DeSmogBlog

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

In 2020, it announced it would become a net-zero-emissions bank by 2050 — a goal that also involves “aligning its financing with the goals and timelines of the Paris Agreement,” and reducing its lending to the oil and gas sector. Publicly, Barclays has signaled an intent to pivot away from fossil fuels and help power the rise of green energy.

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Clean Energy Canada

DECEMBER 13, 2023

.” But during a week when many petrostates were fighting to delay action to reduce fossil fuels, Canada announced the world’s first oil and gas emissions cap along with important regulations to curb methane emissions. The initial commitment totalled a pretty meagre US$429 million, with Canada committing an even more meagre $16 million.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 8, 2022

Canadian pipeline company TC Energy is aiming to expand the volume of methane gas that it ships through a long distance pipeline in the Pacific Northwest, potentially locking in higher gas use despite laws in western states that chart a path away from fossil fuels in the years ahead. There are fewer leverage points, and the timeline is quick.

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DeSmogBlog

AUGUST 17, 2023

LNG boom threatens to release vast amounts of methane, a powerful climate pollutant that is the main component of natural gas. If it opens on schedule, a facility in Chester would come online in 2028, according to Penn America Energy’s timeline.

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R-Squared Energy

APRIL 19, 2022

In the initial phase, 25 terawatt-hours (TWh) per year of green methane, from which more than half a million metric tons of hydrogen can be produced, will be imported into Wilhelmshaven. In the current volatile situation, I understand that you have brought forward the timelines for the project to help address the security crisis in Europe.

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EDF + Business

OCTOBER 18, 2023

Today, less than 1% is made from renewable energy *Steam Methane Reform with carbon capture and storage, 1.5-6.2 If regulatory bottlenecks are addressed with a more streamlined process, the gain in clarity on project timelines and cost should facilitate needed private investment into EGS projects.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 2, 2022

The report also outlines the more than 170 types of carbon credits available on markets today and their level of popularity among buyers - such as projects involving rural solar farms, geothermal installations, recycling initiatives or efforts to reduce livestock methane. Frontier Climate's tool identifying gaps to scaling carbon removal.

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EDF + Business

DECEMBER 17, 2020

Some issues need urgent attention: In particular, we must actively reduce short-lived climate pollutants, such as methane, in addition to reducing carbon dioxide, because 50% of warming over next two decades (from today’s emissions) will be due to methane. Set an ambitious goal and timeline and get going on the path to net zero.

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Energy Innovation

MARCH 9, 2022

Recent climate policies in Oregon have established the state as a climate leader, including a stronger transportation sector clean fuels standard, new zero-emission medium- and heavy-duty truck standards, and legislation establishing a timeline to fully decarbonize the power sector by 2040. Next Steps For Oregon.

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EDF + Business

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

In oil and gas, for example, firms could require companies to commit to zero routine flaring by 2025 or base their methane emission reporting and reduction strategies on measured data to be eligible for investment. Clear, sector-specific climate criteria can help firms wield this influence responsibly.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 19, 2022

And the suggested text invites parties to "consider further actions to reduce by 2030 non-carbon dioxide greenhouse gas emissions, including methane". Including a specific mention of methane in the final agreement has been a leading demand of parties such as the UK and EU over the past week. as the key goal of the Paris Agreement.

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Envirotec Magazine

JULY 4, 2022

And the viability of this timeline seemed confirmed by an ENA document published in January, Britain’s Hydrogen Blending Delivery Plan. The recognition of this warming potential has heightened a sense of urgency around making sure the infrastructure for hydrogen is designed from the start to be secured against leaks.

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Business Green

APRIL 22, 2022

In agriculture, kelp can be used as a feed additive for cows, reducing methane emissions, or used as a fertilizer. The kelp cultivation cycle complicates production timelines. While food might be the most obvious market for kelp, it's also a challenging one, requiring a change in consumer preferences.

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E8 Cleantech Angels

JUNE 15, 2022

Agriculture accounts for about 20% of worldwide greenhouse gas emissions, including a major share of methane and nitrous oxide ( McKinsey ). Selection Timeline. This year’s Decarbon8 round prioritizes innovation in greenhouse gas reduction in the agriculture sector and welcomes applications from various AgTech sectors.

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 26, 2023

But the maths doesn’t add up, and neither does the timeline. Methane, a greenhouse gas which is belched out in high volumes by cattle, has been identified by the UN and world leaders as the quickest route to cut global heating. The meat and dairy sector claims it can cut these emissions while continuing to grow.

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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. Critics point out that Alterra lacks clear timelines for distributing its initial $6.5B Execution questions marks. and raising the remaining $23.5

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Business Green

AUGUST 9, 2021

Limiting other greenhouse gases and air pollutants, especially methane, could have benefits both for health and the climate.". "Stabilising the climate will require strong, rapid, and sustained reductions in greenhouse gas emissions, and reaching net zero CO2 emissions," said Zhai.

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The Verge: Energy

DECEMBER 28, 2023

Today, most of it is made using fossil fuels, primarily through a reaction between steam and methane. Methane leaks are another problem since methane — also called natural gas — is an even more potent greenhouse gas than CO2. Instead of using methane, it uses electricity to split water into hydrogen and oxygen.

