Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

Industry leaders have paved the way, with Google having been carbon-neutral since 2007 and Microsoft since 2012. To help businesses create their individual decarbonisation strategies, Siemens has published a new whitepaper suggesting a range of specific steps towards carbon neutrality. Shift to low-carbon heat.

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The Environmental Blog

MARCH 20, 2023

Environmental Impact of Biomedical Waste The improper management of biomedical waste can lead to negative consequences for the environment. Best practices for biomedical waste management include regular training and education of staff, the use of personal protective equipment, and proper documentation of waste management activities.

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38 North Solutions

MAY 2, 2024

The seller must provide the following “minimum documentation” to the buyer. The seller must also provide documents substantiating that the project is exempted from or has complied with the wage and apprentice requirements and that it qualifies for any bonus tax credits included in the sale.

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Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Scope 3 emissions can account for over 70% of many businesses’ carbon footprint, which means that organisations – and the world – cannot reach net-zero without taking huge strides to reduce their indirect emissions. Enabling solutions: Shrinking your digital carbon footprint. What’s next?

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Envirotec Magazine

JANUARY 17, 2020

Most people seem to believe some form of carbon capture and storage (CCS) will be necessary, although many are stil sceptical of an arguably “unproven” and ambitious technology. The same document said that CCS was “not on a trajectory” to meet the 2ºC target of over 400 MtCO2 being stored per year in 2025. Envirotec writes.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 3, 2022

Drax has come in for renewed scrutiny over the environmental sustainability of its supply chain, with a major investigation having found evidence of carbon-rich primary forests in western Canada being felled to supply wood pellet feedstock for Britain's biggest power station in North Yorkshire.

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Business Green

APRIL 5, 2022

The world's top climate scientists have updated their guidance on carbon removals technologies, arguing they are likely to prove essential to stablising global temperatures, but only if they are developed judiciously. The summary to policymakers document notes that CDR deployment is "unavoidable" if net zero emissions are to be achieved.

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Business Green

JULY 6, 2022

Policy documents released yesterday offer a glimpse into how big a role the government envisages for technologies such as carbon capture utilisation and storage (CCUS), direct air capture (DAC), and bioenergy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS) in supporting its Net Zero Strategy.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 16, 2022

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. What we have to do, though, is become smarter about how we source, use, reuse and dispose of this carbon.".

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DeSmogBlog

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

One document reviewed by DeSmog referenced a course about “population growth, innovation and human flourishing,” to be taught by Marian Tupy and Gale Pooley, co-authors of a book called Superabundance. A definitive body of research has documented the negative effects of rising CO2 on crops.

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Energy Innovation

MARCH 29, 2024

In addition, 52 percent of those surveyed reported a negative effect on their quality of life. T The authors demonstrate that the net emissions impact of EV adoption is likely negative, as CO2 reductions from a transition to EVs would outstrip the increase in emissions due to increased consumption of electricity. Evidence from China.”

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DeSmogBlog

AUGUST 15, 2023

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Mama Our Filipino Grandma (@ourfilipinograndma) While the video racked up around 40,000 likes across both platforms, it also attracted dozens of negative comments from Sangalang’s fans, some of whom said they would be unfollowing her account. Juarez and Sangaland declined to comment.

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Green Business Bureau

MARCH 9, 2021

Creates resilience : For instance, during the COVID-19 pandemic, sustainable companies experienced less negative shock returns than their unsustainable competitors. Carbon footprint calculations have become a popular metric among organizations and individuals alike. STEP 1: Document your processes.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

Research body argues government must fix 'uneven' decarbonisation policies that continue to drive customers towards high carbon activities. Stable and enduring policies that cover all key emitting economic sectors and reward investment and innovation in reducing emissions will be needed," he said.

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Grist

MARCH 30, 2022

Scientists are documenting changes that are “much more widespread” and “much more negative,” she said, than anticipated for the 1.09 It will gain increasing importance as the herculean difficulty of reducing emissions to net zero and removing vast stores of carbon from the atmosphere become clearer.”. Climeworks.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 22, 2020

Just this month, a pledge from HSBC to achieve net zero financed emissions by mid-century was slammed by campaigners for having "zero ambition" due to a lack of phase out targets or plan to end near-term financing of carbon-intensive industries.

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GreenTechMedia

JANUARY 9, 2020

But a growing number of European corporations now have 100 percent renewable targets and other low-carbon targets, and the falling cost of solar and offshore wind in particular are forcing the rest to reassess the opportunity. Others have not had the right regulatory framework in place for corporate PPAs, and demand has been slow to build.

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Increased federal incentives for “carbon management” technologies are catalyzing a surge in proposed carbon capture and storage (CCS) projects in the United States, from the Gulf Coast to the Midwest to California. use the captured carbon to drill for more oil in a process called enhanced oil recovery.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Not only have I documented the aftermath of extreme weather events, but I have also lived through a major hurricane that caused catastrophic damage. The airline and cruise ship industries undeniably have a large carbon footprint. Quark Expeditions, the operator of the tour I was on, also touted its plans to cut carbon emissions.

