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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Renewable Energy World

APRIL 13, 2021

The proportion of global power generation represented by VRE, such as wind and solar power, has been rising rapidly since 2007. And according to IEA’ Renewables 2020, Launch Presentation from November 10, 2020, global wind and solar PV’s combined installed capacity will surpass that of natural gas in 2023 and coal in 2024.

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Latham's Clean Energy Law Report

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Goods imported into the UK from countries with a lower or no carbon price will face a levy by 2027. Green , and James Bee On 18 December 2023, the UK government announced a proposal for a new carbon border adjustment mechanism (UK CBAM). Davies , Michael D.

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Business Green

MARCH 18, 2022

Latest batch of carbon analysis from electronics giant reveals how clean technologies can help slash emissions from transportation and distribution. The German-headquartered company first started collecting carbon data in 2020, and as such the data unveiled yesterday provides the first year-on-year comparison of its climate impact.

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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

JULY 23, 2020

First, it must understand the labour market impacts of decommissioning fossil fuel power plants and reskilling workers to build and manage the new low-carbon economy. Second, it must also engage with the social impacts of new low-carbon energy systems and infrastructures, with an emphasis on equity and justice concerns.

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Smart Energy International

JANUARY 5, 2023

This week’s edition of Smart Energy Finances – the first of 2023 – sees S&P Global downgrade Elia Group and Eurogrid’s outlook from stable to negative while Indian transmission company Adani Group announces BSML – a smart metering subsidiary. Elia Group and Eurogrid’s outlook down to negative.

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Grist

JANUARY 31, 2024

.” — a passage from “ Cabbage Koora ,” by Sanjana Sekhar The spotlight Nearly 4 in 5 people support doing “whatever it takes” to mitigate climate change, according to a survey published late last year by the firm Potential Energy. Another aspect of that future is limiting carbon-intensive forms of travel.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 8, 2020

The Sixth Carbon Budget report published today encompasses around 1,000 pages which offer the most detailed roadmap ever developed on how to transform a modern economy so that it delivers net zero emissions within the space of just 30 years. With that in place, business, government and society stand ready to deliver.".

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Business Green

MARCH 6, 2023

There are high hopes the rock could play a major role in the industrial-scale carbon removal scientists have warned is required to slow spiralling global temperatures. But now an industry is growing around the promise of fast-tracking this natural carbon sequestration process to help tackle climate change.

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 21, 2023

DZ Bank said via a spokesperson that it did not finance oil and gas production “by means of fracking or from oil shale and oil sands”, and added that it was an “important financing partner for the energy transition in Germany and a contributor to net zero emissions.” German power companies RWE and Uniper have also struck U.S.

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Business Green

MARCH 31, 2023

ICVCM said the new Core Carbon Principles (CCPs) have been developed using input from hundreds of organisations throughout the voluntary carbon market and will set out fundamental principles for high-quality credits which deliver real, verifiable emissions reductions based on the latest science and best practices.

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GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

The company’s first technology, MycoComposite, precipitated the subsidiary Mushroom Packaging , which I discussed with Ecovative’s business development lead, Meghan Olson. Sourcing algae from sustainable seaweed farmers that capture carbon as they grow their crop, Loliware is working to manufacture a variety of bio-based polymers.

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Low Carbon Prosperity

OCTOBER 17, 2018

In this Low Carbon Prosperity Institute (LCPI) analysis, we explore scenarios of carbon reduction investment performance based on the revenue allocation described in Initiative 1631. The measure is intended, but not required, to reduce carbon emissions in 2035 to 25% below 1990 levels, consistent with the state’s legislated target.

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Business Green

JULY 22, 2020

And as commentators have pointed out , the EU Council's agreement is scant on detail in a number of crucial areas, most notably how the proposed 30 per cent climate spending proportion will actually be monitored, and what type of projects it should be spent on. There were disappointments for the green economy in the EU Council deal, too.

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DeSmogBlog

FEBRUARY 25, 2024

Such investors rely on ESG — environmental, social and governance — scores created by ratings agencies to assess a company’s exposure to financial risks associated with issues from its carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions, to human rights violations in its supply chain, and executive pay. MSCI ranks all five as ‘ESG Leaders’ for carbon emissions.

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Green Business Bureau

MARCH 9, 2023

ISO 14000: Sustainable business design using environmental management systems (EMS) ISO 14000 gives the framework, requirements, and standards for the implementation of an effective company-wide environmental management system (EMS). Like SSIR and HBR, the Green Business Bureau sees the leaders that seek a sustainable business world.

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DeSmogBlog

FEBRUARY 25, 2024

Such investors rely on ESG — environmental, social and governance — scores created by ratings agencies to assess a company’s exposure to financial risks associated with issues from its carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions, to human rights violations in its supply chain, and executive pay. MSCI ranks all five as ‘ESG Leaders’ for carbon emissions.

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Edwards speaking at the groundbreaking event for the Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion project on August 10, 2023. The project’s supporters assert diverting the river to its historic path and unleashing the power of nature will result in the creation of 21 square miles of new submerged land in the basin’s wetlands over the next 50 years.

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Elemental Excelerator

OCTOBER 5, 2020

Because the price of keeping the status quo grows steeper every year, from the human and economic toll of climate-related disasters, fires, heatwaves, and other environmental stresses to the jobs left on the table by not accelerating towards a carbon-free, regenerative economy. Together they can be transformative.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

Case in point: ChatGPT , the scary-smart artificial intelligence engine capable of answering a breathtakingly broad array of questions, which seems to be the tech world's bright, shiny object of 2023. Supply chain management: AI can be used to monitor the sustainability performance of suppliers and identify opportunities for improvement.

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Latham's Clean Energy Law Report

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

The 2016 AQMP analyzes existing and potential regulatory control options and seeks to achieve multiple goals in partnership with other entities promoting reductions in greenhouse gases (GHGs) and toxic risk, as well as efficiencies in energy use, transportation, and goods movement. Facility-Based Mobile Source Measures.

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Latham's Clean Energy Law Report

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

The 2016 AQMP analyzes existing and potential regulatory control options and seeks to achieve multiple goals in partnership with other entities promoting reductions in greenhouse gases (GHGs) and toxic risk, as well as efficiencies in energy use, transportation, and goods movement. Facility-Based Mobile Source Measures.

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AGreenLiving

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

The company’s first technology, MycoComposite, precipitated the subsidiary Mushroom Packaging , which I discussed with Ecovative’s business development lead, Meghan Olson. ” Sourcing algae from sustainable seaweed farmers that capture carbon as they grow their crop, Loliware is working to manufacture a variety of bio-based polymers.

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Climate Tech VC

JULY 24, 2023

Climate tech companies that attracted substantial funding for their innovations in 2021 and 2022 are now reaching important proof points on the journey to commercial scale. ⚡ Fervo Energy shared successful results from a 30-day flow test of its enhanced geothermal system at its pilot site in Nevada.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 22, 2023

The EPA’s National Air Toxics Assessment tool is based on weaker monitoring data from a few years back. TCEQ continues to vigilantly evaluate benzene levels at [the Jacintoport] monitor, while encouraging efforts to reduce benzene in this area,” an agency spokesperson said in an email. That’s likely an undercount,” Hopkins said.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 29, 2022

As usual, it was another year of ups and downs for sustainable business. Two steps forward, one step back: the sustainable business cha-cha, as I've long described it. Overall, it was more positives than negatives. The job boom crosses sectors, from finance and private equity to clean energy and biodiversity.

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