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

DeSmogBlog

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?”

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Global Briefing: UN calls for rapid acceleration in European CCS deployment

Business Green

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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Mapped: The Network of Powerful Agribusiness Groups Lobbying to Water Down the EU’s Sustainable Farming Targets

DeSmogBlog

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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Urban Future Lab, Greentown Labs, and the Fraunhofer USA TechBridge Program Announce the Carbon to Value Initiative

Greentown Labs

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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Technology Trending: Mg-ion batteries, hydrogen innovation lab, landfill methane for Bitcoin mining

Smart Energy International

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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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. He has used GWP* to claim that the US meat and dairy sector can become “climate-neutral” by the late 2040s by reducing emissions only two percent a year.

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Carbon to Value Initiative Leaders Urban Future Lab, Greentown Labs, and the Fraunhofer USA TechBridge Program Announce Formation of the Carbontech Leadership Council

Greentown Labs

Multi-year initiative seeks carbon-to-value startups and welcomes first Carbontech Leadership Council members. The C2V Initiative is a unique, multi-year program driving the creation of a thriving innovation ecosystem for the commercialization of carbontech—technologies that capture and convert carbon dioxide (CO?) Brazil, and Europe.