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 Past marketing drives run by the AHDB include the £3.5-million

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Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 16, 2022

Charlotte Morton, WBA Chief Executive, added: “Our industry can deliver 50% of the Global Methane Pledge targets signed up by over 100 countries after COP26. We were thrilled to present him with the Lifetime Achievement Award, and thrilled to host another superb cohort of Awards entrants.”

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DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 17, 2022

A coalition of environmental and social justice organizations have filed a petition with state regulators to halt a hydrogen project by Oregon’s largest gas utility, alleging that the project poses health, safety, environmental dangers to residents already living with polluting industries. First, hydrogen presents a host of safety concerns.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 27, 2020

Alongside the innovative winners of the eight project categories, this year’s individual awards were presented to two distinguished women in their fields. For their Methane Accounting Program. Health and Safety: NDT Global. Ujunwa Ojemeni, Founder of the Africa Women in Energy Development Initiative won the Energy Leader Award.

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EDF + Business

OCTOBER 26, 2021

For the 128 asset managers and 61 banks that have committed to align trillions of dollars with the Paris Agreement, this moment presents a once-in-a-generation opportunity to achieve their climate goals – not through investments but through public policy advocacy. Methane Fee. Tax incentives cannot end, however, with the power sector.

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Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 17, 2022

The signing of the Global Methane Pledge at last year’s COP26 marks a vital step in reducing the impact of industrial activities on the environment. Originally proposed by the US and EU in September 2021, the Global Methane Pledge will see countries acting to cut methane emissions by 30 percent by 2030.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Attendees are present from some of the world’s largest agribusiness firms – such as meatpacker JBS , fertiliser giant Nutrien, food giant Nestlé and pesticide firm Bayer – and powerful industry trade groups. French dairy giant, Danone, is the only major company outside the oil and gas industry currently to have a methane reduction target.

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Bernard Goldstein, a young professor at the New York University School of Medicine, researched the health impacts of nitrogen dioxide (NO2) produced by gas stoves. The industry used these studies to influence public opinion, undermine public health efforts, and block regulation. DEMELLE That’s incredible.

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Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 4, 2020

CETCI also manufactures fixed gas detection systems, controllers and transmitters that are deployed to monitor hazardous gases; protecting health and safety in confined spaces and indoor environments. These facilities can present a variety of potential hazards to human health. A car park installation.

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

RSG is a new term used in the natural gas industry to describe voluntary reporting initiatives, centered largely around emissions of the powerful climate pollutant methane, but which may also include other criteria such as air quality, water stewardship, land impacts, and “ community interests.” What Is RSG? Credit: WCN 24/7 , CC BY-NC 2.0.

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EDF + Business

SEPTEMBER 25, 2020

Given their vital role in the global economy, multinational banks are vulnerable to market-wide pressures presented by climate change. Goldman Sachs: Goldman Sachs CEO David Solomon wrote that the “evidence of climate change is clear,” presenting “not only an urgent need to act, but also a powerful business and investing case for doing so.”

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DeSmogBlog

JULY 18, 2021

methane) from animal and land management and land-use change, which make the biggest warming contributions in the agricultural sector.”. These come from deforestation, changes in soil carbon, methane emissions, emissions from fertilisers, manure, farm machinery, and animal feed production. cropland and help the U.S.

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Hydrogen Fuel News

MARCH 3, 2024

Hydrogen production primarily happens through two methods: electrolysis and steam methane reforming (SMR). Unintended leaks could not only nullify the efforts to reduce greenhouse emissions but also pose risks to human health and the environment. Improving the energy efficiency of carbon capture processes is another crucial step.

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DeSmogBlog

JULY 25, 2023

Historically, New Mexico has not been able to police its methane leaks and abandoned wells, despite recent rules mandating that this be done. Freeland’s presentation consisted of providing his name and phone number and adding that if there were any questions, people could call him.

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DeSmogBlog

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

This could have dire health impacts. Yet this is still being presented by gas advocates as global progress on climate change. Burning all that gas could release 13.7 billion tonnes of planet-warming emissions into the atmosphere, leading international climate researchers to deem Montney the world’s sixth-largest “carbon bomb.”

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Hydrogen Fuel News

JANUARY 19, 2024

As we navigate the intricacies of biomass conversion processes and their impacts on our planet, we encroach upon a dialogue pivotal for the present and future of energy consumption. In conclusion , biomass energy presents a compelling case as an integral part of a sustainable and diversified energy portfolio.

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Planet Pulse

OCTOBER 12, 2021

Will Marshall presenting at Explore 2021 © 2021, Planet Labs Inc. SAR data will provide a stream of continuous landscape monitoring, enabling improved agricultural insights for crop health and key harvesting events. All Rights Reserved.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 10, 2021

Indeed, at 42 inches in diameter and 303 miles long, the MVP is the largest methane gas pipeline currently under construction in the U.S. The damage to the health and wellbeing of residents along the pipeline route is incalculable. However, it is no less dangerous to the planet than other fossil fuel pipelines.

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Grist

OCTOBER 17, 2022

Slower sinking rates mean fecal pellets may spend up to two or even three days more than usual drifting through the water column, presenting more opportunities to be intercepted.

