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New California Energy Policy Simulator Modeling Shows Major Benefits Of Early Action

Energy Innovation

This year’s Draft Scoping Plan proposes a pathway to achieve the state’s target of 40 percent emissions below 1990 levels and economy-wide carbon neutrality by 2045. . This scenario relies on already mature technologies to achieve near-term emissions reductions, as opposed to nascent technologies such as carbon removal.

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Biomass Energy: Pros and Cons Explained

Hydrogen Fuel News

Gasification Gasification involves subjecting biomass to high temperatures in an environment with controlled oxygen, which converts the material into a mixture of gases including hydrogen, carbon monoxide, and methane, collectively known as syngas. Equally important is the consideration of air quality.

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Sowing Doubt: How Big Ag is Delaying Sustainable Farming in Europe

DeSmogBlog

Cefic stated that it did not lobby on Farm to Fork or pesticide targets, affirmed its support for the Green New Deal and stated its ambition to be “climate neutral” by 2050. And the EU’s proposed reforms, they say , do not take into account science and data that predict negative impacts. The EU Targets Ignore Science’.

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Urban Sequoia is a blueprint for sustainable architecture

AGreenLiving

However, few presentations addressed one elephant in the room — the fact that the construction industry contributes up to 40% of ongoing carbon release. SOM’s prototype is a high-rise building meant to act as a model for high carbon-contributing cities. The time has passed to talk about neutrality.

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Investigation: How the Meat Industry is Climate-Washing its Polluting Business Model

DeSmogBlog

It’s a recurring theme that somehow the livestock sector and eating meat is detrimental to the environment, that it is a serious negative in terms of the climate change discussions,” Hsin Huang, Secretary General of the International Meat Secretariat (IMS) , told his audience.

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Global Briefing: Germany cuts ribbon on hydrogen steel project

Business Green

The WindH2 system is a central component of the SALCOS - Salzgitter Low CO2 Steelmaking technology project, which Salzgitter AG expects to deliver significant carbon emission reductions from the steelmaking process and could the long term even achieve almost CO2-free steel production. EU ETS carbon price hits record €41.

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Online Event - VERGE Energy Conference

Green Market Oracle

It will specifically explore systemic solutions to the climate crisis focusing on clean energy, electrified, transportation, the circular economy, carbon removal and sustainable food systems. Protein is being sourced from an increasingly long list of plants, synthesized from carbon dioxide sucked from the air, and extracted from insects.