R-Squared Energy

JUNE 7, 2020

This transition is being aided by policies aimed at curbing greenhouse gas emissions, as well as rapidly declining costs for renewables like wind and solar power. NATURAL GAS DRIVES CARBON EMISSIONS LOWER. NATURAL GAS DRIVES CARBON EMISSIONS LOWER. The shale gas boom in the U.S. Indeed, there are.

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GreenTechMedia

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

Debbie Larsson, a spokesperson for NextEra Energy, said in a Tuesday interview with Greentech Media that the company does not comment on market rumors as a matter of policy. Michigan utility DTE Energy, another utility pursuing decarbonization by midcentury, is seeking to divest from its DTE Midstream competitive natural-gas business.

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Renewable Energy World

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

The ninth edition of the Sustainable Energy in America Factbook tells the story of American energy efficiency, natural gas and renewable energy in a volatile year. Figure 2 shows that natural gas and renewable generation continued to expand their share of the resource mix. Natural gas remained the largest source of U.S.

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Smart Energy International

MARCH 4, 2022

This growth was fueled by strong consumer demand, unprecedented injection of new capital into companies, technologies, and projects, and a wave of supportive new policies. “As Renewables, nuclear and energy efficiency in IEA plan to break EU reliance on Russian gas Angeles Link – a proposed hydrogen hub for California’s LA Basin.

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GreenTechMedia

FEBRUARY 17, 2020

electric sector reduced its carbon emissions by 26 percent from 2005 to 2018. In order to bend that curve and cut direct building emissions, states and cities will have to pursue policies that end the expansion of new gas infrastructure and accelerate the transition to electric heating and cooking. As a result, the U.S.

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Clean Energy Canada

AUGUST 8, 2023

This media brief summarizes some of the most relevant studies on what a clean power grid means for provinces, electricity costs, jobs, and public opinion, while providing a run down of similar policies in place elsewhere in the world. Already, provinces with the cleanest grids typically pay the least for electricity.

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Renewable Energy World

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

MISO is in the middle of the Market Systems Enhancement (MSE) project, taking a modular approach to market systems that have not been automated since the 2005 market start date. MISO’s proposed approach chooses combined-cycle natural gas unit modeling over distributed energy resources such as solar and storage.

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R-Squared Energy

APRIL 10, 2021

president’s policies generally have limited impact on the energy markets in the short term. However, over the longer term a president’s policies can make a big impact. Within two weeks of taking office, Bush named Cheney as the chairman of the National Energy Policy Development Group (NEPDG). I often remind people that a U.S.

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DeSmogBlog

MARCH 28, 2023

The lonely well pad houses four natural gas wells that records show were initially drilled in 2011 but sat inactive for years after that. The Internal Revenue Service defines a marginal, or low-producing, natural gas well to be one that generates less than 90,000 cubic feet per day.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 6, 2022

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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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

They not only help shape the government’s economic policies, they also construct narratives to legitimise the environmental destruction occurring in Brazil’s main biomes – mainly in the Amazon,” Carlos Milani, a professor of international relations at Rio de Janeiro State University, told DeSmog. Climate Denial.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 16, 2022

There, he met with OPUC staff in person and exchanged emails with Lori Koho, then OPUC’s senior official overseeing natural gas utilities. He hoped that his list of complaints would show “how the unethical culture [at NW Natural] goes all the way to the top,” as one of his emails to Koho explains.

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Clean Energy Canada

AUGUST 23, 2019

We’ve talked about a couple of different hugely important climate policies that don’t receive enough news coverage. Those policies we just mentioned? It also more or less marked the end of Ontario’s smog days (of which there were 53 in 2005). Making renewables preferable to natural gas. What does this boil down to?

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Low Carbon Prosperity

OCTOBER 3, 2019

1] At the very least, it is believed that “the revenue generated from the emissions allowance sales likely had some impact on emission levels in the region” ( Congressional Research Office ) even if the economic downturn and market-led coal to natural gas shifts might have had a bigger impact on power sector emissions.

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Business Green

MAY 16, 2022

At the start of the century, UK energy policy makers seemed to understand this symbiosis. Between 2005 and 2015, final consumption of all types of fuel had dropped by 16.2 Between 2005 and 2015, final consumption of all types of fuel had dropped by 16.2 The biggest sectoral drop was in natural gas, down 32.8

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 8, 2023

“With greater scrutiny over emissions from meat and dairy companies, it is not surprising they are stepping up their game to head off any COP outcome that might hinder their operations,” Ben Lilliston, from the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy told DeSmog. Meat isn’t the only industry under the spotlight.

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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. FTI remains a major, major contractor to the fossil fuel industry.

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Grist

JANUARY 10, 2022

Faced with falling natural gas prices and the growth in wind and solar energy, coal plants from Illinois to New Mexico closed their doors. In 2005, coal plants generated 2 trillion kilowatt-hours of American power; by 2020, that number had been cut by more than half. greenhouse gas emissions edged down.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 16, 2022

Our interstate storage business, which has newly added capacity, remains a growth opportunity we expect to add significantly to our bottom line in the future,” wrote former NW Natural CEO Mark Dodson in a 2005 annual letter to shareholders. asked Doug Tilgner, a manager at NW Natural, in a 2005 internal email. “I’d

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Renewable Energy World

APRIL 20, 2021

We analyzed the “business as usual” projection in the 2005 Annual Energy Outlook published by the Energy Information Administration , the U.S. It projected that annual carbon dioxide emissions from the electric power sector would rise from 2,400 million to 3,000 million metric tons from 2005 to 2020. About the Authors.

