DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 22, 2022

The decision has outraged residents who’ve lived with the pollution tied to Coterra Energy’s previous fracking activity and endured over a decade in which they’ve lacked access to clean water for their homes. in 2021 — to household water pollution, banning the company from drilling new natural gas wells in the area entirely.

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DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 1, 2022

Lem is now one of the applicants in a recent false advertising complaint against the Canadian Gas Association, which has been running ads in the Globe & Mail and on Facebook describing natural gas as “clean-burning” and a “smart choice” for people’s homes. Read more about the campaign in this DeSmog story ). Source: CAPE.

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Business Green

JANUARY 17, 2022

It argued that investments in renewables, energy efficiency, and smart grid solutions should be at the heart of any response to the crisis, noting how these green investments will enable nations to drastically reduce their reliance on polluting and volatile fossil fuel markets. These assertions are misleading to say the least," he wrote.

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R-Squared Energy

AUGUST 14, 2022

This article is the fifth in a series on the BP Statistical Review of World Energy 2022. Previous articles covered overall energy consumption , carbon dioxide emissions , petroleum supply and demand, and global natural gas trends. Coal is the most polluting fossil fuel. Comparing Coal’s Emissions.

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DeSmogBlog

AUGUST 16, 2023

fossil fuel firms are pushing to build more than 2,900 miles of natural gas pipelines to feed liquefied natural gas (LNG) export facilities in Louisiana, Texas, and Alaska, in a bid to send more of the fuel to Asia and Europe, a new analysis by Global Energy Monitor shows. natural gas pipeline construction through 2026.

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DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 25, 2023

As Louisiana attempts to spew less climate-warming pollution, which disproportionately comes from industry, fossil-fuel companies have convinced lawmakers to jump onto the bandwagon of carbon capture and storage (CCS), a controversial and unproven method of addressing the issue. exporters of liquified natural gas.

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DeSmogBlog

MAY 8, 2024

In Colorado, fossil fuel interests are vigorously opposing legislative bills meant to clean up the state’s heavily polluted air. But in 2023 and 2024, the F Minus report found, it employed the lobbying services of Colorado Legislative Strategies, a firm with multiple fossil fuel clients, including the Colorado Oil & Gas Association.

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

“We hope our work will facilitate improved emission estimates and reductions not only from the UK but also from other countries producing methane from oil and gas extraction,” Mauzerall said. This study focuses on methane leakage associated with discovery, extraction, and production of oil and 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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ThinkGeoEnergy

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

million cubic meters of natural gas, reducing the greenhouse gas load of Szeged by 4,482 tons of CO2 annually. By 2022, residents of Szeged had already started benefiting from lower heating bills as a direct result of the geothermal district heating project that has been described as a blueprint for other European cities.

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

The UK-based company topped the annual ‘F-List’ documenting the creative and public relations industry’s work for polluting industries, with 55 fossil fuel contracts. These four companies dominate the communications industry; owning hundreds of subsidiaries around the world, and generating combined revenues of $56 billion in 2022.

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Charged

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Some cities are also promoting the use of EVs for urban delivery trucks, which have shorter ranges and less noise and air pollution than diesel trucks. It also proposed multi-pollutant emissions standards for light-duty and medium-duty vehicles for model years 2027 and later. According to Statista , EV adoption in the U.S.

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DeSmogBlog

MARCH 11, 2024

The contributions from CNRL haven’t been made public by the Indian Resource Council, which says it is comprised “of First Nations across Canada that have oil and gas production on their land including those that have the potential for production.” The IRC received $250,000 from CNRL in 2022 alone. But he’s just one perspective.”

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Clean Energy Canada

MARCH 25, 2024

families pay more for electricity and natural gas as the LNG industry drives up the price of both. Natural gas production (48 per cent) and exporting LNG (39 per cent) were the least popular options presented. Put another way, that’s a considerable annual bill that will be put to B.C. ratepayers or potentially taxpayers.

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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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DeSmogBlog

MARCH 24, 2023

Now, Ivor van Heerden , the former deputy director of Louisiana State University’s Hurricane Center, is concerned about the disastrous and potentially lethal consequences of a hurricane hitting a liquified natural gas (LNG) export terminal under construction south of New Orleans.

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R-Squared Energy

AUGUST 5, 2023

Natural gas and coal demand stayed nearly flat with oil rebounding close to pre-pandemic levels. They are on a trajectory to reach a new all-time high in 2022 unless a recession curbs global energy demand in the second half of the year.” in 2022 to a new high of 34.4 in 2022 to a new high of 34.4

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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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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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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 26, 2020

At the same time, it's already adopting renewable natural gas to power its natural gas trucks in its short-haul fleet. . AVTA says in addition to slashed carbon emissions and local air pollution, it's been able to save 769,231 gallons of diesel fuel, the equivalent of more than $1 million in fuel cost savings. .

