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Electrification gets down to the wire

GreenBiz

It’s a shockingly heady time for electricity. The push to quickly transition carbon-intensive activities away from fossil fuels while meeting the world’s growing energy needs has put electricity producers and consumers squarely in the forefront of the emerging clean economy. Subscribe here. Surge protection.

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So, What Exactly Is Building Electrification?

GreenTechMedia

So, why is it that “building electrification” is now among the energy industry’s most popular buzzwords? They use electricity to power lights, refrigerators and electronic devices. And they consume fossil fuels such as natural gas or propane to power furnaces, boilers, and water heaters.

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The Risks in Biden’s Energy Plan

R-Squared Energy

We all know there are negative consequences associated with fossil fuel usage, such as the emission of carbon dioxide and various other pollutants. According to the latest BP Statistical Review — which is the “bible” of energy statistics — in 2019 fossil fuels supplied 83.3% of our energy in the U.S.;

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Transforming a power station for our net zero future

Business Green

A timeline from coal to negative emissions at Drax – told by the engineers who were there. Biomass power generation would have seemed impossible to the engineers who began building Drax Power Station in 1967. But the unique nature of Drax presents a more powerful opportunity for its future: negative emissions.

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A Texas Community Is Being Bombarded by Cancer-Causing Benzene. State Officials Have Known for Nearly Two Decades

DeSmogBlog

Public Health Watch also analyzed more recent TCEQ pollution data and found that Channelview’s benzene problem has only worsened over the years. A Public Health Watch analysis of TCEQ pollution data shows that between 2019 and 2021, annual readings soared as high as 2.1 Children return home from school in Channelview, Texas.

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20 C-suite sustainability champions for 2021

GreenBiz

Often working from home themselves, they empathized with employees and other stakeholders, some refusing to issue layoffs. In 2014, the electrical engineer and MBA became the first woman to lead a U.S. As electric vehicles drive toward the mainstream, General Motors has come full circle as well. and globally by 2040.

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'Like an Amazon pick-up package service': Inside plans to transform an Icelandic port into a CO2 storage hub for European pollution

Business Green

In part two of a series looking at Icelandic clean energy innovation, BusinessGreen explores mooted plans to turn emissions produced by plants across Europe into Iceland's bedrock. These factors have resulted in one of the world's most low carbon economies, substantial inward investment, and a fast growing community of clean tech start-ups.