Over $300 billion invested in clean tech in the US since passage of the IRA
GreenBiz
FEBRUARY 28, 2024
In 2023, emissions were 16 percent below 2005 levels, according to Bloomberg.
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Today’s Energy Crisis Is Very Different from the Energy Crisis of 2005
Energy Central
NOVEMBER 18, 2022
Back in 2005, the world economy was “humming along.” per year in the 2001 to 2005 period. ” World growth in energy consumption per capita was rising at 2.3% China had been added to the World Trade Organization in December 2001, ramping up its demand for all kinds of fossil fuels.
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The climate litigation trend is gathering global momentum
GreenBiz
SEPTEMBER 19, 2022
New analysis reveals 80 cases have been filed against governments since 2005, seeking more ambitious action.
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“No excuses:” Australia urged to exit coal, double rooftop solar by 2030 in accelerated push to net zero
Renew Economy
MARCH 26, 2024
Major new report maps out a path for Australia to deliver a 75% emissions cut below 2005 levels by 2030, and net zero by 2035. The post “No excuses:” Australia urged to exit coal, double rooftop solar by 2030 in accelerated push to net zero appeared first on RenewEconomy.
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Surge in WA emissions puts Australia’s net zero targets in doubt
The Guardian: Energy
MARCH 24, 2024
tonnes of carbon dioxide-equivalent, or about 20% above 2005 levels. Modelling results presented to the state government late last year and obtained by Guardian Australia showed that the state’s carbon emissions in 2024 are on track to reach 91.5m
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China braced for rise in air pollution deaths
The Guardian: Energy
APRIL 4, 2024
Country needs to speed up environmental response to protect its ageing population, multinational study finds In 2005 Beijing was crowned the smog capital of the world. They found that particle pollution deaths in China were increasing at about 213,000 a year and peaked at 2.6mn people in 2005. Continue reading.
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Why it's time to renew Australia's renewable energy policy
TechXplore
OCTOBER 19, 2023
If Australia is to meet its commitment to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to 43% below 2005 levels by 2030, we need to cut emissions faster. Even if all current government policy commitments are achieved—an unlikely outcome given delays in implementation—emissions are still projected to be only 40% below 2005 levels by 2030.
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Duke Energy - Duke Energy's annual Impact Report shares progress toward a cleaner tomorrow that includes affordability and reliability
Global Renewable News
APRIL 24, 2024
Highlights Carbon emissions from electric generation are down 48% from 2005 levels Since 2022, helped customers access nearly $377 million in financial supportDuke Energy (NYSE: D.
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Inhabitat - Innovation
MAY 13, 2020
Built as an expansion of the nursing home that CSO Arquitectura had completed in 2005, the new addition provides additional bedrooms and stronger connections with the outdoors.
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World Energy eyes $2bn DOE loan for Houston plant
Energy Central
MARCH 18, 2024
Established in 2005, the Title 17 program aims [link]. World Energy announced it has been invited by the US Department of Energy (DOE) to submit the Part II Application for an approximately $2bn loan guarantee through the Title 17 Clean Energy Financing Program.
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How The U.S. Became The World’s Top LNG Exporter
R-Squared Energy
JANUARY 11, 2024
In 2003, the late author and investment banker Matther Simmons predicted that with “certainty,” by 2005 the U.S. By 2005, U.S. natural gas producers, but it is even more impressive when you consider the state of the industry in 2005. would enter a long-term natural gas crisis for which the only solution was “to pray.”
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Over $300bn invested in clean tech in the US since passage of the IRA
Business Green
MARCH 1, 2024
In 2023, emissions were 16 per cent below 2005 levels, according to Bloomberg
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India’s Shift to Low-Carbon Construction Must Not Leave Workers Behind
The City Fix
JANUARY 3, 2024
India aims to reduce the emissions intensity of its economy by 45% by 2030, compared to 2005 levels, and to achieve net-zero emissions by 2070. The country can’t achieve either goal without a radical transformation in its buildings and construction sector, which was responsible for around 17% of the nation’s.
