Low Impact

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

Over five weeks we’re publishing a range of Stay Grounded factsheets about various kinds of techno-greenwashing provided by the aviation industry. WHAT THE AVIATION INDUSTRY TELLS YOU WHAT THEY DON’T TELL YOU Happening soon New aircraft propelled by hydrogen could enter into service by 2035. times that of CO 2 alone.

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GreenBiz

DECEMBER 28, 2020

Readers also sought glimmers of hope in this year; you were drawn to stories about COVID-19’s positive impact on air pollution and what the sustainability field can do to be more actively anti-racist and pro-diversity. In the $500 billion-per-year cosmetics space, small-scale packaging leads to large-scale single-use plastic waste.

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The City Fix

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Residents of Jakarta, Indonesia woke up on August 31, 2023, to a thick blanket of haze and news that their city was again ranked the most polluted in the world — one of many times during the last several months when air quality became.

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Business Green

MAY 11, 2022

The government must act now to scale power-to-liquid fuels that would allow the aviation industry to reduce their emissions, while long-term solutions are in development, argues Green Alliance's Helena Barrett. As a sector, aviation has so far got off lightly in the push to meet net zero.

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Business Green

MAY 11, 2022

Not all sustainable aviation fuels are necessarily as sustainable as advertised, and the government should choose carefully when deciding which jet fuel alternatives it intends to support as it draws up plans to decarbonise the aviation sector.

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Charged

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

However, aviation remains a new frontier for zero emissions. Miftakhov to learn about the technical and business aspects of hydrogen-electric aviation and his company’s ambitious plans for the future. And that’s kind of a mainstay of regional aviation aircraft of this size.

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Aviation Hydrogen Batteries Automotive 102

The Environmental Blog

JUNE 6, 2022

This article discusses how polluted water can affect human health in many ways. Some pollutants, such as viruses and bacteria, can cause infections or disease. Water contamination is a major environmental issue, and it is essential to take steps to protect our water resources from pollution. What Is Water Contamination?

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Envirotec Magazine

MAY 25, 2023

After pioneering investment in Sustainable Aviation Fuel, reducing the emissions of our race team personnel air travel footprint by close to 50%, the focus now shifts to lessening the impact of our road-based freight logistics.” Hydrotreated vegetable oil (HVO 100) biofuel is derived from vegetable oils, waste oils and fats.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

Deal will see US firm explore possibilty of building a sustainable aviation fuel production facility for British Airways in the UK. British Airways has signed a deal with US sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) firm LanzaJet that will see jet fuel converted from wheat chaff and other agricultural residues supplied to the airline from next year.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 2, 2020

In the run up to Glasgow next year governments must step up to the plate by targeting food waste in their net zero plans, argues WRAP CEO Marcus Gover. So when you consider that globally for every two tonnes of food we eat, another tonnes is lost or wasted, action on food waste has to be a priority.

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Greenability Magazine

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

The project met sustainability benchmarks for energy efficiency, water conservation, material selection, waste reduction, and more to achieve the Leadership in Energy and Design (LEED) certification. “The Waste The construction project featured impressive waste diversion. KCI is now the first U.S.

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Low Carbon Prosperity

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

The Clean & Prosperous Institute Study Mission delegation that visited Québec City and Montréal flew from Seattle on traditional, “unsustainable” aviation fuel – though the Institute did buy carbon offsets. Will future study mission delegations fly on commercial jets powered by sustainable aviation fuel (SAF)? billion by 2030.”

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GreenBiz

MAY 27, 2021

Same size homes, same size cars, the same American Dreams, just without the pollution and with much higher efficiency. Basically “everything” with the exception of forestry and farming waste biofuels, which can be used for difficult sectors such as aviation, long distance, freight and even agricultural liquid fuels. Pull Quote.

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Home Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor Building Energy Monitoring 412

GreenTechMedia

OCTOBER 22, 2019

The International Civil Aviation Organization anticipates that in 2020, global international aviation emissions will be 70 percent greater than in 2005. Many corporations have committed to 100 percent renewable electricity , energy productivity , net zero waste , and signed up to electrify their vehicles.

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The Verge: Energy

AUGUST 7, 2023

Image: Bing Guan / Bloomberg via Getty Images Report cards are out for retailers’ climate goals, specifically when it comes to tackling the pollution from their shipping. Today, the ships that haul all the furniture, gadgets, and other consumer goods we buy are major sources of pollution.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

His comments came amid a flurry of green aviation announcements from Rolls-Royce this week, with the firm singing up to agreements covering both the development of both electric aircraft and biofuels, otherwise known as sustainable aviation fuels (SAFs).

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Batteries Aviation Plastics Waste 80

GreenBiz

JANUARY 25, 2021

For example, the Mission Possible Partnership gets leading heavy-industry companies, banks and governments to create investment-grade “net-zero” sector strategies in seven key areas of the global economy — aviation, shipping, trucks, chemicals, steel aluminum and cement. More than 200 companies and organizations are so far involved.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

The difficulty is that each type of transportation - road, rail, aviation, shipping - requires a different strategy to curb emissions. Most hydrogen is currently produced from natural gas, which is highly polluting, but if renewable energy is used then hydrogen can essentially be made CO2-free. Aviation demand offsets efficiency gains.

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The Verge: Energy

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

The Biden administration thinks it can clean up that pollution with controversial carbon capture technology. Trucks right now run on diesel, and those create pollution, obviously. Equipment used at ports, marinas, sustainable aviation fuel, [the] creation of green ammonia, steel and industrial heat, data centers.

