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Lignium Energy Transforms Problematic Manure into Climate-friendly Fuel

Greentown Labs

Piles of decomposing cow manure emit methane and nitrous oxide, in addition to polluting water and contaminating soil. Lignium Energy , a Greentown member, transforms that problematic manure into odorless combustion pellets that can be used as inexpensive, climate-friendly fuel and provide a new source of revenue to farmers.

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Planet Announces New Details of Hyperspectral Offering

Planet Pulse

This future hyperspectral satellites will be named Tanager, a colorful and visually diverse family of birds in Central and South America, and are designed to deliver hyperspectral data at a resolution of 30 meters with over 400 spectral bands.

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An inside look at pricing in the forest carbon market

GreenBiz

It has conducted projects in the United States as well as South America, Central America, Africa, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea and Vanuatu. . However, most of Finite Carbon's projects — 70 percent by volume — are west of the Mississippi River. EP Carbon on the other hand, takes a much more international approach.

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Fossil Fuel Firms Use Permitting Loopholes to Fast-Track LNG Export Projects Near Black Communities

DeSmogBlog

When it evaporates, it’s methane. You can’t breathe methane. Nopetro LNG applied for and was approved to be exempt from Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) oversight by claiming that its liquefaction facility is separate from the port where the LNG would be loaded onto ships, even though they are a mere 1,329 ft apart.

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'Historical underestimation': Nitrogen fertiliser 'overlooked' driver of climate change, Soil Association warns

Business Green

Moreover, the production of synthetic nitrogen is highly energy intensive and is currently reliant on burning fossil fuels, research published by the food and farming charity this week points out. Unless we reduce nitrogen pollution, we will never be able to reach net zero targets.

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Meat Industry Climate Claims – Criticisms and Concerns

DeSmogBlog

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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Heard of “Net-Zero Oil” or “Carbon Negative” Bioenergy? In 2023 You Will

DeSmogBlog

Burning wood to raise energy security? Bioenergy already makes up around 60 percent of the EU’s renewable energy sources, and lobbyists are jumping on the current geopolitical crisis to ramp this up further. In 2023, I will be watching what happens with oil and gas fields in Alaska, the Arctic, Africa, and South America.