DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 16, 2022

A little over a decade ago, Gary Dye, then a gas measurement engineer at NW Natural, Oregon’s largest gas utility, lost faith in his employer to responsibly deal with what he believed to be systematic inaccuracies among the company’s hundreds of thousands of gas meters. Faulty Meters Raise Questions About Profits.

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GreenBiz

DECEMBER 16, 2020

The system works by setting a limit on the total amount of greenhouse gases released by refineries, power plants and other large emitters, and requires polluters to obtain permits to cover their share. In-state emissions were offset by purchasing cleaner power and carbon credits from other projects that reduced emissions elsewhere.).

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Business Green

APRIL 19, 2021

Detailed analysis of more than 100 EU exit statutory instruments laid by Defra prompts campaigners to warn of 'significant governance gaps in the application, interpretation and enforcement of environmental law' post-Brexit. Ministers have insisted that the process was necessary to ensure continuity of environmental legislation.

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

The Sixth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Committee on Climate Change (IPCC), published in August 2021, painted a stark picture of our world. In the years since 2015’s Paris Climate Accord, many industrial businesses have begun using carbon offsetting strategies to balance the emissions of their operations.

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Energy and Cleantech Council

MAY 14, 2021

New York’s recent legalization of recreational marijuana for adult use has set off a flurry of entrepreneurial activity as businesses seek to establish a foothold in the State’s new and lucrative market. Due to their fans, lights, and 24/7 operation, indoor cannabis farms and manufacturing facilities consume a lot of electricity.

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GreenTechMedia

DECEMBER 1, 2020

For the past nine years, Chicago-based utility ComEd has earned excessive profits from a regulatory structure set in place by a 2011 state law whose passage has been linked to a bribery scandal that’s embroiled key state lawmakers and ComEd’s former CEO. The workings of the 2011 Energy Infrastructure Modernization Act.

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GreenTechMedia

JUNE 9, 2020

Louis Mayor Lyda Krewson recently signed a law establishing a mandatory Building Energy Performance Standard in the city, which is the second-largest in Missouri. Performance standards must be set for each building type by May 4, 2021, with the first compliance deadline coming in May 2025. and Washington state.

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Smart Energy International

AUGUST 9, 2022

Phase one of Serbia’s smart metering implementation has been awarded €7.8 million loan from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, is aimed to support the rollout by the distribution company, Elektrodistribucija Srbije of approximately 205,000 smart meters in the cities of Kraljevo, ? Have you read? Have you read?

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Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 10, 2021

By Faye Bowser, Head of Energy Solutions, Siemens plc. While the pandemic initially provoked a swift and immediate short-term reaction, the vaccine’s rollout can now afford key legislators the chance to plan for the ‘next normal’, with 2021 assuming extra significance as the UK hosts the UN’s COP26 in Glasgow later this year.

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Grist

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

These aging turbines have their rotors swapped out, their blades replaced, and key components like the generator upgraded in order to enhance the machines’ ability to produce electricity from wind. government, fearing a future rare-earth supply crunch that could hold back the energy transition, wants to change that.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

This comes after the result of testing done at the deep geothermal wells at United Downs that indicated lithium concentrations of around 340 ppm in the geothermal fluid, which is one of the highest lithium concentrations found in any commercial geothermal lithium project in Europe. GEL was recently awarded £1.8m

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Charged

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Presenting a comprehensive E-Mobility ecosystem, 2035 E-Mobility Taiwan features 6 main categories : Electric, Autonomous, Connected, Interaction, Shared, and EVs, showcasing cutting-edge solutions from electric vehicles, EIC system (battery, motor, and electric control), ADAS, Internet of Vehicles to smart cockpit.

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Planet Pulse

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

Government agencies managing vast forests can now leverage satellite imagery to monitor forest health more effectively, overcoming traditional challenges like limited resources and personnel. Why Is Traditional Forest Health Monitoring So Difficult? For example, consider the following areas some countries must manage: The U.S.

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Renewable Energy World

OCTOBER 13, 2021

Contributed by Saverio Grosso, Edison Energy. Under the Act, passed in 2019, most buildings over 25,000 square feet—roughly 50,000 residential and commercial properties across the city—must meet new energy efficiency and greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) reductions by 2024, and stricter limits in 2030. Last month, the U.S.

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GreenTechMedia

DECEMBER 10, 2020

California regulators and utilities want to build microgrids for communities most at threat from the state’s increasingly deadly wildfires, and the widespread public safety power shutoff (PSPS) grid outages meant to prevent them. That would be too expensive for backup power that has to last for up to three days in a row.

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GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 13, 2019

gigawatt reliability resources procurement between 2021 and 2023. Although the proposed ‘all-source’ procurement would allow existing natural gas-fired peaker plants to compete, it could also open a massive new market for renewable energy, energy storage, demand response and other preferred alternatives to fossil fuels.

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Front And Centered

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

Washington passed 100% clean electricity into law earlier this year, and with public input government agencies are currently drafting rules to guide utilities on how to comply with the law by phasing out fossil fuel emissions and integrating equity in their service models. 100% Clean Energy by 2045 is now the law in Washington!

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DeSmogBlog

AUGUST 22, 2024

The content was produced by BBC StoryWorks, a studio that produces videos, podcasts, and articles paid for commercial clients, which it publishes on BBC channels outside the UK. BBC StoryWorks has also produced content for liquified natural gas (LNG) companies, and has touted the energy source as a cleaner alternative to other fossil fuels.

