DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

Simultaneously, there are unprecedented restrictions on civil society access to the talks, which only exacerbate the gross imbalance of power between people and polluters, and threaten to undermine the legitimacy of COP26 outcomes.”. In some cases, the affiliation with the oil industry was publicly declared on the participant list for COP26.

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

The Canadian oil and gas giant, which also operates a notoriously polluting oil refinery in Colorado, expresses skepticism about whether “adoption of alternative energy vehicles will accelerate” and assures investors that its climate-harming products are “easily transported into global markets” if oil alternatives take off in North America.

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Campaign group Clean Creatives, which had earlier published its annual “ F-List ” documenting ties between advertising agencies and fossil fuel companies, said Havas’ partnership with Shell was a big step backwards for a company that had appeared to be moving away from fossil clients.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 22, 2021

Firm confirms it is to provide two miles-worth of energy efficient, low carbon lighting for the Glasgow Climate Summit. Equipment hire and services provider Speedy has announced it is to build a bespoke low carbon lighting solution that will illuminate the perimeter of the COP26 Climate Summit in Glasgow.

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Business Green

APRIL 16, 2020

Leaked documents reveal the EU is likely to delay some parts of its Green Deal work programme, but 2030 climate targets remains a top priority. However, the documents also confirm that some components of the Green Deal strategy are set to be delayed until 2021. A new programme will be published in the coming weeks.".

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Hydrogen Fuel News

JANUARY 14, 2024

Globally, there are over 400 documented dead zones, spanning from the U.S. Primarily caused by excessive nutrient pollution from human activities, these dead zones not only disrupt local ecosystems by depleting oxygen levels in the water but also threaten biodiversity at a global level. Lawrence, are far from being a localized issue.

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

Thousands of companies have hitched themselves to the carbon-neutral bandwagon, from fossil fuel producers like BP and Shell, to other household names including United Airlines, Dell, Burger King, and Vodafone. These actors are increasingly turning to voluntary carbon markets (VCMs) to offset their emissions.

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Business Green

APRIL 29, 2021

The campaign has also tightened the language it uses when defining residual emissions, sources, and credits in its criteria document in an attempt to provide more specificity about what types of carbon sink projects can legitimately be included in net zero strategies. because they were never intended to".

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Business Green

JANUARY 28, 2021

Taskforce on Scaling Voluntary Carbon Markets unveils recommendations on how to scale up investment in emission reduction programmes, but environmental campaigners remain unimpressed. The Taskforce on Scaling Voluntary Carbon Markets blueprint sets out clearly how we can build this market. threshold set out of the Paris Agreement.

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DeSmogBlog

MAY 18, 2023

government, according to documents newly reviewed by DeSmog, despite provincial leaders repeatedly claiming to have one of the world’s most ambitious climate plans. LNG leaves no polluting residue,” read speaking notes from 2017 attributed to Simon Coley, assistant deputy minister in the B.C. government spokesperson wrote to DeSmog.

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DeSmogBlog

MAY 10, 2022

But it is hardly neutral when it comes to discussing one of the world’s major contributors to global warming. Internal documents describe this “Consortium to Combat Electrification” as a campaign whose mission is to “create effective, customizable marketing materials to fight the electrification/anti-natural gas movement.”

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 18, 2021

The adverts regularly highlight the companies’ preferred solutions to climate change — from carbon capture and storage, to experimental algae biofuels, and investment in renewable energy sources — without being open about the small percentage of overall investment allocated to these technologies, nor their various limitations.

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Clean Energy Canada

OCTOBER 17, 2020

Tesla is in discussions to purchase low-carbon nickel from B.C.’s s Turnagain mine, while Apple is committed to a 100 per cent-carbon-neutral supply chain by 2030 that will include aluminium produced in B.C. to create lasting jobs and economic resilience. This is happening now. Our homegrown companies are benefiting too.

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Green Business Bureau

APRIL 28, 2021

Document and Share Your Sustainability Commitments. It can include commitments related to being more energy efficient, reducing waste, reducing your carbon footprint, minimizing pollution, eliminating plastic, changing how you manufacture, and sourcing from other sustainable companies. Appropriately Time Based.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

Criteria for gas plants’ inclusion in EU green finance rulebook set out in official documents are less stringent than leaked proposals, sparking fierce criticism from environmental campaigners.

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Business Green

JULY 15, 2021

New guidance is geared at helping corporates embed natural climate solutions in their climate strategies in a credible manner while supporting the development of a robust carbon market. The voluntary carbon market has long been the subject of intense debate.

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Business Green

JULY 15, 2021

Guidance is geared at helping corporates embed natural climate solutions in their climate strategies in a credible manner and support development of a robust carbon market. The complexity surrounding emissions reduction pathways, net-zero targets, carbon credits and company claims is a barrier to many companies taking action," he said.

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GreenTechMedia

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

Electric school buses don’t just eliminate the carbon and pollution emissions of their diesel-fueled counterparts, they cost less to fuel and maintain over the long haul. Unfortunately for cash-strapped school districts, an electric school bus still costs more than twice as much as a diesel bus today.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

Contract law may not get the same headline-grabbing attention as blockbuster climate litigation cases brought against feet-dragging governments or polluting oil and gas companies, but it could prove just as crucial to tackling the climate crisis. You can sign up for a free pass now.

