DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

The conference, which is being held from 22 to 25 September in Liverpool, is one of the largest political gatherings in Europe and will feature set piece speeches from Labour’s newly-elected Cabinet ministers. The tax was launched in 2022 but contained loopholes including tax relief on investments in UK fossil fuel extraction.

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DeSmogBlog

JUNE 24, 2021

Leaking methane from oil and gas infrastructure is widespread across the European continent, reveals an investigation of more than 150 sites in seven countries. More than 60 percent of the sites analyzed by researchers using state-of-the-art technology were releasing large volumes of methane – a powerful greenhouse gas – into the atmosphere.

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Envirotec Magazine

MAY 24, 2023

Natural gas is not cleaner than other fossil fuels and using it instead of coal or oil risks achieving little or no reduction in greenhouse gas effects, says science advisory group the European Academies’ Science Advisory Council (EASAC) in a new report “Future of Gas”. We can’t argue our way out of drastic changes.

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DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 7, 2024

This story is the third part of a DeSmog series on carbon capture and was developed with the support of Journalismfund Europe and published in partnership with the Guardian. Meanwhile, lobby group the Carbon Capture and Storage Association (CCSA) — which represents dozens of fossil fuel companies — attended 20 meetings, and Equinor 16.

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Hydrogen Fuel News

MARCH 24, 2025

This quantity, described as one of the largest known reserves in Europe, represents nearly half the worlds current hydrogen production. Why Natural Hydrogen Could Revolutionize Energy Hydrogen has long been considered a critical component of the clean energy transition due to its versatility and lack of carbon emissions when used as a fuel.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 10, 2021

“Blue” hydrogen is also derived from natural gas but combined with the use of carbon capture and storage (CCS), and is being heavily promoted by the gas industry as a “bridge” fuel to a low-emission future. So, how has hydrogen gone from being a fairly obscure industry to a critical part of Europe’s green plans? Hydrogen Europe.

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DeSmogBlog

JULY 8, 2021

Over €8 billion is being invested in hydrogen and “renewable gas” projects in southern Europe using EU Covid-19 recovery funds, thanks to extensive lobbying by the fossil fuel industry, a new report has found. . The over-emphasis on hydrogen as a result of lobbying could lock Europe into decades more of fossil fuels.

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Hydrogen Fuel News

DECEMBER 30, 2024

This renewable energy potential, coupled with zero carbon emissions when used, has put natural hydrogen at the forefront of global efforts to transition away from fossil fuels. Meanwhile, Europe has also been a hub of activity. This work could set a framework for future projects in similar geological features across the globe.

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DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 31, 2024

This story is the sixth part of a DeSmog series on carbon capture and was developed with the support of Journalismfund Europe. Norwegian state-owned oil and gas company Equinor, the North Sea’s largest fossil fuel producer, is positioning itself to play a key role in plans to turn Britain into a world leader in capturing carbon.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

Reducing methane is in the hands of a small number of large multinational corporations, which have the resources to act, writes Changing Markets Foundation's Nusa Urbancic. Methane has typically been ignored in climate policy. It also ignores the huge potential of methane emission reductions in the agricultural sector.

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DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 3, 2021

Nearly two thirds of social media posts put out by six major European fossil fuel and energy companies since the end of 2019 present a “green” image of the company, despite the majority of their business activity remaining in fossil fuels, reveals new analysis by Desmog.

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DeSmogBlog

AUGUST 23, 2021

Hydrogen, an energy carrier proposed for helping transition the world away from fossil fuels, is well-suited for the oil and gas industry’s public relations machine. The process uses lots of energy and releases carbon dioxide, plus, the natural gas supply chain is known to leak the powerful greenhouse gas methane.

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

2 This led to investment in new biomethane production infrastructure, which the world critically needs to cut methane emissions from organic wastes and generate green gas, biofertilisers and bioCO2, but this will no longer be possible under the proposed new guidance. using fossil fuels); scope 2 are from the purchase of energy (e.g.

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GreenTechMedia

JANUARY 20, 2020

"There are already signs of both, whether in financial markets or in the reflexive antipathy towards fossil fuels that is increasingly visible in the public debate, at least in parts of Europe and North America.” But greater involvement in low-carbon projects must happen in tandem. billion last year.

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GreenBiz

JULY 15, 2020

Clean hydrogen could cut greenhouse gas emissions from fossil fuel by up to 34 percent, reported Bloomberg New Energy Finance. . A few tech companies are working to grow clean hydrogen in Europe and Asia and, lately, California. It is energy-efficient, abundant and an environmentally friendly alternative to natural gas.

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DeSmogBlog

JUNE 12, 2024

Banks that are serious about delivering their net zero commitments must also stop supporting companies developing new fossil fuel facilities, including LNG.” Grüneberg clarified that the EU-wide methane regulation finalized in May will result in a methane transparency database where U.S.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

New IEA analysis reveals methane emissions from the energy sector are 70 per cent higher than official reports, but could high gas prices finally prompt operators to tackle the problem. It is one of the biggest and most worrying mysteries in the field of climate science: where are all the methane emissions coming from?

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Hydrogen Fuel News

AUGUST 29, 2024

The companies are collaborating on the development of a clean H2 facility in Europe Linde, Shell and ITM have come together to build a 100 megawatt (MW) green hydrogen production plant as a component of a broader strategy to expand on Europe’s existing H2 infrastructure.

