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T&E: Rising use of private jets sends CO2 emissions soaring

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billion, could be part of the solution by paying for the development of greener technology that can help accelerate innovation and clean flying for everyone. And yet, super-rich super polluters are flying around like there’s no climate crisis. T&E points out however, that private jet owners, who have an average wealth of €1.3

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Putting Climate into the Infrastructure Law

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To significantly cut pollution and climate-disrupting CO2 emissions via the new Infrastructure Law, we need to spend the money wisely. If we spend it poorly, we could actually add to pollution and climate-disrupting CO2 emissions.

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German Government Threatens to Block EU Truck CO2 Law

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continued] The post German Government Threatens to Block EU Truck CO2 Law appeared first on CleanTechnica. It’s the third time the Scholz government has threatened a last-minute U-turn on European environment laws. A planned vote on.

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ICAO establishes 2050 net-zero CO2 emission goal for international aviation

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The agreement is exciting, in part because ICAO has stopped pretending to be a global climate cop. —Dan Rutherford, Aviation Director of the International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT). To get to net-zero in 2050, we’ll need to peak emissions as soon as 2025, with richer countries taking the lead.

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Deutsche Post Offsets CO2 Emissions For Letter Mail Transport

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DHL noted that for the past decade, it has transported all of its parcels for its customers with climate-friendly “GoGreen” service and that, starting immediately, it’s also offsetting all CO2 emissions that are […].

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Honda secures auto industry’s largest renewable energy purchase; 60% reduction in CO2 from N.A. manufacturing operations

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Currently, 21% of the electricity that Honda uses in North America is supplied from extremely low- and zero-CO2 sources. Honda agrees to purchase electricity from a renewable energy supplier, but the clean energy does not go directly to Honda’s facilities; instead it is sold into the electricity grid where the clean power is generated.

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Combating climate change via carbon credits | Autocar Professional

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In today’s world, climate change is a reality we have to contend with and among the various measures undertaken to combat it, carbon credits can prove to be an effective solution. Weaving a new framework in the climate space, carbon credits incentivize sustainable practices by assigning a financial value to reductions in GHG emissions.