DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 21, 2022

DeSmog’s analysis also shows that European agribusiness has borrowed from Big Oil’s lobbying playbook, with arguments that echo tried and tested tactics and messaging used by the oil and gas industry to block action on climate change. A full data set of the evidence behind this table is available on request from DeSmog.

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Europe Sustainability Agriculture Biodiversity 95

Business Green

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

Ofgem has argued that its price controls are enabling investment in low carbon infrastructure, but the watchdog has also argued it would like to see a clearer mandate from government to clarify the balance required between cost control for consumers and investment in new infrastructure.

Electric vehicle 41

Electric vehicle Carbon-negative Investment Climate change 41

GreenBiz

JULY 19, 2021

In looking across the broad array of business, environmental, social, technological and political topics that cross my screen and engage me in daily conversation, there is a temptation to allocate a growing share of mind for pessimism. Accelerating climate change will keep the federal research and development spigot open.

Politics 466

Politics Innovation Fossil fuels Carbon-negative 466

Business Green

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

Turning down a client contract to run a major PR campaign for an oil major that has consistently lobbied against climate action and has not even signalled its intention to be part of a future net zero economy is one thing, but more and more clients from carbon intensive industries do not fall quite so easily into the climate laggard category.

Fossil fuels 73

Fossil fuels Carbon-negative Politics Sustainability 73

DeSmogBlog

APRIL 26, 2021

“And then we’re going to create a carbon offset by plugging and abandoning that well, so it never leaks methane again.” For any fossil fuel company, one of the fundamental problems with a focus on the environment is glaringly obvious: the science is clear that their products are primarily responsible for climate change.

Fossil fuels 98

Fossil fuels Carbon Building Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring 98

DeSmogBlog

JULY 18, 2021

It’s a recurring theme that somehow the livestock sector and eating meat is detrimental to the environment, that it is a serious negative in terms of the climate change discussions,” Hsin Huang, Secretary General of the International Meat Secretariat (IMS) , told his audience. The Climate Impact of Meat.

Pollution 98

Pollution Agriculture Carbon-negative Climate change 98

AGreenLiving

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

Turning down a client contract to run a major PR campaign for an oil major that consistently has lobbied against climate action and has not even signaled its intention to be part of a future net-zero economy is one thing, but more clients from carbon-intensive industries do not fall quite so easily into the climate laggard category.

Fossil fuels 28

Fossil fuels Carbon-negative Sustainability Organic 28

Business Green

APRIL 4, 2022

Yet while that very broad assessment certainly remains true, today's intervention from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) was always going to be a little different. This report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change is a litany of broken climate promises. And it is damning.

Fossil fuels 36

Fossil fuels Business Energy Monitoring Building Energy Monitoring Home Energy Monitoring 36

AGreenLiving

JANUARY 13, 2022

However, few presentations addressed one elephant in the room — the fact that the construction industry contributes up to 40% of ongoing carbon release. SOM’s prototype is a high-rise building meant to act as a model for high carbon-contributing cities. The time has passed to talk about neutrality.

Sustainability 36

Sustainability Carbon-neutral Carbon-negative Construction 36

Business Green

MARCH 12, 2021

The WindH2 system is a central component of the SALCOS - Salzgitter Low CO2 Steelmaking technology project, which Salzgitter AG expects to deliver significant carbon emission reductions from the steelmaking process and could the long term even achieve almost CO2-free steel production. EU ETS carbon price hits record €41.

Hydrogen 94

Hydrogen Carbon-negative Carbon-neutral Wind power 94

Business Green

MAY 12, 2020

Committee on Climate Change CEO discusses infrastructure, airline bailouts, COP26 and making the best of a bad situation. Climate change and our collective response has once again - albeit understandably this time - found itself playing second fiddle to a more immediate crisis, the full ramifications of which remain far from clear.

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Carbon-negative Politics Climate change Government 76

Business Green

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

Case in point: ChatGPT , the scary-smart artificial intelligence engine capable of answering a breathtakingly broad array of questions, which seems to be the tech world's bright, shiny object of 2023. ChatGPT: Artificial Intelligence can be considered as a climate technology in some cases, but it is not inherently a climate technology.

Sustainability 36

Sustainability Building Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor Solar Energy Monitor 36

AGreenLiving

JULY 19, 2021

Yosie Mon, 07/19/2021 – 02:00 In looking across the broad array of business, environmental, social, technological and political topics that cross my screen and engage me in daily conversation, there is a temptation to allocate a growing share of mind for pessimism.

Politics 36

Politics Innovation Fossil fuels Climate change 36

Business Green

APRIL 1, 2020

Growing evidence of the myriad benefits well-maintained soils can deliver by combating climate change, alleviating flooding, boosting crop yields, and supporting biodiversity, has been highlighted in a new Royal Society report today, which argues the UK now stands at a "critical moment" for the future of the country's soil health.

Soil 66

Soil Policy Health Agriculture 66

Green Business Bureau

APRIL 11, 2023

Resolutions to global challenges such as climate change, poverty, inequality, biodiversity loss, habitat destruction, resource depletion, racism, and exploitation need the backing of our economic system. You can use this protocol alongside carbon footprint calculating software such as Green Business Bureau’s partner, Aclymate.

Business Energy Monitoring 78

Business Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor Building Energy Monitoring Home Energy Monitoring 78

GreenBiz

MAY 17, 2021

"I just remember being super mad about knowing that the way society was operating could ruin something that should be so beautiful and fun," he says of his first encounter with the idea that human activities negatively affect the environment. Betley feels heartened to see a young generation taking a stand on climate change.

Building Energy Monitoring 528

Building Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring Solar Energy Monitor Home Energy Monitoring 528

Planet Pulse

JULY 20, 2022

We had a simple theory of change: you can’t manage what you don’t measure, and the Earth was not being measured nearly fast enough to address a wide array of global challenges. We are in a planetary crisis, with biodiversity loss, ecocide, and climate change urgently requiring greater action. Planet’s Second Decade.

Business Energy Monitoring 110

Business Energy Monitoring Building Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor Agriculture 110

Green Market Oracle

AUGUST 30, 2020

It will specifically explore systemic solutions to the climate crisis focusing on clean energy, electrified, transportation, the circular economy, carbon removal and sustainable food systems. Climate change is the most significant global threat we face today. 400+ sessions. But not all offsets are created equal.

Building Energy Monitoring 52

Building Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor Solar Energy Monitor 52

AGreenLiving

MAY 17, 2021

. “I just remember being super mad about knowing that the way society was operating could ruin something that should be so beautiful and fun,” he says of his first encounter with the idea that human activities negatively affect the environment. Betley feels heartened to see a young generation taking a stand on climate change.

Business Energy Monitoring 36

Business Energy Monitoring Building Energy Monitoring Solar Energy Monitor Home Energy Monitoring 36

Mr. Sustainability

JUNE 27, 2020

According to Carbon Trackers , we are talking about a value of between 14-129 trillion dollars for fossil fuel assets alone and revenue streams of trillions of dollars annually. This scenario is referred to by some as the ‘carbon crunch’. Though this might seem ridiculous now, so was a negative oil price until only a month ago.

Energy 78

Energy Energy Fossil fuels Investment 78

Business Green

AUGUST 8, 2022

The landmark legislation's climate provisions could unlock billions of dollars of low carbon investment and millions of green jobs - but it also paves the way for new fossil fuel infrastructure. After decades of gridlock, the US looks set to pass sweeping climate legislation for the first time.

Fossil fuels 36

Fossil fuels Methane Carbon-negative Carbon-neutral 36