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”. . A project capturing emissions from coal production at the Petra Nova plant in Texas was shuttered in 2020 following numerous problems and missed targets. .

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Greentown Labs

AUGUST 20, 2021

This month, we’re spotlighting our annual DEMO Day event, which in 2020 evolved into the Greentown Labs Climatetech Summit. In 2020, we took DEMO Day to the next level. Curtatone , Massachusetts Clean Energy Center then-CEO Alicia Barton , EnerNOC CEO Tim Healy , and Greentown CEO Emily Reichert. in Somerville, MA!

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Business Green

OCTOBER 6, 2021

The latest report from the Energy Transitions Commission has set out a roadmap for how the world can move on to a 1.5C It is hard to fault the UN for naming the 2020s the 'decade of action'. It is a daunting task, but one governments and businesses have no option but to complete if they want to avert a rolling climate crisis.

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Business Green

AUGUST 5, 2022

Even as the overall VC market slows during the second half of 2022, investments in climate tech - particularly technologies that could enable green hydrogen to help decarbonize heavy industry and other big emitters - continue to add up. There are concerns , however, that the technology may enable more tar sands development.

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Business Green

JULY 22, 2021

Plans to fund the production of biomethane 'green gas' to provide low carbon heating for homes and businesses through a new carbon tax on UK fossil fuel gas suppliers have been confirmed today, with the government signalling that it aims to launch the new tariff scheme in the autumn. The green gas tariff scheme is expected to help save 21.6

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Smart Energy International

JANUARY 26, 2022

What steps are needed to drive climate innovation and make zero-emission technologies the most affordable, accessible and attractive choice? Kerry celebrated the ‘unprecedented’ engagement made by the private sector in committing to increasing investments in technology research and development and deployment.

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EDF + Business

SEPTEMBER 25, 2020

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. Transition risks could also arise, as technological and policy advancements cause the value of high-emitting companies to decline. Why it matters. degree scenario.

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The Environmental Blog

OCTOBER 31, 2022

All of this amounts to a waste of the energy, water, and land needed to produce food. In 2020, global e-retail sales increased by 27.6% That is why it is crucial for eCommerce companies to estimate carbon footprint on their shipping, as well as other business operations. The Need for Sustainability. Reduce Your Carbon Footprint.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 9, 2021

To identify the powerful actors most actively lobbying against these key EU regulations and policies, DeSmog analysed corporate reports, lobbying records, official position papers, responses to public EU consultations, media events, and meetings held with various EU bodies over the past two years. These groups spent at least a combined €45.9

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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. And, in the United States, political gridlock chopped the heart out of Congress’ most ambitious clean energy plan. . Worried about the climate crisis? If not sooner.

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Business Green

MARCH 7, 2023

In 2020, the world's first cell-cultured meat went on sale at Singaporean restaurant called 1880 Singapore. The industry is attracting investment as new technologies for cultivating meat are emerging and start ups edge towards commercialisation. warming unless urgent action is taken to tackle methane-intensive foods, such as red meat.

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Climate Tech VC

AUGUST 3, 2023

As energy demands increase for heavier and longer-distance transport, the energy efficiency equation for fossil based-fuels becomes harder to displace. So far, electrification and hydrogen-based options have struggled to achieve sufficient energy densities. These lower-carbon fuels are only as good as their ingredients.

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 25, 2021

Integrate climate into core business. To realize its ambitions, Wall Street must integrate climate into its core business, evolving its approach to capital allocation and changing its relationships with carbon-intensive industries. As with other core financial issues, monitoring metrics is just the start. Ben Ratner.

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AGreenLiving

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

Jim Robbins Thu, 11/19/2020 – 01:30 This article originally was published on Yale Environment 360. And what energy product will be used both to power this city and sell to the world? And what energy product will be used both to power this city and sell to the world? This summer, a large U.S. Green hydrogen?

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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. Credit: ©2020 Justin Hamel. Reeves County, Texas.

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Better Ventures

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

The Looming Crisis and Awakening Opportunity 2020 was a brutal year and 2021 has been off to a rough start. According to recent reports, VCs invested $60B in climate tech between 2013–2019 with an 84% CAGR in capital deployed, with no signs of slowing in 2020 (see below). What is ‘Climate Intelligence’?

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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. Charm would use the same technology, but instead of turning plants into a useful energy product, it would offer a service.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

A number of leading carbon capture and storage (CCS) and carbon capture utilisation and storage (CCUS) projects are underperforming, according to a new report by the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA), which argues that under current circumstances the technology does not qualify as "a climate solution".

