Business Green

MARCH 4, 2021

Air cargo operator pledges to invest in sustainable fuels, carbon capture research, and fleet electrification in bid to meet new climate goals. The company said it was targeting a fully zero emission parcel pickup and delivery (PUD) fleet by 2040, a push that will be accomplished by gradually phasing out its existing fossil fuel fleet.

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 11, 2021

and globally by 2040. The company, an early partner with the Ellen MacArthur Foundation, has positioned water and carbon emissions as equally critical in the climate crisis. Last year, Ecolab set a goal for net-zero carbon emissions by 2050, getting halfway there by 2030. LinkedIn | Personal website. million acres the 4.4

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 18, 2021

Fossil fuel companies could face legal challenges over their misleading advertising, after a DeSmog investigation uncovered the extent of their “greenwashing” Environmental lawyers ClientEarth have put companies on notice with the publication of the Greenwashing Files. ExxonMobil – “Powering Progress”.

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Business Green

MAY 23, 2022

Volvo Trucks has announced that its heavy electric trucks are to soon include parts made of "fossil-free" steel, as part of the automakers' plan to slash the carbon footprint of its zero-emission vehicle range.

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DeSmogBlog

JULY 20, 2021

Fossil fuel companies are pressing ahead with new oil and gas developments, despite a recent warning from the International Energy Agency (IEA) that this will make the Paris Agreement goals impossible to meet, an analysis has found. The company was “leading in carbon efficient production of oil an gas,” she added.

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GreenBiz

SEPTEMBER 25, 2020

AT&T pledged to be carbon-neutral by 2035, a step up from its previous goal to reduce Scope 1 emissions by 20 percent and Scope 2 emissions by 60 percent. Walmart pledged to become carbon-neutral across its global operations by 2040 — without relying on offsets. Morgan Stanley became the first major U.S.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

German energy giant promises phase out of fossil fuel generation and 'huge investments' in renewables, storage and green gas.

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GreenTechMedia

JULY 29, 2020

Shell is chasing carbon neutrality by 2050 or sooner and the project in the Netherlands offers a glimpse of how it hopes to get there. The NortH2 consortium hopes to eventually develop electrolyzer capacity requiring 3 to 4 gigawatts of offshore wind capacity, perhaps growing to 10 gigawatts by 2040.

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GreenTechMedia

DECEMBER 9, 2019

Wärtsilä defines the goal of 100 percent decarbonization as a carbon-neutral power grid with a combination of generation resources — the vast majority of which would be wind and solar — as well as ample amounts of battery storage, demand response and flexible gas power, which will ultimately run on carbon-free renewable fuels.

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GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

Yet just as efforts toward that goal are finally scaling up — via the EU’s amplified climate targets, China’s new carbon-neutral target for 2060, and other examples — the coronavirus pandemic has introduced a massive dose of uncertainty. “We need more policy support than is available today.

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Hydrogen Fuel News

JUNE 20, 2024

  Increasingly, zero-emission transportation experts are indicating that it is very unlikely for one technology to replace all fossil fuel-powered vehicles.    Instead, it is more likely that there will be two or more types of clean energy needed for transportation. 

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DeSmogBlog

AUGUST 27, 2024

This story is the second part of a DeSmog series on carbon capture and was developed with the support of Journalismfund Europe , and in partnership with Follow the Money. Or will government backing for these technologies instead serve to preserve the fossil fuel business models that caused it? million tonnes.

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Hydrogen Fuel News

JANUARY 21, 2024

Komatsu is aiming to reduce its global emissions by a whopping 50% by 2030, with a further goal to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050. On the other hand, GM has set a target to achieve full carbon neutrality in both its products and operations by 2040. The mining industry is no exception.

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DeSmogBlog

JANUARY 26, 2024

Now, the Dutch NGO that successfully sued Shell over its climate plans is taking those financial backers to court in a case that could help reverse the global banking sector’s support of fossil fuel firms and their activities. billion Euros in bonds to the fossil fuel industry, Milieudefensie says. “We

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 5, 2020

The Danish company unveiled the new plans this week, as part of its programme to decarbonise its supply chain by 2040. It'll be challenging to reach a carbon neutral footprint by 2040, and it'll require significant innovation in all parts of our supply chain," he said.

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Greenability Magazine

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

The city of Kansas City, MO announced last week that it is committing to an all-electric fleet for new vehicle purchases as part of its’ pledge to reach climate neutral citywide by 2040. Electrification of our fleet is a necessary step to reach the city’s goal of carbon neutrality for municipal operations by 2030.”.

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Renewable Energy World

NOVEMBER 25, 2021

We are determined to work with our partners to reduce the carbon footprint of wind turbines; together we can be the example of how an industry transforms its value chain to support the green transition and the critical move to a circular economy.". Nearly a third of LM Wind Power's carbon footprint comes from waste disposal.

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Clean Energy Canada

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

On the plus side, the pact reaffirmed the central importance of 1.5C (our best chance to avoid the worst impacts of climate change), mentions coal and fossil fuels for the first time, and calls for countries to “revisit and strengthen” 2030 climate pledges by the end of 2022 instead of waiting another five years. of warming.

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Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 4, 2020

Scientists at Wageningen University & Research in the Netherlands have employed Vaisala carbon dioxide sensors in their research greenhouses for over a decade. The Dutch horticultural sector aims to be climate-neutral by 2040. Carbon dioxide in greenhouses. Monitoring carbon dioxide. Wageningen CO2 probe.

