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Mapped: Europe’s Fossil Fuel-Backed Hydrogen Lobby

DeSmogBlog

“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. Juliet Philips, senior policy advisor at the thinktank E3G, described it as “a bit of a red herring as a low-carbon solution”.

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That dystopian hellscape keeping you up at night? It’s less likely than you think

Grist

Studies and news articles have suggested that we’re on course to filling the atmosphere with enough greenhouse gases to make that living nightmare possible — or worse over coming centuries. Remember that high-end fossil-fuel intensive scenario with no climate policy to 2100, & no climate impacts?

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California clean fuel standard sparks renewable gas boom in Midwest

Renewable Energy World

Part of a combined heat and power system, the digester mixed cow manure with heat and bacteria to produce biogas that fueled a generator. The digester, and another the dairy installed a few years later, reduced the size of open lagoons of manure that release methane into the atmosphere. It was a novel experiment at the time.

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Climate Policy News You Can Use — February 2024

EDF + Business

All the rulemaking we’ve been tracking regarding EPA’s emission standards for oil and gas methane, fossil fuel power plants, vehicles, and transmission are all important drivers for accelerating progress. Key programs now expire on September 30, 2024. EDF and Google are partnering on mapping methane using satellite data.

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Is the mining sector ready and able to deliver net zero?

Business Green

There is potential to create a more circular economy that ensures these crucial raw materials are re-used multiple times, but there is no credible path to net zero emissions that does not require a significant increase in demand for multiple mining commodities, even as demand for fossil fuels plummets.

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How this organizer is fighting the liquefied natural gas industry where she lives

Grist

Natural gas is 70 to 90 percent methane, a greenhouse gas that’s about 30 times more potent than carbon dioxide in the short term. “We don’t have existing fossil fuel refineries here. Do you know an organizer standing up to the fossil fuel industry on behalf of their community (like Bekah Hinojosa)?

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How to build a green hydrogen refinery for the maritime industry in Rotterdam

Mr. Sustainability

Summary - Over 20% of all Dutch emissions are coming from the Port of Rotterdam, of which the production of grey hydrogen from fossil feedstock is one of the main culprits. This article explores what is needed to build such a green hydrogen refinery. Why focus on creating sustainable marine fuels? > Lots of green hydrogen.