The Environmental Blog

FEBRUARY 7, 2021

When we are bombarded with negative news and potential threats regularly, it can take a toll on our well-being and overall happiness. Reduced Carbon Footprint. Our individual carbon footprints are extreme compared to those of our ancestors. In our modern world, there are many different existential threats.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 2, 2021

Firm announces new wood pellet production and sales targets as it confirms intention to build global fleet of bioenergy and carbon capture and storage plants. As a global leader in negative emissions, we're going to scale up our ambitions internationally," Gardiner said.

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Business Green

APRIL 11, 2021

Deploying carbon capture technologies at Drax's biomass power plant in North Yorkshire could save the UK energy system more than £4.5bn in decarbonisation costs over the coming decade, a new report commissioned by the energy firm today claims.

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Smart Energy International

JUNE 14, 2022

The US Department of Energy (DOE) has announced $39 million in awards for 18 projects seeking to develop technologies that can transform buildings into net carbon storage structures. The technology will enable interior building surfaces to be carbon negative. Award amount: $2,407,390.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

OCTOBER 26, 2023

This equity round also represents the first grant awarded by the Canada Growth Fund, a $15 billion federal program that supports low-carbon initiatives. On our journey to becoming carbon negative by 2030, we recognize that innovation and collaboration are fundamental to how we build a more sustainable world.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

Drax is aiming to source 80 per cent of the construction materials and services for its novel bioenergy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS) technology from the UK, in a move it claims could create thousands of jobs and unlock millions of pounds of contracts for UK businesses.

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

Labour’s energy spokesperson has said he stands “completely” with biomass giant Drax, despite admitting that its use of wood pellets in its North Yorkshire power station is not carbon neutral. The speakers at the panel event, “How Can the UK Build a Zero Carbon, Lower Cost Energy Future?” Completely With Them’.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 19, 2021

Some forms of biomass energy generation remains controversial, with energy firm Drax in particular facing fierce criticism for its use of biomass feedstocks sourced from North America.

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Business Green

JUNE 9, 2021

Energy company says carbon capture technology partnership is first of its kind in the UK. Drax Group has announced it is to work with Japanese engineering giant Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) on the development of its proposed bioenergy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS) facility at its Yorkshire power plant.

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GreenBiz

DECEMBER 3, 2020

Such an approach focuses on maximizing positive and minimizing negative aspects of nature-based adaptation strategies and options. In North America, Sappi is a founding member of a new risk assessment platform, Forest in Focus, aimed at assessing the health of wood baskets using trusted public data to drive action.

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Renewable Energy World

JUNE 7, 2021

Power plant engineering and construction giant Bechtel is partnering with a renewable energies company to explore the potential of bioenergy production sites combined with carbon capture and storage. The EPC firm announced its strategic agreement with Drax to create Bioenergy with Carbon Capture and Storage (BECCS) plants around the world.

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Greentown Labs

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Greentown partner ENGIE North America was a sponsor of the sneaker drive , which brought together local nonprofits, business owners, educators, and many climate champions. gigatons of carbon by 2050 (through supporting the use of renewables) and can sequester 2.2 megatons of carbon in the same period.

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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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Charged

OCTOBER 6, 2021

Mike Roeth, Executive Director of the North American Council for Freight Efficiency, says (via Canary Media ) that over 5 million medium- and heavy-duty trucks in North America could be converted to electric drive with no negative impact on operations. Currently, less than 1 percent of those trucks are electric.

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Greentown Labs

OCTOBER 20, 2022

Cranford, NJ, USA): Cost-competitive carbon-negative monoethylene glycol using today’s grid electricity. ? As the largest climatetech startup incubator in North America, Greentown Labs brings together startups, corporates, investors, policymakers, and many others with a focus on scaling climate solutions.

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Business Green

JULY 6, 2021

The new ETC analysis, released yesterday , sets out how rapidly increasing demand for bioresources from the manufacturing, construction, and energy industries could outstrip environmentally sustainable supplies unless alternative zero carbon options are rapidly scaled up and the use of biomass is carefully prioritised.

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Business Green

APRIL 28, 2021

"Biomass is an exciting technology and energy crops, such as miscanthus, could play a significant role in the UK hitting its carbon emission targets. We want to continue investing in the energy of the future and looking ahead for what opportunities will be presented in the drive to the low-carbon economy.".

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Green Business Bureau

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

While most changes have been negative–canceled or delayed surgeries, intensive care units filled to maximum capacity, and provider burnout–the rise of telemedicine, virtual care, and remote monitoring is considered a silver lining by many patients and healthcare providers alike. The carbon footprint savings range between 0.70-372

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Business Green

DECEMBER 15, 2021

Energy supplier touts tie-up with engineering services company Worley as evidence plan to build UK's largest carbon capture project in Yorkshire is moving ahead. It's no longer enough to reduce emissions - the world has got to start removing carbon from the atmosphere if we are to avert this climate crisis," he said.

