5 big questions driving sustainability in 2024
GreenBiz
DECEMBER 11, 2023
Fossil fuels, electric vehicles and critical elections will top the list of sustainability concerns.
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GreenBiz
DECEMBER 11, 2023
Fossil fuels, electric vehicles and critical elections will top the list of sustainability concerns.
Energy Central
MARCH 6, 2024
In 2022, fossil fuel subsidies in the United States totaled $757 billion, according to the International Monetary Fund. negative externalities).
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DeSmogBlog
MARCH 27, 2024
billion supporting the fossil fuel and petrochemical industry. To put that in context, Environmental Defence’s “Canada’s Fossil Fuel Funding in 2023” report estimates that the Canadian government’s accumulated subsidies to the oil and gas sector over the last four years was at least $65 billion.
Hydrogen Fuel News
MARCH 17, 2024
There are a few hydrogen colors are already standing out in 2024 Though several new hydrogen colors have been identified since the end of 2021, when we published our educational piece on the main parts of the H2 spectrum, there are 3 that are already seeing regular mention in 2024 headlines. Q4: What is gold hydrogen?
Business Green
AUGUST 2, 2022
The Scottish government has announced it plans to ban the installation of fossil fuel powered boilers in all new homes in Scotland from 2024. Instead, properties would have to be heated with low carbon alternatives, such as heat pumps, solar, and electric boiler systems.
GreenBiz
MARCH 25, 2022
We have to reinvent almost everything': Dutch company Avantium aims to have a new manufacturing plant producing a fossil fuel-free polymer by 2024.
DeSmogBlog
DECEMBER 5, 2023
According to Saudi Aramco’s podcast, the fossil fuel industry is innovating new climate solutions, and BP’s podcast proclaims more of the same. Darren Woods, the CEO of Exxon, celebrates the potential of carbon capture to dramatically reduce global emissions. and Europe.
Greentown Labs
MARCH 26, 2024
Twenty-four startups joined our community in Q1 2024, working on innovations ranging from biobased building materials, to sustainable rubber, to solar-powered flight. Puro Renewables upcycles carbon-negative biowaste to reduce the amount of fossil-fuel-based resin and carbon footprint associated with typical plastic products.
DeSmogBlog
JANUARY 2, 2024
If you care about maintaining a livable climate, stay tuned for a big 2024. Expect more big stories from our growing team of investigative reporters and researchers in 2024. Dark Money Influence 2024 marks an election year for the UK. million during the previous year from fossil fuel interests and climate science deniers.
Energy Central
FEBRUARY 14, 2024
The West and its allies have long perpetuated a cycle of war and environmental destruction to quench their ever-increasing demand for fossil fuels. In yet another bid to secure oil supply in the Middle East, U.S. bombs are falling on beleaguered, war-torn Yemenis. This vicious cycle of exploitation and.
DeSmogBlog
JANUARY 8, 2024
Photos I shot last year in South Louisiana illustrate the Gulf Coast’s rapidly expanding fossil fuel industry, and the groundswell of frontline community members, environmental advocates, and activists fighting to stop it. Credit: Julie Dermansky. Flight provided by Southwings. In 2023, U.S. In 2023, U.S.
Planet Pulse
JANUARY 11, 2024
We’re kicking-off 2024 by sharing a select number of issues here on Pulse, so keep an eye out for these eye-opening stories that explore our changing world. Without fossil fuels there’d be no Moon landing and aerospace industry, no computers, no global trade, and no drives to the beach to watch a sunset.
DeSmogBlog
NOVEMBER 29, 2023
The firm’s energy events brochure lists 40 flagship conferences that it is organising for the energy sector between October 2023 and November 2024. Adnoc intends to increase its oil production by more than any other fossil fuel firm in the world, according to data from the Global Oil and Gas Exit List (Gogel).
Hydrogen Fuel News
JANUARY 13, 2024
It’s true that electric vehicles have certainly taken the majority share of the emission-free car market, but CES 2024 proved that hydrogen fuel cars still very much has its place and remains a part of the conversation among automakers. Hyundai used its time at the CES 2024 to place its hydrogen fuel strategy into the spotlight.
