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Vast amounts of valuable energy, nutrients, water lost in world’s fast-rising wastewater streams, says study

Envirotec Magazine

Enough energy to power all households in the USA and Mexico; Enough nutrients to meet ~13% of world fertilizer needs; Enough water to fill Lake Victoria in seven years, Lake Ontario in four. ” Among many findings: The energy value in 380 billion m3 of wastewater is estimated to be 53.2

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Spike in German Finance For Gas Export Projects Harms U.S. Gulf Coast Communities, Report Finds

DeSmogBlog

DZ Bank said via a spokesperson that it did not finance oil and gas production “by means of fracking or from oil shale and oil sands”, and added that it was an “important financing partner for the energy transition in Germany and a contributor to net zero emissions.” German power companies RWE and Uniper have also struck U.S.

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LNG Projects Make Claims of ‘Net-Zero’ to Ease Way for Expansion

DeSmogBlog

Gulf Coast typically receives much of the attention for the LNG rush , the Pacific Coast of Canada is home to multiple proposed LNG export projects, as energy companies scramble to export fracked gas from northeast British Columbia. Thames is a former executive at Cheniere Energy, a prominent U.S. Credit: Rich Duncan.

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? Green linings & lessons from breakthroughs #159

Climate Tech VC

Climate tech companies that attracted substantial funding for their innovations in 2021 and 2022 are now reaching important proof points on the journey to commercial scale. ⚡ Fervo Energy shared successful results from a 30-day flow test of its enhanced geothermal system at its pilot site in Nevada.

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Where Does All The Radioactive Fracking Waste Go?

DeSmogBlog

On May 8, 2017, a drum of radioactive oilfield waste from Australia arrived at a remote West Texas disposal site operated by local oil and gas environmental services company, Lotus LLC. Adjacent is the Prospero 2 project, whose power has been purchased by a medical services company. Credit: Justin Hamel ©2021.

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Fossil Fuel Companies Made Bold Promises to Capture Carbon. Here’s What Actually Happened.

DeSmogBlog

The data is drawn from various sources, including the Global CCS Institute; the International Energy Agency; the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis; the Geoengineering Monitor , and DeSmog research. Storing this waste product underground continues to save Equinor hundreds of millions in annual taxes.

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SDG17, coronavirus, and the battle for a collaborative future

Business Green

SDG17's vision of a sustainable future driven by cross-border partnerships has been under siege for the past four years, but is a change coming in the way governments and businesses tackle global challenges? It's interesting to discuss SDG17 at the moment," reflects Hans Daems, group public affairs officer at Hitachi Europe.