Business Green

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

Tech giant Microsoft has this week formally joined the European Corporate Leaders Group (CLG Europe), building on its recent commitment to become a net negative emission company. CLG Europe brings together influential European businesses which share the aim of delivering climate neutrality through "progressive public policy".

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GreenTechMedia

JULY 1, 2020

Green hydrogen may get all the headlines, but the prospect of it fueling Europe's future hydrogen economy on its own looks increasingly questionable. Blue hydrogen is produced from natural gas, with carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology scooping up the resulting CO2. Meanwhile, the U.K. They know that they need it.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 21, 2022

But now Europe is poised to enact laws that would not only recognise the harms of chemical-intensive agriculture, but also to ensure that synthetic pesticide and fertiliser use is significantly reduced. As pesticide trade body CropLife Europe says: “let’s focus on transition, not just targets”.

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GreenBiz

JULY 15, 2020

Early pioneers of these hydrogen-from-waste technologies such as Ways2H, SGH2 Energy (SGH2) and Standard Hydrogen say not only are they making carbon-free, energy-rich fuel, their approaches also will divert mountains of trash from landfills and waterways, cutting greenhouse gas emissions. . There are other ways to make hydrogen.

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

million tonnes of carbon dioxide in 2020, including 13.2 million from burning biomass, according to environmental law charity ClientEarth – is sponsoring an event called “How Can the UK Build a Zero Carbon, Lower Cost Energy Future?” Drax – which emitted 19.4 at the Labour conference in Brighton on Monday.

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Business Green

JANUARY 6, 2022

According to the survey of over 1,000 senior business decisionmakers, 29 per cent said UK businesses have a strategy for achieving carbon net zero. He continued: "In the wake of COP26, we need to work together, share expertise, innovate and research new sustainable solutions so carbon net zero can become a reality, rather than a goal.".

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

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. The speakers at the panel event, “How Can the UK Build a Zero Carbon, Lower Cost Energy Future?” Completely With Them’.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 16, 2022

Now more definitions of greenwashing are cropping up, in Europe in particular. 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. Fuel] can never ever be carbon negative," Sick said.

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Smart Energy International

MARCH 28, 2024

The focus for the Horizon Europe climate, energy and mobility ‘cluster’ for its forthcoming three years is on the green and digital transitions and EU resilience. The 2025-2027 strategic plan for Horizon Europe-supported research and innovation (R&I) in the energy sector identifies four specific areas: 1.

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GreenBiz

MARCH 12, 2021

The paper identifies five core green policy areas that policymakers should focus on — green energy, low-carbon transport, natural capital, green building upgrades and green research and development (R&D) — and highlights successful green spending programs to date. billion has been spent on low-carbon transport, $28.9 Meanwhile, $86.1

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GreenTechMedia

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

If successfully commercialized, Modvion’s solution would solve the transport problem, while also replacing carbon intensive-steel with what could be a carbon-negative alternative. Svoldgaard said there was scope for production in Europe, U.S. million to $7.2 million) at a time.

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Business Green

MARCH 18, 2022

Latest batch of carbon analysis from electronics giant reveals how clean technologies can help slash emissions from transportation and distribution. The German-headquartered company first started collecting carbon data in 2020, and as such the data unveiled yesterday provides the first year-on-year comparison of its climate impact.

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DeSmogBlog

JUNE 16, 2023

This story is part of a DeSmog series on the influence wielded by the gas lobby in Europe BERLIN, Germany — Germany’s push to achieve climate neutrality by 2045 could, by some projections , soon turn the vast network of natural gas pipelines powering the country’s homes and industry into one of Europe’s biggest stranded assets.

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Business Green

AUGUST 10, 2021

The UK is committed to achieving net zero carbon emissions by 2050 and this year's edition of National Grid ESO's 'Future Energy Scenarios' shows that a 2035 clean power sector driven by a massive expansion of renewables is now the benchmark for the UK if it is to reach this goal. Zero carbon power by 2035. Credit: Ember.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 13, 2020

But differing and overlapping terminology and meanings - including 'net zero', 'carbon neutral', 'climate positive', and 'zero carbon' - has led to confusion among investors and consumers, leaving the net zero movement "open to sleight of hand and greenwashing", the BNEF report warns. Credit: BNEF.

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Smart Energy International

OCTOBER 30, 2023

The number of announced lithium-ion gigafactories increased in 2022 from 26 to 30 and continues to rise and battery factories are being built with increasing speed across Europe. However, there are challenges to increase renewable energy to power these electrolysers and avoid negative impacts on freshwater availability. Register now

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 18, 2021

The adverts regularly highlight the companies’ preferred solutions to climate change — from carbon capture and storage, to experimental algae biofuels, and investment in renewable energy sources — without being open about the small percentage of overall investment allocated to these technologies, nor their various limitations.

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DeSmogBlog

JULY 22, 2021

InfluenceMap said two of the most egregious examples are the Airlines for Europe, an aviation trade group, and the European Community Shipowners’ Associations (ECSA), a lobby for the maritime shipping industry. Credit: Frans Berkelaar. CC BY-ND 2.0. ECSA also opposed including shipping in the cap-and-trade system.

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Business Green

MAY 24, 2021

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.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 9, 2021

Others that have been active in pushing for the EU to continue to allow the use of certain controversial chemicals, include CropLife Europe and The Glyphosate Renewal Group. The documents leaked in the Corporate Europe Observatory investigation were “part of lobbying work that is done in all stakeholder groups.

