DeSmogBlog

JULY 21, 2023

As lawsuits mount against the fossil fuel sector for decades of sowing climate disinformation, the PR and ad agencies , banks , institutional investors , and law firms that work with the industry are also facing increased scrutiny. This overlap raises conflict of interest concerns, experts say.

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Green Business Bureau

DECEMBER 29, 2021

With the right policies and processes, golf course managers can reduce waste and minimize the risk of polluting the environment. The shared goal of the golfing industry is to offer a sustainable course to the community that is managed with a focus on water conservation, energy conservation, alternative energy usage and pollution prevention.

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GreenBiz

DECEMBER 16, 2020

Richmond, a diverse, industrial city where housing prices and incomes have lagged behind its Bay Area neighbors, has poor air quality and some of the highest rates of respiratory and cardiovascular disease in California. The overall "cap" lowers every year, forcing polluters to reduce their emissions or purchase allowances from others who do.

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Green Business Bureau

JULY 1, 2022

For the major tech giants Salesforce , Lenovo , and Microsoft , sustainability lies at the core of these organizations. With this in mind, it’s important tech startups globally follow suit, to establish proactive and forward-thinking organizations. Turn off devices when not in use to reduce electricity.

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Hydrogen Fuel News

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

We’re on the brink of a green energy revolution, with natural hydrogen or sometimes referred to as white hydrogen , offering untapped potential. We’ll investigate how we can capture this invisible power source, through cutting-edge extraction and detection methods, and discuss the challenges of transitioning to cleaner energy.

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Greentown Labs

DECEMBER 14, 2021

Twenty-five startups joined our community in the final months of 2021, working on innovations as diverse as solar-plus-storage for blackouts, plastic and tire recycling, geothermal power generation, and construction-less dam electrification. Electricity. Fervo Energy is a next-generation geothermal power developer.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 14, 2021

For Edna Ibarra, it was the realization that with every breath her 11-year-old son was breathing in a little more of an industrial carcinogen that drove her to get involved in the fight against air pollution in Laredo, Texas. If these three pollutants were eliminated,” the Intercept reported, “only one census tract in the U.S.

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Green Business Bureau

MAY 12, 2022

Trusted third-party organizations like LEED, B Corp and Green Business Bureau provide certification programs that can prove your company’s green cred. Depending on the type of business you are and the industry you’re in, you might consider any of the following types of green certifications: Overall Green Business Certifications.

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Defend Our Future

JULY 11, 2023

Catching up with the Community Organizing Fellows While Defend Our Future’s campus ambassadors are enjoying a well-deserved summer break, our community organizing fellows have been hard at work with our partners to engage community members to build a future free from fossil fuels.

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Green Business Bureau

DECEMBER 29, 2021

With the right policies and processes, golf course managers can reduce waste and minimize the risk of polluting the environment. The shared goal of the golfing industry is to offer a sustainable course to the community that is managed with a focus on water conservation, energy conservation, alternative energy usage and pollution prevention.

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Defend Our Future

AUGUST 14, 2023

Catching up with the Community Organizing Fellows While Defend Our Future’s campus ambassadors are enjoying a well-deserved summer break, our community organizing fellows have been hard at work with our partners to engage community members to build a future free from fossil fuels.

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 25, 2022

Even the finest particles of pollution influence the process of cloud formation and the rainfall regime, it seems. These nanoparticles of pollution [smaller than 10 nanometers] used to be overlooked in atmospheric calculations and models. They can also be produced by human activities such as the burning of fossil fuels.

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Green Business Bureau

APRIL 15, 2022

The industry is moving toward sustainable construction. Now more than ever consumers are using their purchasing power to push companies to be more sustainable. HOW TO BUILD and RENOVATE A HOME TO BE MORE SUSTAINABLE. Energy Usage and Electricity. Plumbing and Water Usage. SUSTAINABLE CONSTRUCTION.

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Green Business Bureau

APRIL 15, 2022

Now more than ever consumers are using their purchasing power to push companies to be more sustainable. Let’s look at the major areas that determine how sustainable and eco-friendly a home is: Building Design & Materials. Energy Usage and Electricity. Plumbing and Water Usage. Recycled Steel.

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 30, 2021

The report , which draws from government data, raises concerns about the potential health effects on those living near the refineries and the federal enforcement that the high levels of this cancer-causing air pollutant should trigger. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and now executive director of EIP, an environmental advocacy group.

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Hydrogen Fuel News

OCTOBER 9, 2023

CBAM is a World Trade Organization (WTO) compatible measure that incentivizes global industries to adopt greener and more sustainable technologies. From this point onward, both domestic production and imports will be subject to an equivalent carbon price, encouraging industries worldwide to adopt greener technologies.

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Green Business Bureau

JULY 5, 2021

The nursery and greenhouse industry is by no means a main contributor to environmental issues but it is beneficial for all businesses to adopt environmentally sound practices. Other important environmental issues facing this industry are water use and water pollution. Improve Cultivation Techniques to be Organic .

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 5, 2023

If you take Shell’s word for it, the oil giant’s growing petrochemical operations are indicative of its “commitment” to a cleaner energy future. It’s an apt welcome to a place where the realities of everyday life seem to be in stark contrast to the green illusion marketed by the fossil fuel and petrochemical industries.

