The Environmental Blog

JUNE 8, 2022

It’s not much compared to other big industries but a study has found this figure may rise to as much as 17% by 2050 if the industry doesn’t become more sustainable. The International Maritime Organization (IMO) is eager to prevent this from happening and has set a goal to reduce emissions by 50% by 2050.

Sustainability 195

Sustainability Building Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor Business Energy Monitoring 195

DeSmogBlog

AUGUST 25, 2021

The powerful climate pollutant methane is leaking out of dozens of oil and gas wells, pipelines, and storage tanks in Romania, adding to a growing body of evidence that methane leaks are widespread and pervasive in Europe. He visited 26 oil wells, 25 of which were leaking methane. James Turitto filming methane leaks.

Methane 98

Methane Europe Energy Monitor Building Energy Monitoring 98

Business Green

OCTOBER 15, 2020

European Commission unveils flurry of major policy plans as it seeks to help deliver on 2050 net zero goal, but green groups warn bolder action is still required. The Commission estimates the plan could help upgrade 35 million buildings across Europe and create up to 160,000 additional green jobs in the construction sector by 2030.

Methane 49

Methane Building Energy Monitoring Home Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor 49

Business Green

MAY 6, 2021

Methane emissions reduction could significantly reduce rates of global warming at a relatively low cost, major research warns. As such, the report emphasises that methane mitigation is "one of the best ways of limiting warming in this and subsequent decades".

Methane 67

Methane Energy Monitor Building Energy Monitoring Carbon-negative 67

Smart Energy International

JANUARY 2, 2023

Investigating the possibility of putting data centres into space, LG’s ThinQ UP smart home appliance global launch and ‘circular’ farming with onsite methanol production and use for powering tractors are in the week’s technology radar. Task force to innovate space applications for energy Unlocking smart meter data for research.

Home Energy Monitoring 59

Home Energy Monitoring Solar Energy Monitor Building Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring 59

GreenTechMedia

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

The only climate trend more powerful for global financial institutions than the drive to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050 is the momentum to exit oil and gas. For those counting, there are now more new policies being announced seeking to limit exposure to the oil and gas industry than those targeted at the moribund coal industry.

Building Energy Monitoring 223

Building Energy Monitoring Solar Energy Monitor Energy Monitor Fossil fuels 223

Renewable Energy World

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

The milestone has been achieved four years ahead of schedule and is in line with the group’s strategy to achieve carbon-neutrality across its global facilities by 2025 and net-zero emissions by 2050. Our customers can be proud their products are made in facilities that use 100% renewable energy.

Carbon-neutral 117

Carbon-neutral Solar Energy Monitor Carbon Business Energy Monitoring 117

Business Green

OCTOBER 19, 2022

The fledgling green hydrogen industry has seen an investment surge of over $70bn in the wake of Russia's illegal invasion of Ukraine, as producers have looked to develop production facilities that do not rely on costly fossil gas as a feedstock.

Building Energy Monitoring 91

Building Energy Monitoring Hydrogen Investment Energy Monitor 91

Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

In a paper published in Food and Energy Security journal, a multi-disciplinary group of academic scientists along with prominent UK agriculture campaigner, Lord Curry of Kirkharle, suggest that investing in the quality of earth to enhance its ability to ‘lock in’ carbon should be a central pillar in the national and global push towards Net Zero.

Soil 245

Soil Carbon Investment Energy Monitor 245

EDF + Business

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

Business as usual for the oil and gas industry is over. Investor confidence is flagging just as the talent pool shrinks and competition from cleaner energy sources intensifies. The first implementation task for oil and gas companies is delivering on promises to virtually eliminate methane emissions from their entire supply chain.

Building Energy Monitoring 58

Building Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor Methane 58

Business Green

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

We know we have to change the way we live to curb harmful emissions and reach net zero by 2050. This decade alone, the industry must: Increase low carbon electricity generation by approximately 50 per cent from sources such as wind or solar power. Championing ultra-fast electric vehicle charging points.

Building Energy Monitoring 96

Building Energy Monitoring Home Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor Solar Energy Monitor 96

Green Business Bureau

JANUARY 18, 2023

As industry is one of the biggest drivers of global climate change and is entirely dependent on the earth’s resources for production, it is important for business leaders and employees to understand the Anthropocene, its implications, and what it means for the future of sustainability and industry. . The Holocene.

Resilience 78

Resilience Building Energy Monitoring Ocean acidification Business Energy Monitoring 78

Renewable Energy World

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

Contributed by Hans Maghon, Head of Energy Storage at Siemens Energy. Understanding the different methods of energy storage allows us to glimpse the shape of our future energy system. Batteries are making headway in power generation. But soon, that’s going to be a thing of the past. Let’s first focus on batteries.

