GreenTechMedia

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

Germany has just approved a €45 billion ($49 billion) compensation package for the shutdown of its entire coal power fleet by 2038. ” “As an engineer, it really concerns me because the only problem with conventional power is that they're polluting the environment; it's a very, very big negative.

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Green Business Bureau

JANUARY 10, 2022

so as to present an environmentally responsible public image; a public image of environmental responsibility promulgated by or for an organization, etc., These brands spend more time and money presenting themselves as green relative to the actual time and money spent on making a change and becoming more sustainable. Carbon Offsets.

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The Environmental Blog

AUGUST 1, 2021

From the event planning stage to the actual event, they drastically changed to reduce their negative impacts on the environment. Together, you can come up with proactive practices such as opting for the use of an environmentally friendly marquee , skipping heaps of packaging, avoiding single-use cutlery, and many more. Rock concert.

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Green Business Bureau

JULY 4, 2022

billion tons of carbon dioxide annually. With this in mind, in this Green Business Bureau article, we present eight ways you, as a fashion manufacturer, can work to be more sustainable. Below we’ve detailed eight tips on how to reduce the negative environmental and social impact of your fashion brand company.

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Green Business Bureau

JULY 15, 2022

The good news is that new technologies and methods have come about making it possible for the manufacturing industry to reduce its environmental footprint through energy conservation , alternative packaging, and smarter storage and organization (amongst other solutions). Tip #3: Use alternative and sustainable packaging solutions.

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GreenBiz

SEPTEMBER 25, 2020

The biggest national-level news of the week came out of the United Nations General Assembly, where Chinese President Xi Jinping announced that the country aims to achieve carbon neutrality before 2060. This gesture commits them to reaching a net-zero carbon footprint by 2040, one decade before the deadline for the Paris Agreement. .

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Green Business Bureau

JANUARY 10, 2022

so as to present an environmentally responsible public image; a public image of environmental responsibility promulgated by or for an organization, etc., These brands spend more time and money presenting themselves as green relative to the actual time and money spent on making a change and becoming more sustainable. Carbon Offsets.

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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

JUNE 23, 2020

Reports from CBI, EnergyUK, ECIU, and ScottishPower all hammer home calls for ambitious green recovery package. The government has been inundated with calls from green trade bodies, campaigners and academics for it to deliver a green stimulus package in recent weeks. The consensus keeps building.

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DeSmogBlog

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Climate has always presented challenges to human beings, but with our ability to innovate we can continue to thrive,” Pooley said in response to DeSmog’s inquiry about his work with Peterson Academy. A definitive body of research has documented the negative effects of rising CO2 on crops.

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Green Business Bureau

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

In this Green Business Bureau article, we present the case for business sustainability. Squandering finite resources, creating extravagant amounts of waste, and the excessive release of carbon emissions is causing our planet to belch at the seams. Carbon in our atmosphere is 280 parts per million (ppm). Our reality.

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Energy Innovation

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

In response, senators and representatives from ethanol-producing states like Iowa have been advocating for biofuel aid in the next coronavirus relief package. Modeled ecosystem carbon fluxes for different land use scenarios. To learn more refer to the past review on negative emissions and land use by John Katzenberger.)

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Green Business Bureau

APRIL 29, 2022

For instance, a single pint of beer can have a carbon footprint as high as 900g CO 2e (for bottled beer that’s been extensively transported). This is ~14% of the daily average carbon footprint from meals per US citizen – having 2 to 3 pints ramps that percentage up to 42%. Challenge 5 : The brewing process is wasteful.

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Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 12, 2019

In the constant search for ‘newness’, wardrobes are constantly updated and changed, with clothing becoming as disposable as the packaging it arrives in. Unfortunately, these chemicals are often still present in wastewater, even in trace levels, when they are discharged into the environment, which has been proven to cause lasting damage.

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Climate Tech VC

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

  The EU also announced a “ Wind Power Package ” to speed up project permitting, improve auction design, and index auction prices and tariffs to better absorb increasing costs.  📦 Fibmold Packaging , a Mumbai, India-based eco-friendly, molded fiber packaging developer, raised $10M from Accel and Omnivore.

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Green Business Bureau

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Using these trends we then present retail sustainability initiatives that will help you kickstart your organization’s sustainability program. On top of this, 54% of consumers want schemes to remove plastic and packaging from the products they buy. What is retail sustainability? Note plastics #1-#7 are curbside recyclable.

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Business Green

MAY 29, 2020

The nuances of all the various adjectives and descriptors that are used to describe climate action - from "science-based" to "net zero" to "carbon negative" - are enough to make heads spin, especially for those who spend their professional lives worrying about how to communicate these concepts. Offsetting versus insetting.

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Business Green

JUNE 2, 2020

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. To begin with, our post Covid-19 recovery plans must avoid unconditionally propping up and bailing out carbon-heavy industries. First, we need a global price on carbon. It has to be green.

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Low Impact

MARCH 10, 2021

Whenever we put anything on our plates, or into our mouths, we should think about: The carbon cost of both growing the food and transporting it to us. Food is often packaged in unnecessary plastic or other non-sustainable packaging – posing a waste problem of massive proportions. Yet, at present, this is not the case.

