Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 25, 2020

Eight in ten Scots oil workers have considered that their careers could be impacted by actions being taken to tackle climate change, new research suggests. The equivalent of 90% of Scotland’s electricity demand is now met from renewables like wind and solar power.

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The Environmental Blog

APRIL 17, 2024

In the wake of increasing environmental concerns and the urgent need for climate action, carbon offsetting has emerged as a crucial strategy for businesses to mitigate their carbon footprint. Consumers are favoring companies that prove environmental stewardship and take proactive steps to reduce their carbon footprint.

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GreenBiz

JULY 9, 2020

Innovation in Forest Carbon Solutions. Join us for a conversation on the role of forests in addressing climate change and how technology can make forest carbon projects more credible. How to participate in innovative solutions for climate change . The top criteria for vetting forest carbon solutions .

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GreenTechMedia

MARCH 8, 2021

But some opponents claim new nuclear power could have the opposite effect, slowing the fight against human-caused climate change just when things should be speeding up. SMRs “are a diversion from the development of energy systems that best mitigate climate change,” he said in an interview.

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

How carbon offsetting compares to carbon reduction. The Sixth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Committee on Climate Change (IPCC), published in August 2021, painted a stark picture of our world. It made clear that more must be done to reduce and offset carbon emissions.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

“Many carbon credits will be created through the protection of forestry.” ” By Mike Edwards, Chairman of Ora Technology PLC (Ora), a company focused on carbon trading, and attempting to facilitate the process of buying, selling, and retiring carbon credits in the voluntary carbon market (VCM).

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Green Business Bureau

JANUARY 27, 2022

The Urgent Problem of Climate Change. Our planet is changing. . We need to pay attention and change our behavior. Scientists warn that we are rapidly approaching critical tipping points in our climate system, which could result in adverse impacts such as droughts, floods, and extreme weather events. How To Divest.

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GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

Yet just as efforts toward that goal are finally scaling up — via the EU’s amplified climate targets, China’s new carbon-neutral target for 2060, and other examples — the coronavirus pandemic has introduced a massive dose of uncertainty. ’s climate change board. China takes a big step.

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GreenBiz

APRIL 22, 2022

Not only are governments, global consortia, and regulatory agencies pushing for the industrial sector to achieve net zero operations to slow climate change, but consumers are also demanding greater sustainability from the companies from which they purchase.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 11, 2023

The violence of the atmospheric shifts, their deeply uneven impacts and the implications of mass extinctions that are expected at current emission levels, add up to much more than “climate change.” Climate change” seemed to encompass more possibilities for derangements of the global ecosystem.

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

Amid increasing pressure from climate change and urbanisation, OTT’s UK Managing Director Nigel Grimsley explains the growing demand for monitoring technology that enables more effective water management. The post Sponsored Content: Water managers demand better, faster data first appeared on Envirotec. Looking back.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 6, 2023

The Crown Estate has awarded an Agreement for Lease for what it says could become one of the world’s largest carbon capture and storage (CCS) projects, playing a significant role in meeting the UK’s net zero ambitions.

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

If Exxon had back then used its vast political and financial power to aggressively push for a national carbon tax to be adopted in major economies around the world, global emissions might have already peaked by now. That would have significantly changed incentives for everything,” he says in The Petroleum Papers. “It

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DeSmogBlog

JUNE 3, 2022

Climate change has worsened global inequality, with poorer countries less able to withstand and adapt to climate change’s effects. But new research suggests the reverse is also true: Not only is climate change contributing to greater inequality, but inequality is also fueling climate change.

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Sustainability Consulting

DECEMBER 8, 2021

We all know climate change has impacted our lives over the decades—from delaying when the leaves change each season to the erosion of magnificent places like the Arctic and the Rockies. But you may not have considered how climate change will impact our food options. She added “.a

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Envirotec Magazine

MAY 24, 2023

To mitigate climate change, it is crucial to stop using all fossil fuels, to ban new natural gas boilers, and to massively ramp up renewable electricity production. Methane emissions have a lifetime in the atmosphere of only about 10 years, which is ten times shorter than that of carbon dioxide.

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Green Business Bureau

APRIL 12, 2022

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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Green Business Bureau

JANUARY 27, 2022

The Urgent Problem of Climate Change. Our planet is changing. . We need to pay attention and change our behavior. Scientists warn that we are rapidly approaching critical tipping points in our climate system, which could result in adverse impacts such as droughts, floods, and extreme weather events. How To Divest.

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Grist

MAY 18, 2021

The company would take those almond shells and other types of biomass, convert them into a carbon-rich oil, and inject the oil deep underground. Strange as it may sound, demand for this service — a form of what’s called “ carbon removal ” — was just beginning to grow. That’s where carbon removal comes in.