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

Project partners include major industry near the Blackburn Meadows site, with strong interest from steelmakers in testing the use of hydrogen as a way of switching away from natural gas in heating and forging processes. The study will run from September 2022 to February 2023.

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 21, 2023

gas export projects since the beginning of 2022, a sharp increase on the 1.86 Rolfes was speaking during a visit last month to the German port of Wilhelmshaven, site of a new terminal to unload liquefied natural gas (LNG) — natural gas supercooled for shipping on specialized tankers. German banks lent 2.17

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Smart Energy International

APRIL 28, 2022

Have you read: Next-gen building energy codes pilot in New York New York avails $3m to help municipal utilities build climate resilienc e Eni decarbonises natural gas plant with Mitsubishi CCUS technology. As for the RFP process, NYPA said bids are due May 24, 2022 with potential awards announced July 1, 2022.

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DeSmogBlog

JANUARY 26, 2024

When Royal Dutch Shell lost a landmark climate lawsuit in The Netherlands, climate advocates said the Dutch court’s ruling put polluters and their financiers on notice. liquefied natural gas (LNG). By ING’s own measure, it is responsible for 61 megatonnes of financed emissions in 2022. billion to the sector.

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GreenTechMedia

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

The upshot is that a region with big climate goals and physical constraints on its natural gas supply will meet its hours of greatest electricity demand with a bit more battery power and a bit less gas-fired power. Gas plants are the go-to source of on-demand power for the U.S.

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Clean Energy Canada

MARCH 25, 2024

would greatly miss its target with LNG adding so much climate pollution to the province. s total 2022 demand, or the equivalent of the electricity from more than eight Site C dams. government anticipates that LNG exports could cause domestic natural gas prices to increase by up to 28% over the next 25 years.

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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. In 2022, Eni reported a profit of $14.12

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Overall the analysis of the delegates list by DeSmog shows that the total number of people representing the interests of agribusiness has more than doubled since 2022 to reach 340. This number is up from just 10 in 2022. Pesticide firms also turned out in high numbers this year, jumping by 30 percent compared to 2022.

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DeSmogBlog

MAY 9, 2022

“NW Natural business executives should not earn recompense from ratepayers through salary bonuses when 25% of Oregonians can barely afford to pay their energy bills.”. NW Natural ads promote low-cost natural gas, but do not disclose that the utility is seeking rate increases. They want to keep people as customers.

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DeSmogBlog

AUGUST 28, 2023

Aliénor Rougeot, a climate justice advocate and climate and energy program manager with Environmental Defence, told DeSmog she is “frustrated that our public transit is taken over by big polluters making record profits.” A 2018 estimate suggested the oil industry is responsible for 30 percent of natural gas consumption in Canada.

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Hydrogen Fuel News

APRIL 2, 2024

Sustainability has become a global goal these days, with increasing awareness regarding the banes of pollution. As of April 2022, 131 countries responsible for 88% of greenhouse emissions had committed to net zero emissions.  Anthropogenic emissions have resulted in a global temperature increase of 1.1°C,

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

A Memorandum of Understanding, signed at trade show Gastech 2022 in Milan late last week, will see the partners assess how carbon dioxide produced by ships could be captured using a technology developed by BASF. The partners said the strategy could help the shipping sector meet its goal to reduce its carbon intensity by 40 per cent by 2030.

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The Verge: Energy

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Brausch for The Verge Homeowners who want to reduce their carbon footprint by getting rid of polluting appliances have the US government’s full support. She didn’t foresee, however, the high energy bills that would result from cranking up the gas heater when her apartment would turn into an icebox in the winter. Illustration by Nico H.

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Energy and Cleantech Council

DECEMBER 23, 2021

The rationale for this narrow focus is that the City wants these regulations in place promptly, in time for reporting in Q2 2022. The Air Pollution Control Commission will later hold a “formal” public comment period at a time TBD. The “informal” public comment period on the draft regulations will remain open until January 14.

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

The phrases laid out below will also be in the back pockets of lobbyists, who doubled in number year on year in 2022 as an analysis by DeSmog revealed , and are expected to show up in force in 2023. All these methods work to improve the soil, reduce air and water pollution, cut emissions, and boost biodiversity.

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

James Black History event on February 2, 2022. Robert Taylor in a trailer provided by FEMA, in front of his storm-damaged home on February 12, 2022. John the Baptist Parish have a lifetime risk of cancer from air pollution that is 800 times higher than the national average. Sharon Lavigne at a RISE St. Credit: Julie Dermansky.

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DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 3, 2023

Venture Global’s Calcasieu Pass liquid natural gas (LNG) export terminal is in the longest ever commissioning period for a plant of its kind. About 16 months later, in March 2022 , Venture Global’s Calcasieu Pass terminal exported its first load of LNG overseas, which was delivered to the Netherlands and France.

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