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The U.S. Maintains Its Natural Gas Dominance

R-Squared Energy

Previous articles provided an overview of this year’s Review, an examination of the data on carbon emissions, and a look at oil supply and demand trends. Today I delve into the data on natural gas production and consumption. had dominated global natural gas production until the 1980s, at which time it ceded the lead to Russia.

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A New Era for Germany’s Gas Industry Fuels Climate Fears

DeSmogBlog

Now, the city is at the forefront of the country’s dash to break its dependence on Russian gas. On Saturday, a newly built jetty is due to welcome the Norwegian-flagged Höegh Esperanza, a 280-metre vessel capable of offloading cargoes of natural gas supercooled into liquid form, then shipped across the ocean in specialised tankers.

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What happens when climate policy collides with real-world constraints?

Business Green

The CHIPS and Science Act, a $280bn bill aimed at revitalising the American semiconductor industry, with a quarter of that accelerating the growth of zero-carbon industries. That's more money for climate action than all of the renewable-energy tax credits from 2005 to 2019. electricity grid to 80 per cent carbon free power by 2030.

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As Wildfires Ravage British Columbia, Wall Street Tells Investors to Buy Stock in Canada’s Tar Sands

DeSmogBlog

Singling out a handful of Canadian oil companies as investment ideas, Goldman Sachs wrote in a report to its clients on August 16: “We recognize, in the near-term, that the group is facing three negative equity narratives.” Prime Minister Justin Trudeau likes to champion his government’s climate action, and he has implemented a carbon tax.

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A Texas Community Is Being Bombarded by Cancer-Causing Benzene. State Officials Have Known for Nearly Two Decades

DeSmogBlog

Instead, the TCEQ has allowed K-Solv, a chemical distribution company nestled in Channelview’s Jacintoport neighborhood, to expand its operations four times since the problem was discovered in 2005. That’s seven times higher than Texas said was safe back in 2005, when Channelview’s benzene problem was discovered.

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Mitigating social impact in a low-carbon Singapore

Eco-Business

While companies such as Amazon, Nestlé, and Unilever have set targets for carbon neutrality, Microsoft just announced that it will become carbon negative by around 2030, and remove all the carbon the company has emitted since its founding in 1975. A low carbon economy will demand new skills both upstream and downstream.

Carbon 19
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The 2021 GreenBiz 30 Under 30

GreenBiz

"I just remember being super mad about knowing that the way society was operating could ruin something that should be so beautiful and fun," he says of his first encounter with the idea that human activities negatively affect the environment. And that’s his hope for the apparel and footwear industry as a whole. Myisha Majumder.