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Cooking the books: The magical math of ‘climate-friendly’ meat

Corporate Knights

The world’s biggest meat-packers have announced net-zero targets, as the industry tries to reassure the public that despite the urgency of the climate emergency, there’s no need to cut back on our burgers and steaks. That includes emissions from animals and meat purchased from suppliers. “In It’s possible.” JBS denied the allegations.

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US oil company buys Canadian carbon capture tech to fuel oil extraction future

Corporate Knights

Earlier this year, she said DAC will one day help Occidental bring its operations to net-zero, allowing it to continue investing in oil extraction. “We Other scientists have also weighed in , cautioning that Occidental has inflated the role that carbon dioxide removal can play in reducing emissions, reports Climate Home News.

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Universities Step Up to Offer Practical Solutions to Achieving Net Zero on their Campuses and Beyond

Sustainable Development Network

The University Action to Achieve Net Zero panel at ICSD 2023 was moderated by John Thwaites, and included Tim Carter, Dano Weisbord, and Kendra Wasiluk. Goodwin talked about the vast network of higher education institutions on the path to zero carbon emissions, and the steps that EAUC used to support them.

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Pathways to Net Zero

3BL Media

The pathways shown remain the most current forecast of our route to net zero; carbon offsets and credits are still estimated to represent about one-quarter of our net-zero strategy.

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How a new wave of lawsuits is targeting airline "greenwashing"

Corporate Knights

A wave of anti-“greenwashing” litigation is seeking to hold major players in the aviation industry to account for sensational claims of being sustainable, low-carbon or contributing to net zero. It’s not hard to see why the aviation industry has provoked the ire of climate activists.

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Demystifying the ?Absolute Zero? concept

GreenBiz

The nuances of all the various adjectives and descriptors that are used to describe climate action — from "science-based" to "net zero" to "carbon negative" — are enough to make heads spin, especially for those who spend their professional lives worrying about how to communicate these concepts. Offsetting versus insetting.

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Concerns about credibility of carbon offsetting schemes expressed in UK environmental services survey

Envirotec Magazine

Businesses across the UK environmental services industry have seemingly expressed concern at the credibility and transparency of carbon credit offsetting schemes. Worryingly, only 3% of those interviewed said their organisation was currently at net zero. The full report and survey findings can be downloaded here.