Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 10, 2021

A new atlas published on 26 May shows that 54 per cent of the world’s land surface consists of vast tracts of land covered by grass, shrubs or sparse, hardy vegetation that support millions of pastoralists, hunter gatherers, ranchers and large populations of wildlife – and store large amounts of carbon. A neglected terrain?

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AGreenLiving

MARCH 2, 2021

An inside look at pricing in the forest carbon market Wilder Person Tue, 03/02/2021 – 00:05 On June 23, Amazon commenced its $2 billion Climate Pledge Fund to further endeavors to become net-zero by 2040. Instead, carbon project developers that act as the intermediaries between the two making everything happen.

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Grist

JANUARY 10, 2020

The most obvious climatic impact of the fires is that they’re spewing millions of tons of heat-trapping carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, contributing to a vicious feedback loop of heat and flame. But in New South Wales, this year’s wildfire emissions are off the charts. That’s already huge. Even a 2 to 3 percent change is a lot.”.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

APRIL 8, 2024

We are also supporting emerging opportunities in Central and South America and East Africa. Our focus extends beyond reducing our carbon footprint: we are committed to optimizing our services for maximum environmental friendliness and aligning with our client’s clean energy goals.

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Grist

MARCH 3, 2022

It also has resounding implications for how insects and other organisms move through the world, intermingle, and spread disease to human populations. Insects and other organisms that carry disease spend much of their lives in the same place, which is why certain diseases are endemic to specific areas.

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R-Squared Energy

JANUARY 17, 2022

The issue came to a head in 1973, when various members of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) initiated an oil embargo against the United States and certain U.S. The majority of global lithium reserves are in South America and Australia). It became clear many years ago that U.S. But just as the U.S.

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

If you see a sponsorship deal, you assume the [organization] you identify with has positive feelings about it and is benefiting from the company sponsoring it.”. I am an AGU member and I feel disgusted that my professional organization still maintains these ties,” says climate scientist Peter Kalmus. “To Filling in For Governments.

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Business Green

JANUARY 17, 2023

Supermarket claims fava beans could help promote healthy soils and cut emissions by locking in soil carbon and replacing some of the soy used in animal feed. According to figures from trade body UK Fava, around 740,000 tonnes of the beans are harvested in the UK each year from around 170,00 hectares of lands.

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

The UK organizers of the COP26 climate conference very publicly declined to offer international oil companies any slots in the conference or any formal role in the event, and oil companies without credible climate programs were also barred from sponsoring events at the high-stakes international talks currently underway.

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Grist

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

Thousands of acres of forest, and the carbon-dense peat soils beneath, have gone up in flames, clearing the way for rows of oil palm trees. Palm oil is a dirty word for many environmentalists. That’s the good news, but it’s only half the story. Spin the globe from Indonesia to Brazil, and you’ll find stark differences.

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AGreenLiving

AUGUST 25, 2021

Related: Aztec-inspired eco home sits lightly on the land in Mexico Chiapas 168 is made up of four residential apartments positioned adjacent to an ancient jacaranda tree, a subtropical plant native to south-central South America and brought to Mexico at the beginning of the 20th century.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Latin America is on the rise and Colombia is leading the way. We joined forces with the Colombian Geothermal Association (AGEOCOL) to organize this first training course in Bogotá on geothermal drilling. His experience in both sectors, Oil and Gas and Geothermal, aims to transfer his knowledge of the synergies between the two sectors.

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DeSmogBlog

JULY 18, 2021

Producers claim their animal feed comes from responsible sources and their livestock use land unsuitable for other uses, all the while supporting biodiversity and capturing carbon from the atmosphere through holistic or other types of “regenerative” grazing. For example, while Brazilian meat giant JBS reported emissions of 7.14

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Andrew Winston

JANUARY 15, 2020

From Europe to Australia, South America to China, Florida to Oregon, investors are asking how they should modify their portfolios. We need significant tools of government, like carbon pricing, to scale up quickly.]. Consumers are asking, so banks are responding.] Under any scenario, the energy transition will still take decades.

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GreenBiz

AUGUST 10, 2020

My hope is that they can help farmers diversify their production systems and sequester carbon," says Eric Smith, investment officer for the trust. "In In Mexico, Ronnie Cummins, co-founder and international director of the Organic Consumers Association, is courting investors for funds to support a new agave agroforestry project.

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AGreenLiving

JANUARY 11, 2021

More than 1 million acres of forests have been lost since 1990, leaving the global stock at near 10 million acres, according to a July report by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). percent. “Rely on local NGOs, scientific communities,” he says.

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DeSmogBlog

MAY 24, 2021

China represents more than a quarter of all global carbon emissions, and it has spent tens of billions of dollars to build coal power facilities in 152 countries over the past decade through its Belt and Road Initiative. China and the United States together represent 43% of global carbon dioxide emissions.

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Renewable Energy World

NOVEMBER 25, 2021

Since the last climate conference took place in Madrid in 2019, we’ve seen wildfires in Greece, Australia, Canada, and South America, biblical floods in China, the UK, Germany and America, and record-breaking hurricanes, cyclones, and tornadoes across the globe. Immediate responses.

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 3, 2024

They released the world’s first plan to achieve net-zero carbon pollution. Chevron Newsrooms Begin in South America In launching the Standard, Chevron followed a path the fossil fuel giant had first forged thousands of miles to the south. State regulators would effectively ban the sales of gas-powered cars by 2035.

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Mr. Sustainability

DECEMBER 25, 2020

Join me on this quest in which we start by looking into how the Arctic is doing, before making an overview of predictions on ‘when everything is gone’ by various renowned organizations. This ‘active ingredient’ in natural gas, is up to 28 to 84 times more potent than carbon dioxide as a greenhouse gas. How is the Arctic doing?

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DeSmogBlog

JUNE 16, 2022

That’s ExxonMobil touting its “lower-emission solutions” and staff working to “develop our global strategy for creating sustainable energy” while planning a $10 billion investment in new oil and gas reserves in South America. Lower carbon future.” Chevron is “ advancing a lower carbon future.”. Cleaner burning.”

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AGreenLiving

AUGUST 10, 2020

Media Source Courtesy of Media Authorship Propagate Ventures Close Authorship “My hope is that they can help farmers diversify their production systems and sequester carbon,” says Eric Smith, investment officer for the trust. tons of carbon per hectare per year) is because of what they replace. billion acres to 1.9

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Business Green

MAY 6, 2021

It is nothing short of a crisis, and the blame can be placed on the changes in land and sea use, direct exploitation of organisms, pollution, invasive alien species, and climate change that is caused by human activity. Without keeping carbon in the ground, there's no way that we can achieve these climate goals. There are 1.6

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EDF + Business

MARCH 1, 2021

She has developed a vendor sustainability scorecard for a Fortune 100 company, consulted with a national brand to improve impact measurement and reporting, and quantified the carbon emissions of an industry association. Praneet Singh Arshi. Anuraag lives in San Francisco, CA with his wife. residential sector.

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Hydrogen Fuel News

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

According to a new study from environmental organization Clean Air Task Force (CATF), even rapidly scaling up blue hydrogen production – which scales faster than green hydrogen – will still make it challenging for the European Commission (EC) to meet its ambitious hydrogen imports targets by the end of the decade.

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Green Market Oracle

AUGUST 26, 2019

million square miles, cutting across the entire continent of South America and extending out into the South Atlantic Ocean. The Amazon is the planet's first line of defense against climate change and it is being razed to make room for carbon intensive farming. The massive plumes of smoke from these fires stretch for 1.2

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