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U.S. Food Waste Pact Engages Businesses Across the Country To Target, Measure, and Act To Reduce Food Waste

3BL Media

December 5, 2023 /3BL/ - Building on the success of the Pacific Coast Food Waste Commitment (PCFWC), nonprofit partners ReFED and World Wildlife Fund (WWF) today announced the formation of the U.S. Food Waste Pact is designed around the global framework of “Target, Measure, Act,” and food businesses joining the U.S. In the U.S.,

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Mitigating Climate Change Due to Methane From Natural Gas

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The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) does not currently require reporting of methane emissions from dry gas seals but in 2021, Enbridge took a first step toward estimating our emissions from these sources by applying Canadian emissions factors to our U.S. gas transmission operations. infrastructure. In the U.S., South of the Canada-U.S.

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ESG Explainer: Managing the Methane Menace

Chris Hall

Six months on from COP26’s Global Methane Pledge, the quick wins needed to achieve 2030 targets pose steep challenges. At COP26, 112 countries signed the Global Methane Pledge , an initiative designed to reduce global methane emissions by at least 30% by 2030. To keep a global 1.5?

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Despite the Headlines, 2021 Was A Year Full of Environmental Victories

Richard Matthews

This law will help America to reduce energy waste, and improve resiliency. International cooperation is the goal of the annual Conference of the Parties (COP) and despite being dismissed as a failure, the final agreement at COP26 emphasized the importance of nature and ecosystems, including protecting forests and biodiversity.

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Biden’s Climate Ambition Weathers a Political Storm

Chris Hall

billion metric tonnes of CO2 equivalent in 2020 alone, said the US Environment Protection Agency (EPA). After the four wasted years of the Trump administration, President Joe Biden has been left with the difficult task of both undoing the damage done and attempting to forge a new consensus at a time of division and contention. .