Green Business Bureau

MAY 11, 2022

Scope 2 emissions are indirect GHGs released from the energy purchased by an organization. Building on this article, we’ll be publishing three articles in a series, each one focusing on a specific emission scope category. Process emissions : These are emissions released during industrial processes or on-site manufacturing.

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DeSmogBlog

AUGUST 12, 2021

But, as the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis’ energy finance analyst Bruce Robertson told DeSmog, even they “haven’t been able to get it right”. . Adopting this technology therefore adds significant costs to fossil energy production when it’s applied to that industry. Gorgon is led by U.S.

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Green Market Oracle

DECEMBER 10, 2020

Emissions include carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4), and nitrous oxide (N2O) and (commonly measured through what is known as carbon dioxide equivalents or CO2e). GHGs are caused directly and indirectly by human activity especially energy (73%). In 2019, total greenhouse gas emissions reached a new high of 59.1

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EDF + Business

SEPTEMBER 25, 2020

This step raises the bar on climate risk management across the entire finance sector and addresses increasing shareholder demand for climate action from big banks. Adopting net-zero by 2050 benchmarks will allow banks to minimize portfolio-wide climate risks and capitalize on the financial opportunities of the energy transition.

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Green Market Oracle

DECEMBER 10, 2020

According to a 2019 study there is currently more CO2 in the atmosphere than there has been in at least 3 million years. This annual report looks at where we are compared to where we need to be in terms of GHGs (see previous reports 2012 , 2018 and 2019 ). In 2019, total greenhouse gas emissions reached a new high of 59.1

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 16, 2022

The circumstances surrounding his termination are documented among thousands of pages of public records and internal company documents that provide a penetrating look into the multi-billion dollar stakes of negotiations between governments and state-sanctioned monopolies that are shaping the future of energy systems in Oregon and beyond.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 3, 2020

Oil and Gas Climate Initiative (OGCI) releases annual progress report detailing efforts to cut methane emissions and step up clean tech investment.

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Grist

AUGUST 11, 2022

It’s packed with energy; per unit of weight, at least 60 times as much as the lithium-ion batteries used to propel electric cars. In the presence of the sun’s rays, nitrogen molecules set of a chain of reactions that produce ozone and destroy free-floating atmospheric methane. It’s also terrible for the climate. Others warm it.

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Grist

MAY 18, 2021

It had been about a year and a half since he left his job at an aerospace company to found a clean energy startup in San Francisco with three of his friends, but the path to success he’d once envisioned had crumbled. For a while things had been looking up for Charm Industrial. Courtesy of Charm Industrial.

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Green Business Bureau

DECEMBER 16, 2021

Yet, rather than meet the demands of environmentalism, many corporations chose to hide dirty operations under a green sheen. For instance, four waves of surveys, from 2014 to 2019 by Glocalities , compiled the answers from 189,996 respondents. In 2019, this figure rose to 77%. Sin #3: The Sin of Vagueness.

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

James Parish town of Gramercy and its mayor, Steve Nosacka, an outspoken supporter of the oil and gas industry. James was planning to hold a protest march in Gramercy in an effort to stop an industry-friendly ballot initiative. Protester carrying a sign critical of the expanding LNG export industry at a Rise St.

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 8, 2021

Despite drops in energy usage during the pandemic, coal power use only declined by four percent in 2020, according to a new report. While coal used for power generation dropped 20 percent in both the U.S. F), according to the 2021 Global Electricity Review by think tank Ember. . electricity consumption was 2.5

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Green Business Bureau

DECEMBER 16, 2021

Yet, rather than meet the demands of environmentalism, many corporations chose to hide dirty operations under a green sheen. For instance, four waves of surveys, from 2014 to 2019 by Glocalities , compiled the answers from 189,996 respondents. In 2019, this figure rose to 77%. Sin #3: The Sin of Vagueness.

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DeSmogBlog

JUNE 4, 2021

Only a handful of super emitters are responsible for an enormous amount of the methane pollution in the Permian basin, according to a new study. Methane is a highly potent greenhouse gas — more than 80 times more powerful than carbon dioxide over a 20-year time-frame. That’s equivalent to about 5% of the U.S.

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Better Ventures

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

Larry Fink’s 2020 Letter to CEOs , where he explicitly named climate risk as a “defining factor in companies’ long-term prospects,” was followed by an avalanche of climate commitments across industries throughout the year (see Microsoft , Shell , Unilever , and on ). and a growing appetite for the solutions to do something about it.

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Green Business Bureau

AUGUST 25, 2022

Greenhouse gas (GHG) levels in the atmosphere are at an all-time high due to human activity, especially that of industry. While carbon dioxide (CO2) tends to be the most commonly discussed and recognized GHG, there are numerous other greenhouse gasses including methane, nitrous oxide, sulfur hexafluoride, and hydrofluorocarbons.

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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. As such, in 2022 81% of S&P 500 companies reported their own emissions (scope 1), and the emissions of the electricity they bought (scope 2). F) above pre-industrial levels by 2040.

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DeSmogBlog

JUNE 29, 2022

Properly plugging and abandoning oil and gas wells is vital to protect the environment and stop methane leaks – but for decades, oil operators have often slipped away without paying to clean up, leaving millions of deteriorating abandoned wells across the U.S. Ranking Louisiana’s Orphan Wells. I’m astounded.”