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Gary Forster, Publish What You Fund: Holding development finance institutions accountable for impact
Impact Alpha
JANUARY 27, 2023
ImpactAlpha, January 27 – Gary Forster left his job in logistics at Procter & Gamble to volunteer in Zambia, inspired by the 2005. The post Gary Forster, Publish What You Fund: Holding development finance institutions accountable for impact appeared first on ImpactAlpha.
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Carbon Intensity Of U.S. Power Plunges As Coal Accelerates Collapse
Forbes Green Tech
MAY 10, 2020
power sector reached a new low in 2019, more than a third below its 2005 level, tracking an accelerating collapse in the burning of coal. The carbon intensity of the U.S.
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The UK offshores emissions through used vehicle exports, says study
Envirotec Magazine
FEBRUARY 21, 2024
The researchers used mandatory annual vehicle inspections – the MOT tests familiar to all in the UK – of all 65 million used vehicles on British roads between 2005 and 2021 to compare the pollution and emissions intensity of vehicles exported to those scrapped, destroyed, or driven in the UK.
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Book Review: Let My People Go Surfing by Yvon Chouinard
Terra Infirma
MARCH 25, 2024
So I got hold of a copy of Chouinard’s book Let my people go surfing: the education of a reluctant businessman – originally published in 2005 and updated in 2016 – and I dug in. Other pressing issues, such as the problem of microfibres from washing said fleeces, were absent, possibly due to the book’s 2005 origins.
Kiva closes $32.5 million fund to promote financial inclusion for refugees
Impact Alpha
APRIL 7, 2021
ImpactAlpha, April 7 — San Francisco-based Kiva launched in 2005 soared to prominence as a microfinance crowdfunding platform. In its second act, “I. The post Kiva closes $32.5 million fund to promote financial inclusion for refugees appeared first on Impact Alpha.
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Prologis Marks 500 MW of Rooftop Solar, Storage Installations
Solar Industry
DECEMBER 6, 2023
” The company has been installing solar in its buildings since 2005, when its 1 MW facility in Ontario, Calif. was activated. The post Prologis Marks 500 MW of Rooftop Solar, Storage Installations appeared first on Solar Industry.
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Michigan 2050 Carbon Neutrality Goal Could Be An Economic Engine - If It Avoids A Rush To Gas
Energy Central
FEBRUARY 15, 2022
It’s just the fourth such goal nationwide with interim targets of 28% carbon reductions compared to 2005 by 2025, 52% by 2030, and carbon neutrality by 2050, going net negative thereafter. Michigan’s new economywide 2050 carbon neutral proposal vaults it into the vanguard of United States climate ambition.
ACORE Applauds the Biden Administration's 2030 Emissions Reduction Target
altenergymag
APRIL 22, 2021
The Biden administration announced today a new Paris Climate Agreement target that would cut greenhouse gas emissions in the United States 50-52% below 2005 levels by 2030. Following is a statement from Gregory Wetstone, President and CEO of the American Council on Renewable Energy (ACORE):
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From petrostate to electrostate: Queensland’s renewable energy push shows the Albanese government can move faster
The Guardian: Energy
FEBRUARY 21, 2024
Underpinned by its $62bn September 2022 energy and jobs plan, Queensland is now setting the pace, set to leapfrog the federal government’s legislated emissions reduction pathway of 43% by 2030 relative to 2005. Continue reading.
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Upcoming Book Publication in Climate Fiction
Energy Central
AUGUST 1, 2023
ANNOUNCEMENT: For just over three years now I have been working on three manuscripts, named CLIMATE DRAGON and CLOUD DRAGON and FLAMING DRAGON, in the genre of climate fiction, a genre which came into its own in about 2005. Kim Stanley Robinson is considered by many to be the dean of this field, with works such as TheMinistry of the Future.
