Greenhouse gas emissions

SAI "Carbon Footprint" Report: Ways of Energy Transformation Under the New Situation of Bitcoin Mining

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Tuesday, July 27, 2021
Greenhouse gas emissions, Environmental impact of the energy industry, Payment systems, Bitcoin, Carbon footprint, Mining, Currency, Articles

SAI Technology has released the first carbon footprint emissions report for the supercomputing and mining industry, which was certified by the UNFCCC secretariat.

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  • SAI Technology has released the first carbon footprint emissions report for the supercomputing and mining industry, which was certified by the UNFCCC secretariat.
  • SAI is known for exploring different ways to recover and utilize waste heat to generate additional revenue and offset the cost of electricity.
  • From May to June of this year, the Chinese government focused on the regulation of the bitcoin mining industry.
  • The advanced technology matrix of SAI Technology is a feasible solution for mining transformation of mining enterprises and miners.

JERA Americas Announces Hydrogen Fuel Blending Plans in Support of Net Zero CO2 Goals

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Tuesday, July 27, 2021
Chemicals, Plastics, Utilities, Environment, Oil, Gas, Manufacturing, Alternative energy, Energy, Greenhouse gas emissions, Carbon dioxide, Carbon neutrality, Renewable energy, Emissions reduction, Climate change policy

JERA Americas, the US-based subsidiary of global energy leader JERA, has announced plans to blend hydrogen at two plants, where it has ownership interests, in support of reducing CO2 emissions.

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  • JERA Americas, the US-based subsidiary of global energy leader JERA, has announced plans to blend hydrogen at two plants, where it has ownership interests, in support of reducing CO2 emissions.
  • We support that goal and will also be working toward the same net zero CO2 emission goals here in North America.
  • The Company has made initial progress toward that goal with plans to employ hydrogen fuel blending in its US power generation portfolio.
  • Under its JERA Zero CO2 Emissions 2050 objective, JERA has been working to eliminate CO2 emissions from its domestic and overseas businesses by 2050.

Cloudflare Sets Out to Create New Blueprint for a Zero-Emissions Internet

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Tuesday, July 27, 2021
Security, Other Energy, Environment, Technology, Energy, Networks, Internet, Computing, Articles, Technology, Internet security, Content delivery networks, Cloudflare, Freedom of speech in the United States, Reverse proxy, Greenhouse gas emissions, Carbon footprint, Low-carbon economy, Internet

Cloudflare, Inc. (NYSE: NET), the security, performance, and reliability company helping to build a better Internet, today announced it will help power an Internet with zero carbon emissions.

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  • Cloudflare, Inc. (NYSE: NET), the security, performance, and reliability company helping to build a better Internet, today announced it will help power an Internet with zero carbon emissions.
  • Now businesses can choose to intelligently route traffic through data centers powered by renewable energy using Green Compute on Cloudflare Workers .
  • Customers can also understand and quantify their individual footprints and approximate savings from Cloudflares network in comparison to Internet averages with the Carbon Impact Report.
  • Internet usage has skyrocketed in the last couple of years, growing over 80 percent on our network, and is showing no signs of slowing down.

The FTX Foundation Group Launches the FTX Climate Program

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Tuesday, July 27, 2021
Sam Bankman-Fried, FTX, Greenhouse gas emissions, Renewable energy, FTX, Cryptocurrency, Carbon neutrality, Articles, Economy

ANTIGUA, July 27, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- The FTX Foundation Group, a collective group consisting of companies owned by Sam Bankman-Fried and related contributors ("FTX Foundation"), today announced the launch of the FTX Climate program.

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  • FTX Climate program includes carbon neutral initiatives,research funding, special projects,and carbon removal solutions
    ANTIGUA, July 27, 2021 /PRNewswire/ --The FTX Foundation Group, a collective group consisting of companies owned by Sam Bankman-Fried and related contributors ("FTX Foundation"), today announced the launch of the FTX Climate program.
  • FTX & the FTX Foundation publicly committed to spending a minimum of $1 million this year to offset the environmental impact of cryptocurrency mining and storage.
  • The FTX Foundation is centered around the FTX team's desire to live in a world where everyone has the same opportunities.
  • To learn more about the FTX Climate program, please visit: FTX Climate
    FTX.COM is a cryptocurrency exchange built by traders, for traders.

Parker Commits to Achieving Carbon Neutral Operations by 2040, Advances Technologies that Enable a Sustainable Future

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Tuesday, July 27, 2021
Greenhouse gas emissions, Articles, Carbon dioxide, Renewable energy, Environmentalism, Climate change policy, Carbon neutrality, Natural environment, Sustainability, Environmental economics, Business action on climate change

Reduce absolute emissions directly from the companys operations and indirect emissions from purchased energy (scopes I and II) by 50% by 2030.

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  • Reduce absolute emissions directly from the companys operations and indirect emissions from purchased energy (scopes I and II) by 50% by 2030.
  • Achieve carbon neutral operations (scopes I and II) by 2040.
  • Parker has made great progress on our sustainability journey and we recognize the need to do even more, said Tom Williams, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Parker.
  • Our technologies enable customers around the world to be cleaner and more efficient, and this commitment to reducing our own carbon emissions is another important step we are taking to create a more sustainable future for generations to come.

