Business Green

AUGUST 10, 2021

EasyJet said the new uniform is part of the airline's broader commitments to reducing its environmental impact beyond carbon offsetting and cutting its on-board plastic waste. "We We know that sustainability is an important issue for them and also for our customers.

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Business Green

JULY 21, 2020

The Prime Minister has marked his first year in office by unveiling a £350m green funding package today to support efforts to drive down carbon emissions from heavy industry, construction, space and transport, touting the move as a bid to "fuel a green, sustainable recovery" from the Covid-19 crisis.

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Business Green

JUNE 4, 2020

Raft of energy efficiency, green transport, and hydrogen programmes put at heart of €130bn stimulus package, as Bank of England confirms financial support for airlines. The German government has unveiled plans for a massive €130bn stimulus package that features at least €40bn climate-related spending.

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DeSmogBlog

JULY 22, 2021

On July 14, the European Union (EU) announced a sweeping package of climate proposals that will help the continent cut greenhouse gas emissions by 55 percent by 2030, from a 1990 baseline. For aviation, airline companies take the lead. We know that we have to move to a new model.”. “We We know that we have to move to a new model.”.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 16, 2022

Initially, greenwashing was relegated to a small number of corporate claims - that a product or packaging claimed by the company to be compostable or recyclable wasn't, for example. While companies should be trying to phase out carbon to achieve these net-zero commitments, Sick noted that life doesn't work without carbon.

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Business Green

APRIL 7, 2020

The government has awarded a £600m loan to EasyJet, sparking fierce criticism from green groups who accused ministers of squandering the opportunity to tackle aviation's outsized carbon footprint. This is not a time to be publicly subsiding billionaires whilst undermining action on equality and environmental pollution.".

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Climate Tech VC

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Tech-enabled credits continue to constitute a big chunk of an anticipated $1T voluntary carbon market , and Oxy is on a development frenzy. Just this year, Oxy: Acquired DAC company Carbon Engineering for $1.1B Just this year, Oxy: Acquired DAC company Carbon Engineering for $1.1B

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Business Green

APRIL 26, 2021

Last week, the UK government announced it will count emissions from international shipping and aviation in its carbon accounting from 2033, caving to long-running pressure from campaigners and climate experts.

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Climate Tech VC

AUGUST 10, 2023

fashion industry , which accounts for ~10% of global CO2 emissions —more than aviation and shipping combined. We’ve spilled plenty of ink in this newsletter on carbon capture, but less on what happens after —particularly carbon-to-value. spinning, weaving, and knitting). incineration or landfills).

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Business Green

JULY 16, 2020

You can reserve your place at the Awards and secure access to accompanying marketing and promotional packages at the BusinessGreen Leaders Awards 2020 website. Zero Emission Aviation - ZeroAvia. GFG Alliance's Carbon Neutral 2030 (CN30) Initiative. Net Zero Carbon 10 - P1 Investment Management. Anthesis Group.

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Climate Tech VC

DECEMBER 18, 2023

🔑 Climate tech startups hit key milestones - including but not limited to - Fervo’s FOAK enhanced geothermal project operational in Nevada, Brimstone’s third-party approval of its carbon-negative cement, and Heirloom’s first commercial DAC plant.  Key market supply and demand indicators ended the year down.

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Business Green

APRIL 16, 2020

According to leaked documents seen by Euractiv , work on the climate policies that underpin the Commission's flagship Green Deal programme are to remain a top priority, further fuelling hopes the bloc can deliver on early pledges from European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and key member states to deliver a green recovery package.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 21, 2020

Industry-backed report calls on EU and UK to introduce a mandate for sustainable aviation fuel from 2025 that ratchets up over time in order to spur demand for greener fuels. per cent of global jet fuel demand, are likely to be "indispensable" to delivering a carbon neutral aviation sector in line with global climate goals.

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Business Green

MAY 21, 2020

That is the highest concentration of carbon dioxide in 800,000 years. Though the European Commission is re-drafting the Multiannual Financial Framework - aka the EU budget - the building blocks of the Green Deal look set to remain, although they will likely be re-packaged and mixed with the forthcoming Recovery Fund.

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GreenBiz

DECEMBER 28, 2020

In the $500 billion-per-year cosmetics space, small-scale packaging leads to large-scale single-use plastic waste. Carbon renewal technology, or CRT, breaks down waste plastic feedstocks to the molecular level before using them as building blocks to produce a wide range of materials and packaging. Close Authorship. Media Source.

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Business Green

MARCH 4, 2021

In his speech yesterday, Sunak extolled the virtues of the growing green economy, setting out a vision of a "future economy" dominated by offshore wind power, carbon capture and storage, innovative clean technologies, and "decent well-paid green jobs".

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Business Green

JULY 14, 2021

Brussels launches major package of accelerated decarbonisation measures, including tax reforms, new clean energy targets, and carbon border tariffs. Europe was the first continent to declare to be climate neutral in 2050, and now we are the very first ones to put a concrete roadmap on the table.

