Business Green

AUGUST 18, 2021

Yet at present, the UK boasts little in the way of hydrogen production capacity to meet the expected surge in demand, and scaling up the fledgling sector requires patience, high capital investment and careful planning - a process many a green technology before it has faced.

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Green Business Bureau

APRIL 11, 2023

have risen from 1.23% in 2019 to 6% for the 12 months at the end of February 2023. is President Joe Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), passed into law in August 2022. These incentives are set to launch on 31st May 2023. Fossil fuel operations generate over one-third of all methane emissions from human activity.

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DeSmogBlog

AUGUST 29, 2022

However, many companies invested in the continued existence of the natural gas industry are not giving up on the effort, presumably because blue hydrogen promises to extend the life of natural gas producers. US cost of green hydrogen down to $2/kg by 2023. But the bill, which was overseen by the fossil fuel-friendly Sen.

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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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Climate Tech VC

AUGUST 17, 2023

Energy Efficiency Existing Ship Index (EEXI) and Carbon Intensity Indicator (CII): Adopted in 2021 through the IMO , these measurements build on prior standards and became mandatory beginning Jan 1, 2023. This year, the price spread has contracted , shrinking the savings gained by investing in scrubber installations.

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DeSmogBlog

JANUARY 8, 2024

Site of Venture Global’s Plaquemines Parish LNG export facility under construction and the small community behind it, June 4, 2023. Three barges at Cheniere Energy’s LNG export terminal on the Sabine Pass in Cameron Parish, Louisiana, September 30, 2023. In 2023, U.S. Credit: Julie Dermansky. Flight provided by Southwings.

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EDF + Business

JANUARY 25, 2024

State Policy: New York’s Cap-and-Invest Program Advances with Opportunity for Public Comment The Hochul Administration is advancing a rulemaking for an economywide cap-and-invest program in New York state as a key step towards implementing the state’s Climate Act and achieving its emissions targets. How would it work?

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DeSmogBlog

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

Similar language is used by other the banks encouraging investments by those concerned about climate change. The project will add CO2 emissions not cut them, Coates pointed out, even if it is only the 5 percent of CO2 the company will miss when it captures the other 95 percent — plus you have to factor in the associated methane emissions.

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The Verge: Energy

DECEMBER 22, 2023

Joe Biden visits the Cummins Power Generation Facility in Fridley, Minnesota, on Monday, April 3rd, 2023. The problem is that today, most hydrogen is made with the help of fossil fuels — mostly through a process called steam-methane reforming that produces carbon dioxide emissions. Industry groups aren’t so happy.

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Latham's Clean Energy Law Report

MARCH 11, 2021

The program will include a multi-jurisdictional cap-and-invest program and aims to address environmental justice and equity concerns. The draft MOU detailed the cap-and-invest program and outlined model rules that jurisdictions could use to draft their own implementing legislation or regulations. By Jean-Philippe Brisson , Joshua T.

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

The Biden administration promised $251 million for CCS projects in seven states in May, from an estimated $12 billion fund from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law for carbon management in the United States. Summit has accepted the decision and indicated it would “refine their proposal and refile” for the necessary permits.

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EDF + Business

AUGUST 1, 2023

Private-sector investment in clean energy is soaring , driven by the Inflation Reduction Act. One year in, the Inflation Reduction Act is having its intended effect of boosting private-sector investment in the energy transition. 2030 target by 43%, by enacting policies that cut GHG emissions at scale. Don’t miss out!

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DeSmogBlog

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

She joined college students, financial experts, faith leaders, and then-New York City Public Advocate Letitia James in front of the New York Stock Exchange to demand that the city’s five public pension funds factor the financial risks of climate change into their investment decisions. trillion in cash and investments.

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DeSmogBlog

MARCH 8, 2024

Much of it is methane, which is especially potent for the twelve years it lingers in the atmosphere with a warming potential 28 times that of carbon dioxide. Reducing methane is seen by experts as a quick climate win, and both the food system and energy sector have been called on by UN climate body the IPCC to curb emissions.

