emissions offsetting News
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New tool could aid safe underground storage of CO2, says MIT
To prevent global warming, researchers and policymakers are exploring a variety of options to significantly cut the amount of carbon dioxide that reaches the atmosphere. One possible approach involves capturing greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide at the source -- an electric power plant, for example -- and then injecting them underground. While theoretically promising, the technique has never ...
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Flight carbon footprint calculator prelude to aviation carbon market
The United Nations International Civil Aviation Organization, ICAO, has unveiled a carbon calculation tool on its website that allows travellers to estimate the carbon footprint for any flight they take. A carbon footprint is a measure of the impact human activities have on the environment in terms of the amount of greenhouse gases produced, measured in units of carbon dioxide. For instance, one ...
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Carbon Engineering launches new carbon dioxide removal service, with Shopify as its first customer
The service allows customers to reserve capacity from a Carbon Engineering Direct Air Capture (DAC) facility - providing the permanent removal of carbon emissions on their behalf Shopify is the first customer, reserving 10,000 tonnes of carbon removal capacity - the largest publicly-announced corporate purchase of DAC-based carbon removal to date A new carbon dioxide removal service has ...
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EPA, Southern California Edison mark recycling of 1 million refrigerators
Southern California Edison (SCE), one of the founding partners of U.S. EPA’s Responsible Appliance Disposal (RAD) Program and a 2012 ENERGY STAR Sustained Excellence award winner, today reached a national conservation milestone by crushing its 1 millionth refrigerator. SCE is the first utility to achieve the 1 million mark. The event was held at an Appliance Recycling Centers of America ...
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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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News Corporation to Make Operations Carbon Neutral
NEW YORK, New York - Media mogul Rupert Murdoch has started leading his News Corporation down a greener path. Murdoch said his will be the first global media company to commit to becoming carbon neutral. All News Corporation business units will become carbon neutral by 2010 – through energy efficiency, buying renewable power and offsetting otherwise unavoidable emissions, Murdoch said in an ...
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