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. COPA-COGECA, has however, criticized the EU’s July study.

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

But recent investigations by DeSmog have exposed the industry’s promotion of “false solutions” (such as high-tech plans to lower the methane quotient of cow burps), which have been championed by the U.S.-led led AIM for Climate coalition, which has publicised industry-friendly “climate-smart” innovations at COP27.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

Industry voice: Emissions from transport are growing, but innovative companies can help Europe meet its climate targets, according to Schroders. The corporate sector has a crucial role to play in coming up with products and innovations that can help meet the 2050 targets. Greenhouse gas emissions in the EU fell by 3.8

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Sustainability Consulting

AUGUST 4, 2021

southwest, extreme rainfall and flash floods causing widespread damage to towns in Western Europe , and wildfires burning in typically cold places like Alaska and Siberia , there can be no doubt that a hotter planet can have devasting effects on people and communities. With scorching temperatures hitting the U.S.

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Business Green

MARCH 18, 2020

The two new stations - one in Warrington, which it claims is the largest in Europe, and another in Northampton - are together capable of refuelling over 1,000 trucks a day, more than doubling the firm's existing renewable biomethane refuelling capacity in the UK.

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Envirotec Magazine

MAY 26, 2023

India Gate, New Delhi: Residents of the city face pollution levels with a health impact estimated to be equivalent to smoking more than two packs of cigarettes a day (image credit: Amit kg / Shutterstock.com). Centuries on, sources of airborne pollution are only becoming more numerous and wide ranging.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 6, 2022

This story is part of a DeSmog series on the influence wielded by the gas lobby in Europe and was developed with the support of Journalismfund.eu. Although hydrogen does not emit any polluting gases when combusted, the vast majority of current global production is in the form of ‘grey’ hydrogen – which is produced using natural gas.

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

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. Livestock methane emissions are also rising in some of these countries. Livestock methane emissions are also rising in some of these countries.

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DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 6, 2022

and United Arab Emirates governments, the AIM for Climate (Aim4C) coalition pledged to accelerate innovation in agriculture and food systems to support climate action. Analysis by DeSmog found that more than two thirds of some 300 partners are located in the United States or Europe. African farmers face critical challenges.

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Green Roof Technology

MAY 27, 2021

Additionally the Green Roof components and the plants are exposed to more extreme environmental impact like higher wind speeds, reflecting surfaces, higher temperatures, air pollution, artificial light at night, lower bio-diversity and more. It is like feeding less to livestock to reduce Methane gas emissions. by Jörg Breuning.

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Business Green

AUGUST 9, 2022

The demonstrable reality is that burning an expensive and polluting source of energy costs more than generating power through clean and lower cost technologies. The latest calls for the UK to dilute its net zero ambitions come just hours are the US Senate finally passed sweeping climate legislation for the first time.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 1, 2023

In our interactive Routes to Influence Map below, DeSmog has plotted the extent of the opportunities open to the world’s most powerful and polluting food and farming companies and lobby groups to influence debates at COP28. Or, will it lock in an “innovation”-focused, industry-led plan to produce more food, with a slightly lower footprint?

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Green Roof Technology

MARCH 17, 2020

Additionally the Green Roof components and the plants are exposed to more extreme environmental impact like higher wind speeds, reflecting surfaces, higher temperatures, air pollution, artificial light at night, lower bio-diversity and more. It is like feeding less to livestock to reduce Methane gas emissions. .

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DeSmogBlog

AUGUST 13, 2021

The assertions also lack detail, face technical problems, ignore leaking methane emissions, and depend on government subsidies for funding. To complicate matters further, new research suggests that fugitive methane emissions from fracking operations are far higher than official data indicates. ’s LNG export terminals. “We

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DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 26, 2021

A recent Wall Street Journal investigation found that, while the market for carbon offsets is forecast to see rapid growth and reach over $1 billion this year, the “offsets” themselves can vary widely in their quality and effectiveness at actually reducing pollution. It’s a pollute now, pay later strategy, the report’s authors say.

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AGreenLiving

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

Russian design student Nikita Konopatov has unveiled an innovative proposal for an environmentally friendly car with a body made from recyclable plastics. Created as a solution to the worldwide problem of air pollution and the ubiquity of plastics, the design exercise proposes a greener alternative to gas-powered vehicles.

