EDF + Business

APRIL 8, 2024

Moreover, by breaking out prominent agricultural GHGs—methane, nitrous oxide, and carbon dioxide—for six primary commodities as examples, our guide helps sustainability teams deliver a new approach to drive emissions reductions efficiently and in highest service to their climate strategy. Our Recommendations Cattle: Methane.

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 3, 2021

Carbon neutral fertiliser production and use to be discussed at Agri-TechE event on 24 March. They have each developed an alternative approach to generating fertiliser, using renewable energy sources, operating from a shipping container, offering the potential for carbon-neutral production.

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DeSmogBlog

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

A recent study has found it is currently “not feasible” for the global livestock industry to sequester enough carbon to cancel out its planet-warming emissions — and that policy efforts geared toward that goal may be deeply misguided. 135 gigatons is roughly equal to all the carbon lost due to agriculture over the past 12,000 years.

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Meat emits around a third of global emissions of methane, and action to cut this greenhouse gas has been identified by the UN and world leaders as the quickest route to slowing global heating. All these methods work to improve the soil, reduce air and water pollution, cut emissions, and boost biodiversity.

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Hydrogen Fuel News

JANUARY 19, 2024

As the quest for sustainable energy intensifies, biomass emerges as a pivotal player in the arena of renewable resources. This exploration into the realm of biomass energy untangles the complexities and delves into its multifaceted nature, uncovering the potential of plant-based and waste-derived materials as alternative sources of power.

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Grist

AUGUST 4, 2020

Almost exactly a year ago, we reported that June and July wildfires in the Arctic had released as much carbon as Belgium does in an entire year — an unprecedented summertime burn that would amplify the region’s climate change–fueled fever. Following months of warm weather , fires began flaring up in northern Siberia around the start of May.

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Green Business Bureau

JULY 27, 2020

Biodigesters are an effective way to reduce the carbon footprint of a business, easily manage food waste, and save money. Of course, one of the great benefits of biodigesters is they are eco-friendly and will reduce a facility’s carbon footprint significantly. One way for a business to be more sustainable is by utilizing a biodigester.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 7, 2021

Findings from BeZero Carbon reveal that nearly nine in 10 people would welcome greater business and government support for nascent carbon removal sector. The findings also reveal there is a general lack of awareness around carbon offsetting, with just 45 per cent of respondents knowing what the term means.

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Business Green

MARCH 20, 2023

DarkBlack Carbon was only officially founded four months ago, but believes it is already primed to be a market leader for biochar in the UK "It's got everything, hasn't it?" says Liz Casely, co-founder of UK start-up DarkBlack Carbon. It is a catalyst for helping to restore natural balances," explains Casely.

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Envirotec Magazine

MAY 9, 2022

The hope is that by preventing the screenings from going to landfills and adding biochar to boost biological wastewater cleaning, treatment plants will require less energy to operate, which in turn will help reduce their carbon footprints. Carbogenics is a spin-out from the University of Edinburgh.

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Green Business Bureau

JULY 23, 2020

Some companies might install energy-efficient lighting and allow their employees to have flexible schedules, while others might invest in sustainable sourcing of materials and a cleaner production process. Without thoughtful management, organic waste can emit methane gas as they decompose.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 20, 2020

Farmer Martin Lines, chair of the Nature Friendly Farming Network, puts forward the case for a robust payment framework to incentivise carbon sequestration in UK agriculture. Pricing greenhouse gas emissions at a level that is consistent with net zero opens new routes for a lucrative market in 'negative' carbon emissions.

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

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 Environmental Blog

OCTOBER 31, 2022

And consider – after the US and China, wasted food is the third-largest carbon dioxide generator in the world. Between 8% and 10% of the world’s carbon emissions result from all these unconsumed products. billion tonnes of greenhouse gases (GHGs) equivalent to carbon dioxide are emitted annually due to food waste.

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The Environmental Blog

JULY 14, 2020

Moreover, poor methods of managing waste lead to an increase in soil and water contamination and air pollution. Reusing items can also save energy as there will be less processing needed to turn products into other usable materials. How much energy saved usually depends on the materials being recycled. billion tons per year.

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Green Business Bureau

JULY 5, 2021

A study conducted by the University of Kentucky found that the dominant contributor to the carbon footprint and variable costs of field-grown trees is equipment use, or, more specifically, the combustion of fossil fuels which occurs at harvest time. Organic waste in landfills generates methane, a potent greenhouse gas.

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Grist

AUGUST 2, 2019

And their expectation is that this summer isn’t a once-in-a-lifetime fluke; rather, it’s indicative of rapid changes that could alter the fabric of Arctic ecosystems, unleashing even more billions of tons of carbon into the atmosphere. Not to pick on Belgium again, but that’s the same amount of carbon the country emitted in all of 2018.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 20, 2022

To quote the Three Lions England football song, after 30 years of hurt, climate action is finally coming home on African soil here in Egypt," he said. "At The text on energy was weakened but is at least in. At the beginning of these talks Loss and Damage was not even on the agenda and now we are making history. warming target.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

HiiROC’s new technology produces zero carbon “turquoise” hydrogen. Zero-carbon technology company HiiROC this week announced it has attracted around £26m in fresh investment, in the latest vote of confidence in the fast-expanding hydrogen sector.

