EDF + Business

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

EDF recently hosted a virtual summit for private equity firms Quantum Energy Partners and EIG Global Energy Partners to engage their portfolio companies, which include more than 50 producer and midstream companies on the business importance of methane mitigation. Andrew: Divestment of oil and gas is gaining momentum. Sean: It’s very simple.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 26, 2021

C this century, according to the UN Environment Programme’s (UNEP) latest Emissions Gap Report 2021: The Heat Is On. C, we have eight years to almost halve greenhouse gas emissions: eight years to make the plans, put in place the policies, implement them and ultimately deliver the cuts. The potential of methane and market mechanisms.

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Renewable Energy World

OCTOBER 13, 2021

The IEA has released its World Energy Outlook 2021 which details a global rebound in coal and oil use in 2021, as well as the second-largest annual increase in CO2 emissions in history. The IEA directed government leaders to use the World Energy Outlook 2021 as a guide at COP26, which takes place from Oct.

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Planet Pulse

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

This exquisite instrument will act as the “eye” of the satellite, allowing us to detect, pinpoint, and quantify point source emissions of methane and carbon dioxide. Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech Detecting methane from space An engineer prepares the imaging spectrometer instrument for testing in a thermal vacuum chamber at JPL.

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Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 7, 2022

The new research incorporates shorter-lived GHG emissions such as methane, which can arise from sources including landfills (pictured). While previous research has explored this question for carbon dioxide, the new work includes related emissions such as methane, nitrogen oxide and aerosols, like sulphur or soot. C, or, at most, 2°C.

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Clean Energy Canada

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

However, much work remains: coal still accounts for at least one-third of global electricity generation, and, in spite of the clear link between coal burning and higher temperatures, its use has increased in 2021 as economies reopened and energy demand shot up. The post The Glasgow Climate Pact: What does it mean for Canada’s climate policy?

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Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 30, 2021

sent to landfill, incineration, or spread onto land – where they emit harmful greenhouse gases, especially methane, which is 84 times more toxic than CO2 over 20 years). Our research has shown that there are 170 million tonnes of organic wastes generated every year in the UK, most of which is mismanaged (eg.

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Business Green

JULY 5, 2021

Governments must implement stronger policies to tackle still rising demand foe fossil gas if they are to deliver on their net zero emission goals by 2050, according to a new report this week from the International Energy Agency (IEA). Natural gas demand is expected to rise by 3.6

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 25, 2021

How Wall Street can win on climate In 2021. Mon, 01/25/2021 - 01:00. At the start of 2021, leading investors openly recognize that climate change presents a massive systemic risk and a multi-trillion-dollar opportunity. Support regulations and policies required to decarbonize. Ben Ratner.

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 21, 2022

“It’s mind-blowing that JBS can continue to make climate claims to investors, even as the company massively increases its emissions,” said Shefali Sharma, Europe director for the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP), a nonprofit advocacy organisation, which calculated the estimates. In 2021 alone, JBS processed 26.8

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

Governments, however, need to quickly implement ‘regenerative agriculture’ policies to incentivise farmers to take up the challenge, the researchers argue. The research evolved from a workshop held in 2021, hosted by Food and Farming Futures, a charity chaired by Lord Curry.

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EDF + Business

DECEMBER 17, 2020

Despite all odds, 2020 has been a milestone year for corporate climate leadership , and it has positioned the private sector to raise the bar even further in 2021 – especially when it comes to turning commitments into action and results. Here’s why. Businesses accept the reality – and the risks – of climate change.

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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 include feed additives to reduce methane in cow burps and “biogas digesters” to capture and burn methane from lagoons of liquid manure.

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DeSmogBlog

MAY 9, 2023

Further research by DeSmog has shown that Eni’s company magazine Ecos made repeated references to climate change during the late 1980s and 1990s — while running advertising campaigns promoting natural gas, which is mostly comprised of planet-warming methane, as a “clean” fuel. billion (9 billion euros) from 2021. ‘Friend Methane!

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EDF + Business

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

With methane emissions driving near-term warming at an alarming rate, it is critical that oil and gas transactions incorporate ambitious standards for CO2 and methane management to ensure effective environmental stewardship in line with climate science. In Q3 of 2021 alone, US oil and gas mergers and acquisitions activity totaled $18.5

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EDF + Business

JANUARY 24, 2022

From Goldman Sachs to HSBC , banks closed 2021 with important initial steps toward long-term emissions reductions, highlighting the finance sector’s growing net-zero ambition. So far, 101 banks — with $67 trillion in assets — have joined the Net-Zero Banking Alliance , convened by the UN in April 2021. 3: Push for smart climate policy.

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DeSmogBlog

AUGUST 23, 2021

Blue hydrogen is made from natural gas, which is mostly methane, using electricity generated by burning more gas, and hydrogen is considered “blue” (rather than “gray”) when its carbon emissions are sequestered. Basav Sen, climate policy project director at the Institute for Policy Studies, told DeSmog. It’s fracked methane.”.

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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. . In April, CGEP released a paper advocating for large investments in the U.S.

