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The top 25 most sustainable fleets

GreenBiz

At the same time, it's already adopting renewable natural gas to power its natural gas trucks in its short-haul fleet. . It's got close to 300 alternative-fueled vehicles, including electric, hybrid and natural gas buses, sweepers and light-duty vehicles. Just a short five years away. Media Authorship.

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Fleet leaders share four recommendations for driving toward zero emissions

GreenBiz

Zach Freeze, senior director for sustainability at Walmart, is also looking at renewable natural gas and efficiency improvements on the road to broader electrification. "We We have to be able to make our fleet as efficient as possible while we still make those long-term bets on what the technology will be," Freeze said.

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? Ammonia goes from fertilizer to fuel #180

Climate Tech VC

The current Haber Bosch process relies on fossil fuels (~ 70% natural gas, 30% coal) and emits 2.4 Direct use in turbines: Japanese firm IHI and GE are retrofitting liquid natural gas power plant turbines to run on ammonia. Growing concerns today: Today, most ammonia is used for fertilizer. of global emissions. 

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Editor’s Pick: Top DeSmog UK Stories of 2022

DeSmogBlog

It was also the year that “solutioneering” took hold in agriculture – source of 30 percent of greenhouse gas emissions – as major players announced net zero plans and began to push harder on sometimes fanciful technologies (think: capturing cow burps), at the expense of the deeper transformations needed to safeguard nature and the climate.

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20 C-suite sustainability champions for 2021

GreenBiz

It’s throwing $100 million toward biotech solutions for repurposing waste and improving plastics; regenerative agriculture in deforested zones; and building up markets for biological ingredients. Best known for its butter — and the Native American logo it retired last year — Land O’Lakes is also a 21st-century force in technology.

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

DeSmogBlog

In its list of 2030 commitments to support the European Green Deal, CropLife said that it will “invest 10 billion euros into innovation in precision and digital technologies by 2030.” The main ingredient in fertilizers is ammonia, which is produced from natural gas.

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Fleet leaders share four recommendations for driving toward zero emissions

AGreenLiving

Zach Freeze, senior director for sustainability at Walmart, is also looking at renewable natural gas and efficiency improvements on the road to broader electrification. “We have to be able to make our fleet as efficient as possible while we still make those long-term bets on what the technology will be,” Freeze said.