DeSmogBlog

JULY 18, 2021

methane) from animal and land management and land-use change, which make the biggest warming contributions in the agricultural sector.”. These come from deforestation, changes in soil carbon, methane emissions, emissions from fertilisers, manure, farm machinery, and animal feed production. cropland and help the U.S.

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 26, 2020

The average American spends $2,392 per year on food while the average Kenyan spends $543 per year on food (World Economic Forum, 2016). As the demand for the resource overwhelms the supply, each additional unit consumed directly harms those who can no longer reap the benefits. Demand drives supply. It makes a difference.

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Business Green

MAY 4, 2020

The first assumes rapid decarbonisation of all sectors and would see all major sectors, covering agriculture, industry, transport, buildings, avoided deforestation, and power, abate at least 30 per cent of their 2016-level carbon dioxide emissions by the end of the decade. As such, the report highlights how any 1.5C Power decarbonisation.

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

Taylor, a retired general contractor, was driven to form the community group in 2016 after learning that the U.S. The current push to expand the petrochemical industry and increase LNG exports would lock in an increased demand for natural gas at a time of worsening climate change. Credit: Julie Dermansky.

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Green Business Bureau

JANUARY 18, 2023

In 2016, the Anthropocene Working Group confirmed that the Anthropocene is different from the Holocene, and it began in the year 1950 with the Great Acceleration. The main drivers of change are the demand for food, water, and natural resources, causing severe biodiversity loss and leading to changes in ecosystem services.

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Renewable Energy World

JULY 30, 2021

In France, TotalEnergies has invested $8 billion in renewables since 2016, including $2.5 A less direct way to reduce GHG is by cleaning up methane leaks from wells, pipelines, and processing facilities. However, methane emissions are only 10% of all GHG emissions in the US, and less than half are due to methane leaks.

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 8, 2021

Part of the reason behind China’s coal expansion is it’s growing demand for power. While China may be rapidly building out renewable energy for power generation , and has made commitments for emissions reductions in the future, the country’s power demand is outpacing its rate of renewable power expansion. China’s Coal Expansion.

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Fossil Fuel Lock-in The meat and dairy industry’s high methane emissions are increasingly well known. The International Energy Agency (IEA), the global energy watchdog, warns that petrochemicals could drive a third of all growth in oil demand by 2030 and half by 2050. Decarbonisation of energy is shifting overtime.

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Business Green

AUGUST 11, 2022

In a section setting out the government's projections for emissions reductions through to 2040, it argues total output of carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxide emissions are on track to fall by 52, 68, and 70 per cent below 1990 levels, respectively.

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Greentown Labs

JUNE 23, 2021

Bevi designs machines that provide filtered, sparkling, and flavored water on demand, eliminating the need for single-use bottles and cans. Joined Greentown in 2016 + became an alumni member in 2019. Learn about them below, and find more of our alumni here ! Joined Greentown in 2013 + graduated in 2015. Kuva Systems.

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 15, 2021

In October, she invited a university researcher onto the property and discovered that several wells were leaking methane, a greenhouse gas more potent than carbon dioxide. This increases the risk of methane seeping into the air and oil migrating into the surrounding groundwater. A decade ago, the U.S.

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Methane Building Energy Monitoring Home Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring 97

DeSmogBlog

APRIL 15, 2021

In October, she invited a university researcher onto the property and discovered that several wells were leaking methane, a greenhouse gas more potent than carbon dioxide. This increases the risk of methane seeping into the air and oil migrating into the surrounding groundwater. A decade ago, the U.S.

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Green Business Bureau

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

Such businesses better meet the demands of the regulatory environment while coming into alignment with investor, consumer, and employee preferences. The Paris Climate Agreement opened for signature on Earth Day (22nd of April 2016), at the UN headquarters in New York. Carbon accounting is a must for any becoming business today.

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AGreenLiving

OCTOBER 26, 2020

The average American spends $2,392 per year on food while the average Kenyan spends $543 per year on food (World Economic Forum, 2016). As the demand for the resource overwhelms the supply, each additional unit consumed directly harms those who can no longer reap the benefits. Demand drives supply. It makes a difference.

Health 28

Health Organic Sustainability Agriculture 28

DeSmogBlog

JANUARY 8, 2024

This selection of images counters fossil fuel industry narratives that expanding the United States’ capacity to export LNG and increasing the demand for hydrogen fuel and the development of CCS technology benefit the public — and the climate. In 2023, U.S. Louisiana officials welcomed the announcement.

