DeSmogBlog

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Last year Hicks rhetorically asked on his blog whether climate researchers were “over-hyping because they have a political agenda,” terming them “those chronic-doomster semi-scientists.” based conservative think tank that has questioned the scientific consensus on climate change.

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The Environmental Blog

FEBRUARY 7, 2021

These threats range from populist leaders and global tensions right through to the climate crisis and resource depletion. When we are bombarded with negative news and potential threats regularly, it can take a toll on our well-being and overall happiness. Slowed Climate Change. Reduced Carbon Footprint.

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GreenTech Gazette

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

After all, we’re already beginning to see and feel the effects of climate change. While the scales may be tipped in the negative direction, there has been a lot of progress made in the past few years. In this post, we’ll run through four reasons to be optimistic about the climate crisis.

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The Environmental Blog

DECEMBER 14, 2022

For instance, some of the environmental KPIs are a company’s carbon footprint , waste management, and recycling habits. Some things that might change are standards, frameworks, and regulations. In most cases, these changes arise due to the changing needs of the environment.

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Climate 4.0

MARCH 7, 2021

The UN’s 195-member-country Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) sets the target year at 2050. Given the scale of Climate Change problems and the speed with which they are observably advancing toward the catastrophic, the degree of difficulty and the costs of mitigating and abating are daunting at best, it seems.

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Green Business Bureau

MARCH 10, 2021

Incorporating SDG 13, Climate Action, into your business will empower you to tackle the unique challenges of a changing climate and show your customers you prioritize the needs of all. There has been an estimated 6% drop in carbon emissions due to altered lifestyles in COVID-19. Improve climate change education.

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Business Green

AUGUST 30, 2021

The shift we are all seeing towards providing and taking up green jobs means there is greater recognition of the battle against climate change. The UK is hosting COP26 and the summit website says 'climate change is the biggest problem facing us all' which is undeniable at this point. million by 2050.

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The Environmental Blog

APRIL 1, 2021

While the global economic slowdown reduced major drivers of climate change around the world, the true picture of the pandemic’s effect on our planet’s resources and ecological health is somewhat more nuanced. Positive and Negative Impacts of the Pandemic on the Environment. Effects on Ecological Factors. Source:Rume, T.

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The Environmental Blog

NOVEMBER 13, 2019

Human activities produce 40 billion metric tons of carbon dioxide in a year as per 2015. To create such amount of carbon, you’d need to burn a forest the size of the African continent every day throughout the year. Fortunately, there are ways you can reduce the carbon footprint in your daily life. Take a look.

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DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 22, 2021

The connections with oil and gas lobbyists, the researchers say, undercut the highly public positions the companies have taken on addressing climate change. There is no ‘separate’ when the climate crisis will affect almost every issue before a state legislature — health care, infrastructure, taxes, and the whole economy,” he said.

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Green Business Bureau

MARCH 10, 2021

Incorporating SDG 13, Climate Action, into your business will empower you to tackle the unique challenges of a changing climate and show your customers you prioritize the needs of all. There has been an estimated 6% drop in carbon emissions due to altered lifestyles in COVID-19. Improve climate change education.

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Renewable Energy World

MARCH 3, 2021

The authors of the report also showed that carbon emissions fell by 16% compared to figures from 2019. Despite these paradigm-shifting results, the Climate Change Committee (CCC) has warned that Britain will have to double its total of clean energy generation by 2025, to stay on course to meet its climate goals.

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The Environmental Blog

OCTOBER 26, 2021

Climate change seems to be knocking at our doors. The same goes for climate change-induced catastrophes, which seem nearer every day. That’s why we believe preparing for climate change impact is key in preparing for the future. How to Help in Stopping Climate Change Impact. Be Energy Efficient.

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Green Business Bureau

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

Increased awareness of the negative impact of business on the environment is driving companies to develop sustainable and climate-friendly goods and services. The new industry could mean big benefits for businesses that pay attention to these trends and work to take advantage of the new category.

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Business Green

MAY 20, 2020

A new Greenpeace report notes that Microsoft, Amazon and Google are undermining their public carbon commitments through by providing services that allow oil and gas firms extract fossil fuels from the earth. Amazon, which has pledged to be carbon neutral by 2040, had not replied to a request for comment ahead of this article's publication.

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Business Green

APRIL 19, 2022

Plan to invest hundreds of millions in fledgeling carbon removal firms yet another sign of surging private sector interest in nascent sector. There has never been a better time to start a carbon removal company," Sacca wrote in a blog post. "So, The pace of progress in the science of carbon removal is blistering," he said.

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Grist

MARCH 29, 2021

Shopify, the Canadian company that runs e-commerce sites, wants to take a more hands-on approach — by paying a Texas venture to pull carbon dioxide from the sky and store it underground. The initiative comes as corporations are redoubling promises to address climate change. Carbon Engineering.

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Renewable Energy World

JULY 13, 2021

In fact in many states, the wholesale cost of electricity moves into negative prices in the middle of the day when rooftop solar system generation peaks. Increasing Climate Change Awareness. One of the main actions homeowners can take to reduce their own carbon footprint is to install solar.

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Mosaic

APRIL 1, 2022

Clean energy solutions can not only help homeowners save money (and the planet) — they also provide more resilient systems to withstand the elements of climate change. When homeowners choose these options, they can lessen their carbon footprint while also gaining a more reliable energy source.

