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Water utilities could cut their emissions using current technologies, according to a new paper from global water technology firm Xylem.

The University of Liverpool’s Zero Carbon Research Institute (ZCRI) is partnering with major fried chicken restaurant KFC UK & Ireland to help drive

About 57 percent of Taiwanese companies still have not set out plans for carbon reduction, Standard Chartered Bank (Taiwan) Ltd (渣打國際商業銀行) said yesterday, as it released its Zero Carbon Future survey on the progress of firms reducing emissions. For most companies that have taken action, adopting energy-saving and electricity-efficient approaches, and using environmentally friendly raw materials or substances in the manufacturing process, have become common practice, the survey sh...

Policy support needed to drive maritime innovation Government support for innovative low-carbon propulsion technology is needed to help unlock the shipping industry’s desire to decarbonise, according to a panel of experts. Speaking at ShipTech Virtual Is the Zero-Carbon Future a Slow Shipping Future? as part of the Maritime Online Series, Diane Gilpin, CEO & Founder of Smart Green Shipping said action was needed to prevent innovations from being lost. Gilping recalled that early, small, land...

Equipping the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation for the Low-Carbon Transition: How Are Other National Oil Companies Adapting? The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation’s (NNPC) persistent governance challenges have both hampered Nigeria’s oil sector development and deprived the country of public resources. The oil, climate, and COVID-19 crises and the ramp-up of the low-carbon transition exacerbate this reality, with the national oil company (NOC) delivering sub-optimal returns to i...

Close (Photo : Photo by Osman Orsal/Getty Images) According to the funds new CEO, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos plans to invest the $10 billion in the Bezos Planet Fund by 2030. A little to no information has been revealed on how the fund will be used to tackle the climate crisis after Bezos unveiled it in February 2020. On Tuesday, Andrew Steer was appointed the funds CEO, and he disclosed a few specifics in a series of tweets, including that Bezos "target is to invest it down between now and 2030." ...

2020 has been an unprecedented year in many respects, including political, societal, public health, and economic upheaval. It has also been unprecedented with respect to climate and energy. In addition to headline-grabbing climate impacts happening around the world, technologies are emerging and beginning to scale, finance mechanisms are being developed, and decarbonization commitments are being made in ways that would have been unimaginable a few years ago. As with numerous other parts of glob...

Feb 19, 2021 11:12 PM EST (Photo : Mike Cohen/Getty Images) He encouraged the countries to implement policies that promote the consumption of 100% sustainable synthetic beef. In his book How to Avoid a Climate Disaster the Microsoft founder features various recommendations addressing climate change and the inevitable crisis that follow. Mr. Gates, who has invested in many synthetic meat corporations, insisted that federal regulations reducing greenhouse emissions should be enforced. MIT Intervi...

Hydrogen Hype in the Air Special To The Auto Channel “Unlike fossil fuels, which emit planet-warming carbon dioxide when they’re burned, hydrogen mostly produces water.” Answer: false. That statement appeared in a Bloomberg Green article[1] a week or so ago. It reported on future European plans to use hydrogen (H2) as a fuel “in modified gas turbines” to power airplanes. Similar reports have appeared in other reputable energy articles about how hydrogen is the optimal climate solutio...