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Low Carbon Prosperity

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Unlike a carbon tax, the cap is carried out in four-year windows known as compliance periods rather than as payment due in close alignment with consumption or delivery of fuel. And it is well documented that the oil industry has been collecting record profits. Why is this? cent increase in prices.

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Low Carbon Prosperity

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Unlike a carbon tax, the cap is carried out in four-year windows known as compliance periods rather than as payment due in close alignment with consumption or delivery of fuel. And it is well documented that the oil industry has been collecting record profits. Why is this? cent increase in prices.

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Business Green

APRIL 4, 2022

Intense debate over the final wording of the report is reportedly behind the report's delayed publication, with India, Saudi Arabia, China, and Ecuador understood to be among a group of countries to have pushed back at some of the summary document's conclusions. Due to end on April 1st (probably a bad date), it will formally end on April 4.

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Business Green

APRIL 18, 2021

The document is 66 pages long, complete with hard-to-understand jargon and confusing illustrations with lots of arrows pointing in different directions. We have also created some additional documents to help at this level. So why is this process so difficult? The government's own guidelines date back to 2009. Light reading, then.

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DeSmogBlog

JULY 20, 2023

An energy trade association that represents and promotes gas boilers and manufacturers is behind a barrage of negative press attacking heat pumps, DeSmog has learned. The House of Commons’ Science and Technology Select Committee has determined that low carbon hydrogen will at best have a limited role in heating homes.

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Business Green

APRIL 29, 2021

The campaign has also tightened the language it uses when defining residual emissions, sources, and credits in its criteria document in an attempt to provide more specificity about what types of carbon sink projects can legitimately be included in net zero strategies. because they were never intended to".

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Smart Energy International

MARCH 28, 2024

This entails the transition to low, zero and negative emissions technologies and systems in the energy and mobility sectors by 2050 at the latest while boosting their competitiveness and benefit for users and civil society and reducing their environmental footprint.

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Green Business Bureau

OCTOBER 19, 2022

Whether it’s a new build or a retrofit (also referred to as greenhabbing , or green rehabbing an older building to be more eco-friendly), the real estate industry is moving towards sustainability because a low-carbon building is proven to have lower operating costs, improved resale value and higher occupancy rates. Lower carbon footprint.

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Business Green

AUGUST 30, 2021

It is abundantly clear the devastation climate change is having across the globe and it's now at breaking point - we must work together to avert further negative impacts. We will be documenting our experiences by blogging and vlogging at www.greenrecovery.uk. As a delegation, we want to show how each person has a role to play.

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Grist

MAY 18, 2021

The company would take those almond shells and other types of biomass, convert them into a carbon-rich oil, and inject the oil deep underground. Strange as it may sound, demand for this service — a form of what’s called “ carbon removal ” — was just beginning to grow. That’s where carbon removal comes in.

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DeSmogBlog

MAY 9, 2023

Greenpeace Italy and Italian advocacy group ReCommon aim to build on a similar case targeting Anglo-Dutch oil major Royal Dutch Shell in the Netherlands to force Eni to slash its carbon emissions by 45 percent by 2030. Eni has set a target of net zero carbon emissions by 2050. “Eni took a bath of green paint,” Abbate said.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 23, 2020

But despite pressure for a tougher regulatory regime behind the targets, environmental group's calls fell on deaf ears, as IMO member states today agreed a set of draft rules for meeting the industry's near-term 2018 goal to reduce carbon intensity from global shipping by 40 per cent over the next decade from a 2008 baseline.

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DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 24, 2023

In the same month, OEUK also wrote letters to Sunak warning the proposed windfall tax would have a negative impact on oil and gas investments in the UK. Our industry is playing a vital role in the UK’s low-carbon energy future and paid £11 billion in production taxes in 2022/23. Shell referred DeSmog to OEUK for comment.

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The Environmental Blog

AUGUST 14, 2021

People are increasingly seeking methods to decrease their carbon footprint and live more ecologically friendly lives. Keeping data online, using electronic documents, and automating processes like accounts payables are effective strategies to decrease paper waste. This will have a negative influence on your business.

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Business Green

JUNE 16, 2020

We are, as has been well documented, deep into a great extinction event as flora and fauna are forced into ever smaller enclaves. Is there enough land for every carbon intensive industry that wants to invest in nature-based solutions to offset its on-going emissions?

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Business Green

APRIL 29, 2022

Planetary Technologies celebrates grant from XPrize Carbon Removal competition as it prepares a series of pilot projects to demonstrate its negative emissions technology. The company has also scored some notable corporate procurement commitments for its carbon removal credits. What's next for corporate buyers?

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Fairsnape

MAY 3, 2021

The library, a free reference management tool that allows the user to manage bibliographical data and documents such as websites, videos, scientific articles, books and PDFs. Georgia Elliott Smith launched a new campaign video for her legal challenge of the UK Government over incineration pollution and carbon emissions.

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Green Market Oracle

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

The virus has caused a 17 percent reduction in atmospheric carbon during parts of this year and may decrease CO2 emissions by 4.2-7.5 Negative values can be seen in 1982, 1992 and 1996. The negative index values in 1982 reflect the demise of the Soviet Union. percent in 2020 compared to 2019. There was a 2.6 ppm less than that.

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