DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 26, 2020

This think tank, funded in part through a corporate investment firm with holdings in major oil and petrochemical companies, operates a network for the international business community that partners with other institutions backed by Koch and fossil fuel cash.

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GreenBiz

MARCH 3, 2021

The plan includes a $2 billion investment across electric vehicles, clean energy for operations and a new academic center with Yale focused on capturing carbon. Companies in particularly difficult industries to decarbonize — such as airlines — have shown increased interest in investing in carbon capture technologies. . Supply Chain.

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 12, 2020

Fink described the first tier of this “ structure of social change ” strategy as “investment in intellectual raw materials” and the “exploration and production of abstract concepts and theories” that academia would develop. . These centers represent significant investments in the “intellectual raw materials” of free-market advocacy.

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DeSmogBlog

MARCH 21, 2020

Read time: 4 mins Carbon capture technology has generated a lot of controversy–but little private investment–due to its lack of profitability and efficiency. Tags: Project Tundra carbon capture greenwashing Ask Senator John Hoeven (R- ND ), who has directed more than $30 million in Department of Energy funding to Project Tundra.

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DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 13, 2020

Exxon, for example, stands to lose at least 80 percent of its business-as-usual petroleum investments if the world takes action to limit global temperature rise to 1.6 Tags: ExxonMobil chevron carbon tracker energy transition stranded assets oil majors climate denial degrees C (2.9

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 10, 2019

The research shows hundreds of billions of dollars have flowed to 258 coal plant developers between January 2017 and September 2019 in the form of loans, investments, and underwriting. Tags: Paris Agreement blackrock Vanguard Citigroup JPMorgan Chase Coal Power Generation Finance

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 5, 2019

Read time: 7 mins California and Colorado’s public pension funds together lost out on over $19 billion over the past decade by investing in fossil fuel stocks, according to a report released on Tuesday. Tags: pension funds fossil fuel investments CalPERS CalSTRS

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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

APRIL 19, 2020

While time feels distorted these days, it was only seven months and a lifetime ago that millions around the globe, led by school children, were marching in the streets, passionately demanding action and investment to match the scale of the climate crisis.

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DeSmogBlog

JULY 13, 2020

Without Berkshire Hathaway’s promised $4 billion investment, the project has stalled. Tags: LNG Wet'suwet'en Coastal GasLink pipeline US LNG Exports American Petroleum Institute While far from British Columbia, the actions spooked investors in Energie Saguenay LNG.

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 22, 2020

Around the same time, however, the oil and gas major confirmed it would go ahead with its investment in a joint $6.4 Tags: carbon capture natural gas carbon tax biofuels ExxonMobil (NYSE: XOM) Imperial Oil Covering Climate Now billion gas project in Australia.

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DeSmogBlog

AUGUST 26, 2020

Participating states have then used that revenue to invest in energy efficiency and clean energy programs. Tags: pennsylvania rggi CO2 Coalition Clean Air Council marc morano Caleb Rossiter Committee for a Constructive Tomorrow (CFACT)

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

They saw it as a long-term investment. Tags: Jordan Cove LNG Pacific Connector Pipeline Pembina eminent domain niskanen center Read time: 11 mins In 2005, Deb Evans and her husband Ron Schaaf bought a piece of property in Klamath County, Oregon, where they hoped to build a house and selectively harvest timber on the land.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 19, 2019

The industry also has plans to invest $1.4 In other words, the oil majors are actively betting on, and are heavily invested in, blowing past climate targets and burning as much carbon as possible, despite protestations from company executives that they are good-faith actors.

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DeSmogBlog

JUNE 15, 2020

Tags: carbon capture CCUS Center for Global Energy Policy (CGEP) cost of renewable energy

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DeSmogBlog

MAY 24, 2020

It's also an agenda matching a number of the former Energy Secretary's personal financial investments. Tags: Dentons EJM Associates AFL-CIO IBEW International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers U.S.

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GreenBiz

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

It’s a great advertising tag line, but there are no free rides; someone always pays somewhere. There is a phenomenal amount of money invested, profits made and infrastructure tied to transportation related energy. Venture capitalists also are everywhere seeking the next great investment. Free delivery." Predictions are easy.

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DeSmogBlog

AUGUST 16, 2019

Tags: electric vehicles BNP Paribas renewables investment cars BNP Paribas Asset Management calculates that oil majors like Exxon, BP and Shell will have to produce petrol from oil at $10 a barrel (the current price is $58) to compete with electricity on price, while for diesel, it says, oil can cost no more than $19 a barrel.

