John Kerry, appointed special envoy for climate, says we're not doing enough to mitigate dangerous levels of climate change. He demonstrated support for a carbon tax. https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/31/politics/john-kerry-paris-climate-accord-cnntv/index.html
Author: theclimatecounsultant
GM comes out hot with Climate positive business moves
GM announced this week it will only sell Zero- Emission vehicles by 2035. That means it’s move towards an all electric vehicle (ev) line up. https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2021/01/28/business/gm-only-emission-free-cars-by-2035/index.html That’s big news as General Motors is one of the biggest car manufacturers in the world, so expect other companies to announce similar goals. In addition to announcing their … Continue reading GM comes out hot with Climate positive business moves
Why eating less meat is Environmentally Friendly.
US EPA assessment of Green House Gas Emissions The agricultural industry accounts for roughly 10% of Green House Gas Emissions by sector in the US. Of that 10% over a 25% of those emissions come from livestock directly. Their digestive system ultimately produces large amounts of methane -- the classic "cow farts" problem I'm sure … Continue reading Why eating less meat is Environmentally Friendly.
Tempeh, a meat replacement
Tempeh Burgers First: What is Temeph? Tempeh is a fermented soybean product. It comes in a cake/patty form and is generally easy to cut. Second: Why would I eat it? Reducing our meat intake helps to reduce our overall carbon footprint. I can personally say when following some of my Tempeh related recipes, substitution is … Continue reading Tempeh, a meat replacement
Breakfast salad
This is my fiancés' creation when we starting getting a lot of greens from our CSA. To keep our impact low we excluded meat from the salad and replaced it with tempeh bacon. Additionally we buy our eggs local, reducing our overall impact rather than buying from a large agricultural grower. That combined with our … Continue reading Breakfast salad
Plant-Based?
It's a hot new word thrown around a lot, but what does it mean?Actually, its pretty simple: the base of whatever is being described is plant products and not animal. To be more descriptive, it could mean a 'meat' source not actually coming from animals but from plants. It could mean leather made from mushrooms … Continue reading Plant-Based?
PepsiCo makes good on pledges to move towards Environmental Health
Beyond Meat and PepsiCo are partnering to form an LLC called PLANeT Partnership. PLANet Partnership will focus on making plant based snacks and drinks. Plant- based food and drinks are generally more environmentally friendly than the alternative animal-based products due additional resources needed in raising animals. PepsiCo, to its credit, has made attempts and promises … Continue reading PepsiCo makes good on pledges to move towards Environmental Health
Gas company makes bet towards to future
Shell Oil Company probably makes you think of a gas stations. Well they just bought an electric vehicle charging company based in the UK and Europe. They know the industry for fueling cars and odds are to stay relevant they know they need to pivot towards electric vehicles. With TESLA making electric vehicles sexy and … Continue reading Gas company makes bet towards to future
Offsets: What does that actually mean?
Literally to "offset" means to counter the effect of one 'thing' to another.In terms of the environment it generally refers to the concept of determining an unavoidable impact someone is having and helping and equal and opposite impact occur. Example: You cut down a tree, you plant another. The key word from earlier was unavoidable: … Continue reading Offsets: What does that actually mean?
Automatic; private internet company, moves greener
Linked is the source article from an employee from Automattic. Automattic is an internet company behind products like WordPress, Tumblr (popular blogging sites) and many other tools that make the internet accessible to those who aren’t very tech savvy. In a move in 2020 they chose to move towards offsetting their carbon emissions, moving towards … Continue reading Automatic; private internet company, moves greener
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