Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

Coal-fired power plants in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia (image credit: Asian Development Bank , CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 ” The document from the Climate Crisis Advisory Group (CCAG)[1] sets out seven recommendations that it believes global leaders at COP26 must consider to make carbon pricing more effective. license ).

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GreenTechMedia

DECEMBER 7, 2020

Prospects for carbon capture received a boost in September when the International Energy Agency (IEA) said the emerging technology is “ critical ” to a clean-energy transition. That means having carbon pricing comfortably above the cost of capture, usage and/or storage. percent of global power generation capacity.

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Grist

MARCH 28, 2024

Tackling these hotspots could be a huge stride toward lowering emission rates, but blindspots in current monitoring protocols mean they often evade detection. You can’t manage what you can’t measure,” said Cusworth, adding that it’s a popular cliche in the air monitoring business. We need to have regulations in place.”

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Planet Pulse

APRIL 15, 2021

Our mission is to help fill gaps in the emerging global ecosystem of methane and CO 2 monitoring systems by delivering data that’s timely, actionable and accessible for science-based decision making.” Planet’s ability to commercialize data products is key to the buildout and continuity of the multi-satellite constellation.

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Planet Pulse

OCTOBER 12, 2021

Investment will monitor, report, and verify collective climate actions in support of the Global Methane Pledge. ” Methane is one of the most potent greenhouse gases contributing to global warming and a leading cause of climate change worldwide. within reach.”

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DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 29, 2021

s investigative journalism arm, and the British Channel 4 News this summer exposing how the oil giant and lobby groups such as the American Petroleum Institute seed doubt about climate change and undermine legislation to stop global warming. He helped develop the fusion bomb, which is immensely more powerful than even the atomic bomb.

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Smart Energy International

AUGUST 5, 2022

The transformation of industrial sectors is pivotal to reaching net-zero emissions by 2050, however, decarbonisation is lagging due to the complex nature of challenges facing these sectors and the high risk associated with commercial projects. Have you read? Source: World Economic Forum.

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DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 28, 2024

Joining them in Colombia are delegates and observers from powerful industry groups, which represent the companies whose operations are actively depleting the natural world. A weaker outcome would let “business as usual” go on. Yet they have found ways to tap into the negotiations. Both have notable presences at the summit.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

New tool designed to help civil society and investors scrutinise the mismatch between national climate goals and energy policies. Developed by influential financial think tank Carbon Tracker and Global Energy Monitor, the registry reveals that producing and burning all the world's reserves of oil and gas would yield more than 3.5

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Business Green

JUNE 25, 2021

It found 83 per cent of participants felt climate change was a concern, while just over half perceived their local area to be experiencing the effects of climate change to 'at least some extent', on top of 14 per cent who believed global warming was impacting their area 'a great deal'.

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Business Green

APRIL 25, 2022

Two reports out this week have highlighted how developments across 2021 are set to catalyse policy and technological trends that could catalyse the retreat of fossil fuels across the global energy system. Hopes that energy-related emissions could peak in the next few years feel more fragile than ever.

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EDF + Business

MARCH 26, 2025

Authors TJ Conway, Principal, Oil & Gas Climate Solutions, RMI Andrew Baxter, Senior Director, Energy Transition, Environmental Defense Fund Download Report Report highlights NOCs are key to methane reduction: Representing half of global oil and gas production, NOCs must lead methane mitigation to achieve net-zero targets.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

Joint IEA, IRENA, and UN assessment of COP26 Breakthrough Agenda sets out priorities for collaborative climate action between businesses and governments. With greater collaborative action, the report estimates some technology costs could drop by as much as 18 per cent by 2030, while accelerating the green energy transition in line with a 1.5C

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Green Market Oracle

DECEMBER 10, 2020

GHGs are caused directly and indirectly by human activity especially energy (73%). Fossil fuel use is a major contributor of GHGs and coal powered power plants in particular are incompatible with emissions reductions. A 2019 study by the International Energy Agency (IEA) showed that global energy demand grew 2.3

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

Lois Perry, director of CAR26 – which questions whether carbon dioxide has a “significant role in global warming” – appeared on talkRADIO on Monday claiming security tried to “bundle” her out of the press area at the UN climate summit in Glasgow because “they don’t want free speech”. . Do Not Feed the Trolls’.

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Green Market Oracle

DECEMBER 10, 2020

GHGs are caused directly and indirectly by human activity especially energy (73%). Fossil fuel use is a major contributor of GHGs and coal powered power plants especially harmful. A 2019 study by the International Energy Agency (IEA) showed that fossil fuels accounted for almost 70 percent of global energy demand.

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Business Green

JANUARY 22, 2020

The move will see AstraZeneca accelerate its plans to cut carbon, with the firm promising yesterday to double energy productivity, use 100 per cent renewable energy, and reduce total energy consumption by 10 per cent from a 2015 base, all by 2025.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 21, 2021

The government proposed amending the Occupational Pension Schemes Regulations 2021 to require relevant trustees to calculate and report how their investment portfolios align with the Paris Agreement of limiting global warming to 1.5C. But she warned the UK "needs to go further to harness the full power of pensions".

