DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

The leader of Cold Lake First Nations has revealed the initiator of a major carbon capture project in Northern Alberta has not consulted with local Indigenous communities. They’re ramming it down our throats,” said Chief Jacko during a media scrum outside a Carbon Capture Canada conference held on Tuesday.

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Business Green

JULY 5, 2021

Growing demand for natural gas will start to be curbed in the coming years, but more needs to be done to meet net zero goals, IEA report warns. Natural gas demand is expected to rise by 3.6 The annual increase in global demand for natural gas is teh expected to hit an average of 1.7

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

New IEA analysis reveals methane emissions from the energy sector are 70 per cent higher than official reports, but could high gas prices finally prompt operators to tackle the problem. It is one of the biggest and most worrying mysteries in the field of climate science: where are all the methane emissions coming from?

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GreenTechMedia

JULY 31, 2020

Dominion Energy is replacing its CEO as part of an executive shakeup accompanying the Virginia utility’s major shift away from natural gas and toward a renewable energy future, and its hefty financial penalty for its cancellation of the Atlantic Coast Pipeline project. gigawatt offshore wind farm in 2024.

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DeSmogBlog

MAY 9, 2023

Greenpeace Italy and Italian advocacy group ReCommon aim to build on a similar case targeting Anglo-Dutch oil major Royal Dutch Shell in the Netherlands to force Eni to slash its carbon emissions by 45 percent by 2030. Methane is the clean energy of the future,” ran a 1986 promotion in Eni’s company magazine Ecos. billion (13.3

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GreenBiz

JULY 15, 2020

Early pioneers of these hydrogen-from-waste technologies such as Ways2H, SGH2 Energy (SGH2) and Standard Hydrogen say not only are they making carbon-free, energy-rich fuel, their approaches also will divert mountains of trash from landfills and waterways, cutting greenhouse gas emissions. . locations in 2021.

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Grist

MARCH 8, 2021

When shipping giant Maersk announced last month it would operate a “carbon-neutral” vessel by 2023, the Danish company committed to using a fuel that’s made from renewable sources, is free of soot-forming pollutants — and is currently in scarce supply. But those vessels use conventional methanol, which is made from coal or natural gas.

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DeSmogBlog

JUNE 12, 2023

Source: CHFCA The comic doesn’t mention that the majority of hydrogen produced in North America comes from natural gas , which is not only non-renewable, but creates more emissions than simply burning fossil fuels directly. Greenwashing efforts deliberately aimed at children is nothing new for the fossil fuel sector.

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DeSmogBlog

AUGUST 23, 2021

As global efforts to ramp up the hydrogen industry gain support with big government subsidies, new research casts increasing doubt on the climate credentials of the main recipient of that support, so-called “blue” hydrogen, which is extracted from natural gas and paired with carbon capture technology. billion in funding.

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Renewable Energy World

JANUARY 28, 2022

Sempra Infrastructure signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Entergy Louisiana to develop renewable energy to power Sempra Infrastructure’s facilities in the state, including the Cameron LNG liquefied natural gas export facility. . Sempra Infrastructure owns a 50.2%

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

As the oil and gas industry achieves success in pushing the world towards widespread adoption of methane-based blue hydrogen, some unexpected voices are calling out the industry on its deception of selling blue hydrogen as an affordable and clean source of energy. . But Zapantis made claims that are not possible to substantiate.

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 3, 2021

Carbon neutral fertiliser production and use to be discussed at Agri-TechE event on 24 March. Would this reduce the agricultural sector’s greenhouse gas emissions? Food production accounts for 26% of global greenhouse gas emissions. This reduces the amount of ammonia released whilst eliminating methane emissions.

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DeSmogBlog

JUNE 15, 2023

More inclusive language, such as “clean hydrogen” and “low carbon hydrogen” are the new terms industry prefers. “In Jacobson, wrote the paper ‘How Green is Blue Hydrogen’ published in Energy Science & Engineering in 2021. Gray hydrogen is created from methane using something called the “steam reformation process.”

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Grist

APRIL 5, 2021

Amy Townsend-Small has been chasing methane her entire professional life. Sniffing out the potent greenhouse gas, which traps 86 times as much heat as carbon dioxide after it’s emitted into the atmosphere, has required her to breathalyze cows and take chemical measurements at large manure lagoons. Christopher Collins.

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GreenTechMedia

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

The European Investment Bank (EIB) will stop backing fossil fuel energy projects in 2021, except those using carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology or offsets to cancel out their emissions. It's targeting €1 trillion of climate action and sustainability investments between 2021 and 2030.

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Meat emits around a third of global emissions of methane, and action to cut this greenhouse gas has been identified by the UN and world leaders as the quickest route to slowing global heating. These big ag entities often link regenerative agriculture to carbon storage in the soil.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 27, 2022

I covered developments related to the rapidly expanding petrochemical and LNG export industries, like new facilities that came online this year and rely on fracking new wells to supply the growing demand for natural gas, which is mostly methane. For instance, Air Products claims that its proposed $4.5 Credit: Julie Dermansky.

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

A new database cataloging the world’s oil and gas reserves reveals extensive data on the global fossil fuel industry for the first time. The Global Registry of Fossil Fuels, launched by Carbon Tracker and Global Energy Monitor, is the first public and free-to-use database of fossil fuel production, reserves, and emissions. In the U.S.,

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R-Squared Energy

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

After all, a substantial fraction of global carbon emissions arise from the production, transportation, and consumption of fossil fuels. Hydrogen is increasingly being viewed as an important tool for reducing carbon emissions, because the use of hydrogen for energy generates no direct carbon dioxide emissions.