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Grist

MARCH 6, 2024

The vision “Our community, we want to envision an alternative economy that doesn’t exploit the region, that doesn’t use our people as cheap labor, that doesn’t pollute the environment, that doesn’t accelerate climate change.” ” Bekah Hinojosa, an organizer in Brownsville, Texas The spotlight The U.S.

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Green Business Bureau

DECEMBER 28, 2022

Eco friendly retail packaging solutions and innovation. Polluting packaging agents build up to foul habitats and ecological systems, creating unstable environments which threaten human well-being and security. Pollution : Uncontrolled disposal. Eco friendly retail packaging solutions and innovation.

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Energy Innovation

MAY 9, 2022

Energy Innovation partners with the independent nonprofit Aspen Global Change Institute (AGCI) to provide climate and energy research updates. Residents in disproportionately burdened communities—frequently lower-income communities of color—endure greater air, water, and soil pollution, as well as other environmental harms.

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Mr. Sustainability

APRIL 18, 2021

Rotterdam refineries are among the biggest polluters in Europe Rotterdam has the dubious title of being the absolute leader in the throughput and storage of crude oil in northwest Europe. The race is on to create the first ever cross-border, open-source CO2 transport and storage infrastructure network in Europe.

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Mr. Sustainability

APRIL 18, 2021

Rotterdam refineries are among the biggest polluters in Europe Rotterdam has the dubious title of being the absolute leader in the throughput and storage of crude oil in northwest Europe. The race is on to create the first ever cross-border, open-source CO2 transport and storage infrastructure network in Europe.

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Green Business Bureau

JANUARY 28, 2021

Having employees working from home will lower your real estate and operational costs, increase worker productivity, and improve employee satisfaction while reducing pollution from commuting to work. Europe is expected to emit 388.8 A classic win/win, a win for your business and a win for the planet. But it was too late.

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DeSmogBlog

MARCH 9, 2024

Entire sections of wetlands are being filled in and paved over to build LNG export terminals, which will ship fracked gas to Europe and Asia. have become increasingly intertwined and inextricably linked to markets in Europe and Asia. However, the LNG buildout is now in limbo. gas prices closer to those other, costlier regions.

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Green Market Oracle

AUGUST 30, 2020

SPEAKERS The list of speakers is composed of professionals in energy management and procurement from corporations and governments, as well as allied service providers, innovators, developers, financiers and utilities. The Rise of City Zero Emission Zones (Panel Discussion): Following cities in Europe and Asia, some U.S.

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

Heaton-Harris, while Europe minister earlier this year, said in an official video that the world needed to “go further and faster if we are to avoid the most catastrophic effects of climate change”. This is in line with his stated aim of helping to make Yorkshire and the Humber “a global leader for green innovation”.

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Business Green

APRIL 28, 2020

Within hours the whims of the American Electoral College system empowered autocrats, nationalists and polluters everywhere. It's interesting to discuss SDG17 at the moment," reflects Hans Daems, group public affairs officer at Hitachi Europe. Everyone is looking at what they can do to help deal with the situation we're in.".

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Grist

DECEMBER 8, 2021

When InvestigateWest launched the Getting to Zero: Decarbonizing Cascadia series in January 2021, the latest official data showed that emissions of carbon dioxide, methane, and other greenhouse gases had risen steadily from 2012 to 2018, and the region wasn’t on track to make big cuts this decade. “We

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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. LinkedIn | Twitter. For HP Inc.,

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Climate Tech VC

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

In either case, this wasn’t on our bingo card… In the news, the British government passed new reforms to speed up interconnection, Colombia launched a $1B biodiversity fund, the US released $6B in funding for climate resiliency, and the US and China made modest progress on methane reduction at APEC.  SPAC valuation ).

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Business Green

JANUARY 21, 2021

We have some pointers to how this could play out from Europe. But none of these governments have access to the bully pulpit in the Oval Office, nor the policy levers for the world's most powerful economy and preeminent innovation ecosystem. When a man incapable of compassion or understanding is replaced by one who cares and thinks.

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