Front And Centered

JUNE 7, 2023

Yesterday, the Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission (UTC) ordered Puget Sound Energy (PSE) to make changes that comply with a 2019 state law charting an equitable and carbon-free energy future for Washington. The UTC approved Avista’s CEIP in June 2022. Pacific Power’s CEIP is still under review.

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Electricity Energy Energy Carbon-neutral 52

Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 18, 2021

Coupled with the increased usage of renewable energy to fulfil electricity requirements, these energy efficiency gains can help IT operations in Europe to substantially decrease their carbon footprint. The intermittency of renewable energies like wind or solar present some challenges that require system flexibility.

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Energy Monitor Building Energy Monitoring Solar Energy Monitor Business Energy Monitoring 173

Greenability Magazine

MAY 10, 2023

Kansas City has taken several steps to help us reach our goal of climate neutrality for city operations by 2030. Our goal is to reach climate neutrality by the year 2040,” Mayor Quinton Lucas said. In 2019, the City Council approved an ordinance to execute Renewables Direct Participation Agreements to purchase renewable energy.

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Building Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor Solar Energy Monitor Home Energy Monitoring 107

GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

Google on Monday pledged that by 2030 it will run its entire business on carbon-free energy — every hour of every day of the year. West driven by increased heat and dry conditions linked to global warming from human carbon emissions. An analysis of its 2019 electricity consumption indicates wide gaps from location to location.

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Carbon Energy Energy Carbon-neutral 130

GreenTechMedia

DECEMBER 9, 2019

Thanks to generous feed-in tariffs and other incentives, Germany’s wind and solar installations have soared over the past two decades to the point that renewables could cover half of the country’s electricity demand. Power-to-gas involves using excess renewable power to manufacture carbon-neutral synthetic methane.

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Carbon-neutral Methane Natural gas Carbon-negative 184

Business Green

JANUARY 17, 2023

The spoof ads are part of a wider campaign calling on regulators to ban adverts from polluters in public spaces, which hopes to build on policies in Amsterdam and France to restrict advertising of high carbon activities. WATCH: Subvertisers in 14 European cities have hacked 400 corporate ad spaces with parody car adverts.

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Carbon-neutral Automotive Policy Europe 90

GreenTechMedia

NOVEMBER 20, 2020

The global peak in oil consumption may already be past us, according to a new report from Carbon Tracker — and China and India's rapid transition to low carbon transport is the reason why. But the IEA's current forecasts haven't yet accounted for the dramatic policy shifts coming from Beijing. In 2018-2019, 3.38

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Transportation Carbon-neutral Electric vehicle Demand 130

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. But according to a growing body of research, those efforts leave something out: Most of the planet-warming effects of flying aren’t from carbon dioxide. And again, those schemes are all about carbon.

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Carbon Carbon-neutral Aviation Energy Monitor 114

Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 10, 2021

Kyoto Protocol agreed to use as a benchmark for their efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and 2050, the year many countries set as their target for carbon net zero. Wind power contributed 25% of electricity generation, with bioenergy providing 13% and nuclear 16%. … while a lot has changed, not much has changed.

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Building Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring Carbon Energy Monitor 130

DeSmogBlog

JUNE 10, 2022

This includes the BP Pension Fund and Shell Contributory Pension Fund, along with German-owned electricity generator RWE Group’s pension scheme, and those of several household names including Santander, Boots and BMW. ‘Robust Policies’ Shell Contributory Pension Fund declined to comment, as did Centrica.

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Carbon-neutral Fossil fuels Investment Policy 81

GreenBiz

JUNE 25, 2020

With growing consensus on the gravity of the climate crisis, countries and companies are adopting carbon reduction targets. Pressure to make emissions visible has been around for a while: Consumers want to know how much carbon is embodied in the products they buy. Alas, to date the same isn’t true of carbon performance.

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Carbon-negative Carbon-neutral Carbon Logistics 263

GreenBiz

JUNE 29, 2020

And, if you want to consult those lists in their entirety, here are the links: 2016 , 2017 , 2018 and 2019. Holly Beale (2019). We are using the newly developed Embodied Carbon for Construction Calculator (EC3) to support low-carbon procurement on structural steel, piles, rebar and concrete. HY William Chan (2019).

