DeSmogBlog

MARCH 31, 2023

Nor does it refer to a topic that was of unequivocal scientific concern at the time: The “greenhouse effect,” or what is now known as climate change. This impressive history shows for just how long climate issues were known by Shell personnel,” said Ben Franta, senior research fellow in climate litigation at the University of Oxford.

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The Verge: Energy

JUNE 19, 2024

Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant in California on Oct. Laura Dickinson/San Luis Obsipo Tribune/Tribune News Service via Getty Images Congress has passed a bill aimed at giving nuclear energy a boost in the US. Other groups are concerned about health and environmental risks with nuclear energy.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

It is great to see influential voices from all sides of politics recognising that urgent and sustained change is needed. It is also encouraging to see how the Foundations essay does not contest that the UK must respond to the climate crisis and has not choice but to rapidly decarbonise.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 14, 2020

The plan is detailed in the long-awaited Energy White Paper, which was published this morning, and sets out a wide-ranging strategy to support 220,000 new green jobs over the next 10 years and signals a "decisive and permanent shift away from our dependence on fossil fuels", according to Business Secretary Alok Sharma.

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Renewable Energy World

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

By comparison, production by the nation’s nuclear power plants in 2021 dropped by 2.81% and 4.07% compared to 2020 and 2019 levels. As a consequence, energy provided by renewable sources thus far in 2021 exceeded nuclear generation by more than 50% (6.160 quads vs. 4.007 quads). energy consumption. energy consumption.

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Hydrogen Fuel News

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

In a groundbreaking study, experts from the National Nuclear Laboratory (NNL) have unveiled a promising vision for the future of clean energy. This innovative approach not only promises economic viability but also underscores the role of nuclear energy as a sustainable, low-carbon power source.

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Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 4, 2023

The reduction in the global nuclear arsenal to just over 12,000 (of which 4,000 are on operational standby) has ebbed the threat of all-out nuclear war, prompting some to question whether the limited climate models used in the 1980s had understated the consequences of a global nuclear war.

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DeSmogBlog

JULY 25, 2024

Jenrick has also called for the building of “new gas power stations” and supports new fossil fuel extraction, including North Sea oil and gas, and the opening of new coal mines. This week saw what climate scientists believe could be the hottest day on record thanks to climate change.

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R-Squared Energy

OCTOBER 24, 2019

There, the plant is expected to provide power to about 100,000 homes. The success of this project could mark a sharp change in the way nuclear power is deployed in areas where renewable energy cannot be implemented— and could herald new advances in the fight against climate change.

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R-Squared Energy

SEPTEMBER 2, 2024

It refers to the global shift from fossil fuels to renewable energy sources, aiming to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and combat climate change. Nuclear power began to ramp up in the mid-1960s. Global Change in Energy Consumption 2014-2023.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 17, 2022

Von der Leyen announced a plan to collect up to 140 billion euros in windfall profit taxes from energy companies that produce electricity at low cost, e.g. wind, solar, hydro and nuclear. Making up for the loss of Russian fossil fuel supply is a mammoth task. Source: World Nuclear Association). Source: electricitymaps).

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Grist

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

Greenhouse gas emissions from burning coal and other fossil fuels accelerated, and over the past decade Earth has been losing around 1.2 The coal-dust tests are just one of many strange episodes illuminated in Alice Bell’s new book, Our Biggest Experiment: An Epic History of the Climate Crisis. trillion tons of ice every year.

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DeSmogBlog

JUNE 12, 2023

He also suggested that the UK and UAE could collaborate more closely on the development of nuclear small modular reactors, and hydrogen – which critics say is being heavily pushed by the fossil fuel industry. The fossil fuel era is over.

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DeSmogBlog

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

as a global climate solution, with some industry boosters even going so far as to call Canada’s supply of the fossil fuel the “cleanest in the world.” I don’t believe gas is a climate solution,” she told DeSmog. C is to stop building new fossil fuel projects. Burning all that gas could release 13.7

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Energy Central

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

In its 2022 report on the role of nuclear power in fighting climate change, “Nuclear Power and Secure Energy Transitions”, the International Energy Agency (IEA) says “Nuclear energy can help make the energy sector’s journey away from unabated fossil fuels faster and more secure.”

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 27, 2023

Those who are making progress with energy efficiency received some good news with the announcement that Climate Change Agreements will be extended by two more years from 1 April 2025. So, best to assume that firms will have to be more focused than ever on saving energy.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 24, 2021

Offshore wind energy powerhouse Orsted demonstrates that a pivot away from fossil fuels is possible. The first, biggest step to slowing climate change is switching electricity generation from coal and gas to wind and sun. France built nuclear power. Iceland tapped geothermal. Denmark looked to offshore wind.

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GreenTechMedia

JANUARY 2, 2020

Over the last 30 years, the transition away from centralized energy infrastructure, global climate events like the devastating hurricanes of 2017, extreme volatility in the cost of fossil fuels, and a growing demand for renewable energy have shaped an unfamiliar theoretical term into not only a buzzword but a cornerstone of infrastructure planning.

