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Collecting Air Emissions Data for Compliance and Carbon Reduction

3BL Media

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) provides an Emission Factor Database (AP-42) that offers emission factors for a variety of industries and pollutants. An emission factor is a multiplier that correlates a unit of activity (e.g., fuel consumption) with a quantity of pollutant emitted.

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ESG Acronyms and What They Mean

3BL Media

According to the EPA , transition risks are related to the transition to a lower-carbon economy, while physical risks are associated to the physical impacts of climate change. Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) The CDP is a self-reported survey that measures corporate and city action on climate change and forest/water security.

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Celebrating Climate Week & Earth Day 2021 – Global Leaders Gather in “Climate Summit” Hosted by the U.S. – Kumbaya for Paris Agreement Goals Refresh

Sustainability Update

We could describe the enthusiastic presentations and panel discussions over the two days by global participants a kumbaya gathering to refresh and update the 2015 Paris Agreement (or Accord) moments as the world leaders then set out ambitious goals to limit global warming. The measures sovereign governments (large and small!)

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Take Five: Biden’s Gear Shift

Chris Hall

On Wednesday, the US Environment Protection Agency (EPA) unveiled new pollution standards that will require EVs to make up 35-56% of new car and truck sales by 2032, with plug-in hybrids accounting for 13-36%. Gear shift – Joe Biden famously characterises himself as a “ car guy ”.

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The U.S.A. & the 2015 Paris Accord: Five Years On, the Largest Economy on Earth Promises to Return – With a Cabinet of Climate Change Champions Preparing for Action

Sustainability Update

representative to the COP 21 meetings in Paris and guided the nation’s inclusion in the Paris Agreement. Against the above context, we share here a selection of the perspectives on the 5-Year Anniversary of the Paris Agreement. The Paris climate pact is 5 years old. Secretary Kerry was the U.S.

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Trump and the Business of Climate Change

Chris Hall

My colleague, Dr Scott Kelly, Senior Vice President of Model Development and Analytics, recently presented expert testimony before the US Senate Budget Committee, explaining how climate change-driven  disruption to business  is happening, now. The financial impact could be catastrophic; the  Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP)  warns that environmental (..)