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Green news- Limit corporate influence, nonprofits tell GHG Protocol and other standard-setters A coalition of advocacy groups has asked standards bodies to do a better job of handling conflicts of interest. The post Limit corporate influence, nonprofits tell GHG Protocol and other standard-setters appeared first on Trellis.
- Updated: Sustainable AI tools, frameworks and best practicesAssess water risks from AI power consumption; opt for 'lighter AI models'; a real-time view of Claude coding emissions. The post Updated: Sustainable AI tools, frameworks and best practices appeared first on Trellis.
- What to do when your CEO is planning for the wrong decadeToo many executives still treat climate disruption as a temporary nuisance when it has already become a permanent operating condition. For sustainability leaders, that misread hurts twice. The post What to do when your CEO is planning for the wrong decade appeared first on Trellis.
- Investors are ignoring the biggest source of data-center water useLenders that finance data centers screen for the water drawn on site — but that’s only a drop in the bucket. The post Investors are ignoring the biggest source of data-center water use appeared first on Trellis.
- Long-time Ceres CEO Mindy Lubber to step down in 2027Between now and next fall, her schedule will be filled with meetings about the massive U.S. data center buildout. The post Long-time Ceres CEO Mindy Lubber to step down in 2027 appeared first on Trellis.
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Tag Archives: carbon
Green Solutions to Global Warming
There is much concern at the present time about the increasing addition of green house gases to the earth’s atmosphere. A prominent greenhouse gas is carbon dioxide. This gas is produced when fossil fuels are burnt to produce energy for driving our automobiles or for producing electricity in power plants. It is believed that increasing addition of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere will result in adverse changes to the earth’s climate such as global warming to the extent that many presently inhabited areas of our planet will become inhabitable. Continue reading
CO2 emissions from new cars fell by over 3% in 2011
The European Commission adopted a decision confirming provisional findings that average CO2 emissions from new cars in the EU dropped by 3.3% last year. This decision is based on emissions data gathered by the European Environment Agency and verified by car manufacturers.
The average CO2 emissions for the 12.8 million new cars registered in the EU in 2011 was 135.7 grams per kilometre. This is a drop of 4.6g CO2/km compared to 2010 and confirms that car manufacturers are on track to reach the 2015 target of 130g CO2/km. Continue reading
EU to keep carbon tax on airlines, but for how long?
The European Union will maintain its carbon tax imposed on airlines operating in its airspace, despite retaliatory trade measures by China.
As long as an international policy on carbon emissions by airlines is not found, the “EU will stick to its own ETS system”. The carbon tax imposed on airlines by the European Union came into effect on January 1, but carriers will begin receiving bills only in 2013 after this year’s carbon emissions have been assessed. Continue reading
EU, US lock horns on Europe airline emissions charges
(BRUSSELS) – Europe and the United States headed for confrontation Wednesday after the EU won key legal backing for its proposal to slap carbon emissions charges on all airlines in its airspace from January 1.
The European Union’s top court threw out a bid by US and Canadian airlines to block the introduction of the scheme in a ruling that was warmly welcomed by the bloc but triggered an angry response from Washington. Continue reading
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