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Business Green

MARCH 5, 2021

UN argues 'rapid deployment' of CCUS needed to meet carbon neutrality goals. The report from the UN Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) argues that contrary to popular opinion the CCUS sector already comprises a "vast portfolio of existing technologies that are economically viable".

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Business Green

DECEMBER 15, 2020

Gardiner added that the sale would also allow the company, which has pledged to become 'carbon negative' by 2030 largely by rolling out innovative carbon capture and storage with biomass technology at its flagship power station in North Yorkshire, to reduce its carbon emissions and meet its climate goals. "By

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Business Green

APRIL 27, 2020

Today [April 28] the European Corporate Leaders Group (CLG Europe) released a new report revealing how a transition to a net-zero labour market can alleviate some of the most negative impacts of future megatrends and lead to better outcomes for Europe. Stimulus spending.

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Business Green

AUGUST 2, 2022

It said it will take action to slash its emissions and neutralise any remaining emissions with "additional, quantifiable, real, permanent, and socially beneficial offsets" in order to achieve net zero annual carbon emissions by 2040, which is 10 years ahead of the Paris Agreement targets of 2050.

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Green Business Bureau

MARCH 10, 2021

The first 11 months of 2020 were the hottest on record in the Northern Hemisphere, Europe experienced its warmest autumn ever, and the Arctic sea ice coverage was 16% lower than the 1981-2010 average. There has been an estimated 6% drop in carbon emissions due to altered lifestyles in COVID-19. Top Carbon Emission Contributors.

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Green Business Bureau

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Not only does reclaimed lumber give that rustic, farmhouse look and possess some unique history within its grain, but it also helps preserve our carbon-sequestering forests and rejects monoculture tree farms that do not support biodiversity or ecological health. Eco-Friendly, Ethically-Sourced Building Materials. RECLAIMED LUMBER.

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Low Impact

AUGUST 29, 2021

It proposes to make Europe the first continent to reach carbon neutrality by 2050 and the first to deliver a climate law with binding emissions targets. But in Europe, only 0.1% Once approved, the law will set legally binding targets for carbon emission reductions. It’s not just the energy lobby. Image: InterAlia.

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Business Green

MAY 5, 2020

The plans are in line with a strategy to develop Total "as a broad-energy company", a company statement explained, where low-carbon electricity and carbon-neutrality solutions are offered alongside its traditional oil and gas offerings. Energy markets are changing, driven by climate change, technology and societal expectations.

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Smart Energy International

AUGUST 15, 2022

French DSO Enedis along with the TSOs RTE and Elia and other partners are working with the League for the Protection of Birds (Ligue de Protection des Oiseaux, LPO) to reduce the impact of powerlines, poles and pylons on the mortality of 13 endangered bird species in Europe. The Safelines4birds project, with a €14 million ($14.4

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Green Business Bureau

MARCH 10, 2021

The first 11 months of 2020 were the hottest on record in the Northern Hemisphere, Europe experienced its warmest autumn ever, and the Arctic sea ice coverage was 16% lower than the 1981-2010 average. There has been an estimated 6% drop in carbon emissions due to altered lifestyles in COVID-19. Top Carbon Emission Contributors.

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DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 3, 2021

The remaining 20 percent represents investments outside of fossil fuels, in areas such as renewables, carbon capture and storage, and research into new green technologies. . The companies analyzed were selected to represent a range of scale and location across Europe. A Focus on ‘Net Zero’.

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Business Green

MARCH 18, 2020

The two new stations - one in Warrington, which it claims is the largest in Europe, and another in Northampton - are together capable of refuelling over 1,000 trucks a day, more than doubling the firm's existing renewable biomethane refuelling capacity in the UK.

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Smart Energy International

JULY 19, 2022

Though it was later dismantled by Obama’s successor, the European Commission included funding for behavioural research projects in its European Green Deal , a 1 trillion Euro campaign aimed to make Europe the first climate-neutral continent by 2050. In this sense, energy policy is certainly one of the most important areas.

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Business Green

JANUARY 16, 2023

Europe needs to be leading the charge to a more sustainable world, but it is being held back by short-termism and poor policymaking, argues Systemiq's Janez Potočnik. For 54 scarce and economically important raw materials, Europe imports 90 per cent of them fully. The price of these resources is also increasing.

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Greentown Labs

JULY 16, 2020

Leading climatetech innovation organizations launch multi-year initiative to accelerate the trillion-dollar carbon-to-value market. More than 100 gigatons of carbon, in the form of carbon dioxide, must be removed from the atmosphere by 2050. Newswise — New York City, N.Y., and Somerville, Mass., July 16, 2020.

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Business Green

MAY 17, 2020

And the negative impact of climate change on habitat and diversity are far more profound than that caused by the wildlife trade. Opportunities from a zero carbon economy. A growing number of multinational corporations, local governments and countries have committed to achieving net-zero carbon emissions by 2050.

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Business Green

JULY 17, 2020

A group of exciting start-ups are exploring whether the world's trash mountains could become a valuable source of low carbon hydrogen fuels. Still, there is potential for clean - low- or zero-carbon - hydrogen to take off, energy experts believe. One novel spin on emerging hydrogen fuel options is "clean hydrogen" made from trash.

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