GreenBiz

MAY 3, 2021

"Many employees want to live out their personal values at work and are asking for these programs," said Richard Keiser, CEO and founder of community solar company Common Energy, during the GreenBiz webcast last week about engaging employees in sustainability. One of Common Energy community solar projects. Common Energy.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 17, 2020

But the key player in implementing the Alamo City’s energy transition — the local energy utility CPS Energy — remains committed to carbon-based fuels like coal and natural gas, even while it begins to invest more in renewable alternatives.

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

Read time: 4 mins By Joe Smyth , Energy and Policy Institute. This was originally posted on the Energy and Policy Institute. coal industry’s declining ability to compete in the power sector, Peabody Energy is now struggling to find electric utility companies who are willing to accept a “clean coal” award that it presents annually.

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DeSmogBlog

JANUARY 14, 2020

Read time: 6 mins By Joe Smyth, Energy and Policy Institute. This was originally posted on the Energy and Policy Institute. In a research report last month titled “The Second Wave of Clean Energy,” analysts at Morgan Stanley explained how “the surprisingly low cost of renewables” will drive utilities to close most of the remaining U.S.

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

Jacobson questions the climate and health benefits of carbon capture technology against simply switching to renewable energy sources like wind and solar. Tags: carbon capture ccs clean coal renewable energy Mark Jacobson Read time: 7 mins New research from Stanford University professor Mark Z.

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Charged

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

US Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm recently took an EV road trip from Charlotte, North Carolina to Memphis, Tennessee in order to draw attention to the billions of dollars in funding the White House is making available to promote electric vehicles. Imagine how big clean energy industries will be in 13 years.

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DeSmogBlog

AUGUST 26, 2020

Participating states have then used that revenue to invest in energy efficiency and clean energy programs.

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GreenTechMedia

APRIL 24, 2020

When we started making our podcasts seven years ago, it was clear that the energy transition would be a difficult one. The clean energy industry has faced its share of crises over the years — but nothing quite like the current pandemic and economic freeze. We’ll be considering them on future shows.

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DeSmogBlog

MARCH 30, 2020

Read time: 6 mins By Dave Anderson , Energy and Policy Institute. Originally posted on Energy and Policy Institute. Some of those same energy companies, and their trade associations, have for years lobbied for the use of the Defense Production Act to bail out struggling coal plants.

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DeSmogBlog

FEBRUARY 8, 2020

Russel Honoré oil refineries Philadelphia Energy Solutions benzene air pollution clean air act General Russel Honoré, founder of Louisiana’s Green Army, a grassroots anti-pollution coalition, hailed the report as a great tool for communities that live near refineries to press for the monitoring of additional toxic chemicals. .

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The Environmental Blog

OCTOBER 9, 2023

From recycling to upgrading to energy-efficient appliances, we can do plenty of things to contribute to our planet’s health. A proactive mindset can pinpoint eco-friendly moving companies, sustainable packing materials, and energy-efficient transportation options. Consider the moving process, too.

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DeSmogBlog

JANUARY 21, 2021

Until recently, rooftop solar panels were a clean energy technology that only wealthy Americans could afford. Tags: affordable solar Read time: 6 mins By Galen Barbose Eric O’Shaughnessy , and Ryan Wiser of Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.

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DeSmogBlog

MAY 7, 2020

That threat to bus in hundreds of protesters, “potentially adding to this pandemic,” apparently worked as San Luis Obispo city officials have postponed the April 7 vote on its Clean Energy Choice Program indefinitely.

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DeSmogBlog

MAY 24, 2020

But major labor unions and President Barack Obama’s Energy Secretary have far different plans. On the 50th anniversary of Earth Day, the AFL - CIO and the Energy Futures Initiative ( EFI ) — a nonprofit founded and run by former Obama Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz — launched the Labor Energy Partnership.

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DeSmogBlog

AUGUST 26, 2019

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Clean Energy Canada

AUGUST 8, 2023

Through media briefs, we aim to provide useful factual and contextual information related to Canada’s clean energy transition. The federal government has released a new paper, Powering Canada Forward , which lays out the federal government’s vision for a 100% clean power grid by 2035.

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Business Green

AUGUST 27, 2020

Lowest winning bid for solar energy output in latest auction round easily beat the previous record, which was also set in Portugal a year earlier. per Mwh, set in Portugal's first mega-auction for solar energy capacity in June last year, which secured 1,150MW of new capacity. per megawatt hour (Mwh).

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DeSmogBlog

JUNE 10, 2020

At a House committee hearing on fossil fuel deception last year, Congressional reps from oil and gas states repeated a long-used talking point: A clean energy transition is just a big f**k-you to poor people. This story originally appeared in the Hot Take newsletter.

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GreenTechMedia

MAY 1, 2020

In this Greentech Media series, we’re asking people with jobs in cleantech — from installing solar panels, to permitting wind projects, to promoting building energy efficiency software — to tell us what they really do all day. Chinyere Osuala is a senior associate attorney for the clean energy program at Earthjustice.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 14, 2023

The content appears to be official promotional material endorsed by the COP28 hosts, featuring the hashtags #climatechangeambassador, #COP28, #COP28UAE and tagged the official UAE COP28 Instagram account @cocp28uaeofficial. The posts shared the same hashtags and tagged the same official COP28 Instagram account.

