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July 27, 2022
Disney VIP tour will emit 6.2 tonnes carbon for each traveler
Disney has launched a 24-day, US$110,000 all-in-one elite tour package that comes with 6.2 tonnes of carbon emissions for each customer, 20 times more than a person’s carbon emissions in a low-income country in a year.
July 21, 2022Tesla's carbon credit sales fall 49% in Q2
Tesla’s carbon credits revenue came in at $344 million in Q2, down 49% from $679 million in Q1, and a 3% decline from the same period in 2021.
July 21, 2022Bristol film company to be powered by 1 MWp rooftop solar array
British film and television production studio, the Bottle Yard Studios, will have its new premium facility TBY2 powered by more than 2,000 solar arrays, the biggest community-owned solar rooftop array in the West of England.
July 20, 2022Emerson joins RE100, aiming 100% renewable energy by 2030
Global software and engineering company Emerson has joined RE100, an international initiative dedicated to replacing all electricity generated by fossil fuels with 100% renewable energy.
July 20, 2022Airbus teams up with major airlines to develop carbon removal plan
European airplane manufacturer Airbus and several major airlines, including Air France-KLM, International Airlines Group, Lufthansa Group, and Virgin Atlantic, signed letters of intent to explore opportunities for the future supply of carbon removal credi
July 19, 2022Northland Power signs corporate power purchase agreement for Taiwan’s Hai Long offshore wind project
Canada’s Northland Power has signed a 20-year Corporate Power Purchase Agreement (CPPA) with an unnamed company for electricity from its Hai Long offshore wind project in Taiwan.
July 19, 2022China’s carbon market trading hits 194m tonnes in one year, becoming world’s largest
The trading volume of China’s national carbon market hit 194 million tonnes, with a cumulative turnover of 8.49 billion yuan (US$1.26 billion), since its launch on July 16, 2021, the data released by Shanghai Environmental and Energy Exchange showed.
July 18, 2022Microsoft, Climeworks sign 10-year carbon removal deal
Microsoft has signed a 10-year carbon removal deal with Swiss direct air-capture company Climeworks to remove 10,000 tonnes of carbon emissions from air.
July 15, 2022Greece to issue 1 GW joint renewable power tender for solar, wind
The Regulatory Authority for Energy (RAE) of Greece is about to launch a new 1 GW joint renewables tender for PV and wind power on Sept. 5 with a target of securing 1 GW of solar capacity.
July 15, 2022Indonesia’s carbon credit export potential hits Rp2.6 trillion
Indonesia’s carbon credit export potential in the forestry sector has reached Rp2.6 trillion (US$172.6 million) per year, said Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati at the Sustainable Finance for Climate Transition Roundtable, a G20 side event held on Ju