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Accenture, Microsoft Extend Partnership To Support UK Clean Energy Transition
Wednesday, February 24, 2021 - 1:38pm | 293Accenture PLC (NYSE: ACN) and Microsoft Corp (NASDAQ: MSFT) have partnered to fast-track the U.K.'s low-carbon transition. The joint venture, Avanade, will help utility and energy companies transform the energy system, reducing the electricity decarbonizing...
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COVID-19 Led To Biggest Drop In Global Carbon Emissions
Friday, December 11, 2020 - 4:56am | 436Environmental impact research by the Global Carbon Project suggests that global carbon emissions from greenhouse gas could fall by 2.4 billion tonnes in 2020, 7% less than in 2019, the largest decline on record. On an absolute basis, the research puts the figure of CO2 emissions at 34...
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CN, CSX And CP Achieve Climate Change Leadership Status
Wednesday, December 9, 2020 - 4:22pm | 713Railways CN (NYSE: CNI), CSX (NASDAQ: CSX) and Canadian Pacific (NYSE: CP) made it to the Carbon Disclosure Project's (CDP) leadership level for climate change on Tuesday. Only 5% of the more than 5,800 companies scored by the CDP joined CSX and CN on the A List for climate. With scores ranging...
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Daily Infographic: Air Cargo Sustainability Trends
Monday, November 16, 2020 - 3:59pm | 59To read the full article, click here.
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JPMorgan Says It Will Push Fossil Fuel Clients To Follow The Paris Accord
Wednesday, October 7, 2020 - 1:59am | 425JPMorgan Chase & Co (NYSE: JPM) is urging clients in the oil and gas, electric power, and automotive sectors to align with the Paris agreement in an effort to tackle climate change, reports the Financial Times. The bank is the largest lender to the fossil fuel industry, and it could...
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California Regulators: Full Steam Ahead On Trucking Pollution Programs
Tuesday, April 7, 2020 - 4:19pm | 1044California air quality regulators continue to enforce trucking-related pollution programs during the coronavirus outbreak, but have postponed public hearings on new rulemaking as industry organizations request delays in light of the pandemic. The California Air Resources Board (CARB) programs will...
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Vehicle Electrification Is Not Just About Reducing Emissions
Monday, March 16, 2020 - 4:50pm | 842The transport industry is in the midst of tectonic change, brought on by a flurry of regulations targeted at reducing its carbon emissions. The push has been particularly pronounced across the last-mile delivery segment. Unlike other aspects of logistics operations, the last mile touches end...
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Beyond Meat Shares Surge As Starbucks Looks Towards Plant Options In Carbon Pledge
Wednesday, January 22, 2020 - 6:42am | 355Beyond Meat Inc.'s (NASDAQ: BYND) shares continued their surge on Tuesday as Starbucks Corporation (NASDAQ: SBUX) said it would expand into more plant-based options to reduce its carbon impact. In an open letter on Tuesday, Starbucks CEO Kevin Johnson said the coffee chain would aim to...
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Today's Pickup: Last-Mile Delivery Growth Will Increase Carbon Emissions By 30% By 2030
Thursday, January 16, 2020 - 12:33pm | 730Good day, A study published by the World Economic Forum (WEF) found that the growth in last-mile deliveries over the next decade will lead to slower transits and higher emissions in major cities across the world. The report forecasts a 36% rise in the number of delivery vehicles in the world's top...
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Will Joaquin Phoenix's Golden Globes Speech Dent The Private Plane Market?
Thursday, January 9, 2020 - 4:15pm | 923Actor Joaquin Phoenix has joined a chorus of celebrities and environmentalists criticizing private jets as an irresponsible contribution to carbon emissions in an era of climate change, a line of critique that may be starting to worry the small jet market. At the Golden Globes award show last...
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Shipping Companies Propose Crash Program To Reduce CO2
Wednesday, December 18, 2019 - 11:27am | 511A group of eight trade organizations that collectively represent 90% of the world's merchant fleet have proposed a collaborative shipping research and development program to help eliminate CO2 emissions from international shipping. Their plan includes funding the program with $5 billion over a 10...
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MSC Outlines Lower Carbon Output For European Vessel Calls
Monday, December 9, 2019 - 12:06pm | 410Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) said it is starting to use biofuel blends to power its vessels. This is occurring as the shipping industry grapples with how to reduce its carbon footprint ahead of mandatory reductions over the coming decades. The world's second-largest container shipping...
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Could Europe Unilaterally Regulate Shipping Carbon Emissions?
Thursday, December 5, 2019 - 9:02am | 2074What would happen to global trade if the European Union (EU) implemented some form of carbon pricing for ocean shipping and the International Maritime Organization (IMO) did not follow suit, or did so years later, leading to a permanent or temporary ‘Balkanization' of carbon-emission regimes? On...
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Nikola, BYD Team Up On Emissions-Free Beer Run
Friday, November 22, 2019 - 9:18am | 426Hydrogen fuel cell electric truck maker Nikola Motor Co. and Chinese battery-electric truck maker BYD teamed up to make an emissions-free beer delivery to the arena where the NHL Champion St. Louis Blues play hockey. In the Nov. 21 test run, Nikola picked up a load of beer at the Anheuser-Busch...
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California To Stop Buying From Automakers That Backed Trump On Emissions
Wednesday, November 20, 2019 - 11:47am | 70Image by Richard Songo from Pixabay