Clean Energy Canada

MARCH 25, 2024

Abroad, LNG will not necessarily reduce global emissions when accounting for factors such as methane leakage and the risk that it could compete with renewables and nuclear. KEY FACTS The International Energy Agency holds that there is no need for investment in new fossil fuel supply in a world that reaches net zero by 2050.

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DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 25, 2023

Officials from one corporation, Venture Global, repeatedly told government regulators that CCS was incompatible with the company’s plans to build three massive new liquified natural gas export terminals in south Louisiana. exporters of liquified natural gas. The company is poised to be one of the largest U.S.

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DeSmogBlog

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

It seems to have made some progress: On its website, Barclays says emissions related to projects it finances dropped by 32 percent between 2020 and 2022. A report from Rainforest Action Network found that Barclays was the European Union’s largest funder of oil and gas projects between 2016 and 2022.

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Hydrogen Fuel News

APRIL 2, 2024

As of April 2022, 131 countries responsible for 88% of greenhouse emissions had committed to net zero emissions.  According to 2022 statistics, global hydrogen use touched 95 million tonnes, a year-on-year increase of nearly 3%. Steam-methane reforming and electrolysis are the two most common methods used.

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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

MAY 25, 2022

Some sections included safety information and tips on energy conservation, but many others promote natural gas, describe its benefits, or position gas as a clean alternative to dirtier fuels. NW Natural knows that teachers possess the power to enlighten students. Answer: a bus that runs on natural gas.).

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Renewable Energy World

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

A session called Funding the New Energy Paradigm: Innovative Financing Mechanisms & Clever Capital Structures will be presented during the POWERGEN Leadership Summi t in Dallas, Texas on January 28, 2022. . The push and pull of supply and demand. of total global emissions. Stepping back and taking a breath.

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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. Part of the latest proposed increase is connected to investments in IT and safety upgrades, the utility says. NW Natural ads promote low-cost natural gas, but do not disclose that the utility is seeking rate increases.

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

The Pathways Alliance formed in June of 2022. Shell’s Quest project is a ‘blue hydrogen’ project in Alberta that generates hydrogen from natural gas and uses an on-site carbon capture capability to negate the otherwise carbon intensive process. Had this been done, the capture efficiency would be significantly lower.

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DeSmogBlog

MARCH 28, 2023

The lonely well pad houses four natural gas wells that records show were initially drilled in 2011 but sat inactive for years after that. Another one filed in August 2022 includes photos of large trailers that, according to the DEP, currently house cryptocurrency equipment.

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Renewable Energy World

JUNE 17, 2021

Countries like Germany, Japan, the UK, China, Australia, and others have already made plans targeting Hydrogen production and prices with a series of investments and potential policies being considered. Other emerging technologies include using biomass to produce syngas and methane cracking. kg by 2025. kg Underground Storage ˜0.2/kg

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DeSmogBlog

JULY 11, 2022

The findings also strengthen the argument made by a coalition of environmental groups opposing a rate hike request filed by NW Natural, Oregon’s largest gas utility, which is currently being deliberated by the Oregon Public Utility Commission (PUC). Youth climate strike, May 20, 2022, Portland, Oregon.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

of warming if national emissions goals for 2030 are met, global emissions rose again last year and further uptick of around one per cent expected in 2022. Governments have promised to ramp up clean energy investment and energy efficiency programmes, securing plaudits from green businesses and climate campaigners. by mid-century.

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Business Green

AUGUST 5, 2020

A new project exploring how hydrogen gas could be used to heat homes and deliver green energy will start performing tests from 2022, National Grid announced today. Costing £10m, the testing project will be delivered by DNV GL in partnership with Durham University and the University of Edinburgh.

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The Verge: Energy

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Surely, she could at least improve her air quality by keeping the gas heater off and purchasing a portable heat pump, an increasingly popular device that uses electricity to move heat in and out of the home. Money is key because electrification isn’t cheap Investing in the right technologies can help, too.

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Latham's Clean Energy Law Report

MAY 16, 2022

The Draft 2022 Scoping Plan Update takes an all-of-the-above approach to decarbonize California. On May 10, 2022, the California Air Resources Board (CARB) released its Draft 2022 Scoping Plan Update for public review and comment. By Joshua T. Bledsoe and Brian McCall.

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EDF + Business

JANUARY 24, 2022

To build on this progress in 2022, banks will need to take an even more robust stance on climate, becoming proactive environmental stewards rather than reactive market participants. As they invest in the energy transition, banks should set climate standards for oil and gas companies to qualify for financing.

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Low Carbon Prosperity

MAY 21, 2023

” “In 2021, Washington consumed less natural gas than about half of the states, and in 2020, the state used less per capita than all but four other states and the District of Columbia. The largest share of the state’s natural gas comes from Canada, either directly or through the state of Idaho.”

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DeSmogBlog

AUGUST 29, 2022

Climate provisions in the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 are bringing new economic headwinds to the gas-derived hydrogen fuel’s prospects. players in the blue hydrogen sphere — and natural gas is a common denominator. players in the blue hydrogen sphere — and natural gas is a common denominator.

