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Climate Policy News You Can Use — February 2024

EDF + Business

decoupling our climate pollution burden from economic growth. All the rulemaking we’ve been tracking regarding EPA’s emission standards for oil and gas methane, fossil fuel power plants, vehicles, and transmission are all important drivers for accelerating progress. Key programs now expire on September 30, 2024. This means U.S.

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Climate Policy News You Can Use — March 2024

EDF + Business

Go Deeper: Read EDF’s blog: EPA Advances Important IRA Program to Establish Oil and Gas Methane Wast Charge What’s new with the IRA? 45 states and large metro areas have submitted climate action plans under the Inflation Reduction Act, which is supported by the Climate Pollution Reduction Grants.

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Mapped: Europe’s Fossil Fuel-Backed Hydrogen Lobby

DeSmogBlog

Experts dispute this climate-friendly branding, however, given the problem of methane leakages through the production and transportation process, and doubts about the efficacy of CCS. When taking into account methane its climate footprint is “more than 20 percent greater than burning natural gas or coal for heat”, they found.

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Is the mining sector ready and able to deliver net zero?

Business Green

In Germany, Renault, Volkswagen, Stellantis, and LG Energy Solutions have signed offtake deals for lithium scheduled to be extracted from geothermal waters under the Upper Rhine Valley in 2024. This article is part of the Net Zero Commodities Hub, hosted in partnership with Wood Mackenzie.

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How this organizer is fighting the liquefied natural gas industry where she lives

Grist

The vision “Our community, we want to envision an alternative economy that doesn’t exploit the region, that doesn’t use our people as cheap labor, that doesn’t pollute the environment, that doesn’t accelerate climate change.” ” Bekah Hinojosa, an organizer in Brownsville, Texas The spotlight The U.S.

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How to build a green hydrogen refinery for the maritime industry in Rotterdam

Mr. Sustainability

This article explores what is needed to build such a green hydrogen refinery. Rotterdam refineries are among the biggest polluters in Europe Rotterdam has the dubious title of being the absolute leader in the throughput and storage of crude oil in northwest Europe. Download our tool or scroll down to learn more. Lots of green hydrogen.

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How to build a green hydrogen refinery for the maritime industry in Rotterdam

Mr. Sustainability

Rotterdam refineries are among the biggest polluters in Europe Rotterdam has the dubious title of being the absolute leader in the throughput and storage of crude oil in northwest Europe. It is the EU’s ambition to increase electrolyzer capacity six-fold to 6 GW by 2024, allowing the production of 1 million metric tons of hydrogen.