Who affects carbon emissions? Drivers and decoupling effects of agricultural carbon emissions—evidence from Sichuan, Chinadoi:10.3389/fsufs.2024.1441118Yan MengYangyang ShenWei WangYunqiang LiuFang WangHuan WangFrontiers in Sustainable Food Systems
The health care industry creates tremendous amounts of waste and emissions, and operating rooms are the single largest contributor. Single-use devices and other disposable plastic products have become a mainstay in modern hospital culture, particularly in the United States and other high-income countr...
The cap-and-trade system is sometimes described as a market system. It creates anexchange value for emissions. Proponents argue that a cap-and-trade program incentivizes companies to invest in cleaner technologies to avoid buying permits that will increase in cost each year. Opponents argue that...
China produces the most energy from climate-warming fossil fuels and also from renewable energy sources. It accounts for about 30% of the world's annual carbon emissions, making China the biggest greenhouse gas polluter. However, the country's emissions may have peaked followin...
1, the missing link between cars and horse-drawn buggies. Karl Benz patented the three-wheeled Motor Car, known as the "Motorwagen," in 1886. It was the first true, modern automobile, meaning Benz is most often identified as the man who invented the car. Benz also patented his own ...
We have established a sustainability roadmap with a clear action plan for FLCT to continue to lead the way and drive our sustainability performance1. This includes a goal for FLCT to achieve net-zero carbon status by 2050, with established targets that contribute towards our Sponsor’s Group-...
Sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), which uses feedstocks like cooking oils to reduce emissions by up to 80% from conventional fuel, is seen as the carbon saviour for an aviation sector often cast as a villain in the fight against climate change. But the nascent ind...
There is mixed empirical evidence to prove validity of the environmental Kuznets curve. For example, carbon emissions have steadily risen for both developed and developing economies. The development of modern carbon trading infrastructure also means that developed economies are not actually reducing polluti...
At Intel, employee compensation is linked to how well the company is doing on its sustainability efforts. This unifying goal creates high-level visibility, creates alignment to corporate strategy, and ensures accountability. Those efforts, while most effectively managed from the top of the organization...
Sweeney has run social media accounts for several years logging the takeoffs and landings of planes owned by billionaires, politicians and celebrities. He uses data publicly available from the Federal Aviation Administration and often measures the carbon emissions from each ...