DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

These include the controversial energy company Drax , the fossil fuel lobby group Offshore Energies UK , and the gas company Cadent. The firm’s plant in Selby, Yorkshire, which burns wood pellets to generate electricity, is the single biggest source of carbon dioxide emissions in the country according to the climate think tank Ember.

Fossil fuels 144

Fossil fuels Pollution Carbon-negative Carbon-neutral 144

GreenBiz

AUGUST 6, 2020

There were plenty of juicy news tidbits in Microsoft’s recent progress report about its goal to become carbon negative over the next decade. This is the largest commitment it has made to a single portfolio investment, so it isn’t some side project. Behind Microsoft's bold plan to build social equity into clean energy buying.

Energy 407

Energy Energy Carbon-negative Fossil fuels 407

GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

A tidal wave of new carbon emissions data soon will be upon us. A radical increase in available carbon emissions data may be just around the corner. Slow-to-change investors and greenwashers in the business community will lose their cover to continue propping up the fossil fuel economy. Ian Kearney.

Energy Monitor 395

Energy Monitor Carbon Building Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring 395

DeSmogBlog

JUNE 27, 2023

public pension funds would have been about 13 percent higher had they divested from fossil fuel holdings ten years ago – equivalent to around $21 million in earnings. without the fossil fuel holdings. without the fossil fuel holdings. billion at the end of 2022, they would have been worth $424.6

Fossil fuels 98

Fossil fuels Investment Carbon-negative Carbon 98

GreenBiz

JULY 15, 2020

One novel spin on emerging hydrogen fuel options is "clean hydrogen" made from trash. . Still, there is potential for clean — low- or zero-carbon — hydrogen to take off, energy experts believe. Clean hydrogen could cut greenhouse gas emissions from fossil fuel by up to 34 percent, reported Bloomberg New Energy Finance. .

Demand 508

Demand Hydrogen Technology Energy 508

Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 30, 2021

Drawing upon findings recently published by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s (IPCC) Sixth Assessment Report (AR6), the report from the Climate Crisis Advisory Group (CCAG) argues that current global emissions targets are inadequate and that net negative – rather than net zero – strategies are required.

Carbon-negative 321

Carbon-negative Climate change Global warming Fossil fuels 321

GreenBiz

DECEMBER 28, 2020

Why H&M, other big brands are investing in garment recycling. Carbon renewal technology, or CRT, breaks down waste plastic feedstocks to the molecular level before using them as building blocks to produce a wide range of materials and packaging. Investors such as H&M are already forging ahead. Eastman is one of the largest U.S.

Sustainability 533

Sustainability Plastics Agriculture Carbon-negative 533

Hydrogen Fuel News

MARCH 8, 2025

White hydrogen offers a naturally occurring, carbon-free energy source waiting to be extracted, unlike green or gray hydrogen, which require energy-intensive production methods. This region could also support carbon-negative hydrogen production by combining hydrogen extraction with carbon sequestration.

Energy Monitor 117

Energy Monitor Building Energy Monitoring Solar Energy Monitor Hydrogen 117

Business Green

FEBRUARY 14, 2021

But Imperial College London analysis warns emerging technologies and negative emission power plants are likely to be needed to unlock full decarbonisation of the grid. In contrast, fossil fuel sources made up 39.6 Overall, it means wind, solar, hydropower, and biomass sources together supplied 38.5

Fossil fuels 101

Fossil fuels Power grid Carbon-negative Hydropower 101

DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

Fossil fuels such as coal, oil and natural gas are the source of just over 80% of the world’s energy. To avert catastrophic warming, the global community must rapidly reduce how much of these fuels it extracts and burns. target because it was already at its limit, given our projections of fossil fuel demand in the near future.

Fossil fuels 98

Fossil fuels Carbon-negative Global warming Climate change 98

Mr. Sustainability

APRIL 30, 2018

Fossil fuels, a vision of the future or something our children will see in history books? The energy markets, broadly taken to be fossil fuels and renewables, have seen significant changes over the past years. Not taking into account the negative externalities. No additional investments would be required.

Fossil fuels 104

Fossil fuels Demand Energy Energy 104

Business Green

AUGUST 31, 2020

Just 10 per cent of global utility firms prioritising renewables over fossil fuel investments, University of Oxford research finds. Moreover, many of these firms had continued to invest in fossil fuels in parallel with renewables, albeit at a slower rate than for clean energy, according to the study.

Fossil fuels 83

Fossil fuels Global warming Carbon-negative Energy 83

GreenTechMedia

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

have been shelved by the developer Drax, highlighting the challenging economics of converting coal-fired power to a cleaner, but still fossil-fuel-fired, alternative. It plans to add carbon capture and storage to the biomass plants, taking them to a negative-emissions status. Plans for a new 3.6-gigawatt MW of capacity.