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

“The Global Registry will make governments and companies more accountable for their development of fossil fuels by enabling civil society to link production decisions with national climate policies,” Mark Campanale, founder of Carbon Tracker and Chair of the Registry Steering Committee, said in a statement. In the U.S., billion CO2e.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 13, 2021

This year's WEO also underscores that climate policies can create millions of new jobs. And for this reason, the IEA projects that carbon emissions are on track to deliver the second largest annual increase in history in 2021, as the global economy bounces back from the impact of the pandemic. limit that was agreed six years ago.

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DeSmogBlog

JUNE 22, 2023

JBS, the world’s largest meat company — whose methane emissions exceed the combined livestock methane emissions of France, Germany, Canada and New Zealand — has also claimed to be on a net zero pathway based on offsets. A 2021 greenwashing case filed with the FTC by environmental groups against Chevron is still pending.

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Business Green

APRIL 14, 2020

"Our projects have demonstrated that it's now perfectly possible to strip the carbon out of British growing and, with the appropriate policy environment in place, we look forward to considering the role we can play in financing a wider roll-out of this solution.".

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EDF + Business

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Driven by rapid improvements in the cost and technical feasibility of clean energy, 83% of new US power capacity in 2021 came from renewables. In contrast to claims of natural gas’ low carbon intensity, the oil and gas industry often fails to appropriately manage its emissions of methane, a potent driver of climate change.

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DeSmogBlog

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

The updated policy only rules out direct funding for new oil and gas projects, so Barclays can continue to provide more general corporate funding to oil and gas companies — who can then use that funding however they wish, including for expansion. scenarios,” ShareAction wrote in a statement provided to DeSmog.

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The Environmental Blog

OCTOBER 31, 2022

According to the UN Environment Programme’s (UNEP) Food Waste Index Report 2021, roughly 17 % of the world’s food output is lost or wasted. The entire amount of greenhouse gasses (such as carbon dioxide and methane) produced by human actions is known as a carbon footprint. Considering Water Waste. Ways To Decrease.

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DeSmogBlog

JULY 27, 2021

From devastating wildfires to rising methane emissions, Earth’s vital signs are continuing to deteriorate, scientists warn. Both methane and carbon dioxide concentrations in the atmosphere have reached new record highs, the study reveals. The Ponina Fire in Oregon, April 2021. Australia, the U.K., Credit: CIFOR. CC BY-NC-ND 2.0.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 26, 2021

However, one kernel of hope highlighted in the report is the prospect of the wave of net zero pledges from countries over the past two years soon making their way into law, and then in turn being translated into effective on-the-ground policies to slash emissions. warming pathway.

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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. Policy innovation is the final tool required to truly kick-start the evolution to a new energy landscape.

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DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 17, 2022

The blend would use 5 to 10 percent hydrogen, with the remainder made up of conventional methane gas. All told, the multiple rate hikes NW Natural is hoping to impose on customers would hike bills by a combined 42 percent since October 2021. One study puts the risk of explosion as four times higher compared to conventional methane gas.

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Clean Energy Canada

APRIL 19, 2021

VICTORIA — Merran Smith, executive director at Clean Energy Canada, made the following statement in response to the federal government’s 2021 budget : “Canada’s first federal budget in two years lays the foundations for a cleaner, more competitive, and more equitable Canada. This is a big budget, with $17.6 Joint Action Plan.

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Grist

MAY 18, 2022

According to a 2021 estimate from researchers from the University of Chicago , a failure to meet international guidelines for PM 2.5 Other problematic sources of air pollution include methane, which produces hazardous ground-level ozone that is linked to health conditions such as lung damage, chest pain , and exacerbated respiratory diseases.

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GreenBiz

JULY 15, 2020

As the state weighs hydrogen as a possible path to its goal of carbon neutrality by midcentury, California’s policy makers are following emerging research, including a recent report from Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory looking specifically at converting hydrogen from waste. locations in 2021. Above photo courtesy of Ways2H.

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Clean Energy Canada

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

The Liberals announced key additional policies to help them achieve an increased climate target and build a sustainable economy, such as a 2035 clean electricity standard, a requirement for 50% of new cars to be zero-emission by 2030 (en route to 100% by 2035), capping oil and gas emissions, and eliminating fossil fuel subsidies.

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Planet Pulse

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

Carbon Mapper satellite rendering @ 2021, Planet Labs, Inc. We’re also a key partner in Carbon Mapper, a pioneering, public-private partnership that is building the world’s most complete space-borne monitoring system for methane and carbon dioxide (CO2) point source emissions. All Rights Reserved.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

This intensifying debate comes at a crucial moment for the UK's green buildings policy, with the government soon set to unveil its heat decarbonisation strategy, alongside a host of other related net zero plans in the run up to COP26, the UN climate summit taking place in Glasgow in November.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 20, 2022

The bank also set out its intentionto take action on its methane emissions by aligning itself with the Global Gas Flaring Reduction Partnership (GGFR) and endorsing the World Bank's Zero Routine Flaring by 2030 initiative.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 15, 2020

ExxonMobil has unveiled several short term targets to tackle its carbon intensity, methane emissions, and flaring activity in a new climate plan it claims is "projected to be consistent with the goals of the Paris Agreement", despite the oil and gas giant's continuing refusal to set a long-term net zero emissions goal.

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