Business Green

FEBRUARY 28, 2020

Japan to launch review of coal export policy. Japan looks set to beef up a key plank of its climate policy in the face of mounting calls from allies for the country to strengthen its decarbonisation plans ahead of the COP26 Climate Summit in Glasgow this year. Plus all the top green business news from around the world.

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Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 5, 2021

Once launched, the data generated from the network can be used in a myriad of ways, says AirLabs, enabling the public to map less polluted routes from A-to-B, feeding into local traffic management policy and providing NHS Trusts and schools with information to help raise awareness of air pollution and protect vulnerable communities.

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Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 17, 2020

Now that the UK is no longer part of the European Union (EU), concern has been increasing that the UK may fall further behind if a strategic policy is not decided. C with oxygen) to evolve carbon, nitrogen and sulphur from the sample in the form of N2, CO2 and SO2. By combusting a sample (i.e. burning it at around 1,000?C

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EDF + Business

JUNE 24, 2021

An extremely potent greenhouse gas, methane has more than 80 times the warming power of carbon dioxide in the short term. Methane is indirectly affecting agricultural productivity through climate change and ozone pollution , which is known to harm ecosystems and plants.

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DeSmogBlog

JANUARY 17, 2023

Many pesticides release volatile organic compounds (VOCs), a precursor to ground-level ozone that acts as a powerful greenhouse gas. In addition, they disrupt soil microbes, which play a critical role in the ability of soils to sequester carbon. By degrading soil health, agrochemicals limit the capacity of soils to store carbon.

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Green Business Bureau

JULY 1, 2022

One study found that the daily employee commute is responsible for 98% of an employee’s work-related carbon footprint. You can also look to offset our organization’s emissions to reduce the carbon footprint of running data centers (plus other operations). To get to net zero, many companies are purchasing carbon offsets.

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GreenTechMedia

DECEMBER 16, 2020

New York will need a lot more energy storage to meet its goal of reaching 70 percent renewable electricity by 2030 and a carbon-free electricity system by 2040. Grid reliability is also the core use case for Con Edison’s 2 MW battery at Ozone Park in Queens and for a 1 MW demonstration project with Shell/GI Energy in Staten Island.

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Grist

MAY 18, 2022

Other problematic sources of air pollution include methane, which produces hazardous ground-level ozone that is linked to health conditions such as lung damage, chest pain , and exacerbated respiratory diseases. Notably, both methane and many major forms of PM 2.5

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Business Green

JANUARY 6, 2023

Carbon offset. Does the carbon offset provider use sound science and accounting practices to back up the claims it makes about its carbon offsets? The FTC said in December that it expects comments on 'carbon offsets' in particular for the next Green Guides. Ozone-safe or ozone-friendly. Low carbon.

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Energy Innovation

JANUARY 19, 2024

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to establish National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) for six common air pollutants: particulate matter (PM), ozone, lead, carbon monoxide, sulfur dioxide, and nitrogen dioxide. The Clean Air Act (CAA) requires the U.S.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

International and domestic measures slated for potential inclusion in the agreement could include policies to stop routine venting and flaring of methane in the oil and gas sector, and requirements for firms to fix leaks in their gas pipeline and other infrastructure, according to Reuters.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 22, 2020

On the other hand, the analysts estimate that £1.6bn in damages and 17,000 lives could be saved annually in Bristol, London, Manchester, and Birmingham if the cities worked to meet guidelines on all major air pollutants, which also include particulate matter and ozone.

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Unsustainable

APRIL 30, 2019

Now, the planetary boundaries framework has generated enormous interest in science, policy, and practice. The nine planetary Boundaries are: Stratospheric ozone: filters ultraviolet rays (UVR) coming from the sun, which would otherwise place the system is at risk. The increased acidity reduces the number of available carbonate ions.

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AGreenLiving

MARCH 23, 2021

Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) combine with nitrogen oxide to create ozone, a key precursor to smog. Over the past several decades, public health and environmental concerns have made controlling smog a top national policy goal in China and enforcement an increasingly critical issue for companies to navigate.

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AGreenLiving

MARCH 23, 2021

Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) combine with nitrogen oxide to create ozone, a key precursor to smog. Over the past several decades, public health and environmental concerns have made controlling smog a top national policy goal in China and enforcement an increasingly critical issue for companies to navigate.

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

In the minds of the fossil fuel executives, this point must have been hammered home when federal scientists published a report on carbon dioxide and climate change in 1979. Carbon capture is technically possible but not economic. And they talk about solutions like carbon capture, which shows this was an established technology.

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Green Business Bureau

APRIL 20, 2021

Step 6: Implement the plan, establish and communicate new policies and practices. Part 2: Goals and KPIs – This section documents your current baseline in terms of your eco profile which includes your energy usage, water usage, carbon emissions and overall eco score. If not, how can we offset our carbon emissions?

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GreenBiz

AUGUST 27, 2020

Soil removes about 25 percent of the world’s fossil fuel emissions each year through carbon sequestering, a natural way of removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. Alternatively, farmers can use a method called the Haney test to evaluate soil health indicators such as soil respiration and water-soluble organic carbon.

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The City Fix

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

International consensus on cross-border environmental issues has been difficult to achieve, but the 40-year-old Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution (or LRTAP as it is known to development professionals) has enjoyed great, if largely unsung, success in the fight against air. Continue reading on TheCityFix.com.

