Notícias

Eletrobras é certificada para emissão de green bonds

A Eletrobras recebeu certificação da Climate Bonds Initiative, uma organização internacional sem fins lucrativos que avalia projetos sustentáveis. A empresa informou que agora está apta a emitir títulos verdes, os chamados green bonds, para financiar projetos de geração de energia solar e eólica. O processo de certificação foi apoiado pelo Banco Interamericano de Desenvolvimento.

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Putting The Landfill Energy Myth To Rest

Science and nature, as well as common sense, prove that “single-use” organics management via landfilling is a misuse of national resources.

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Connections: Compost And Methane Avoidance

Our California road trip, launched last week with a discussion of climate change fundamentals, continues this week with a conversation about methane. Let’s start with Drawdown’s cited benefit of compost — methane avoidance — and why that earned compost its 60 ranking on the list of solutions.

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Federal legislation focuses on plastics, recycling

Legislation that has been introduced at the federal level seeks to address deficiencies in U.S. recycling infrastructure, with one targeting grants for recycling education and the other taking a more comprehensive approach with a heavy focus on regulating single-use plastics.

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