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GreenTechMedia

JANUARY 22, 2021

New homes will be expected to produce 31 percent less carbon dioxide than they do now, according to plans laid out this week , which will require better energy efficiency and being “heat pump ready.” “The whole smart energy, electric vehicle, electric mobility, all of that, or have moved on another, another five years.”

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Energy and Cleantech Council

MAY 14, 2021

New York’s recent legalization of recreational marijuana for adult use has set off a flurry of entrepreneurial activity as businesses seek to establish a foothold in the State’s new and lucrative market. Due to their fans, lights, and 24/7 operation, indoor cannabis farms and manufacturing facilities consume a lot of electricity.

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Charged

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

The global electric racing championship Formula E has been a huge success by any measure. Automakers like Mercedes-Benz, Porsche, Nissan, and Jaguar have embraced the series, which is surely the world’s most prominent showcase for electric vehicle performance. You need to manage your energy in order to be efficient.

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Grist

DECEMBER 15, 2021

This story is part of the series Getting to Zero: Decarbonizing Cascadia , which explores the path to low-carbon energy for British Columbia, Washington, and Oregon. You’ve got plenty of company after the events of 2021: Heat waves, hurricanes, fires, and floods hit new and deadly extremes. Worried about the climate crisis?

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

Saica Natur UK Limited pled guilty on 21 September 2021 at Airdrie Sheriff Court to transporting waste collected from households (code Y46) to China in contravention of Article 36(1) of the Waste Shipment Regulation (EC1013/2006) and Regulation 23 of the Transfrontier Shipment of Waste Regulations 2007 (the Waste Shipment Regulations).

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Planet Pulse

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

This October, we are pleased to not only continue this tradition, but also celebrate three years of this program and contract , a unique public-private partnership to leverage commercial Earth observation technologies to advance the public purpose of Norway’s International Climate & Forests Initiative.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

With its new Methane Map, Kayrros says it aims to make climate data more accessible, giving governments, international institutions, investors, insurers and individuals the power to scrutinise and verify emissions data and expose ‘greenwashing’. To do that effectively, however, we need accurate, independent, empirical data.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 16, 2022

The circumstances surrounding his termination are documented among thousands of pages of public records and internal company documents that provide a penetrating look into the multi-billion dollar stakes of negotiations between governments and state-sanctioned monopolies that are shaping the future of energy systems in Oregon and beyond.

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Energy and Cleantech Council

JANUARY 5, 2021

The 2050 goal itself had already been adopted by the secretary of energy and environmental affairs under preexisting law. Not surprisingly, many of the levers the new act pulls are embedded within familiar state energy policies. or otherwise shake things up.

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Bidgely

JANUARY 5, 2022

With billions of dollars on the way from the federal government to deploy the infrastructure needed to fast track transportation electrification, energy businesses need proven accurate, credible data to drive their EV charging investments. The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law includes the largest-ever U.S. And for how long?

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

The Environment Act 2021 provides for the establishment of an independent public body to oversee the government’s environmental actions. The Office for Environmental Protection (OEP) announced yesterday it has been legally established, following the passage of the Environment Act 2021 last week.

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Renewable Energy World

MARCH 9, 2021

Since rooftop solar became possible, electric utilities have struggled to incorporate it into their outdated business model. In recent years, this lag in utility recognition has become increasingly problematic, risking the health, environmental, and financial impacts of over-investment in large fossil fuel power plants.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 9, 2021

In February 2021, German agribusiness giant BASF hosted a virtual wine tasting, a seemingly cozy affair swirling glasses of Portugal’s finest in front of a webcam debating the future of EU agricultural policies. Invited to the event was a small group of Members of the European Parliament (MEPs). Meet the Industry Trade Groups.

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Business Green

JULY 5, 2021

Andrew Warren explores the potential future for building Energy Performance Certificates (EPCs) as the UK shifts towards lower carbon home heating. These must by law be acquired whenever a home changes occupancy or ownership. This fulfils that old business school dictum: you can't manage what you can't measure.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

New EU rules boosting repairability and energy efficiency of TVs, fridges and lighting products will consumer costs and emissions, argues Andrew Warren. New EU ecodesign laws will require electricity-consuming products to be easier to repair or recycle, as well as even more energy efficient. The UK has been no exception.

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GreenBiz

MAY 17, 2021

The 2021 GreenBiz 30 Under 30. Mon, 05/17/2021 - 00:01. Clean energy for Native American communities. Our honorees for 2021 are intrepid startup founders, tenacious corporate innovators and determined public servants. GreenBiz Editors. Their dreams are bright: Walkable, equitable cities. Planet-healing fast food.

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DeSmogBlog

AUGUST 13, 2024

This summer, just seven months after the fire ripped through Dark Horse, the EPA approved a key “monitoring, reporting, and verification” plan for the project — a key step in enabling the company to claim carbon capture tax credits that could be worth over a quarter of a billion dollars. So far, that’s not what’s happening.

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Business Green

JULY 31, 2021

But in one case involving a farmer doing business with the companies, multiple fires were recorded on land that had been embargoed after earlier deforestation, and the investigation tracked cattle supplied by the farmer implicated in this deforestation to abattoirs run by JBS and Marfrig.

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Business Green

AUGUST 5, 2020

The volume of waste produced in England has remained largely the same for the past five years, presenting fresh questions as to how government, businesses, and households can successfully curb waste levels. Moreover, efforts to move the Action Plan from a government-funded model to one partially funded by business were not successful.

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