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Grist

JUNE 29, 2022

After they are cut they can be replanted, absorbing carbon once again as they mature. The industry claims that forests that are felled sustainably — for construction, say, or for burning to produce electricity in utility-scale power plants — can provide jobs and energy, stimulate the economy, and even reduce society’s net carbon emissions.

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 5, 2023

With the government planning to phase out new gas boilers from all UK homes by 2035, NGN claims that hydrogen made with renewables is a low-carbon and safe alternative to carbon-intensive fossil gas. In December, the government doubled its hydrogen commitment, promising 10GW of low carbon hydrogen by 2030.

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Business Green

JULY 6, 2020

It would set up a Green Recovery Commission - an idea that builds on the Decarbonisation Bill tabled by Caroline Lucas and Clive Lewis - that advises how public investment can spent to get to zero carbon. The Act enables a Green New Deal, a Clean Revolution, and crucially it recodes the laws that cause climate damage.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 28, 2022

The deal finalises one of the key planks of the EU's sweeping Green Deal programme, making it the first of Brussel's 'Fit for 55' policy packages designed to cut emissions 55 per cent by 2030 to be appoved by both the European Parliament and the Council of member states. billion tons of carbon dioxide being emitted between 2022 and 2050.

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AGreenLiving

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

“With Scotland’s focus on achieving net zero emissions by 2035 and rail playing a leading role in this, hydrogen offers a safe, reliable and zero carbon alternative to other forms of rail propulsion,” Clare Lavelle, Scotland Energy business lead at project partner Arup said in a statement.

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AGreenLiving

AUGUST 27, 2020

Soil removes about 25 percent of the world’s fossil fuel emissions each year through carbon sequestering, a natural way of removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. Alternatively, farmers can use a method called the Haney test to evaluate soil health indicators such as soil respiration and water-soluble organic carbon.

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DeSmogBlog

JANUARY 17, 2024

“It is feared that a further rise in carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere could lead to a higher average surface temperature on Earth, which could have far-reaching environmental, social and economic consequences,” wrote the authors of a 1987 internal Shell publication entitled “Air Pollution: an Oil Industry Perspective.”

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Clean Energy Canada

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

In a rush not to be outdone by the pushback of Prairie premiers Scott Moe’s and Danielle Smith on federal climate policies, federal Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre has fashioned his campaign on the false premise that climate action makes life less affordable for Canadians. Here in Canada, three-term B.C.

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DeSmogBlog

JULY 14, 2022

On clear nights, he says, he can see the flares burning, releasing a gas cocktail of carbon monoxide and methane. By early June, the monitors registered a three-hour spike in ozone levels, which, if sustained over time, Nye said, would exceed federal guidelines. Ozone is an ingredient in smog and a respiratory irritant.

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Grist

JANUARY 23, 2020

The agency wouldn’t declare the algae-choked western Lake Erie “impaired,” the first step in a Clean Water Act process that ends with an enforceable improvement plan, until the group and the Environmental Law & Policy Center sued. The groups sued again — and this time, Lucas County, in which Toledo is located, joined in.

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Unsustainable

MAY 1, 2019

While the ramifications of such data may be difficult to grasp by the layperson, what’s important to note here is that carbon emissions from human activities have been accelerating at an alarming rate. The severity of those impacts is tied directly to the amount of carbon dioxide we release.” In June of 1988 James E.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

Released on Wednesday, the stricter guidelines - the UN body's first major air pollution policy update since 2005 - recommend new limits to protect health by reducing levels of six key pollutants, some of which also contribute to climate change. More countries join global methane and coal power pledges.

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Grist

JANUARY 8, 2020

trillion spending package in December to keep the government funded through 2020, there was a climate policy milestone buried in the budget. Fahey is a co-chair of the Scientific Assessment Panel of the Montreal Protocol, an international agreement to protect the ozone layer. When President Trump signed a $1.4

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GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

32 million for the Montreal Protocol Multilateral Fund: This fund helps developing countries reduce their use of ozone-depleting chemicals, which include several powerful greenhouse gases. Biden promised to "fully integrate climate change into foreign policy." Policy & Politics. President Donald Trump stopped U.S. Pull Quote.

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 12, 2021

And despite a dip in polluting activities due to the pandemic, concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere rose to its highest level in 3.6 Methane is a highly potent greenhouse gas — more than 80 times more powerful than carbon dioxide over a 20-year time-frame. million years. ppb rise in 2019. Left: Trend from 2017-2021.

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Rinexii

FEBRUARY 23, 2020

The fossil fuel industry spends millions every year helping the same politicians that are in charge of climate change policy get into congress. Republicans are beginning to understand this and are offering their own approach to handling the situation—planting large amounts of trees to try and help sequester carbon.

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AGreenLiving

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

32 million for the Montreal Protocol Multilateral Fund: This fund helps developing countries reduce their use of ozone-depleting chemicals, which include several powerful greenhouse gases. Integrate climate throughout all development funding Biden promised to “fully integrate climate change into foreign policy.”

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Fossil fuels Climate change Resilience Biodiversity 28

DeSmogBlog

APRIL 12, 2021

And despite a dip in polluting activities due to the pandemic, concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere rose to its highest level in 3.6 Methane is a highly potent greenhouse gas — more than 80 times more powerful than carbon dioxide over a 20-year time-frame. million years. ppb rise in 2019. Left: Trend from 2017-2021.

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