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Energy Energy Fossil fuels Pollution 104

Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 16, 2021

Teams from Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) and Sandia National Laboratories have collaborated to develop what they claim is a streamlined and efficient process for converting woody plant matter (such as forest overgrowth and agricultural waste) into liquid biofuel.

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Business Energy Monitoring Building Energy Monitoring Agriculture Energy Monitor 130

Business Green

JUNE 23, 2020

Investment in zero-carbon aviation fuels is therefore the most important measure of how much airlines care about climate change. The development of climate-safe aviation fuel is undoubtedly a challenge. Research work at the moment focuses on making fuel from wastes such as plastics or wood chippings.

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AGreenLiving

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

Now the greenhouse gas -emitting horrors of airplanes are back in the news, as a new study shows that aviation contributes more to global warming than was previously known. Because of the mix of climate pollutants that aviation generates. Because of the mix of climate pollutants that aviation generates.

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Business Green

MARCH 3, 2023

UK's current technology agnostic approach to greening transport is slowing investment, MPs on the Transport Committee warn MPs have urged the government to shelve its current "technology neutral" approach to decarbonising transport and start backing specific technology solutions, including sustainable aviation fuels (SAF) and rail electrification.

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Envirotec Magazine

JANUARY 12, 2022

The Government claims that those producing pollution should bear the cost of managing it. As the Climate Change Committee has emphasised, there are huge gaps in policy to insulate homes, support sustainable transport, promote climate-friendly food and farming, move to a low-waste economy, and manage aviation emissions,” Hunter Jones added.

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Business Green

JULY 13, 2021

Among a flurry of fresh commitments today, the government said it wanted all internal UK plane journeys to generate net zero emissions, and new petrol and diesel trucks to be removed from sale - both by 2040 - on the path to delivering net zero rail, aviation, shipping and road vehicles sectors by 2050.

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Green Business Bureau

JULY 5, 2022

These solutions reduce waste, business emissions, and pollution, ultimately reducing the ecological footprint of an entity. Bakeries are energy-intensive and create excessive amounts of waste during the packaging and baking processes. Tip #2: Reduce food waste. This is why bakery sustainability is needed.

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Green Business Bureau

JULY 27, 2021

Prevent ocean waste from plastic netting. From litter and pollution to overfishing and habitat destruction, today’s unsustainable commercial fishing has a significant negative impact on the oceans’ ecosystems. Prevent Ocean Waste From Plastic Netting. That’s more than the annual emissions from aviation.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 29, 2021

Things that not long ago seemed an environmentalist's pipe dream — net zero supply chains, cheap energy storage, decarbonised aviation and shipping, circular value chains, enlightened investors — now seem not only possible, but inevitable. Meanwhile, development of cleaner aviation and shipping fuels is moving along nicely.

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Sustainability Aviation Biodiversity Carbon-negative 90

Business Green

MAY 7, 2021

First domestic route in Denmark to use sustainable aviation fuel. The SAF is being supplied by DCC and Shell Aviation Denmark, the current supplier of jet fuel to Danish airports, as part of Shell Aviation's SAF supply agreement with Neste, the producer of SAF.

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Fossil fuels Aviation Climate change Carbon-neutral 92

Grist

MARCH 8, 2021

When shipping giant Maersk announced last month it would operate a “carbon-neutral” vessel by 2023, the Danish company committed to using a fuel that’s made from renewable sources, is free of soot-forming pollutants — and is currently in scarce supply. The policy is accelerating efforts to test, pilot, and scale up more sustainable fuels. “A

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Business Green

MARCH 25, 2022

It concluded that all of the popular schemes were failing to adequately address environmental harms, such as rising waste levels, 'fast fashion' resource use, and use the industry's reliance on fossil fuels. The total emissions impact of the fashion sector is estimated to eclipse that of international aviation and shipping combined.

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Business Green

MARCH 25, 2021

Exclusive: Researchers have sought to calculate the external environmental, social and health costs of from fossil fuels, renewables, road transport and aviation. The think tank also followed up that analysis yesterday with research drawing similar conclusions about gas power plans in Italy , the UK's co-hosts for COP26 later this year.

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Transportation Electricity Fossil fuels Carbon-negative 70

Business Green

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

Where strong incentives are in place, they have helped drive coal off the electricity system and reduced waste going to landfill. In other areas, such as domestic heating, aviation, and agriculture we are effectively subsidising pollution. As a result the sector remains the largest polluter and emissions are creeping upwards.

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Mr. Sustainability

SEPTEMBER 27, 2020

How to divert energy flows from fossil to renewable using electricity and biomass Summary - Up to 20% of our energy needs could be met by sustainably harvested biomass, in particular food and agricultural waste, as well as manure. Second, decentralization of energy will lead to large efficiency gains because less energy is wasted.

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

In recent years, the biggest agricultural polluters and food corporations have embraced this term, which refers to a wide range of farming techniques that improve the environment. All these methods work to improve the soil, reduce air and water pollution, cut emissions, and boost biodiversity.

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Agriculture Methane Carbon-neutral COP 143

DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 29, 2023

It is possible to produce so-called “ green hydrogen ” using water and renewable energy, but about 95% of hydrogen is currently derived from natural gas, which generates large amounts of climate pollution. Getting hydrogen wrong, McNamara added, would be a “catastrophic waste of time.” That’s not the path we need to be on.”

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Fossil fuels Hydrogen Natural gas Carbon-neutral 80

Business Green

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

Overall, the analysis warns governments have "largely failed" to harness the opportunity to combine economic recovery with sustainable growth, calculating that just $1.8tr of the $4.6tr of stimulus spent to date in "environmentally impactful" sectors - agriculture, industry, waste, energy and transport - have been green.

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