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New circular solutions to plastic pollution are emerging

Experts agree that Africa’s economies need to develop innovative approaches to deal with plastic production, which will double in 20 years and negatively affect the continent’s rural communities. https://www.pressenza.com/2022/12/new-circular-solutions-to-plastic-pollution-are-emerging/

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Dubai moves ahead with plans to reduce carbon emissions

Dubai will begin to execute plans aimed at boosting energy efficiency and reducing carbon emissions in the emirate, officials said. https://www.thenationalnews.com/climate/road-to-net-zero/2022/12/18/dubai-moves-ahead-with-plans-to-reduce-carbon-emissions/

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This Country Is Banning Single-Use Plastics From Dec 20 Completely

Over the next decade, the ban on harmful single-use plastics will result in the estimated elimination of over 1.3 million tonnes of hard-to-recycle plastic waste and more than 22,000 tonnes of plastic pollution, which is equivalent to over one million full garbage bags. https://www.india.com/news/world/canada-is-banning-single-use-plastics-from-dec-20-completely-5808785/

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Proposed Appalachia-to-Southeast Pipelines Likely to Reduce Emissions

In the latest Validere Insights report, Validere’s Market Fundamentals Team finds that, despite facing public and political challenges to the natural gas industry’s climate benefits, proposed Appalachia-to-Southeast pipelines may provide tangible emissions reduction opportunities. https://www.yahoo.com/now/proposed-appalachia-southeast-pipelines-likely-130200293.html

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Rhode Island climate panel approves update on 2016 plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions

An update to Rhode Island’s plan for cutting greenhouse gas emissions was approved on December 15, 2022 by the state’s climate change panel. https://www.abc6.com/rhode-island-climate-panel-approves-update-on-2016-plan-to-reduce-greenhouse-gas-emissions/

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New audit challenges Eastman to reduce sulfur dioxide emissions

A recent audit released by the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation showed Eastman Chemical Co. is still working to lower its sulfur dioxide levels to meet national air quality standards. https://www.timesnews.net/business/new-audit-challenges-eastman-to-reduce-sulfur-dioxide-emissions/article_0f520b3c-7ccd-11ed-abf0-531e0ba4eea2.html

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The mystery of the missing emissions companies aren't reporting

We need more accurate numbers to see if carbon offsets that airlines and others offer are legitimate https://financialpost.com/commodities/energy/alex-bishop-the-mystery-of-the-missing-emissions-companies-arent-reporting

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Yes, electric vehicles are greener than gas cars — even when they use dirty power

There's a persistent myth that electric vehicles are somehow worse for the planet than regular cars. Studies show that EVs produce significantly fewer emissions over their lifetimes than combustion engines. https://www.businessinsider.com/electric-cars-environment-emissions-gas-battery-coal-power-2022-12

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SCDTA launches afforestation initiative to lower carbon emissions

As part of its commitment to support environmental issues and promote afforestation, the Sharjah Commerce and Tourism Development Authority (SCTDA) planted 100 trees on Saturday as part of an awareness campaign in the Al Muntather area. https://www.wam.ae/en/details/1395303112286

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Aluminium companies compete to sell low-carbon products

Aluminium companies have launched a raft of aluminium products with lower carbon emissions, largely by either using hydro power or recycled material. https://www.reuters.com/business/sustainable-business/aluminium-companies-compete-sell-low-carbon-products-2022-12-17/

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A much-needed step in curbing air pollution

We appreciate the initiative taken by four South Asian countries – Bangladesh, India, Nepal and Pakistan – to bring down their annual average of particulate matter (PM) 2.5 to 35 microgrammes per cubic metre by 2030, following a suggestion by the World Health Organization to reduce air pollution https://www.thedailystar.net/opinion/editorial/news/much-needed-step-curbing-air-pollution-3199126

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Canada to ban single-use plastics next week, to prohibit imports from June 2023

Over the next decade, a ban on harmful single-use plastics will result in the elimination of more than 1.3 million tons of hard-to-recycle plastic waste and an estimated 22,000 tons of plastic pollution, which is equivalent to more than one million complete wastes. https://eng.bharattimes.co.in/canada-to-ban-single-use-plastics-next-week-to-prohibit-imports-from-june-2023/

