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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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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 square feet of land and the assuaging of animal species distinction, water pollution and habitat destruction. pounds of cattle feed that could have been consumed by a malnourished human, 64.5 Looking back with regret.

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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.

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U.S. Embrace of ‘Climate-Smart’ Agriculture at COP27 Faces Scrutiny

DeSmogBlog

government’s embrace of “climate-smart” agriculture at COP27 will serve primarily to add a green veneer to plans to double down on polluting business as usual. Industrial agriculture is carbon intensive – and polluting. But there are other topics that Big Ag may be less eager to discuss: Growing concern among campaigners that the U.S.

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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. How can you reduce waste and prevent pollution? For instance, thinking about climate change, solid waste-related emissions are anticipated to increase to 2.38

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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 square feet of land and the assuaging of animal species distinction, water pollution and habitat destruction. pounds of cattle feed that could have been consumed by a malnourished human, 64.5 Looking back with regret.

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