AutoGrid

SEPTEMBER 27, 2018

Extreme Heat, Peak Load and Demand Response: Record Summer 2018 Challenges Grid Operators Nationwide. The alerts succeeded in lowering demand by 990 megawatts (MW) over the two days, helping the system get over high forecasted peaks. CAISO can also turn to demand response (DR) by issuing warnings or declaring emergencies.

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

The UK’s Business Department and the country’s leading oil and gas industry body have both been accused of citing the Climate Change Committee “out of context” in a bid to justify new developments in the North Sea.

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Business Green

AUGUST 18, 2022

The Oxford English Dictionary's Patricia Stewart charts how language related to the environment, climate change, and sustainabiliy is changing to reflect global new realities and concerns. Therefore, it can be used as a tool to understand the evolution of society and the challenges it faces at a given time.

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Green Market Oracle

AUGUST 7, 2019

Posts in the 2018 Green School Series addressed student activism, climate denial in schools, green school building and sustainability focused courses. Last year the ninth edition of the GMO Green School Series included 15 posts and articles bringing the total to more than 400.

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Envirotec Magazine

MAY 12, 2022

. “The 20 millionth meter represents a significant landmark moment in the digitisation of Britain’s energy system, regarded by experts as crucial to delivering the country’s net zero ambitions and combating climate change,” says a statement from the group. Total smart meters connected to the nationwide DCC network.

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 17, 2022

by 2040, compared to levels in 2018. The target proposals to improve water quality and availability address pollution from abandoned mines, nutrient pollution and water demand. On air quality, the government has proposed a legally-binding target to halve the levels of PM2.5 particulate pollution in the air from 20 ?g/m g/m 3 to 10 ?g/m

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DeSmogBlog

MARCH 27, 2024

Last year was one of the worst on record for climate change-related disasters, yet Canada’s federal government spent $18.6 It is 10 times what the government has invested in climate change adaptation since 2015. billion supporting the fossil fuel and petrochemical industry. Initially estimated to cost $5.4

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GreenBiz

AUGUST 13, 2020

Exxon’s 2018 revenues were half of what it made a decade earlier; in 2019, it was only $14.3 COVID-19 constricted commuting, and demand for refined oil products fell fast. In 2018, Transocean (yes, the folks who brought you the BP oil spill) charged Chevron $830 million ($445,000 a day) for one rig for five years. What happened?

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GreenTechMedia

DECEMBER 30, 2019

With increasing climate change impacts and decades of power infrastructure neglect, we can lose sight of the extraordinary progress we are making with renewables and energy storage to build a clean energy future, healthier planet and more efficient grid. Building codes will change to require more flexible capabilities.

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 21, 2020

This story was originally published by Southerly , in partnership with Scalawag and Environmental Health News for its Powerlines series, which looks at climate change, justice, and infrastructure in the American South. South, which is already bearing the brunt of climate change effects. . “As Wed, 10/21/2020 - 00:45.

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Clean Energy Canada

MARCH 11, 2024

EVs can scarcely stay out of the news and off social media these days, and while that much exposure for a key climate solution is positive in one respect, in another, it is — more often than not — increasingly negative. Climate change has long struggled with a news disadvantage. Indeed, the myths abound.

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DeSmogBlog

MAY 8, 2024

Internal BP emails show that its UK executives were reassured by a controversial oil industry group that they could “shape [the] internal thinking” of a 2018 report on carbon taxes produced by the right-wing think tank Policy Exchange. Fossil fuel companies will survive while there is demand for what they produce.

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 12, 2020

Flooding is the biggest threat the country faces as a result of climate change, and our rainfall events are likely to become ever more extreme. million properties, you would imagine that the flood protection sector was well supported, well regulated, and in high demand. Unfortunately, this has not been the case.

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The Environmental Blog

OCTOBER 19, 2022

But in recent years, there has been a renewed interest in sustainable agriculture as the world confronts the challenges of climate change and dwindling resources. It can also help to mitigate climate change by reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Frank Mitloehner (@GHGGuru) May 10, 2018. by the year 2050.

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Energy Innovation

JULY 2, 2021

Vano , and a full list of AGCI’s quarterly research updates covering recent climate change research on clean energy pathways is available online at [link]. Providing reliable, affordable, and low-carbon electricity in a warming world requires careful consideration of evolving electric energy supplies and demands. Figure 1. (a)

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 29, 2020

degrees Celsius, noting that any advocacy inconsistent with climate goals presents a raft of regulatory, economic, reputational and legal risks for investors. The private sector cannot address the full range of impacts from climate change without strong public policy designed to help stabilize the climate.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 8, 2020

As a mobility provider, we recognise that we are part of the problem of climate change and ha ve a responsibility to act. However, as our CEO, Håkan Samuelsson, said at the time, we believe that this strategy is the right one, not least as consumer demand for electric vehicles will only increase.

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Business Green

AUGUST 8, 2021

Obki the alien aims to help educate five to nine-year-olds on climate change in an accessible way. Sky Kids has announced the launch of a new Sky Original TV series, titled Obki, which aims to raise awareness of climate change and sustainability among a younger audience.

