Envirotec Magazine

JULY 4, 2022

Nestled in an Appalachian valley, Belmont has been booming with new infrastructure to extract and process natural gas. Fracking is known to emit pollutants including particulate matter and volatile organic compounds such as benzene, toluene and ethylbenzene, which have been linked to respiratory and cardiovascular health problems.

Energy Monitor 147

Energy Monitor Pollution Health Organic 147

Renewable Energy World

JULY 26, 2021

As I looked further into the prize, I noticed that it recognizes thoughtful collaborations between engineers and individuals, communities, and organizations that are striving to promote these ideals.The websites states that, “In totality, we seek to create a constellation of people and efforts that can help reimagine what engineering is for.”.

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Natural gas Policy Cooling Law 124

DeSmogBlog

JANUARY 21, 2022

Coordinated with Clean Creatives, a climate campaign meant to pressure the advertising industry, and the nonprofit Union of Concerned Scientists, the letter was organized and signed by a group of leading scientists including Jason Box, Astrid Caldas, Peter Gleick, Ayana Elizabeth Johnson, Michael Mann, Kate Marvel, and Katharine Wilkinson.

Fossil fuels 98

Fossil fuels Natural gas Climate change Organic 98

GreenTechMedia

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

Gavin Newsom and state lawmakers and regulators to improve its safety after a string of deadly wildfires in 2017 and 2018. Poppe’s five-year contract with PG&E also provides stability for an organization that’s seen turnover in its top ranks since its January 2019 bankruptcy filing.

Natural gas 130

Natural gas Demand Electricity Energy 130

DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

James’ march was set to take place, Lavigne learned that the town required her organization to post a $10,000 bond to obtain a permit for the march, money the group didn’t have access to on short notice. John at a protest the group held near the Fifth Ward Elementary School on October 18, 2017. Two days before RISE St.

Building Energy Monitoring 98

Building Energy Monitoring Health Law Home Energy Monitoring 98

GreenBiz

DECEMBER 16, 2020

There’s a lot of beautiful things that happen out of [Richmond]," says Khamphanthong, a community organizer with the Asian Pacific Environmental Network whose family emigrated from Laos in the 1980s. It also dramatically has increased the volume of gas flared off as waste — another source of harmful compounds.

Pollution 407

Pollution Building Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor Policy 407

DeSmogBlog

MAY 31, 2024

Canada’s advertising regulator has determined that ads claiming liquified natural gas (LNG) will lower emissions are inaccurate, misleading, and distort scientific data. Founded in 1994, CAPE is a physician-directed non-profit organization that describes itself as having worked “to secure human health by protecting the planet.”

Fossil fuels 89

Fossil fuels Health Organic Climate change 89

GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

Two years ago, Facebook — one of the 50 largest public companies in the world — pledged to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from its own operations 75 percent below 2017 levels. Corporations are increasingly facing pushback on climate change from outside the organization and within their ranks.

Building Energy Monitoring 130

Building Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor Climate change 130

DeSmogBlog

JANUARY 18, 2023

Pierce was on the institute’s board of directors from 2017 to 2020, according to the institute’s annual reports. Most of what people are noticing, of course, are just natural weather events.”.

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DeSmogBlog

MARCH 4, 2022

On February 16, Energy Transfer announced in an earnings call that construction on its long-delayed Mariner East pipeline project, built to carry natural gas liquids across southern Pennsylvania, was “complete.”. Energy Transfer acquired Sunoco Logistics Partners, Mariner East’s original backers , in 2017.).

Energy Monitor 98

Energy Monitor Building Energy Monitoring Energy Energy 98

DeSmogBlog

JULY 27, 2023

The campaigns have been deployed across a number of social media platforms and are part of a global effort to give “millennials a reason to connect emotionally” with oil and gas firms, and to tackle their perception as “the bad guys”. These campaigns often took advantage of lax restrictions on the labelling of social media sponsorships.

Fossil fuels 97

Fossil fuels Carbon-neutral Pollution Carbon-negative 97

Renewable Energy World

AUGUST 2, 2021

in 30 years – began in 2013, but the project was abandoned in 2017 when estimated costs soared by billions. Backlash from VC Summer debacle also led the Legislature to replace all seven utility commissioners in 2017, and the new commissioners were chosen with a more rigorous selection process than those of previous years.

Solar Energy Monitor 102

Solar Energy Monitor Policy Business Energy Monitoring Home Energy Monitoring 102

CleanTX

MARCH 20, 2019

“BP’s commitment to push the next frontier of methane technology and practice is important to prove out solutions that oil and gas companies can use to accelerate emission reductions. The Principles are aimed at continuously reducing methane emissions across the natural gas value chain. BP took such a step today.”.

