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Deutsche Post now automatically offsetting all CO2 emissions from mail transport

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Starting immediately, Deutsche Post is offsetting any unavoidable CO 2 emissions due to mail transport with investments in internationally recognized and certified climate protection projects at no extra charge. Climate protection is a core focus issue for Deutsche Post. For the roughly 6.5

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Volkswagen investing in climate protection projects to compensate for unavoidable CO2 emissions

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Volkswagen is investing in climate protection projects to compensate for unavoidable CO 2. 3, as well as emissions from other areas. Projects are certified according to the highest international standards Verified Carbon Standard (VCS) as well as Climate Community and Biodiversity Standard (CCB) or Gold Standard.

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DHL to use biofuel to neutralize carbon emissions of all ‘less-than-container’ load shipments in ocean freight globally

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DHL Global Forwarding, the air and ocean freight specialist of Deutsche Post DHL Group, says it will be neutralizing the carbon emissions of all less-than-container load (LCL) ocean freight shipments from 1 January 2021. This is why we have taken the decision to neutralize the carbon emission of all our LCL shipments.

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Volkswagen striving to make production of the electric ID. carbon-neutral

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From a lifecycle view, this additional carbon burden is offset compared to the combustion engine vehicle during the use phase, as EVs rack up zero-emission miles that eventually pull the EV ahead of the ICE. to be completely carbon-neutral, thereby not only levelling, but eliminating that production-phase CO 2 burden.

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Study finds that switch to heavy and synthetic crude oils could double or triple refinery emissions

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Switching to heavy crude oil and synthetic crude oil derived from oil sands bitumen in refineries could double or triple refinery emissions and add 1.6-3.7 This would increase total petroleum fuel cycle emissions by 14-33%. This would increase total petroleum fuel cycle emissions by 14-33%. —Karras 2010.

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Audi partnering with Climeworks on CO2 direct air capture and storage

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The facility will filter 4,000 metric tons of carbon dioxide from the air and mineralize it underground. With direct air capture technology, carbon dioxide is extracted from the ambient air and air free of CO 2 is returned to the atmosphere. The carbon dioxide is thus permanently removed from the atmosphere.

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U-Mich researcher’s first-principles analysis challenges conventional carbon accounting for biofuels; implications for climate policy

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System boundaries (red line) schematic for liquid fuel carbon balance. For biofuels, because biogenic carbon is automatically credited within a product lifecycle, the boundary effectively excludes vehicle end-use CO 2 emissions. DeCicco 2013. Click to enlarge.

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