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Green Market Oracle

MAY 27, 2020

The climate change debate is often dominated by doom and gloom headlines. Widespread electrification of energy, industry and transportation could create huge numbers of new jobs and dramatically reduce climate changing emissions. What actions can we take as individuals and what should we be demanding of our governments?

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DeSmogBlog

JULY 24, 2023

Susan Hall, the Conservative Party candidate for London mayor, has opposed key climate policies, backed the reintroduction of fracking and promoted articles online which spread climate science denial, DeSmog can reveal. It is an “absolute delusion”, the article suggested, “that humans can control the climate with their CO2 emissions”.

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Business Green

MAY 5, 2022

Indeed, against the currently turbulent backdrop, a new behind-the-scenes documentary premiered on Netflix last month, charting the emergence of the Extinction Rebellion (XR) movement in 2018 and its subsequent rapid rise to international prominence.

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DeSmogBlog

JUNE 22, 2023

She was invited on the show (1:24) to discuss the National Grid’s ‘demand flexibility service’ scheme, under which households and some businesses receive payments for using less energy at times of peak demand. The BBC regularly covers climate change and the dangers of climate misinformation.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 7, 2020

In total 455,076 jobs could be created or in demand in the construction and property sectors[2]. In total, over 3 million jobs are expected to be in demand or created as part of a shift to a green economy across a range of sectors. Tackling climate change and providing people good jobs of the future go hand in hand.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 1, 2021

Laying of the undersea cables began in 2018 and more than four million working hours have been spent on the project, including 5,880 working days at sea. When wind generation is high and electricity demand low in Britain, NSL will enable renewable power to be exported from the UK, conserving water in Norway’s reservoirs.

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

The Sixth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Committee on Climate Change (IPCC), published in August 2021, painted a stark picture of our world. In the years since 2015’s Paris Climate Accord, many industrial businesses have begun using carbon offsetting strategies to balance the emissions of their operations.

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Hydrogen Fuel News

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

The new station is set to cater to the growing demand for hydrogen fuel, further propelling the state’s transition to a green economy. In early 2024, Nikola and Nel ASA mutually agreed to dissolve their original supply agreement from 2018, marking a significant shift in their longstanding partnership.

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The Environmental Blog

AUGUST 7, 2022

Climate change cycle as a dried or dry cracked land suffering from drought turning into rich moist organic earth with a growing young plant as a composite. The worsening of weather conditions due to climate change impacts many industries all over the world. In 2018, the amount of rainfall broke a record with 36.2

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Green Market Oracle

DECEMBER 10, 2020

Greenhouse gas ( GHG ) emissions cause heat to be trapped in the atmosphere which is warming the globe and driving climate change. According to a recent UN Intergovernmental Panel on climate change (IPCC), global emissions will need to be reduced by half by 2030 if we are to keep temperatures from rising beyond acceptable limits (1.5

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

The pair of California leaders were there to discuss the lawsuit the state had recently filed against Big Oil on behalf of the people of California to hold fossil fuel companies accountable for the effects of climate change. In 2018, the Camp Fire decimated the northern California community and killed at least 85 people. “We

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

Energy storage is needed to overcome the intermittency of renewable sources, manage the frequency and quality of the supplied power, and provide backup energy to meet spikes in demand. As a nation of islands, climate change is a matter of urgent priority,” said Scott Macaw, Director of HowardScott.

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GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

In January, the world's largest asset manager issued a warning shot that the status quo on climate change is not going to cut it. In his annual letter, BlackRock CEO Larry Fink wrote: “We don’t yet know which predictions about the climate will be most accurate, nor what effects we have failed to consider.

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GreenTechMedia

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

” AES’s goals to transition to “ an energy company of the future ” — announced in 2017 — and its more recent efforts to reduce the carbon intensity of its portfolio 70 percent by 2030 align with Google’s plans to meet all of its electricity demand with renewables.

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Green Market Oracle

DECEMBER 10, 2020

Greenhouse gas ( GHG ) emissions are warming the globe and driving climate change. According to a recent UN Intergovernmental Panel on climate change (IPCC), global emissions will need to be reduced by half by 2030 if we are to keep temperatures from rising beyond acceptable limits (1.5 degrees Celsius or 2.7

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Green Market Oracle

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

Overall the country's carbon output tripled between 2000 and 2018, and its CO2 emissions now represents almost one third of the global total. Despite China's reliance on coal they are also a central player in the global green economy and they are critical to the fight against climate change.

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GreenTechMedia

MARCH 16, 2020

” Near-term decline in power demand? The main concern for renewable energy plant owners and operators is that a fall in electricity demand could hit profits. REE figures cited by Spanish newspaper El Diario show electricity demand had already fallen 2.7 “Plants will continue operating as normal,” he said.

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AGreenLiving

JUNE 8, 2020

How on-demand food delivery apps could encourage low-carbon food Anna Zhang Mon, 06/08/2020 – 02:00 The COVID-19 crisis has affected most aspects of daily life, including how we get our food. There is growing demand for sustainable business practices and purchasing options, especially among younger consumers.

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Business Green

JULY 11, 2021

By investing in forestry assets used to produce carbon offset credits, investors can benefit from growing demand for both compliance and voluntary credits, explains Gresham House's Olly Hughes. Forestry's critical climate role. Globally, between 2016 and 2018, voluntary credit transactions increased by 52.6 per cent and 48.5

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