The Environmental Blog

FEBRUARY 25, 2024

As cities around the globe strive for more sustainable futures, the challenge of managing waste while reducing environmental impact has become increasingly critical. Continue exploring how advanced technologies transform urban environments into sustainable models by converting waste into valuable energy sources.

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EDF + Business

DECEMBER 16, 2021

Building more resilient supply chains is a business imperative, especially as the likelihood for more disruption increases. Businesses in response are making strategic, longer-term changes to become more resilient to increased climate impacts like drought, wildfire, extreme weather and sea level rise. And so too is mitigation.

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Business Green

AUGUST 23, 2022

Government and devolved administrations team up to explore how to accelerate adoption of methane-busting feed products for cattle and sheep. As such, the call for evidence is seeking proposals on how farmers and agri-businesses can increase adoption of such technologies and accelerate the development of more sustainable protein production.

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Planet Pulse

SEPTEMBER 25, 2021

Six years ago today, on September 25, 2015, the United Nations finalized the 2030 Agenda , ratifying the 17 Sustainable Develop Goals, or SDGs which outlined key objectives for a more equitable and sustainable future. Planet is also helping organizations measure, take action, and report on their sustainable development efforts.

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The Environmental Blog

APRIL 17, 2024

These projects can include renewable energy initiatives, reforestation efforts, methane capture, and more. By investing in carbon offset projects, companies prove their commitment to environmental sustainability and contribute to global efforts to combat climate change.

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Greentown Labs

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

GreenLIB is pioneering a sustainable future by transforming battery waste into profitable, closed-loop solutions within the global lithium-ion battery market. Polymer-X is developing innovative electrothermal methods for sustainable chemical manufacturing.

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Business Green

JUNE 29, 2022

from the government's new farming innovation research and development programme will be earmarked for "sustainable farm-based protein" innovation projects. Environment Secretary George Eustice is set to announce that £12.5m

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Given that we have a new administration in place ”, he continues, “ this will be a pivotal conference, setting out a roadmap for AD to support the development of a resilient and sustainable economy in the UK at a time of global instability and a clear acceleration of climate change impacts. . This could double within a few years.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

The climate impact of farming practices are significant too - in the UK, agriculture and land-use are responsible for around 12 per cent of greenhouse gas emissions, including almost half of the country's methane emissions. Food waste and the increasing cultivation of crops for bioenergy are both serving to further increase these impacts.

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Meat emits around a third of global emissions of methane, and action to cut this greenhouse gas has been identified by the UN and world leaders as the quickest route to slowing global heating. Several Aim4C “innovation sprints” are based on regenerative agriculture, including one on “sustainable beef”.

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EDF + Business

OCTOBER 3, 2023

With more than 80 times the warming of CO2 in the near term, one of the most potent greenhouse gases is methane–and it’s clear that we’re in the midst of a methane moment. Companies should also support farmers by investing in innovative solutions, particularly to tackle enteric methane.

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Greentown Labs

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

9T Labs innovates solutions for today’s wasteful and inefficient production processes for high-performance parts, enabling a new category of sustainable metal substitution across mobility, medical, and recreational applications. Resiliency + Adaptation. Manufacturing.

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The City Fix

JULY 26, 2023

Climate change is impacting cities and their residents in many profound ways, from poor air quality to flooding to biodiversity loss and extreme heat. Now, with the help of a new tool, select cities can access localized, integrated data to.

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Planet Pulse

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

The Methane Pledge – Nearly 90 countries joined a U.S.- and EU-led effort to cut methane emissions 30% by 2030 from 2020 levels. Methane emissions are one of the leading causes of climate change, but we’ve historically lacked the data needed to identify the fastest and most effective ways to reduce them.

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 26, 2020

In particular, our exchange explored how food systems can be made healthier and more sustainable as we look to a future in which we’ll need to find a way to produce enough food to nourish as many as 10 billion people while staying within planetary boundaries. Jennifer Ballen, head of global market operations, Indigo Ag. Learn, share, act.

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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

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Green Business Bureau

DECEMBER 29, 2021

These activities can include planting trees, reducing deforestation, and capturing methane from landfills or decaying manure. She is a driven, award-winning sustainability expert committed to helping organizations build value through green strategies. These projects often have environmental and social co-benefits.

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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. Karina Gonçalves David, an organic farmer from Brazil, at the UN climate talks in Dubai.

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Green Business Bureau

DECEMBER 29, 2021

These activities can include planting trees, reducing deforestation, and capturing methane from landfills or decaying manure. She is a driven, award-winning sustainability expert committed to helping organizations build value through green strategies. These projects often have environmental and social co-benefits.