Methane 40

Methane Building Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor Business Energy Monitoring 40

DeSmogBlog

AUGUST 31, 2022

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 5, which covers much of the Midwest, joined local organizers in a conference call in July and made an in-person visit to the area earlier this month. Right now, more than a third of America’s natural gas supply comes from wells in Ohio, West Virginia, and Pennsylvania.

Waste 98

Waste Waste Health Building Energy Monitoring 98

CleanTX

APRIL 21, 2019

But hypocrisy is the stock in trade for organizations like TPPF. It is a very organized, very well-funded effort to slander renewable energy in Texas. We have seen a lot of money come into the state hidden by organizations that use their nonprofit, their charitable status, to lobby against renewable energy.”. Clean power plan?

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Climate change Fossil fuels Energy Energy 40

DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 20, 2021

New liquefied natural gas (LNG) and oil export facilities are springing up, as well as petrochemical plants like the GCGV ethane cracker. When Hurricane Harvey hit the industrial corridor around Houston in 2017, for example, releases from petrochemical plants and oil refineries blackened the skies near some of the facilities.

Plastics 98

Plastics Home Energy Monitoring Building Energy Monitoring Pollution 98

AutoGrid

SEPTEMBER 27, 2018

As record heat gripped most of the nation this summer, electric utilities, regional transmission organizations and system operators fought to feed hungry air conditioners and keep the grid balanced. That forces energy companies to rely on natural gas peaker plants and other traditional power sources to keep pace. degrees, 3.4

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Demand Climate change Electricity Hydropower 40

Latham's Clean Energy Law Report

JANUARY 13, 2020

The steady advance of LCFS credit prices since the summer of 2017 is well documented in CARB’s Credit Transfer Activity Reports. CARB received several comments from organizations representing traditional and low-carbon fuel producers.

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Carbon-neutral Carbon Organic Transportation 52

Latham's Clean Energy Law Report

JANUARY 13, 2020

The steady advance of LCFS credit prices since the summer of 2017 is well documented in CARB’s Credit Transfer Activity Reports. CARB received several comments from organizations representing traditional and low-carbon fuel producers.

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Carbon-neutral Carbon Organic Transportation 52

GreenTechMedia

NOVEMBER 22, 2019

What would happen if you converted all the single-family homes in Texas from natural gas to electric heating? Emissions were calculated using Texas’ power sector data from 2017. cents per therm for natural gas. ” Rhodes and co-author Philip R. For energy cost calculations, IdeaSmiths used 10.93

Electricity 130

Electricity Natural gas Demand Carbon 130

DeSmogBlog

APRIL 2, 2021

In one glaring instance, a firm named Mobile Gas did not report a 2008 Alabama spill of tert-butyl mercaptan, a chemical that is mixed with natural gas to give it an odor that can help with detecting leaks. These range from local political organizing to taking legal action and pushing for campaign finance reform.

Fossil fuels 102

Fossil fuels Pollution Organic Politics 102

DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 16, 2022

According to residential ratepayer advocates , years of foot-dragging by NW Natural and the OPUC cost customers millions by delaying the pursuit of an independent analysis in 2017 that recommended shifting a larger portion of the company’s “very substantial” — and confidential — storage-related profits back toward NW Natural’s utility customers.

Business Energy Monitoring 92

Business Energy Monitoring Home Energy Monitoring Building Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor 92

AGreenLiving

DECEMBER 16, 2020

“There’s a lot of beautiful things that happen out of [Richmond],” says Khamphanthong, a community organizer with the Asian Pacific Environmental Network whose family emigrated from Laos in the 1980s. It also dramatically has increased the volume of gas flared off as waste — another source of harmful compounds.

Pollution 28

Pollution Building Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor Policy 28

Renewable Energy World

OCTOBER 4, 2021

Since Hurricane Maria devastated Puerto Rico in 2017, many residents and environmental advocates have called for new clean energy sources for the island. In September 2017, Hurricane Maria struck Puerto Rico with sustained winds of 155 mph. Burning more natural gas will affect air and water quality and contribute to climate change.

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Fossil fuels Law Natural gas Energy 82

Mr. Sustainability

SEPTEMBER 27, 2020

We need to get rid of coal, natural gas and petroleum. Coal, natural gas and petroleum are the culprits here: the burning of these fuels tend to lead to inefficiency. It can also serve as seasonal energy storage in the form of wood or energy crops, basically acting as a cheap, self-growing all-organic battery.

Building Energy Monitoring 78

Building Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor Solar Energy Monitor Home Energy Monitoring 78

DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

Provenance: The Guardian featured this document in a 2017 article titled, “ ‘Shell knew’: oil giant’s 1991 film warned of climate change danger.” Levine recommended a strategy of emphasizing scientific uncertainty, the costs of climate action, and deflections that included energy efficiency, reforestation, and natural gas.