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Mosaic

APRIL 1, 2022

Clean energy solutions can not only help homeowners save money (and the planet) — they also provide more resilient systems to withstand the elements of climate change. When homeowners choose these options, they can lessen their carbon footprint while also gaining a more reliable energy source.

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DeSmogBlog

JULY 20, 2023

An energy trade association that represents and promotes gas boilers and manufacturers is behind a barrage of negative press attacking heat pumps, DeSmog has learned. WPR’s campaign also explicitly promotes hydrogen as a viable fuel for domestic heating.

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Low Impact

OCTOBER 31, 2021

Has there been any progress in reducing global carbon emissions since Paris in 2015? The graph at the top shows the trajectory of global carbon emissions (and this is without the land-use figures), so no. The main problem is that the solutions generated will assume that no fundamental changes to the economy are required.

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The Environmental Blog

JULY 27, 2020

Erosion, destruction of wildlife , water contamination and release of carbon dioxide are all real environmental threats that can be caused by natural disasters. The wildfires also release significant amounts of carbon dioxide and destroy trees that would otherwise remove CO2 from the air.

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Women in Cleantech and Sustainability

OCTOBER 4, 2022

There were certain technologies that existed and her own will to make changes to clean energy, but it was all so nascent. She wanted an impactful journey and with the threat that climate change was presenting, along with the science to back it up, she knew the importance of responding immediately. On how Keally thinks about DEI.

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Green Tech Challenge

JULY 10, 2019

Ocean acidification has negative effects on sea-life and the ecosystem. Aquaculture and Ocean Acidification When mixed with seawater, carbon dioxide produces an acid which corrodes calcium, making shell formation and bone growth particularly difficult. The ocean has experienced a 26% pH drop in the last century. million metric tons.

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Grist

MARCH 29, 2021

Shopify, the Canadian company that runs e-commerce sites, wants to take a more hands-on approach — by paying a Texas venture to pull carbon dioxide from the sky and store it underground. The initiative comes as corporations are redoubling promises to address climate change. Carbon Engineering.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

The IPCC report is genuinely terrifying and Russia's attack on Ukraine has revealed the complacency contained in suggestions worst case climate scenarios can be definitively ruled out - the only good news is that the world knows what needs to be done and has the tools to do it. We really did have everything, didn't we? billion and 3.6

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Andrew Winston

JANUARY 5, 2022

Virtually all of the world’s largest companies now issue a sustainability report and set goals; more than 2,000 companies have set a science-based carbon target; and about one-third of Europe’s largest public companies have pledged to reach net zero by 2050. Maersk even advocated for a $150 per ton carbon tax on shipping fuel.

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DeSmogBlog

AUGUST 18, 2021

In the 2021 London mayoral campaign, a number of candidates — some with histories of fringe positions in opposition to clean air measures, COVID-19 restrictions and action on climate change — seized on practical as well as environmental and social justice arguments to work opposition to LTNs into their campaign platforms.

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AGreenLiving

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

Take the topic of climate change. Severe weather events may affect the company’s manufacturing sites or supply chain security, or climate regulation may mean that some of its products and services are no longer relevant. On the other hand, the company emits carbon emissions that affect the environment and people’s livelihoods.

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Green Business Bureau

MARCH 10, 2020

We are entering socio-economic times of high risk and risk mitigation practices to mitigate the impact of human influenced climate change. The emergence of environmental buzzwords started out with global warming, then became climate change. Business is constantly changing to meet consumer demands.

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 11, 2021

The big stories of 2020 were not just about a pandemic, a reckoning on racial justice, an economic calamity and the ever-imminent rise of climate change impacts. The company, an early partner with the Ellen MacArthur Foundation, has positioned water and carbon emissions as equally critical in the climate crisis.

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AFN Sustainable Protein

JULY 25, 2019

In the southern Polish city of Katowice last December, news coverage of the UN’s COP 24 meeting on climate change suddenly and dramatically surged, mostly thanks to a three-minute speech given by a Swedish teen activist with Asperger’s syndrome and the amplifying power of social media. It was social media kryptonite.

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Business Green

JANUARY 19, 2023

Albania already generates as much as three quarters of its electricity from hydropower and is learning in real-time about the energy source's decreasing returns in a climate-changed world. When water levels run low - as they increasingly do - households and businesses across the country suffer.

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Green Business Bureau

NOVEMBER 24, 2022

For documentry ideas, have a read of our article: The 20 Best Climate Change and Sustainability Documentaries and Videos. Stressed employees are less productive, and will provide lower levels of customer service – negatively affecting business outcomes. This means introducing social initiatives along with your green goals.

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Green Business Bureau

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

Living up to their green motto, “Less Trace, More Impact”, Concentric is the only US security risk consultancy that has been certified as a green business, achieved carbon neutrality and committed to fully decarbonizing via The Climate Pledge. MORE IMPACT.”. Office signage encourages employees to make green choices.

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The Environmental Blog

AUGUST 25, 2020

With freight transport forecast to grow by 100% by 2050, how can air cargo combat its own demons in the fight against climate change? Or will it always be seen as the bad boy for carbon emissions? Within the transport sector, other modes such as road vehicles have already made significant strides towards carbon neutrality.

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