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Sustainability Health Carbon-negative Innovation 498

DeSmogBlog

MAY 10, 2021

The climate champions who attended were recognised for their individual efforts towards moving Canada to net-zero carbon emissions.”. Under her leadership, Teck has set an objective to be carbon neutral by 2050 as part of our overall commitment to taking action on climate change.

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Government Fossil fuels Carbon-neutral Natural gas 98

Business Green

JUNE 23, 2020

The UK should direct policy and investment towards synthetic, low carbon jet fuels as part of its green recovery package, argues author and energy expert Chris Goodall. Some parts of this transition to low carbon energy have a more obvious route. Coronavirus has reminded us it's a good idea to listen to the science.

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Carbon-neutral Aviation Fossil fuels Hydrogen 76

Business Green

DECEMBER 8, 2020

Strong, clear climate policies across power, transport and heavy industry, would help to support businesses to achieve climate goals, argues Volvo Car's. So, in 2016, we set an ambition to have global climate neutral manufacturing operations by 2025. Anders Kärrberg. In short, climate action is critical to our future success.

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Energy Monitor Business Energy Monitoring Climate change Building Energy Monitoring 65

GreenBiz

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

The thesis: The most successful climate-tech startups will be those with early access to economic analysis, policy resources, financing and technical support. We see enormous value in Third Derivative applying RMI’s market knowledge and networks to cultivate a pipeline of game-changing climate-tech ventures validated by corporate partners.

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Startups Methane North America Climate change 480

Renewable Energy World

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

The declaration outlines three pathways that can also enable the cities to provide residents with clean and affordable electricity: PATHWAY #1 : Use 100% renewable electricity citywide by 2035; Ensure residents have access to fully decarbonised energy to cook, as well as heat and cool buildings no later than 2050.

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Cooling Carbon-neutral Climate change Electricity 113

Business Green

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

Europe's largest aviation associations have published a roadmap for how the carbon-intensive industry could achieve carbon neutrality by mid-century, a vision that combines technological innovations, sustainable aviation fuels, enhanced air traffic management, and taxing airlines' CO2 emissions. per cent annually.

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Aviation Carbon-neutral Policy Technology 83

DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

Analysis of the government’s latest transparency data shows ministers at the Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS) held 130 one-on-one meetings with energy producers between July 22 2019 and March 18 2021, of which nearly half (63) were with producers of high carbon energy. Drax Access.

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Fossil fuels Building Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring Solar Energy Monitor 94

Business Green

DECEMBER 11, 2020

Electric vehicle expansion, RWE emissions targets, and Brazilian net zero aspirations, all feature in this week's round up of global green business news. Electric van pioneer Arrival unveils US headquarters. Brazil announces 'indicative' goal to deliver carbon neutrality by 2060.

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Carbon-neutral Electric vehicle Fossil fuels Government 74

DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 28, 2021

The government recently concluded a consultation on how the aviation sector could reach net zero emissions but did not recommend any policies to cut demand. carbon budget if left unchecked. Analysis has previously shown the sector could consume as much as two thirds of the country’s 1.5C

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Aviation Carbon-neutral Energy Monitor Building Energy Monitoring 95

Renewable Energy World

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

The commission says including nuclear and gas as transitional energy sources does not amount to a free pass and aims to accelerate efforts to reduce carbon emissions. . “We They also should replace existing coal facilities that cannot be substituted with renewables and switch to renewable or low-carbon gases by 2035.

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Natural gas Investment Fossil fuels Nuclear Power 100

E2 Environmental Entrepreneurs

JUNE 24, 2021

New York’s landmark 2019 Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act ( CLCPA ) set a goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by at least 40% economy-wide by 2030 and 85% and net-zero by 2050. For E2 in New York, 2021 has been the year of clean transportation. PASSED: Transition to 100% Zero-Emission Vehicle Sales ( A4302 / S2758 )? —?On

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Carbon-neutral Transportation Organic Carbon 78

EDF + Business

JULY 22, 2020

Today, Apple announced its own goal to be carbon neutral by 2030. As noted by Amy Harder of Axios , “[Apple’s] plan will shed light on how to neutralize the climate impact of complex supply chains.”. Advocating for climate policy. Only policy will do that — and leading companies are calling on lawmakers to deliver.

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Carbon-neutral Retail Policy Climate change 75

Low Impact

AUGUST 29, 2021

Launched in 2019, the deal embraces virtually every policy area. It proposes to make Europe the first continent to reach carbon neutrality by 2050 and the first to deliver a climate law with binding emissions targets. But solar panels and electric car batteries need lithium , cobalt, nickel and other scarce raw materials.

