The Verge: Energy

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

A formal proposal still needs to be issued, but it has already faced pushback on how much of those pollution cuts should come from risky tactics aimed at capturing rather than preventing pollution. It also carves out room for controversial technologies for capturing carbon dioxide pollution.

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The City Fix

APRIL 26, 2024

With growing urban populations and increases in cars, trucks and buses, cities are poised to experience more harmful pollution threatening people’s health and livelihoods. But some cities around the world are turning to an emerging solution called zero-emission zones (ZEZs). These are designated.

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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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DeSmogBlog

JUNE 6, 2024

Since 2015, Stringer has been a director of the Global Warming Policy Foundation , a group founded to contradict established climate science and advocate against policies to limit greenhouse gas emissions. GWPF director Benny Peiser has said “it’s extraordinary that anyone should think there is a climate crisis”.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Coastal mangroves: Restoring wetland areas could make a sizeable impact on sequestering emissions New research appears to find that wetland conservation has a higher potential mpact for mitigating climate change than other ocean-based solutions.

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Energy Innovation

JANUARY 27, 2022

The research synopsis below comes from AGCI Program Director Emily Jack-Scott and a full list of AGCI’s updates covering recent climate change and clean energy pathways research is available online at [link]. Achieving and sustaining that level of action requires that people are not incapacitated by climate anxiety or despair.

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Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

A new analysis released on 15 September by Environmental Defense Fund Europe (EDF Europe), based on data from the Waze for Cities Programme, appears to show that traffic congestion is currently increasing in London and it is now worse than 2019 levels outside the city centre. The analysis examines data from May 2020 onwards.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 27, 2020

Landmark study estimates 15 per cent of worldwide deaths from Covid-19 may be attributable to long-term exposure to air pollution, demonstrating impact of fossil fuels on pandemic.

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Green Living Guy

JUNE 13, 2022

Frankfurt, Germany: Genesis Motor Europe announces today its Genesis Charging program, an exclusive service that provides customers with the option of a hassle-free electric charging solution. Shell Recharge Solutions, is a leader in smart electric vehicle charging solutions.

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Planet Pulse

OCTOBER 12, 2021

Methane is a major contributor to climate change, and if we can’t measure it, we can’t manage it. Bloomberg, UN Secretary General’s Special Envoy for Climate Ambition and Solutions and Founder of Bloomberg LP and Bloomberg Philanthropies. Planet and NASA JPL are building the first two satellites, which are set to launch in 2023.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 21, 2022

Veteran sustainable food and farming experts welcomed the strategy as one that just might have a genuine shot at transforming the agriculture sector and result in better public health, contribute to ending the vertiginous decline of biodiversity, and lower greenhouse gas pollution. The battle over agrochemical regulation is not new.

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Smart Energy International

MARCH 22, 2022

Have you read: Renewable technology innovation: measuring progress – IRENA ENTSO-E: Hydrogen requires appropriate regulatory framework in Europe Rising nickel prices will not halt the energy transition. The PES reflects the plans, objectives and policies of each country and region, mainly approved as of the base year of analysis.

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Sustainability Consulting

AUGUST 26, 2020

There are 43 jurisdictions around the world that already have a price on carbon such as Europe and China. EVs will be cost-competitive within two years, and then will continue falling in price. In addition to cheap sources of green energy, Gore says we need to price carbon. US States like California are also doing it.

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GreenBiz

JUNE 30, 2021

Foundations , celebrity philanthropists and tech giants alike have announced plans this year, with grand sums of money attached, to combat climate change. In the past, the strategy was around minimizing pollution through reducing the demand for miles, energy and engine efficiency, and mobility pricing. and in Europe.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 7, 2022

Tech giant announces it is to bring climate-focused accelerator programme to Europe for the first time. Google has today announced it is to launch a new accelerator programme specifically focused on start-ups working on climate solutions, which will see it extend the service to Europe for the first time.

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Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Private jet travel is the most polluting mode of all, consuming lots of fuel yet carrying few passengers. French economist Thomas Piketty argues they are an example of class inequality and must be tackled if we are to deal with climate change. Private jets are still not advisable, however.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 26, 2020

The private sector cannot address the full range of impacts from climate change without strong public policy designed to help stabilize the climate. Companies therefore have a responsibility to their investors to encourage climate-friendly government policies, the letter emphasises.

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Envirotec Magazine

MAY 9, 2022

Adapting to climate change is now a challenge for every industry, regardless of location. All strategies addressing the effects of climate change, including destructive floods, call for the drawing-up of long-term scenarios and plans, particularly for cities and city planning.

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DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 7, 2021

Just over half of all directors at 30 of the world’s largest insurance companies have affiliations to polluting companies and organisations, reveals an investigation by DeSmog, including several individuals holding senior roles at some of the world’s largest energy companies. The first risk is what we call transition risk,” Shrago said.

