DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Meat and dairy firms in particular are coming under increasing scrutiny due to pollution from livestock, which emits around a third of the global output of methane, a short-lived greenhouse gas identified as the quickest route to slowing global heating. Not the private interests of the biggest polluters on the planet.”

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The Environmental Blog

JULY 14, 2020

Moreover, poor methods of managing waste lead to an increase in soil and water contamination and air pollution. The good news is that you can reuse most of the products you buy from the store like plastic containers and food packaging materials. Lessens Environmental Pollution. billion tons per year.

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Green Business Bureau

JULY 23, 2020

Methane digesters: In the agriculture and food industry, waste is generated daily from the production of food to its processing, distribution, and consumption. Without thoughtful management, organic waste can emit methane gas as they decompose. The biogas generated can help businesses to save money by reducing their operating cost.

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Energy Innovation

FEBRUARY 5, 2023

EPS users can design policy packages that achieve net-zero greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions across the economy and pinpoint which policies are most effective at reducing emissions while creating economic and health benefits. The five-policy scenario includes strong methane capture and destruction. sulfur oxides, and nitrogen oxides.

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The Environmental Blog

DECEMBER 8, 2022

By reducing how much raw material you need to produce new products and packaging materials, you can also reduce how much air pollution your business produces. It reduces emissions in two ways: by reducing how much methane is produced by decomposing garbage and by decreasing how much pollution is released when burning biomass.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Under the current plan, ships travelling within the EU will be required to pay for 100 per cent of their carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrogen dioxide emissions for journeys within the bloc, and 50 per cent of emissions of journeys to or from a non-EU destination.

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Energy Innovation

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

The EPS allows users to model numerous policies that affect energy use and emissions including a renewable portfolio standard, fuel economy standards for vehicles, industry methane standards, incentives for clean energy technologies like we see in the Inflation Reduction Act, and accelerated R&D advancement of various technologies.

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Sustainability Consulting

MAY 19, 2023

Invest the time to look at the product’s packaging, consider the energy needed to produce it, and research whether it’s biodegradable or can be recycled. Pet waste is a major source of pollution, so it's important to dispose of it properly. Beginners Tip: Look at the list of ingredients — if you can’t say it, take heed!

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

California's new decarbonisation plan, Austria's windfall tax, and global methane reduction efforts. The agency said the strategy represened an unprecedented effort to drastically slash pollution and accelerate the transition to clean energy. "No California Air Resources Board publishes sweeping net zero strategy.

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DeSmogBlog

JANUARY 19, 2024

Nearly half of diet-related greenhouse gas emissions in the UK come from meat and dairy due to emissions of methane, an extremely potent greenhouse gas, in livestock farming. Lysaght described the adverts as “an insidious and irresponsible attempt to prop up a highly-polluting industry”.

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Front And Centered

AUGUST 29, 2022

Overall, climate and environmental justice advocates count somewhere between $17 billion and $44 billion generally heading in the right direction for frontline communities out of a $369 billion energy and environment spending package. This includes a 15% corporate minimum tax, a stock buyback tax, and a methane leakage tax.

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DeSmogBlog

JUNE 22, 2023

JBS, the world’s largest meat company — whose methane emissions exceed the combined livestock methane emissions of France, Germany, Canada and New Zealand — has also claimed to be on a net zero pathway based on offsets. The airline has pulled certain ads from the market.

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Energy Innovation

MARCH 8, 2023

Emissions from farm to table to landfill Emissions are generated at every stage of the food system, from the production of food on farms to transport and refrigeration to processing and packaging to consumer dietary choices and, ultimately, to food waste. Seventy percent of total food system emissions come from land-use change. Figure 2.

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Business Green

JUNE 19, 2022

Its time for businesses and government to be honest with consumers about the environmental impact of packaging, writes Viridor’s Tim Rotheray. Some food waste still makes its way into the landfill system, where it rots producing methane, a potent greenhouse gas. A key tool in tackling food waste is packaging.

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Green Market Oracle

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

This electrification effort is being driven by the nation's war on pollution. This has improved air quality but these scrubbers do not reduce climate change causing greenhouse gas emissions like carbon and methane.

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Low Carbon Prosperity

OCTOBER 17, 2018

The initiative, also known as the “Protect Washington Act”, imposes a steadily increasing carbon pollution fee on most fossil fuel uses and directs revenue toward projects to reduce carbon emissions, as well as investments in forests, water, community preparedness, and support to displaced workers and people with lower incomes.

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Green Business Bureau

APRIL 15, 2021

The air inside your home can be up to 5 times more polluted than the air outside. In addition, most green waste is enclosed in plastic bags and creates methane gas in the landfill. Ask your supermarket manager if they will look to carrying fewer products packaged in plastic. – Oregon Department of Energy.

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Business Green

APRIL 22, 2022

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. Toy manufacturer Spin Master has this week announced the expansion of its recycling program to include all Spin Master toy packaging in the US.

