Clean Energy Canada

APRIL 19, 2021

VICTORIA — Merran Smith, executive director at Clean Energy Canada, made the following statement in response to the federal government’s 2021 budget : “Canada’s first federal budget in two years lays the foundations for a cleaner, more competitive, and more equitable Canada. billion of spending on clean energy and climate initiatives. $5

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 8, 2023

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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Business Green

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

California's new decarbonisation plan, Austria's windfall tax, and global methane reduction efforts. The agency said the strategy represened an unprecedented effort to drastically slash pollution and accelerate the transition to clean energy. "No It's a war dividend': Austria announces windfall tax on energy giants.

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DeSmogBlog

AUGUST 26, 2022

As the New York Times reported in 2020, FTI helped set up regional astroturf websites for its oil industry clients, such as Texans for Natural Gas, New Mexicans for Economic Prosperity, Citizens to Protect PA Jobs, Western Wire, and the Arctic Energy Center. The firm took the lessons learned with Energy In Depth around the world.

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Business Green

AUGUST 5, 2022

At last year's COP26 Climate Summit in Glasgow a new accord between the US and China saw the two countries promise to work together to accelerate clean tech deployment and tackle methane emissions and deforestation. Global Methane Hub and Beyond Oil & Gas Alliance announce $1.5m emissions reduction push.

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Front And Centered

AUGUST 29, 2022

It’s not just the question of what fuels we use to power our economy, but to what purpose we apply our energy. This includes a 15% corporate minimum tax, a stock buyback tax, and a methane leakage tax. Historically, new energy supply has coincided with new energy consumption—not necessarily displacement.

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GreenTechMedia

FEBRUARY 17, 2020

electric sector reduced its carbon emissions by 26 percent from 2005 to 2018. Building-sector emissions, on the other hand, remain largely unchanged despite energy efficiency gains. As a result, the U.S. Preliminary estimates for 2019 indicate that this trend is accelerating, with another 10 percent drop just from 2018 to 2019.

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Clean Energy Canada

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

The International Energy Agency was clear in its landmark report earlier this year: phasing out coal power by 2040 is a key milestone on the path to net zero. Canadian pension funds, often maligned for their dirty investments, have quietly cut fossil fuel holdings by 90% over the past decade, while ploughing $150 billion into clean energy.

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Green Business Bureau

APRIL 11, 2023

The inflation reduction act clean energy transition: Supporting businesses navigate rising fossil fuel energy costs The inflation reduction act clean energy transition comes at a time where rising fossil fuel energy costs are hitting businesses hard. on clean energy. on clean energy. meet net-zero goals.

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Low Carbon Prosperity

MAY 21, 2023

The plan also includes $1 billion to reduce the carbon footprint of buildings, which are responsible for almost 10 percent of the province’s greenhouse gas emissions About $215 million of that money will help fund projects for thermal waste treatment — methods that transform waste into energy that can be used for such things as heating.

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DeSmogBlog

MARCH 28, 2023

That operator is Diversified Energy Company PLC, the parent company to Diversified Production LLC, which recently applied for a permit with the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) to add five natural gas-powered engines and one generator to the well pad with the intention of mining cryptocurrency.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 6, 2022

That’s potentially very bad news for the climate: The huge amount of methane that leaks during the production, transport and storage of LNG means that the carbon emissions associated with importing the fuel could be up to ten times higher than for the equivalent amount of Russian pipeline gas, researchers say. Credit: DeSmog.

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Low Impact

AUGUST 15, 2021

It is hard to imagine anything more ludicrously unsustainable than the chain of machinery which gobbles up trees in the southern USA, extrudes them as pellets, ships them across the Atlantic and converts them into electric energy so that Europeans can continue to enjoy a level of affluence unachievable for most people in the world.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 16, 2022

Internal corporate documents and public records reviewed by DeSmog support several of Dye’s claims, including allegations that NW Natural executives downplayed or ignored employee concerns about billing accuracy issues associated with projects that facilitated extremely profitable energy market speculation.

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EDF + Business

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

emissions were 17% below 2005 levels in 2023. is still unlikely to meet its Paris Agreement commitment of 50%-52% reductions below 2005 levels by 2030. Companies can avoid paying the methane emissions charge by complying with EPA’s recent methane standards and reducing their emissions in line with industry’s own targets.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 16, 2022

The circumstances surrounding his termination are documented among thousands of pages of public records and internal company documents that provide a penetrating look into the multi-billion dollar stakes of negotiations between governments and state-sanctioned monopolies that are shaping the future of energy systems in Oregon and beyond.

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

Cows produce methane, a greenhouse gas that absorbs more atmospheric heat than carbon and is currently responsible for 25 percent of all global warming today. From 2005 to 2015, dairy’s gaseous output increased by 18 percent. Livestock methane emissions are also rising in some of these countries.

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 18, 2023

Meat from outside the United States can have a bigger environmental impact — it is not subject to the same environmental regulations and requires more energy to ship it to meatpacking plants in the United States — but it helps meatpackers cut costs. In 2005, the U.S. Whose Speech Are Checkoff Ads? It’s our words.

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38 North Solutions

JULY 30, 2022

Legislation provides 10-year tax credits for clean energy technologies. Clean Energy Technology Accelerator. -$30 Renewable Energy Credits. -$235 Methane and Superfund. -$15 Section 3: Energy Section. Further, technologies like energy storage are made eligible for the first time. Cost/Savings. 385 billion.

