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Bristol's buses aims to beat emissions with new bio-methane filling station

Business Green

The new facility is the second bio-methane filling station to be opened by operator First West of England in the space of a year. Bristol will take a significant step towards tackling its transport emissions next weekend when bus operator First West of England opens a new bio-methane gas filling station at its Lawrence Hill depot.

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Why Flexible Gas Generation Must Be Part of Deep Decarbonization

GreenTechMedia

Thanks to generous feed-in tariffs and other incentives, Germany’s wind and solar installations have soared over the past two decades to the point that renewables could cover half of the country’s electricity demand. Power-to-gas involves using excess renewable power to manufacture carbon-neutral synthetic methane.

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The Corona Virus Reduces China's Emissions by 25 Percent

Green Market Oracle

In the period between 2014 and 2016 China canceled many coal plants and installed scrubbers on 80 percent of existing plants to reduce sulfur dioxide, nitrous oxide and other hazardous emissions. This has improved air quality but these scrubbers do not reduce climate change causing greenhouse gas emissions like carbon and methane.

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The Glasgow Climate Pact: What does it mean for Canada’s climate policy?

Clean Energy Canada

Canada can rightly consider itself a leader in this respect, with Ontario closing its last coal power plant in 2014 and other provinces ahead of schedule in meeting a national 2030 phaseout target. Firstly, improving disclosures so that investors have a better understanding of the climate risks or opportunities of their investments.

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Eight ways to seize the net zero opportunity

Business Green

There is a lot of work to be done but it is encouraging to see viable technologies emerging, alongside political commitment and investment. However, some targeted investment will be needed to ensure there are appropriate places where drivers can access sufficient high power charging away from home. Investing in low carbon innovation.

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The Seven Sins of Greenwashing

Green Business Bureau

Yet, rather than meet the demands of environmentalism, many corporations chose to hide dirty operations under a green sheen. 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.

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These changes to our food systems could improve human and planetary health

GreenBiz

As the demand for the resource overwhelms the supply, each additional unit consumed directly harms those who can no longer reap the benefits. One juicy hamburger for you equates to (about) 600 gallons of water consumed, 0.126 pounds of methane released, 13.5 To me, this really shows a demand from consumers for these products.

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