DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 25, 2022

The Argentine government, with the cooperation of an array of global institutions, has the country locked in an “oil and gas trap,” mortgaging the country’s future on fracking even as the financial risks continue to grow, the report warns. But it’s not at all clear the bet will pay off. The new Profundo report , commissioned by 350.org,

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Grist

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Last week, she launched the Carbon Removal Alliance, a group of startups and investors that will lobby for policies that support “high quality, permanent carbon removal.” “I’m Polluting companies often buy carbon offsets derived from these relatively short term solutions. But these are considered short-duration solutions.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 21, 2022

Veteran sustainable food and farming experts welcomed the strategy as one that just might have a genuine shot at transforming the agriculture sector and result in better public health, contribute to ending the vertiginous decline of biodiversity, and lower greenhouse gas pollution. See Table.).

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Business Green

AUGUST 9, 2022

Upfront investments in low carbon infrastructure deliver much faster paybacks than they did a year ago, because the fossil fuels they displace are orders of magnitude more expensive. per cent gain, almost entirely as a result of higher fossil fuel prices. per cent loss of GDP to a 0.5

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Business Green

APRIL 22, 2022

French President ramps up green offering, as EU accelerates efforts to tackle fossil fuel imports. He also promised action to slash air pollution, plant 140 million trees, close 50 large open-air landfills, and reform regulations to ensure corporate bonuses are linked to environmental performance.

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Clean Energy Canada

AUGUST 23, 2019

But what about those wind turbines, those solar arrays, those hydro dams? We’ve talked about a couple of different hugely important climate policies that don’t receive enough news coverage. Those policies we just mentioned? Coal phaseouts result in sudden and dramatic decreases in carbon pollution.

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Renewable Energy World

MARCH 9, 2021

In recent years, this lag in utility recognition has become increasingly problematic, risking the health, environmental, and financial impacts of over-investment in large fossil fuel power plants. When the first solar arrays were installed at homes, it made electric meters — as unprepared as the utility that owned them — run backward.

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GreenBiz

JULY 19, 2021

In looking across the broad array of business, environmental, social, technological and political topics that cross my screen and engage me in daily conversation, there is a temptation to allocate a growing share of mind for pessimism. Reasons for cautious hope in a sea of gloom. Mon, 07/19/2021 - 02:00. Innovation marches forward.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Local authority decision-makers are faced with a bewildering array of potential options to achieve decarbonisation, so it's important to understand which are the most effective and which could help to spark a wider adoption of low-carbon technologies across the region.

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DeSmogBlog

JULY 18, 2021

A study published in Science last year found that even if emissions from fossil fuels ceased right away, projected eating habits would make it impossible to keep global average temperature rises to 1.5C. Huang’s speech points to an industry nervous about its role in a carbon-constrained future. Meat Industry Playbook.

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AGreenLiving

MARCH 4, 2021

6 Capitol riot, an entrepreneur and a scholar challenged audiences to picture how an enterprise and a policy regime could supply solar and other fossil-free energy to more people with more broadly dispersed downsides. That bridging needs to happen in part, she said, because energy policy “has been dominated by technocrats.”

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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. Major pesticide and fertiliser producers such as Bayer and Nutrien, who attended last year, will be back. “A

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

Writing on BusinessGreen last year , Labour's Shadow Energy and Climate Change Minister Alan Whitehead argued that the government had failed to give the regulator "a legal steer towards decarbonisation", having failed since 2013 to issue a formal Policy Statement clarifying its role.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 9, 2021

More real estate owners, operators, developers and investment firms see the appeal of future-proofing properties from climate shocks such as floods and fires; from market shocks such as high prices for scarce fossil fuels; and from policy shocks such as any future laws requiring climate disclosures or that tax or penalize greenhouse gas emissions.

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Business Green

APRIL 4, 2022

The third in a trilogy of reports over the past year or so, today's - dubbed Climate Change 2022: The Mitigation of Climate Change - was particularly highly anticipated due to its focus on solutions to the aforementioned crisis the world currently faces, in terms of technologies, policies, nature-based measures and finances. on the table.

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GreenTechMedia

JANUARY 15, 2021

Slow progress on microgrid policy. megawatt solar array and 8.8-megawatt-hour Fossil fuels vs. renewables, centralized vs. distributed power. ” The Redwood Coast Airport Renewable Energy Microgrid, an $11.5

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Green Business Bureau

APRIL 11, 2023

Does your company offer an explicit policy for transgender healthcare coverage? An open-book management policy builds trust, which lays the foundation for strong relationships. ” – Chris McKee of Venturity Financial Partners Such a policy also helps your employees think like bottom-line business owners.