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Business Green

JANUARY 21, 2022

But despite pushing back its expected timeline for the mine's operations to begin by a further year to 2027, the Serbian government on Thursday bowed to protestors demands by revoking all of the company's mining licences for the project.

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Energy Innovation

MARCH 8, 2023

Most of the low-emissions interventions analyzed (70 percent) utilize existing know-how and technologies: reducing deforestation, better managing manure, improving feed and breeding (which can reduce methane emissions from livestock), reducing nitrogen fertilizer overuse and runoff, and adopting renewable energy and energy efficiency.

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

So walk us through the timeline — when did independent scientists begin to become concerned about the health impacts of gas stoves? And not just any Hill & Knowlton executive but Richard Darrow, its then president, who had previously been responsible for the tobacco account! That felt like history leaping off the page.

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DeSmogBlog

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

Credit: Julie Dermansky Air Products plans to build a manufacturing complex near Burnside, a small town in Ascension Parish, that will transform the methane in natural gas into ammonia and blue hydrogen while using technology to capture up to 95 percent of the CO2 emissions created in the process. Howarth and Mark Z.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

Whereas the Paris Agreement required nations to return every five years to set new national climate action plans known as nationally determined contributions (NDCs), the Glasgow Climate Pact has significantly accelerated this timeline. Methane faces a reckoning.

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Grist

MAY 18, 2021

The world must build a carbon removal market on an unprecedented scale and timeline, from nearly scratch,” Microsoft wrote in its 2020 environmental sustainability report. They can pay to destroy methane leaking from a landfill. Most offsets that companies buy are designed to reduce emissions.

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GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

In terms of greening the power grid, the report focuses on the potential to convert excess renewable energy to carbon-neutral fuels such as methane or hydrogen for use in remaining natural gas-fired power plants, and as “seasonal storage” to cover the gaps between supply and demand from summer to winter.

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Green Business Bureau

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

municipal solid waste landfills are the third largest source of human-related methane which has over 80 times the warming power of carbon dioxide. Realistic recycling goals and a set timeline for achievement. Effective recycling can also help reduce the amount of emissions released from landfills. According to the EPA, U.S.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 7, 2021

Another pledge by more than 100 countries to cut methane by 30 per cent by 2030, essential for reducing this potent and prevalent greenhouse gas. A pledge by more than 100 countries - including Brazil - to end deforestation by 2030, a critical first step towards carbon sink and biodiversity preservation. Bottom Line for Business.

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 4, 2022

The reports show that the facility has released numerous chemicals, including benzene, a known human carcinogen, and methane. While natural gas burns cleaner than coal, the advantage of using it is negated by the methane emitted in its production. State Department is not in charge of directing U.S.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

Speaking earlier, Johnson acknowledged that while there had been a flurry of "game-changing announcements" on methane, deforestation and finance last week, the Summit was now "firmly in the hard yards of international diplomacy", adding that "with a few days left there is still a huge amount to do". "It

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Green Business Bureau

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

A carbon dioxide equivalent is a standard unit for counting greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions regardless of whether they’re from carbon dioxide or another gas, such as methane. Reporting period vs factor period : Emission factor updates probably won’t align with your reporting timeline.

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Green Business Bureau

JANUARY 17, 2023

In the absence of oxygen, materials are broken down to produce methane, water, and biomass. Under these conditions, materials will break down anaerobically to produce the bi-product methane – a greenhouse gas 30 times more potent than carbon dioxide. Compostable definition. Biodegradable and compostable certifications.

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EDF + Business

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

Methane: Leaders emerge as the global community wakes up to the challenge. This was the year that the international community woke up to the magnitude of the methane challenge and opportunity – a vital first step in the energy transition. With urgency building in Glasgow, we revisit the metrics here.

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Climate Tech VC

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

And cow-burp reduction tech is back to tackle methane emissions with a $29M round. Find much more detail on the terms to know, sites to bookmark, and timelines to keep in mind in the full guide. Deals include big checks for recycling. Redwood raises another $1B for battery recycling and metal alloy recycling attracts $31M.

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DeSmogBlog

MARCH 31, 2023

based Climate Investigations Center , and on this timeline produced by Follow The Money. We believe the actions we are taking to deliver our energy transition strategy are consistent with the court ruling and its end of 2030 timeline. ” Documents from the collection can be viewed at Climate Files , a project of the U.S.-based

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Climate Tech VC

MARCH 11, 2024

And even these have phased timelines so expect there to be wiggle room in reporting.    MethaneSAT, a methane-tracking satellite, was launched this week and will be operated by a subsidiary of the Environmental Defense Fund.   Physical risk disclosure.

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GreenTechMedia

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

Those are significant steps, albeit ones that still require more details to be hashed out and which must proceed along a shorter timeline to avert the worst climate outcomes, according to several of the former U.S. Oil companies did not support Trump’s rollback of methane regulations.

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Unsustainable

MAY 1, 2019

While CO 2 may be the greatest contributor to climate change, other gases such as methane and nitrous oxide are also responsible for creating the greenhouse effect, therefore, solutions must also focus on the reduction of these gases. The severity of those impacts is tied directly to the amount of carbon dioxide we release.”

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