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. Drax already operates 18 wood pellet plants across the U.S. But scientists and campaigners have long disputed these claims.

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AGreenLiving

OCTOBER 21, 2020

What Ahoskie got was approximately 50 direct jobs, local tree loss, noise , heavy traffic, air pollution, and combustible dust from wood drying and processing that threatens their health and enjoyment of their homes. South, which is already bearing the brunt of climate change effects. “As

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Green Roof Technology

MAY 27, 2021

Additionally the Green Roof components and the plants are exposed to more extreme environmental impact like higher wind speeds, reflecting surfaces, higher temperatures, air pollution, artificial light at night, lower bio-diversity and more. This and the additional risk of water-logging increase the stress on plants.

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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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Energy Innovation

MARCH 8, 2023

For example, when a forest—which naturally absorbs and stores carbon dioxide as trees grow—is logged and converted to grazing or agricultural land, GHGs are released as trees decompose. Notable exceptions included carbonated beverages, crunchy chicken breast, certain types of milk, and bottled water. drives 30 miles per day).

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Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 9, 2022

The Drax power plant in North Yorkshire is the UK’s biggest single-point source of carbon dioxide emissions, and is fed by a constant supply of wood pellets shipped to the UK on enormous vessels, mostly form North America. Logging has been allowed in some of Europe’s most important forests.

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Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 28, 2022

Leading forest researchers from around the world call for a global forest observatory to provide much-needed data on the current and future ability of our trees to absorb and store carbon, produce multiple goods and benefit for people, and support biodiversity.

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Grist

JULY 7, 2021

It was through this side gig that Garrett first seriously considered carbon capture. He figured he could tweak his agricultural techniques to suck planet-warming carbon out of the atmosphere and get paid by corporations looking to “offset” their carbon emissions. It turned out Garrett didn’t need to do much to get paid.

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 12, 2022

The European Renewable Energy Directive, or REDIII, is part of the European Green Deal, aimed at making a 55 percent cut to the EU’s carbon emissions by 2030 compared to 1990 levels. A report by Ember found that Drax is also one of the top five emitters in Europe of polluting particles from power stations. Destructive Industry’.

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