Energy Innovation

MARCH 8, 2023

Most of the low-emissions interventions analyzed (70 percent) utilize existing know-how and technologies: reducing deforestation, better managing manure, improving feed and breeding (which can reduce methane emissions from livestock), reducing nitrogen fertilizer overuse and runoff, and adopting renewable energy and energy efficiency.

Waste 59

Waste Waste Packaging Transportation 59

DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 16, 2022

In March of this year, NW Natural CEO Dave Anderson touched on the topics of caring, ethics, and environmental stewardship in a response to NW Natural’s recognition as one of the “World’s Most Ethical Companies” by Ethisphere, a for-profit organization that allows firms to pay a fee to nominate themselves for annual honors. .”

Home Energy Monitoring 83

Home Energy Monitoring Building Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor 83

DeSmogBlog

APRIL 26, 2023

Methane, a greenhouse gas which is belched out in high volumes by cattle, has been identified by the UN and world leaders as the quickest route to cut global heating. It underplays climate impacts, stating that “research has shown that cows do not produce as much methane gas as was once believed”.

Carbon-neutral 98

Carbon-neutral Methane Agriculture Fossil fuels 98

Green Business Bureau

JULY 28, 2022

Comparatively, poor waste management contributes to air pollution, exacerbates climate change, contaminates ecological habitats, and is harmful to wildlife and human health. How can you reduce waste and prevent pollution? For instance, thinking about climate change, solid waste-related emissions are anticipated to increase to 2.38

Waste 148

Waste Waste Business Energy Monitoring Recycling 148

DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

government’s embrace of “climate-smart” agriculture at COP27 will serve primarily to add a green veneer to plans to double down on polluting business as usual. Industrial agriculture is carbon intensive – and polluting. But there are other topics that Big Ag may be less eager to discuss: Growing concern among campaigners that the U.S.

Agriculture 98

Agriculture Biodiversity Policy Ethics 98

DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 9, 2021

The use of these chemicals also damages the environment in other ways; much of the fertilizer used in the world today is the product of methane gas, a fossil fuel, while the wide-scale use of pesticides has been linked to the damage of ecosystems and vital populations of pollinators.

Building Energy Monitoring 98

Building Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring Home Energy Monitoring Sustainability 98

AGreenLiving

OCTOBER 26, 2020

One juicy hamburger for you equates to (about) 600 gallons of water consumed, 0.126 pounds of methane released, 13.5 square feet of land and the assuaging of animal species distinction, water pollution and habitat destruction. pounds of cattle feed that could have been consumed by a malnourished human, 64.5 Looking back with regret.

Health 28

Health Organic Sustainability Agriculture 28

DeSmogBlog

JANUARY 17, 2024

. “It is feared that a further rise in carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere could lead to a higher average surface temperature on Earth, which could have far-reaching environmental, social and economic consequences,” wrote the authors of a 1987 internal Shell publication entitled “Air Pollution: an Oil Industry Perspective.”

Fossil fuels 144

Fossil fuels Climate change Pollution Ozone 144

Green Business Bureau

DECEMBER 28, 2022

Retail packaging defined: The impact of packaging waste and the rise of the ethical consumer. Retail packaging defined: The impact of packaging waste and the rise of the ethical consumer. Luckily, the ethical consumer claims a market majority , meaning the two go hand-in-hand. Pollution : Uncontrolled disposal.

Packaging 78

Packaging Retail Innovation Sustainability 78

DeSmogBlog

MARCH 12, 2024

Offshore gas fields worldwide are major sources of emissions of methane, a powerful, short-lived greenhouse gas. The International Energy Agency and UN agencies have said urgent cuts to methane are essential to meeting climate targets, and have warned that new fossil fuel exploration is incompatible with a 1.5 degree-warmed world.

Fossil fuels 100

Fossil fuels Methane Ethics Investment 100

GreenBiz

MARCH 8, 2021

Ardern is being watched closely : Her administration has been criticized for being lenient on reducing biogenic methane from agricultural production — notably dairy cattle and sheep — which accounts for almost half of New Zealand’s greenhouse gas emissions and roughly 6.6 percent of its GDP.

Sustainability 546

Sustainability Plastics Organic Retail 546