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The Wild West of plastic credits and offsets

GreenBiz

Thanks to the rise in plastics pledges, an emerging and undefined market for plastic offsets is just beginning to take shape. And, much like the market for carbon offsets, it’s messy. . In the same way that a company’s carbon credit may offset its U.S. That could bring in necessary investment in waste collection.

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Amazon to buy bio jet fuel to lower air cargo emissions

GreenBiz

The companies said the jet fuel will be made from agricultural waste fats and oils (such as used cooking oil and inedible fats from beef processing). Amazon has pledged to reach net-zero carbon emissions by 2040, and says it will make sure half of Amazon shipments are net-zero by 2030. Sponsored Article. A drop in the fuel tank.

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Aviation is plotting a sustainable course

GreenBiz

This article originally appeared in the State of Green Business 2021. body, set a course for airlines to offset emissions of international flights above a 2019-20 baseline. The sooner that the costs of carbon control are included in the costs of doing business, the sooner new technologies will be developed. Sponsored Article.

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Can Shell help pilot a new era of sustainable aviation?

GreenBiz

I was paid by Shell for this work but not to write this article, which has not been reviewed by the company.) CORSIA has helped catalyze a new generation of biofuels and carbon offsets, the two primary tools for reducing the aviation industry’s contribution to climate change. And that’s just for voluntary offsets.

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Is your team embedding equity considerations into its carbon removal projects?

GreenBiz

Examples of this dynamic include projects such as a hydroelectric plant in Guatemala ( later linked to egregious human rights abuse ) and forest preservation projects in Brazil ; both offered Western companies opportunities to gain carbon offset credits, but the reality of their impact from a human rights standpoint was less understood. .

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At long last, Canada restricts oil and gas subsidies (except for all the loopholes)

Corporate Knights

The Fine Print on Carbon Credits The definitions in the federal document take a fairly expansive view of “inefficient” subsidies that “encourage wasteful consumption, reduce our energy security, impede investment in clean energy sources, and undermine efforts to deal with the threat of climate change,” as the G20 defined the term in 2009.

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The Blue Wonder

3BL Media

1 It is not only the planet’s lungs, but also its biggest carbon sink, absorbing 25% of CO₂ emissions and 90% of excess heat generated by these emissions. 3 Pressures on the ocean, including plastic waste, acidification, tourism, pollution from shipping, and overfishing are all increasing. Building awareness is important.

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