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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Environmental Leader

MAY 25, 2021

Waste-to-energy facilities offer significant environmental protection, reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and play an important complementary role in recycling efforts, according to a new City College of New York report that reviewed the most up-to-date scientific studies of the industry.

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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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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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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

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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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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Environmental News Bits

APRIL 25, 2024

The Waste Methane Assessment Platform (WasteMAP), a joint RMI and Clean Air Task Force (CATF) effort funded by the Global Methane Hub and Google.org, was created to give policymakers, landfill operators, municipalities, and other sector stakeholders improved access to waste methane emissions data, enhance their understanding of mitigation opportunities, (..)

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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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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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Greenbuilding Law

AUGUST 7, 2022

As governments enact mandatory greenhouse gas emission laws and as businesses voluntarily make “net zero” pledges, we are increasingly working with organizations, first to understand and calculate their GHG emissions, then to implement strategies for efficacious yet frictionless reductions. Organic waste sent to landfills emits CH4.

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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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Greenbuilding Law

NOVEMBER 19, 2023

While in use, solar panels safely generate electricity without creating greenhouse gas emissions. However, like any energy source, there are unintended consequences like waste that needs to be safely disposed of when solar panels reach their end of life. By 2050, the U.S. nothing that 900 degrees F will not thermally separate?

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Environmental News Bits

JULY 24, 2023

Landfills are California’s third-largest source of methane, a potent greenhouse gas that’s released by banana … Continue reading California bill aims to reduce waste by reining in ‘sell by’ dates

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Environmental Leader

JULY 1, 2022

It will invest $1 billion over 20 years to meet those goals and improve its water efficiency and reduce waste. The post 3M Has Cut its Greenhouse Gases by 71% Over Two Decades. It expects to be halfway there by 2030 and 80% of the way there by 2040. appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader.

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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 13, 2022

billion tons — is lost or wasted. The emissions related to food waste are equivalent to an estimated 3.3. billion tons of CO2, making food waste the third largest driver of greenhouse gas emissions. Startup Choco, on … Continue reading German startup digitizes restaurant orders to address food waste.

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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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Environmental Leader

JULY 15, 2022

Since 2000, Intel Corporation has sought to be a global leader in emissions reductions, water preservation, and waste generation — or the ability to reuse or recycle waste. The post Intel: Greenhouse Gases are Falling Even as it Expands Manufacturing Capacity appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader.

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Environmental Leader

JULY 15, 2022

Since 2000, Intel Corporation has sought to be a global leader in emissions reductions, water preservation, and waste generation — or the ability to reuse or recycle waste. The post Intel: Greenhouse Gases are Falling Even as it Expands Manufacturing Capacity appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader.

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Environmental News Bits

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

municipal waste stream is food. According to the EPA, this food waste and the annual energy used in producing, processing, preparing, distributing, and disposing of it contributes greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions equivalent to 60 coal-fired power plants per year. Mar 20, 2024, 10 am CSTRegister here.

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Environmental News Bits

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Read the full story at Waste Dive. EPA recently released the sixteenth version of its Waste Reduction Model, an online template and downloadable spreadsheet that estimates the greenhouse gas emissions, energy savings and economic impacts from different materials management practices.

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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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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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Environmental News Bits

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

There is money to be made – and potential to reduce greenhouse gas emissions – by finding a second life for the potato peels, fried dough particles, cheese whey and other industrial food-processing waste products that routinely end up in landfills, according to new research.

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Environmental News Bits

JULY 26, 2021

At least eight states, all in the Northeast and mid-Atlantic except California, have laws requiring some reprocessing of food waste, to keep it out of landfills and cut down on greenhouse gases, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures. Read the full story at Stateline. Read more →

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Environmental News Bits

JANUARY 20, 2023

Researchers have developed a system that can transform plastic waste and greenhouse gases into sustainable fuels and other valuable products — using just the energy from the Sun. Read the full story from the University of Cambridge.

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Environmental News Bits

APRIL 10, 2023

Greenhouse gases resulting from rotted and otherwise wasted food accounts for around half of all global food system emissions, according to a new study. Read the full story at Carbon Brief.

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Manning Law

JUNE 15, 2022

Under most emissions trading systems, regulated industries, which fail to meet their greenhouse gas emission target must make up the shortfall either with a punitive payment or by purchasing emissions trading credits. Regulated parties whose emissions are less than their target will receive credits for that emissions saving.

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Environmental News Bits

APRIL 21, 2022

The Lay’s, Cheetos and Quaker Oats maker is rolling out the use of UBQ material developed by Israeli startup UBQ Materials from household waste, which has significant impact in reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Read the full story at Bakery and Snacks.

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Environmental News Bits

JUNE 11, 2021

Renewable, clean hydrogen could cut greenhouse gas emissions from fossil fuel by up to 34%, reports Bloomberg New Energy Finance, and plenty of developers are racing to commercialize their own version of this low- to zero-carbon alternative fuel, usually leveraging electricity.

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Enviromental Defense

NOVEMBER 24, 2023

Subsidizing regulatory compliance Listen, oil and gas companies must reduce their greenhouse gas pollution. The post Minister Freeland Wastes $10 Billion on Big Oil’s Carbon Capture Fantasy appeared first on Environmental Defence. That makes it easy for oil and gas companies to exploit the credit even more.

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Environmental News Bits

JUNE 23, 2021

As part of a broader effort to create a circular economy that reduces waste and greenhouse gas emissions, the European Union will ban a host of throwaway plastic items next month and is working to create an expansive and lucrative market for recycled plastics. Read the full story from e360. Read more →

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HumanNature

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

greenhouse gas emissions in the year 2020. cattle, sheep, goats), food waste, and soil emissions. Scientists have become more aware of the impacts of agriculture on Earth’s changing climate. It is estimated that agriculture was responsible for 11% of the total U.S. Those emissions come from farm equipment (e.g.,

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Environmental News Bits

AUGUST 17, 2021

Scottish distillery glenfiddich has launched a fleet of specially converted trucks that run on green biogas made from its own whisky waste. The innovative closed loop system will reduce greenhouse gas emissions by… Read more → Once known as the water of life, whisky is now making headlines as an eco-friendly fuel source.

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Environmental News Bits

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

The proliferation of electronic devices has contributed to the accelerated surge of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in e-waste, according to a new study in Circular Economy. E-waste GHG emissions rose 53 percent between 2014 and 2020.

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Environmental News Bits

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

The Mill system offers a practical, circular solution for reducing home food waste and the resulting, climate-changing greenhouse gases — with minimal effort on the part of users. Read the full story at Sustainable Brands.

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