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15 Expert-Approved Earth Day Tips for Going Green at Home

Green Business Bureau

We reached out to eco-wise experts from Salem, OR , all the way to Chicago, IL , for their best Earth Day tips to help make your home more sustainable, so you can start living greener on Earth Day and beyond. 6) A tried-and-true Earth Day tip: conserve energy within your home by turning off lights.

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Federal budget lays foundation for a cleaner, fairer Canada

Clean Energy Canada

The federal budget also sets aside funding to strengthen Canada’s vehicle and methane emissions regulations, as well as to finalize Canada’s Clean Fuel Standard. Canada is expected to announce an increased 2030 climate target during Thursday’s Earth Day Summit. million over four years, starting in 2022-23, with $77.9

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House Committee Poised for Potential Subpoena of PR Firm for Climate Disinformation

DeSmogBlog

FTI’s presentation highlighted its work, through Energy In Depth, at “debunking” peer-reviewed studies that link fracking to water contamination, as well as providing “facts” to media about how methane emissions from oil and gas were in decline. A screenshot from FTI Consulting’s 2015 presentation.

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The Meat Industry Is Advertising Like Big Oil

DeSmogBlog

On Earth Day and during the United Nations Climate Week, it published 85 letters to the editor in local newspapers on “behalf” of cattle farmers proclaiming that beef is sustainable. Since 1990, methane emissions from agriculture have increased nearly 17 percent , largely because of the way manure is managed on large farms.

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What Is Carbon Accounting? Standards, Frameworks, Developments and Challenges

Green Business Bureau

The Paris Climate Agreement opened for signature on Earth Day (22nd of April 2016), at the UN headquarters in New York. A carbon dioxide equivalent is a standard unit for counting greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions regardless of whether they’re from carbon dioxide or another gas, such as methane.

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The Sierra Club's Top 20 Cool Schools

Green Market Oracle

Seattle University Score: 79.41 | Seattle, Washington After the pandemic altered Earth Day plans, Seattle U unveiled a virtual event complete with Earth Talks. "Governments and businesses would be wise to take their cues from higher education" Katie said.

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Global Briefing: Triptych of alarming reports offer stark update on scale of climate and biodiversity crisis

Business Green

The US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) also provided a worrying update on methane emissions, revealing that levels of methane in the atmosphere rose by record levels in 2020 with scientists unclear on the cause.