Grist

JUNE 27, 2024

If deployed across the country, these geothermal systems could go a long way in helping decarbonize buildings, which are responsible for about a third of total greenhouse gas emissions in the U.S. That goal may not be far off as utilities face increasing regulatory pressure to phase out gas. is going to wean itself off fossil fuels.

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Envirotec Magazine

JANUARY 23, 2024

Nesta’s report focuses on carbon reduction, and you can’t argue with the fact that ripping out fossil-fuel heating and replacing it with cleaner, greener heat pumps will reduce the UK’s carbon footprint. ”), which suggests the fabric first approach (i.e.

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DeSmogBlog

JUNE 13, 2024

But behind the plant’s shiny facade is a worrying reality — experts say that CCS’s success in mitigating climate change is still unproven and could, in fact, harm regional decarbonization while continuing fossil fuel use. The government-owned Japan CCS Co., The campaign has worked. said Sisilia Dewi, 350.org

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Meat and dairy firms in particular are coming under increasing scrutiny due to pollution from livestock, which emits around a third of the global output of methane, a short-lived greenhouse gas identified as the quickest route to slowing global heating. It also contributes roughly two percent of all global greenhouse gas emissions.

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Meat emits around a third of global emissions of methane, and action to cut this greenhouse gas has been identified by the UN and world leaders as the quickest route to slowing global heating. Farming also relies on synthetic fertilisers that are both fossil-fuel-based and emit greenhouse gases, and drives deforestation.

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Renewable Energy World

DECEMBER 10, 2021

India has a target ofd 500 GW of installed non-fossil fuel capacity by 2030, as announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the United Nations Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP-26) in Glasgow in November. Current nuclear and large hydropower capacity add up to around 50 GW.

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

GLASGOW, SCOTLAND — A Spanish energy giant has been criticised for touting its green credentials at COP26 with free solar-powered WiFi booths and a “cycling expedition”, while remaining involved in multiple gas power projects in Mexico. We have existing combined cycle [gas] plants operating in Mexico”, he said.

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DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 29, 2021

The Task Force put out a statement yesterday calling for “responsible investment” in the UK’s oil and gas industry, which it said would “play a vital role in helping the UK to achieve net zero by 2050” by avoiding the import of higher-emission oil and liquified natural gas (LNG) from abroad. As the COP host, the U.K.

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R-Squared Energy

DECEMBER 27, 2023

should also set a natural gas production record this year, and exports of liquefied natural gas (LNG) will reach a new high. .” should also set a natural gas production record this year, and exports of liquefied natural gas (LNG) will reach a new high.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

COP26 has seen fossil fuels mentioned for the first time in a UNFCCC cover text and the launch of a pioneering alliance of governments committed to phasing out oil and gas production. The final days of the COP26 Climate Summit has seen fossil fuels take something of a shellacking.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

However, the CCC stopped short of calling for an outright ban on new oil and gas exploration, arguing it had not been able to empirically prove the net effect reducing or increasing UK production would have on global emissions. In fact, right now companies are exporting UK oil and gas despite our import dependency.".

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Business Green

AUGUST 17, 2021

As the countdown to COP 26 continues, hydrogen is an area where the UK can lead by example on the global stage, showcasing the value of strong partnerships between government and the private sector on the road to reducing emissions.".

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 22, 2022

On November 29, Coterra Energy and the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) signed a consent order allowing the operator, one of the largest natural gas producers in the state, to drill laterally beneath an area that has been mostly fracking-free since 19 households found methane in their water in 2008 and 2009.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

COP26 has seen fossil fuels mentioned for the first time in a UNFCCC cover text and the launch of a pioneering alliance of governments committed to phasing out oil and gas production. The final days of the COP26 Climate Summit has seen fossil fuels take something of a shellacking.

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Business Green

APRIL 4, 2022

Bright Blue says UK Export Credit Agency has made progress in curbing support for fossil fuel infrastructure, but bolder green financing policies are still needed.

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Business Green

JULY 22, 2021

Post COP, it's really about the action aspect, and that reinforcement of commitment from government along with the business models will allow these projects to proceed.". The East Coast Cluster includes four different blue hydrogen projects and is therefore a major stakeholder in discussions about how the UK should scale the low carbon fuel.

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Clean Energy Trust

DECEMBER 6, 2021

The COP 26 climate conference took place! NET Power is building a new type of natural gas power plant that uses oxy combustion (burning natural gas with pure oxygen) and supercritical CO2 instead of steam in its turbine. For example, $7.5 billion or so to electrify their entire bus fleet).

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Business Green

OCTOBER 31, 2022

Commonly known as soot, it is formed from wildfires and fossil fuel consumption and contributes to climate change. Conference of the Parties (COP). COP is the decision-making body responsible for monitoring and reviewing implementation of the UNFCCC. A greenhouse gas which is impacting climate change. Biodiversity.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

EU energy emissions fall, Rwanda gets its first mini-grid, and Brazil preps a COP bid. The tracker provides encouraging evidence that efforts by European governments to ramp up clean energy generation and energy saving measures in response to Russia's weaponisation of gas supplies appears to be having an impact.

