Bacteria upcycle carbon waste into valuable chemicals – Hürriyet Daily News

In a new pilot study, the researchers selected, engineered and optimized a bacteria strain and then successfully demonstrated its ability to convert CO2 into acetone and isopropanol .Not only does this new gas fermentation process remove greenhouse gases from the atmosphere, it also avoids using fossil fuels, which are typically needed to generate acetone and […]

‘A lot of work to do’ in a short time to meet Canada’s aggressive emissions targets | Financial Post

As for the electricity sector, more than 80 per cent of Canada’s power generation comes from non-emitting sources such as hydro and renewables. We have enabled email notifications—you will now receive an email if you receive a reply to your comment, there is an update to a comment thread you follow or if a user […]

Hone attracts impact investor for realtime soil carbon test: AFN Exclusive – AgFunderNews

The deal is aimed at helping Hone scale its spectrometry-based solution for soil carbon measurement and follows the startup’s Series A round late last year, which AFN can reveal raised A$6.5 million in funding. Hone is developing a range of different services for the agrifood industries based around handheld spectrometer technology and artificial intelligence. Traditional […]

Nile University completes 876KWp solar project for consistent power supply – Businessday NG

The university solar system has a combined capacity of 876kWp and is projected to prevent over 14,888 tons of CO2 emissions over the project’s lifetime. Furthermore, the solar installations will be one of the first in Nigeria to generate carbon credits through Starsight’s recent carbon credit certification. Business Day, established in 2001, is a daily […]

Turcot is ‘green’ thanks to a controversial plant in India | The Bobr Times

Asia Network on Dams, Rivers and People, for its part, denounces “a total absence of standards of transparency or accountability of those responsible”. Then in July, another NHPC executive was arrested for demanding and accepting an $8,000 bribe from a subcontractor working on another phase of the project. Most of the site’s emissions come from […]

The Macroeconomic Effects of Carbon Pricing – NIESR – National Institute of Economic and Social …

With the increasing interest in climate change and the drive towards net zero, environmental policy is very much in the public debate. Further, we also recognise that as well intentioned as carbon pricing strategies such as a carbon tax might be, the approach can lead to wildly inconsistent incentives to reduce emissions if not well […]

Bacteria upcycle carbon waste into valuable chemicals – Northwestern Now

Not only does this new gas fermentation process remove greenhouse gases from the atmosphere, it also avoids using fossil fuels, which are typically needed to generate acetone and IPA. Widely used as a disinfectant and antiseptic, IPA is the basis for one of the two World Health Organization-recommended sanitizer formulas, which are highly effective in […]

Guest post: Is China living up to its pledges on climate change and energy transition? – Carbon Brief

Therefore, promoting the transition of energy away from fossil fuels to reduce energy-related carbon emissions is at the heart of the climate change challenge. Based on the International Monetary Fund projection of China’s future growth, capping CO2 emissions at 10.6bn tonnes by 2025 – compared to 9.9bn tonnes in 2020 – would allow China to […]

Veterans Delta CleanTech on carbon capture: ‘Utilization is the key’ – constructconnect.com

“In the early years there was a good solid community of followers of the technology, people that wanted to see CO2 capture work,” said Lionel Kambeitz, one of the company’s founders. The company has become an expert in CO2 carbon capture, solvent and glycol reclamation, and carbon credit origination and trading. “There are several emerging […]

Alberta To Toughen Emissions Standards For Big Tar Sands/Oil Sands Polluters – The Energy Mix

Some of Canada’s highest greenhouse gas emissions come from tar sands/oil sands mines and upgrading facilities because of the energy it takes to separate bitumen from sand and clay deposits. But two sources told Reuters that Alberta’s emissions system, the Technology Innovation and Emissions Reduction Regulation , was not intended to provide credits to tar […]

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The Carbon Offset/Carbon Credit Trading Service market report presents a comprehensive assessment of this industry vertical and comprises of significant insights pertaining to the current as well as anticipated situation of the marketplace over the forecast period. Latest Market Research Report on Global Online Exam Proctoring Market with focus on Industry Analysis, Trends, Growth Opportunities, […]