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Green Tech Challenge

DECEMBER 17, 2018

The problem of global warming crosses geopolitical lines and boundaries, and thus must be addressed by humanity as a whole. Under this ambitious initiative, a dedicated climate policy council is assessing government policies to determine whether they coincide with the country’s climate goals.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

High levels of fossil fuel investment are continuing despite the landmark International Energy Agency (IEA) report commissioned by the UK government ahead of COP26 last year, which resulted in the influential think tank warning that there should be no further fossil fuels exploration beyond 2021 if the world is to stand a chance of keeping its 1.5C

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AGreenLiving

SEPTEMBER 25, 2019

Multinational auto manufacturer Honda Motor Company, headquartered in Tokyo, recently made the largest renewable clean energy purchase by any car maker. With widespread public debate and mounting regulatory pressures, automakers have no choice but to shift their business models to address the carbon dioxide reduction challenge.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 6, 2021

The latest report from the Energy Transitions Commission has set out a roadmap for how the world can move on to a 1.5C warming trajectory over the course of the coming decade. It is a daunting task, but one governments and businesses have no option but to complete if they want to avert a rolling climate crisis. pathway by 2030.

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AGreenLiving

MARCH 31, 2021

Those processes use a lot of energy and largely come from fossil fuels; one-third of U.S. To achieve net-zero economy-wide emissions by 2050 and limit global warming, industrial emissions must drop while still meeting societal needs. Optimize electric energy efficiency. greenhouse gas emissions come from industry.

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Women in Cleantech and Sustainability

JANUARY 11, 2015

The state leads the country by housing about half of the nation’s total installed solar capacity, according to the latest data from the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA). Concern that the Golden State’s solar industry could weaken is heavily rooted in the murky future of solar policy. solar industry. Even with $7.1

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Business Green

AUGUST 18, 2022

The Oxford English Dictionary's Patricia Stewart charts how language related to the environment, climate change, and sustainabiliy is changing to reflect global new realities and concerns. Therefore, it can be used as a tool to understand the evolution of society and the challenges it faces at a given time. Going green or greenwashing?

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

Much of the data is held confidentially by governments, hidden behind analyst paywalls, or reliant on uncertain estimates, according to Carbon Tracker and Global Energy Monitor. As such, Ted Nace, executive director of Global Energy Monitor said the project marked the first step in a "virtuous circle of transparency".

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Business Green

OCTOBER 7, 2021

Governments and energy companies should look beyond carbon dioxide and ensure their climate plans include drastic action to reduce the methane emissions from fossil fuel operations, the International Energy Agency (IEA) has warned today.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

In addition, 74 per cent of the poor are directly affected by land degradation globally and over 80 per cent of the human diet is provided by plants, with just three cereal crops - rice, maize and wheat - providing 60 per cent of humanity's energy intake. Business both impacts and depends upon nature. SDG 15 to the rescue?

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CleanTX

MARCH 20, 2019

We’ve made great progress driving down emissions across our own business, including meeting our industry-leading methane intensity target of 0.2 Whether natural gas can play a constructive role in the energy transition depends on aggressive measures to reduce emissions that include methane,” said Fred Krupp, EDF president. “BP

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

The NGOs behind the report said the results revealed a "general lack of progress" on building integrity into corporate climate strategies since their inaugural Corporate Climate Responsibility Monitor report was published a year ago. temperature goal within reach, according to the study.

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Business Green

APRIL 4, 2022

Green business figures, politicians, environmental groups, economists and more react to leading climate experts' assessment of the solutions needed to deliver net zero. Here, BusinessGreen rounds up all the top reaction from business figures, politicians, campaigners, economists and more. on the table. on the table.

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Business Green

JUNE 10, 2022

A new league table has highlighted how the global electric vehicle market is continuing to rapidly expand, with China seeing sales of zero emission models top three million units last year. The new analysis from electric vehicle subscription service Elmo confirms that China remains the largest EV market by sales, with nearly 3.4

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Business Green

APRIL 7, 2020

New report from independent advisory committee warns the government must approach net zero carbon target carefully, with joined-up policy interventions that do not inadvertently lead to higher emissions. Meanwhile, the report calls on the government to disallow overseas carbon offsetting.

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Green Market Oracle

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

As explained by Julio Friedmann, senior research scholar at Columbia University’s Center for Global Energy Policy, "We have to create an industry the size of the oil and gas industry that runs in reverse. An IPCC report (2018) indicates that all remaining gas and coal fired power plants need CCS technology.

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AGreenLiving

OCTOBER 12, 2020

But carbon is also moving constantly through the global economy, which historically has been powered by burning fossil fuels for energy. As the most prevalent of the greenhouse gases (GHGs), CO2 plays an outsize role in global climate change — for example, it accounted for 81 percent of U.S. emissions in 2018.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 7, 2022

ICAO, the UN body that oversees the global aviation sector, agreed its first major international climate deal six years ago, when some 191 nations agreed to establish a controversial, market-based carbon offset system dubbed CORSIA that applies to global passenger, cargo, and business flights. But setting a goal is one thing.

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Business Green

APRIL 18, 2022

Despite the (slow) migration to electric-powered cars, consumer trends are making driving even more wasteful and unequal. A recent analysis found the emissions saved from electric cars have been more than cancelled out by the increase in gas-guzzling Sport Utility Vehicles (SUVs). Reducing car use in cities.

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