DeSmogBlog

JANUARY 16, 2024

A major cold snap led to record electricity usage in the Canadian province of Alberta over the weekend, culminating in demands from provincial utilities to limit consumption. The extreme cold and record-setting electrical consumption has reignited local debates about whether heat pumps are a viable option in the province.

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DeSmogBlog

JULY 20, 2023

An energy trade association that represents and promotes gas boilers and manufacturers is behind a barrage of negative press attacking heat pumps, DeSmog has learned. Much of the media coverage about heat pumps features Mike Foster, a former Labour MP and the chief executive of the Energy and Utilities Association trade body.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

The government has today promised to accelerate the roll out of low cost renewable projects by shifting the timetable for clean power contract auctions from once every two years to every year. The more clean, cheap and secure power we generate at home, the less exposed we will be to expensive gas prices set by international markets.".

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Business Green

AUGUST 7, 2020

All the green business news from around the world this week. The study drew on data from 123 countries that together account for 99 per cent of fossil fuel emissions. In contrast, with an economic recovery tilted towards green stimulus and reductions in fossil fuel investments, it is possible to avoid future warming of 0.3C

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Business Green

JANUARY 6, 2023

Oh, what a tangled web they weave when businesses set out either to deceive consumers or aspirationally advertise green credentials they haven't earned. Forty-five per cent of Americans want to be viewed as eco-friendly consumers, according to the results in September of an unpublished 2022 Eco Pulse study from Shelton Group. "In

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Business Green

APRIL 4, 2022

Green business figures, politicians, environmental groups, economists and more react to leading climate experts' assessment of the solutions needed to deliver net zero. Here, BusinessGreen rounds up all the top reaction from business figures, politicians, campaigners, economists and more. Simply put, they are lying.

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