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LyondellBasell Increases Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reduction Targets, Includes Scope 3

LyondellBasell, a leader in the global chemical industry, today announced it will increase the company's 2030 greenhouse gas emissions reduction target for scope 1 and scope 2 emissions from 30 percent to 42 percent, relative to a 2020 baseline. https://www.yahoo.com/now/lyondellbasell-increases-greenhouse-gas-emissions-113000748.html

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White House Flexes Purchasing Power to Curb Climate Emissions

GSA has set a goal of transitioning all its buildings to 100% renewable electricity by 2025, pledged not to use funding under the climate bill to install fossil fuel-based equipment. https://news.bloomberglaw.com/environment-and-energy/white-house-flexes-purchasing-power-to-curb-climate-emissions

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PwC tackles blockchain’s carbon footprint

A standardized method to evaluate the carbon footprint of blockchain initiatives could help CFOs meet sustainability targets. https://www.cfodive.com/news/pwc-tackles-blockchains-carbon-footprint/639025/

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Using CO2 emissions from industry to make climate-friendly plastics

Reducing industrial carbon dioxide emissions plays a key role in the fight against climate change. Utilization of CO2 emissions is an important means to this end. https://www.newswise.com/articles/using-co2-emissions-from-industry-to-make-climate-friendly-plastics

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More Wisconsin companies are embracing sustainable practices

Wisconsin's businesses have increased efforts to become more sustainable in recent years, especially since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. https://www.wpr.org/more-wisconsin-companies-embracing-sustainable-practices-renewable-energy

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Methane gas emissions: a greenhouse gas crucial to mitigation efforts

Reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions are crucial to tackling the impacts of climate change, especially methane gas emissions which are seen as a priority area for action by the EU. https://www.eea.europa.eu/articles/methane-gas-emissions-a-key

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Zapp i300 electric city bike wins 2023 German Design Award

The British EV is built around an exoskeleton architecture and features a powerful electric motor to combine the agility of a ‘step-through’ form factor with the acceleration of a high-performance motorcycle. https://www.autocarpro.in/news-international/zapp-i300-electric-city-bike-wins-2023-german-design-award-113614

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Latin America emerging as hot spot for more climate-friendly jet fuel

Latin America is drawing early investment for jet fuel produced from materials like forest residues and palm oil as emission-conscious airlines scour emerging markets for less-polluting fuel to power flights, industry executives say. https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/latin-america-emerging-hot-spot-more-climate-friendly-jet-fuel-2022-12-16/

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NASA Launches International Mission to Survey Earth's Water

The Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) spacecraft launched atop a SpaceX rocket from Space Launch Complex 4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California with a prime mission of three years. https://climate.nasa.gov/news/3242/nasa-launches-international-mission-to-survey-earths-water/

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Eco-Activists Are Trying To Kill Green Tech That Could Eliminate Emissions From Fossil Fuels

Numerous environmental nonprofits oppose the development of carbon capture technology, which allows fossil fuel producers to offset some of the carbon emissions they produce, even though the United Nations says that the technology is needed to meet international climate targets. https://dailycaller.com/2022/12/17/eco-activists-trying-kill-green-tech-eliminate-emissions-fossil-fuels/

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Valkyries are Supposed to Reduce Deadly Gas Emissions

Oil and gas sites are expected to have the most cutting edge technology reasonably available to them in order to reduce the amount of invisible, deadly gasses they are allowed to release into the air. https://earthworks.org/blog/valkyries-are-supposed-to-reduce-deadly-gas-emissions-they-dont/

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Assurant Aims to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions by 40 Percent by 2030

Assurant, Inc., a leading global business services company that supports, protects and connects major consumer purchases, today announced its goal to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 40 percent by 2030. https://www.yahoo.com/now/assurant-aims-reduce-greenhouse-gas-133000072.html

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A 12% switch from monogastric to ruminant livestock production can reduce emissions and boost crop production for 525 million people

Ruminants have lower feed use efficiency than monogastric livestock, and produce higher reactive nitrogen and methane emissions, but can utilize human-inedible biomass through foraging and straw feedstock. https://www.nature.com/articles/s43016-022-00661-1

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UN Strengthens Environmental Governance to Reduce Carbon Footprint

