GreenBiz

MARCH 23, 2021

Your customers say there is a climate emergency and want you to act. The largest opinion poll on climate change found two-thirds of people around the world believe we are in a "global emergency." Strikingly, the study found that in every country surveyed, most people are very concerned about climate change.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

As green groups slam the government's 'attack on nature', the opposition is this week seeking to make bolder climate action central to its offer to the country. This is a plan that will drive jobs, tackle the cost of living, and protect our homes for future generations by tackling the climate crisis.".

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Business Green

JULY 7, 2021

Just how much it will cost the UK to reach net zero emissions by 2050 is the trillion-pound question at the epicentre of climate discourse at present. But the outcome of the COP26 Climate Summit could well be a crucial factor in how the costs of decarbonisation play out in the UK, he argued. Or is it a billion pound question?

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

Incoming Prime Minister Liz Truss is expected to announce a sweeping new plan to freeze energy bills, as one of her first acts upon taking office this week. And there were conflicting reports over the price tag attached to the new support package. A new nuclear reactor every year.

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Green Business Bureau

DECEMBER 16, 2021

As the number of ESG and climate-themed funds has exploded in recent years, so too have concerns among investors and regulators about greenwashing and transparency.” – Daan Van Acker , Senior Analyst at InfluenceMap. As business leaders, these seven greenwash sins act as a guide to avoid common greenwash traps.

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Business Green

JUNE 24, 2021

In what is a crucial year for climate action in 2021, there CCC has today given the government much food - but little time - for thought - here are its top takeaways. There is a limited window to change behaviours," the report states.

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Business Green

APRIL 25, 2022

Respondents were divided on what changes and new regulations they would like to see, but only 13 per cent said they were content with the amount and nature of advertising they are currently exposed to. Promoting fossil fuel companies, SUVs and airlines in a climate emergency is like advertising cigarettes in a hospital.

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AGreenLiving

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

How the climate crisis will crash the economy Joel Makower Mon, 09/14/2020 – 02:11 The chickens are coming home to roost. Even before all that, we’d been watching the real-world risks of climate change looming and growing across the United States and around the world. But lately, I’ve been following the money.

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DeSmogBlog

AUGUST 12, 2022

liquefied natural gas is “seeking to greenwash” its operations in order to portray gas exports as a climate solution and clear the way for further expansion, according to a new report. The tags quantify the greenhouse gas emissions of a given LNG cargo, with the aim of easing buyers’ concerns. A major exporter of U.S.

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Business Green

MARCH 31, 2023

It's clear we are not acting fast enough to address the climate crisis," said Annette Nazareth, ICVCM chair. "We as the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has recommended, then a high-integrity voluntary carbon market is a "key step forwards".

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AGreenLiving

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

How the climate crisis will crash the economy Joel Makower Mon, 09/14/2020 – 02:11 The chickens are coming home to roost. Even before all that, we’d been watching the real-world risks of climate change looming and growing across the United States and around the world. But lately, I’ve been following the money.

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Green Business Bureau

DECEMBER 16, 2021

As the number of ESG and climate-themed funds has exploded in recent years, so too have concerns among investors and regulators about greenwashing and transparency.” – Daan Van Acker , Senior Analyst at InfluenceMap. As business leaders, these seven greenwash sins act as a guide to avoid common greenwash traps.

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DeSmogBlog

JUNE 17, 2022

The company warned that it would go to court to compel the RCMP to act if the police force didn’t take stronger action. Pipeline Expansion Incompatible with Climate Goals. Earlier this year, Trans Mountain said the price tag could reach C$21.4 ” The RCMP did not respond to questions from DeSmog.

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The Verge: Energy

OCTOBER 19, 2023

. | Bess Adler/Bloomberg via Getty Images The Biden administration on Thursday announced $100 million in funding to make low-income homes in the US more energy efficient and resilient to climate change. Both programs are funded through the Inflation Reduction Act.

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Green Business Bureau

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

The aim is to help the entity understand its climatic impact. It’s a relatively new discipline born from the collective awareness that carbon dioxide emissions are impacting our climate. The ongoing commitment towards UNFCCC – via COP – symbolizes how the political recognition of climate change has increased globally.

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Grist

JUNE 21, 2021

It’s easy to think about the global climate crisis in the abstract. Had her mother known that their southeast London neighborhood’s air was so toxic — and could worsen with dramatic temperature change — she said she would have moved the family somewhere safer. Ella Adoo-Kissi-Debrah’s death gave it a face. In the U.S.,

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The Verge: Energy

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

So far, the state has purchased 30,000 of them for New York City’s public housing as part of its plan to tackle climate change. This is, in fact, a huge testing ground for an appliance on which many other governments are pinning their climate ambitions. It can sit on a sill and plug into a wall like a window AC unit.