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DeSmogBlog

MAY 12, 2023

In an effort to gain federal approval for a natural gas storage project in south Louisiana, Sempra LNG lobbyists crafted letters for Louisiana elected officials to send to federal regulators in support of the project. billion cubic feet of natural gas. billion cubic feet of natural gas.

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DeSmogBlog

AUGUST 17, 2023

billion liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal in her Pennsylvania hometown, she will be facing off against some of the most powerful fossil fuel interests in the United States. LNG boom threatens to release vast amounts of methane, a powerful climate pollutant that is the main component of natural gas.

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DeSmogBlog

AUGUST 12, 2021

Developing carbon capture and storage (CCS) capacity is a key feature of the UK’s strategy to reduce emissions and hit its climate targets. But the recent failure of the Gorgon project in Western Australia to meet its five-year CCS target shows that storing carbon is no small feat. . By Tracy Keeling. Gorgon is led by U.S.

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

This is much sooner than what the blue hydrogen industry is estimating when advocating for the natural gas-based fuel to be widely adopted — essentially eliminating the only viable argument to invest in blue hydrogen. . “ CCS is carbon capture and storage.). Zero-C Hydrogen in a Circular Carbon Economy. kgH2 by 2030.

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DeSmogBlog

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Oil and gas companies have for years marketed fracked gas from B.C. But an impending flood of liquefied natural gas exports from western Canada to Asia could make it harder for countries there to achieve their national climate targets and contribute to tens of thousands of additional deaths due to air pollution.

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Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 17, 2021

A part of the firm’s new Deeside RDF facility, the OREX system is said to extract up to 90% of organics from MSW, enabling this valuable resource to be diverted to an anaerobic digestion (AD) plant and turned into renewable natural gas (RNG). Realising AD’s carbon mitigation potential.

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Smart Energy International

JULY 12, 2022

Italian gas distribution operator Italgas has introduced Picarro for methane emission detection and reduction in its networks. With carbon dioxide emissions effectively under management, the focus is shifting to other greenhouse gases, notably methane, which also contains carbon and is even more potent.

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Renewable Energy World

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

The Energy Council looks at the latest IEA report, ‘Global Hydrogen Review 2021’ to assess how the development of green hydrogen is advancing, and what is needed to make it commercially viable in the quickest timeline. of total global emissions. More from Climate Council: Green goals for heavy industries in the energy transition.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

The promise of renewable natural gas is a sustainability win that has been financially and logistically out of reach for even the largest companies. The Massachusetts-based recycler uses anaerobic biodigesters to create renewable natural gas from food waste. The gas can then be used for energy purposes.

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Business Green

AUGUST 12, 2021

UK government urged to avoid backing blue hydrogen after US study finds its production could be worse for climate than natural gas. It concludes that "there really is no role for blue hydrogen in a carbon-free future". As the authors note, emissions are still significant if zero carbon electricity is used.

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DeSmogBlog

JUNE 22, 2023

As of last year, more than a third of the world’s largest publicly traded companies had set targets to reach net zero carbon emissions, up from a fifth in December 2020. Last year, an investigation found the Verra carbon offsets registry, the biggest in the world, was running a scheme that “could make global heating worse.”

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Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 17, 2022

The signing of the Global Methane Pledge at last year’s COP26 marks a vital step in reducing the impact of industrial activities on the environment. Originally proposed by the US and EU in September 2021, the Global Methane Pledge will see countries acting to cut methane emissions by 30 percent by 2030.

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Sustainability Consulting

MAY 4, 2022

Late in 2021, the LA Times focused on “composting as the next climate crusade.” With methane emissions from landfill being a significant contributor to climate change, new legislation requires Californian businesses and individuals to separate organic material from their trash and those who don’t comply can face fines.

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DeSmogBlog

MAY 9, 2022

If the new increase is approved, Oregon gas customers will see their rates jump 25 percent over 12 months. The 2021 rate increase was the result of higher commodity costs, which are passed on to customers. NW Natural ads promote low-cost natural gas, but do not disclose that the utility is seeking rate increases.

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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 new report also reveals that in 2019 the Net Carbon Footprint fell slightly from 79gCO2e/MJ in 2016 to 78gCO2e/MJ last year. Shell shares this sense of urgency.

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Business Green

MAY 27, 2020

Britain's gas networks have today unveiled proposals to invest over £900m in developing net zero infrastructure over the coming five years as part of the UK's coronavirus recovery efforts, with a major focus on ramping up the use of biomethane and hydrogen for heating, cooking, industry, and transport. We have a plan that's ready to go.

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DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 17, 2022

The utility will send that blend through its existing gas infrastructure into customers’ homes, with the aim of reducing greenhouse gas emissions. The blend would use 5 to 10 percent hydrogen, with the remainder made up of conventional methane gas. percent increase. What’s more, this proposed 0.2

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DeSmogBlog

JULY 25, 2023

The preliminary route shown follows an existing natural gas pipeline owned by the Navajo Nation, running from near Shiprock, New Mexico, to a spot north of Flagstaff, Arizona. The federal government will fund up to 10 such projects , at least one of which will make hydrogen from fossil fuels, like natural gas.

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