Fossil fuels 98

Fossil fuels Global warming Building Energy Monitoring Climate change 98

Low Carbon Prosperity

OCTOBER 17, 2018

LCPI projects the fee will generate approximately $12 to $13 billion through 2035, in addition to $4 to $5 billion in utility retained credits (expressed in present day dollars: USD 2017). billion (USD 2017, of a total $17.4 billion (USD 2017, of a total $17.8 billion) in the reduction-peripheral scenario, to roughly $11.8

Pollution 45

Pollution Carbon Business Energy Monitoring Carbon-negative 45

DeSmogBlog

AUGUST 13, 2021

Under growing pressure to rein in greenhouse gas emissions, developers of liquefied natural gas (LNG) are turning to questionable claims about “carbon neutrality,” “net-zero,” or “green LNG,” in order to pass muster with governments, investors, and society, who are becoming increasingly anxious about the climate crisis.

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Carbon-neutral Methane Building Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor 98

DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 31, 2019

Last week, a nationwide study by researchers at Carnegie Mellon University ( CMU ) found that the country’s air quality deteriorated in 2017 and 2018 — a dramatic reversal of improvements recorded over the prior seven years. Tags: Consumer Energy Alliance pennsylvania fracking natural gas air quality

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Health Natural gas Fossil fuels Pollution 73

DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 21, 2021

Charles and David notoriously poured fortunes into funding organizations and projects designed to prevent fossil fuel regulation, often by obscuring the role that fossil fuels play in causing climate change. The reality is they haven’t earned it yet.”. John Beard, Jr. ” The ‘Other’ Koch Brother.

Fossil fuels 98

Fossil fuels Energy Monitor Building Energy Monitoring Home Energy Monitoring 98

Energy Innovation

JANUARY 31, 2019

This exponential growth has been driven by state mandates and regulatory actions (especially in California) and limited to vertically integrated utilities outside of the organized power markets serving two-thirds of all U.S. Storage can generate revenue in organized power markets in three ways: platforms, products and paydays.

Energy Monitor 70

Energy Monitor Business Energy Monitoring Building Energy Monitoring Energy 70

Green Business Bureau

JUNE 2, 2021

In 2017, the global share of manufacturing value in added GDP significantly increased due to fast growth in manufacturing in Asia. Collaborate with other companies, nonprofit organizations, and the local government to promote sustainable growth and prioritize key actions. SDG 9 Implementation Examples.

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Innovation Sustainability Resilience Investment 78

DeSmogBlog

AUGUST 31, 2021

“Some of the area’s refineries started shutting down operations leading up to Harvey, including ExxonMobil, Petrobras, Shell, and Chevron Phillips Chemical,” DeSmog reported in 2017. Black carbon released by flares can be a powerful — if short-lived — greenhouse gas in its own right. Credit: Julie Dermansky. “To

Home Energy Monitoring 98

Home Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor Building Energy Monitoring Carbon-negative 98

Mr. Sustainability

OCTOBER 2, 2020

According to the World Health Organization, more than 200,000 deaths in Europe every year can be attributed to particulate matter alone. In 2017 alone, there were about 93,161 vessels in existence. Strømman (Transportation Research Part D, 2017). These emissions are a bigger problem than you might think. 10.1016/j.trd.2017.03.022.

Solar Energy Monitor 78

Solar Energy Monitor Building Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor Business Energy Monitoring 78

DeSmogBlog

APRIL 15, 2021

In Texas, property rights are split into two categories: the land on the surface and everything underground, including oil and natural gas. After a stint in the military, he returned to South Texas in the 1970s when he inherited a citrus orchard from his aunt, deciding to try his hand at organic farming.

Methane 98

Methane Building Energy Monitoring Home Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring 98

DeSmogBlog

APRIL 15, 2021

In Texas, property rights are split into two categories: the land on the surface and everything underground, including oil and natural gas. After a stint in the military, he returned to South Texas in the 1970s when he inherited a citrus orchard from his aunt, deciding to try his hand at organic farming.

Methane 89

Methane Building Energy Monitoring Home Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring 89

DeSmogBlog

JULY 18, 2021

An organization run by former Obama-era Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz, with the backing of the AFL-CIO, a federation of 56 labor unions, has created a policy “blueprint” to build a nationwide pipeline network capable of carrying a gigaton of captured carbon dioxide (CO2). percent of a one gigaton pipeline network.

Building Energy Monitoring 98

Building Energy Monitoring Carbon Energy Monitor Business Energy Monitoring 98