Smart Energy International
JANUARY 22, 2024
shares his expectations for the clean energy transition in 2024. In 2024, the race to set and achieve bold clean energy targets will intensify. Fortunately, an economy powered by renewable energy is potentially much more secure and resilient than one reliant upon fossil fuels. Have you read? GW of storage online by 2030.
DeSmogBlog
OCTOBER 6, 2022
billion into fossil fuel projects around the world since the Paris Climate Agreement was signed in 2015, undercutting global efforts to combat the worsening climate crisis. The Big Shift Global report called on the World Bank to definitively rule out support, both direct and indirect, for fossil fuel projects, which it has yet to do.
Greentown Labs
JANUARY 24, 2024
Greentown alum Advent Technologies , maker of HT-PEM fuel cells that convert hydrogen and other renewable fuels to electricity, secured funding from the Danish Energy Technology Development and Demonstration Program for an R&D project. EarthEn won the 2024 Deep Tech Climate Startup Challenge at CES 2024.
TechCrunch: Climate
MARCH 26, 2024
The startup emerged from stealth with a goal of extending the range of EVs while also eliminating fossil fuels from home heating. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Business Green
SEPTEMBER 16, 2022
A global coalition of NGOs has this week written to many of the world's largest banks, including HSBC, Morgan Stanley and Bank of America, urging them to restrict their financing of fossil fuel projects in order to align with the recently strengthened membership criteria of the UN-backed Race to Zero campaign.
DeSmogBlog
DECEMBER 10, 2021
An in-depth article by the website Carbon Brief argues that the fuel is unlikely to be taken up universally, particularly as “the volume required to satisfy all the possible applications for low-carbon hydrogen would likely far exceed the amount available, even if production is significantly scaled up.”. Credit: Gaia Lamperti.
Smart Energy International
FEBRUARY 9, 2024
While COP28 agreements to transition away from harmful fossil fuels and triple our collective renewable energy production by 2030 are noble, it will take intentional and strategic goalposts to help us get there. Making 2024 count – First steps Climate conversations are now mainstream.
Business Green
APRIL 26, 2021
Gavin Newsom proposes wide-ranging new vision for winding down fossil fuel production in the world's fifth largest economy. The proposed moves would ban new fracking permits from 2024 and impose more rigorous scrutiny on current permit applications to ensure projects do not breach existing reglations.
Business Green
FEBRUARY 14, 2021
Another record year for renewables saw clean power sources overtake fossil fuels on Britain's grid for the first time in 2020, but new nuclear and emerging technologies such as hydrogen and bioenergy carbon capture and storage are likely to be required to deliver a fully decarbonised energy system.
The Guardian: Energy
JANUARY 6, 2024
Less remarked on, perhaps, is that Afcon 2023 is actually being played in 2024, and that its title is so prominently linked to the French hydrocarbon giant.
Business Green
FEBRUARY 21, 2022
The move comes in the wake of NatWest's decision late last year to fully phase-out coal lending by 2024 in the UK and globally by 2030, as part of the bank's target to achieve net zero emissions across its operations and financing by 2050.
DeSmogBlog
APRIL 21, 2022
Jess Worth, co-director at Culture Unstained, which campaigns against fossil fuel sponsorship of the arts, told DeSmog: “Gautam Adani’s record on coal extraction is appalling. The post Boris Johnson Meets Coal Baron on India Tour Despite Calling For End to Dirtiest Fossil Fuel appeared first on DeSmog.
EDF + Business
FEBRUARY 27, 2024
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. Rhodium reported that “absent a new policy push” the U.S.
Envirotec Magazine
MARCH 26, 2024
Professor Tom Jackson and Professor Ian Hodgkinson from Loughborough University will present a keynote during the IRMS Conference, which takes place from 12 – 14 May 2024, at the DoubleTree by Hilton Brighton Metropole.
EDF + Business
JANUARY 11, 2024
When Gilbert Blue Feather Rosas secured the grants to electrify school buses and add solar power to the Stockton Unified School District, he helped to reduce air pollution for many thousands of school kids, cut demand for fossil fuels, save money for the district, and build a community of supporters along the way.
