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.

Climate change 127

Climate change Startups Building Energy Monitoring Carbon-negative 127

Andrew Winston

MAY 4, 2022

Every ton of carbon emitted raises the temperature a tiny bit and reduces air quality, but companies never pay for those costs to society, also known as externalities. Many leading companies internalize the externalities by putting a “shadow price” on carbon inside the business (some collect real money as a self-imposed tax).

Investment 147

Investment Sustainability Carbon-negative Fossil fuels 147

DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

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. We need the animal agriculture equivalent of ‘keep it in the ground’ for fossil fuels,” she adds. “It’s Past marketing drives run by the AHDB include the £3.5-million

Agriculture 144

Agriculture Methane Climate change Government 144

DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 21, 2022

Named Farm to Fork, it calls for less fertiliser and pesticide use, and more organic production. Instead, the message – which echoes positions often used by the fossil fuel lobby – is that EU policy should optimise incentives. A full data set of the evidence behind this table is available on request from DeSmog.

Europe 96

Europe Sustainability Agriculture Biodiversity 96

Grist

APRIL 14, 2021

In the late 2000s, the fossil fuel conglomerate Woodside Energy petitioned to build a liquid natural gas processing plant 30 miles north of Broome, on a peninsula known in English as James Price Point, and to the Goolarabooloo as Walmadany. Broome residents attend a 2011 protest rally against the proposed natural gas plant.

Fossil fuels 124

Fossil fuels Solar Energy Monitor Building Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring 124

GreenBiz

DECEMBER 28, 2020

Carbon renewal technology, or CRT, breaks down waste plastic feedstocks to the molecular level before using them as building blocks to produce a wide range of materials and packaging. In 2020, food companies delved even deeper into how agricultural practices can sequester carbon in the land rather than release it. Media Source.

Sustainability 540

Sustainability Plastics Agriculture Carbon-negative 540

GreenBiz

JULY 19, 2021

On the plus side, the demands upon nature can be reduced for water resources, energy, crop and meat production, forests and soils, and critical materials. There will be critical skill shortages in key professions, fewer consumers will drive future growth and social interactions and culture will be experienced very differently.

Politics 483

Politics Innovation Fossil fuels Carbon-negative 483

Green Business Bureau

APRIL 27, 2022

Flattening forests to clear slopes, causing erosion and uprooting wildlife, and using fossil fuel-hungry snow cannons and piste bashers name a few of the environmentally damaging activities associated with ski resorts. One study reported that the average carbon footprint per skier could be as much as 74kg CO 2e per trip.

Sustainability 148

Sustainability Carbon-neutral Carbon-negative Climate change 148

Green Business Bureau

JULY 26, 2022

In this Green Business Bureau article, we wanted to help you support a sustainable food supply model on a global level, starting at a smaller scale with your organization’s cafeteria. Listed below are the five main ways foods supply chains negatively harm our environment. Energy and food are intrinsically linked together.

Sustainability 148

Sustainability Business Energy Monitoring Waste Waste 148

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.

Pollution 98

Pollution Agriculture Carbon-negative Climate change 98

Green Business Bureau

APRIL 11, 2023

Creating better businesses with B Corp Certification and beyond B Corp Certification presents a set of guiding principles that support organizations to minimize their impact on the environment and society. B Analytics aggregates data from B Corps and other impact-focused organizations to provide comparative analysis and best practices.

Business Energy Monitoring 78

Business Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor Building Energy Monitoring Home Energy Monitoring 78

Low Impact

APRIL 30, 2021

After death, we don’t want our corporeal form to leave a damaging legacy – but, many current practices surrounding both burial and cremation mean people often do leave a negative legacy of environmental pollution behind them for future generations. An alternative, burning fossil fuels, results in high emissions of greenhouse gases.

Sustainability 78

Sustainability Building Energy Monitoring Ethics Biodegradable 78

Green Market Oracle

OCTOBER 20, 2019

Although there is unlimited supply of the fossil fuels, we should go for the use of renewable energy as it is not only safe for the environment, eco-friendly but also less prone to pollutants if any. the world, there are many power plants still use fossil fuels to boil water for steam. Green Diesel, Biogas.

Solar Energy Monitor 40

Solar Energy Monitor Energy Monitor Business Energy Monitoring Building Energy Monitoring 40

Low Carbon Prosperity

NOVEMBER 28, 2018

Economics are a primary concern in a well-designed strategy to reduce carbon. The potential ways to reduce carbon emissions vary dramatically on an economic basis. The amount of carbon abatement that a given method can accomplish also has limits in scale. Some items are shown as negative cost.

