DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

The oil industry has launched an all-out pressure campaign to kill an attempt by Congressional Democrats to tax methane – an extremely powerful greenhouse gas – for the first time. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, which is considering the methane fee as part of the $3.5 Congress Eyes Methane Fee.

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 26, 2024

The national composition of MSW is 50% organic matter, 35% recyclables and 15% landfill refuse. Harmonia, which is located in the state of Rio Grande do Sul in the South region, also features domestic composting, and diverts almost half its organic waste from MSW collection and treatment systems. million and 57.2

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Keynote speakers: Lord Deben, Chair of the UK Committee on Climate Change, and Dr Alan Whitehead MP, Shadow Minister for Green New Deal and Energy. The guardians of the Paris Agreement have concluded AD is the cheapest and most cost-effective way to keep global warming below 2 ? C”, he adds. “The

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Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 28, 2022

Following a 10-year analysis of the scale of methane leakage at almost 1,000 AD plants across the UK and Europe, Tim Elsome, General Manager of biogas specialists FM BioEnergy, outlines why now is the ideal time to tackle unidentified biogas leaks – and how to protect your plant, profits and the planet. The risks of doing nothing.

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DeSmogBlog

JANUARY 23, 2024

Morial Convention Center, a small but dedicated group of environmental activists affiliated with Sunrise Movement New Orleans protested the start of the 20th edition of the Americas Energy Summit & Exhibition. But it was canceled without explanation by conference organizers several weeks before it was due to begin. It’s not new.”

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CleanTX

MARCH 20, 2019

Joint effort focuses on developing technologies and management practices to accelerate reductions of methane emissions across the global oil and gas industry. The agreement enables joint collaboration on projects that test technologies and emerging strategies to continue to improve methane management.

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GreenBiz

APRIL 28, 2021

"The countries that take decisive action now to create the industries of the future will be the ones that reap the economic benefits of the clean energy boom that’s coming," Biden said in his opening remarks during the virtual two-day climate summit. The so-called Global Power System Transformation (G-PST) Consortium, which the U.S.

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GreenBiz

APRIL 15, 2021

Four years ago this week, Project Drawdown released groundbreaking research on climate solutions that catalyzed the narrative that reversing global warming is possible. Among the 80 solutions evaluated for their potential to reverse global warming, educating girls and ensuring women have access to family planning resources ranked No.

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 15, 2023

A new study attempts to synthesize global data from nearly 600 studies on biochar to analyze its potential as a climate-smart agricultural practice. It is published in Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews. Biochar can be made from any organic (carbon-containing) material, such as wood waste or crop residues. What is biochar?

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Green Business Bureau

APRIL 12, 2022

When thinking about carbon offsets, organizations must choose certified and vetted options, as certification bodies enforce the rules of carbon offsetting, to maximize the effectiveness of offset schemes. Carbon offset program #1: Renewable energy. Carbon offset example: Native Energy’s Crow Lake Wind Project.

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DeSmogBlog

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

billion package to cap orphaned oil and gas wells as a move to tackle “super-polluting methane emissions,” saying it will combat the climate crisis and create jobs. So Biven is determined to make sure her “Methane Memo,” which lays out a plan to safeguard the funds, makes its way to him. Who Writes the Bills That Become Law?

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The Environmental Blog

MARCH 16, 2022

Simply reducing your energy imprint, stopping being tied to the news and social media, prioritizing self-care, changing your diet, and working to make a change are five things that, taken together, create a blueprint to manage climate anxiety. Reduce Your Energy Imprint. Install energy-saver appliances throughout the house.

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Green Business Bureau

MARCH 14, 2022

You’ll understand what products and processes emit g reenhouse gases (GHGs), including the carbon-containing gases carbon dioxide and methane. A carbon footprint is defined as a measure of the total GHG emissions caused directly or indirectly by a person, organization, product, or service. THE CARBON FOOTPRINT OF AN INDIVIDUAL.

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DeSmogBlog

MARCH 16, 2024

.” That apparent conservation activist was, in fact, an infamous climate change disinformation artist : Marc Morano, who’s done more than perhaps any other person to manufacture doubt about global warming.

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DeSmogBlog

MAY 9, 2023

Further research by DeSmog has shown that Eni’s company magazine Ecos made repeated references to climate change during the late 1980s and 1990s — while running advertising campaigns promoting natural gas, which is mostly comprised of planet-warming methane, as a “clean” fuel. and Suncor Energy Inc. Chevron Corp.,

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

A third of the world’s food production is at risk from climate breakdown, and climate disasters are already increasing malnutrition in some parts of the world, according to UN scientists at the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). Fossil Fuel Lock-in The meat and dairy industry’s high methane emissions are increasingly well known.

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Econaur

APRIL 3, 2020

The recent awareness about composting the organic waste in decentralized manner has picked up the momentum. The organic waste is segregated Segregated waste is shredded to small size The shredded pile is then forcibly dried using electrical or oil heaters. Now try to analyse above steps this way – The organic waste is segregated.

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 26, 2023

percent of global greenhouse gas emissions, according to the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization. warming, we need to slash emissions dramatically – and at speed. Animal production also emits 65 percent of global nitrous oxide emissions. At the last count, livestock production contributes 14.5

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Often valid concepts in and of themselves, the problem lies in how they are touted as enviro-friendly actions while companies fail to cut their contribution to global heating. No-till and organic farming fall under the banner of regenerative agriculture, as well as the use of cover crops.

