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Vail, Colorado explores geothermal heating for snowmelt system

ThinkGeoEnergy

Decarbonizing the snowmelt system The snowmelt system is currently running using natural gas boilers. This has made the snowmelt system the largest producer of greenhouse gas emission in Vail’s operations, annual emitting between 5,500 to 6,500 metric tons of carbon dioxide.

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The top 25 most sustainable fleets

GreenBiz

At the same time, it's already adopting renewable natural gas to power its natural gas trucks in its short-haul fleet. . It's got close to 300 alternative-fueled vehicles, including electric, hybrid and natural gas buses, sweepers and light-duty vehicles. Just a short five years away. Media Source.

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ClimateTrace: Using Satellites and Machine Learning to Pinpoint Global Emissions

GreenTechMedia

” “But in the electricity sector, we're furthest along with coal-fired power plants with once-through cooling systems,” he said. “It's just a prototype — we're not at our desired accuracy in any area yet.” Building a global database of marginal carbon emissions.

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Connecticut losing ground on building emissions despite efficiency programs

Renewable Energy World

Climate activists say the state’s progress on reducing building emissions has been far too slow given the pace of the climate crisis, and that it needs to end incentives for energy-efficient natural gas heating. Between 2014 and 2018, transportation emissions rose by 3%, the report said. rise in emissions from natural gas.

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Google Spinout Dandelion Energy Ramps Up Home Geothermal Installations

GreenTechMedia

It partnered with utility Con Edison to install geothermal heat pumps in Westchester, where demand for natural gas has outstripped supply, leading to a moratorium on new hookups. He joined when Opower had about 30 employees, then served as chief marketing officer as the company went public in 2014 and was acquired by Oracle in 2016.

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Vermont digs in on incentives to boost geothermal heat pumps

Renewable Energy World

Both systems can be used in reverse to cool the home in warm weather. They’re moving, I think, wisely and also aggressively away from natural gas, and that’s helped to create an environment where geothermal makes a lot of sense,” said Michael Sachse, CEO of Dandelion Energy, a ground-source heat pump developer.

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A Front-Row Seat for the Arctic’s Final Summers With Ice

Mr. Sustainability

Crossing the so-called Northern Sea Route in the Arctic waters, in just under three weeks it moored at the Chinese port of Yangkou, unloading its shipment of liquefied natural gas. These changes will prove a huge boon for Russia, which extracts almost 90% of its natural gas and more than 17% of its oil output from the Arctic zone.