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Renewable Energy World

OCTOBER 19, 2021

Analysis by the think tank Energy Innovation determined that, without the CEPP, "emissions are likely to be 250-600 MMT higher per year in 2030, which could eliminate more than a third of the total emissions reductions in the Infrastructure Bills.". Subscribe to Renewable Energy World’s free, weekly newsletter for more stories like this.

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Business Green

JUNE 21, 2022

Meanwhile, the US and EU sought to build on the Global Methane Pledge announced in Glasgow last autumn by announcing that they had established a new "global methane pledge pathway" which calls for the elimination of routine flaring at oil and gas plants as soon as possible, and no later than 2030.

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DeSmogBlog

AUGUST 28, 2021

Honoré led the Defense Department’s Joint Task Force Katrina in 2005. The port handles 18 percent of domestic oil and gas and 13 percent of the nation’s foreign energy imports.”. The methane is the biggest contributor” to climate change, along with CO2, Honoré said, describing two greenhouse pollutants from fossil fuel operations.

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DeSmogBlog

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

The group, “Coloradans for Energy Access,” is made up of a coalition of gas companies, real estate interests, utilities, and other energy trade associations, including Atmos Energy, American Public Gas Association, and the Consumer Energy Alliance. Citing the U.S.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

Greenhouse gas emissions from energy supply are falling rapidly, for example. Most hydrogen is currently produced from natural gas, which is highly polluting, but if renewable energy is used then hydrogen can essentially be made CO2-free. But that's not a long-term solution either as LNG produces significant amounts of methane.

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R-Squared Energy

DECEMBER 4, 2023

I hadn’t thought it would be worth my time, because my impression had been that younger people didn’t care as much about energy issues. Hydrocarbons are made from carbon and hydrogen and range from methane — the simplest hydrocarbon — to complex, long-chain hydrocarbons that are solids are room temperature. So, what is happening?

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GreenBiz

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

But a stalled effort is also an opportunity to gather energy. With each serious attempt at a nationwide climate action — the Waxman-Markey cap-and-trade bill, the Green New Deal resolution, the Smith-Lujan clean energy standard proposal — the people on the right side of history sharpen their arguments and strengthen their coalitions.

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Renewable Energy World

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

Duke Energy said it plans to double its renewable energy capacity by the end of the decade, and stop generating electricity from coal by 2035. Duke Energy's Edwardsport IGCC (integrated gasification combined-cycle) coal-fired generation plant. Follow @EngelsAngle. Courtesy: Duke). Courtesy: North Carolina Governor's Office).

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GreenTechMedia

JANUARY 6, 2020

But at the same time, it shows the limit of coal-led reductions in power, and of the power sector overall, in bringing down economy-wide emissions,” said Hannah Pitt, a senior research analyst with Rhodium's climate and energy group. pledged to reduce emissions 26 to 28 percent below 2005 levels by 2025. from the agreement.

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Clean Energy Canada

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

Clean Energy Canada is a climate and clean energy program within the Morris J. Through media briefs, we aim to provide journalists with useful factual and contextual information related to Canada’s clean energy transition. The Liberal Party: reduce emissions by 40% to 45% from 2005 levels. 2030 Targets.

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Green Business Bureau

JANUARY 28, 2021

Across the globe, working from home and remote locations has grown by 159% since 2005. Once more, a Sun Microsystems report indicates that energy consumption in the office is nearly twice as high as energy consumption at home. The pandemic has accelerated this growing trend. every year for the next decade.

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DeSmogBlog

MARCH 9, 2024

“But four hurricanes since 2005 and sea level rise — it really decimated this coastline.” Rita was really, really bad,” he said, referring to the 2005 hurricane that decimated Cameron Parish. Department of Energy (DOE) revises its review process. However, the LNG buildout is now in limbo. Hiatt said. benchmark prices.

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 22, 2021

And since 1997 about one million barrels worth of oilfield waste has been brought to Lotus’s disposal site, situated off a dusty desert road located 19 miles west of Andrews, Texas (and just several miles from a massive solar array financed by Facebook and which provides energy to Shell’s fracking operations).

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AGreenLiving

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

But a stalled effort is also an opportunity to gather energy. With each serious attempt at a nationwide climate action — the Waxman-Markey cap-and-trade bill, the Green New Deal resolution, the Smith-Lujan clean energy standard proposal — the people on the right side of history sharpen their arguments and strengthen their coalitions.

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Business Green

APRIL 9, 2021

The US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) also provided a worrying update on methane emissions, revealing that levels of methane in the atmosphere rose by record levels in 2020 with scientists unclear on the cause. South Africa announces strengthened 2030 emissions goal.

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AGreenLiving

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

But a stalled effort is also an opportunity to gather energy. With each serious attempt at a nationwide climate action — the Waxman-Markey cap-and-trade bill, the Green New Deal resolution, the Smith-Lujan clean energy standard proposal — the people on the right side of history sharpen their arguments and strengthen their coalitions.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

All the top green business news from around the world this week, including fresh WHO air pollution guidelines and global coal, methane and HFC commitments. UN energy summit sees $400bn new backing committed to clean energy. More countries join global methane and coal power pledges. And we must start today.

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

Her energy secretary Jacob Rees-Mogg this week announced that the UK’s zombie fracking industry would be resurrected, despite a much-awaited report saying that there was still “limited” understanding of the UK’s shale gas reserves and the impacts of extracting them, with earthquake forecasting remaining a “scientific challenge”.

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