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Business Green

MARCH 21, 2022

Unveiling its new name this morning, the group said it was set to play a growing role in the UK's energy transition, through licensing and permitting carbon storage projects, monitoring the industry's emissions, testing the climate compatibility of new developments, and stewarding domestic production.

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Green Business Bureau

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

Carbon accounting is a must for any becoming business today. Such businesses better meet the demands of the regulatory environment while coming into alignment with investor, consumer, and employee preferences. And to do that, this Green Business Bureau is your guide. The aim is to help the entity understand its climatic impact.

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DeSmogBlog

AUGUST 29, 2022

The push to sell “blue hydrogen” as a clean energy fuel — which experts have called a misleading rebrand of fossil fuels — hit another setback this month. When the push for blue hydrogen began in 2020 , the price of natural gas in the United States averaged $2.05 DeSmog has mapped for the first time the major U.S.

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Low Carbon Prosperity

OCTOBER 17, 2018

The initial carbon pollution fee of $15 per (tCO2e) in 2020 increases annually by $2/tCO2e plus urban-area inflation. While 70% of total expenditures are directed toward “Clean Energy & Clean Air” investments, additional claims on those funds may diminish the amount made available for direct emission reduction activities.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

BusinessGreen brings you an overview of the key business takeaways from the Glasgow Climate Summit. Forward-thinking businesses and financiers are set to be agents of change as governments look for ways to turn ambition into action - a role that is clearly not lost on the many business leaders represented at the SEC Centre in Glasgow.

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DeSmogBlog

AUGUST 13, 2021

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. In October 2020, B.C.

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AGreenLiving

JANUARY 1, 2020

To minimize personal auto usage, use public transportation for your daily commute. Alternately, look into electric cars if you’re in the market for a new vehicle. Some examples include beekeeping, preserving food, woodworking, sewing, gardening or learning how to build solar and wind technology. Happy New Year!

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EDF + Business

JANUARY 12, 2021

Even amidst a global pandemic, 2020 proved that climate finance and ESG are more than passing fads, with net-zero financed emissions commitments from Morgan Stanley , JP Morgan , and a group of 30 international asset managers – Net Zero Asset Management Initiative – with $9 trillion in assets under management. There’s a better way.

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 15, 2021

In October, she invited a university researcher onto the property and discovered that several wells were leaking methane, a greenhouse gas more potent than carbon dioxide. This increases the risk of methane seeping into the air and oil migrating into the surrounding groundwater. Credit: Justin Hamel. We just cashed in.”.

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 15, 2021

In October, she invited a university researcher onto the property and discovered that several wells were leaking methane, a greenhouse gas more potent than carbon dioxide. This increases the risk of methane seeping into the air and oil migrating into the surrounding groundwater. Credit: Justin Hamel. We just cashed in.”.

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AGreenLiving

JANUARY 25, 2021

Integrate climate into core business A 2050 net-zero vision may be an inspiration, but it is not a plan. To realize its ambitions, Wall Street must integrate climate into its core business, evolving its approach to capital allocation and changing its relationships with carbon-intensive industries. degrees Celsius scenario.

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Mr. Sustainability

OCTOBER 11, 2020

Lab-Grown Meat, Fake Meat & 3D Printed Pizzas Book Summary - There are currently several technologies in development that have the potential to provide the sustainable food of the future. Especially the combination of these technologies can virtually annihilate all climate issues related to food within five to ten years.

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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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Elemental Excelerator

DECEMBER 4, 2023

How BlocPower pioneered a program to decarbonize buildings and spread the benefits of green energy projects in low- and moderate-income communities. They would turn on the oven and open the windows to let the methane gas escape — a dangerous but necessary workaround that may sound all too familiar to the 16% of U.S.

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 22, 2021

And since 1997 about one million barrels worth of oilfield waste has been brought to Lotus’s disposal site, situated off a dusty desert road located 19 miles west of Andrews, Texas (and just several miles from a massive solar array financed by Facebook and which provides energy to Shell’s fracking operations). Credit: Justin Hamel ©2021.

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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.

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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 helped the oil and gas sector develop a business model enabling them to profit long into the future.

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Clean Energy Trust

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

August 2020 Cleantech Roundup: EV Charging Investments | Why Were Californians in the Dark? | This month, we’re talking about partnerships between automakers and electric vehicle charging companies, the recent rolling blackouts in California, and why cleantech investing today may fare better than a decade ago. Well, yes and no.

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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 do we look for in a startup? Challenges and Solutions.

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