DeSmogBlog

FEBRUARY 25, 2024

However, a DeSmog investigation has found that these scores take little or no account of multiple risks associated with the advertising and PR industry’s role in the climate crisis — from reputational damage caused by greenwashing fossil fuel clients, to threats to staff retention, and the danger of being sued for climate damages.

Fossil fuels 113

Fossil fuels Building Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor 113

GreenBiz

APRIL 15, 2021

They also are more equipped with the vital skills to adapt and be resilient to climate change when disaster strikes, and to influence how their communities mitigate against it. VC investment in climate tech is growing five times faster than overall VC, with a $60 billion increase in funding over the last seven years. Carbon removal.

Startups 541

Startups Carbon-negative Plastics Biodegradable 541

DeSmogBlog

FEBRUARY 25, 2024

However, a DeSmog investigation has found that these scores take little or no account of multiple risks associated with the advertising and PR industry’s role in the climate crisis — from reputational damage caused by greenwashing fossil fuel clients, to threats to staff retention, and the danger of being sued for climate damages.

Fossil fuels 98

Fossil fuels Building Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor 98

Business Green

JUNE 7, 2021

Investment in clean energy from fossil fuel majors saw a marked uptick during the pandemic in 2020, research suggests. Well, there are a growing signs that some may be at least starting to quietly plot their future beyond fossil fuels.

Fossil fuels 43

Fossil fuels Demand Climate change Investment 43

Renewable Energy World

MARCH 3, 2021

Annual figures show that renewable supply outpaced fossil fuels for the first time. Conversely, energy produced by fossil fuels fell to just 39.6%, marking the first time that clean energy has consistently outperformed legacy sources. Covid19 created a fall in generation demand. The broader picture.

Carbon-negative 121

Carbon-negative Energy Energy Fossil fuels 121

GreenBiz

JULY 19, 2021

For the future, there are emerging innovations and resilience lifelines that can transcend the limits of politics and short-term thinking to create better choices over a span of the next several decades. Historically, the private sector invested in research and development to produce world-changing innovations.

Politics 466

Politics Innovation Fossil fuels Carbon-negative 466

GreenBiz

APRIL 28, 2021

How will families, cities and businesses secure long-term financing for mortgages and investments? . We recognize the importance of public sector investment, particularly in green infrastructure, to facilitate the transition to net-zero emissions. Infrastructure and innovation at home. First, the public sector. .

Sustainability 389

Sustainability Climate change Carbon-neutral Investment 389

DeSmogBlog

JANUARY 17, 2023

Not only do pesticides directly contribute to the climate crisis, but a changing climate is likely to intensify pressure from agricultural pests and decrease plant resiliency, resulting in greater pesticide usage and therefore further greenhouse gas emissions, according to a new report.

Building Energy Monitoring 96

Building Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring Fossil fuels Energy Monitor 96

Business Green

OCTOBER 7, 2021

Leading Fairtrade partners, including top brands such as Ben & Jerry's, M&S, and Waitrose, have pledged to take accountability for their climate impact and work to bolster the climate resilience of global supply chains, following an open letter signed by 1.8 million Fairtrade farmers. Earlier this week, 1.8

Resilience 58

Resilience Agriculture Carbon-negative Climate change 58

GreenBiz

MARCH 17, 2021

Fossil fuels development on public lands and waters is responsible for almost one-quarter of the country’s emissions, according to a 2018 U.S. Currently, the country’s 154 national forests absorb about 10 percent of the nation’s total carbon emissions each year, and a U.S. Pausing new oil fossil fuel development.

Carbon-negative 466

Carbon-negative Fossil fuels Natural gas Carbon 466

GreenTechMedia

JUNE 30, 2020

House of Representatives Select Committee on the Climate Crisis unveiled a mammoth and wide-ranging policy plan to embed climate action and resilience within the country’s economy. work toward net-zero greenhouse gas emissions in all areas of the nation’s economy by midcentury, reaching net negative emissions beyond that.

Energy 130

Energy Energy Fossil fuels Climate change 130

The Environmental Blog

SEPTEMBER 17, 2023

Reduced Carbon Footprint Community solar allows homeowners and renters to save on electricity bills while supporting renewable energy generation. A key benefit of community solar is that it helps preserve natural resources like land and water by reducing the need for fossil fuels.

Solar Energy Monitor 195

Solar Energy Monitor Energy Monitor Home Energy Monitoring Building Energy Monitoring 195

Business Green

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

How difficult is it to achieve a net zero investment portfolio? Consider, for example, the news in February that German energy provider RWE is suing the Dutch government through the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID), seeking compensation for the decision to phase out use of coal in the Netherlands.

