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Rethinking Future Investments in Natural Gas Infrastructure

GreenTechMedia

The economic picture is similarly grim for interstate gas pipelines; as demand falls from power plants, so too will the utilization of pipelines across the country, leaving utility customers responsible for paying off unnecessary infrastructure costs for years to come. In fact, recent research found that methane leaks in major U.S.

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Big Meat and Dairy Delegates Triple at COP28

DeSmogBlog

Meat and dairy firms in particular are coming under increasing scrutiny due to pollution from livestock, which emits around a third of the global output of methane, a short-lived greenhouse gas identified as the quickest route to slowing global heating. They are running way ahead of us,” reflects small farmer Gonçalves David.

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The Glasgow Climate Pact: What does it mean for Canada’s climate policy?

Clean Energy Canada

However, much work remains: coal still accounts for at least one-third of global electricity generation, and, in spite of the clear link between coal burning and higher temperatures, its use has increased in 2021 as economies reopened and energy demand shot up. Finance is shifting away from fossil fuels .

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Global Briefing: California unveils 'world first' net zero strategy

Business Green

California's new decarbonisation plan, Austria's windfall tax, and global methane reduction efforts. The plan builds on India's previous goals to slash emissions intensity of its GDP by 45 per cent against 2005 levels by 2030 and deliver 50 per cent of its power from non-fossil fuel based sources by the same date.

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How India’s Renewable Energy Sector Survived and Thrived in a Turbulent 2020

GreenTechMedia

Cheap renewables were favored on the grid last year, which caused coal use to fall as energy demand plummeted amid the economic slowdown. With power demand expected to triple by 2040 as India’s population continues to achieve upward mobility, fossil fuels are poised to see continued growth even as the clean energy market thrives.

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COP26: UK preps aviation climate coalition for global take-off

Business Green

The agency has not updated its mid-century goal - to halve aviation's emission by 2050 on 2005 levels - for 12 years, despite growing numbers of airlines adopting new net zero emissions targets. The aviation sector produces more emissions than most countries in the world, and overall accounts for roughly 2.5

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Study Mission 3.0: Quebec: Airplane reading

Low Carbon Prosperity

Quebec’s emissions have declined 10% since 1990 and 12% since 2005. This year’s rise is in response to reduced availability of hydropower generation and a corresponding increase in fossil fuel generation to meet demand. MW ], and the seventh-largest hydroelectric power plant in the world. This sector’s emissions rose from 16.5