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Green Business Bureau

AUGUST 25, 2022

Greenhouse Gases and their Carbon Dioxide Equivalents. It’s important that businesses understand which gases matter and how to measure these gases using the common approach of carbon dioxide equivalents. The three major greenhouse gases are carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4), and nitrous oxide (N2O). Methane (CH4).

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AGreenLiving

OCTOBER 15, 2021

Department of Energy has just funded scientists from Florida Atlantic University. They are developing a new prototype of ground-penetrating radar that they’ll mount on an unoccupied aircraft.

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Sustainability Consulting

MAY 19, 2023

It is their mission to revolutionize the industry by introducing plant-based pet food and treats that are both nutritionally balanced and crafted with a low carbon footprint. Invest the time to look at the product’s packaging, consider the energy needed to produce it, and research whether it’s biodegradable or can be recycled.

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DeSmogBlog

JULY 18, 2021

According to a 2021 study by researchers from the New York University (NYU) Department of Environmental Studies, meat companies “emphasize mitigating energy use, with limited focus on emissions (e.g., methane) from animal and land management and land-use change, which make the biggest warming contributions in the agricultural sector.”.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 31, 2022

The curbing of emissions to reduce the concentration of greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide and methane in the environment. Following years of delays, at COP21 last year countries agreed on rules for the implementation of international carbon market mechanisms. Black carbon. Carbon market (including carbon offsets).

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Grist

MAY 18, 2021

It had been about a year and a half since he left his job at an aerospace company to found a clean energy startup in San Francisco with three of his friends, but the path to success he’d once envisioned had crumbled. Charm would use the same technology, but instead of turning plants into a useful energy product, it would offer a service.

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Low Impact

AUGUST 15, 2021

It is hard to imagine anything more ludicrously unsustainable than the chain of machinery which gobbles up trees in the southern USA, extrudes them as pellets, ships them across the Atlantic and converts them into electric energy so that Europeans can continue to enjoy a level of affluence unachievable for most people in the world.

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Grist

APRIL 20, 2022

Sometimes, only a thin layer of soil covers yawning craters where the ice has vanished, what Hasson calls “ghost ice wedges.” Combined with a $40,000 laser he dragged behind him on a plastic sled he’d nicknamed “The Coffin,” Hasson is able to link surface methane emissions to the ice disappearing underground. Sean McDermott / Grist.

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Green Business Bureau

JULY 5, 2021

A study conducted by the University of Kentucky found that the dominant contributor to the carbon footprint and variable costs of field-grown trees is equipment use, or, more specifically, the combustion of fossil fuels which occurs at harvest time. Organic waste in landfills generates methane, a potent greenhouse gas.

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Green Business Bureau

JANUARY 18, 2023

Eras in the Earth’s history are defined by major climactic events and distinguished through the fossil record, carbon dating, and other methods. Nitrogen and phosphorous are both essential for plant growth, thus they are made into fertilizers that pollute waterways and coastal zones, and accumulate in the world’s soil and land.

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Business Green

MAY 19, 2021

Would you drink carbonated beverages made with carbon dioxide captured from the smokestack of a factory or power plant? How would you feel if that captured carbon dioxide were in your child's toys, or in the concrete under your house? It also will have to remove huge amounts of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

That was the stark message of the Climate Change Committee in its sixth carbon budget. The 10 Point Plan, the national infrastructure strategy, the climate change committee's sixth carbon budget and the Treasury's interim report on its Net Zero Review. Currently, there are two solutions - landfill and waste to energy.

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Climate Tech VC

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Since the IRA passed, 265 clean energy and manufacturing projects worth $100B+ have been announced. 👻 Spooky season for clean energy stocks. The S&P Global Clean Energy index dropped 30% YTD weighed down by higher interest rates and supply / demand imbalances. for grid enhancements and $7B for hydrogen fuel hubs.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 6, 2021

The latest report from the Energy Transitions Commission has set out a roadmap for how the world can move on to a 1.5C Meanwhile, global emissions are spiralling upwards again as the economy recovers and surging fossil fuel prices are driving fears that a new wave of high carbon infrastructure investment could yet be unleashed.

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Climate Tech VC

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Countries and companies have also kicked off pledges to triple investments in renewables and nuclear, drive down methane emissions, and commit loss and damage funds. In new funds, energy transition infrastructure is bringing in the big bucks with Brookfield's record-breaking $28B infra fund and Antin's $1.2B

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Econaur

APRIL 3, 2020

Assume following – Q – is the energy require to raise 1 Celsius of 1 kg o substance. – is the difference of temperature of a substance ( temperature of a substance after energy is absorb – temperature of a substance before energy is absorb). Which will now rotten in the open soil.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 9, 2021

The use of these chemicals also damages the environment in other ways; much of the fertilizer used in the world today is the product of methane gas, a fossil fuel, while the wide-scale use of pesticides has been linked to the damage of ecosystems and vital populations of pollinators.

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Business Green

APRIL 30, 2020

The Series C round was co-led by return backers Breakthrough Energy Ventures, the fund most visibly associated with billionaire Bill Gates, and Singapore-based investment firm Temasek; it brings the company's total backing to $186m. The company already claims some pretty impressive benefits for Proven: It can provide a "5.8

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