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Green Living Guy

OCTOBER 14, 2021

Many consumers adopted plant-based diets, minimizing their contribution to methane emissions. As the global temperature rises, individuals search for ways to shrink their carbon footprints. While our diet’s impacts on the environment are evident, individuals observe the reverse relationship less.

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Smart Energy International

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

National Gas, Britain’s gas transmission operator, has awarded the pre-FEED studies to services company Jacobs and sustainability consultancy ERM, which will develop route options for a national hydrogen backbone connecting industrial regions across the country. Have you read?

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EDF + Business

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

EDF+Business program staff participated in meetings and panel presentations, including: Victoria Mills, director of corporate climate policy leadership; Elizabeth Sturcken, director of net zero acceleration; Katie Anderson, manager of supply chain and agricultural methane. An urgent new warning from the U.N.

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Elemental Excelerator

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

The recipients of the inaugural Challenge are ReCarbon, a company which transforms carbon dioxide and methane into valuable and decarbonized products through plasma reformation, and Aerleum, which develops a cost-competitive approach to capture and transform CO2 out of air into synthetic fuels.

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Hydrogen Fuel News

JANUARY 19, 2024

As the quest for sustainable energy intensifies, biomass emerges as a pivotal player in the arena of renewable resources. As we seek alternatives to fossil fuels, biomass holds significant potential due to its sustainability. Biomass energy harnesses organic matter, including wood, agricultural crops, and waste by-products, as fuel.

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EDF + Business

JULY 19, 2019

For example: Methane, the primary component of natural gas, is a potent greenhouse gas responsible for 25% of the warming we’re experiencing today. The largest source of industrial emissions is the oil and gas industry, which loses $30 billion worth of methane each year from operations. Looking ahead.

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Smart Energy International

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Stated Laura Cozzi, IEA director of Sustainability, Technology and Outlooks: “We identified some key structural shifts that will make us live in 2030 in a very different world than today. Some 60% of two- and three-wheelers sold in 2030 would also be electric , ten times higher than today.

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EDF + Business

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

Today at COP26, the World Business Council for Sustainable Development announced the Banking for Impact on Climate in Agriculture (B4ICA) initiative in partnership with EDF, the United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative and the Partnership for Carbon Accounting Financials.

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Green Business Bureau

DECEMBER 29, 2021

These activities can include planting trees, reducing deforestation, and capturing methane from landfills or decaying manure. She is a driven, award-winning sustainability expert committed to helping organizations build value through green strategies. These projects often have environmental and social co-benefits.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 9, 2021

Since then, leading industry associations and agrochemical companies have used their lobbying might to push back against core European measures aiming to lead the transition to a more sustainable way of farming. The European Biodiversity strategy, which is another core plank of the Green Deal, includes similar goals. Credit: Pixabay.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

California's new decarbonisation plan, Austria's windfall tax, and global methane reduction efforts. The plan contains all of the essential ingredients of climate resilience: fossil free energy generation; reduction of short lived super pollutants; air pollution abatement; climate justice; restoration of nature's role as carbon sink.

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Defend Our Future

MARCH 17, 2023

fresh off the press Defend officially launched Seeding the Future , our campaign to bring IRA investments in heat resilience, u rban t ree p lanting and green spaces to the communities that need them most. Defend has generated over 1,90 0 comments – and counting! from our network!

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Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 10, 2021

How do we find the energy and ideas now to put in place the changes needed to sustain our collective trajectory to 2050, and also identify the next set of ‘big wins’ for industry? It’s about a long, sustained, and mutual relationship where the of sum gains scaled across the entire country can be massive. So where does this put us?

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Clean Energy Canada

APRIL 17, 2020

“We are also pleased to see $750 million dedicated to methane-reducing initiatives, which are key to reducing carbon pollution from the oil and gas sector.

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EDF + Business

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Sean Hackett EDF+Business Senior Manager, Energy Transition By Sean Hackett With the dire need to slash greenhouse gas and methane emissions from the global oil and gas sector, more and more investors are advocating for stronger climate policies that accelerate the energy transition and mitigate risks.

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Greentown Labs

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

They talked about climate resilience in Houston, the hydrogen hub investment from the Department of Energy (DOE), and funding opportunities for startups in the climatetech sector, as well as ways Houston can help lead the energy transition.

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EDF + Business

DECEMBER 17, 2020

I’ve been working in the corporate sustainability space for nearly 25 years, and during that fateful week of March 9 th , 2020 (when the world as we know it forever changed), I couldn’t help but worry about the possibility of decades of climate progress slipping away. Pressure on companies is at an all-time high.

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Business Green

APRIL 15, 2021

Delivering net zero emissions across the agricultural sector requires urgent action and "tough investment decisions in the short term", if ambitious decarbonisation goals are to be met and the sector is to bolster its resilience to escalating climate risks. That will put them in the best position to drive growth sustainably in the future.

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