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A Guide to Six Greenwashing Terms Big Ag Is Bringing to COP28

DeSmogBlog

Often valid concepts in and of themselves, the problem lies in how they are touted as enviro-friendly actions while companies fail to cut their contribution to global heating. The science is also uncertain around soil’s ability to store carbon, which can be easily undone through erosion, or changes in land use or the weather.

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How To Buy Carbon Offsets: 6 Certified and Vetted Options

Green Business Bureau

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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Can burning biomass be sustainable?

Low Impact

Burning wood for energy emits more carbon on a per-unit-of-energy basis than burning coal. Let’s halt bioenergy, reduce emissions and protect natural carbon sinks and landscapes rather than relying on false solutions.” Burning trees to reduce our carbon footprint is oxymoronic.” Carbon Debt.

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Climate Crisis, Global Warming, Carbon Neutral, Zero Waste: Meaningful Buzzwords or Passing Fads?

Green Business Bureau

The emergence of environmental buzzwords started out with global warming, then became climate change. Global warming to climate change; climate change covers a broader term and now special interest groups can use it for any situation, as we have recently seen with the fires in Western Canada and now Australia.

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How To Calculate Your Carbon Footprint

Green Business Bureau

THE IMPORTANCE OF CARBON FOOTPRINTS. Businesses today need to know and understand their carbon footprint in order to make progress toward becoming a more sustainable and eco-friendly business. You can also use it to determine the amount of carbon offsets to purchase in order to get to carbon neutral. .

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Big Meat Unveils Battle Plans for COP28

DeSmogBlog

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. Scientists say that unless swift action is taken, methane from agriculture alone will take us beyond a 1.5C

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The Livestock Industry’s “Climate Neutral” Claims Are Too Good To Be True

DeSmogBlog

Australian sheep meat is a “climate-neutral” product. The study found that an alternative method of quantifying the impact of methane emissions has led to a raft of industry-friendly findings that the livestock sector seems to be using to claim climate neutrality as they continue to pollute.

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