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DeSmogBlog

JUNE 26, 2024

But discussions of natural gas’ negative aspects — namely excessive, typically underreported methane emissions that are considerably worse for the climate than carbon emissions — did not take place. And natural gas — such as that produced by FortisBC — is a particularly destructive fossil fuel.

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DeSmogBlog

MAY 22, 2024

and other fossil fuel companies are urging the European Union to relax targets to boost climate-friendly “green” hydrogen, hoping to win greater support for projects to manufacture the fuel using natural gas. ADNOC is a major supplier of oil and gas to Europe. ExxonMobil Corp.

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Charged

JANUARY 17, 2023

EVM’s gas allocation is equivalent to a daily amount of 6,240,000 cubic feet of methane gas. These are worthy goals, but EVM’s project, which apparently involves using fossil fuel to process battery materials shipped from another continent, would seem to be out of step with current trends. Source: EV Metals Group.

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Business Green

JANUARY 7, 2022

The company is aiming to build Europe's first plastic to hydrogen plant in Poland, before rolling out its technology globally as part of a plan to become a global leader in recycling mixed waste plastic into carbon-free fuels and new materials, while also providing distributed renewable heat.

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Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 9, 2022

Donald Morrison, Jacobs People & Places Solutions Senior Vice President for Europe and Digital Strategies, added: “This is a fantastic opportunity to be at the forefront of hydrogen innovation and help move our sector to low and zero carbon energy generation and towards a circular economy. United Utilities will lead the project.

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DeSmogBlog

AUGUST 22, 2024

The BBC has produced dozens of films and articles for oil and gas companies, agricultural giants, fossil fuel states, and high-emission transport firms in recent years, DeSmog can reveal. Fossil fuels are not only poisoning our planet – they’re toxic for your brand,” he said.

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GreenTechMedia

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

The promise of a hydrogen economy to replace fossil fuels is commonly centered on the potential for ‘green hydrogen,’ generated via electrolysis of water with carbon-free electricity. To be clear, “we never claim we’re going to be cheaper than steam methane reforming,” he said.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 15, 2020

In the latest addition to its 'green recovery' package, the European Commission yesterday unveiled a flurry of crucial green strategies, targets, and policies, ranging from new green building and renewable energy programmes, to tighter rules governing chemical use and methane emissions.

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GreenTechMedia

APRIL 14, 2020

The path to a fully decarbonized energy system in Europe could depend on technologies that are out of bounds in today’s market, a consultancy forecast suggests. Afry modeled two possible avenues to decarbonize Europe's power, heat and transport sectors. The trouble is that the prospects for new nuclear in Europe are not good.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Don't listen to the fossil fuel enthusiasts pushing fracking as a solution for the UK's currently volatile energy market, argues ECIU's Dr Simon Cran-McGreehin. The gas crunch gripping Europe is directly caused by volatile international gas markets that expose the UK to demand surges in Asia and political manipulation by Putin.

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Business Green

MARCH 3, 2022

Sanctions against Russian goods, oligarchs, and services have multiplied in the week since the Kremlin launched its unprovoked attack on Ukraine, but questions have remained as to when and if the economic response to the invasion will be extended to cover the fossil fuel exports that bankroll much of Russia's economy.

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DeSmogBlog

AUGUST 17, 2023

billion liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal in her Pennsylvania hometown, she will be facing off against some of the most powerful fossil fuel interests in the United States. LNG companies shipped to Europe at soaring premiums. CHESTER, PA — When Zulene Mayfield testifies next week against plans to build a $6.8

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GreenTechMedia

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

The European Investment Bank (EIB) will stop backing fossil fuel energy projects in 2021, except those using carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology or offsets to cancel out their emissions. “The EU bank has been Europe’s climate bank for many years. The benchmark looks like it will be set higher.

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Envirotec Magazine

JULY 30, 2020

However, performance requirements have since been unified in Europe, and at the same time product development work has enhanced the capabilities of this product line, so the time has come for us to seek certification to the latest Standards. This includes fossil fuels such as petrol, diesel and oil, as well as wastes and biofuels.

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The Verge: Energy

JANUARY 26, 2024

So-called natural gas is primarily methane, an even more potent greenhouse gas than carbon dioxide that routinely escapes from gas infrastructure. Since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the US has ramped up LNG exports to Europe as much of the Western world tried to wean itself off Russian gas reserves.

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GreenTechMedia

JULY 9, 2020

At the same time, Brussels signaled that it will also encourage the development of "blue" hydrogen produced from fossil fuels paired with carbon capture, at least for the time being. Europe's gas sector strikes upbeat tone. Read GTM's green hydrogen explainer here.).

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GreenTechMedia

JUNE 29, 2020

And while it's not a central concern today for those companies (Enel, EDP, BayWa and others) or industry groups (SolarPower Europe and WindEurope), all see green hydrogen playing a vital role in achieving deep decarbonization of the energy system. for production using steam methane reformation. per kilo, compared to $0.90

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DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 22, 2024

Agriculture is the leading driver of the potent greenhouse gas methane, which is responsible for a third of human-caused warming to date. The sector is also a heavy user of fossil fuels, including to produce synthetic fertilisers, which are a major source of nitrous oxide, a potent greenhouse gas.

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Green Business Bureau

OCTOBER 8, 2020

Across Europe, a single-use plastic ban will come into effect from 2021, targeting straws, cotton buds, and disposable cutlery, among other products. Rather, by using an alternative resource to fossil fuels, biodegradable straws enable a reduced ecological footprint across the whole of the product lifespan – from production to disposal.

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