DeSmogBlog

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Several California municipalities are merging their climate deception litigation with the state’s climate case, to jointly pursue a super-sized lawsuit against the fossil fuel industry, according to recent court filings. municipalities suing the fossil fuel industry. In late November, the U.S. Credit: Cpl.

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Business Green

APRIL 15, 2021

Corporate clean energy initiative now boasts 300 members after Heineken, Epson, Novartis and LG Energy Solution pledged to switch their operations to renewables. In a blog post, RE100 said its growth had been driven by the falling costs of renewable energy generation and soaring corporate awareness of the impacts of climate change.

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Smart Energy International

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

The rapid growth of renewables is key to unlocking a secure and affordable energy transition, but while we have seen investment in renewables nearly double since 2014, for grid modernisation it has barely changed , writes Matthew Boulton, Director of Solar, Storage and Private Wire at EDF Renewables UK. Have you read?

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Planet Pulse

JULY 13, 2021

Meaningful progress on climate change in this decade will require significant changes to almost every sector of the global economy, including energy, transport, industry, agriculture, cities, finance, and land use. It has sensitive ecological and climatic systems and we have to monitor those systems.” . “We

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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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Renewable Energy World

APRIL 22, 2021

When you’ve followed the evolving research of a leading clean energy expert and become a supporter of his vision for a global clean energy transition, it should come as no surprise that I was eager to crack open Mark Jacobson’s 2021 book release, 100% Clean, Renewable Energy and Storage for Everything. Jacobson’s Early Story.

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GreenBiz

DECEMBER 16, 2020

Richmond, a diverse, industrial city where housing prices and incomes have lagged behind its Bay Area neighbors, has poor air quality and some of the highest rates of respiratory and cardiovascular disease in California. Climate change is usually seen as a global problem. I forget that this isn’t normal," he says. As the U.S.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

Climate change is the defining challenge of this generation. We know we have to change the way we live to curb harmful emissions and reach net zero by 2050. This decade alone, the industry must: Increase low carbon electricity generation by approximately 50 per cent from sources such as wind or solar power.

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Greentown Labs

AUGUST 20, 2021

Throughout the years, DEMO Day grew into an event that featured lab tours, dynamic speaking programs featuring industry leaders and elected officials, popcorn pitches from our members, and, most crucially, opportunities for the entire climatetech and cleantech ecosystem to connect with our startups. in Somerville, MA!

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 20, 2021

The research report, “ Smaller businesses and the transition to net zero “, highlights the potential collective influence of UK smaller businesses and the considerable contribution they could make to wider net zero objectives if they all made changes to reduce their carbon footprint.

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 25, 2022

The discovery enhances the accuracy of climate change studies based on mathematical models and simulations. The data was collected by instruments on board a special aircraft that flew over the Manaus pollution plume for about 100 kilometers (km) in 2014 and 2015 during the Green Ocean Amazon (GOAmazon) scientific project.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

With the government already under fire for its handling of the cladding scandal, MPs on the Public Accounts Committee have today warned Ministers must enhance the UK's approach to flood protection and risk management in preparation for escalating climate impacts.

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Green Market Oracle

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

As emissions keep rising and global carbon budgets decline, it is becoming increasingly apparent that if we are to stave off the worst of climate change we must deploy and scale these desperate remedies as quickly as possible. An IPCC report (2018) indicates that all remaining gas and coal fired power plants need CCS technology.

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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. It’s an apt welcome to a place where the realities of everyday life seem to be in stark contrast to the green illusion marketed by the fossil fuel and petrochemical industries.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

Governments are very keen to promote the role of technology when it comes to the fight against climate change. While technology may provide part of the solution to climate change, right now it's part of the problem. The amount of energy consumed by data centres is likely to grow significantly over the next decade.

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 11, 2023

The WSPA’s description of its dinner says that “nothing is off the table” — adding that “we want to hear from you and answer any questions you may have about the oil and gas industry’s role in the energy transition.” To get there, industries need to lead the way with innovative technologies and solutions.”

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Greentown Labs

OCTOBER 22, 2020

The C2V Initiative is supported by the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority ( NYSERDA ) and the Consulate General of Canada in New York. The CLC’s corporate leaders will represent diverse industries that have made formal commitments to reducing carbon emissions in their core businesses and beyond.

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Mr. Sustainability

OCTOBER 25, 2020

Sailing through ice faster than ever before On a sparkling day in May, the nearly 300-meter-long tanker Christophe de Margerie set sail from the northern Russian port of Sabetta. It’s yet another sign of how climate change is shrinking the Arctic. This article is taken from Bloomberg. For the original, click here.

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 11, 2021

The big stories of 2020 were not just about a pandemic, a reckoning on racial justice, an economic calamity and the ever-imminent rise of climate change impacts. Most support science-based targets and sit on multiple boards, collaborations and advocacy groups to further industry-level sustainability goals. Elsa Wenzel.

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Green Business Bureau

DECEMBER 16, 2021

For instance, four waves of surveys, from 2014 to 2019 by Glocalities , compiled the answers from 189,996 respondents. In 2014, 71% of respondents were worried about the damage humans had caused to our planet. The report focuses on bisphenol A (BPA), which is an industrial chemical found in baby bottles and polycarbonate plastics.