Business Green
JANUARY 19, 2021
Banque de France to axe investment in firms generating more than half of their revenue from gas, 10 per cent from oil, and any revenue from coal by 2024. It also pledged to vote against new fossil fuel development projects at shareholder meetings.
Business Green
APRIL 21, 2023
Danish toy manufacturer announces new partnerships to accelerate the development of plastics made using e-methanol
Business Green
MAY 7, 2021
Macquarie, Asian Development Bank, and Church of Scotland all strengthen their restrictions on fossil fuel investments. Climate change is one of the most complex and critical challenges facing the world, and the finance sector has a vital role to play in efforts to limit global warming," it said.
Business Green
MAY 18, 2022
For example, the German coalition government last month announced plans to phase out gas boilers from 2024 and incentivise a mass switch to heat pumps. The cabinet wants to make this change together with installers and suppliers.". According to Euroactiv, few countries are as reliant on gas to heat homes as the Netherlands.
Energy Central
JANUARY 2, 2024
The promise of the transition from a fossil fuel energy economy to a renewable energy economy was and is lower energy prices and an improved environment. Originally published here. That promise is clearly broken irreparably. Energy prices have increased globally.
Global Renewable News
JANUARY 15, 2024
The Maryland Energy Administration today (Jan 10) announced the launch of its Fiscal Year 2024 (FY24) Commercial, Industrial & Agricultural Grant Program. The program incentivizes building improvement.
Envirotec Magazine
MARCH 27, 2023
This sink is approximately equivalent to counterbalancing half of annual fossil fuel emissions from South America. Using satellite data, a team of international researchers quantified the rates of carbon recovery in different forest types and environments across the three largest tropical forests: Amazon, Central Africa and Borneo.
GreenTech Gazette
DECEMBER 6, 2023
People actively want to lower how dependent they are on fossil fuel, so if you can use this to your advantage then you are bound to stand out from your competition. The stance of carbon avoidance is both impactful and very persuasive because this is the very reason why people opt for green energy over that of a traditional provider.
Business Green
DECEMBER 1, 2022
Shipping companies will have to purchase carbon allowances to cover emissions from voyages within the EU from 2024, under proposals agreed by the European Union this week. Plans designed to galvanise maritime sector's currently underpowered decarbonisation efforts.
DeSmogBlog
SEPTEMBER 10, 2021
Policymakers met with fossil fuel and biomass producers nine times as often as with their renewable energy counterparts, DeSmog can reveal, raising fresh concerns over the depth of the government’s commitments to reaching net zero emissions by 2050. Drax Access. Additional research by Alicia Torbay.
Charged
SEPTEMBER 24, 2020
CARB has already approved new regulations requiring truck manufacturers to begin the transition to zero emissions in 2024. The Governor is also asking the legislature to end the issuance of new fracking permits by 2024. This is the most impactful step our state can take to fight climate change,” said Governor Newsom.
Grist
MARCH 8, 2024
It’s been six years since cities in California started the trend of taking Big Oil to court for deceiving the public about the consequences of burning fossil fuels. The long delays might have strengthened the legal arguments against fossil fuel companies.
Business Green
DECEMBER 1, 2021
Electric vehicles (EVs) could be on track to reach cost-parity with fossil fuel cars within three years thanks to rapid strides in battery development worldwide, which have seen the average cost of lithium ion battery packs plummet almost 90 per cent over the past decade, according to a new report from BloombergNEF (BNEF).
ThinkGeoEnergy
JANUARY 26, 2024
The project design is set to start in early 2024 and construction activity will commence by 2025. “Key to transitioning away from fossil fuels is to develop and expand reliable alternatives. The project was announced by Mayor Michelle Wu along with the Boston Housing Authority (BHA) and utility company National Grid.
Global Renewable News
JANUARY 7, 2024
Highlights Programs help customers save when they choose to switch away from fossil fuel while also reducing costs for all GMP customers Heat pump rebate increasing to $2,000 for customers.
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