Energy Innovation

MARCH 9, 2022

This week, Energy Innovation launched the Oregon Energy Policy Simulator (EPS) , our newest state-specific, open-source, peer-reviewed, and nonpartisan model that estimates the environmental, economic, and public health impacts of hundreds of climate and energy policies. By Shelley Wenzel.

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Sunrun

AUGUST 23, 2019

Solar Controls Energy Costs 1. When you choose to install a home solar system and a battery, you can better control your average electricity costs over a year. When you choose to install a home solar system and a battery, you can better control your average electricity costs over a year. Solar energy means healthier air.

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GreenBiz

JULY 2, 2021

Lessons from inside the heat dome about the future of the electric grid. Heatwaves are a double whammy for the electrical grid. The combination of the hot weather and the increased energy running along wires go beyond what they were built to endure. Even without extreme weather events, the power grid needs love.

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Business Green

AUGUST 23, 2022

Government insists energy use remains a 'decision for individuals', as accused Liz Truss of having 'sewage on her hands' over water quality spending cuts. The government has again rejected calls for it to launch a campaign to encourage households and businesses to save energy, insisting that energy use remains a "decision for individuals".

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GreenTechMedia

NOVEMBER 20, 2019

One of the nation’s largest coal plants permanently powered down this week after the owners determined it would be uneconomical to continue operating the facility as natural gas and renewable energy prices continue to drop. Other partial owners include Arizona Public Service, NV Energy and Tucson Electric Power.

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Business Green

MARCH 31, 2023

That is the headline conclusion of Labour's new analysis of Environment Agency (EA) data which shows that the country's rivers, lakes, seas, and beaches have faced "staggering" levels of sewage pollution over the past seven years. At the end of last year, the Party revealed sewage discharged more than doubled from 14.7

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Planet Pulse

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

We have globally seen a record breaking fire season in 2023, and from Canada to California, Planet data has been leveraged to monitor and prepare for these fires, helping protect civilians and conserve natural resources. Over the years, our data has also provided critical insights for managing and mitigating bushfires in Australia.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

New planning guidance announced by the Mayor of London will mean future developments have to include measures to mitigate impacts on air quality Developers in London will have to assess the impact new building projects could have on local pollution levels before proceeding with construction, under plans unveiled by Mayor Sadiq Khan yesterday.

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DeSmogBlog

AUGUST 3, 2023

The Transition Deal echoed the fossil fuel lobby by emphasising the importance of hydrogen power and carbon capture utilisation and storage (CCUS) to the green transition. The International Energy Agency has stated that new oil and gas exploration is incompatible with net zero.

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Green Market Oracle

DECEMBER 10, 2020

GHGs are caused directly and indirectly by human activity especially energy (73%). Fossil fuel use is a major contributor of GHGs and coal powered power plants in particular are incompatible with emissions reductions. A 2019 study by the International Energy Agency (IEA) showed that global energy demand grew 2.3

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

Mountaintop removal coal mining — one of the most notoriously destructive forms of mining — has torn through over 500 mountains across Appalachia, even as coal’s dominance over American energy supplies has faded in recent years. Coal’s Powerful Friends. Mountaintop removal is a form of strip mining. Potentially Lethal Levels’.

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 5, 2023

If you take Shell’s word for it, the oil giant’s growing petrochemical operations are indicative of its “commitment” to a cleaner energy future. Credit: Anne Rolfes In 2021, Shell launched its “Powering Progress” strategy outlining how it plans to “transform into a net-zero emissions energy business.”

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Business Green

APRIL 7, 2021

The report estimates SUVs produce roughly 25 per cent more CO2 than than the average medium-size car, and there are concerns the ever-expanding fleet of SUVs is canceling out decarbonisation gains achieved from shifting to electric vehicles (EVs).

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DeSmogBlog

JULY 20, 2023

An energy trade association that represents and promotes gas boilers and manufacturers is behind a barrage of negative press attacking heat pumps, DeSmog has learned. Much of the media coverage about heat pumps features Mike Foster, a former Labour MP and the chief executive of the Energy and Utilities Association trade body.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

It comes amidst a growing public campaign in protest at the practice of wastewater plants releasing sewage into waterways in the wake of heavy rains, which saw the government accused of failing to adequately tackle dangerous levels of pollution. If we find there has been, we will use all of our powers to hold companies to account.".

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Green Market Oracle

DECEMBER 10, 2020

GHGs are caused directly and indirectly by human activity especially energy (73%). Fossil fuel use is a major contributor of GHGs and coal powered power plants especially harmful. A 2019 study by the International Energy Agency (IEA) showed that fossil fuels accounted for almost 70 percent of global energy demand.

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AGreenLiving

MARCH 23, 2021

In March 2020, for example, China’s State Council announced four national requirements for VOC content in adhesives, coatings, inks and cleaning agents widely used in the electronics and electrical industry; the stringency and implementation of these mandates may have a significant impact on production and business risk moving forward.

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AGreenLiving

MARCH 23, 2021

In March 2020, for example, China’s State Council announced four national requirements for VOC content in adhesives, coatings, inks and cleaning agents widely used in the electronics and electrical industry; the stringency and implementation of these mandates may have a significant impact on production and business risk moving forward.

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Green Market Oracle

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

The data collected by the IGBP has been compiled in a table (see left) that helps us to seen to monitor year over year changes in GHG emissions. In 2010 atmospheric CO2 rose to 389.6 While the Coronavirus lockdowns have reduced pollution, we continue to see perilously high levels of emissions.