Building Energy Monitoring 83

Building Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor Batteries Hydrogen 83

EDF + Business

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

Investors and climate experts are increasingly concerned about one of the energy transition’s biggest loopholes – the transferred emissions problem. Securing large-scale emissions reductions in the real economy – not through accounting exercises – is core to a successful energy transition. By Andrew Baxter and Gabriel Malek.

Methane 58

Methane Building Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor 58

EDF + Business

SEPTEMBER 25, 2020

Fortunately, Morgan Stanley has broken the status quo this week, becoming the first major American bank to commit to net-zero financed emissions by 2050. Adopting net-zero by 2050 benchmarks will allow banks to minimize portfolio-wide climate risks and capitalize on the financial opportunities of the energy transition.

Building Energy Monitoring 77

Building Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor Climate change 77

Climate Tech VC

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Countries and companies have also kicked off pledges to triple investments in renewables and nuclear, drive down methane emissions, and commit loss and damage funds. In deals, major funding includes $116M for hydrogen-powered aviation, $44M for sustainability software, and $75M in project finance investment for SAFs.

Energy Monitor 61

Energy Monitor Business Energy Monitoring Solar Energy Monitor Building Energy Monitoring 61

Business Green

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

California's new decarbonisation plan, Austria's windfall tax, and global methane reduction efforts. The agency said the strategy represened an unprecedented effort to drastically slash pollution and accelerate the transition to clean energy. "No California Air Resources Board publishes sweeping net zero strategy.

Building Energy Monitoring 36

Building Energy Monitoring Methane Business Energy Monitoring Home Energy Monitoring 36

Grist

DECEMBER 15, 2021

This story is part of the series Getting to Zero: Decarbonizing Cascadia , which explores the path to low-carbon energy for British Columbia, Washington, and Oregon. And, in the United States, political gridlock chopped the heart out of Congress’ most ambitious clean energy plan. . Worried about the climate crisis? If not sooner.

Solar Energy Monitor 102

Solar Energy Monitor Building Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor Home Energy Monitoring 102

Grist

AUGUST 11, 2022

It’s packed with energy; per unit of weight, at least 60 times as much as the lithium-ion batteries used to propel electric cars. In the presence of the sun’s rays, nitrogen molecules set of a chain of reactions that produce ozone and destroy free-floating atmospheric methane. It’s also terrible for the climate. Others warm it.

Carbon 115

Carbon Carbon-neutral Aviation Energy Monitor 115

The Environmental Blog

OCTOBER 31, 2022

All of this amounts to a waste of the energy, water, and land needed to produce food. Greener solutions are needed because of the trend toward more environmentally friendly buying and the rising GHG emissions produced by the e-commerce industry. Monitoring the storage temperatures of stored goods requires the use of technologies.

Waste 221

Waste Waste Home Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring 221

GreenBiz

JANUARY 25, 2021

A 2050 net-zero vision may be an inspiration, but it is not a plan. To realize its ambitions, Wall Street must integrate climate into its core business, evolving its approach to capital allocation and changing its relationships with carbon-intensive industries. As with other core financial issues, monitoring metrics is just the start.

Energy Monitor 525

Energy Monitor Building Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring Methane 525

EDF + Business

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

Last November the Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero marshalled financiers worth $130 trillion to adopt a target of net zero financed emissions by 2050, but one major segment of the financial sector was conspicuously missing. This influx of carbon-intensive business gives private equity firms unique leverage in the energy transition.

Building Energy Monitoring 52

Building Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor Business Energy Monitoring Investment 52

Greentown Labs

AUGUST 13, 2021

It’s not too late to take collaborative climate action for net-zero emissions by 2050. emissions by 2050 while also dramatically limiting other GHG emissions like methane. The energy transition is well underway in the energy capital of the world and we invite you to get involved! That’s right! 4, 2021.

Business Energy Monitoring 52

Business Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor Building Energy Monitoring North America 52

Business Green

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

Only 16 per cent of banks in the Alliance, which represents around 40 per cent of the world's banking assets, have set overarching interim emissions reduction targets for 2030 or sooner, leaving many flying blind in their commitment to meet net zero by 2050, according to the campaign group. world.".

Energy Monitor 40

Energy Monitor Building Energy Monitoring Global warming Fossil fuels 40

Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 12, 2022

The global stampede to develop clean energy sources has prompted a demand for ammonia analysers from the developers of engines that will be capable of using ammonia as a fuel. In November 2021 the European Commission published a report entitled: ‘Hydrogen: Europe’s Industry rolling out hydrogen projects on massive scale’.

