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The government’s new ‘Earthshot’ — making it cheap to suck CO2 out of the atmosphere

Grist

On Friday, at the United Nations’ climate conference, Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm announced her agency’s new “Earthshot Initiative” to bring the cost of removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and storing it securely below $100 per metric ton. We need governments to push the button of innovation here.”.

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What’s the difference between net-zero and carbon-neutral policies?

Renewable Energy World

Projects can range from local planting of trees to the funding of projects that empower families in developing countries to reduce their dependence on fossil fuels. Other offsetting projects enhance biodiversity, improve soil quality, food production or rainwater absorption.

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Sustainability Guide For Commercial Landscaping And Lawncare Businesses

Green Business Bureau

Now more than ever consumers are using their purchasing power to push companies to be more sustainable. The current standard for machinery and equipment is gas powered, which releases carbon into the atmosphere when in use. These surfaces make a big difference when it comes to the warming of the planet.

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How deeper global clean tech collaboration is needed to avoid net zero delay

Business Green

The global net zero transition risks being "delayed by decades" unless there is far greater collaboration between governments and businesses to accelerate the roll out of the key low carbon technologies required to deliver deep cuts in emissions before 2030, a major UN-backed report today warns.

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COP27: A quick guide to common terms

Business Green

This is the global temperature rise above pre-industrial levels targeted by the 2015 Paris Agreement. The hope is that limiting global warming to 1. Commonly known as soot, it is formed from wildfires and fossil fuel consumption and contributes to climate change. Energy transition. Biodiversity.

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Decade of delivery: How can businesses help keep 1.5C alive at COP26?

Business Green

The latest report from the Energy Transitions Commission has set out a roadmap for how the world can move on to a 1.5C warming trajectory over the course of the coming decade. It is hard to fault the UN for naming the 2020s the 'decade of action'. threshold set out in the Paris Agreement. in the current decade? pathway by 2030.

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Carbon Dioxide Equivalent – Applications for Measuring Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Green Business Bureau

The primary cause of greenhouse gas emissions is the burning of fossil fuels, which is occurring at a current rate at which the environment’s natural reuptake and stabilization cannot keep up. The three main sources of human-induced CO2 emissions are transportation, electricity, and industry. Major Greenhouse Gases.

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