Scientific American

APRIL 3, 2024

emissions of sulfuryl fluoride—a rare greenhouse gas and common pesticide used to treat termites—comes from California As much as 85 percent of U.S.

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Environment + Energy Leader

AUGUST 22, 2022

A new study in the August issue of the “Journal of Cleaner Production” reveals that it is possible for farms to sequester carbon and reduce their overall greenhouse gas emissions. The post Study: Organic Dairy Farming Can Store Carbon and Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader.

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Scientific American

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Eunice Newton Foote showed that carbon dioxide traps the heat of the sun in 1856, beating the so-called father of the greenhouse effect by at least three years. Why was she forgotten?

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Environment + Energy Leader

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

The post EPA’s $27 Billion Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund to Prioritize Low-Income and Disadvantaged Communities appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader. A minimum of $15 billion from the $27 billion fund will be allocated towards aiding underprivileged and low-income communities, and there will be two award competitions.

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Environment + Energy Leader

AUGUST 19, 2022

Moreover, it expanded its goals to cut greenhouse gas emissions to include Scope 3, which covers its supply chain. The post Xerox Takes Hacksaw to Greenhouse Gas Emissions And Waste Streams appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader. In 2020, Xerox moved up its net-zero goals from 2050 to 2040.

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New Scientist

DECEMBER 29, 2023

If governments step up support for renewable energy and other efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, 2024 could see total carbon emissions begin to fall

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Environment + Energy Leader

APRIL 25, 2023

According to the report, the transportation, electricity and residential heating and cooling sectors are responsible for almost 75% of Connecticut’s greenhouse gas emissions. The post Connecticut’s Greenhouse Gas Inventory Report Shows Emissions Decline with Need for More Reductions appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader.

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New Scientist

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

A "negative greenhouse effect" means rising concentrations of CO2 and methane have slightly cooled parts of Antarctica’s upper atmosphere, but that could change as the air becomes more humid

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Environment + Energy Leader

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

The post Clorox Aims Trims Greenhouse Gases By 32% and Energy Use by 17% From 2011 Baseline appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader. Clorox's key priorities include using 100% renewable energy to power its operations and reaching net-zero targets by 2050 from a 2011 baseline.

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Environment + Energy Leader

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

Nucro's greenhouse gas emissions from steel mills are 25%-%33 of the global average, and it has committed to an additional 35% combined reduction in steel mill scopes 1 scope 2 greenhouse gas intensity by 2030 using the 2015 baseline. That is 77% less than the global average.

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Environment + Energy Leader

MARCH 8, 2023

CPIPG hopes to reduce the intensity of its greenhouse gas emissions by 32.4% The post CPI Property Group Secures $100m in Funding to Combat Greenhouse Gases appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader. by 2030, compared to the 2019 baseline.

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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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A Greener Life

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

By Anders Lorenzen On the eve of the COP28 UN climate summit, The World Meteorological Organization (WMO), a United Nations (UN) body, has warned that the atmospheric concentration of greenhouse gases (GHG) is forecast to continue the trend that resulted in record-high CO2 measurements last year.

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Yale E360

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

Scientists have found that permafrost buried beneath the Arctic Ocean holds 60 billion tons of methane and 560 billion tons of organic carbon — making it a major source of greenhouse gases not currently included in climate projections that could have a significant impact on climate change in the longer-term. Read more on E360 ?.

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New Scientist

DECEMBER 1, 2023

Carbon dioxide is the dominant driver of climate change, but countries convening at COP28 are expected to make agreements to reduce methane and other often overlooked greenhouse gases

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Environment + Energy Leader

JUNE 9, 2023

When recent shifts from coal to lower-emission fuels, such as natural gas, have helped reduce the amount of emissions associated with energy usage.

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Greenbuilding Law

JUNE 5, 2022

With proposed federal regulation of greenhouse gas emissions by the Securities and Exchange Commission requiring GHG disclosure and new state statutes, including a new Maryland law that requires not only disclosure, but also a mandated reduction in GHG emissions, a greater appreciation of the subject of GHG appears in order.

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Environment + Energy Leader

JUNE 19, 2023

According to a Cornell study, the metaverse can greatly contribute to reducing business travel, a major carbon emitter as well as reduce transportation and commercial energy usage, transforming energy distribution.

