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Clean Energy is Building a Better Future for our Planet

American Clean Power

Transitioning to zero-carbon energy sources – like land-based wind, offshore wind, and solar – will help drive the clean energy economy forward while also benefiting our planet and the health of the American people through reducing carbon pollution produced by conventional generation sources. .

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How a one-man scrap metal recycler became the world’s most sustainable corporation

Corporate Knights

And about a third comes from forging recycled scrap steel into finished products in electric arc furnaces that are powered by hydropower, making the metal extremely low carbon. In the meantime, we are still pursuing Scope 3 emissions-reduction initiatives that provide low- and net-zero-carbon solutions for our customers.

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Dow, X-Energy To Drive Carbon Emissions Reductions Through Deployment of Advanced Small Modular Nuclear Power

3BL Media

Advanced small modular nuclear technology is going to be a critical tool for Dow's path to zero-carbon emissions and our ability to drive growth by delivering low-carbon products to our customers," said Jim Fitterling , Dow chairman and chief executive officer. "X-energy's About X-energy. and/or Corteva, Inc.

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New Sustainable Energy Factbook shows 2020 was ‘blockbuster’ year for renewables in America

Renewable Energy World

Global supply chain disruptions, workforce protection measures, and policy uncertainty required adaptation across the industry. Power from all zero-carbon sources (renewables plus nuclear power) set another record, meeting 40% of demand. emissions sank 9% to end 2020 20% below 2005 levels as result of the pandemic.

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Analyzing Carbon Offset Markets’ role in our journey to a net-zero world

Carlos Sanchez

Companies release carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases into the atmosphere due to their operations and supply chain. Carbon offsets are tradeable instruments that allow companies and countries to compensate those hard-to-abate emissions by investing in projects which avoid or remove emissions from the atmosphere elsewhere.

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The top 25 most sustainable fleets

GreenBiz

But in early 2019, Amazon announced an industry-first for a delivery company: It pledged that half of all of its shipments would be net-zero carbon by 2030. The entire company (including transportation) will be net-zero carbon by 2040. The end goal is carbon neutrality. . Just a short five years away. Media Source.

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AllianceBernstein: The Long View: Russia-Ukraine War Has Lasting Implications for Investing

3BL Media

We’ll also watch for accelerated investment in alternative energy sources, energy efficiency and new materials, to substitute stranded supplies in Russia and Ukraine. During the pandemic, supply chain disruptions threatened to dismantle decades of globalization, which was already under threat due to rising populism.