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Tackling Scope 3 emissions: the key to keeping 1.5°C alive

Envirotec Magazine

We’re now almost halfway between 2015 (when the Paris Agreement was signed) and 2030 – a key milestone for making sure we’re on track to meet these vital net-zero targets. Enabling solutions: Shrinking your digital carbon footprint. degrees Celsius.

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What Alberta Premier Danielle Smith Gets Wrong About Heat Pumps

DeSmogBlog

A major cold snap led to record electricity usage in the Canadian province of Alberta over the weekend, culminating in demands from provincial utilities to limit consumption. The extreme cold and record-setting electrical consumption has reignited local debates about whether heat pumps are a viable option in the province.

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Mapped: The Network of Powerful Agribusiness Groups Lobbying to Water Down the EU’s Sustainable Farming Targets

DeSmogBlog

BASF’s wine tasting is just one example of many such pandemic-style lobbying efforts by the European agriculture industry since the EU has attempted to pass sweeping new policies to combat climate change through measures included in its “Green Deal,” first presented in December 2019. Meet the Industry Trade Groups.

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How behavioural science can boost the green transition

Smart Energy International

Taking the ‘human factor’ into consideration when designing and implementing energy policy is crucial to achieving energy transition goals, writes Dr Rosa Garcia-Verdugo. Have you read: PG&E implements behavioural Energy Efficiency Programme National Grid – Scaling demand response with behavioural outreach.

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NorthVolt’s Battle Plan to Win the Upcoming Battery-Wars

Mr. Sustainability

An introduction to the battery company NorthVolt and its strategy Summary - NortVolt, led by Tesla-Veteran Peter Carlsson, is building the very first European battery gigafactory. The European car industry is too dependent on Asian and American manufacturers. That makes the European car industry, with 2.7

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Do Climate Commitment Act allowance prices get passed through to the pump?

Low Carbon Prosperity

Clean & Prosperous Institute (CaPI) believes it’s important to establish a baseline expectation as we continue to monitor the evolution of allowance prices and compliance costs. And it is well documented that the oil industry has been collecting record profits. Why is this? cent increase in prices.

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Do Climate Commitment Act allowance prices get passed through to the pump?

Low Carbon Prosperity

Clean and Prosperous Institute (CaPI) believes it’s important to establish a baseline expectation as we continue to monitor the evolution of allowance prices and compliance costs. And it is well documented that the oil industry has been collecting record profits. Why is this? cent increase in prices.