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Green Business Bureau

APRIL 28, 2021

Once your company has documented its sustainability mission, goals, commitments and accomplishments, it is time to share them with the world to earn the benefits you deserve. Document and Share Your Sustainability Commitments. The GBB EcoProfile – Tell Your Sustainability Story To The World. That is the objective.

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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. Sara Bogdan (formerly Lindenfeld) (2016). Manager Sustainability and ESG, JetBlue; New York .

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DeSmogBlog

JANUARY 25, 2022

In January 2021, representatives from the clean energy sector sent a joint letter welcoming the criteria recommended by the TEG and stating that “the inclusion of power generation with a carbon intensity above this limit would not only deviate from science, but would also harm the EU’s decarbonisation trajectory and its 2050 net-zero objectives.”.

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DeSmogBlog

JULY 18, 2021

Huang’s speech points to an industry nervous about its role in a carbon-constrained future. DeSmog conducted a five-month investigation into the meat industry’s PR and lobbying, reviewing hundreds of documents and statements by companies and trade associations. Meat Industry Playbook.

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DeSmogBlog

JANUARY 23, 2024

According to recent reporting by The Narwhal, LNG Canada could increase British Columbia’s annual carbon emissions by 13 megatonnes, more than 20 percent above current levels — making it one of the largest fossil fuel expansions in recent Canadian history. The Bolloré Group as a whole reported company-wide carbon emissions of 34.8

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 21, 2022

Veteran sustainable food and farming experts welcomed the strategy as one that just might have a genuine shot at transforming the agriculture sector and result in better public health, contribute to ending the vertiginous decline of biodiversity, and lower greenhouse gas pollution. Big Ag’s Delay Tactics.

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GreenBiz

JULY 9, 2020

The Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI) is banking on banks to get us over the carbon-neutral finish line by 2050. . The communities that are disproportionately affected by pollution from heavy industry, it is pretty well documented that communities of color and low-income communities tend to suffer the most," Bodnar said.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 9, 2021

The documents leaked in the Corporate Europe Observatory investigation were “part of lobbying work that is done in all stakeholder groups. The documents supported our talks with our EU member organisations,” a spokesperson for COPA-COGECA told DeSmog.

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EDF + Business

MARCH 28, 2023

Support Climate Equity Switching to clean sources of energy can help reduce air pollution and improve health outcomes, particularly for marginalized and disadvantaged communities. Sources: Deloitte Analysis, H.R.5376 Eligibility of energy storage assets for the investment tax credit is a new addition under the IRA (48).

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DeSmogBlog

MARCH 4, 2024

Plans by biomass giant Drax to manufacture wood pellets sourced from Californian forests will endanger natural habitats and increase toxic air pollution for rural communities, campaigners warn. Environmental Pollution The number of industrial wood pellet mills has risen rapidly in the U.S.

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 26, 2023

To do so, they draw on friendly science, the promise of technological innovation and slick marketing campaigns – which promise “climate neutral” or “climate smart” meat and dairy – to create the idea we can continue eating vast quantities of the stuff while meeting our climate goals.

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Green Tech Challenge

DECEMBER 17, 2018

Sweden’s Pledge to be Carbon-Neutral Despite uncertainties in global leadership, Sweden promised to honour the Paris Agreement made by the United Nations and cut all its greenhouse gas emissions by 2045. Our alumni Bluebenu is developing a lead technology that transforms the plastic pollution rescued from the oceans into eco-fuel.

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Business Green

AUGUST 23, 2021

The Times reported that the document will acknowledge that the government needs to take steps to address the "price distortions" that sees the bulk of energy bill levies that help to fund new clean energy infrastructure deployment imposed on electricity rather than gas.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 8, 2020

The Sixth Carbon Budget report published today encompasses around 1,000 pages which offer the most detailed roadmap ever developed on how to transform a modern economy so that it delivers net zero emissions within the space of just 30 years. The Sixth Carbon Budget also brings with it a clear need to act in the short term.

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Grist

JUNE 29, 2022

After they are cut they can be replanted, absorbing carbon once again as they mature. The industry claims that forests that are felled sustainably — for construction, say, or for burning to produce electricity in utility-scale power plants — can provide jobs and energy, stimulate the economy, and even reduce society’s net carbon emissions.

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Green Business Bureau

MARCH 9, 2023

The business emits 5kg of air pollution, 1kg of water pollution, and 10kg of waste. The burning of fossil fuels to power vehicles releases carbon dioxide into the atmosphere and sulfur dioxide. Global impacts : Carbon dioxide contributes to human-induced climate change, and the effects are global.

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Envirotec Magazine

JULY 6, 2021

Finance will obviously be the enabling factor in making the kind of transition that is required, so it’s a problem if accounting systems continue to act as if nature is “free to use”, a key issue pinpointed earlier this year by The Dasgupta Review , hailed at the time as a landmark document. Putting a price on pollution.

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Business Green

JANUARY 5, 2021

The UK-EU trade deal is thought to be among the first to explicitly embed mutual commitments to climate action and the net zero transition, with the text of the document stating that "each party reaffirms its ambition of achieving economy-wide climate neutrality by 2050". Carbon pricing and energy. Electric vehicles.

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