Energy Monitor 246

Energy Monitor Building Energy Monitoring Solar Energy Monitor Demand 246

Business Green

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

New IEEFA report argues existing CCS projects are underperforming, but industry counters that carbon capture projects can deliver major emissions savings when effective policy frameworks are in place. Producing the primary usable product - natural, or methane gas - is impossible without separating CO2," researchers explained.

Building Energy Monitoring 36

Building Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor Fossil fuels Natural gas 36

Business Green

APRIL 15, 2021

That is the stark conclusion of a new report today from a team at UCL and banking giant HSBC, which argues the farming industry can deliver net zero emissions but only if it embraces significant changes to farm management.

Business Energy Monitoring 86

Business Energy Monitoring Agriculture Building Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor 86

Business Green

MARCH 22, 2023

Some companies were also accused of using distant climate goals, some as late as 2050, to promote their green credentials, misleading consumers into thinking emissions cuts are occurring now. Greenwashing is rampant across the meat and dairy sector," said Changing Markets Foundations campaigns director Nusa Urbancic. "It

Carbon-neutral 36

Carbon-neutral Business Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor Methane 36

GreenBiz

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

Approaches such as investing in offshore energy production, conserving coastal ecosystems and increasing consumption of sustainable ocean-based protein offer opportunities to reduce emissions. Biological approaches, which leverage the power of photosynthesis to capture CO 2 , offer a few approaches for carbon removal.

Ocean acidification 509

Ocean acidification Carbon Carbon-negative Energy Monitor 509

Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 5, 2023

The aim is to create “a single integrated network to monitor all sources and sinks of greenhouse gases (GHGs) in the UK.” The investment in new capability will bolster efforts to improve national GHG data, which provide powerful and timely insight into the UK’s net zero transition.

Energy Monitor 147

Energy Monitor Building Energy Monitoring Climate change Innovation 147

GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

utilities such as Duke Energy , Dominion Energy , Southern Company and Xcel Energy. Each still plans to build new natural gas power plants in the near term, despite the additional emissions they will cause. electric grid relies on fossil fuels for 63 percent of its generation, and according to the U.S.

Solar Energy Monitor 130

Solar Energy Monitor Building Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor Business Energy Monitoring 130

DeSmogBlog

JANUARY 8, 2024

Photos I shot last year in South Louisiana illustrate the Gulf Coast’s rapidly expanding fossil fuel industry, and the groundswell of frontline community members, environmental advocates, and activists fighting to stop it. While “green” hydrogen fuel can be produced with renewable energy, that process is cost prohibitive for now.

Fossil fuels 128

Fossil fuels Building Energy Monitoring Home Energy Monitoring Hydrogen 128

DeSmogBlog

AUGUST 13, 2021

Gulf Coast typically receives much of the attention for the LNG rush , the Pacific Coast of Canada is home to multiple proposed LNG export projects, as energy companies scramble to export fracked gas from northeast British Columbia. Thames is a former executive at Cheniere Energy, a prominent U.S. And that is from just one project. “We

Carbon-neutral 98

Carbon-neutral Methane Building Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor 98

DeSmogBlog

APRIL 26, 2021

EQT’s move comes on the heels of a similar announcement from Chesapeake Energy, one of the pioneers of fracking which recently emerged from bankruptcy. Industry advisors are increasingly offering up new ideas about how oil and gas companies can use the language of ESG to market their fossil fuel as different from the competition’s.

Fossil fuels 98

Fossil fuels Carbon Building Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring 98

Low Carbon Prosperity

OCTOBER 17, 2018

While 70% of total expenditures are directed toward “Clean Energy & Clean Air” investments, additional claims on those funds may diminish the amount made available for direct emission reduction activities. LCPI analysis does not attempt to project the likelihood of the state being deemed on track to achieve its 2050 goals.

Pollution 45

Pollution Carbon Business Energy Monitoring Carbon-negative 45

Green Business Bureau

JULY 28, 2022

billion tonnes of CO 2e per year by 2050 – if no improvements in this sector are made. We calculated that this represents 5% of the estimated total global emissions for 2050 (based on business-as-usual models). Yet the most common waste types here are industrial non-hazardous waste and fossil fuel combustion waste.

Waste 148

Waste Waste Business Energy Monitoring Recycling 148

EDF + Business

JANUARY 12, 2021

A 2050 net zero vision may be an inspiration, but it is not a plan. To realize its ambitions, Wall Street must integrate climate into its core business, evolving its approach to capital allocation and changing its relationships with carbon-intensive industries. As with other core financial issues, monitoring metrics is just the start.

Energy Monitor 52

Energy Monitor Building Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring Methane 52