June 03, 2010
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Environment Management Newsletter June 03, 2010 |
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What to do with all that carbon?
A leading British energy institute is to study technologies that could economically capture and store carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from sources such as small power plants, industrial facilities or large power stations and to turn it into solid bricks. The Energy Technologies Institute (ETI), a UK based company formed from global industries and the UK Government, plans to study technologies for the mineralization of CO2 and other opportunities for value added use of resulting carbonate products. At present, the leading technology for carbon capture and storage (CCS) involves capturing ... |
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Biodiversity - a bigger threat than climate change - Does anyone care?
Only two of the world"s largest 100 companies have identified biodiversity and ecosystem loss as a strategic issue according to analysis from PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP into corporate reporting on biodiversity and ecosystem impact and dependency. The analysis, undertaken as part of the UN report on the Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity for business to be released in summer, shows few of the world"s largest companies are currently communicating about biodiversity risks or opportunities with mainstream investors. This is despite the estimated US$2 - US$4.5 trillion annual economic ... |
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