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Labour’s Shadow Energy Minister Backs Biomass ‘Completely’ At Drax-Sponsored Conference Event

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Labour’s energy spokesperson has said he stands “completely” with biomass giant Drax, despite admitting that its use of wood pellets in its North Yorkshire power station is not carbon neutral. His comments came days after campaigners criticised Drax’s sponsoring of the event as “green spin at its worst”. Completely With Them’.

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'A prime example of doublethink': How surging demand for land-based CO2 offsets could threaten global food security

Business Green

Oxfam warns many net zero goals rely too heavily on forestation to offset carbon emissions, providing a potential threat to agricultural land. Too many companies and governments are hiding behind the smokescreen of net zero to continue dirty business-as-usual activities," he said. "Too

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Putting the 'net' in net zero: Seven principles for delivering negative emissions

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New report from the Coalition for Negative Emissions argues urgent action is needed to expand carbon removals market - and businesses have a critical role to play. Most importantly, delivering net zero emissions through carbon offsets risks distracting from the need to slash emissions at source.

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The risky business of climate risk: 'Stop predicting the future'

GreenBiz

That's despite this being the second pandemic in 10 years, the fourth respiratory illness in 18 years, and numerous warnings from the World Health Organization, he added at the February virtual event. Let's stop predicting the future because we've proven we're incapable of doing it," Irwin said. Consider disclosure. Consider compliance.

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Ellie Goulding's seltzer brand to roll out carbon footprint labelling

Business Green

A seltzer brand part-owned by Ellie Goulding has announced it will roll out carbon footprint labelling across its range from next month. The company revealed it was using climate impact assessment platform CarbonCloud to analyse the carbon footprint of its drinks entire value chain.

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Big Meat Unveils Battle Plans for COP28

DeSmogBlog

Animal agriculture is the largest emitter of methane, a greenhouse gas 80 times more potent than carbon dioxide when measured over a 20 year period. The files also detail collaborations planned for the event itself. Scientists say that unless swift action is taken, methane from agriculture alone will take us beyond a 1.5C

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'A poor use of public funds': Should the government subsidise biomass and carbon capture technology?

Business Green

Fresh analysis warns plans for UK's largest BECCS facility in North Yorkshire could prove more expensive for billpayers than Hinkley Point C, but developer Drax rejects calculations and insists carbon capture technology is likely to prove a crucial component of the net zero transition.