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DeSmogBlog

JUNE 1, 2023

In March, a man named David Irizarry wrote a letter to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) in support of a liquefied natural gas (LNG) project to be built in Brownsville, Texas. The Rio Grande LNG project (RGLNG), estimated to cost more than $11 billion, would be the largest private sector investment in Texas’ history.

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Business Green

APRIL 7, 2020

The comments came in the foreword to oil giant's annual Sustainability Report today, which provides an update on its progress against its emissions reduction goals and its fast-expanding clean energy investment programmes. It has affected so many people around the world.

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Business Green

MARCH 3, 2022

The research - produced at breakneck speed by a team of energy efficiency, renewables, and fossil gas markets experts - sets out a string of recommendations for how European countries can reduce their reliance on Russian energy supplies as quickly as possible in the wake of the country's attack of Ukraine last week.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 16, 2022

There, he met with OPUC staff in person and exchanged emails with Lori Koho, then OPUC’s senior official overseeing natural gas utilities. He hoped that his list of complaints would show “how the unethical culture [at NW Natural] goes all the way to the top,” as one of his emails to Koho explains.

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DeSmogBlog

JULY 20, 2023

But TC Energy, the Canadian owner of a major regional gas pipeline, has asked federal regulators to approve a plan that would dramatically expand the line’s capacity, flooding the region for decades with new supplies of methane gas – even as demand dwindles. Cascade Natural Gas did not respond to questions from DeSmog.

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DeSmogBlog

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

Similar language is used by other the banks encouraging investments by those concerned about climate change. Credit: Julie Dermansky On October 14, 2022, I joined Tangipahoa Parish Council member Kim Coates and third-generation crabber Laramie Hills to see an area of Lake Maurepas where Air Products was doing preliminary work.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

IEA warns that methane emissions from the global energy sector fell only fractionally last year, despite projects to cut methane leaks providing hugely attractive returns on investment By rights methane emissions from the fossil fuel industry should be one of the easiest climate problems to fix. There is just no excuse.

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GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

At the very least, utilities will need plans that can get them most of the way there, while rushing ahead with next-generation technologies: long-duration energy storage, small modular nuclear reactors or green hydrogen and methane to fuel natural gas peaker plants. Here's a look at the five largest U.S. Dominion Energy.

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DeSmogBlog

JUNE 19, 2023

Danielle Smith often provided contradictory messaging or phrases, such as “sustainable export of fossil fuel resources,” “clean natural gas,” and expressed her belief that Alberta could increase fossil fuel production while simultaneously cutting emissions.

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Green Business Bureau

APRIL 11, 2023

is President Joe Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), passed into law in August 2022. Of relevance here is the investment help given to businesses in improve infrastructure , to reduce energy costs. Fossil fuel operations generate over one-third of all methane emissions from human activity. meet net-zero goals.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 9, 2021

The use of these chemicals also damages the environment in other ways; much of the fertilizer used in the world today is the product of methane gas, a fossil fuel, while the wide-scale use of pesticides has been linked to the damage of ecosystems and vital populations of pollinators.

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GreenTechMedia

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

” But Sridhar placed even higher expectations on a longer-range plan to adapt Bloom’s solid-oxide fuel cell technology, originally designed to run on natural gas and emit carbon dioxide, to generate electricity from hydrogen, make "green" hydrogen via electrolysis or capture the carbon from "blue" hydrogen made from natural gas.

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EDF + Business

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Dear Colleagues, The EDF team recently returned from COP28 , which brought important progress including a pledge by 50 oil and gas companies to cut methane emissions up to 80-90% (see EDF’s statement ) and the launch of the Dairy Methane Action Alliance. Methane rules are here! Methane rules are here!

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DeSmogBlog

JULY 5, 2022

Canadian media has called blue hydrogen, which is produced from natural gas and has its emissions captured, “a key part” of the nation’s emissions-reduction strategy and “ fairly clean ” — a claim that echoes an infographic from ATCO, a major Canadian energy company, that said blue hydrogen produces “nearly zero emissions.” . “It

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GreenTechMedia

OCTOBER 8, 2020

If it works, the unusual combination of a newly formed municipal utility, large electricity customers as anchor tenants, and a microgrid developer to fund and manage the solar, battery and natural gas-powered system could provide a new statewide model for towns and cities looking for reliable, clean energy options. MW of solar, 27.5

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Hydrogen Fuel News

DECEMBER 11, 2023

In a remarkable testament to the power of innovation, collaboration, and strategic investment, the United States has made a monumental leap from 10th to 2nd place in the Hydrogen Progress Index in just two years, positioning itself as a global leader in the hydrogen industry.

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DeSmogBlog

MARCH 31, 2022

Flaring — or the burning of stranded natural gas directly at an oil well — is one of the drilling industry’s most notorious problems, often condemned as a pointlessly polluting waste of billions of dollars and trillions of cubic feet of natural gas. How does ExxonMobil plan to reach that goal?

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DeSmogBlog

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

A group of natural gas companies and utilities in Colorado formed a front group to oppose the state’s push towards electrifying homes and businesses, spreading misinformation about the cost of electric heating while also promoting false solutions to lock in the ongoing use of natural gas. Citing the U.S.

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