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ThinkGeoEnergy

MARCH 25, 2024

Can you briefly introduce to us the services that fluxtec is offering the geothermal industry? fluxtec is a professional service provider of gas analyses ( e.g. for carbon dioxide, methane or radon), relevant for a wide range of applications in exploration and monitoring. Real-time data can be received on site.

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Greentown Labs

JUNE 23, 2021

These startups have played a huge role in building and shaping Greentown’s supportive community of climatetech entrepreneurs, and now they’re making climate action at scale a reality. Bevi designs machines that provide filtered, sparkling, and flavored water on demand, eliminating the need for single-use bottles and cans. Kuva Systems.

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Coast Guard for floating LNG projects off Grande Isle, Louisiana , were moderated by third-party contractors who offer permit expediting services for industry. LSU Center for River Studies on April 22, 2019, where the CPRA showed guests how it uses its a 3D scale model of the lower Mississippi River to make projections about the MBSD.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

If the Paris Agreement is anything to go by, the impact of the agreement is set to soon ripple through the real economy, as the private and public sector work together to bring entire industries and economies in to line with its goals. Polluters have been put on notice. temperature target stands tall.

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DeSmogBlog

MAY 20, 2022

Proposed by New Fortress Energy (NFE), the planned facility will be a floating offshore export terminal that would treat, liquefy, and store methane gas before loading it onto ships headed abroad. If realized, the terminal could export up to the equivalent of 145 billion cubic feet of the fossil fuel per year.

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Latham's Clean Energy Law Report

MARCH 11, 2021

In December 2018, after having successfully reduced greenhouse gas emissions from the power sector by 53.3%, a majority of the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) jurisdictions announced plans to design a program to address carbon emissions from the combustion of transportation fuels. Core Principles and Mechanism.

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 15, 2021

When Laura Briggs and her husband finally found their dream home in West Texas, they knew they’d be sharing space with the oil industry. However, the family did see the wells leaking oil and gushing produced water — an industry byproduct that’s often imbued with hazardous chemicals. This story was supported by the Pulitzer Center.

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 15, 2021

When Laura Briggs and her husband finally found their dream home in West Texas, they knew they’d be sharing space with the oil industry. However, the family did see the wells leaking oil and gushing produced water — an industry byproduct that’s often imbued with hazardous chemicals. This story was supported by the Pulitzer Center.

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Elemental Excelerator

OCTOBER 5, 2020

“We’re looking forward to partnering deeply with Cohort 9 companies and their community partners to help improve existing water, food, circular economy, energy and mobility systems.” ” And finally, the twin threats of a pandemic and economic calamity made this a year unlike any other in memory. Why do we love them?

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Mr. Sustainability

OCTOBER 11, 2020

Food is basically a combination of energy, water and nutrients. Some plants and micro-organisms can make food ‘out of thin air’ by simply rearranging carbon, water and oxygen molecules using energy from the Sun. Carbs are our fuel, protein and fat are the building blocks of our cells. This is called photosynthesis. Absolutely.

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Green Business Bureau

MARCH 17, 2022

From switching to renewable energy suppliers to retrofitting workspaces and conducting energy audits, the tips we give are to be used as guidance, along with your carbon footprint report, to help you develop a carbon-neutral strategy. . 1: Switch to a renewable energy supplier . 3: Increase efficiency of office lighting.

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Green Business Bureau

MARCH 17, 2022

From switching to renewable energy suppliers to retrofitting workspaces and conducting energy audits, the tips we give are to be used as guidance, along with your carbon footprint report, to help you develop a carbon-neutral strategy. . 1: Switch to a renewable energy supplier . 3: Increase efficiency of office lighting.

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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).

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DeSmogBlog

JULY 14, 2022

The complex contains a circuit board of pipes and steel tanks that cough out steam, flames and toxic substances as it creates the building blocks for plastic from natural gas liquids. The plant is the first joint venture in the Americas between Saudi Basic Industries Corp.,

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Green Business Bureau

DECEMBER 28, 2022

Polluting packaging agents build up to foul habitats and ecological systems, creating unstable environments which threaten human well-being and security. E.g. a recent study by Plymouth University estimated that a staggering 700 marine species are threatened with extinction due to the build-up of plastic trash. Waste generated.

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Green Market Oracle

AUGUST 30, 2020

VERGE Energy Conference (VERGE 20) will take place on October 26-30, 2020. This online event can be attended from anywhere, The central theme at VERGE 20 will focus on how energy systems can be decarbonized, decentralized, digitized and democratized. Climate change is the most significant global threat we face today.

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DeSmogBlog

MARCH 9, 2024

The power lines had been replaced four times in the past two decades. “It Allaire spent more than three decades as an environmental engineer in the oil industry, working for Amoco and then BP, after the two companies merged in the late 1990s. Department of Energy (DOE) revises its review process. “I had a house right over here.

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Carbon capture and storage (CCS) was high on the agenda at New York Climate Week last week, where critics of the technology raised concerns it would be used to extend the life of the fossil fuel industry. Val Verde’s success served as a replicable model enabling the oil industry to pump more oil while claiming to be helping the climate.

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Elemental Excelerator

JANUARY 28, 2020

Our portfolio companies are working on everything from expanding access to solar power in frontline communities and slashing methane emissions by feeding cows seaweed to deploying portable water quality sensors and mapping equity into street infrastructure. What will that 100th company be? What do we look for in a startup?

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