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DeSmogBlog

JULY 18, 2021

In step with rising global demand, meat production has more than quadrupled in the past sixty years. We all have to demand more than just words. Today’s meat industry is dominated by a few multinational giants, including JBS , Tyson Foods , Vion , and Danish Crown , with access to markets across the world. We need action as well.".

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DeSmogBlog

JULY 14, 2022

As climate concerns lead to a slow but steady decline in the demand for oil, the companies’ collaboration represents a shift by the fossil fuel industry. Indeed, the International Energy Agency predicts that by 2030 petrochemicals will account for more than a third of the growth in world oil demand, and for almost 50% of demand by 2050.

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Plastics Energy Monitor Building Energy Monitoring Home Energy Monitoring 97

DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 6, 2021

The situation illustrates the intermittency problem with renewables like wind and solar power and how outages can increase demand for fossil fuel generation,” Energy In Depth , a project of the Independent Petroleum Association of America that is run by FTI Consulting , wrote about Europe’s gas price crisis on September 22.

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Green Business Bureau

DECEMBER 28, 2022

According to the Ellen MacArthur Foundation’s 2016 The New Plastic Economy: Rethinking the future of plastics report, 40 years after the launch of a well-known recycling symbol, only 14% of plastic packaging is collected for recycling. This figure highlights a supply-demand discrepancy in the U.S.

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DeSmogBlog

MARCH 9, 2024

Since 2016, when the first American LNG cargo was exported, the U.S. The oil and gas industry, and many Republicans in Congress, demanded the Biden administration immediately lift the pause, and some even threatened legal action. But unlike the market for oil exports, which has very little regulation, gas exports are different.

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

As global oil prices fluctuated over the following years, carbon capture was paused at the plant during periods when CO2 demand for oil extraction dropped. Although Gorgon’s gas plant produced its first LNG cargo in March 2016, the first CO2 injection didn’t begin until August 2019 — three and a half years behind schedule.

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Latham's Clean Energy Law Report

JANUARY 25, 2024

By Joshua Bledsoe , Kevin Homrighausen , and John Detrich On December 2, 2023, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released a final report that substantially increases estimates of the social cost of greenhouse gases (GHG), including carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxide (collectively, SC-GHG). 2016) (IWG 2016 Report), [link].

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DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 29, 2021

And as DeSmog reported in 2016 , Exxon corporate reports from the late 1970s stated “There is no doubt” that CO2 from the burning of fossil fuels was a growing “problem.”. That, Maloney said, was unacceptable, announcing the committee’s intention to issue subpoenas forcing the oil giants to turn over the documents Congress demanded.

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Clean Energy Trust

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

Back in 2016, my former colleague Dr. Ben Gaddy published research on what went wrong during the cleantech 1.0 Link Wither Methane? The Trump administration announced they were eliminating a regulation that required oil and gas companies to monitor and limit methane leaks. Link Will This Time Be Different?

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Unsustainable

MAY 1, 2019

The year 2016 ranks as the warmest on record. While CO 2 may be the greatest contributor to climate change, other gases such as methane and nitrous oxide are also responsible for creating the greenhouse effect, therefore, solutions must also focus on the reduction of these gases. Chinese citizens?who

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

The oil industry has launched an all-out pressure campaign to kill an attempt by Congressional Democrats to tax methane – an extremely powerful greenhouse gas – for the first time. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, which is considering the methane fee as part of the $3.5 Congress Eyes Methane Fee.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 18, 2020

While this anomaly was a confluence of many specific factors - plummeting oil demand, geopolitical rivalry between oil-producing states, full oil storage facilities - and the price of oil steadily recovered for the next several months, the world realized the oil market is unpredictably volatile.

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Business Green

AUGUST 12, 2020

In 2010 Harris became the first Black woman to be elected as California attorney general, before her election to the Senate in 2016 where she carved out a reputation as an influential member of the Judiciary Committee, probing the many scandals to engulf the Trump administration.

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DeSmogBlog

JULY 29, 2021

The North Sea oil and gas industry became a net drain on taxpayer funds in 2016, with one report estimating that the UK government – and ultimately, taxpayers – has lost more £250 billion in 13 years by giving tax breaks to the industry. Find out more about Perenco in its company profile.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

There is a widely held belief in the Democrat camp that Hillary Clinton, despite winning the popular vote in 2016, failed to motivate important demographics to turn out in crucial swing states, including - very broadly speaking - youth and minority groups. That is, at least, the picture Joe Biden's campaign has sought to paint.

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