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Charged

JANUARY 4, 2023

The R30, which is expected to carry a price tag around $300,000, is very much a luxury boat, but it sounds like more mass-market models are planned for the future. “To I like to forget about that,” Vo told the Tampa Bay Times , adding that he lost $1 million on his investments in Lordstown. kW of solar power for recharging.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

US motor giant Ford almost doubles its EV investment plans, while Porsche says 80 per cent of its vehicles sold will be electric in 2030, as European EV market accelerates. US motor giant Ford last week announced plans to invest $22bn in EVs and a further $7bn in autonomous vehicles through to 2025, nearly doubling its previous commitment.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Clean transport advocates point out £30bn price tag for railway electrification is in the same ball park as budget for road building. The Treasury is facing further accusations that it is hampering the UK's net zero transition, after reports emerged over the weekend that it has blocked plans to electrify Britain's railways over cost concerns.

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Hydrogen Fuel News

MARCH 5, 2024

Let’s unravel this financial package together and discover why investing your dollars into these environmentally-friendly entities may potentially make your financial portfolio greener too. But let’s chit-chat about something that often tags along with investing: dividends. Let’s dig in.

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GreenBiz

AUGUST 18, 2020

million , having fully circular packaging by investing $100 million in developing regenerative solutions, and decreasing its greenhouse gas emissions. Ulta, like Sephora, is planning a Made Without list that will tag products free of parabens, phthalates and 25 other chemical categories. Natura & Co., million acres from its current 4.5

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Business Green

JUNE 10, 2022

Ecosia has also invested nearly €30m into renewable energy and claims to be the only search engine that "crowds out fossil fuels" from the energy grid with every search. It uses satellite technology, geo-tagging, photographic evidence, and field visits to monitor the impact of its reforestation projects.

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Business Green

JANUARY 11, 2022

As such, it said that once EVs achieve price-tag parity with petrol and diesel vehicles, drivers would rapidly switch towards electric mobility, leaving the electric car market poised for exponential growth in the coming years. We see in this report that e-fuels do not benefit consumers and they don't want it," Pans said.

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Terra Infirma

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

As the name suggests, an EV battery gigafactory is truly colossal with a price tag to match – we’re talking billions rather than millions. As I type, Britishvolt is teetering on the edge of bankruptcy having apparently only secured tens of millions of investment.

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Grist

MAY 18, 2023

Those impacts come with a surprisingly steep price tag, according to the study, which was published in Science on Thursday. By the end of the century, El Niño cycles may spur a whopping $84 trillion in economic losses. “El El Niño is more costly than we realized,” Christopher W.

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DeSmogBlog

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

The more the city invests in community adaptation, the higher the price tag — in its complaint, the city said it is already spending $188 million on climate projects in low-income communities — and that’s the kind of thing Chicago wants oil companies to help pay for.

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Charged

JUNE 1, 2020

Plug & Charge, based on the ISO 15118 standard, enables direct communication between an EV and a charger, eliminating the need for a card or RFID tag. Kennedy says Tritium’s Plug & Charge solution is more secure than existing card-swipe or RFID tag payment methods. “A

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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. Such a vessel, likely to cost several hundred million dollars, is an unusual investment for an American power utility. offshore wind market.

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 29, 2020

Aside from cutting back on waste, Phood can help operations save money, which is often the impetus for an investment. Because source reduction has such strong economic benefits, the sustainability aspect gets to tag along. According to Dang, Phood can save up to 10 percent on annual food costs. . Pull Quote.

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Business Green

MARCH 15, 2023

As such, Volkswagen said it was well positioned to drive profitable growth in key markets worldwide, as it announced plans to invest €180bn from now until 2027 "in the most attractive profit pools and regions", with more than two-thirds of that funding - €120bn - geared towards its electrification and digitisation plans. "We

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GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

The project will, however, face regulatory scrutiny in Virginia, where the $300 million price tag for Dominion’s 12-megawatt pilot project has raised eyebrows.

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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? This is undoubtedly true, but it serves to underplay the precise nature of the investment challenge faced by the net zero transition.

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GreenTechMedia

DECEMBER 5, 2019

Like those other states, Connecticut moved quickly with its 2019 offshore wind solicitation in order to allow the winning project to maximize its use of the fading Investment Tax Credit, whose future remains uncertain. As part of its Connecticut proposal, Vineyard promised to spend or invest nearly $900 million locally.

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GreenTechMedia

MARCH 31, 2020

The makeup of this roster has fluctuated to the rhythm of bankruptcies and new investments. Criteria for selection include: plausible technology; recent investment; market traction (graded on a generous long-duration curve); and, for companies, not being bankrupt. Plenty of options technically “work.” Pumped hydro.

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Michael Grossman

MAY 4, 2023

In addition to the price tag, many companies in the sector starve their marketing department, preferring to invest in more engineers. ? 12,000 per year is a steep price for a climate tech startup to be seen on just one social media platform, especially when you can still tweet on the platform for free.

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