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Uruguay’s green power revolution: rapid shift to wind shows the world how it’s done

The Guardian: Energy

It was the 2000s, and fossil fuel prices were rising worldwide. Stung by the 2008 oil price spike, Uruguay now produces up to 98% of its electricity from renewables. Can other countries follow suit?

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Today’s Energy Crisis Is Very Different from the Energy Crisis of 2005

Energy Central

per year in the 2001 to 2005 period. China had been added to the World Trade Organization in December 2001, ramping up its demand for all kinds of fossil fuels. Back in 2005, the world economy was “humming along.” ” World growth in energy consumption per capita was rising at 2.3%

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Heat and drought are sucking US hydropower dry

The Verge: Energy

Hydropower generation in the region fell by 11 percent during the 2022–2023 water year compared to the year prior, according to preliminary data from the Energy Information Administration’s Electricity Data Browser — its lowest point since 2001. To avoid energy shortfalls, utilities wind up relying on fossil fuels to make up the difference.

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GHG Protocol: Scope 1 Emissions Explained

Green Business Bureau

The 2001 GHG Protocol’s guidelines were the first to categorize business GHGs as scope 1 emissions, scope 2 emissions, and scope 3 emissions. These are fossil fuels burnt on site. Stationary combustion : These are the emissions released from the direct burning of fossil fuels to power heat sources (e.g.

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New Report Calls Out Chemical Recycling as a ‘False Solution’ to the Plastics Crisis

DeSmogBlog

The fossil fuel industry is among the biggest backers of CCS, just as the plastics industry is the biggest promoter of chemical recycling.

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Britons put planet before profit in their personal savings and expect more action from pension funds and banks, says survey

Envirotec Magazine

ClientEarth’s Climate Snapshot 2019 finds that: Three in five people believe that financial institutions and banks should no longer invest in fossil fuels (59%) and that they should be legally accountable if they choose to do so (60%). Too many banks, pension funds and insurers are propping up fossil fuel giants.

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Biographite and the changing battery market

Smart Energy International

I led on the creation of a successful energy franchise within the investment bank, raising >$1 billion in new equity for various ASX listed energy companies from 2001 to 2011. I developed my finance skills on the job and at night school, resulting in my earning a finance diploma. We love it here.

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