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AGreenLiving

JULY 19, 2021

Yosie Mon, 07/19/2021 – 02:00 In looking across the broad array of business, environmental, social, technological and political topics that cross my screen and engage me in daily conversation, there is a temptation to allocate a growing share of mind for pessimism. Reasons for cautious hope in a sea of gloom Terry F.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

For all the evidence the Paris Agreement has catalysed an era-defining array of clean tech innovations and a remarkable shift in public opinion, there have been baseless arguments that the entire COP process is an exercise in futility. People who love pollution? Who is on the other side of this binary?

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Grist

AUGUST 17, 2023

This array of species and surfaces reduces fire intensity and promotes biodiversity. Forest Service was founded in 1905 with fire suppression as a key policy. Wildfires now account for nearly half of the fine-particle pollution in the West. the next day, fundamentally changing the composition of the forests across the West.

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Business Green

MARCH 21, 2022

In 2020, the world produced an estimated 353 million tonnes of plastic waste , vast amounts of which have gone on to pollute landscapes, oceans, and even the air, causing detrimental impacts to our climate, ecosystems, and health. Plastics are everywhere, and the problems they pose are well documented.

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Business Green

JUNE 19, 2020

Inevitably, the wide range of calls for action vary somewhat, with each offering different views on which technologies to support and which policy levers to pull. Grasp the fossil fuel nettle and use your leverage. But the big question now is: will the overall focus of recovery packages is shift towards low carbon industries?

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GreenBiz

MAY 17, 2021

Growing up outside of Boston, Zack Angelini spent summers swimming, but one polluted river was off limits. "I Badalian received an environmental law degree from Lewis & Clark Law School, which helped shape his policy work, he says. Zack Angelini, 29. Senior Environmental Stewardship Manager, Timberland; Malden, Massachusetts.

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GreenBiz

MAY 11, 2020

Polyester renewal technology , or PRT, which involves taking waste polyesters from landfills and other waste streams and transforming them back into a raw material that the company claims is indistinguishable from polyester produced from fossil-fuel feedstocks. I mean, this isn't complicated.". Fashion forward.

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Green Market Oracle

AUGUST 30, 2020

cities are drafting plans and testing out developing zero emission zones in downtown areas, banning fossil-fuel-burning vehicles and developing progressive pricing signals. But more chemicals generally means more greenhouse gas emissions and other pollution. What can we learn from these early implementations?

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DeSmogBlog

MARCH 9, 2024

Still, the cheniers and the surrounding wetlands provide critical habitat for fish, shrimp, ducks, and an array of migratory birds travelling across the Gulf of Mexico. John Allaire, a former environmental engineer in the oil industry, photographed with fossil fuel infrastructure behind.

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Business Green

MAY 15, 2020

Polyester renewal technology , or PRT, which involves taking waste polyesters from landfills and other waste streams and transforming them back into a raw material that the company claims is indistinguishable from polyester produced from fossil-fuel feedstocks. I mean, this isn't complicated.". Fashion forward.

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AGreenLiving

MAY 17, 2021

Zack Angelini, 29 Senior Environmental Stewardship Manager, Timberland; Malden, Massachusetts LinkedIn Growing up outside of Boston, Zack Angelini spent summers swimming, but one polluted river was off limits. Badalian received an environmental law degree from Lewis & Clark Law School, which helped shape his policy work, he says.

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Business Green

MARCH 11, 2022

Germany's response to the energy security threat presented by Russia's invasion of Ukraine continued this week, with the announcement of a new €200bn industrial transformation strategy, which would see the government back an array of climate protection projects, hydrogen developments, and electric vehicle charging infrastructure.

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Andrew Winston

DECEMBER 22, 2021

It captures a huge array of corporate goals, announcements, partnerships, government action, and more. Building New Renewables Is Cheaper Than Burning Fossil Fuels… here. HSBC announces thermal coal phase-out policy… here. At McKinsey, Widespread Furor Over Work With Planet’s Biggest Polluters… here.

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Green Market Oracle

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

I went out to tech -- you have a facility where you have one of the largest, largest solar panel arrays in the world. And the Green New Deal that I support, by the way, will create up to 20 million good-paying jobs as we move our energy system away from fossil fuel to energy efficiency and sustainable energy. WARREN: Yes.

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Business Green

AUGUST 8, 2022

The landmark legislation's climate provisions could unlock billions of dollars of low carbon investment and millions of green jobs - but it also paves the way for new fossil fuel infrastructure. Finally climate policy action is getting real," he said. As Mark Carney noted this morning, this is part of a global trend.

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