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Smart Energy International

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

In time, the goal is for its blockchain to become carbon negative. Filecoin Green was developed in partnership with Energy Web as a showcase of a cryptocurrency decarbonisation initiative.

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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.

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E8 Cleantech Angels

AUGUST 1, 2021

Thanks to all the investors, donors, foundations and donor advised funds who invested with us last year: Woman-owned Earthly Labs working on industrial carbon capture and recycling and led by Amy George , Steelhead Composites in composite hydrogen storage with Andrew Coors at the helm, and.

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Climate Tech VC

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Tech-enabled credits continue to constitute a big chunk of an anticipated $1T voluntary carbon market , and Oxy is on a development frenzy. Just this year, Oxy: Acquired DAC company Carbon Engineering for $1.1B Just this year, Oxy: Acquired DAC company Carbon Engineering for $1.1B

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Business Green

DECEMBER 22, 2022

Yes, I love having a tree, but if it ends up having a big negative environmental impact, I was willing to make a change. Forests are more efficient at capturing carbon and will, of course, store carbon for longer than a monoculture that is grown to be chopped down when it reaches maturity. Three of them simply said no.

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Business Green

MARCH 5, 2021

UN argues 'rapid deployment' of CCUS needed to meet carbon neutrality goals. The report acknowledges that CCYUS technologies alone will not be sufficient to deliver carbon neutrality in line with the goals ofthe Paris Agreement. The trend now is to shift away from carbon," said Maeda Tadashi.

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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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Business Green

JUNE 18, 2020

The US firm yesterday committed to ensuring its ride-hailing app - which currently offers taxi services from around two million drivers across North America - would only offer rides from 100 per cent electric or zero emission vehicles by 2030.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 30, 2022

The negative trend reflects a shift in investor sentiment due to the food, fuel and finance crises around the world, the Ukraine war, rising inflation and interest rates and fears of a coming recession," the report said. North America and developing Asia attracted about 200 projects each.

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DeSmogBlog

JANUARY 17, 2023

This “vicious cycle” of pesticide use fueling climate change, and vice versa, is examined in a report published Tuesday by the advocacy group Pesticide Action Network North America (PANNA). In addition, they disrupt soil microbes, which play a critical role in the ability of soils to sequester carbon.

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E8 Cleantech Angels

AUGUST 1, 2021

Thanks to all the investors, donors, foundations and donor advised funds who invested with us last year: Woman-owned Earthly Labs working on industrial carbon capture and recycling and led by Amy George , Steelhead Composites in composite hydrogen storage with Andrew Coors at the helm, and.

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Smart Energy International

AUGUST 24, 2022

Have you read: Smart grids are spurring demand for BESS – study ABB releases blueprint for carbon negative microgrids Safeguarding the stability of the grid. Microgrid lab layout. The outdoor test area includes five 500kW test pads and two 2000kW test pads, which can be connected as sources or loads.

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Business Green

AUGUST 11, 2022

BEIS touts biomass with carbon capture as crucial to its net zero agenda, despite fresh claims that Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng thinks importing wood pellets from US 'doesn’t make any sense'. The more clean power we generate within the UK, the less exposed we'll all be to volatile gas markets that are pushing up bills," he said.

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Business Green

APRIL 17, 2024

Strong income reductions are projected for the majority of regions, including North America and Europe, with South Asia and Africa being most strongly affected," said PIK scientist and co-author of the study, Maximilian Kotz. Such outcomes would trigger huge geo-political risks that could impact the entire global economy.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 31, 2019

Anaerobically digested sludge releases residual methane and carbon dioxide to the atmosphere – methane emissions from sludge treatment make up 75% of the diffuse CO 2 -equivalent emissions ( Gärtner 2017 ). A pilot plant will be available in North America by end of this year. In what type of plants can this system be installed?

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Greentown Labs

JUNE 16, 2023

The Go Move 2022 program didn’t only benefit the startup cohort—we also learned a ton along the way,” says Tom Holcombe, Head of BASF Collaboration and Scouting North America. “It “Our partnership with participating companies has uncovered near-term material solutions that support decarbonizing the automotive industry.”

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Greentown Labs

APRIL 28, 2021

April 28, 2021 — The Carbon to Value Initiative (C2V Initiative), a multi-year collaboration among The Urban Future Lab at the NYU Tandon School of Engineering, Greentown Labs , and Fraunhofer USA , has selected 10 startups for the first year of this exciting accelerator. is a platform for negative emissions. New York City, N.Y.,

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 11, 2023

The agenda for the conference, which is being hosted in Boise, Idaho, shows that the Western States Petroleum Association (WSPA) and the waste management company Veolia North America are sponsoring two of the “beat dinners” hosted on Friday, April 21 — the third day of the event.

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