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Carbon offsets
Harp BioDigesters reduce and eliminate harmful GHG emissions by limiting the oxidation of carbon during our proprietary waste conversion process, and by sequestering the carbon in the resulting soil product(s). We not only reduce waste volume and sequester carbon, but we also reduce waste transportation and the overall real estate area needed for landfills (or compost areas). We can thus provide ...
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Solvay Chemicals, Inc. Commissions Landmark Mine Methane Recovery Facility
With its Chairman of the Board, Nicolas Böel, and US Representative (R-Wyoming) Cynthia Lummis on hand, Solvay Chemicals commissioned North America’s first trona mine methane recovery facility. The Methane Recovery System (MaRS) captures methane liberated during the mining process that would otherwise be vented directly into the atmosphere and instead ...
By Solvay S.A.
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CDP Accredits SCS Global Services as U.S. Consultancy Partner
CDP and SCS Global Services (SCS) jointly announced today that CDP has approved SCS as an accredited U.S. Consultancy Partner. In this capacity, SCS will use its expertise to assist companies in their efforts to disclose their carbon footprint and other climate change data to CDP. In addition, SCS will consult with reporting entities to identify the best options for reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) ...
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Leading refrigerants supplier a-gas international completes strategic acquisition of USA halocarbons and recycling specialist Remtec International
Bristol-based A-Gas International (or “the Group”), one of the world’s largest independent suppliers of refrigerants, associated environmental services, and speciality gases and chemicals, has completed the acquisition of US based RemTec International (“RemTec”), a specialist in the controlled halocarbon management and sustainability industry. The terms of the ...
By A-Gas
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American Carbon Registry Approves First Carbon Offset Methodology for Emission Reductions from Deltaic Wetland Restoration
A revolutionary new tool is now available to help restore the Gulf of Mexico's disappearing coastal wetlands -- Louisiana's first line of defense against damaging hurricanes like Katrina, Rita, Gustav and Isaac. Funded by Entergy Corporation, developed by New Orleans-based Tierra Resources and approved for use by the American Carbon Registry (ACR) following stakeholder consultation and ...
By Entergy
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Generating Business Value from GHG Management
Companies around the world are responding to government, investor, and customer pressures by implementing Greenhouse Gas (GHG) management plans. A key challenge in the implementation of these plans is identifying a strong business case in order to justify the costs entailed, and to ensure that the approach can be sustained financially in the long run. As I will discuss in detail during the ...
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Designtex releases footprint assessment and maintains carbon neutral operations for second year
This Earth Week marks Designtex's second year of carbon neutral operations. Coinciding with their 50th Anniversary, Designtex is the only contract textile distributor to achieve a net zero operational footprint in its role as a major supplier to an increasingly green building market. Designtex has continued its partnership again this year with NativeEnergy, a leading provider of carbon offsets, ...
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Carbon Offsets Are Not Our Get-Out-of-Jail Free Card
Source: United Nations Environment Programme Buying carbon credits in exchange for a clean conscience while you carry on flying, buying diesel cars and powering your homes with fossil fuels is being challenged by people concerned about climate change. Scientists, activists and concerned citizens have started to voice their concerns over how carbon offsets have been used by polluters as a free ...
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The Clymb Offsets Its Shipping Carbon Emissions and Helps Build NativeEnergy’s Indiana School Wind Project
Indiana carbon offset project powers school buildings and cuts greenhouse gas pollution SOURCE: NativeEnergy DESCRIPTION:Portland, Ore., January 8, 2013 /3BL Media/ – The Clymb, the leading flash-sale e-tailer for the outdoor and active lifestyle, ships thousands of packages a day to its members across the country. Each one of those packages travels by plane, truck, or train to reach its ...
By 3BL Media
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Chicago 2016 olympic bid focuses on green summer games
Chicago's bid for the 2016 Summer Olympic Games makes the environment an integral part of its proposal. Mayor Richard Daley said, 'Our plan involves the entire city, focuses on athletes and leaves a lasting legacy for our young people through sport, culture, education and the environment.' 'We are looking forward to the international process to showcase the spirit, energy and commitment that ...
