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DHL Global Forwarding purchasing 60M liters of Sustainable Marine Fuel from GoodShipping

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DHL Global Forwarding, the air and ocean freight specialist of Deutsche Post DHL Group, and GoodShipping are further expanding their long-standing partnership. DHL Global Forwarding has been working with GoodShipping for five years, sharing the same aspiration for greener ocean freight via insetting.

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Victor and Neste partner on SAF for private jet charters

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Under a new partnership, members of Fly Victor, the on-demand private jet company, can purchase Neste MY Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) for every private jet booking globally. This enables private jet charterers to reduce the carbon footprint of their private air travel in a credible and measurable way.

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Hapag-Lloyd will use advanced biofuels for the transport of DHL shipments

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DHL Global Forwarding, the air and ocean freight specialist of Deutsche Post DHL Group, has signed an agreement with Hapag-Lloyd, a leading worldwide liner shipping company, for the use of advanced biofuels. —Danny Smolders, Managing Director Global Sales at Hapag-Lloyd.

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Taming the Climate Is Far Harder Than Getting People to the Moon

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In his 1949 book The Concept of Mind , Gilbert Ryle, an English philosopher, introduced the term “category mistake.” Today, no category mistake is perhaps more consequential than the all-too-common view of the global energy transition. Chris Philpot; Sources: CTBTO Preparatory Commission; ScienceDirect; McKinsey Global Institute.

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Growing Corporate Power Counters Climate-Change Action, So Reframe Debate, Book Suggests

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Beyond corporations worried about profits, could the global economic system itself be the main obstacle to the world collectively addressing climate change? It''s no secret that environmental demands and regulations pose an inconvenience for large corporations--but what if the problem is more fundamental than that?

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President Obama, Bill McKibben & I Want You To Man Up on Global Warming. It’s Time To Book Your Hotel In Copenhagen

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But I’m not happy with the President’s strategy or performance when it comes to our nation’s response to global warming. After the jump I’ll share what I said on Climate Progress about it yesterday, and you can read Bill McKibben’s comment there too. Woulda, coulda, shoulda.

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California trucking firm switches fleet of 600+ trucks to Neste renewable diesel

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mpg (according to the Federal Highway Administration and American Public Transit Association’s Public Transport Fact Book) means that Ecology’s Greenhouse Gas emission reductions are equivalent to taking 9,600 cars off the road and providing the same environmental benefit as 53,000 acres of forest. million tonnes of CO 2 in 2017.

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