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Norwegian Oil Giant’s Plan to Capture UK’s Carbon Is Fraught With Risks

DeSmogBlog

The uncertainties centre on Equinor’s backing for new “net zero” gas-fired power plants fitted with technology to capture carbon dioxide (CO2) billowing from their smokestacks, and bury the gas in disused oil and gas fields under the North Sea.

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$1T of Potential Losses in the Pipeline for Oil and Gas Financiers

GreenTechMedia

The only climate trend more powerful for global financial institutions than the drive to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050 is the momentum to exit oil and gas. Justin Guay is director for global climate strategy at the Sunrise Project. * * *. Oil and gas pipelines are a case study in the risk of getting these policies wrong.

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Why electrification is key to curbing future climate change

Smart Energy International

Electrification holds the key to cleaner, more efficient energy distribution and use. With this year’s Earth Day seeing a continued climb in carbon emissions, what will our climate be like on Earth Day 2050? With this year’s Earth Day seeing a continued climb in carbon emissions, what will our climate be like on Earth Day 2050?

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Can Gas-Fired Power Plants Coexist with a Net-Zero Target? Yes, Southern Company Insists

GreenTechMedia

utility can reach net-zero carbon emissions by 2050 while still keeping natural gas as a central part of its business, both to generate electricity and to sell to its customers. utility has yet fully fleshed out how it intends to eliminate natural gas power plants from its generation portfolio. To be sure, no U.S.

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L’Oreal achieves carbon-neutrality across US operations

Renewable Energy World

The milestone has been achieved four years ahead of schedule and is in line with the group’s strategy to achieve carbon-neutrality across its global facilities by 2025 and net-zero emissions by 2050. Our customers can be proud their products are made in facilities that use 100% renewable energy.

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Why digitalise the gas grid?

Envirotec Magazine

In the nearly three years since the UK government made a legal commitment to achieve net zero emissions by 2050, there has been considerable debate in terms of how this will be achieved, not least the role the gas grid will play in the low carbon transition. energy content, or calorific values. Adam Kingdon, chief executive of Utonomy.

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Lessons from a year of reporting on climate solutions in Cascadia

Grist

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. And, in the United States, political gridlock chopped the heart out of Congress’ most ambitious clean energy plan. . Worried about the climate crisis? If not sooner.