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“Global warming won’t wait until 2050,” says European science advisory group

Envirotec Magazine

Cooling towers of a coal-fired power plant in Saxony, Germany. “We This means: Embodied carbon: ambitious targets are needed for the future deployment of renewable energy systems. Bioenergy: so far, certain types of woody biomass have been free-riding on the assumption that all biomass use is carbon neutral.

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Sponsored content: Green chiller is cool choice

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Mackie’s green initiative involves replacing the gases used in its refrigeration plants from HCFC – which have a very high global warming potential – to ammonia, an environmentally-friendly refrigerant that has no impact on global warming or ozone depletion. As part of a £4.5 www.gea.com.

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European scientists group urges ban on new natural gas boilers

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The document highlights the extremely high global warming potential of largely unrecorded methane leakages along the whole natural gas supply chain. Methane emissions have a lifetime in the atmosphere of only about 10 years, which is ten times shorter than that of carbon dioxide. The climate does not make compromises.”

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“Cost-effective alternative to air source heat pumps” secures £1.3m funding

Envirotec Magazine

“Zero-carbon refrigeration” developer Barocal has secured a £1.3m Instead of using refrigerant gases with high global warming potential (GWP), Barocal’s technology uses new solid-state, temperature-changing materials. “Heating and cooling accounts for 38% of the UK’s CO?

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‘There’s no doubt left’ about scientific consensus on global warming anymore

Grist

The scientific consensus that humans are causing global warming is likely to have passed 99 percent, according to the lead author of the most authoritative study on the subject, and could rise further after separate research that clears up some of the remaining doubts. In the U.S.,

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Including non-CO2 emissions shortens timeline to reach 1.5°C

Envirotec Magazine

New research led by the University of Washington calculates how much warming is already guaranteed by past emissions. While previous research has explored this question for carbon dioxide, the new work includes related emissions such as methane, nitrogen oxide and aerosols, like sulphur or soot. Nature Climate Change).

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How To Buy Carbon Offsets: 6 Certified and Vetted Options

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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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