Hydrogen Fuel News

MARCH 3, 2024

Exploring the world of carbon capture technology opens up a pathway to understanding how advanced science is being utilized to combat the pressing issue of climate change. Pre-combustion capture Pre-combustion capture is another method, where fuels are converted into a synthesis gas (syngas) consisting of hydrogen and carbon dioxide.

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EDF + Business

OCTOBER 20, 2021

Solving the climate crisis requires immediate action from all corners of the global economy, but carbon-intensive sectors play a particularly important role in the transition to a net zero carbon future. In our new report, The Burning Question: How to Fix Flaring , we review flaring data and practices for 20 major oil and gas companies.

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Business Green

MAY 25, 2022

Methane is a blow torch that’s cooking the planet,' scientists warn, as new study argues near term action could play a critical role in curbing global warming. Our study shows that phasing out fossil fuels is essential but must be paired with targeted action now on methane, black carbon soot, HFCs, and smog. by 2035 and 2C by 2050.

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The Verge: Energy

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Brausch for The Verge Homeowners who want to reduce their carbon footprint by getting rid of polluting appliances have the US government’s full support. She didn’t foresee, however, the high energy bills that would result from cranking up the gas heater when her apartment would turn into an icebox in the winter.

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DeSmogBlog

MAY 25, 2023

In a first at the state level, the City of Hoboken, New Jersey recently added racketeering charges to its climate lawsuit against major petroleum producers and their national trade group the American Petroleum Institute (API). Puerto Rico lodged federal racketeering charges against the industry in a class action climate case last November.

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DeSmogBlog

AUGUST 17, 2023

billion liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal in her Pennsylvania hometown, she will be facing off against some of the most powerful fossil fuel interests in the United States. Texas and Louisiana produced record amounts of shale gas last year, which U.S. Texas and Louisiana produced record amounts of shale gas last year, which U.S.

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DeSmogBlog

AUGUST 12, 2021

Developing carbon capture and storage (CCS) capacity is a key feature of the UK’s strategy to reduce emissions and hit its climate targets. A number of big polluters, including fossil fuel companies, support and are involved in the UK’s CCS plans. . oil major Chevron, in partnership with other fossil fuel giants.

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 21, 2023

Deutsche Bank and other German lenders have poured finance into gas export terminals on the U.S. gas export projects since the beginning of 2022, a sharp increase on the 1.86 gas export projects since the beginning of 2022, a sharp increase on the 1.86 German banks lent 2.17 billion euros to U.S. German banks lent 2.17

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DeSmogBlog

MARCH 28, 2023

By Audrey Carleton This story originally appeared in Capital & Main , and is part of Covering Climate Now, a global journalism collaboration strengthening coverage of the climate story. The lonely well pad houses four natural gas wells that records show were initially drilled in 2011 but sat inactive for years after that.

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DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 1, 2022

Melissa Lem was shocked when she saw an advertisement from a major Canadian fossil fuel lobby group showing young parents and their two children happily cooking a meal over a brand new gas stove. What would be more accurate is showing a kid with an inhaler or coughing in front of a gas stove,” Lem told DeSmog.

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Business Green

JULY 16, 2020

Oil and Gas Climate Initiative hails 'further step in support of the Paris Agreement' as national oil majors back new emissions goals. Together we are increasing the speed, scale, and impact of our actions to address climate change, as the world aims for net zero emissions as early as possible," they added.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 27, 2022

In recent years, the industry shifted from persistent science denial to presenting itself as a leader of climate solutions, embodying Merriam-Webster’s word of the year “gaslighting.”. Industries reliant on methane gas continue to expand their footprint, despite bipartisan discussions about the need to develop climate solutions.

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DeSmogBlog

JUNE 16, 2023

This story is part of a DeSmog series on the influence wielded by the gas lobby in Europe BERLIN, Germany — Germany’s push to achieve climate neutrality by 2045 could, by some projections , soon turn the vast network of natural gas pipelines powering the country’s homes and industry into one of Europe’s biggest stranded assets.

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EDF + Business

SEPTEMBER 25, 2019

By Ben Ratner At the behest of the American Petroleum Institute, the Environmental Protection Agency is proposing to eliminate nationwide limits on methane pollution, sending America’s natural gas industry backwards to the days of uncontrolled emissions. America’s natural gas industry is no different. With most of U.S.

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DeSmogBlog

JULY 11, 2022

A speedy transition to electric heat pumps in homes and businesses in Oregon could translate into lower utility bills and faster reductions in greenhouse gas emissions, according to a new report. Both scenarios would be ambitious, but the study found that the faster route not only provided more climate benefits, but also saved more money.

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DeSmogBlog

JANUARY 21, 2022

On Wednesday, a group of more than 450 scientists called on advertising agencies to cut off their fossil fuel clients and to end their ties with an ongoing misinformation campaign that has time and again killed progress on addressing the climate crisis. To put it simply, advertising and public relations campaigns for fossil fuels must stop.”.

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Green Business Bureau

APRIL 12, 2022

In our previous Green Business Bureau article, titled Carbon Offsets Vs Carbon Credits: Addressing The Issues (The 5 Rules of Carbon Offsetting) , we discuss the rules that ensure offsets deliver the GHG emission reductions promised, and do so ethically. The rules of carbon offsetting.

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DeSmogBlog

AUGUST 16, 2023

fossil fuel firms are pushing to build more than 2,900 miles of natural gas pipelines to feed liquefied natural gas (LNG) export facilities in Louisiana, Texas, and Alaska, in a bid to send more of the fuel to Asia and Europe, a new analysis by Global Energy Monitor shows.