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Green Business Bureau

OCTOBER 5, 2021

LED lights are by far the most efficient type of lighting on the market, using 75% less energy and lasting 25 times longer than incandescent bulbs. Consider Renewable Energy. One of the most ambitious sustainable business practices is investing in renewable energy. Switch All Lighting to LEDs. Globally, approximately 3.8%

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GreenTechMedia

MARCH 31, 2020

Long duration energy storage holds great potential for a world in which wind and solar power dominate new power plant additions and gradually overtake other sources of electricity. Second, spurred by this success, many utility companies, states and nations are upping their targets for clean energy. Liquid air.

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Renewable Energy World

OCTOBER 27, 2021

For this episode of the Local Energy Rul es Podcast, host John Farrell speaks with City Administrator Shannon Mortenson of Warren, Minnesota. Mortenson and the city partnered with a community college to pilot a novel project; the college, using drones and thermal cameras, captures images that display energy leaks in homes and businesses.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 1, 2021

The influential clean tech analyst yesterday estimated that the cost of a lithium ion battery pack - the key component for EVs and home energy storage systems - now stands at $132 per kilowatt hour (kWh) in 2021, having fallen six per cent over the past year alone.

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The Environmental Blog

JANUARY 21, 2022

Instead, it is often blended with diesel and tagged based on the amount of diesel it’s mixed with. Also, Car Talk reported that a study conducted by the Department of Energy and Agriculture proved biodiesel reduced net carbon dioxide emissions by 78 percent. billion gallons in 2013. Biodiesel is rarely used in its pure form.

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Renewable Energy World

OCTOBER 5, 2021

To the wind industry, to the energy transition, and perhaps most of all, to the sustainability of the planet. Downtime, maintenance, deratings, and other issues all result in lost energy and the industry has been trying to reduce these losses for many years. Why is so much energy being lost, and what can be done to minimize it?

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GreenTechMedia

APRIL 7, 2020

California officials expect that the state needs 1 gigawatt of new long-duration energy storage by 2026 to advance its clean-energy transition. But it adds 11 gigawatts of utility-scale solar by 2030, nearly 3 gigawatts of wind and a groundbreaking amount of energy storage. What power does this decision wield?

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

Economic factors have driven the use of this low quality fuel, with there being a noticeable price tag attached to the use of the new emerging breed of low sulphur diesel and other marine fuels. Alternatively, shipping operators can choose to install Exhaust Gas Cleaning Systems (EGCS), also known as marine scrubbers.

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GreenTechMedia

MAY 20, 2020

With two turbines, the Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind pilot is tiny; and with a price tag of $300 million, it’s very expensive for a generation facility of its size. Virginia’s recently passed Clean Economy Act , which requires more than 5 gigawatts of offshore wind by the mid-2030s, strengthened the case for that future.

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Business Green

MARCH 21, 2023

Major new report from Energy Transition Commission concludes bridging the net zero investment gap is a 'manageable macroeconomic challenge' How much will it cost to build a net zero emission economy? Moreover, this price tag is for capital investments, not costs. warming pathway by 2030.

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Planet Pulse

JANUARY 11, 2024

In this week’s issue : We kick off our energy series with the top dog: fossil fuels Orange rivers in Alaska A river mystery in Colombia Feature Story: Energy: Fossil Fuels If you’re reading this then you owe gratitude to fossil fuels. All of yesterday’s growth and fun came with a steep price tag.

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Business Green

JULY 27, 2021

The previous date touted by the government for ending installations of new gas boilers was 2035, and advocates of the less stretching 2040 timeline claim it would give more time for the clean heating technologies to reduce in price, newspapers suggest. The move was welcomed by BEIS Energy Minister Lord Callanan.

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DeSmogBlog

MAY 10, 2021

TAG), the largest natural gas transporter in Brazil. The event also celebrated people from environmental organisations, including the David Suzuki Foundation, clean energy think tank the Pembina Institute, and the Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami, which represents Canada’s Inuit community.

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Business Green

AUGUST 26, 2022

The government's repeated failure to promote energy saving, enhance energy efficiency, and deliver more domestic energy generation is condemning the UK to an era of rolling crises. Be in no doubt, one man bears primary responsibility for the energy crisis gripping the UK and the rest of Europe.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

Barely a week now seems to go by now without another major automotive or energy firm significantly scaling up its targets for electric vehicle or clean energy production in the 2020s. The great EV armament has begun. To deliver its new targets, Nissan said it would need to hire 3,000 more staff. global warming trajectory.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

Barely a week now seems to go by now without another major automotive or energy firm significantly scaling up its targets for electric vehicle or clean energy production in the 2020s. The great EV armament has begun. To deliver its new targets, Nissan said it would need to hire 3,000 more staff. global warming trajectory.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

Labour's Party Conference kicked off yesterday, with the new tag line 'A Fairer, Greener Future' on prominent display, and the opening policy announcement coming in the form of a commitment to deliver a net zero emissions power system by 2030, a full five years earlier than the government's current 2035 target date.

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