Carbon-negative 40

Carbon-negative Carbon Agriculture Transportation 40

AGreenLiving

JULY 19, 2021

On the plus side, the demands upon nature can be reduced for water resources, energy, crop and meat production, forests and soils, and critical materials. There will be critical skill shortages in key professions, fewer consumers will drive future growth and social interactions and culture will be experienced very differently.

Politics 36

Politics Innovation Fossil fuels Climate change 36

Elemental Excelerator

OCTOBER 5, 2020

Because the price of keeping the status quo grows steeper every year, from the human and economic toll of climate-related disasters, fires, heatwaves, and other environmental stresses to the jobs left on the table by not accelerating towards a carbon-free, regenerative economy. Carbon negative materials. Why do we love them?

Innovation 105

Innovation Business Energy Monitoring Building Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor 105

AGreenLiving

DECEMBER 28, 2020

Carbon renewal technology, or CRT, breaks down waste plastic feedstocks to the molecular level before using them as building blocks to produce a wide range of materials and packaging. In 2020, food companies delved even deeper into how agricultural practices can sequester carbon in the land rather than release it.

Sustainability 28

Sustainability Plastics Climate change Agriculture 28

DeSmogBlog

MARCH 31, 2023

Compiled by Dutch climate activist Vatan Hüzeir , and reviewed by DeSmog and Dutch investigative journalism platform Follow The Money , the documents show how Shell was actively supporting research that clearly underscored the dangers posed by burning its fossil fuel products from the mid-1970s — years earlier than previously thought.

Climate change 98

Climate change Fossil fuels Pollution Carbon-negative 98

Green Market Oracle

OCTOBER 25, 2020

Schools give us a glimpse into what carbon neutrality looks like. Dickinson College Score: 80.67 | Carlisle, Pennsylvania The very green Red Devils became carbon-neutral this past school year, with help from an LED lighting retrofit, the installation of a three-megawatt solar field on campus, and a campus-wide behavior change campaign.

Cooling 52

Cooling Carbon-neutral Carbon-negative Waste 52

Business Green

MAY 6, 2021

A constant stream of negative news risks giving rise to hopelessness and nihilism, it is argued , which benefits nobody and undermines efforts to tackle the very real problems the world still faces. Without keeping carbon in the ground, there's no way that we can achieve these climate goals.

Biodiversity 89

Biodiversity Carbon-negative Politics Agriculture 89

Greentown Labs

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

Twenty startups joined our community in Q3 2021, working on innovations as diverse as carbon-negative fats, energy-efficient membrane materials for chemical separations, and scalable electric vehicle charging solutions for high-density urban settings. Circe Bioscience tailor-makes fats through a carbon negative fermentation process.

Startups 104

Startups Energy Monitor Building Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring 104

Green Market Oracle

AUGUST 30, 2020

It will specifically explore systemic solutions to the climate crisis focusing on clean energy, electrified, transportation, the circular economy, carbon removal and sustainable food systems. Momentum is building as businesses and governments transform their organizations to be more efficient and resilient. 400+ sessions.

Building Energy Monitoring 52

Building Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor Solar Energy Monitor 52

GreenBiz

MAY 17, 2021

Still others are driving sustainability at nonprofit organizations and consultancies. I just remember being super mad about knowing that the way society was operating could ruin something that should be so beautiful and fun," he says of his first encounter with the idea that human activities negatively affect the environment.

Building Energy Monitoring 531

Building Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring Solar Energy Monitor Home Energy Monitoring 531

Unsustainable

MARCH 29, 2020

Certainly, it appears that significant drops in pollution levels all over the world as carbon emissions plummet from a stumbling global economy is a good thing. The intended consequence of doing so will be a significant reduction in carbon emissions leading to a permanent and lasting halt of our climate crisis.

Climate change 52

Climate change Health Fossil fuels Agriculture 52

AGreenLiving

MAY 17, 2021

Still others are driving sustainability at nonprofit organizations and consultancies. “I just remember being super mad about knowing that the way society was operating could ruin something that should be so beautiful and fun,” he says of his first encounter with the idea that human activities negatively affect the environment.

Business Energy Monitoring 36

Business Energy Monitoring Building Energy Monitoring Solar Energy Monitor Home Energy Monitoring 36