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Business Green

MAY 17, 2021

The report makes clear that huge changes are already underway across the global energy system that will have "far reaching consequences" for fossil fuel producers as the economy rapidly embraces clean technologies.

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GreenTechMedia

DECEMBER 7, 2020

It’s also contracted for hundreds of megawatts of behind-the-meter batteries under a 2014 plan to replace the capacity lost from the closure of the San Onofre nuclear power plant. But SCE sees more grid reliability needs arising by mid-decade, as the state’s last nuclear power plant, Diablo Canyon, closes down.

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GreenTechMedia

OCTOBER 14, 2020

Utilities operating fossil-fueled power plants, and the low-income and disadvantaged communities that face the brunt of their pollution, may have a new model for resolving their differences.

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Business Green

MARCH 22, 2022

Following a meeting with industry figures yesterday, the Prime Minister revealed plans to significantly expand the share of UK's electricity produced by nuclear power from around 16 per cent today to 25 per cent by 2050 - a move which would require major investment in new nuclear power capacity in the coming years, according to various reports.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

The global energy agency put the halt in CO2 growth down to declining emissions from power generation in advanced economies such as the EU and the USA, thanks in large part to the expanding role of renewable energy such as wind and solar. per cent in 2018. per cent drop in CO2, amounting to 140 million tonnes.

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Smart Energy International

AUGUST 22, 2022

To support them and other like-minded offtakers, US nuclear power provider Energy Harbor has launched a 24/7 emission-free energy compliance product utilising blockchain provider FlexiDAO’s traceability solution. “This collaboration with FlexiDAO and Google Cloud has enabled us to meet an important customer need.

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Business Green

MARCH 12, 2020

At COP21 in 2015, new environmentalism was emerging, characterised by a willingness to include 'taboot technologies like nuclear power, and a commitment to evidence-based decision-making. They argued that, given the scale and urgency of climate change, no clean energy option should be off the table. Hansen and Tom Wigley.

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Energy Innovation

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

Fighting climate change is the challenge of our time—cutting emissions at the speed and scale science deems necessary will determine the future of nearly all living things on the planet for generations. Nuclear plants can provide around-the-clock zero-carbon power, meaning they’re an important part of a clean grid.

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DeSmogBlog

JANUARY 25, 2022

This science-based threshold — considered necessary to achieve emissions targets by 2050 — excluded all fossil fuels from being in the taxonomy. Between March and July 2020, nuclear lobbies met with EU representatives twice as often as they did in 2018, according to the non-governmental organization Reclaim Finance.

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Business Green

MARCH 26, 2020

per cent last year as renewable power sources once again sent records tumbling, provisional data released today shows, prompting the government to hail the country's "extraordinary progress in tackling climate change". Electricity generation from natural gas fired power plants also fell back slightly by 2.2

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Envirotec Magazine

MAY 22, 2024

Although prevailing wisdom holds that time is running out, BloombergNEF’s New Energy Outlook 2024 seemingly shows how the world could still achieve the major goal of the Paris Agreement – holding global warming to well below 2°C and avoiding the worst impacts of climate change – and what it would take to get there.

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Business Green

JUNE 27, 2022

Improving the thermal performance of UK homes could deliver climate and energy security at a fraction of the cost of nuclear power, argues Kingspan's Rita Singh. As for nuclear power, it needs to be part of the UK's energy mix, but it won't come online or deliver cost benefits for consumers for several decades.

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Energy Innovation

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

Fighting climate change is the challenge of our time—cutting emissions at the speed and scale science deems necessary will determine the future of nearly all living things on the planet for generations. Nuclear plants can provide around-the-clock zero-carbon power, meaning they’re an important part of a clean grid.

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Business Green

JANUARY 4, 2023

Just hours after Prime Minister Rishi Sunak gave a New Year speech setting out his priorities for 2023 in which he barely mentioned climate action , the Environmental Audit Committee (EAC) has today published a sweeping new report warning that a "war effort" is urgently needed to deliver on the UK's climate and energy security goals.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

The Commission said there had in recent years been "decidedly mixed" progress on infrastructure development, but that the government had an opportunity in 2020 to "avoid repeating the mistakes of the past and to meet the challenge of climate change".

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The Guardian: Energy

OCTOBER 18, 2024

If this was possible in a state with “one of the most carbon intensive energy supplies” anywhere, Gore wrote , then “we need to see action like this around the world”.

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Green Market Oracle

DECEMBER 16, 2019

The 2020 Climate Change Performance Index tracks the performance of 57 countries and the EU on greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, renewable energy, energy use and climate policy. However, the Index states that, “additions of renewable power generation outpaced net installations of fossil fuel and nuclear power”.

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Eco-Business

AUGUST 23, 2021

While small modular reactors can replace fossil fuels, public confidence in nuclear power is low.

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Business Green

AUGUST 7, 2020

A new study published in the journal Nature Climate Change has warned that the sharp reductions in greenhouse gas emissions experienced this year as a result of the coronavirus crisis are likely to a "negligible" impact on temperatures. All the green business news from around the world this week. goal within reach.

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