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 29, 2021

The number of orphaned wells in oil and gas producing states nationwide continues to increase, as does the amount of planet warming methane emissions leaking from them. In fact, methane is up to 86 times more potent than carbon dioxide in the first 20 years after entering the atmosphere. Calling for a Smarter Solution.

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Green Business Bureau

JULY 23, 2020

The ever-increasing global population and the rise in environmental consciousness have created a demand for sustainable business practices. Methane digesters: In the agriculture and food industry, waste is generated daily from the production of food to its processing, distribution, and consumption.

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Green Living Guy

OCTOBER 14, 2021

As the global temperature rises, individuals search for ways to shrink their carbon footprints. Many consumers adopted plant-based diets, minimizing their contribution to methane emissions. While our diet’s impacts on the environment are evident, individuals observe the reverse relationship less.

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 26, 2020

All comments expressed are those of the individuals and do not necessarily reflect the views or positions of their organizations. One juicy hamburger for you equates to (about) 600 gallons of water consumed, 0.126 pounds of methane released, 13.5 Moreover, to limit global warming to 1.5 In 2019, 690 million people or 8.9

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Animal agriculture is the largest emitter of methane, a greenhouse gas 80 times more potent than carbon dioxide when measured over a 20 year period. Scientists say that unless swift action is taken, methane from agriculture alone will take us beyond a 1.5C

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The Environmental Blog

OCTOBER 31, 2022

All of this amounts to a waste of the energy, water, and land needed to produce food. Food production, processing, packaging, and transportation all have an impact on global warming. By assessing their carbon footprint, a business or organization may determine how much of an impact they are having on the environment.

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DeSmogBlog

MAY 25, 2023

Hoboken is making this claim against fossil fuel companies under the state-level equivalent of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Act, a federal law used successfully to prosecute organized crime groups such as the Mafia starting in the 1970s and later the tobacco industry. BP and Phillips 66 declined to comment.

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Green Business Bureau

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

Carbon accounting – also known as a carbon or greenhouse gas inventory – is the process of measuring the amount of carbon dioxide, or other greenhouse gases (GHG), an organization emits. The process helps organizations highlight and target high GHG emitting operations with emission reduction strategies.

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

Dairy is a serious, but under-discussed source of planet-warming gases. Cows produce methane, a greenhouse gas that absorbs more atmospheric heat than carbon and is currently responsible for 25 percent of all global warming today. But who is in this group and what do the various organizations backing it really want?

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Green Business Bureau

JANUARY 18, 2023

These indicators, including but not limited to carbon dioxide, methane, ocean acidification, tropical forest loss, population, GDP, water use, and transportation, have reached the point past natural variation, showing indisputably that the Earth is in a different state than before. .

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Green Market Oracle

OCTOBER 21, 2020

Thus far in 2020 we have seen 25 named storms in the Atlantic, making this only the second time that the the World Meteorological Organization has run out of human for storms in the Atlantic. Scientists have recently added to the body of evidence confirming global warming as the cause of previous extinction events.

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DeSmogBlog

JANUARY 21, 2022

Coordinated with Clean Creatives, a climate campaign meant to pressure the advertising industry, and the nonprofit Union of Concerned Scientists, the letter was organized and signed by a group of leading scientists including Jason Box, Astrid Caldas, Peter Gleick, Ayana Elizabeth Johnson, Michael Mann, Kate Marvel, and Katharine Wilkinson.

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AGreenLiving

MARCH 19, 2021

The study, published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences , was conducted by scientists at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) in collaboration with the University of Dayton, Oak Ridge National Laboratory and Yale University.

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 18, 2023

Instead, they are required to contract with “ industry-governed organizations ” — private trade associations — to promote products. Since 1990, methane emissions from agriculture have increased nearly 17 percent , largely because of the way manure is managed on large farms. Although they are run by the U.S.

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Renewable Energy World

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

Research shows the world needs to cut global emissions 45% by 2030 to keep global warming under 1.5 The Energy Transitions Commission , a coalition of businesses and nongovernmental organizations, calculated that if the commitments made at COP26 are delivered, it will cut the gap between today and the 1.5

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Green Business Bureau

OCTOBER 8, 2020

However, we call biodegradable those products that decompose into organic material with the help of bacteria – and without leaving toxins behind. Biodegradable alternatives to plastic straws include products made from organic materials such as straw, pasta, bamboo, or paper. It is notoriously energy intensive, first of all.

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Grist

DECEMBER 8, 2021

This story is part of the series Getting to Zero: Decarbonizing Cascadia , which explores the path to low-carbon energy for British Columbia, Washington, and Oregon. Imagine you woke up in 2030 to find that Oregon, Washington, and British Columbia had done little to slow the global warming that cooked the Cascadia region this year.

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DeSmogBlog

JULY 18, 2021

According to a 2021 study by researchers from the New York University (NYU) Department of Environmental Studies, meat companies “emphasize mitigating energy use, with limited focus on emissions (e.g., methane) from animal and land management and land-use change, which make the biggest warming contributions in the agricultural sector.”.

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