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AGreenLiving

MARCH 23, 2021

Your customers say there is a climate emergency and want you to act Diane Osgood Tue, 03/23/2021 – 01:00 The largest opinion poll on climate change found two-thirds of people around the world believe we are in a “global emergency.” Here are some insights from the UN Development Program (UNDP) poll of 1.2

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AGreenLiving

MARCH 23, 2021

Your customers say there is a climate emergency and want you to act Diane Osgood Tue, 03/23/2021 – 01:00 The largest opinion poll on climate change found two-thirds of people around the world believe we are in a “global emergency.” Here are some insights from the UN Development Program (UNDP) poll of 1.2

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Business Green

AUGUST 11, 2021

Green group claims only fraction of Budget 2021 has been directed towards climate change mitigation policies, as pressure ramps up Chancellor Rishi Sunak to step up support for net zero transition. The analysis suggests Budget spending on green measures was equivalent to 0.01

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Business Green

JANUARY 23, 2022

The firm said air source heat pumps, which are powered by electricity rather than via the fossil fuel gas grid, were the best immediate low carbon option for keeping millions of off-grid or well insulated homes warm across the UK, and were "essential" for helping to meet UK climate targets.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

Beyond the headline support package, major energy market changes are being planned too. I'm acting immediately so people and businesses are supported over the next two years, with a new Energy Price Guarantee, and tackling the root cause of the issues by boosting domestic energy supply. I'm ending this once and for all.

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Climate Tech VC

JULY 17, 2023

While not exactly a climate tech deal, the $4.9B It’s the largest single carbon-management investment since the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), but not quite a true climate tech deal. The generous read: This could benefit climate tech interests in the long-term. Happy Monday-before-Barbenheimer! each hour of 2022).

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DeSmogBlog

MAY 31, 2023

Princeton Net Zero America report 2020-21 Shortly after Biden won the Presidency, Princeton University published a 350 slide powerpoint deck and lots of data in a report called Net Zero America , a really ambitious piece of work to back up the Biden campaign pledges around climate change. The charge of the CCS brigade continues.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 14, 2020

Previous unconfirmed reports have estimated a price tag for the Sizewell project of between £16-20bn. We need a robust process for setting and enforcing system rules, an approach which ensures that the rules promote competition and innovation, not act as a barrier to change.

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Green Business Bureau

MARCH 17, 2022

More and more businesses are disclosing their carbon footprint due to increased stakeholder pressure and as a response to climate change. . Completing a carbon footprint assessment for your organization is the first step towards lowering the climatic impact of business operations. 3: Increase efficiency of office lighting.

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Green Business Bureau

MARCH 17, 2022

More and more businesses are disclosing their carbon footprint due to increased stakeholder pressure and as a response to climate change. . Completing a carbon footprint assessment for your organization is the first step towards lowering the climatic impact of business operations. 3: Increase efficiency of office lighting.

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DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 21, 2019

He now serves the Trump administration as the acting director of the Bureau of Land Management, the agency responsible for much of those same public lands. Tags: William Perry Pendley U.S. But now he’d have you believe that those actions and opinions no longer matter. Bureau of Land Management Conflicts of Interest David Bernhardt

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DeSmogBlog

JULY 18, 2021

In March, over 300 climate and environmental justice advocacy groups sent a letter to Congress, arguing that subsidizing carbon capture “could entrench the fossil economy for decades to come.”. It should be interpreted as, ‘Here are the areas in which the administration plans to act. Here is how they might act in those areas.

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DeSmogBlog

JANUARY 10, 2020

Read time: 7 mins Industry groups including oil and gas trade associations were quick to pile on the praise following President Trump’s announcement Thursday, January 9 of major overhauls to the National Environmental Policy Act ( NEPA ).

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

However, with the government also planning to lift the ban on fracking and potentially ditch hundreds of environmental regulations, concerns are sure to remain about the the new Downing Street's commitment to the UK's climate obligations. This could have been a win-win for house buyers, energy security and the climate.

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Schäffler has described himself as a “climate skeptic,” and says things like “Climate protection is only possible with [economic] growth.” When they threw mashed potatoes on a Monet in Potsdam, Schäffler took to Twitter to describe the act as “terrorism.” And of course, Schäffler is not acting alone.

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Climate Tech VC

AUGUST 7, 2023

Since then, the price tag for the project has since more than doubled and the Department of Energy’s Loan Programs Office had to step in to provide additional financing. Other Fundings 🏭 Hybar , an Osceola, AR-based scrap metal recycling developer, raised $700M from Global Principal Partners and TPG Rise Climate Fund.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

What lies beneath is equally precious, both for the ecosystem and the climate. With APRIL bolstering its own sustainability commitments as it sets its sights on achieving a net zero emission, deforestation-free future, is this corporate tiger fully committed to changing its stripes, or is it embarked on a great greenwash folly?

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 5, 2019

Read time: 10 mins CNN ’s Wolf Blitzer kicked off a seven-hour long town hall on climate change with an unambiguous message of urgency on climate change. firms forecast roughly $1 trillion in climate-related hits to their bottom lines over the next five years.

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DeSmogBlog

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Although the oil giant publicly touts carbon capture as a “proven” climate solution, its own early foray reveals just how flimsy of a fix the technology really is — and how expensive, both for taxpayers and the climate. House Oversight Committee’s “historic” investigation into Big Oil and climate disinformation.

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Mearth

JANUARY 30, 2021

We love the Climate Monitor sensors since they allow Canary to trace the humidity, temperature, and air high quality in your house. In either case, you will need to fill out the reside stream description, perhaps choose a category for your stream, and add some tags. Using hashtags is a good way to have your stream be discovered.

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