GreenBiz

APRIL 28, 2021

president closely linked America’s new nationally determined contribution, a reduction target of 50 to 52 percent from a 2005 baseline aligned with the terms of the Paris Agreement, with equitable job creation and the opportunity to make money. committed to making one-third of all new investments "have a climate nexus" by fiscal year 2023.

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Clean Energy Canada

APRIL 19, 2021

Critically, the budget contains a number of strategic investments that will help create and expand the industries that will underpin a net-zero 2050. “An The additional $1 billion set aside to help large cleantech companies attract investment and scale up certainly supports this aim. “This is a big budget, with $17.6 With the U.S.

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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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GreenTechMedia

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

is far from reaching its Paris commitment — called a "nationally determined contribution" — to cut emissions by 26 to 28 percent below 2005 levels by 2025, those groups say that the subnational commitments now in place could build to a reduction of 37 percent below 2005 levels by 2030. Though the U.S. As of 2019, the U.S.

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Renewable Energy World

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

The announcement comes as Duke intends to deploy $63 billion of capital over the next five years, 80% of which is expected to support investments in grid modernization and zero or lower-carbon emitting generation. Duke claims to have already reduced Scope 1 emissions from electricity generation by 44% from 2005 levels.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

California's new decarbonisation plan, Austria's windfall tax, and global methane reduction efforts. The health benefits of these actions alone will pay for the huge investment by the state. It also stressed that to deliver on the targets the coiuntry will need to mobilise billions of dollars of investment in the coming decades.

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Renewable Energy World

OCTOBER 1, 2021

trillion budget reconciliation package, which contains substantial investments in climate change mitigation and clean energy, faces a more uncertain future because of concerns from moderate Democrats in the U.S. Notably, Manchin receives roughly a half-million dollars per year in dividends from coal investments. While a $1.2

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GreenTechMedia

FEBRUARY 17, 2020

electric sector reduced its carbon emissions by 26 percent from 2005 to 2018. Not only are these infrastructure investments costly and time-intensive , but they’re also incongruent with climate change goals because they lock in decades of new emissions. As a result, the U.S. billion per year, even as the overall U.S.

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Front And Centered

AUGUST 29, 2022

This includes a 15% corporate minimum tax, a stock buyback tax, and a methane leakage tax. The law takes a flawed approach of subsidizing energy corporations as its main thrust instead of investing in energy justice for consumers. The Act also empowers the federal government to negotiate drug prices.

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Business Green

JUNE 17, 2022

Canberra submits a new national climate action plan to the UN, President Biden preps fresh measures to tackle methane, and Austria cracks down on fossil fuelled heating. Biden preps fresh moves to tackle methane emissions. Australia submits new NDC promising to cut emissions 43 per cent by 2030.

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38 North Solutions

JULY 30, 2022

Methane and Superfund. -$15 The Rhodium Group released preliminary analysis of the bill finding that the Inflation Reduction Act would cut US net greenhouse gas emissions down to 31% to 44% below 2005 levels in 2030 compared to 24% to 35% under current policy. 100 billion. . . Total Spending. -$485 485 billion. 470 billion.

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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. More countries join global methane and coal power pledges. UN energy summit sees $400bn new backing committed to clean energy.

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Business Green

AUGUST 8, 2022

The US Senate yesterday broke decades of Congressional deadlock to pass sweeping climate legislation, which promises to turbocharge the deployment of clean technologies and low carbon infrastructure across the US and deliver a 40 per cent reduction in the country's greenhouse gas emissions against 2005 levels by 2030.

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Clean Energy Canada

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

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. Firstly, improving disclosures so that investors have a better understanding of the climate risks or opportunities of their investments.

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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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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. Saudi Arabia unveils plans for major solar investment drive.

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Business Green

AUGUST 8, 2022

The landmark legislation's climate provisions could unlock billions of dollars of low carbon investment and millions of green jobs - but it also paves the way for new fossil fuel infrastructure. As President Biden observed, the IRA "makes the largest investment ever in combatting the existential crisis of climate change".