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DeSmogBlog

MARCH 2, 2023

But this latest attempt to shut down discussion of the health impact of stoves is nothing new. More than 50 years ago, in 1972, AGA authored a draft report highlighting indoor air pollution concerns similar to those being raised by health experts and regulators today. Venting systems weren’t the only technofix the industry had in mind.

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 19, 2022

live within a mile of an oil or gas well — putting them at higher risk of health problems like heart disease, breathing issues, anxiety and depression, and complications during pregnancy , a growing body of research shows. It is, I think, gravely concerning how plugged wells may be adversely affecting health.”.

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DeSmogBlog

AUGUST 9, 2021

“We now have a much clearer picture of the past, present, and future climate, which is essential for understanding where we are headed, what can be done, and how we can prepare.” ” One central finding of the new analysis is that the Paris accord’s goal of limiting global temperature rise to no more than 1.5°C

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Business Green

APRIL 4, 2022

Thereafter, as previous IPCC reports have indicated, global emissions must fall by 43 per cent by 2030, in addition to a reduction in methane emissions of around a third, from 2019 levels. The evidence also shows that these lifestyle changes can improve our health and wellbeing.". goal set out in the Paris Agreement. goal alive.

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Green Business Bureau

JANUARY 18, 2022

Bonus points if you sell your existing furniture rather than send it to the landfill (where it otherwise releases uber-potent methane for years). 13) Steel and stainless-steel home interiors designed and manufactured with present-day technology fit the bill perfectly on sustainability and style. – Goodside. – Wegozero.

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E8 Cleantech Angels

JUNE 15, 2022

Agriculture accounts for about 20% of worldwide greenhouse gas emissions, including a major share of methane and nitrous oxide ( McKinsey ). Critical issues also include regenerative inputs, carbon emissions, productivity, water quality and scarcity, soil health, crop diversity, labour supply and food supply.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 20, 2020

These benefits of nature-positive land use change are not just being presented in studies; they are a lived experience for many of the farmers that make up the Nature Friendly Farming Network. Combined, these proposals present a huge cost opportunity for the sector, across woodland creation, carbon capture and other nature-friendly practices.

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Business Green

AUGUST 9, 2021

The IPCC tends to present its latest dossier of evidence roughly every seven to eight years. At present, the climate is around 1.1C It is now 'unequivocal' that human activity is driving the climate crisis. Its 2007 report stated that the warming of the climate was "unequivocal". above pre-industrial times by the end of the century.

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Grist

APRIL 20, 2022

Combined with a $40,000 laser he dragged behind him on a plastic sled he’d nicknamed “The Coffin,” Hasson is able to link surface methane emissions to the ice disappearing underground. For instance, recent studies have found that emissions of carbon and methane released by thawing permafrost have been drastically underestimated.

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Green Business Bureau

DECEMBER 16, 2021

Regardless of what a business says, and how it wants to present itself, an unsustainable business is ultimately at risk of failure. Burger King committed the sin of lesser two evils in July 2020, with their advertised “reduced methane beef”. Greenwashing is more than a question of ethics.

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Business Green

APRIL 22, 2022

Kelp can draw down carbon, restore the health of coastal ecosystems, nourish people and revive coastal economies. In agriculture, kelp can be used as a feed additive for cows, reducing methane emissions, or used as a fertilizer. Engagement with local communities presents the third challenge. "It Not in my ocean view.

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Grist

OCTOBER 9, 2019

DWR measures the CO2 and methane emissions from the wetlands it created on Sherman Island. California does have a relatively new program, called the Healthy Soils Initiative, whereby state money goes to farmers who implement practices thought to benefit soil health. The longer-term goal is to reverse them. Jonno Rattman / Bay Nature.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 9, 2021

BASF’s wine tasting is just one example of many such pandemic-style lobbying efforts by the European agriculture industry since the EU has attempted to pass sweeping new policies to combat climate change through measures included in its “Green Deal,” first presented in December 2019. Europe’s Green Deal.

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Business Green

AUGUST 24, 2022

According to the report, those involved in the beef sector in Devon's 'Ruby Country' are taking steps to promote biodiversity and soil health, but their efforts are being hampered by a lack of clarity about future incentives, such as which net zero and sustainable farming approaches will be provided with government subsidies and to what extent.

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DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 3, 2021

Nearly two thirds of social media posts put out by six major European fossil fuel and energy companies since the end of 2019 present a “green” image of the company, despite the majority of their business activity remaining in fossil fuels, reveals new analysis by Desmog. Credit: Sam Whitham. Controversial Ideas.

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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. P2DNZ has maintained this pro-industry stance in presentations. Livestock methane emissions are also rising in some of these countries.

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AGreenLiving

JANUARY 22, 2020

In recent years, seaweed has been quite a catch for health-conscious consumers, in turn, making kelp, a brown macroalgae, one of the more in-demand types of seaweed offerings. Related: Eating seaweed could reduce cows’ methane production Why is kelp a good idea for food sustainability?

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DeSmogBlog

MAY 25, 2022

and to “make a poster, rap song, mini-book, or oral presentation” about one of the booklet’s “natural gas science facts or safety tips.”. The booklets also omit the long list of the safety , health , and environmental problems associated with the gas industry.

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