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First look at 2022 U.S. CO2 Emissions
Energy Central
APRIL 3, 2023
peak CO2 peak years 2005-2007. First estimates for 2022 CO2 emissions are 4,969.9 million metric tons (MMT). This is 1.37% higher than the 2021 total, though still over a billion tons lower than the U.S. The electric power sector.
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MUFG Bank bets $200 million on Indonesia’s Akulaku to gain access to underbanked consumers
Impact Alpha
JANUARY 4, 2023
ImpactAlpha, January 4 — Tokyo-based MUFG Bank, the megabank created by the 2005 merger of Mitsubishi Tokyo Financial Group and UFJ Holdings, is. The post MUFG Bank bets $200 million on Indonesia’s Akulaku to gain access to underbanked consumers appeared first on ImpactAlpha.
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Contractor’s Corner: Knobelsdorff Enterprises Minnesota utility-scale EPC introduces solar careers to local students
Solar Power World
APRIL 25, 2022
But since joining the family business in 2005,… The post Contractor’s Corner: Knobelsdorff Enterprises <br><span style='color:#404040;font-weight:600;font-size:15px;'>Minnesota utility-scale EPC introduces solar careers to local students</span> appeared first on Solar Power World.
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Now Open: Call for Applications Supporting Clean Fuels and Zero-Emission Vehicles Awareness Projects
Global Renewable News
JUNE 29, 2023
The Government of Canada's 2030 Emissions Reduction Plan outlined a target to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 40 percent below 2005 levels by 2030 and to put it on track toward its goal.
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DeSmog Remembers Ross Gelbspan, Who Inspired Our Founding
DeSmogBlog
FEBRUARY 4, 2024
It was Ross’s books and journalism that sparked the flames of outrage and opportunity that inspired Jim Hoggan to create the DeSmogBlog in late 2005. Without Ross Gelbspan, DeSmog may have never existed. Richard Littlemore provided another bit of early history.
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Igneo Infrastructure Buys Majority Stake in Energy Producer Soltage
Solar Industry
SEPTEMBER 8, 2023
Established in 2005 and based in Jersey City, N.J., Igneo Infrastructure Partners , a global infrastructure investment manager with approximately $18 billion in assets under management, has entered into an agreement to acquire a majority equity interest in Soltage LLC , a renewable power producer operating in 18 U.S. Terms were not disclosed.
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From design to recycling, opportunities abound to make solar more circular
GreenBiz
NOVEMBER 6, 2020
Since 2005, First Solar has been a part of an established global recycling and take-back program for its panels since 2005. As Andreas Wade of First Solar explained, the energy-resource nexus is a top priority at First Solar. The company works throughout the production, deployment and maintenance parts of the solar industry.
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EIA Confirms U.S. Producing More Oil Than Any Country in History
R-Squared Energy
MARCH 15, 2024
However, that was down from more than 10 million BPD in 2005 and 2006 and was the lowest level since 1972. is still a net importer of crude oil, but it has been steadily moving toward becoming a net exporter. When only crude oil is considered, the U.S. imported 2.4 million barrels per day (BPD) in 2023. In 2020, the U.S. million BPD.
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Scotland reaches 12-year low for household waste while recycling plateaus
Envirotec Magazine
OCTOBER 18, 2023
million tonnes (66.4%) since 2005, and is the lowest annual amount on record of waste landfilled since then. million tonnes (65.3%) since 2005. Total waste landfilled in Scotland The total quantity of waste landfilled in Scotland in 2022 was 2.4 million tonnes, a decrease of 631,000 tonnes (21.0%) from 2021.
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Midwestern Utility Evergy Pledges Carbon Cuts in Line With Paris Accord
GreenTechMedia
FEBRUARY 3, 2020
On Friday, the 1-million-customer utility, formed last year by the merger of Westar Energy and Kansas City Power & Light parent company Great Plains Energy, announced plans to cut carbon emission by 80 percent from 2005 levels by 2050. Since 2005, Evergy has reduced the share of coal-fired power in its 6.2-gigawatt
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A Native food company’s commitment to social mission attracts investors at last
Impact Alpha
JULY 22, 2020
NANF got started in 2005 on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. The recent financing of Native American Natural Foods includes a host of terms that ensure the company stays Native-owned and that it continues to foster community health, security and opportunity.
