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Ocean-based sequestration heats ups

GreenBiz

Thanks to their work, companies of all sizes soon may be able invest in ocean sequestration. One pioneer in this area is Shopify, an e-commerce company that has committed to spending $5 million annually on innovative clean technologies.

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Ocean-based sequestration heats up

GreenBiz

Thanks to their work, companies of all sizes soon may be able invest in ocean sequestration. One pioneer in this area is Shopify, an e-commerce company that has committed to spending $5 million annually on innovative clean technologies.

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The Blue Economy: Importance of Ocean Conservation

Green Tech Challenge

Every year, an additional 8 million tonnes of plastic is deposited into the ocean. In addition to plastic waste, 30 to 40% of carbon emissions from cars, buses, airplanes, and manufacturing plants are absorbed by the ocean, causing chemical imbalance in sea water i.e. Ocean Acidification.

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Meat Industry Climate Claims – Criticisms and Concerns

DeSmogBlog

According to environmental experts and campaigners, the meat industry downplays the climate impact of animal agriculture and exaggerates the potential of different innovations to reduce it, depicting meat as indispensable to feeding the world’s population while denying the need to cut consumption globally to reach climate targets.

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Dire Scientific Warnings from the Study of Fossilized Shells and Our Hope for the Future

Green Market Oracle

This led them to conclude that the cause of the extinction was warming and ocean acidification attributable to the release of GHGs from massive volcanic eruptions in Siberia. Using the pH in these organisms they created a chronological summary of atmospheric CO2.

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? Charting a course to curb maritime emissions

Climate Tech VC

Despite fears about cost increases and low-sulfur fuel availability, the change was a success in terms of decreasing pollution that contributes to ocean acidification and harms the health of humans and marine life. Innovators : Companies such as JAX LNG are moving biogas/biomethane facilities to the coast, decreasing delivery costs.

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Because it's worth it: L'Oréal's Nathalie Bleach on the beauty giant's revamped sustainability strategy

Business Green

We are talking more about planetary boundaries, rather than just our reduction of CO2 and waste," Bleach says. L'Oréal UKI has already sped past the company's target of achieving 60 per cent carbon and waste reductions by 2020 compared to a 2005 baseline, she notes. It's much bigger, in terms of scope.".