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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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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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Which diet will help save our planet: climatarian, flexitarian, vegetarian or vegan?

Business Green

According to the publicity "with a simple diet shift you can save a tonne of CO2 equivalents per person per year" ("equivalents" just means methane and other greenhouse gases are factored in alongside carbon dioxide). The reduced need for agricultural land would help stop deforestation and help protect biodiversity. Mostly) healthier.

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Planet Works to Accelerate Sustainable Development and Progress on the SDGs

Planet Pulse

By identifying the point sources of carbon dioxide and methane, these projects use the agile aerospace approach to standardize a broad and transparent global view on emissions enabling companies and governments to reduce leaks and comply with reduction targets.

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First regenerative turkeys in California are from Cream Co.

AGreenLiving

It’s bad for the environment in many ways, including sucking up resources, releasing high levels of methane and stripping the soil. sees the value of supporting independent ranchers and ensuring ethical treatment of animals. It recognizes that the current practices in mass producing meat is unsustainable.

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

DeSmogBlog

The use of these chemicals also damages the environment in other ways; much of the fertilizer used in the world today is the product of methane gas, a fossil fuel, while the wide-scale use of pesticides has been linked to the damage of ecosystems and vital populations of pollinators. Political Connections.

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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 It drives most of the food and beverage industry climate impacts, threatens biodiversity and water, as well as habitat for people and animals. The chief impediment is that the gain is private, yet the cost is public.

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