Building Energy Monitoring 246

Building Energy Monitoring Natural gas Business Energy Monitoring Solar Energy Monitor 246

GreenBiz

SEPTEMBER 25, 2020

I’d argued that regenerative grazing could cut emissions from beef production , helping reduce the outsized contribution cattle make to food’s carbon footprint. You can imagine a future in which some beef, probably priced at a premium, comes with a carbon-negative label. That’s around a decade of global fossil-fuel emissions.

Carbon-negative 311

Carbon-negative Agriculture Fossil fuels Carbon 311

Business Green

APRIL 18, 2021

Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change calls on banks to back their net zero pledges with moves to halt support for fossil fuels and activities that drive deforestation. With fossil fuel financing increasing since 2016, the time to act is now," she said. Net zero commitments must drive real change.".

Fossil fuels 89

Fossil fuels Carbon-negative Climate change Investment 89

DeSmogBlog

JULY 27, 2023

DeSmog analysed examples of more than 100 influencers being paid to promote fossil fuel firms worldwide since 2017, from the US to Malaysia, in campaigns that have reached billions of people. While there’s more knowledge in general around climate change and the harms of fossil fuels, I think that people have a lot of trust in creators.

Fossil fuels 98

Fossil fuels Carbon-neutral Pollution Carbon-negative 98

DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

Policymakers met with fossil fuel and biomass producers nine times as often as with their renewable energy counterparts, DeSmog can reveal, raising fresh concerns over the depth of the government’s commitments to reaching net zero emissions by 2050. Our record on renewable energy speaks for itself,” they said. “In Drax Access.

Fossil fuels 98

Fossil fuels Building Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring Solar Energy Monitor 98

GreenBiz

MARCH 12, 2021

For the vast majority of countries, recovery spending has been relatively low and not particularly green, according to the report, with any benefits from the greener elements contained in stimulus packages often undermined by concurrent fossil fuel and consumer-focused spending program. Of the $14.6 Meanwhile, $86.1

Packaging 338

Packaging Carbon-negative Carbon-neutral Government 338

Business Green

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

The way we power our aircraft will be a big part of achieving that goal, and this exciting project to make aviation fuel from air and water shows how it might be done.". Zero Petroleum and the RAF launched Project MARTIN in June 2021, developing ZERO SynAvGas over five months with negative carbon technology company IGTL Technology.

Fossil fuels 101

Fossil fuels Aviation Carbon-negative Carbon 101

Business Green

APRIL 21, 2020

Low oil price likely to stick around for some time prompting fundamental change to energy investment that could accelerate net zero, experts suggest. It is a bit of a complicated financial instrument so we shouldn't over interpret the negative effect," he said.

Fossil fuels 77

Fossil fuels Carbon-negative Resilience Investment 77

Business Green

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

The president of the RPS said the group had taken the decision to alter its investment strategy in the latest win for the global divestment campaign. In related news, Luton Borough Council this week unanimously passed a motion calling on the Bedfordshire Pension Fund to disinvest its fossil fuel.

Fossil fuels 63

Fossil fuels Carbon-negative Investment Climate change 63

Business Green

JANUARY 18, 2021

Greenpeace, Friends of the Earth, and Global Witness have all raised concerns about the creeping reliance on unproven carbon removal methods in companies' decarbonisation strategies, but some scientists maintain carbon capture is essential if net zero goals are to be met.

Carbon-negative 77

Carbon-negative Carbon Building Energy Monitoring Fossil fuels 77

Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 25, 2020

Put simply, the term ‘cleantech’ describes a product that aims to reduce or mitigate negative environmental impact. Accounting for eight per cent of the world’s carbon emissions, the current process for making cement is far from eco-friendly. At the same time, carbon dioxide is released and captured, alongside oxygen and hydrogen.

Innovation 223

Innovation Carbon-negative Carbon-neutral Hydrogen 223

Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

However, it is crucial that as we move from internal combustion engines to electric vehicles, we do not not risk disturbing our planet’s largest carbon sinks by giving the destructive deep-sea mining industry the green light and opening up a new frontier of industrial extraction, writes campaign organisation the Deep Sea Conservation Coalition.

Carbon-negative 217

Carbon-negative Electric vehicle Batteries Recycling 217

Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 9, 2022

“The consortium has a vast amount of knowledge and experience, which we are leveraging to produce carbon negative hydrogen – there is no better goal to be working on right now.”. Although the primary goal of the work is to produce hydrogen, the Levidian LOOP is also a unique carbon capture and utilisation technology.

