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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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.

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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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Fairsnape

MAY 3, 2021

Most of the UK’s environmental protections stem from EU law and so could be changed as a result of Brexit. 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. Earthhour occurs on the 27th of March.

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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. Industry has lobbied hard to ensure these targets don’t become law. Big Ag’s Delay Tactics. The EU Targets Ignore Science’.

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AGreenLiving

OCTOBER 13, 2020

That’s the message from several recent reports focusing on the role of service-sector companies in addressing — positively or negatively — climate change. Exhibit A: law firms. ” Its research focuses on the work of Vault Law 100 firms, “the most prestigious law firms based on the assessments of lawyers at peer firms.”

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AGreenLiving

OCTOBER 13, 2020

That’s the message from several recent reports focusing on the role of service-sector companies in addressing — positively or negatively — climate change. Exhibit A: law firms. ” Its research focuses on the work of Vault Law 100 firms, “the most prestigious law firms based on the assessments of lawyers at peer firms.”

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DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 22, 2021

The database compiled by Global Energy Monitor documents thousands of cases from a long line of prominent American businesses working with the same lobbyists – often the same firms, and in many cases, the same individuals – as the oil and gas industry. Credit: Mike Mozart. (CC CC BY 2.0). Blocking Climate Action.

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DeSmogBlog

JULY 27, 2023

This comes as major polluters are increasingly deploying digital tactics to detract from negative headlines about their record profits and decades-long contribution to climate change. percent of their annual capital expenditures in low carbon technologies between 2010 and 2018. million views.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 9, 2021

The documents leaked in the Corporate Europe Observatory investigation were “part of lobbying work that is done in all stakeholder groups. The documents supported our talks with our EU member organisations,” a spokesperson for COPA-COGECA told DeSmog.

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Green Business Bureau

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

There’s been a 38-fold increase in sustainability-related laws and regulations since 1972. Sustainability-led initiatives help mitigate the risk of non-compliance as these laws and regulations continue to develop. Environmental and social disruptions cause a negative brand reputation (note BP’s 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill ).

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 5, 2023

For instance, the company’s just-published “ Energy Transition Progress report ” references chemicals right alongside “low carbon energy” and “renewable natural gas” as examples of the company’s stated commitment to lowering emissions. I’m not exaggerating when I say they have never, ever gotten a handle on their operations there.

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DeSmogBlog

JUNE 28, 2022

British biomass giant Drax is lobbying the Californian government to play host to its first ever “carbon negative” power plant outside of the UK, despite concerns about the sustainability of the energy source. BECCS is a controversial technology that captures carbon dioxide from burning organic matter and buries it underground.

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

The Yorkshire-based biomass giant is among over a dozen signatories to an industry-backed document that claims bioenergy could increase its output to nearly threefold, and reduce net global emissions by over one billion tonnes of carbon dioxide by 2050. Despite this, the document offers an optimistic take on bioenergy.

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DeSmogBlog

JULY 18, 2021

It’s a recurring theme that somehow the livestock sector and eating meat is detrimental to the environment, that it is a serious negative in terms of the climate change discussions,” Hsin Huang, Secretary General of the International Meat Secretariat (IMS) , told his audience.

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DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 19, 2022

UK biomass giant Drax has pulled out of two industry conferences following weeks of negative publicity, DeSmog can reveal. billion in government subsidies for a carbon capture project. manufacturing plants. “An

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Green Business Bureau

APRIL 11, 2023

Develop a plan document that outlines the terms and conditions of the plan. The document should include information such as employee eligibility, contributions, vesting, and distribution options. Are, and how, are human rights and environmental laws enforced in your country? Select a plan provider.

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Business Green

APRIL 4, 2022

The third in a trilogy of reports published over the last eight months by the IPCC as part of its sixth assessment review, the document offers policymakers around the world a peer-reviewed roadmap for the policies, investments, and technologies scientists believe are required to avoid climate catastrophe. The science.

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Business Green

JANUARY 5, 2021

Prime Minister Boris Johnson hailed landmark the deal on Christmas Eve as a major victory for the UK, claiming it was worth around £668bn of trade in 2019 terms, while allowing Westminster to "take back control" of the UK's laws, borders, money, and fishing waters. Carbon pricing and energy. Firstly, the good news.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 23, 2020

The first is to avoid a governance gap and ensure that environmental law continues to be properly applied and enforced in a post-Brexit world. The decline of the natural environment has been well documented by bodies such as the Natural Capital Committee. Legally binding green targets have strong backing from business.