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AGreenLiving

MAY 13, 2021

Their goal is to make it easy to make changes by offering a completely plastic-free selection of goods, so you don’t have to evaluate the packaging of every item you buy. While recycling is important for reusing materials already in circulation, the real, long-term answer is zero-waste packaging.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 29, 2019

Pollutants and plastic. In EfW plants, the main pollutants relevant to hydrated lime are the acidic pollutants: hydrogen chloride (HCl), sulphur dioxide (SO2) and hydrogen fluoride (HFl). These, in turn, will potentially require new techniques and reagents to reduce unwanted emissions.

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Sustainability Consulting

AUGUST 4, 2021

Companies that rely on water for food production, packaging, and other manufacturing processes are also at risk as well as the companies they supply. The only way to slow down a warming planet is to stop adding pollution to the atmosphere. With the megadrought affecting the U.S. Lobby governments on behalf of climate change.

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GreenTechMedia

JANUARY 6, 2021

As the country grapples with the intertwined issues of air pollution, water scarcity and energy security, along with energy access and affordability, experts say they’re starting to see a future for India where coal will no longer be king. ” “Oh, and by the way, it doesn't emit carbon dioxide or methane,” he added.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 10, 2021

Experts dispute this climate-friendly branding, however, given the problem of methane leakages through the production and transportation process, and doubts about the efficacy of CCS. When taking into account methane its climate footprint is “more than 20 percent greater than burning natural gas or coal for heat”, they found.

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GreenBiz

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.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

From tackling deforestation to curbing methane emissions, the various multilateral commitments are focused on areas where they can have real impact. A precedent is being set with a new loss and damage framework taking shape and the first, albeit modest, funding packages being announced. But at the same time there has been progress.

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AGreenLiving

OCTOBER 30, 2019

By the 1960s, the first occurrence of plastic pollution in the oceans was recorded. Oil drilling, also known as fracking, wastes water, releases methane into the atmosphere, produces oil spills and generally wreaks havoc on the environment. This stamina allows companies to package and transport more product using less material.

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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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Green Business Bureau

JULY 28, 2021

The development of bioplastics – plastics that are biodegradable and made of natural materials – provides businesses with eco-friendly alternatives for packaging and products, especially single-use items that contribute a lot of waste. What are bioplastics and are they truly biodegradable? Cellulose-Based. Aliphatic Polyesters.

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Hydrogen Fuel News

JANUARY 25, 2024

You’ll contribute to reduced pollution and traffic congestion. Conscious Clothing The fashion industry is one of the most polluting in the world. This reduces the number of pollutants entering our waterways. It also promotes local economies and can lead to less packaging waste.

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Green Business Bureau

DECEMBER 28, 2022

Eco friendly retail packaging guide. In this Green Business Bureau eco friendly retail packaging guide, we explore sustainable packaging solutions for 6 of the most common types of packaging materials used. Retail packaging defined: The impact of packaging waste and the rise of the ethical consumer.

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Green Business Bureau

JULY 28, 2022

By zero waste, we mean the conservation of all resources utilizing responsible production, consumption, reuse, and recovery of products, packaging, and materials. Comparatively, poor waste management contributes to air pollution, exacerbates climate change, contaminates ecological habitats, and is harmful to wildlife and human health.

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GreenBiz

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

There’s a movement brewing to use seaweed as a feedstock for fuel alternatives; it’s also finding a place on menus, including at fast-casual restaurant chain Sweetgreen, and a role in packaging (such as Loliware, which is making seaweed straws). Note to self: Learn more about seaweed and mangroves.

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Ultra processed foods like snacks, drinks and ready meals, along with chemical fertilisers made from natural gas, are singled out as major sources of pollution. Fossil Fuel Lock-in The meat and dairy industry’s high methane emissions are increasingly well known. Plastic packaging is produced from natural gas and crude oil.

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Grist

MAY 18, 2021

I think that building a monument to climate change in the form of some temple that memorializes humanity’s past sins of polluting would be really poignant,” said Meissner. They can pay to destroy methane leaking from a landfill. Meanwhile, Meissner’s friend Peter Reinhardt had also become interested in carbon removal.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

High levels of nutrients applied to land as fertilisers and manures - as well as eroded soil and pesticides, herbicides and fungicides - are polluting watercourses and damaging habitats. Food waste and the increasing cultivation of crops for bioenergy are both serving to further increase these impacts.

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EDF + Business

JANUARY 25, 2024

Tune into upcoming webinars hosted by DEC and NYSERDA on the New York Cap-and-Invest pre-proposal and program analysis (Jan 23, 25, and 26) Go Deeper Read EDF’s recent blog: New York is developing a cap-and-invest program to cut climate pollution. How would it work? Read EDF report: Climate Leadership States Could Cut U.S.

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Green Business Bureau

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

Food is the number one component taking up space in US landfills and it produces methane, a more potent greenhouse gas. Explore ideas that will take into consideration effective packaging, smart servicing and records of past events. Composting converts organic waste into soil carbon, averting landfill methane emissions in the process.

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