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R-Squared Energy

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

In Part I of my interview with James Rockall, the CEO of the World LPG Association , we discussed the major global problems associated with indoor air pollution caused predominantly by cooking. He explained how liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) is a cleaner alternative to many of the fuels used in developing countries.

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GreenTechMedia

JUNE 2, 2020

Earlier this year, Pacific Gas & Electric faced pushback from environmental and solar and energy storage industry groups to a plan to deploy natural gas generators to back up communities facing multi-day fire-prevention blackouts.

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Green Business Bureau

APRIL 7, 2022

It is relatively common knowledge at this point that large organizations and corporations are responsible for the vast majority of carbon emissions. Understandably, the larger a company is, the more waste it produces, the more resources it uses, and the more energy it consumes. This is either direct or indirect energy use.

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EDF + Business

MARCH 28, 2023

Decreased Renewables Cost: Levelized Cost of Electricity (LCOE) to project sponsors is expected to decrease by 40-60%, which will likely result in cost reductions for commercial electricity users. Notes: PTC stands for Production Tax Credit. ITC stands for investment tax credit. Sources: Deloitte Analysis, H.R.5376

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Renewable Energy World

MARCH 29, 2021

by Yariv Cohen, Ignite Power. Leshan city, in the Sichuan province of southeast China, is an industrial zone, 120 kilometers (75 miles) away from Chengdu. The city boasts a 71-meter (233-feet) high ancient Buddha that was built in the 7th century, and is the largest carved stone sculpture in the country.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 16, 2022

The circumstances surrounding his termination are documented among thousands of pages of public records and internal company documents that provide a penetrating look into the multi-billion dollar stakes of negotiations between governments and state-sanctioned monopolies that are shaping the future of energy systems in Oregon and beyond.

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Greentown Labs

AUGUST 19, 2021

The Texas energy crisis in February 2021 reminded us of the precariousness of energy systems and their high costs of failure. This event nearly devastated the state’s power grid due to a frequency drop that put Texas four minutes and 37 seconds away from a months-long blackout.

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 11, 2023

The SEJ is a 1,500-strong membership organization dedicated to “more and better coverage of environment-related issues.” The WSPA’s description of its dinner says that “nothing is off the table” — adding that “we want to hear from you and answer any questions you may have about the oil and gas industry’s role in the energy transition.”

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GreenTechMedia

JUNE 5, 2020

Buildings were first electrified nearly 150 years ago. So, why is it that “building electrification” is now among the energy industry’s most popular buzzwords? Most buildings run on multiple fuels. They use electricity to power lights, refrigerators and electronic devices.

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

James Parish town of Gramercy and its mayor, Steve Nosacka, an outspoken supporter of the oil and gas industry. James was planning to hold a protest march in Gramercy in an effort to stop an industry-friendly ballot initiative. James after a two-year legal battle against the St. Back in the fall of 2020, RISE. Two days before RISE St.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 9, 2021

BASF’s wine tasting is just one example of many such pandemic-style lobbying efforts by the European agriculture industry since the EU has attempted to pass sweeping new policies to combat climate change through measures included in its “Green Deal,” first presented in December 2019.

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

But in the intervening decades, the region’s rivers were dammed or channeled and the fossil fuel era dawned across Appalachia. Their goal was to find out more about the impact mountaintop removal mining has had on those water pollution levels. Mountaintop Mining. Mountaintop removal is a form of strip mining.

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Green Business Bureau

JULY 5, 2021

The nursery and greenhouse industry is by no means a main contributor to environmental issues but it is beneficial for all businesses to adopt environmentally sound practices. Other important environmental issues facing this industry are water use and water pollution. Improve Cultivation Techniques to be Organic .

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Green Business Bureau

MARCH 23, 2022

Now more than ever consumers are using their purchasing power to push companies to be more sustainable. The current standard for machinery and equipment is gas powered, which releases carbon into the atmosphere when in use. Additionally, some of the nitrogen is washed away, where it pollutes waterways and causes algae blooms.

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Front And Centered

MAY 17, 2019

While the full HEAL act passed in both the House and Senate by significant margins, the Washington Business Building Industry Association of Washington (BIAW) and the Association of Washington Business (AWB) were able to slow reconciliation of the two bill versions, preventing it from passing before the session expired.

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Defend Our Future

JUNE 19, 2019

And of course, we were sporting our Defend Our Future T-shirts, making the statement that we support our representatives who pledge to advance the transition to 100% clean energy. Renewable Portfolio Standards : Adopted by states or corporations and requires that a certain percentage of electricity comes from renewable sources.

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AGreenLiving

APRIL 20, 2021

With the marijuana industry expanding to new audiences, what do eco-conscious people need to know about this plant and its demands on the environment? From water usage to pollution , growing cannabis may have a larger footprint than you’d think. Energy consumption How does energy use factor into growing cannabis?

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Grist

MAY 18, 2021

It had been about a year and a half since he left his job at an aerospace company to found a clean energy startup in San Francisco with three of his friends, but the path to success he’d once envisioned had crumbled. For a while things had been looking up for Charm Industrial. Courtesy of Charm Industrial.

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Low Carbon Prosperity

OCTOBER 17, 2018

The initiative, also known as the “Protect Washington Act”, imposes a steadily increasing carbon pollution fee on most fossil fuel uses and directs revenue toward projects to reduce carbon emissions, as well as investments in forests, water, community preparedness, and support to displaced workers and people with lower incomes.

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