Circle of Blue

AUGUST 3, 2021

Wastewater-to-energy systems start with a process called anaerobic digestion, which treatment plants have been using for ages to reduce the volume of sewage waste. For systems that can afford the upfront costs of these waste-to-energy technologies, the process is a win-win. Photo © Richard Webb / Wikimedia Commons. How It Works.

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Earthava

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

Plastic waste contributes to climate change by releasing greenhouse gases during its production, degradation, and incineration. The post Plastic Pollution and Climate Change: Understanding Their Interconnected Impact on Our Planet appeared first on Earthava.

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Legal Planet

OCTOBER 14, 2024

If the forest was unlikely to be cut down, this is a waste of money and bogus credits. Meanwhile, deforestation continues apace and greenhouse gas concentrations continue to rise toward irreversible tipping points. The other 97% they’re addressing directly in their operations/value chain. Credits are a tiny part of the picture.

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Enviromental Defense

DECEMBER 12, 2024

In recent advice to the government, the Net Zero Advisory Body made clear that even a 50 to 55 per cent reduction wouldnt represent Canada doing its fair share in reducing greenhouse gas pollution. There is no time to waste. This disappointing target cements Canadas position as a global climate laggard. We know this decade is crucial.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 26, 2024

million-- to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and improve water quality on more than 50 farms and the National Hemp Association -- $19.6 Senator Casey also established the Farm to Food Bank program to ensure farmers are able to recover some of the costs that would be lost otherwise from food waste.

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Legal Planet

JUNE 27, 2024

It is significant because if its huge public health benefits and because it has provided the basis for EPA regulation of greenhouse gases. Provides for cleanup of hazardous waste sites. This California law imposes limits on greenhouse gas emissions from new vehicles, a breakthrough in U.S. Also known as the Superfund law.

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Frontiers

JULY 11, 2021

New research published by the open access publisher Frontiers inventories greenhouse gas emissions of 167 globally distributed cities. The study shows that just 25 mega-cities produce 52% of the greenhouse gas emissions from the studied cities.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 5, 2024

Participants in this free one-hour webinar will learn about conventional orphaned well plugging, remediation, and restoration, with a focus on reducing methane and greenhouse gas emissions. The Penn State Extension will host a December 12 webinar on Carbon Reduction Credits In Oil and Gas Well Plugging from Noon to 1:00 p.m.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

AUGUST 21, 2024

This concern centers on the fact that by premising eligibility of combustion or gasification (C&G) facilities on net greenhouse gas emissions rates, the framework opens the door to complex issues requiring careful resolution to avoid heavily polluting generators exploiting carbon accounting loopholes. Fuel blending.

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Environment + Energy Leader

MARCH 10, 2023

Cardinal Health has set greenhouse gas emissions goals, vowing to limit its Scopes 1 and 2 emissions by 50% by 2030, using 2019 as its baseline. The post Cardinal Health Vows to Cut Greenhouse Gases by 50% by 2030 ? appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader.

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Physics World

MARCH 10, 2022

Unfortunately, they are manufactured from fossil resources using highly energy-intensive techniques that release hazardous waste and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. kg carbon dioxide respectively per kilogram produced, gas fermentation instead is a carbon-negative process as it utilizes waste carbon products. kg and 1.85

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Environment + Energy Leader

OCTOBER 7, 2022

of the globe’s greenhouse gases. Patagonia is committed to organic materials and running all its operations using renewable energy. Indeed, the apparel industry is responsible for 6.7% The post Patagonia is Committed to Using Organic Materials and 100% Renewable Energy appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader.

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Legal Planet

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

Refining processes , particularly in countries with lax environmental regulations, emit greenhouse gases and toxic waste. Mining critical minerals can lead to human rights violations, deforestation, loss of biodiversity, and soil degradation.

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Cleannovate

AUGUST 30, 2022

As a person who’s been raised in urban areas, I am always baffled by the amount of food waste we produce. Food waste (and food scraps) are posing a great solid waste problem in many cities and towns. It is one of the ways to manage the food waste problem we face day in day out. COMPOSTING.

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NRDC

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

With historic EPA grants, state and local governments still have an opportunity to cut greenhouse gas emissions by prioritizing food loss and waste in Comprehensive Climate Action Plans.

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Scientific American

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

It would also greatly cut greenhouse gas emissions. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

AUGUST 21, 2024

Most prominently, because the approach is changing from rewarding specific technologies to rewarding anything that meets the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions threshold of “clean”—hence the “tech-neutral” label—exactly how the government goes about determining whether or not something is actually eligible will be enormously important.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 9, 2025

PennTAPs team of technical advisors can complete these assessments at no cost to small and mid-sized industries to help identify opportunities for waste reduction and reducing energy costs. RISE PA DEP was awarded $396 million in funding from the EPA Climate Pollution Reduction Grant Program established by the federal Inflation Reduction Act.

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Ocean Conservancy

OCTOBER 8, 2021

They make it cheaper to produce new (or “virgin”) plastics rather than recycling plastic waste already created. By 2030, greenhouse gas emissions from plastic production are expected to reach 1.3 To keep our ocean plastic-free, we need to incentivize reuse and recycling rather than waste. billion tons.