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Renewable Energy World

APRIL 22, 2021

In 2005, Jacobson worked with Stanford students to begin mapping regions of the U.S. Congress; and policy pros serving President Obama. The dual papers now made it easier for policy makers to push the 100% WWS model forward. Photo Courtesy Mark Jacobson). Collaboration with Students. for wind power production.

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

Oil and Gas Supply Rises under the Inflation Reduction Act, Exacerbating Environmental Injustice,” details how, despite the IRA’s significant spending on renewable energy, electric vehicles, and batteries, the policy will not be enough for the U.S. emissions and fossil fuel supply and demand trends under existing policies.

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DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 29, 2021

And on October 28, Congress questioned the CEOs of ExxonMobil, Chevron, BP America, Shell, and the American Petroleum Institute on their history of blocking climate policy. Business as usual would lead to: 2005: 1°C rise in temperatures that would be barely noticeable. C rise in temperatures with major economic consequences.

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GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

"They’re really trying to appease a nascent but quite powerful movement of [environmental, social and governance focused] shareholders and institutional investors," said David Pomerantz, executive director of utility watchdog group Energy and Policy Institute, which tracks carbon targets. Once it started taking off.it It generated 73.6

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GreenTechMedia

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

Amid a historic economic contraction, renewable resources grew to account for a fifth of electricity produced in 2020, according to newly released data from Bloomberg New Energy Finance and the Business Council for Sustainable Energy, a coalition of clean energy, utility and natural gas companies.

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Green Business Bureau

APRIL 11, 2023

THE INFLATION REDUCTION ACT REDUCES ENERGY WASTE THROUGH THE METHANE EMISSIONS REDUCTION ACTION PLAN The Methane Emissions Reduction Action Plan will aim to reduce leaks from natural gas production and distribution, streamlining operations and energy use while also reducing harmful emissions of potent greenhouse gas.

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R-Squared Energy

MARCH 4, 2022

No need for Germany to rely on Russian gas. But reality is different, and when reality collides with idealistic policies, ordinary people suffer. The reason canceling Keystone XL was such a bad policy decision is that the pipeline would have been there if needed — paid for by a private company. Natural Gas.

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DeSmogBlog

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

A group of natural gas companies and utilities in Colorado formed a front group to oppose the state’s push towards electrifying homes and businesses, spreading misinformation about the cost of electric heating while also promoting false solutions to lock in the ongoing use of natural gas. Citing the U.S.

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DeSmogBlog

AUGUST 19, 2021

Canada’s ‘One Eye Shut’ Climate Policy. Earlier this year, Canada announced a target to cut its greenhouse gas emissions by 40-45 percent below 2005 levels by 2030, while also committing to net-zero emissions by mid-century. “Our homes and communities are burning to the ground. There is no time to waste,” Phillip said. .

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R-Squared Energy

JANUARY 26, 2021

Yes, larger even than any policies our new President will enact. The average natural gas price will be at least 25% higher than it was in 2020. Last year I predicted that natural gas prices would average the lowest level in more than 20 years. The average Henry Hub natural gas spot price for 2020 was $2.03/MMBtu,

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

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. In addition, given the focus on sustainability, government policy is increasingly being designed to encourage passengers and freight onto rail rather than roads.

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Business Green

MAY 4, 2021

That is according to the influential Climate Action Tracker (CAT), which today released its latest assessment of global climate policy progress, highlighting how the number of countries adopting or considering setting net zero targets has risen to 131 nations, covering 73 per cent of global greenhouse gas emissions.

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DeSmogBlog

JULY 7, 2021

The access to information request that we filed resulted in thousands of pages either redacted or withheld,” Vanessa Corkal, policy advisor at the IISD, and lead author of the report , said in a statement. The 416-mile pipeline will carry natural gas from northeastern British Columbia to Kitimat, B.C., In fact, the U.N.

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Energy and Cleantech Council

FEBRUARY 28, 2020

Director of Electricity and Natural Gas. Changes to proposals will not be accepted after the submission of bids except to the extent requested by the Commission. Contact Information . The RFP Contact Person is: Faith Huntington. Maine Public Utilities Commission. Faith.Huntington@maine.gov. 207-287-1373.

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Grist

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Snatches of information about the chemicals companies used for fracking in the Bakken shale formation, which runs beneath part of the reservation and contains billions of barrels of oil and natural gas. The threat of oil extraction still looms today. Grist / Zoya Teirstein. A prion can exist, in theory, forever.

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GreenTechMedia

JANUARY 6, 2020

pledged to reduce emissions 26 to 28 percent below 2005 levels by 2025. But average national reductions since 2005 haven’t exceeded 1 percent, according to researchers. “The industrial, agriculture, and waste sectors remain largely untouched, either by policy or technology innovation,” according to Rhodium.

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Renewable Energy World

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

"As coal is phased out from our generation profile, it will be replaced with zero-carbon resources and prudent investments in cleaner natural gas," Good said, according to a transcript summary of the call. Duke claims to have already reduced Scope 1 emissions from electricity generation by 44% from 2005 levels.

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