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Energy Innovation

JULY 6, 2020

The authors find that many (though not all) regions see net gains without considering any climate benefits, and all regions of the world see substantial net economic benefits when adding in the social cost of carbon at $100 per ton (see bold pink line in Figure 1). b, Benefits of coal-exit scenario for year 2050 in absolute terms.

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Energy Innovation

JULY 1, 2022

For example, New York law requires a 60 percent reduction in emissions in just eight years. Meanwhile, at the national level, the Biden administration has set a bold goal of achieving carbon neutrality by 2050. Further, the poor appearance and fit of the turbines with the landscape were cited as negative.

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38 North Solutions

AUGUST 17, 2022

On August 17, President Biden signed the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) of 2022 into law, the largest investment in the clean energy transition in the history of the U.S. Now, strategically engaging the Administration and Congress during the implementation phase will ensure positive outcomes and prevent negative ones.

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Clean Energy Canada

SEPTEMBER 20, 2019

Climate change is already negatively impacting the health of Canadians, impacts that will become more severe in relation to the extent of warming that occurs. Recent wildfires in the northern territories were reported to have acute and long-term negative impacts for mental and emotional well-being. Download this brief here. [i]

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DeSmogBlog

MARCH 31, 2023

Time for Energy is part of a collection of 201 company documents, official correspondence, reports, academic studies, and other materials that cast new light on what Shell knew about climate change — and what it chose to tell the public. ” Documents from the collection can be viewed at Climate Files , a project of the U.S.-based

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 22, 2023

TCEQ documents obtained by Public Health Watch show that some of those early readings were double the level Texas considered safe at the time. According to a document on the TCEQ website , the guidelines are based on scientific studies from the 1980s and ’90s. I don’t know what happened to him, but I still think about him to this day.”

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Low Carbon Prosperity

MARCH 20, 2024

cents per gallon – yet 50 cents per gallon continues to be frequently cited by opponents of the CCA as documented later in this article. An average of $53 allowance price in 2023, translates to just under 43 cents per gallon based on the carbon intensity of gasoline). [2] The full year average (including July) was just 13.4

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Low Carbon Prosperity

MARCH 18, 2024

cents per gallon – yet 50 cents per gallon continues to be frequently cited by opponents of the CCA as we document later in this article. An average of $53 allowance price in 2023, translates to just under 43 cents per gallon based on the carbon intensity of gasoline). [1] The full year average (including July) was just 13.4

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Low Carbon Prosperity

MARCH 18, 2024

cents per gallon – yet 50 cents per gallon continues to be frequently cited by opponents of the CCA as we document later in this article. An average of $53 allowance price in 2023, translates to just under 43 cents per gallon based on the carbon intensity of gasoline). [1] The full year average (including July) was just 13.4

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Low Carbon Prosperity

MARCH 17, 2024

cents per gallon – yet 50 cents per gallon continues to be frequently cited by opponents of the CCA as we document later in this article. An average of $53 allowance price in 2023, translates to just under 43 cents per gallon based on the carbon intensity of gasoline). The full year average (including July) was just 13.4

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Business Green

APRIL 30, 2021

It acknowledges the goal of ensuring residual emissions of greenhouse gases are balanced by technologies to remove them from the atmosphere is "a great idea, in principle", just as it accepts how "in principle there is nothing wrong or dangerous about carbon dioxide removal proposals".

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Mr. Sustainability

JANUARY 25, 2021

The largest carbon capture and storage project in the world has been delayed indefinitely due to Covid-19 Summary - Exxon has postponed development of the ‘LaBarge Carbon Capture and Storage’ project in Wyoming due to Covid-19. It contains natural gas, helium, and carbon dioxide.

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DeSmogBlog

AUGUST 1, 2023

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is considering proposals aimed at reducing climate-warming carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from existing coal and gas-fueled power plants. See the entire statement in Document Cloud. This not-so-fast rhetoric is nothing new.

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DeSmogBlog

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

The book documents how today’s prevailing anti-regulatory and anti-government postures that deride Big Government and cheer for Big Business did not arise simply from grassroots demands. But it also had a textbook answer: putting a price on carbon.

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