According to a new report from the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), United Nations entities strengthened their environmental governance and staff training in 2021, signaling another year of steady progress toward improving the organization’s environmental sustainability. https://www.environmentalleader.com/2022/12/un-strengthens-environmental-governance-to-reduce-carbon-footprint/

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ABB, Boliden closing the mining CO2 loop

To lower the carbon footprint of its electric motors and other products that play a major role in allowing mining and many other sectors of the global economy to then lower their carbon footprint further, ABB is building a strategic partnership with Swedish mining and smelting company Boliden for low-carbon copper. https://www.metaltechnews.com/story/2022/12/21/mining-tech/abb-boliden-closing-the-mining-co2-loop/1183.html

Johnson Matthey And Honeywell Partner To Advance Lower Carbon Hydrogen Solutions

Honeywell and Johnson Matthey (JM), today announced they will work together to deploy low carbon1 hydrogen solutions. The companies will offer JM's innovative LCH technology, coupled with Honeywell's leading carbon capture technology to produce lower carbon intensity hydrogen at scale. https://www.honeywell.com/us/en/press/2022/12/johnson-matthey-and-honeywell-partner-to-advance-lower-carbon-hydrogen-solutions

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Sri Mulyani Explains Funding Required to Achieve Carbon Emission Goal

Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati explained that the most expensive funding to achieve the carbon emission reduction target will be the cost to convert fossil fuel to renewable energy. https://en.tempo.co/read/1668810/sri-mulyani-explains-funding-required-to-achieve-carbon-emission-goal

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Nagaland SDGCC launches campaign for environment-friendly Christmas

The SDG Coordination Centre (SDGCC) of the Planning & Coordination Department has launched the third edition of the ‘Nagaland for Green Christmas’ campaign this year. https://morungexpress.com/nagaland-sdgcc-launches-campaign-for-environment-friendly-christmas

Recycling carbon emissions could be key climate solution but won't be easy, report to Congress says

Turning carbon emissions into useful products like concrete could use as much as 5% of global CO2 pollution, but working out the details will be challenging, according to a report to Congress from a National Academies committee chaired by Emily A. Carter of Princeton University https://phys.org/news/2022-12-recycling-carbon-emissions-key-climate.html

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Thinking of buying a battery to help power your home?

Batteries are undoubtedly part of our energy future. Should you put one in your home now to store solar output, manage your energy use and cut costs? It really depends on what you want to achieve. https://au.news.yahoo.com/thinking-buying-battery-help-power-005447624.html

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How the health care sector contributes to climate change: a research roundup

The medical system is responsible for a surprisingly large percentage of greenhouse gas emissions, and the toll is especially heavy in the U.S. https://journalistsresource.org/home/health-care-sector-climate-change-greenhouse-gas-research/

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Jun Kamei’s fabric innovations are breathing life into a sustainable future

Innovative material technology developed by Jun Kamei for an underwater future has spawned a new sportswear fabric that can be endlessly reused and recycled https://www.wallpaper.com/design-interiors/change-makers-jun-kamei

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Whitepaper aims to help shipowners navigate complexity of emissions reductions

On the journey to a net-zero future, shipowners must navigate increasingly stringent regional, national and international environmental regulations designed to curb CO2 and greenhouse gas emissions from ships https://www.rivieramm.com/news-content-hub/white-paper-aims-to-help-shipowners-navigate-complexity-of-emissions-reductions-74252

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Cantrell offers vision for net-zero carbon emissions by 2050, and the math may follow

Mayor LaToya Cantrell unveiled a climate action plan on Tuesday that would see the city achieve net zero greenhouse gas emissions by the year 2050, although it’s not entirely clear that the steps identified in the report would, by themselves, achieve the overall emission-reduction target. https://thelensnola.org/2022/12/14/cantrell-offers-vision-for-net-zero-carbon-emissions-by-2050-and-the-math-may-follow/

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A New Tool to Help Co-ops and Condos to Cut Carbon Emissions

Boards can breathe a little easier. A new tool is available to help them answer these questions — and it’s free. It’s called The LL97 Carbon Emissions Calculator, and it’s the brainchild of the nonprofit Building Energy Exchange (BE-Ex) working in tandem with the engineering firm AKF Group. https://www.habitatmag.com/Publication-Content/Bricks-Bucks/2022/A-New-Tool-to-Help-Co-ops-and-Condos-to-Cut-Carbon-Emissions