Investment 80

Investment Carbon-neutral Carbon-negative Fossil fuels 80

Hydrogen Fuel News

JANUARY 19, 2024

Biomass energy harnesses organic matter, including wood, agricultural crops, and waste by-products, as fuel. As we seek alternatives to fossil fuels, biomass holds significant potential due to its sustainability. Syngas can be subsequently burned to generate electricity or processed into transportation fuels.

Energy Monitor 96

Energy Monitor Building Energy Monitoring Solar Energy Monitor Business Energy Monitoring 96

DeSmogBlog

APRIL 6, 2021

The findings raise concerns over a systemic conflict of interest at a time when the international financial sector is under increasing pressure to stop funding fossil fuels. Banks are increasingly saying they will decarbonise by 2050, yet a large number continue to finance fossil fuels, the primary source of carbon emissions.

Fossil fuels 107

Fossil fuels Pollution Carbon-negative Carbon 107

Business Green

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

Negative emissions technologies are critical for the earth’s climate and hitting net zero in the UK, argues Drax CEO Will Gardiner. We are all well aware the ongoing need for extra caution, cooperation and resilience in the face of this global crisis. Going net negative. This year has been unlike any in recent memory.

Innovation 100

Innovation Carbon-negative Building Energy Monitoring Solar Energy Monitor 100

Business Green

MAY 29, 2020

The IEA's flagship World Energy Outlook series of reports has long steered major investment decisions made by governments, companies, and investors around the globe, and its upcoming special report "could be the most influential ever", according to the signatories to the letter. is "central" to the report. "In

Fossil fuels 70

Fossil fuels Carbon-negative Global warming Resilience 70

Green Business Bureau

MARCH 10, 2021

There has been an estimated 6% drop in carbon emissions due to altered lifestyles in COVID-19. Reduce emissions and divest from fossil fuels. C and build resilience for current and anticipated climate change impacts. Top Carbon Emission Contributors. Keep the global temperature rise below 1.5°C

Climate change 88

Climate change Carbon-negative Carbon-neutral Fossil fuels 88

Renewable Energy World

APRIL 13, 2021

While it’s broadly recognized that a dramatic expansion of renewables is necessary to attain climate goals, this expansion also holds great potential to reduce negative impacts on rivers, and the communities and resources, such as fisheries, that depend on healthy, connected rivers.

Solar Energy Monitor 117

Solar Energy Monitor Hydropower Building Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor 117

Green Business Bureau

MARCH 10, 2021

There has been an estimated 6% drop in carbon emissions due to altered lifestyles in COVID-19. Reduce emissions and divest from fossil fuels. C and build resilience for current and anticipated climate change impacts. Top Carbon Emission Contributors. Keep the global temperature rise below 1.5°C

Climate change 78

Climate change Carbon-negative Carbon-neutral Resilience 78

Elemental Excelerator

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

Several ambitious pledges emerged to phase down fossil fuels, limit methane emissions, stop deforestation, and turbocharge the adoption of electric vehicles. Her words underscore the need for emerging climate technologies to become reality as soon as possible which will require continued investment in climate innovation.

Innovation 105

Innovation Technology Methane Fossil fuels 105

GreenBiz

JUNE 29, 2020

In a way, we are seeing this crisis as an illustration of how expensive the failure to build resiliency can ultimately prove. We are using the newly developed Embodied Carbon for Construction Calculator (EC3) to support low-carbon procurement on structural steel, piles, rebar and concrete. Willemijn Brouwer (2018).

Sustainability 494

Sustainability Health Carbon-negative Innovation 494

Business Green

JULY 23, 2020

First, it must understand the labour market impacts of decommissioning fossil fuel power plants and reskilling workers to build and manage the new low-carbon economy. Second, it must also engage with the social impacts of new low-carbon energy systems and infrastructures, with an emphasis on equity and justice concerns.

Building Energy Monitoring 85

Building Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor Fossil fuels Carbon-negative 85

Business Green

APRIL 21, 2020

Negative prices are genuinely unprecedented and they provide a glaring signal as to quite how bad the economic crisis is fast becoming. As such, it is important not to overstate what happened yesterday as US oil futures briefly went negative, sparking further price slumps around the world. In fairness, this time is different.

Fossil fuels 59

Fossil fuels Carbon-negative Politics Demand 59

Business Green

JUNE 2, 2020

Trillions of dollars will be spent to stimulate the global economy after the pandemic - we must not continue the mistake of fossil fuel dependency, argues Mainstream Renewable Power CEO Andy Kinsella. In order to do this we must not fall back into the trap of our pre-Covid world by continuing to reinforce carbon-intensive structures.