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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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Elemental Excelerator

AUGUST 12, 2022

Not to mention President Biden also signed the CHIPS and Science Act of 2022 , putting about $67 billion toward zero-carbon industries and climate research. This is the largest climate funding package Congress has ever passed. airports can accommodate electrified aviation. Allison Wolff, CEO of Vibrant Planet. CarbonCure ).

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Business Green

MARCH 11, 2022

Last week the club revealed plastic recycling pods have been installed at the Etihad Stadium in a bid to encourage football fans to make more conscious choices when disposing of packaging waste by offering them discounts on air travel as a reward for "joining the sustainability journey". Is this a joke?"

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Business Green

JULY 23, 2021

Whilst it's an increase, 50 per cent is what's required for the government to deliver its net zero carbon ambition. today announced a technical collaboration to advance the decarbonisation of aviation. "We There are geopolitical and economic benefits to this move too. But she acknowledged "what has been achieved is not sufficient". "I

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Business Green

MAY 7, 2021

First domestic route in Denmark to use sustainable aviation fuel. So far, air traffic here in Denmark has primarily only been able to offer carbon offset arrangements in relation to emissions. Sustainable Aviation Fuel is crucial to the Aviation Industry reaching net zero emissions, alongside new technologies and carbon offsetting.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

In the first months of the crisis alone, China reported a 25 per cent reduction in carbon dioxide emissions. For example, it will be virtually impossible to remove all CO2 emissions from vital industries such as aviation or agriculture. A global 5-10 per cent drop is predicted by the end of the year. Work remains to be done.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 8, 2022

The Cameron-era decisions to block onshore wind development, slash energy efficiency funding, delay green building standards, and shelve carbon capture and storage (CCS) plans undermined UK energy security and slowed the clean energy transition. But these failures hampered emission reduction efforts rather than actively drove up emissions.

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Mr. Sustainability

APRIL 18, 2021

This might be the quickest and cheapest way for you to become carbon neutral, without retrofitting your vessels at all. It should be noted that there are many possible ways to reshape the current carbon-intense industry, the below case is but one example. Where exactly will we obtain vast quantities of hydrogen and carbon?

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Mr. Sustainability

APRIL 18, 2021

It should be noted that there are countless ways to reshape the current carbon-intense industry, this article suggest merely one of many possibilities. Aviation and maritime shipping are the only modes of transport left that will most likely take several decades to fully electrify, if they can fully electrify in the first place.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 29, 2023

The industry claims it can produce climate-friendly “blue hydrogen” from natural gas using carbon capture, a nascent technology still in early development. They want the federal government to prioritize the development of green hydrogen and limit its use to heavy industries that cannot be electrified, like aviation and steel.

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AGreenLiving

DECEMBER 28, 2020

In the $500 billion-per-year cosmetics space, small-scale packaging leads to large-scale single-use plastic waste. Carbon renewal technology, or CRT, breaks down waste plastic feedstocks to the molecular level before using them as building blocks to produce a wide range of materials and packaging.

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Business Green

APRIL 28, 2020

There are reasons to be optimistic about zero-carbon air travel, but governments must carefully consider the lasting impacts of today's decisions, argues Cavin Wilson of Frontier Economics. Aviation will bounce back, and when it does we will face many of the same challenges in decarbonising a fast-growing sector.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 14, 2020

One of the most eye-catching new commitments was Argentina's President Alberto Fernandez pledging to significantly strengthen his country's 2030 emissions target and set a new goal for carbon neutrality by 2050. Barbados' Mia Mottley committed to making the country fossil-fuel free and carbon neutral by 2030. "By

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 6, 2023

A UK government agency has provided billions of pounds worth of financial support to the high-carbon aviation sector since the Paris climate agreement was adopted in 2015, DeSmog analysis shows. Aviation accounts for the majority of the greenhouse gas emissions currently generated by UKEF’s finance, according to its latest estimate: 8.2

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Green Market Oracle

AUGUST 30, 2020

It will specifically explore systemic solutions to the climate crisis focusing on clean energy, electrified, transportation, the circular economy, carbon removal and sustainable food systems. Protein is being sourced from an increasingly long list of plants, synthesized from carbon dioxide sucked from the air, and extracted from insects.

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Mr. Sustainability

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

But the fossil fuel has also quietly seeped into other aspects of our lives: from paint, washing detergents and nail polish to plastic packaging , medical equipment, mattress foams, clothing and coatings for television screens. This applies to short-distance shipping and aviation too. The problem is absolutely immense.

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Business Green

APRIL 28, 2020

At the same time ministers and CEOs are stepping up calls to deliver explicitly green economic recovery packages, which can ensure the world learns the lessons from this health crisis and puts itself on track to meet its sustainable development goals. The SDGs in general, and SDG17 in particular, are suddenly back in vogue.

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Business Green

APRIL 28, 2020

The now extended lead up to COP26 provided a period where the world can "ramp up momentum towards climate-resilient, zero-carbon economy", he added. In his response, Guterres also commended Koizumi's "very strong fight to bring Japan into the group of countries that can hopefully commit to carbon neutrality by 2050".

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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. The US is set to get its first ever carbon equivalent tax - on methane. As Mark Carney noted this morning, this is part of a global trend.

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