AGreenLiving

AUGUST 13, 2020

2020: Fossil fuels are dead, long live the sun Hunter Lovins Thu, 08/13/2020 – 00:15 We’re female entrepreneurs and environmentalists. In this strangest of all years, as the death toll mounts from a disease caused by human incursions into once intact ecosystems, we’re observing another death — the demise of fossil fuels.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

Agencies facing fresh calls to cut their ties with laggard fossil fuel firms, leaving many in the advertising and PR sector with difficult decisions to make. And energy providers the world over are rushing to slash their reliance on fossil fuels as the clean energy transition gathers pace. It is a big business.

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DeSmogBlog

MAY 12, 2023

have ties to polluting companies and organizations, including major fossil fuel companies, according to a new DeSmog analysis. It reveals that 82 percent of board members at these six banks currently hold or have held positions with climate-conflicted organizations.

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Hydrogen Fuel News

JANUARY 19, 2024

Through the lens of environmental stewardship and innovation, this journey will dissect the layers of organic materials that form the backbone of biomass energy, venturing beyond the surface to examine the environmental, economic, and social narratives that intertwine with the fabric of this energy form.

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 20, 2020

Ahead of the latest crucial round of talks this week at the International Maritime Organization (IMO), green groups are warning proposals are "an empty shell" that will have a negligible impact on the sector's emissions. Tue, 10/20/2020 - 00:15. The global shipping industry's decarbonization efforts once again face stormy seas.

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DeSmogBlog

JANUARY 17, 2023

The fossil fuel industry, pesticides, and industrial agriculture are inextricably linked,” explained Asha Sharma, PANNA organizing co-director and co-author of the report. Pesticide companies are complicit in the climate crisis, and further the agricultural sector’s dependency on fossil fuels.”.

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The Environmental Blog

JANUARY 19, 2024

Whether that energy is turned into renewable fuels or clean electricity, it can reduce carbon emissions and resource depletion. These fuels are made from plant and algae materials that can be replenished quickly, making them an alternative to fossil fuels like gasoline. There is a lot of latent energy in our waste.

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DeSmogBlog

MAY 9, 2023

But the groups have unearthed a 1970 report by Eni’s Isvet research centre that warned of the “catastrophic” risk the build-up of carbon dioxide (CO2) caused by burning fossil fuels could pose to the climate. Eni has set a target of net zero carbon emissions by 2050.

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Elemental Excelerator

AUGUST 8, 2022

As corporate pledges to achieve net zero pile up, carbon offsets — paying someone else to reduce GHG emissions to compensate for your own — are attracting both increased interest and scrutiny. There’s still much to learn about which carbon offset solutions and frameworks will truly be effective and economically viable at scale.

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Hydrogen Fuel News

SEPTEMBER 16, 2023

Aemetis, Inc (NASDAQ stock symbol AMTX) has announced that it has recently received a Use Permit from the City of Riverbank, California, for the production of renewable fuels including negative carbon intensity sustainable aviation and diesel fuel. Q4: What is renewable fuel used for? Q2: What is renewable diesel?

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GreenBiz

JULY 15, 2020

One novel spin on emerging hydrogen fuel options is "clean hydrogen" made from trash. . Still, there is potential for clean — low- or zero-carbon — hydrogen to take off, energy experts believe. Clean hydrogen could cut greenhouse gas emissions from fossil fuel by up to 34 percent, reported Bloomberg New Energy Finance. .

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 15, 2021

A growing number of oil companies in the past year have announced targets to achieve “net-zero emissions” by mid-century, seemingly signaling a monumental shift in the history of the oil business towards low-carbon solutions. Fossil fuel companies have taken a variety of approaches when it comes to climate change.

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AGreenLiving

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

And energy providers the world over are rushing to slash their reliance on fossil fuels as the clean energy transition gathers pace. Between 2008 and 2017, fossil-fuel industry trade associations in the U.S. Anyone doubting the seriousness of the campaign needs only look at the team behind it. It is a big business.

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 15, 2021

A growing number of oil companies in the past year have announced targets to achieve “net-zero emissions” by mid-century, seemingly signaling a monumental shift in the history of the oil business towards low-carbon solutions. Fossil fuel companies have taken a variety of approaches when it comes to climate change.

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Greentown Labs

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

These early-stage startups are working on innovations from vertical-axis wind turbines to carbon-negative concrete. Carbon Negative Solutions (Rock Hill, N.Y.) is creating smart-city-ready, carbon-negative concrete products. Its founder is Andre Gafford. Its founder is Keith Crossland.