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Legal Planet

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

Countries that commit to the pledge are asked to take comprehensive domestic actions to achieve that global target, focusing on standards to achieve all feasible reductions in the three main methane emitting sectors: energy, waste, and agriculture. A worldwide methane emission reduction of 30 percent by 2030 could reduce global warming by.22

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New Scientist

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

Food waste isn't just morally objectionable; it also produces vast amounts of greenhouse gases. But this is one food fight we can win, with simple actions at home and new tech in industry

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Law and Environment

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Scenario 2, for instance, includes the use of bioenergy from biogenetic waste, agriculture and forest residues, and limited purpose grown biomass, as well as a critical role for green hydrogen for applications that are difficult to electrify. The public comment period will also include a series of stakeholder meetings and Council discussions.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 13, 2023

In an effort to combat food waste, the Pennsylvania Resources Council is launching an initiative funded by the Posner Foundation of Pittsburgh to empower individuals to EAT WELL, SAVE MONEY and WASTE LESS by implementing easy, practical, and strategic methods for preventing and reducing food waste. We must address food waste.

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Edouard Stenger

APRIL 4, 2023

Our current economic systems require waste, which is awful. I am convinced that just by tackling wasted energy, water and food seriously and meaningfully at a systemic level by the end of this decade, our journey towards sustainability would be much faster. And the EU’s total greenhouse gases emissions fell 2.5

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Enviromental Defense

NOVEMBER 24, 2023

The facility’s owner, Emerald Energy From Waste, has quietly announced it will more than quadruple its capacity to burn garbage from households and businesses. Instead, Emerald Energy From Waste conducts its own assessment and consultations, submits its documentation, and can assume it has the green-light.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 25, 2024

Furthermore, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) provided a strong and clear affirmation of the appropriateness of Treasury’s proposed approach in light of EPA’s long-standing interpretation and implementation of the referenced lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions definition.

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Scientific American

JULY 31, 2023

Scientific American is the essential guide to the most awe-inspiring advances in science and technology, explaining how they change our understanding of the world and shape our lives.

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Real Climate

NOVEMBER 11, 2023

A friend asked me if a discussion paper published on Statistics Norway’s website, ‘ To what extent are temperature levels changing due to greenhouse gas emissions? ’, was purposely timed for the next climate summit ( COP28 ). All this can be explained by physical processes and an enhanced greenhouse effect.

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Environmental Leader

AUGUST 16, 2022

In 2021, Lowe's cut its scope 1 and 2 greenhouse gases by 42% over the last five years beating its goal of cutting those emissions by 40% by 2025. The post Lowe’s Cuts Greenhouse Gases by 42% Using Renewables, Energy Efficiency appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader.

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Environmental News Bits

JULY 31, 2023

The European Commission’s Joint Research Centre estimated the potential impacts of decreasing food waste in the EU and assessed food waste reduction initiatives to inform new policies. Read the full story from the European Commission Joint Science Centre.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 5, 2024

On October 4, Department of Environmental Protection Acting Secretary Jessica Shirley joined Joe Arthur, CEO of the Central Pennsylvania Food Bank , to announce DEP is now accepting Food Recovery Infrastructure Grants to help nonprofit organizations fight hunger by reducing food waste. The deadline for applications is February 28.

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Environment + Energy Leader

DECEMBER 22, 2022

Puma aims to reduce its Scopes 1 and 2 greenhouse gas emissions by 35% by 2025 from a 2017 baseline. It also plans to cut its Scope 3 emissions tied to its value chain for purchased goods and services by 60% by 2030, achieved primarily by focusing on the transport of goods and cutting down on its air freight by.

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Environment + Energy Leader

OCTOBER 7, 2022

of the globe’s greenhouse gases. Patagonia is committed to organic materials and running all its operations using renewable energy. Indeed, the apparel industry is responsible for 6.7% The post Patagonia is Committed to Using Organic Materials and 100% Renewable Energy appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader.

Renewable Energy 246

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Enviromental Defense

APRIL 10, 2025

CCS is basically a waste management strategy for polluting industries. Much attention has been paid to carbon captures role or lack thereof in addressing greenhouse gas pollution. Water is being redirected from farms where it is needed for farmer livelihood and food production. But threats to water have received far less attention.

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Environment + Energy Leader

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

It reduced its greenhouse gas emissions by 77% in intensity within its operations during those same years, and it reached 100% renewable energy use at facilities in seven countries. Kering is on a path to cutting its CO2 emissions by 40% by 2025.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

Methane is a potent greenhouse gas, estimated to be 80 times more damaging to the atmosphere than carbon dioxide but not as long lasting. “People will say, ‘You could have burned the forest down!’ But people need to see things. You can’t just tell people about things. They won’t listen.”

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Environment + Energy Leader

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

A new report released by the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) shows that the state is moving toward its climate targets, although agriculture remains a large contributor of greenhouse gas emissions. The Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP) found that the majority of Minnesota’s agricultural emissions can be traced.

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