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Carbon Recycling: Microbes, Jet Fuel and Leggings
GreenTechMedia
OCTOBER 8, 2021
It was founded in 2005 as a biofuels company. If you can produce the same thing in the same cost range -- but you can do so in a CO2-free or carbon-negative -- you'll reap the rewards. Lanzatech is a great test case for that thesis, as well as a great story to tell about the history of this sector.
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Rare leech recorded in Dumfries and Galloway
Envirotec Magazine
NOVEMBER 27, 2023
The sighting came from local naturalist, Bob Merritt, and follows unverified records from 2005 and 2008. Buglife confirmed the presence of the Medicinal Leech in three ponds near Carrick Shore on the Solway coast, as part of the Scotland-wide conservation programme, Species on the Edge.
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Canada’s Environment Ministry Approves Offshore Oil Project While Touting 2030 Emissions Reduction Plan
Energy Central
APRIL 7, 2022
It is scheduled to go onstream by 2028, two years before the country’s 2030 deadline to reduce emissions from the sector by 31% from 2005 levels. Canada's Bay-du-Nord offshore oil project has received federal government approval. One could claim the government is suffering from cognitive dissonance in this decision.
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The future is climate-friendly software
GreenBiz
JUNE 4, 2021
Energy use in data centers doubled from 2000 to 2005, a trend we thought would continue. Today, they’re responsible for 1 percent of global electricity demand, with projections that the segment will consume 3 to 8 percent within the next decade. .
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Report: Climate litigation trend gathers global momentum
Business Green
SEPTEMBER 7, 2022
Latest LSE analysis reveals 80 framework climate litigation cases have been filed against governments since 2005. Government framework cases differ from other climate cases as they focus on the ambition or implementation of whole-of-government responses to climate change.
Carbon Recycling: Microbes, Jet Fuel and Leggings
GreenTechMedia
OCTOBER 8, 2021
It was founded in 2005 as a biofuels company. If you can produce the same thing in the same cost range -- but you can do so in a CO2-free or carbon-negative -- you'll reap the rewards. Lanzatech is a great test case for that thesis, as well as a great story to tell about the history of this sector.
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Solis Reports Best Revenues Ever with Third Quarter Results Up 82%
altenergymag
NOVEMBER 5, 2019
String inverter maker Ginlong marked its best quarter since its founding in 2005, bringing in $52 million during its third quarter alone -- more revenue than the Chinese company recorded during 2014, 2015, and 2016 combined.
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Canada’s first climate progress report shows government climate action is working
Clean Energy Canada
DECEMBER 7, 2023
As a result of government action, Canada is now set to cut emissions by 36% below 2005 levels by the end of the decade—a significant shift from the 9% increase by 2030 projected back in 2015 before the Trudeau government’s first climate plan was introduced. “To
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Exploring underwater methane sources with mass spectrometry
Envirotec Magazine
FEBRUARY 27, 2024
On board: scientist Dr. Torben Gentz who has been involved in the UWMS project in the Marine Geochemistry Department at the AWI since 2005. Expedition in the South Atlantic In December 2022 the research vessel Polarstern explored methane sources in the South Atlantic using an underwater mass spectrometer.
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Disaster Recovery Expert Russel Honoré Decries the Lack of Coordinated Response to COVID-19
DeSmogBlog
JULY 17, 2020
A federal disaster response expert, Honoré coordinated military relief efforts in New Orleans and across the Gulf Coast following Hurricane Katrina in 2005, and is credited with restoring order to the city. General Russel Honoré to watch the United States lose the war against COVID -19, but it does not surprise him.
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