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ESG reporting in 2023: practical applications for managing and measuring carbon emissions

S&P Global Market intelligence recently partnered with Instech on a live in-person event and explored ESG Reporting in 2023 for Insurers. The central focus was on practical applications for managing and measuring carbon emissions. https://www.spglobal.com/marketintelligence/en/news-insights/blog/esg-reporting-in-2023-practical-applications-for-managing-and-measuring-carbon-emissions-key-takeaways

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How hydrogen power can reduce the sector’s carbon footprint

Circular’s editor Ian Farrell explores how hydrogen-powered refuse collection vehicles could play an important part in lowering the sector’s carbon footprint – not just in the future, but right now. https://www.circularonline.co.uk/features/how-hydrogen-power-can-reduce-the-sectors-carbon-footprint/

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2023 must be the year we act decisively on fossil fuels

It is hard to believe that COP26 was only a year ago. Since that time the world has seen ever more shocking climate impacts, a global energy crisis exacerbated by a war in Ukraine, increasing poverty and food insecurity, and another COP that failed to deliver urgent, science-based action to reduce emissions. https://www.c40.org/news/2023-must-be-the-year/

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Mandatory Reporting of Emissions to Achieve Net-Zero Health Care

he most recent assessment by the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) states that climate change is happening faster than expected and that the window to take action is quickly closing.1 Immediate, rapid, and large-scale reductions in greenhouse-gas emissions are needed to limit warming to 1.5°C and avert the worst predicted harms https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMsb2210022

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Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell announces plans to reduce transportation emissions

On Dec. 7, Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell unveiled an executive order clarifying the city’s climate change goals and the plans needed to achieve them at a press conference with city department heads. https://www.realchangenews.org/news/2022/12/14/seattle-mayor-bruce-harrell-announces-plans-reduce-transportation-emissions

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Fields Of Green Returning To Columboola

Crops can grow around wind turbines and sheep can graze around solar panels. That’s one nice benefit of the transition to clean energy. https://cleantechnica.com/2022/12/12/fields-of-green-returning-to-columboola/

Austin airport earns carbon neutrality accreditation, key to city's environmental goals

Austin-Bergstrom International Airport has earned accreditation as carbon neutral for the second straight year and is the only carbon neutral airport in the United States, according to airport officials. https://www.statesman.com/story/news/local/2022/12/12/austin-airport-earns-carbon-neutrality-accreditation-key-to-city-goal/69709168007/

How Amazon is reducing packaging

From reducing packaging to increasing the use of materials that can be easily recycled, Amazon is committed to reinventing how orders are shipped for the good of customers and the planet. https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/sustainability/how-amazon-is-reducing-packaging

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Not everyone aware sustainable diets are about helping the planet

A new study has found that young Brits would be willing to change to a more sustainable diet, but a lack of understanding about what that actually means is preventing many from doing so. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/12/221213121549.htm

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Why Recycling Isn’t the Answer to the Plastic Pollution Problem

Recycling can only get us so far to a sustainable plastic future. The real solution to transforming the plastic economy lies in making less in the first place https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/why-recycling-isnt-the-answer-to-the-plastic-pollution-problem/

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Belgium Will Tax Private Jets to Reduce Noise and Air Pollution

Belgium has announced it will levy new taxes on private jets as well as older, noisier commercial aircraft as part of a scheme to reduce noise and air pollution. The new taxes will start on April 1, 2023. https://robbreport.com/motors/aviation/belgium-tax-private-jets-1234784736/

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New solar panel manufacturer to set up in Georgia with 500-MW facility

A brand-new company plans to open a 500-MW solar panel assembly factory in Madison, Georgia, in fall 2023. Adion Solar told Solar Power World it began exploring options to start a facility before manufacturing tax credits were included in the Inflation Reduction Act, intending to supply the commercial market. https://www.solarpowerworldonline.com/2022/12/georgia-adion-solar-500-mw/

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Panasonic test uses largest hydrogen storage tank in Japan, Tesla battery packs

Panasonic also has a large solar panel array, H2 fuel cells, and Tesla Megapack storage batteries. https://www.hydrogenfuelnews.com/hydrogen-storage-panasonic/8556457/