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Green Business Bureau

APRIL 12, 2022

The voluntary carbon offset market is rocketing, with the Ecosystem Marketplace reporting an annual market value of ~$1 billion in 2021, which was an all-time high. This can make things difficult for business leaders like you, looking to reduce their carbon footprint through purchasing offsets. The rules of carbon offsetting.

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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. Top Carbon Emission Contributors. Some of the major focus areas include reducing fossil fuel use, sustainable sourcing, accountability and transparency, and public education.

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Renewable Energy World

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

A research team at the Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory has developed a system capable of converting waste from sewage, food crops, algae and other renewable carbon sources into hydrogen fuel. It then removes carbon from wastewater, allowing the clean water to be reused.

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

DeSmog recently reported how HealthforAnimals, a Belgium-based organization representing some of the world’s biggest animal pharmaceutical companies, presented “misleading” information to back their current business models. based sustainable farming research organization. And some experts remain sceptical. “I

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Green Business Bureau

JULY 4, 2022

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. Tip#1: Choose organic sustainable fabrics. Plus synthetic fibers are fossil-fuel-derived. Tip #6: Reduce fossil fuel demand.

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DeSmogBlog

JUNE 17, 2022

But LNG producers have a strategy for navigating those barriers: make First Nations the public face of support for new fossil fuel infrastructure. But as a Vancouver Sun story points out, the organization’s primary function is “to promote natural gas.” . His organization last year received $2.6

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EDF + Business

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

billion tons of carbon and uses five trillion liters of water per year. What’s been tough for me to realize is that at the end of the day, the outdoor industry and broadly apparel industry is reliant on fossil fuels,” she tells Yesh Pavlik Slenk. The textile industry, as a whole, emits 1.2

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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. Top Carbon Emission Contributors. Some of the major focus areas include reducing fossil fuel use, sustainable sourcing, accountability and transparency, and public education.

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Green Market Oracle

JANUARY 13, 2020

The need for negative emission technologies ( NETs ) is becoming increasingly apparent in the wake of our failure to draw-down atmospheric greenhouse gases. It can also be recycled and used to make synthetic fuel. The first two suck carbon out of the air or water and the other two are used at source to capture carbon emissions.

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GreenBiz

JUNE 29, 2020

After doing some research in Prague on carbon negative building materials, I have relocated to Portland and am currently working as a project manager/sustainability lead on the PDX Airport Terminal Core Redevelopment (TCORE) Project. Boredom turned into negative thoughts, and negative thoughts turned into depressing thoughts.

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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. Town sign for Norco, Louisiana. Shell US did not respond to a request for comment from DeSmog. Shell Norco.

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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.

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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. Note: You will need to create a Thomas account to access this directory.

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Green Business Bureau

JULY 15, 2022

With this in mind, manufacturing organizations need to realize the environmental impact of their operations, to create sustainable manufacturing processes. We’ll also talk about how you can properly plan and organize green initiatives for maximum success. In 2020, two-thirds of U.S. What is sustainable manufacturing?

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DeSmogBlog

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

based libertarian think tank founded in 1977 by fossil fuel billionaire Charles Koch that has long disputed the facts of climate change. These arguments are being termed “the new climate denial” by watchdog organizations such as the Center for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH). Tupy did not respond to questions from DeSmog.

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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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Green Business Bureau

JANUARY 10, 2022

The Oxford English Dictionary defines greenwashing as follows: “Disinformation disseminated by an organization, etc. so as to present an environmentally responsible public image; a public image of environmental responsibility promulgated by or for an organization, etc., Carbon Offsets. USDA Organic. Energy Star.

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Green Market Oracle

DECEMBER 3, 2019

degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels, reach carbon neutrality by 2050 and cut greenhouse gas emissions by 45 per cent from 2010 levels, by 2030. The key missing ingredient is a lack of political will he said: “Political will to put a price on carbon. Global average levels of carbon dioxide reached 407.8

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Green Business Bureau

MARCH 23, 2022

How Do Landscapers Negatively Impact the Environment. Harmful Carbon Emissions from Equipment and Vehicles . The current standard for machinery and equipment is gas powered, which releases carbon into the atmosphere when in use. Negative Impact on Ecosystem. Wasteful Use of Water. Switch to battery powered machines.

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 11, 2023

The SEJ is a 1,500-strong membership organization dedicated to “more and better coverage of environment-related issues.” Records show that the company has lobbied during the past three years on California’s climate strategy, toxicity provisions, low carbon fuel standards, as well as its oil and gas production policies.

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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

APRIL 26, 2021

There is a generation of Millennials around the globe who have written off fossil fuels,” Chris Romer, co-founder of Project Canary, told the oil and gas industry trade publication Rigzone this month. “We “And then we’re going to create a carbon offset by plugging and abandoning that well, so it never leaks methane again.”

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