked its first four carbon removal projects

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How Stripe’s ‘negative emissions’ team picked its first four carbon removal projects. Among the many notes to myself about potential follow-up stories lies my scribbled reminder to check in on online payment tech company Stripe’s pledge last year to put at least $1 million annually toward carbon removal activities.

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The future of organic coffee: Building a network of support for regenerative agriculture

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The future of organic coffee: Building a network of support for regenerative agriculture. Nurturing this farm back to life strengthened our relationship with the island, taught us the true meaning of sustainability and allowed us to become advocates for organic farming beyond our own acreage. Jean Orlowski. Thu, 07/30/2020 - 02:00.

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The Wild West of plastic credits and offsets

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And, much like the market for carbon offsets, it’s messy. . In the same way that a company’s carbon credit may offset its U.S. However, there is no formal or standardized definition for plastics crediting, and such claims are inconsistently defined and applied differently from organization to organization.

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3 big trends headlining a tumultuous year in food

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Or back in March at Horizon Organic, a U.S. dairy brand that committed to going carbon-negative by 2025 ? But do regenerative methods sequester as much carbon as advocates claim? Imagine the PR storm if a big company shrinks its carbon footprint using credits that later come under attack in the media.

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A tidal wave of new carbon emissions data soon will be upon us

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A tidal wave of new carbon emissions data soon will be upon us. A radical increase in available carbon emissions data may be just around the corner. The initiative is the product of a nine-organization collaboration that has the backing of climate campaigner and former U.S. Ian Kearney. Tue, 02/09/2021 - 02:00.

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2020: Fossil fuels are dead, long live the sun

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Consider this: In April, Royal Dutch Shell, one of the largest companies in the world, announced its intent to become a net-zero carbon company by 2050. No doubt Shell is counting on some miracle like carbon capture to preserve its adherence to a century-old business model of selling oil. Sponsored Article. What happened?

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Ocean-based sequestration heats ups

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This article originally appeared in the State of Green Business 2021. Over the past few years, as companies have come under steadily increasing pressure to tackle climate change, nature-based solutions have emerged as a particularly exciting method for shrinking corporate carbon footprints. Mon, 02/01/2021 - 00:30.