Carbon Streaming Provides Corporate Update & Webcast Details

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Tuesday, July 27, 2021
Professional services, Environment, Finance, Carbon finance, Climate change policy, Articles, Energy, Resource economics, Greenhouse gas emissions, Emissions reduction, Carbon credit, Business action on climate change, Low-carbon economy

Carbon Streaming Corporation (Carbon Streaming or the Company) (NEO:NETZ) is pleased to provide a corporate update in advance of todays public listing at 9:30am ET on the Neo Exchange Inc. (NEO Exchange).

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  • Carbon Streaming Corporation (Carbon Streaming or the Company) (NEO:NETZ) is pleased to provide a corporate update in advance of todays public listing at 9:30am ET on the Neo Exchange Inc. (NEO Exchange).
  • Carbon Streamings ticker symbol on the NEO Exchange is NETZ, in reference to the Companys mission of financing a net-zero carbon future.
  • Carbon Streaming is in a strong financial position to execute its investment strategy of executing carbon credit streaming agreements for high-quality carbon dioxide equivalent (CO2e) carbon credits.
  • The Company has announced a carbon credit stream agreement to purchase the greater of 200,000 carbon credits annually or 20% of the annual carbon credits created from the MarVivo blue carbon project, over the 30-year project life.

Thermo Fisher Scientific Commits to Achieve Net-Zero Carbon Emissions by 2050

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Tuesday, July 27, 2021
Articles, Climate change policy, Natural environment, Nature, Carbon dioxide, Greenhouse gas emissions, Carbon neutrality, Renewable energy, Climate change mitigation, Low-carbon economy, California Senate Bill 32, Climate Change Committee

WALTHAM, Mass., July 27, 2021 /PRNewswire/ --Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. (NYSE: TMO), the world leader in serving science, today announced its commitment to achieve net-zero carbon emissions by 2050.

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  • WALTHAM, Mass., July 27, 2021 /PRNewswire/ --Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. (NYSE: TMO), the world leader in serving science, today announced its commitment to achieve net-zero carbon emissions by 2050.
  • Thermo Fisher's carbon reduction efforts build on its 2030 targets to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions across its operations (Scopes 1 and 2).
  • Thermo Fisher's new pledge to reach carbon neutrality by 2050 incorporates additional targets to reduce its value chain emissions (Scope 3), including a commitment to SBTi's most ambitious guidelines.
  • The effort to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050 will further engage all 80,000 of our colleagues to address climate change."

Cedo Commits to Climate Neutrality By 2030

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Tuesday, July 27, 2021
Manufacturing, Home Goods, Other Manufacturing, Environment, Retail, Greenhouse gas emissions, Renewable energy, Climate change policy, Emissions reduction, Carbon dioxide, Carbon neutrality, Environmental policy, Articles, Politics of climate change, Mandatory renewable energy target, Climate change in Europe

Cedos remaining factories in Vietnam, Poland and the Netherlands are also on target to achieve climate neutrality over the next few years.

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  • Cedos remaining factories in Vietnam, Poland and the Netherlands are also on target to achieve climate neutrality over the next few years.
  • Cedos aim is to become a climate neutral business worldwide by 2030.
  • As we approach Earth Overshoot Day on 29 July, Cedo is one quarter of the way to achieving its 100 per cent renewable energy goal, which will see it becoming a climate neutral business by 2030.
  • By 2030 the business will be climate neutral across its global operations.

Good-Loop Launches Green Ad Tag To Help Advertisers Monitor Carbon Cost Of Digital Campaigns In Real Time

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Monday, July 26, 2021
Chemistry, Physical sciences, Chemical substances, Greenhouse gas emissions, Environmental impact of the energy industry, Carbon footprint, Greenhouse gases, Carbon

With scientists now confirming that the Amazon rainforest is now emitting more carbon dioxide than it’s absorbing, the need for industry action has never been more pressing. Digital ad campaigns leave a substantial carbon footprint around the globe. According to Good-Loop’s carbon calculator, a typical online ad campaign emits 5.4 tonnes of carbon dioxide -- a third of what an average US consumer produces in a year.

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  • Digital ad campaigns leave a substantial carbon footprint around the globe.
  • According to Good-Loops carbon calculator , a typical online ad campaign emits 5.4 tonnes of carbon dioxide -- a third of what an average US consumer produces in a year.
  • Good-Loops Green Ad Tag does just that, providing brands and agencies with on-the-button, real time information about their live campaigns, helping them to drive efficiencies and cut carbon costs throughout the lifetime of their media plans.
  • The Green Ad Tag is the latest solution offered by Good-Loop to help advertisers significantly reduce their CO2 emissions.

Scala Data Centers guarantees its customers 100% renewable energy by 2033 in Brazil

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Monday, July 26, 2021
Articles, Environmentalism, Greenhouse gas emissions, Sustainability, Carbon neutrality, Natural environment, Environmental social science

"Offering solutions to decarbonize our customers' operations is in line with ENGIE's purpose of acting to accelerate the energy transition towards a carbon neutral society.

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  • "Offering solutions to decarbonize our customers' operations is in line with ENGIE's purpose of acting to accelerate the energy transition towards a carbon neutral society.
  • Scala Data Centers leads the sustainability agenda among information technology (ICT) organizations in Latin America.
  • Sustainability has been in the company's DNA since its foundation, which has allowed Scala to be the first Latin American data center company to operate 100% with renewable and certified energy.
  • Scala Data Centers is the Sustainable Hyperscalable Data Centers platform based in Brazil and founded by DigitalBridge.