DeSmogBlog

APRIL 5, 2023

For instance, the company’s just-published “ Energy Transition Progress report ” references chemicals right alongside “low carbon energy” and “renewable natural gas” as examples of the company’s stated commitment to lowering emissions. Credit: Beyond Plastics One such community is Convent, a majority Black town in St.

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 26, 2021

This month, EQT, the nation’s largest natural gas producer, plans to launch a pilot project that will certify it to start selling not just natural gas, but something it calls “responsibly sourced natural gas.”. stock and bond capital investment according to Morningstar, up from just 1 percent in 2014.

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 11, 2021

In 2014, the electrical engineer and MBA became the first woman to lead a U.S. Natura, which issues a regular environmental profit-and-loss statement , went carbon-neutral in 2007 and became the first public B Corporation in 2014. Mary Barra, Chairman and CEO, General Motors; Detroit. LinkedIn | Company profile. million acres the 4.4

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Grist

MAY 26, 2021

A recent report by the International Energy Agency projected that by 2040, the clean energy sector’s demand for these minerals could be three to seven times greater than it is today. . The United States’ annual rare earth demand stands at around 12,000 to 13,000 metric tons. The coronavirus pandemic saw coal demand fall even further.

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Mr. Sustainability

OCTOBER 2, 2020

Nitrogen dioxide was responsible for around 78,000 deaths in Europe in 2014, according to the European Environment Agency. Although heavy fuel oil is conventionally used in the shipping industry, Sleipnir operates on Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) with Marine Gas Oil (MGO) as pilot fuel and as a back-up.

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 15, 2021

Sewell, a 48-year-old businessman based in Midland, Texas, founded 7S Oil and Gas LLC in 2014. In Texas, property rights are split into two categories: the land on the surface and everything underground, including oil and natural gas. Then William “Gilligan” Sewell came along. A decade ago, the U.S.

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 15, 2021

Sewell, a 48-year-old businessman based in Midland, Texas, founded 7S Oil and Gas LLC in 2014. In Texas, property rights are split into two categories: the land on the surface and everything underground, including oil and natural gas. Then William “Gilligan” Sewell came along. A decade ago, the U.S.

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DeSmogBlog

JULY 18, 2021

“Even the advocates of direct air capture technology acknowledge that they don’t anticipate that it would be at a scale to make any meaningful reduction in atmospheric CO2 levels until 2060, 2070 and beyond,” said Carroll Muffett, president of the environmental law nonprofit Center for International Environmental Law.

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AGreenLiving

JANUARY 11, 2021

In 2014, the electrical engineer and MBA became the first woman to lead a U.S. Natura, which issues a regular environmental profit-and-loss statement , went carbon-neutral in 2007 and became the first public B Corporation in 2014. As electric vehicles drive toward the mainstream, General Motors has come full circle as well.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 22, 2023

By the end of World War II, the county — which includes the city of Houston — had emerged as an international shipping hub and ground zero for America’s oil and gas industry. Last year, 11 Houston billionaires made Forbes’ “400 Richest Americans” list, and all but three had ties to the oil and gas industry.

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DeSmogBlog

MARCH 23, 2022

liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports for Europe. It was 2014 and “American gas” would save Europe from being dependent on Russian gas imports. Europe still imports more than 40 percent of its gas from Russia, and the American fossil fuel industry is still pushing the U.S. Have a tip or idea? Get in touch.

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

For more on the climate implications of CCS, see DeSmog’s accompanying news analysis: How Carbon Capture And Storage Projects Are Driving New Oil and Gas Extraction Globally. Terrell Natural Gas Processing Plant (“Val Verde”) Operator: Occidental Petroleum, 1972-present Location: Southeast of Ft. What CCS Projects Promise.

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Mr. Sustainability

JANUARY 25, 2021

It contains natural gas, helium, and carbon dioxide. Once separated from carbon dioxide, natural gas is used for heating and cooking in homes and sold to power plants to generate electricity. After oil prices plunged below $100 per barrel in 2014, enhanced oil recovery lost its allure. Trump signed it into law.

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R-Squared Energy

DECEMBER 28, 2021

Demand has returned, but supply hasn’t caught up. That’s a recipe for higher oil prices, and subsequently higher gasoline and natural gas prices. Consumers saw that, as gasoline prices rose to their highest levels since 2014. Europe’s natural gas crisis. Europe suffered from a natural gas shortage this year.

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Unsustainable

MAY 1, 2019

coal first and then later oil and natural gas?to Between just 1987 and 2014 it was about the same mass: 743 billion tons. Based on EPA data in 2016, the transportation sector and electricity production in the USA each produced 28% of the country’s greenhouse gas emissions, with industry coming in close behind at 22%.

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DeSmogBlog

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

More recently, with fracking, the United States has become the world’s largest gas producer and a major exporter of liquefied natural gas (LNG). It wants to muscle in on Europe’s huge market, displacing Russian gas. On the demand side, economic revival from the pandemic boosted demand for gas in Asia as well as Europe.

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GreenBiz

MARCH 8, 2021

Over the past year, many professional services organizations that previously had little to say publicly about their climate change strategy — from law firms to management consultants to ad agencies — found themselves under closer scrutiny not just for their own footprint but for supporting some of the biggest climate deniers around.

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GreenBiz

JUNE 22, 2020

To turn her love of nature from a hobby into a career, Adams joined MetLife as a sustainability intern in 2014. Raising awareness about the energy demand associated with forest loss is one of Nabukalu’s goals. Her crowning achievement, so far at least, was building Our Green Impact. Deonna Anderson. LinkedIn | Twitter.

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Grist

FEBRUARY 27, 2021

In January 2014, power plants owned by Texas’ largest electricity producer buckled under frigid temperatures. In May 2014, the PUC sought changes that would require energy companies to identify and address all potential failure points, including any effects of “weather design limits.”. Luminant argued against the proposal.

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