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GreenBiz

MARCH 8, 2021

New Zealand, a nation of about 5 million people, in late January reported progress toward its goal to cut emissions by 30 percent over the next decade compared with 2005 levels — but recognized current measures won’t be enough to meet the Paris Agreement goals. Mellody Hobson, Co-CEO and President, Ariel Investments.

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DeSmogBlog

AUGUST 28, 2021

Honoré led the Defense Department’s Joint Task Force Katrina in 2005. He explained if a climate emergency was declared, the federal government could act on the nationwide issue of methane emissions, including leaks from abandoned oil and gas wells and from deliberate flaring at industrial sites. It’s the rest of the world.”.

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Low Carbon Prosperity

MAY 21, 2023

Quebec’s emissions have declined 10% since 1990 and 12% since 2005. Things happening in Québec: Hydro-Québec posts record $4.56-billion MW ], and the seventh-largest hydroelectric power plant in the world.

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

More recently, the latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report released in August highlights the urgent need to tackle one particular livestock-related gas: methane. About 44 percent of livestock emissions are methane, the FAO has found. Reducing livestock numbers could, however, threaten the profits of HfA members.

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DeSmogBlog

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

But as DeSmog has previously reported , what the industry calls “renewable natural gas” — methane gas captured from landfills and industrial agriculture and repurposed for consumers to use — can’t fairly be considered a solution. Participation in a gas front group risks tarnishing the renewables-friendly image Xcel has cultivated.

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DeSmogBlog

MARCH 28, 2023

This pad appears to be the first of its kind in Pennsylvania to go through a formal permitting process for the practice, which is gaining prominence throughout the Keystone State, home to hundreds of thousands of abandoned wells and rich methane stores. The bill has already been introduced in Oklahoma , Mississippi and Texas.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

Better fuel efficiency has helped curb aviation emissions in recent years; the amount of fuel burned per passenger dropped 24 per cent between 2005 and 2017. But that's not a long-term solution either as LNG produces significant amounts of methane. Aviation demand offsets efficiency gains. What does this mean for investors?

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 16, 2022

While utilities can’t earn a profit on some of the costs of doing business — such as fossil gas purchases and employee payroll — regulatory rules do allow them to earn a return on capital investments, like pipes and meters. asked Doug Tilgner, a manager at NW Natural, in a 2005 internal email. “I’d

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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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Green Business Bureau

JANUARY 28, 2021

Across the globe, working from home and remote locations has grown by 159% since 2005. the consumption of microplastics by marine wildlife) and indirectly (landfill sites provide ideal conditions for methane-producing bacteria). So, let us do our part and invest in a brighter and greener future together. About the Author.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 20, 2021

of warming, while this week's report from the Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) group suggests now 'inevitable' policies could keep temperature increases below 2C. The NDC his administration submitted to the UN promised to slash US emissions by 50 to 52 per cent against 2005 levels by 2030. Climate finance. Sticking points.

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Mr. Sustainability

JANUARY 25, 2021

But in the absence of strong government support or regulation, the oil industry might not have the will to invest enough. Its self-help projects, which include reducing methane leaks and improving energy efficiency, would have amounted to a reduction of 11 million metric tons per year—less than 10% of Exxon’s current direct emissions.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 16, 2022

Revelations about high-level and systemic failures of oversight — both private and public — come at a time when historic federal investments in renewable energy are threatening a constellation of fossil fuel interests and political coalitions vying to preserve profits as the U.S. economy is increasingly rocked by climate chaos.

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

Rees-Mogg was previously referred to the parliamentary standards watchdog for failing to declare in debates that his investment firm, Somerset Capital Management, held shares worth around £3 million in mining firms, £2.4 That is why we need these companies to be ploughing that investment into the North Sea.”.

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 22, 2021

A growing group of environmentalists, politicians, communities, and even the industry’s own workers have become increasingly critical of the fossil fuel industry, and see room for action under the Biden administration, though most attention has been placed on hot-button topics like climate change and methane emissions.

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