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How To Buy Carbon Offsets: 6 Certified and Vetted Options

Green Business Bureau

In our previous Green Business Bureau article, titled Carbon Offsets Vs Carbon Credits: Addressing The Issues (The 5 Rules of Carbon Offsetting) , we discuss the rules that ensure offsets deliver the GHG emission reductions promised, and do so ethically. Carbon offset program #3: Methane abatement.

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Planet Works to Accelerate Sustainable Development and Progress on the SDGs

Planet Pulse

Monitoring Greenhouse Gas Emissions – Planet recently also announced a partnership with Climate TRACE , a GHG emissions tracker supported by former Vice President Al Gore that will use Planet’s data to extract and analyze climate emissions signals latent in our data. Coral Reef mosaic of Nukuni, Fiji. 2018, Planet Labs, Inc.

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Using Recycled Paper Is Not Just About Saving Trees

Unsustainable

Of course, we all know that deforestation isn’t just about cutting down trees, it is also about damaging a whole ecosystem as “the majority of the world’s biodiversity (the huge array of insects, birds, mammals, reptiles, amphibians, plants and trees) lives in, and depends on, forests” iv 2. Enjoyed this article?

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These changes to our food systems could improve human and planetary health

GreenBiz

One juicy hamburger for you equates to (about) 600 gallons of water consumed, 0.126 pounds of methane released, 13.5 The battle against climate change is vital. It drives most of the food and beverage industry climate impacts, threatens biodiversity and water, as well as habitat for people and animals.

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Mapped: The Network of Powerful Agribusiness Groups Lobbying to Water Down the EU’s Sustainable Farming Targets

DeSmogBlog

BASF’s wine tasting is just one example of many such pandemic-style lobbying efforts by the European agriculture industry since the EU has attempted to pass sweeping new policies to combat climate change through measures included in its “Green Deal,” first presented in December 2019.

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Waste Management Checklist: 26 Tips For Minimizing Waste

Green Business Bureau

Comparatively, poor waste management contributes to air pollution, exacerbates climate change, contaminates ecological habitats, and is harmful to wildlife and human health. For instance, thinking about climate change, solid waste-related emissions are anticipated to increase to 2.38 Hazardous waste.

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These changes to our food systems could improve human and planetary health

AGreenLiving

One juicy hamburger for you equates to (about) 600 gallons of water consumed, 0.126 pounds of methane released, 13.5 The battle against climate change is vital. It drives most of the food and beverage industry climate impacts, threatens biodiversity and water, as well as habitat for people and animals.

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