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Business Green

APRIL 18, 2022

The second-largest (and growing) source of climate pollution in Europe. A principal cause of stress-inducing noise pollution and life-shortening air pollution in European cities. Despite the (slow) migration to electric-powered cars, consumer trends are making driving even more wasteful and unequal.

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Grist

APRIL 13, 2022

Now, it serves a dual purpose, carrying scientists and volunteers on weekends and in off-hours to monitor the coral they’re working to save. A second followed in 2010. The ideal location for a farm is one without a lot of sediment or powerful waves. And like all coral species around the world, they are under threat.

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Green Business Bureau

DECEMBER 16, 2021

BP’s 2010 Deepwater Horizon Disaster illustrates this point. McDonald’s addressed the environmental issue of plastic pollution by replacing their straws with paper alternatives. Energy Star. Creating any product and delivering any service uses natural resources and energy, but some industries are more harmful than others.

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AGreenLiving

DECEMBER 1, 2020

As the nonprofit puts it, “We have made reducing carbon pollution as simple as tapping a button. They also monitor the quality of popular freshwater recreation areas such as the Malibu Creek, LA River and San Gabriel River watersheds. The organization can use your spare dollars to continue the fight against huge polluting industries.

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Green Business Bureau

DECEMBER 16, 2021

BP’s 2010 Deepwater Horizon Disaster illustrates this point. McDonald’s addressed the environmental issue of plastic pollution by replacing their straws with paper alternatives. Energy Star. Creating any product and delivering any service uses natural resources and energy, but some industries are more harmful than others.

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Grist

AUGUST 5, 2022

By midnight, he settles into the telescope’s top floor control center, alone in a pool of light from two huge computer monitors. The sudden spike in oil and gas drilling came with a nearly 60 percent increase in light pollution at the observatory, threatening the work McDonald has been conducting for nearly a century.

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Green Business Bureau

APRIL 11, 2023

The minimum wage is not enough to meet the basic needs of employees – to cover housing, energy, food, and childcare costs. Monitor and evaluate the plan. Monitor and evaluate the policy to ensure it’s meeting the needs of your employees and your business. Monitor participation rates, and assess employee feedback.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Scientists have warned global greenhouse gas emissions must fall by 43 per cent by 2030 from 2010 levels to track a pathway towards net zero, in line with limiting global average temperature rise to 1.5C Company climate pledges for 2030 also fell "well short" of economy-wide emission reductions required to stay below the 1.5C

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Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 1, 2021

Due to Haiti’s Caribbean location, the island is susceptible to tropical storms, not to mention the devastating 2010 earthquake. Ocean gyres also lead to more plastic washing up on Haiti’s beach, which all adds up to increased plastic pollution on land and in the surrounding Caribbean Sea. Instead they depend on bottled alternatives.

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Business Green

AUGUST 3, 2020

The same trend has documented across much of Europe, as soaring sales for electric vehicles and low emission models are more than offset by increased demand for heavier and more polluting SUVs, which made up four in 10 of the UK's new car sales last year. However, this trend has come at considerable environmental costs.

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

The project’s supporters assert diverting the river to its historic path and unleashing the power of nature will result in the creation of 21 square miles of new submerged land in the basin’s wetlands over the next 50 years. Federal and state trustees approved $2.26

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Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 9, 2022

Information technology began to play a more central role in service delivery throughout the 2010s. While advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) technology had been fully deployed in the power and gas industries, water was just beginning to look into its adoption. We are currently seeing a similar surge in federal investment.

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DeSmogBlog

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

billion “Clean Energy Complex” to manufacture blue hydrogen and an accompanying carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) project, that would be operational by 2026. More broadly, backers of hydrogen energy and CCS tend to see environmental advocates as obstacles to these technologies. Lake Maurepas at sunrise.

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Business Green

JUNE 8, 2020

Suddenly you realise that power, beauty and money are worthless, and won't get you the oxygen you're fighting for. A sika deer crossing the road in Japan… Himalayas seen for the first time in 30 years from 200 kilometers away in the northern Indian state of Punjab due to a sharp drop in air pollution.

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Business Green

AUGUST 24, 2021

It must have been a strange spectacle to see a 93-old man in chinos instead of a glitter-covered pop diva, but the crowd's reaction only underscored the deep and long-standing connection between culture and environment, and the power of creative industries to inform the public and inspire social change.

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Green Business Bureau

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

Each business has the power to create solutions and drive sustainable change. Plus 91% of banks monitor the ESG performance of investments. Take the 2010 BP Deepwater Horizon Disaster for example. . “ We are the first generation to feel the impact of climate change and the last generation that can do something about it.”

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 22, 2023

Public Health Watch also analyzed more recent TCEQ pollution data and found that Channelview’s benzene problem has only worsened over the years. A Public Health Watch analysis of TCEQ pollution data shows that between 2019 and 2021, annual readings soared as high as 2.1 ppb, exceeding even today’s weakened TCEQ guidelines by 50%.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 27, 2022

The presence of hundreds of oil and gas lobbyists at the COP27 Climate Summit last month had many observers worried about how polluting business interests were lobbying to weaken the eventual agreement. I think biodiversity is now picking up a lot more on work that was done between 2000 and 2010," he said. Green in-roads.

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