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Clean Energy Canada

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

The funding commitments are made on the basis that richer countries’ economic development has, in large part, been enabled by the use of fossil fuels, and therefore these countries should take some responsibility for addressing climate change in less developed nations. As part of its COP presidency, the U.K. CARBON MARKETS.

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Climate Tech VC

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Meanwhile, Michigan approves a bundle of clean energy bills, the UN irons out details for the "loss and damages" fund ahead of COP, and Flexport launches a book and claim model for SAFs.  The Notorious Hannah Ritchie finds that clean energy will require less mining than fossil fuels.  Aka land platypus.

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The Verge: Energy

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Sean Gallup/Getty Images Tens of thousands of negotiators, activists, and corporate execs have descended upon Dubai to wrangle over the future of fossil fuels. Can governments broker a deal to phase out the oil, coal, and gas causing climate change? The future of fossil fuels Let’s start with some backstory on COP28.

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DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 27, 2021

A group of Republican members of Congress are traveling to Glasgow, Scotland, in order to attend COP26, the United Nations’ international climate negotiations meant to galvanize global action to cut greenhouse gas emissions. million from the oil, gas, and mining industries throughout their elected careers. In 2009, Sen.

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Business Green

MAY 16, 2022

We see clearly the dangers of energy systems powered by foreign fossil fuels," Sharma said. "We In short, we see that climate security is energy security and that we must break our dependency on fossil fuels.". We see the benefits of low cost, homegrown renewables, the price of which cannot be manipulated from afar. "We

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 8, 2023

However, that number may be an undercount of total government subsidies, he said, given it doesn’t include tax credits, such as the $10 billion federal government carbon capture tax credit announced to coincide with the COP 28 summit. Flickr (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)

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Climate Tech VC

JANUARY 16, 2024

Fortescue unveiled a green ammonia dual-fuel ship at COP. The current Haber Bosch process relies on fossil fuels (~ 70% natural gas, 30% coal) and emits 2.4 Coal co-firing: Ammonia can replace a percentage of fuel in coal plants, lowering their carbon emissions. of global emissions. 

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Business Green

DECEMBER 7, 2021

In November, I had the privilege to represent Schneider Electric at the UN's Conference of Parties (COP) on climate change in Glasgow. This COP was unlike the previous 25 iterations, in that it took place during a global pandemic. In reality, the current pledges align more closely to 2.7 Bottom Line for Business.

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Climate Tech VC

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

Founders showed sci-fi-like tech at demo days, artists premiered climate-focused films at New York City's first climate film festival, and activists took to the streets to protest the presence of fossil fuel interests. However, green hydrogen has officially started being blended into the natural gas grid in Mallorca, Spain.

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Business Green

JANUARY 30, 2023

Despite the marked increase in government ambitions, CO2 emissions have increased in every year since the Paris COP in 2015 (bar 2020)," it continues. The longer the delay in taking decisive action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions on a sustained basis, the greater are the likely resulting economic and social costs."

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DeSmogBlog

JULY 19, 2023

What isn’t changing, not one bit, is the otherworldly spin from fossil fuel lobbyists and spinmasters, one of whom had the tone-deaf audacity this week to insist it would be “dangerous and irresponsible” not to increase fossil fuel production into the indefinite future.

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Renewable Energy World

OCTOBER 26, 2021

Other objectives include phasing out coal use and generating solutions that preserve, restore or regenerate natural carbon sinks, such as forests. Another challenge that has derailed past COPs is agreeing on implementing a carbon trading system outlined in the Paris Agreement. Courtesy: Johannes Plenio /Unsplash.

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

However, AVEVA has boasted on its website that its software has also been used to help fossil fuel companies to extract more oil and gas. Other sponsors include the energy company SSE, and the National Grid – which currently operates the largest liquid natural gas (LNG) terminal in Europe.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

Against the backdrop of a pervasively fracturing geopolitical landscape, and with more than 1770 fossil fuel lobbyists patrolling the halls (at Friends of the Earth’s count), it seemed an occasion to be thankful that any agreement was reached at all. Many seemed keen to set their face to the wind and focus on Brazil.

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Mosaic

DECEMBER 27, 2022

The great majority of them are heated with natural gas or oil, and parked in their garages and driveways or on nearby streets are some two hundred and ninety million vehicles, an estimated ninety-nine per cent of which, as of August, run on gasoline. My house has gas pipes in it. But can it actually be done?

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Climate Tech VC

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

Amid all the chaos, we almost forgot it’s COP this week.) This Trump administration has a so-called “energy dominance” agenda — particularly, bullish on fossil fuels and bearish on renewables and emerging climate tech, which could lead to an additional 4bn tonnes of US emissions by 2030. Happy Monday! 

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Climate Tech VC

DECEMBER 22, 2023

An Article 6 agreement at COP could be the wildcard here. It's a predatory delay strategy and a fossil fueled meme, not a decarbonization strategy.  There has been an oversupply of low-quality offsets in the market. A market contraction could refocus on only the highest, or at least higher, quality assets. Joshua : No!

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 26, 2024

Add to that a growing revival of old-school climate denial, surging oil and gas production, high level calls for PR firms to cut their ties to fossil fuels, emboldened hard-right farming groups , and new anti-greenwashing laws. and Justin Trudeau is ending the year on shaky ground in Canada. My takeaway?

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