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House Buys Carbon Credits Through Chicago Climate Exchange
The Chicago Climate Exchange, which began its greenhouse gas trading operations in 2003, has announced the results of its auction of Carbon Financial Instrument contracts conducted on behalf of the U.S. House of Representatives at its request. The reverse auction was a bid for 300 contracts representing 30,000 metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent from a pool of U.S. based projects that ...
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Newsbyte: SAP Invests in Livelihoods Funds to Fight Climate Change and Poverty
SAP NEWSBYTE — SAP AG (NYSE: SAP) today announced it will join the Livelihoods Fund with an investment of EUR 3 million. The Livelihoods Fund is a carbon investment fund organized as an investment company, with the goal to create social value for rural communities and contribute to their food security through the restoration of their ecosystems. Put in simple words, the fund plants trees, ...
By SAP SE
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Carbon removal and offsets: a buyer’s guide
This is the make-or-break decade for climate action, and companies are leading the charge. But while there’s now wide consensus on the initial steps—measuring footprints, sourcing clean power, and decarbonizing supply chains—there’s still a lot of confusion about what comes after. For companies with carbon neutral or net zero goals, emissions cuts aren’t enough: ...
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NativeEnergy Launches International Carbon Offset Partnership that Provides Safe Water and Cuts CO2 Pollution
Collaboration with Triple Quest will reduce more than 500,000 tons of CO2; first project will bring clean water to more than 20,000 Kenyans SOURCE: NativeEnergy DESCRIPTION:BURLINGTON, Vt. / GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., November 29, 2012 /3BL Media/ - NativeEnergy, a leading provider of carbon offsets, is launching a program that combines clean water with carbon reductions in Kenya, Ghana, Ethiopia, and ...
By 3BL Media
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JustGreen™ Lifestyle by Just Energy Announces Carbon Offset Partnership with The Village of Pinecrest, Florida
SOURCE: Just Energy Group Inc. DESCRIPTION:PINECREST, Fla., Oct. 31, 2012 /3BL Media /PRNewswire/ - JustGreen™ Lifestyle by Just Energy is pleased to announce a unique partnership with the Village of Pinecrest in Florida to offer residents and businesses a simple new option to reduce their environmental footprint through carbon offsets. Generated from carbon emission reduction projects, the ...
By 3BL Media
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Climate Change Threatens California Economy by Changing Ecosystems
Climate change is likely to harm California's economy by reducing the types of natural, non-irrigated vegetation available for livestock forage and the ability of forest ecosystems to store carbon dioxide, according to a peer-reviewed study published in the scientific journal Climatic Change. The ability of ecosystems to store carbon dioxide is a key part of implementing the state's climate law, ...
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Climate Change and Emissions Management (CCEMC) Corporation Announces $46 Million in Funding for Carbon Capture and Storage and Cleaner Energy Projects
The Climate Change and Emissions Management (CCEMC) Corporation is providing $46 million in funding to support six new clean technology projects. The projects have a combined value of more than $327 million. "The CCEMC is supporting industry efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from fossil fuels while helping to ensure Alberta can continue to be a global energy leader, even as we ...
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Climate Change and Emissions Management (CCEMC) Corporation to Announce Funding for 13 Small and Medium Sized Businesses
The Climate Change and Emissions Management (CCEMC) Corporation plans to fund 13 new clean technology projects led by small and medium sized businesses. The projects will advance carbon capture and storage efforts, enhance energy efficiency and reduce emissions from fossil fuels. Combined, the projects are valued at more than $34 million. The CCEMC is investing more than $6 million in these ...
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California cities and counties invited to low-carbon workshops
California's cities and counties must take action now to combat global warming by limiting emissions of greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide, says California Attorney General Edmund G. Brown Jr. In 534 letters mailed statewide, Brown invited mayors, local planning directors, and county supervisors to attend workshops this spring where they can learn practical ways of reducing greenhouse gas ...
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Climate Change and Emissions Management (CCEMC) Corporation Launches $35 Million International Challenge to Find Useful Applications for Carbon
The Climate Change and Emissions Management (CCEMC) Corporation is seeking innovative ideas from around the world for a $35 million open innovation challenge that will create new, carbon-based products and markets. The grand challenge is the first ever initiated by an organization in Alberta, Canada. It is expected to identify multiple technologies that could provide significant reductions in ...
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