Building Energy Monitoring 45

Building Energy Monitoring Solar Energy Monitor Business Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor 45

Business Green

JANUARY 17, 2022

As a result, many fossil fuel majors now have net zero goals in place and are - to varying degrees - investing in green technologies in a bid to diversify their revenue streams. But it isn't just cheap and abundant wind, solar and batteries which threaten the dominance of oil and gas.

Hydrogen 81

Hydrogen Fossil fuels Energy Energy 81

GreenTechMedia

DECEMBER 9, 2019

“They are donating all of this electricity they paid highly for in subsidies to other countries, often with negative prices,” said Jussi Heikkinen, director of growth and development for the Americas at Wärtsilä, a Finnish company that manufactures battery storage and flexible gas power plants.

Carbon-neutral 184

Carbon-neutral Methane Natural gas Carbon-negative 184

Green Business Bureau

JULY 4, 2022

Build a resilient fashion brand company using sustainable fashion. billion tons of carbon dioxide annually. Below we’ve detailed eight tips on how to reduce the negative environmental and social impact of your fashion brand company. Plus synthetic fibers are fossil-fuel-derived. Tip #6: Reduce fossil fuel demand.

Fashion 148

Fashion Sustainability Biodegradable Packaging 148

Business Green

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

Firstly, every COP is by definition the most important COP ever, up to the point when global emissions are consistently falling at a rapid rate and the world is mobilising trillions of dollars to fully decarbonise the global economy and enhance the climate resilience of our societies.

COP 101

COP Carbon-negative Resilience Government 101

Business Green

MARCH 9, 2023

But underneath the bonnet of that central contention, there is a huge amount of important and knotty details contained in the CCC's 130-page assessment that present major implications for policy, investment, and green business. The CCC's analysis tested the resilience of a zero carbon grid very strenuously indeed.

Power grid 56

Power grid Hydrogen Carbon-negative Government 56

Mr. Sustainability

JUNE 27, 2020

A case to ‘recreate’ the technical and economic prosperity of the 1920s in the 2020s, by gradual divestment in ‘old’ energy systems and investment in ‘new’ renewable industries. With the ‘old’, I refer to the fossil-fuel based, centralized energy industries that are reliant on conservative economic models. It is summer 2020.

Energy 78

Energy Energy Fossil fuels Investment 78

Front And Centered

OCTOBER 24, 2023

In the next few weeks, the Washington State Department of Ecology is set to deliver a decision on whether to turn Washington’s cap and trade program into a carbon über-market tying our climate future to California and Québec. permits to pollute) into one marketplace where the permits are traded at the lowest possible cost.

Carbon 52

Carbon Pollution Carbon-negative Law 52

Green Business Bureau

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

Increased awareness of the negative impact of business on the environment is driving companies to develop sustainable and climate-friendly goods and services. It’s likely that ClimateTech will be a solid investment for years to come. Climate Technology Is Appreciated by Consumers. How Businesses Can Take Advantage of ClimateTech.

Business Energy Monitoring 107

Business Energy Monitoring Technology Building Energy Monitoring Home Energy Monitoring 107

Business Green

JULY 15, 2022

How do you plan to make our homes and infrastructure more resilient to levels of heat that will become ever more frequent and intense? How do you plan to make the UK more resilient to the drought, wildfire, and flood risks that will also increase in the coming years? How do you plan to tackle the risk of such impacts?

Carbon-negative 78

Carbon-negative Resilience Government Carbon 78

DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

Companies have also been promoting the use of better technology for the application of fertilizers and pesticides, along with backing efforts to store more carbon in the soil. Corporations are also working to build momentum around soil carbon markets, where carbon is trapped in the earth and plants’ roots.

Building Energy Monitoring 96

Building Energy Monitoring Soil Agriculture Carbon-negative 96

Renewable Energy World

JULY 13, 2021

In fact in many states, the wholesale cost of electricity moves into negative prices in the middle of the day when rooftop solar system generation peaks. Many of these schemes help consumers with the financial return of investment for their battery system whilst supporting grid stability and resilience.

Solar Energy Monitor 124

Solar Energy Monitor Home Energy Monitoring Batteries Building Energy Monitoring 124

Climate Tech VC

JULY 17, 2023

acquisition is the largest single carbon-management investment since the passage of the IRA and has implications for the carbon capture, utilization, and storage ecosystem. Regulators miss another deadline on deep-sea mining rules, and the US is digging into the carbon removal benefits of regenerative agriculture.

Building Energy Monitoring 52

Building Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor Home Energy Monitoring 52