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Business Green

MARCH 5, 2021

Just Transition Jobs Tracker details how around one in five UK jobs are likely to be affected either positively or negatively by the net zero transition, further cranking up pressure on government to deliver coherent transition plan. It found that approximately 6.3

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Business Green

JUNE 16, 2020

It may not happen fast enough to meet the goals of the Paris Agreement, but all around the world the disruption caused by increasingly cost competitive clean technologies and the growing clamour for green economic recovery packages demonstrate how net zero emission economies could emerge over the next three to four decades.

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Business Green

JUNE 7, 2020

With governments across the globe currently formulating packages for rescuing airlines, these agreements have widely been seen as a chance to bring the aviation industry to heel and agree to measures that can help net zero goals be met. Matching incentives to progress. It is vitally important that the carrot and the stick are closely aligned.

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Renewable Energy World

MARCH 4, 2021

C when places reminiscent of Mordor continuously pump carbon into the atmosphere. Having presented the global risks from Arctic climate change to audiences at the World Economic Forum at Davos each year, Gail is worried. Those that can create artificial sinks with technological carbon capture, utilization, and storage.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 6, 2020

Ahead of the Prime Minister's promised new green recovery package, a new report from the business advocacy group outlines a raft of near-term policy interventions that could put the UK on track to reaching net zero emissions. The gap between the government's net zero rhetoric and its policy agenda remains.

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Business Green

AUGUST 3, 2021

At present, too many products - from electronic appliances, to packaging, and clothing - are thrown away far too quickly, and are not designed with reuse, remanufacturing, or recycling in mind. The UK's current approach is unsustainable," the report states.

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Green Business Bureau

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

Environmental and social disruptions cause a negative brand reputation (note BP’s 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill ). Products & Packaging : Do our products use sustainably sourced and eco-friendly materials? Is our packaging also safe for people and the planet? If not, how can we offset our carbon emissions?

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Green Business Bureau

OCTOBER 12, 2021

With this in mind, this article presents the 20 best climate change and sustainability documentaries. The documentary does close on a happier note, presenting green changes happening today, such as human diet changes – eating less meat – and government intervention reversing deforestation in Costa Rica. 6: Kiss the Ground.

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GreenBiz

MARCH 8, 2021

Below are the responses from 11 of the 12 Emerging Leaders, lightly edited for clarity and length, and presented in alphabetical order by last name. I was particularly interested in the discussions around plastic packaging and waste throughout the event. What made you hopeful or inspired during GreenBiz 21? Kristina Chu .

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Business Green

OCTOBER 8, 2020

Without a clear and ambitious government plan zero carbon home heating by 2050 remains a pipe dream, a new analysis from the UK Energy Research Centre warns. At present home heating - the bulk of which is provided by the fossil fuel gas grid - accounts for 13 per cent of UK emissions.

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Low Carbon Prosperity

MARCH 23, 2020

During the short 60 day session, the Washington State Legislature made critical strides to reboot a conversation on the value of comprehensive carbon policy. Cap & Invest is a system that combines the best aspects of market-based carbon pricing while generating resources to be smartly invested in community needs.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

Oil and gas industry's bets on petrochemicals growth look increasingly dicey as world turns away from plastics, Carbon Tracker warns. But Carbon Tracker questions the credibility of this analysis, highlighting how governments are increasingly making moves against plastic waste, alongside their wider decarbonisation efforts.

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Low Carbon Prosperity

MARCH 23, 2020

During the short 60 day session, the Washington State Legislature made critical strides to reboot a conversation on the value of comprehensive carbon policy. Cap & Invest is a system that combines the best aspects of market-based carbon pricing while generating resources to be smartly invested in community needs.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

Oil and gas industry's bets on petrochemicals growth look increasingly dicey as world turns away from plastics, Carbon Tracker warns. But Carbon Tracker questions the credibility of this analysis, highlighting how governments are increasingly making moves against plastic waste, alongside their wider decarbonisation efforts.

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Business Green

MAY 20, 2022

Paris Olympics plans to halve carbon footprint of meals served at the Games. Paris 2024 President Tony Estanguet this week unveiled the catering strategy for the upcoming Olympic Games in the French capital, revealing a goal to halve the average carbon footprint of meals served during the Games.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

Plastic pollution increasingly contributes to the climate and biodiversity crisis, so the cost of inaction increases basically year by year due to negative health, social and also economic impacts," he added. Fortunately, there is mounting evidence of businesses recognising the opportunities presented by a more circular economy for plastics.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Public awareness of low-carbon heating systems is very limited, and promotion of the BUS has been wholly inadequate to stimulate demand," Parminter argues. "62 In order to cut bills, carbon emissions and eradicate fuel poverty, we need a vaccine-style roll out of heat pumps and insulation not this dismal trickle."

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Green Business Bureau

JANUARY 28, 2021

Video conferencing and web collaboration software is changing how companies operate their business while lowering their carbon footprint. million tons less of carbon dioxide than it did before COVID-19. Disruptive Software That Fights Climate Change. Remote Work Software Reduces GHG Emissions. Europe is expected to emit 388.8

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