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DeSmogBlog

MARCH 12, 2024

The donation comes on the heels of the Conservative government issuing hundreds of new oil and gas licences in 2023, and writing annual licensing rounds into law. The company says that 70 per cent of its investments are in natural gas operations. degree-warmed world. million from polluting interests in 2022.

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DeSmogBlog

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

“If not properly plugged and abandoned, these wells and facilities can contaminate waterways and soil, serve as a source of climate and air pollutants, and can present physical hazards to people and wildlife,” CalGEM writes in a 2023 legislative report. billion each. An idle well in Santa Barbara County, California.

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Climate Tech VC

MARCH 11, 2024

Consider this an important first, a base to build further disclosure mandates off of, and a harbinger of the increasing politicization of investing and climate.  California and the EU have already put forth more stringent climate disclosure laws, requiring companies operating in either geography to comply and report on Scope 3 emissions.

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Latham's Clean Energy Law Report

JANUARY 25, 2024

By Joshua Bledsoe , Kevin Homrighausen , and John Detrich On December 2, 2023, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released a final report that substantially increases estimates of the social cost of greenhouse gases (GHG), including carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxide (collectively, SC-GHG). 3d 1172 (9th Cir.

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Despite this massive increase in investment, the project’s coal gasification process did not operate reliably during testing as leaks were discovered. ADNOC states that it will invest $15 billion in “low-carbon solutions,” with a heavy focus on CO2-enhanced oil recovery. Credit: Wikimedia Commons , CC BY-SA 3.0

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DeSmogBlog

AUGUST 1, 2023

— National Mining Association (@NationalMining) May 10, 2023 “It’s truly an onslaught,” NMA’s President and CEO Rich Nolan told the AP, “designed to shut down the coal fleet prematurely.” In December 1963 the Clean Air Act was signed into law, barely a month after President Kennedy’s assassination.

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Grist

DECEMBER 8, 2021

When InvestigateWest launched the Getting to Zero: Decarbonizing Cascadia series in January 2021, the latest official data showed that emissions of carbon dioxide, methane, and other greenhouse gases had risen steadily from 2012 to 2018, and the region wasn’t on track to make big cuts this decade. “We Guiding greener growth.

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DeSmogBlog

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

While Exxon has already spent millions on this project — and plans to invest up to $400 million more to expand it — Shute Creek has consistently fallen short of its carbon capture goals. According to the document, “API also supports federal tax provisions incentivizing CCUS investment and deployment.”

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DeSmogBlog

JUNE 7, 2023

Austin Wall was attending an environmental law conference at the University of Tennessee not long ago when, during a discussion of natural gas pipeline projects, a map appeared on the screen and gave him a surprise. I’m like, hold up, that Google Maps looks really familiar to me,” the 25-year-old law student said. “I

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DeSmogBlog

JUNE 8, 2023

Austin Wall was attending an environmental law conference at the University of Tennessee not long ago when, during a discussion of natural gas pipeline projects, a map appeared on the screen and gave him a surprise. I’m like, hold up, that Google Maps looks really familiar to me,” the 25-year-old law student said. “I

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Climate Tech VC

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

In either case, this wasn’t on our bingo card… In the news, the British government passed new reforms to speed up interconnection, Colombia launched a $1B biodiversity fund, the US released $6B in funding for climate resiliency, and the US and China made modest progress on methane reduction at APEC.  SPAC valuation ).

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DeSmogBlog

MAY 1, 2024

Credit: Steve Jurvetson, CC BY 2.0 , via Wikimedia Commons Between 2009 and 2023, Exxon spent some $175 million on algae-related marketing like this video – almost half as much as the company spent working on the technology. Exxon and other industry leaders largely stopped funding for algae biofuel research by 2023.)

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Business Green

MARCH 26, 2021

The proposed law would commit Ireland to cutting emissions 51 per cent between 2018 and 2030, putting it on track to deliver net zero emissions by 2050 at the latest. It added that it would invest $1bn over the next decade in support of the new targets. New York State Pension Fund announces $6bn climate-focused investment drive.

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