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Study: The public is pretty confused by your climate change jargon

Grist

Some of the most difficult-to-understand words were mitigation , referring to efforts to reduce emissions to slow down climate change, and carbon-neutral , when there’s no net increase in the amount of carbon dioxide in the air. Some people found the shorthand use of carbon confusing. “I

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Want to avoid greenwashing? Be clear about what it means

Business Green

These definitions, coupled with new anti-greenwashing laws , are meant to help suss out bad actors. While companies should be trying to phase out carbon to achieve these net-zero commitments, Sick noted that life doesn't work without carbon. There's a reason why carbon is all around.

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Event - CES Paris 2020

Green Market Oracle

The first of the Corporate Energy Series was a carbon neutral event that was held in France on 21-22 May 2019. Corporations – which consume two thirds of the world’s electricity – have a major role to play in the transformation to a carbon neutral energy mix.

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The Biggest Sustainability Stories of 2019 (and what to watch for in 2020)

Andrew Winston

In the well-publicized book The Uninhabitable Earth , author David Wallace-Wells made the case that panic may be warranted , showing what warming of 3, 4, or more degrees Celsius could look like (and it’s not pretty). But companies also told CDP about an upside: trillions in potential markets for low-carbon tech. degrees Celsius.

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Revealed: How Car and Airline Advertising ‘Misleads’ the Public and Threatens Climate Action

DeSmogBlog

This low-carbon image is out of step with the reality of fleet production figures – both current and projected – which reveal a business model out of step wedded to sales of fossil-fuel powered vehicles. These sales fall far below the 70 percent of car adverts that promoted lower-carbon electric vehicles and hybrid vehicles.

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History of the use of medicinal plants

Low Impact

It has also provided, as Barbara Griggs writes in her excellent book ‘Green Pharmacy, a history of herbal medicine’, a flimsy legal roof under which (the profession of herbal medicine) has sheltered and flourished to this day in Britain. In 1512, under the rule of Henry VIII, an Act was passed that became known as the Herbalists’ Charter.

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20 C-suite sustainability champions for 2021

GreenBiz

The company, an early partner with the Ellen MacArthur Foundation, has positioned water and carbon emissions as equally critical in the climate crisis. Last year, Ecolab set a goal for net-zero carbon emissions by 2050, getting halfway there by 2030. No doubt those conversations will be at play in Starbucks’ 50th year. billion U.S.