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EDF + Business

OCTOBER 18, 2023

By Dr. Karine Kleinhaus and Andrew Howell, CFA Oil and gas companies, federal agencies, and ambitious start-ups are coming together around innovation in geothermal energy that could give it a foundational role in the emerging clean power grid. Addressing the four issues below would help accelerate EGS across the commercialization gap.

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Despite its name, ambition was largely lacking at mid-September’s Climate Ambition Summit at the United Nations in New York. But the event was overshadowed by the major polluters who didn’t attend. Those absent included China, the United Kingdom, and the United States, which continue to expand oil and gas production.

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EDF + Business

SEPTEMBER 11, 2020

The first time I saw a natural gas flare in the oilfield was in 2015. Our team at Environmental Defense Fund was beginning to study methane emissions and collaborate with companies to solve the problem. Infrastructure would soon catch up with oil well drilling. Outside the van windows, flares dotted the landscape.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 6, 2022

This story is part of a DeSmog series on the influence wielded by the gas lobby in Europe and was developed with the support of Journalismfund.eu. Now, the city is at the forefront of the country’s dash to break its dependence on Russian gas. Up to three onshore equivalents will boost import capacity further.

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DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 3, 2021

Available figures compiled from various public corporate reports suggest that on average 80 percent of the businesses’ operations remain in oil and gas and, in one case, coal. 63 percent of the online posts from energy companies presented a “green” image of their business. Credit: Sam Whitham.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

The COP26 Youth Climate Protest in Glasgow on 5 November (image credit: PMGphotog / Shutterstock.com). Progress did seem to be forthcoming on cutting methane emissions, with more than 100 countries (although not China) – committing to a 30% reduction by 2030 compared to the 2030 baseline. Carbon trading.

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Business Green

MARCH 22, 2022

But campaigners warned strategy is too weak and littered with loopholes that would allow bank to continue to finance expansion of oil and gas industry. Barclays has this week published its long-awaited climate plan , which it has confirmed it will put to a shareholder vote at its 2022 AGM in May in a landmark 'Say on Climate' vote.

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Business Green

AUGUST 9, 2022

And yet, so complete is their disconnect from the real world that these zombie arguments continue to stumble across the political landscape desperately looking for an issue, any issue, to attack. Soaring energy bills? Blame net zero. A decade of flat-lining productivity and anaemic wage growth? You guessed it, net zero's the cause.

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

James Parish town of Gramercy and its mayor, Steve Nosacka, an outspoken supporter of the oil and gas industry. James, explained to me on a call, describing her faith-based community organization’s latest legal victory. James after a two-year legal battle against the St. Back in the fall of 2020, RISE.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 22, 2022

The decision has outraged residents who’ve lived with the pollution tied to Coterra Energy’s previous fracking activity and endured over a decade in which they’ve lacked access to clean water for their homes. in 2021 — to household water pollution, banning the company from drilling new natural gas wells in the area entirely.

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Grist

MAY 18, 2021

The company would take those almond shells and other types of biomass, convert them into a carbon-rich oil, and inject the oil deep underground. Shaun Meehan pours bio-oil into a beaker. To prevent the most devastating effects of climate change, it’s essential to cut greenhouse gas emissions by phasing out fossil fuel use.

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DeSmogBlog

JUNE 1, 2023

In March, a man named David Irizarry wrote a letter to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) in support of a liquefied natural gas (LNG) project to be built in Brownsville, Texas. Irizarry is not in the gas business, nor does he deal with energy policy. But it was awaiting a key decision from FERC. “As

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Unsustainable

FEBRUARY 17, 2020

By now, we are all familiar with climate change. Albeit some very powerful figures encourage denial, we have to stop ignoring the damage caused by greenhouse gases and start acting towards stopping climate change. CO 2 comes from burning gas, oil, coal, and solid waste. Methane is a component of natural gas.

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Business Green

MARCH 4, 2021

The explicit inclusion of food waste within the UN's SDGs reflects the issue's substantial environmental and social impacts. The findings suggest an urgent need to ramp up efforts to meet UN Sustainable Development Goal 12.3, which aims to halve global food waste by 2030. Specifically, target 12.3

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Low Impact

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

Too late If it happens, it will come much too late to tackle the climate emergency. Not zero emissions Hydrogen-powered aircraft will not have zero emissions, even if hydrogen is produced from renewable electricity, because it will still emit NOx and generate contrail cirrus that have a higher climate impact than CO 2 today.

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 25, 2021

How Wall Street can win on climate In 2021. This year, financial institutions must make a significant leap forward on climate — from pledges to progress. At the start of 2021, leading investors openly recognize that climate change presents a massive systemic risk and a multi-trillion-dollar opportunity. Ben Ratner.

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Unsustainable

AUGUST 20, 2019

Consequently, deforestation is one of the biggest issues connected to using virgin paper. gallons of oil, 26,500 litres of water and 17 trees”, “U.S gallons of oil, 26,500 litres of water and 17 trees”, “U.S Recycled paper can save the Earth; here are some facts that reveal how and why. offices use 12.1

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Grist

OCTOBER 9, 2019

Once the waterlogged delta soils dried out, microbes began to consume the organic detritus, transforming it into gas. Something is amiss on Sherman Island, a whale-shaped swath of farm and grazing land at the confluence of the Sacramento and San Joaquin rivers. If you don’t know what ails the place, it might be hard to pinpoint the problem.

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Business Green

JANUARY 15, 2021

Plus Danish diets, China climate policy signals, and all the top green business news from around the world this week. Dubbed 'The Line', the development could house one million people stretching along a 100-mile belt linking the Red Sea Coast with the north-west of the oil-rich country, according to Dezeen.

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