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New Scientist

APRIL 12, 2024

An Arctic-wide survey has found that the permafrost region is emitting more carbon into the atmosphere than it absorbs, causing the planet to heat even further

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Environment + Energy Leader

JUNE 10, 2022

The post Australia’s Telstra Cuts Greenhouse Gases by 11% by Focusing on Efficiency and Renewables appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader. Telstra easily hits in carbon neutrality goal in 2020. Now it wants to bring its suppliers on board.

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Enviromental Defense

APRIL 14, 2023

Alberta continues to generate more greenhouse gas pollution than any other province in the country, accounting for nearly 40 per cent of Canada’s emissions. By the time Canada’s national greenhouse gas emissions inventory report is published each spring, the data is already 16 months out of date.

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Environmental News Bits

JULY 12, 2023

Shallow lakes and ponds emit significant amounts of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere, but emissions from these systems vary considerably and are not well understood.

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Greenbuilding Law

DECEMBER 31, 2023

Governments across the United States are for the first time regulating greenhouse gas emissions. If it is January 1, 2024, most commercial building owners not already measuring greenhouse gas emissions for reporting to the government under the Maryland Climate Solutions Now Act of 2022, may be in violation of law.

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Scientific American

MARCH 13, 2023

government is celebrating some success at reining in emissions of a potent greenhouse gas called SF 6 , which traps 25,000 times more heat than CO 2 does over a century-long timescale

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Environmental News Bits

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

What GAO Found According to the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), state departments of transportation (state DOT) and metropolitan planning organizations (MPO) play a key role in implementing activities to reduce transportation-related greenhouse gas emissions, including on-road emissions from vehicles.

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Inside Climate News

SEPTEMBER 3, 2023

Scientists say their findings could help close a legal loophole that enables the federal government to avoid considering greenhouse gas emissions impacts on threatened and endangered species.

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Inhabitant

JANUARY 12, 2023

Even better, greenhouse gas can now be turned into raw material instead of released into the atmosphere where it causes runaway climate change. Scientists have found a way to use nanodiamonds to convert greenhouse gas into useable industrial material.

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Environmental News Bits

JUNE 29, 2023

The systems cities use to monitor and analyze greenhouse gas emissions are “flawed,” says a group of researchers from Carbon Monitor, Hestia, IG3IS, Nexqt and RMI.

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Environmental News Bits

OCTOBER 24, 2022

The Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 amended the Clean Air Act to create the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund, a new program which will deploy $27 billion in competitive grants to mobilize financing for clean energy and climate projects that reduce or avoid greenhouse gas emissions, especially in disadvantaged communities.

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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

JUNE 26, 2023

A new greenhouse gas budget shows coastal ecosystems globally are a net greenhouse gas sink for carbon dioxide (CO2) but emissions of methane (CH4) and nitrous oxide (N2O) counteract some of the CO2 uptake, according to researchers. Read the full story from Southern Cross University.

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Frontiers

JULY 12, 2023

By Deborah Pirchner, Frontiers science writer Image: Shutterstock.com Methane production in the livestock sector greatly contributes to greenhouse gas emissions. Manure methane production does contribute to global greenhouse gas emission and needs to be reduced,” Ramin said. Selling the articles is not allowed.

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Enviromental Defense

MARCH 5, 2024

Read the full report here The post How Canada Can Unlock the Power of Public Transit to Cut Greenhouse Gas Emissions appeared first on Environmental Defence.

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Environmental News Bits

MAY 3, 2022

A free-access platform with a wide diversity of data on greenhouse gas emissions in the Amazon is being built by the Research Center for Greenhouse Gas Innovation (RCGI), at the University of São Paulo (USP).

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Environmental News Bits

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Greenhouse gas emissions declined 1.9% Read the full story at ESG Dive. in the United States last year, the largest non-pandemic influenced fall since 2016, despite a projected 2.4% economic growth for the country in 2023, according to a preliminary estimate Rhodium Group released Wednesday.

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Inside Climate News

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Drainage has exposed the fertile soils of the Everglades Agricultural Area, a region responsible for much of the nation’s sugar cane. By Amy Green ORLANDO, Fla.—It It used to be the water spilled over Lake Okeechobee’s southern shore, flowing eventually into the sawgrass prairies of the Florida Everglades.

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NRDC

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

A state court dealt a set-back today to Pennsylvania’s climate fight, ruling against the state's CO2 Budget Trading Program and its participation in the successful Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI).

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