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 27, 2021

After decades of sowing doubt about climate change and its causes, the fossil fuel industry is now shifting to a new strategy: presenting itself as the source of solutions. This repositioning includes rebranding itself as a “carbon management industry.”. uses the captured carbon dioxide for enhanced oil recovery.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Coal-fired power plant chimneys: In fast-growing economies, rapidly increasing energy demand is triggering investment in both low carbon and fossil fuel generation, leaving certain countries, including India and China, unlikely to reach net zero until much later.

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Solar Power World

APRIL 13, 2021

The United States needs energy storage to reach the carbon-free electricity goals necessary to curb the worst effects of climate change. “We are seeing significant demand for solar paired with energy storage across the United States for use-cases such as… The post The U.S.

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Envirotec Magazine

JULY 22, 2021

Carbon capture is becoming big business. If humanity wishes to see the next century, this has to change urgently, and we simply have to reduce the CO2 in our atmosphere. Climate change strategy is the proposed solution, and almost every model suggests that we sequester gigatons of CO2 from the atmosphere. We all know why.

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Grist

JULY 11, 2023

The blistering weather had many people wondering: Is this climate change? Indeed, heat waves around the world are happening more frequently and reaching higher temperatures because of climate change. Even so, the past eight years were the hottest in recorded history , the result of the warming effects of climate change.

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DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 18, 2022

The state of New Jersey filed a lawsuit on Tuesday against five oil companies and the oil industry’s most powerful lobbying group for covering up and misleading the public about climate change, the latest round of state and municipal-led climate litigation seeking accountability from the oil industry.

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Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 5, 2024

Researchers will develop new ways to monitor carbon emissions from vast swathes of peatland after winning almost half a million pounds to develop new sensors that can be used in remote areas. Peatlands store around one-third of the world’s soil carbon, playing a vital role in reducing carbon emissions and combatting climate change.

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Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

A new paper from an independent group of climate experts emphasises “the critical importance of a comprehensive financial and regulatory ecosystem incentivising emissions reduction and removal, supported by a properly functioning carbon price.” An alternative approach to carbon pricing.

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CleanTech Group

APRIL 12, 2021

The demand for quality carbon offsets is at an all-time high due to unprecedented enthusiasm to act on climate change from the business.

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Smart Energy International

AUGUST 22, 2022

million for demand reduction from ERCOT in July. Riot reports curtailing 11,717MWh in July for ERCOT as demand reached record highs in July, enough to power 13,121 average homes for one month. Energy Harbor has indicated its intention to become a 100% carbon-free energy infrastructure and supply company by 2023. Have you read?

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GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

Youth activists are spearheading a powerful political movement around addressing the climate crisis. For many people, this is a moment of both fear and hope — global carbon emissions continue to increase, at the same time as demands for global climate action grow louder.

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Renewable Energy World

OCTOBER 22, 2021

In the race to meet aggressive decarbonization and net-zero carbon goals and regulations, a new study shows that utilities cannot afford to just focus on clean energy supply investments. Related: Could energy efficiency and demand response solve Texas’ energy woes? Consumer action essential to quick wins in GHG reductions.

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Hydrogen Fuel News

OCTOBER 17, 2023

As the world grapples with the urgent need to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and combat climate change, sustainable energy engineering has taken center stage.  Reliance on fossil fuels contributes to greenhouse gas emissions and climate change. Share best practices and technologies for global climate action.

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Greentown Labs

DECEMBER 16, 2021

Three major focus areas within electricity for collaborative innovation and implementation are generation; transmission and distribution; and demand and utilization. The post Electricity Sector Pitch Day Highlights Innovations in Generation, Transmission, Distribution, Demand, + Utilization appeared first on Greentown Labs.

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Sustainability Consulting

AUGUST 26, 2020

In addition to cheap sources of green energy, Gore says we need to price carbon. There are 43 jurisdictions around the world that already have a price on carbon such as Europe and China. Customers, investors, boards, executive teams, and their families are demanding that businesses become more sustainable.

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Business Green

JANUARY 17, 2021

The carbon credit system needs an overhaul to effectively help in reducing climate change, according to a UCL study. French global energy giant Total recently announced it had delivered its first shipment of ' carbon neutral liquid natural gas '. Why the carbon market is growing.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Climate emergency and soaring energy bills are driving increased demand among home buyers and renters for low-carbon homes. per cent premium for a low carbon property, and renters were willing to pay a 13 per cent premium to live in a 'greener' home.

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DeSmogBlog

MAY 27, 2021

1 says it was also doing this to save the planet from the ravages of climate change. It has been pushing for a commitment from Exxon to carbon neutrality by 2050. In other words, hedge funds focus on short-term returns – not long-term concerns such as climate change or even a company’s own future profitability.

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