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Fossil fuels Hydrogen Law Europe 96

Green Business Bureau

MARCH 10, 2021

Climate change is directly caused by greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from electricity and heat production, buildings, transportation, land use and degradation, and most importantly, industry. In fact, 2019 was the warmest year on record at the end of the warmest decade in recorded history. Top Carbon Emission Contributors.

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Climate change Carbon-negative Carbon-neutral Fossil fuels 88

Grist

DECEMBER 15, 2021

This story is part of the series Getting to Zero: Decarbonizing Cascadia , which explores the path to low-carbon energy for British Columbia, Washington, and Oregon. The economics of carbon-free living have fallen into place. Would make electricity more dependable. Electric vehicles are making huge inroads in the market.

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Solar Energy Monitor Building Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor Home Energy Monitoring 101

Business Green

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

Fresh analysis backed by 40 major energy, finance, and industry companies - including Shell, BP, Volvo, and ArcelorMittal - explores actions required this decade to deliver an emissions-free economy by mid-century that is not overly reliant on carbon offsets.

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Carbon-negative Carbon-neutral Energy Energy 70

Business Green

APRIL 7, 2020

2019 Sustainability Report confirms oil giant is making progress with a raft of low carbon initiatives, but concerns remain over incremental pace of decarbonisation. The report confirms progress against these short term targets is now linked to executive remuneration policy. Shell shares this sense of urgency.

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Carbon Carbon-neutral Ethics Climate change 60

Business Green

JULY 4, 2022

The International Energy Agency (IEA) has repeatedly argued clean electricity and energy savings efforts should form the backbone of efforts to drive down economies' reliance on risky, costly fossil fuels, while stressing the clear climate benefits from such investments.

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Fossil fuels Carbon-neutral Policy Government 36

Low Impact

AUGUST 15, 2021

It is hard to imagine anything more ludicrously unsustainable than the chain of machinery which gobbles up trees in the southern USA, extrudes them as pellets, ships them across the Atlantic and converts them into electric energy so that Europeans can continue to enjoy a level of affluence unachievable for most people in the world.

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Sustainability Fossil fuels Carbon-neutral Carbon 108

Business Green

JUNE 21, 2020

The UK government's post-Brexit ambition for a net zero carbon market could be world-leading - but the plans released earlier this month repeat many of the mistakes of the EU system, including a very loose cap on emissions, and a market so complex it would make Rube Goldberg weep. Sources: UK verified emissions were 129m in 2019 (EUTL).

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Carbon Carbon-neutral Government Methane 50

Green Business Bureau

MARCH 10, 2021

Climate change is directly caused by greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from electricity and heat production, buildings, transportation, land use and degradation, and most importantly, industry. In fact, 2019 was the warmest year on record at the end of the warmest decade in recorded history. Top Carbon Emission Contributors.

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Climate change Carbon-negative Carbon-neutral Resilience 78

Business Green

JANUARY 28, 2021

Addressing shortfalls in what remains the flagship national policy to insulate millions of homes will be top of the list. So far the government has outlined just over £3bn of the £9.2bn efficiency spend pledged in the 2019 Manifesto. Here's a quick run through of what we can expect.

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Government Hydrogen Fossil fuels Carbon-neutral 90

Business Green

APRIL 9, 2020

The global economic downturn spurred by the coronavirus outbreak is set to hit the burgeoning electric vehicle market heavily in 2020, with latest forecasts pointing to plummeting sales in the wake of oil price falls, supply chain delays, and consumers putting off purchases.

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Europe Electric vehicle Demand Batteries 91

GreenBiz

MARCH 1, 2021

Increasingly, the stars are aligning for industrial emissions to take center stage, for three key reasons: demand for clean solutions is growing; technologies are maturing; and the conditions for policy solutions are ripe. Apple, for example, last year announced a carbon-neutrality target throughout its entire supply chain.

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Natural gas Carbon-neutral Policy Innovation 512

Business Green

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

More than 155,000 tonnes of waste electricals end up in British household bins every year, according to research by non-profit Material Focus, while 32,000 tonnes are illegally exported. Apple comes in for particular criticism, with the committee citing an Ifixit assessment that gave the 2019 MacBookPro 16 "one out of 10" for repairability.

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Waste Waste Retail Recycling 63