Hydrogen 162

Hydrogen Carbon-negative Innovation Carbon 162

GreenTechMedia

JUNE 5, 2020

Most buildings run on multiple fuels. And they consume fossil fuels such as natural gas or propane to power furnaces, boilers, and water heaters. That persistent reliance on fossil fuels makes buildings one of the largest sources of planet-warming pollution. Heat pumps are the big one. Already, around 30 U.S.

Building Energy Monitoring 246

Building Energy Monitoring Home Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor Solar Energy Monitor 246

Business Green

SEPTEMBER 5, 2021

The business and reputational risks for companies that provide a platform for, or create, fossil fuel advertising are growing. It's a question that has moved up the agenda over the last few days, after multiple campaigns launched urging advertisers and media companies to cut ties with fossil fuel companies.

Fossil fuels 68

Fossil fuels Carbon-negative Pollution Carbon 68

Grist

APRIL 14, 2021

In the late 2000s, the fossil fuel conglomerate Woodside Energy petitioned to build a liquid natural gas processing plant 30 miles north of Broome, on a peninsula known in English as James Price Point, and to the Goolarabooloo as Walmadany. Finally, in 2013, Woodside threw in the towel. They’d expected it to be empty.

Fossil fuels 131

Fossil fuels Solar Energy Monitor Building Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring 131

Business Green

DECEMBER 7, 2022

Influential think tank warns that post-pandemic oil and gas companies have invested billions in projects that would push warming beyond 2.5C. A further $45bn of investment was deemed to be incompatible with a 1.7C above pre-industrial levels. warming scenario, which would be delivered if countries' honour current climate pledges. "Oil

Fossil fuels 67

Fossil fuels Investment Carbon Carbon-negative 67

DeSmogBlog

APRIL 15, 2021

A growing number of oil companies in the past year have announced targets to achieve “net-zero emissions” by mid-century, seemingly signaling a monumental shift in the history of the oil business towards low-carbon solutions. Fossil fuel companies have taken a variety of approaches when it comes to climate change.

Fossil fuels 128

Fossil fuels Carbon-negative Climate change Carbon 128

Business Green

APRIL 21, 2020

Low oil price likely to stick around for some time prompting fundamental change to energy investment that could accelerate net zero, experts suggest. As a result, oil prices have plummeted and yesterday US future contracts went negative for the first time in history as global storage capacity for oil continued to fill up.

Fossil fuels 59

Fossil fuels Carbon-negative Demand Carbon 59

Business Green

MARCH 8, 2023

The company also indicated it planned to reduce its reliance on carbon offsetting schemes as it looks to deliver on its own net zero goal. However, there are concerns about the limited supply of SAFs, which can be produced using energy crops, municipal waste, or using hydrogen and captured carbon. Our foundation is strong.

Fossil fuels 73

Fossil fuels Aviation Carbon-negative Plastics 73

Business Green

OCTOBER 4, 2022

What is considered comfortable now could have consequences in the future - especially if it means reverting back, even in the short term, to old, damaging, carbon-based energy tactics. Instead of relying on old, carbon emitting practises, rather elevate energy security by investing in renewables. Striving for self-sufficiency.

Fossil fuels 73

Fossil fuels Carbon-negative Carbon Climate change 73

Renewable Energy World

MARCH 3, 2021

Annual figures show that renewable supply outpaced fossil fuels for the first time. Conversely, energy produced by fossil fuels fell to just 39.6%, marking the first time that clean energy has consistently outperformed legacy sources. Covid19 created a fall in generation demand. The broader picture.

Carbon-negative 121

Carbon-negative Energy Energy Fossil fuels 121

DeSmogBlog

APRIL 15, 2021

A growing number of oil companies in the past year have announced targets to achieve “net-zero emissions” by mid-century, seemingly signaling a monumental shift in the history of the oil business towards low-carbon solutions. Fossil fuel companies have taken a variety of approaches when it comes to climate change.

Fossil fuels 120

Fossil fuels Carbon-negative Climate change Carbon 120

GreenTechMedia

MAY 27, 2020

utilities in setting a net-zero carbon target for 2050, aiming to balance the emissions from its sizable fossil fuel-fired generation fleet and sprawling natural gas business with reductions to be gained by expanding its portfolio of renewable energy and energy efficiency. Counting on 'negative carbon' solutions.

Carbon 130

Carbon Carbon-negative Natural gas Carbon-neutral 130

Business Green

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

Agencies facing fresh calls to cut their ties with laggard fossil fuel firms, leaving many in the advertising and PR sector with difficult decisions to make. And energy providers the world over are rushing to slash their reliance on fossil fuels as the clean energy transition gathers pace. It is a big business.

Fossil fuels 73

Fossil fuels Carbon-negative Sustainability Politics 73