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Energy Innovation

APRIL 2, 2019

Energy Innovation partners with the independent nonprofit Aspen Global Change Institute (AGCI) to provide climate and energy research updates. One notable example of rapid sea level change, Meltwater Pulse 1A, occurred about 14,000 years ago. mm per year. During this time agriculture and civilization flourished.

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Elemental Excelerator

MARCH 19, 2019

In order to drastically cut greenhouse gas emissions and protect our planet, we will need to creatively redesign and reinvent our underlying energy, agriculture, water, mobility, and economic systems. And as the first state to set a 100% renewable energy goal, our work here can serve as the beacon for other states and countries to follow.

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GreenTechMedia

DECEMBER 7, 2020

Six months after inking California’s largest single energy storage procurement, utility Southern California Edison has added another three massive utility-scale battery projects to its portfolio—plus a behind-the-meter battery project with Sunrun. gigawatt-hours of energy storage capacity, for August 2021 delivery.

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Green Business Bureau

DECEMBER 16, 2021

For instance, four waves of surveys, from 2014 to 2019 by Glocalities , compiled the answers from 189,996 respondents. In 2014, 71% of respondents were worried about the damage humans had caused to our planet. The report focuses on bisphenol A (BPA), which is an industrial chemical found in baby bottles and polycarbonate plastics.

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Green Market Oracle

OCTOBER 20, 2019

New Frontiers in Renewable Energy and Resources will take place on November 25-26, 2019 in Rome, Italy. The theme is "Renewable Energy for a Better Future" and the it will include: Keynote talks, Plenary sessions, Discussion Panels, B2B Meetings, Poster symposia, Video Presentations, and Workshops.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

A similar proportion also said they believed all food products sold in the UK should be sustainable and not cause any nature loss, while two-thirds said eating sustainable food was key to tackling climate change and reversing the destruction of nature.

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AGreenLiving

DECEMBER 16, 2020

Richmond, a diverse, industrial city where housing prices and incomes have lagged behind its Bay Area neighbors, has poor air quality and some of the highest rates of respiratory and cardiovascular disease in California. The air Climate change is usually seen as a global problem. As the U.S.

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Varuna

MAY 11, 2020

We had avian flu in 2005 and Ebola in 2014 and scientists, again including Carroll, warned that we did not develop plans to address any future outbreaks of those viruses. So what does this look like for the industry I most worry about for the next possible shock, water? We were forewarned but didn’t prepare.

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Business Green

JULY 10, 2022

Technology giant gives BusinessGreen a glimpse into how its purpose-built smart cities are solving multiple societal problems at once, from climate change to social isolation. In a northern suburb of Osaka, a brand new community development is aiming to be the first in Japan to derive all its electricity from renewable sources.

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Energy Innovation

AUGUST 6, 2021

Energy Innovation partners with the independent nonprofit Aspen Global Change Institute (AGCI) to provide climate and energy research updates. The three-part assessment will be the most vital and comprehensive reference yet for informing international negotiations to curb catastrophic human-caused climate change.

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 26, 2021

EQT’s move comes on the heels of a similar announcement from Chesapeake Energy, one of the pioneers of fracking which recently emerged from bankruptcy. Industry advisors are increasingly offering up new ideas about how oil and gas companies can use the language of ESG to market their fossil fuel as different from the competition’s.

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Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 9, 2022

Over the last decade, we have seen a move away from the traditional design-bid-build process and alternative delivery methods such as progressive design-build, construction management at risk (CMAR), and others became more popular in supporting the delivery of large, complex, capital projects.

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DeSmogBlog

AUGUST 13, 2021

Gulf Coast typically receives much of the attention for the LNG rush , the Pacific Coast of Canada is home to multiple proposed LNG export projects, as energy companies scramble to export fracked gas from northeast British Columbia. By investing in LNG now, we are going to be locking in climate pollution for 25 to 40 years.”.

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Women in Cleantech and Sustainability

JANUARY 11, 2015

solar industry. The state leads the country by housing about half of the nation’s total installed solar capacity, according to the latest data from the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA). Concern that the Golden State’s solar industry could weaken is heavily rooted in the murky future of solar policy.

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AGreenLiving

JANUARY 11, 2021

20 C-suite sustainability champions for 2021 Elsa Wenzel Mon, 01/11/2021 – 02:15 The big stories of 2020 were not just about a pandemic, a reckoning on racial justice, an economic calamity and the ever-imminent rise of climate change impacts. In 2014, the electrical engineer and MBA became the first woman to lead a U.S.

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 15, 2021

When Laura Briggs and her husband finally found their dream home in West Texas, they knew they’d be sharing space with the oil industry. Sewell, a 48-year-old businessman based in Midland, Texas, founded 7S Oil and Gas LLC in 2014. At its deepest point, the spill could have submerged a two-story building.

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 15, 2021

When Laura Briggs and her husband finally found their dream home in West Texas, they knew they’d be sharing space with the oil industry. Sewell, a 48-year-old businessman based in Midland, Texas, founded 7S Oil and Gas LLC in 2014. At its deepest point, the spill could have submerged a two-story building.

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