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Business Green

JANUARY 30, 2020

Norwegian wind giant says earnings ‘exceeded expectations’ in 2019 and is on track to be carbon neutral by 2025. Some 86 per cent of Ørsted's heat and power generation comes from renewables, up from 75 per cent last year, putting the firm on track to hit its goal of carbon neutrality by 2025.

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GreenTechMedia

OCTOBER 4, 2019

One obvious way to deliver more energy with less carbon, Looney said, is "more renewables and gas, pushing coal out of power.". We need to compare gas to zero carbon — how will we decarbonize it?” But comparing gas to coal isn’t good enough on its own. Playing catch-up on renewables. billion ($1.67

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GreenTechMedia

MARCH 1, 2021

including a small-scale pilot with Southeast utility Duke Energy and South Carolina’s Clemson University, and another to design, build and test a compressor system to integrate hydrogen into existing fossil fuel generation. green hydrogen market landscape. power plant operators are starting to expand their ambitions.

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Hydrogen Fuel News

JANUARY 25, 2024

They see battery electric vehicles as an established technology to transition away from fossil fuel powered vehicles, but that the door will open to other technologies as well, and at that time, H2 fuel cells will lead the way. CR-V FCEV 2024 will also bring a fuel cell electric vehicle (FCEV) back into Honda’s lineup.

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DeSmogBlog

AUGUST 13, 2021

Under growing pressure to rein in greenhouse gas emissions, developers of liquefied natural gas (LNG) are turning to questionable claims about “carbon neutrality,” “net-zero,” or “green LNG,” in order to pass muster with governments, investors, and society, who are becoming increasingly anxious about the climate crisis. While the U.S.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 13, 2020

The influential analyst firm looked at 30 major corporates that have announced net zero goals across the utility, fossil fuel, technology, and materials sectors, but found huge variation in the level and scope of ambition, concluding that "no two net zero targets are the same". Credit: BNEF. or 2C boundaries.

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Envirotec Magazine

JANUARY 6, 2022

million to develop a new zero carbon heat network. Following the publication of the Heat and Buildings Strategy , funding awards were announced on 6 January for a suite of low carbon heat network projects, under the Heat Networks Investment Project (HNIP) , a scheme partly funded by the UK government.

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Hydrogen Fuel News

DECEMBER 15, 2023

The hydrogen fuel cell mining trucks are another fossil fuel alternative for the mining industry. Fuel cells are an ideal zero tailpipe emissions solution for these vehicles as they have extreme hauling requirements. This collaboration aside, Komatsu and GM are working hard to reach carbon neutrality.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

million tonnes of carbon emissions each year by replacing fossil fuel energy sources. Sven Utermöhlen, RWE Renewables's CEO for offshore wind, said the UK would play a key role in the firm's strategy to grow its renewables business and become carbon neutral by 2040.

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Business Green

MAY 20, 2020

A new Greenpeace report notes that Microsoft, Amazon and Google are undermining their public carbon commitments through by providing services that allow oil and gas firms extract fossil fuels from the earth.

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Business Green

AUGUST 10, 2020

Plans to establish the Humber as a world-leading green industrial hub took a step forward today with the formal submission to government of a joint proposal to enable a Humber Cluster Plan that would deliver net zero emissions across the region by 2040. The initial bid is for £1.7m from government to support a £2.6m

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Business Green

MARCH 22, 2021

The new schemes will be targeted at low-income households and those living in social housing, and will fund a range of measures, from enhanced insulation, the installation of on-site solar energy, and the replacement of gas boilers with low-carbon alternatives.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Claims that tournament is 'carbon neutral' challenged, as criticism mounts from footballers and athletes over FIFA's questionable carbon accounting and use of offsets. As criticism mounts around shameful human rights violations in Qatar, carbon neutrality claims are being used as a distraction.

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DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 7, 2021

The findings raise concerns over a potential pervasive conflict of interest on the boards at a time when the international insurance sector is under pressure to halt its support for the fossil fuel industry. “When insurers underwrite fossil fuels, they actually are underwriting climate change.”

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Business Green

JULY 3, 2020

Shell and BP are writing down assets while a raft of US fracking firms are entering bankruptcy protection – change is coming to the fossil fuel industry faster than anyone expected. The stranded asset hypothesis just got real. For a growing number of investors alarm bells are ringing.

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Business Green

JANUARY 13, 2021

In December, Coca Cola European Partners (CCEP) became the latest major company to announce a goal to achieve net zero emissions by 2040, 10 years ahead of the hard deadline set out by climate scientists and a growing number of governments around the world. The corporate sustainability strategy, which is aligned with a 1.5C

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Mr. Sustainability

MARCH 17, 2021

Summary - Saudi Arabia is building a $5 billion plant called Helios to make green fuel for export and decrease the country’s dependence on petrodollars. All of the zero-carbon fuel it produces will be shipped to international buyers in the form of ammonia. Carbon targets? million tons per year of green ammonia.

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Business Green

JUNE 16, 2021

Volvo has announced it is to test fossil fuel-free steel for its cars, after inking a deal with Swedish steel maker SSAB to purchase steel made from hydrogen-reduced iron at the pioneering HYBRIT plant in Sweden. As we continuously reduce our total carbon footprint, we know that steel is a major area for further progress," he said.

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