Month: November 2023

Hormel Foods Commits to Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions 50% by 2030

Stuart Mitchell

Hormel Foods Corporation, a Fortune 500 global branded food company known for its commitment to sustainability, recently had its greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction targets validated by the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi). The company has committed to reduce absolute GHG emissions from its operations 50% by 2030 from a 2019 base year. Hormel Foods also commits to reduce absolute GHG emissions within its supply chain 27.5% within the same timeframe. The company’s ambitious targets are in line with the trajectory established during the Paris Climate Agreement to limit average temperatures…

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Climate Tax’n’Cash Could Eliminate All Energy-Related CO2 Emissons by 2035, Study Suggests

Stuart Mitchell

The potential negative impacts of global warming have been known for ages. The heat-absorbing characteristics of CO2 in the atmosphere was first experimentally proven in 1856; the first calculations of how our climate could be affected by continued burning of coal/oil and gas were published in 1907. Famous and respected scientists have warned the World since the 1970s again and again of what is to come. 2023 has seen temperature and climate anomalies on all levels – heat waves, droughts, interrupted by torrential rain and floodings of biblical proportions, all…

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Southern Company Provides 100% Renewable Energy for TOUR Championship

Stuart Mitchell

For the second year in a row, Southern Company provided 100% renewable energy for the TOUR Championship. The PGA TOUR season finale at Atlanta’s East Lake Golf Club is the culminating event of the FedExCup Playoffs. The tournament is a massive operation. But longtime partner Southern Company has been driven to create the most sustainable TOUR Championship yet. Sustainable solutions touched every facet of the tournament’s operation, including: 500,000-kilowatt hours of renewable energy credits to avoid emissions generated from fossil fuel-based electricity used on course Renewable natural gas (RNG) to…

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Baker Hughes and Avports Sign Agreement To Develop Lower-Carbon Energy Solutions for Airport Industry

Stuart Mitchell

Baker Hughes, an energy technology company, announced a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with airport management and operations company Avports to develop, implement and operate onsite microgrid solutions for the airport industry. The collaboration agreement addresses emissions reduction and the global industry’s goal to focus on zero-emission buildings, horizontal airport infrastructure, vehicles and aircraft systems. At their managed airport locations, Avports focuses on airport innovation and sustainability initiatives that include power resilience and using power solutions such as green hydrogen. With Baker Hughes’ broad energy technology portfolio, which includes both hydrogen-ready…

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Olympic Forest Network Expands As India Launches Eco-Restoration Project

Stuart Mitchell

Launched by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in September 2022, the Olympic Forest Network is adding an ambitious ecological restoration project in India’s eastern state of Odisha – an area with one of the largest populations of tribal communities and home to a wealth of biodiversity and endangered species. Led by the Odisha Forest Department, the Abhinav Bindra Foundation Trust and The Habitats Trust, and driven by IOC Athletes’ Commission member and Olympic champion Abhinav Bindra, the Odisha Ridley Forest initiative aims to plant one million trees over an area…

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