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AGreenLiving

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

A recent study Nature Climate Change has concluded that climate change is already affecting people across the world. The study found that at least 85% of the world’s population has already been affected by climate change in some way. Nature Climate Change Via The Revelator Lead image via Pixabay.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 27, 2022

” Key Findings: · Ecological threats, such as rapid population growth, water risk, and food insecurity will be exacerbated by climate change, causing mass migration and conflict. · Since 2019, the world’s concern over climate change has decreased by 1.5%. Air pollution costs the world $8.1 Nairobi skyline.

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Business Green

MARCH 29, 2023

UK-based private jets emitted half a million tonnes of CO2 in 2022, the most in Europe, as new research slams the continent's most 'carbon intense' flights UK-based private jets clocked up their busiest year to date in 2022 with the total number of flights soaring by 75 per cent versus 2021, according to a new analysis commissioned by Greenpeace.

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Business Green

AUGUST 20, 2020

Manure is also rich in nitrogen, it points out, but intensive farming models which separate livestock from crops - for example, the reliance on soy from South America as feed for cattle in Europe - make it impractical to use natural manure as a primary source of nitrogen, leading to greater reliance on synthetic products.

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 18, 2024

and EU to drop their landmark climate change laws, spreads falsehoods about green policies, and fondly recalls an attempt to cancel a major climate conference. She also claims that, while serving in the Treasury, she attempted to cancel the 2021 COP26 climate summit in Glasgow. She adds that “the U.S. is beyond reach.

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Grist

MAY 30, 2024

Researchers, including Basu, had already documented the impacts of air pollution on adverse pregnancy outcomes. Astrid Riecken / The Washington Post via Getty Images As human-caused climate change continues, the number, intensity and duration of heat waves will only get worse. And the U.S. percent in South Asia.

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 9, 2020

billion tons of CO2 per year and accounts for around 20 percent of global industrial water pollution. billion tons of CO2 per year and accounts for around 20 percent of global industrial water pollution. Europe and India. billion tons of CO2 per year and accounts for around 20 percent of global industrial water pollution.

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The Environmental Blog

OCTOBER 18, 2023

As the world grapples with the need to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and combat climate change, many countries have embraced wind power as a clean and sustainable solution. Wind energy has become an integral part of Spain’s energy landscape, and the country consistently ranks among the top wind power producers in Europe.

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

This story is part of Covering Climate Now , a global collaboration of more than 250 news outlets to strengthen coverage of the climate story. . While the European Union’s leaders stand by that sentiment, a lot has changed since then.

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Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 15, 2021

The Baltic Sea had the highest levels of microplastics in Europe, double the amount in the Mediterranean?. • The impact of the climate crisis on Europe’s seas was also measured. The Ocean Race Europe took place in May and June 2021, starting in Lorient in North West France and finishing in Genova, Italy.

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Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

In reality, it means polluters can get away with poisoning our rivers and countryside – even more than they are doing already. They helped remove the UK’s 1970’s reputation of being the ‘dirty man of Europe’ by cleaning up our waterways. Deregulation means removing rules and protections, often characterised as “cutting red tape”.

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DeSmogBlog

MAY 29, 2024

Panellists from across Europe and the U.S. criticised climate science and action to limit greenhouse gas emissions, describing the EU’s net zero goal as “stupid propaganda” at the event organised by Mathias Corvinus Collegium (MCC) Brussels. However, he added that he was “a little bit sceptical, because I’m sceptical of everything”.

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 6, 2020

Now, with climate change, come scorching hot temperatures during the summer months which bring additional challenges to healthcare systems that already operate under great pressure due to the pandemic. In fact, in Europe and the United States, more people die of heat waves than from all other natural disasters combined.

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The Environmental Blog

FEBRUARY 7, 2021

Reduced Air Pollution. The first benefit solar companies provide is a reduction in air pollution. Slowed Climate Change. Climate change is a reality that we may be too far into to impact. With solar energy and the solar companies heading the change, energy might become more widely available.

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Business Green

JANUARY 19, 2023

From its source in the Pindos Mountains in north-west Greece to its meeting with the Adriatic Sea in Albania, the Vjosa river flows uninterrupted for more than 270 kilometres, making it the longest free-flowing river in Europe outside of Russia. But the picture is much more complicated.

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DeSmogBlog

JULY 24, 2023

Susan Hall, the Conservative Party candidate for London mayor, has opposed key climate policies, backed the reintroduction of fracking and promoted articles online which spread climate science denial, DeSmog can reveal. It is an “absolute delusion”, the article suggested, “that humans can control the climate with their CO2 emissions”.

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DeSmogBlog

MAY 7, 2024

million to national groups denying climate change is a crisis, according to federal tax data reviewed by DeSmog. Coyne himself acknowledges climate change is real and has argued frequently over the years that the most efficient way to address it is through a national price on carbon emissions.

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Business Green

APRIL 10, 2022

Our species is in a race with climate change, and a lot of people want to know: 'Can I really make a difference?'. The evidence is clear that people are changing the climate dramatically. But human actions can also affect the climate for the better by reducing fossil fuel burning and carbon emissions.

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