GreenBiz

MARCH 2, 2021

On June 23, Amazon commenced its $2 billion Climate Pledge Fund to further endeavors to become net-zero by 2040. In January 2020, Microsoft committed to invest $1 billion over the next four years as part of their Climate Innovation Fund. Finance & Investing. Carbon Removal. Carbon Pricing. Conservation Finance Network.

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Clean Energy Canada

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

The International Energy Agency was clear in its landmark report earlier this year: phasing out coal power by 2040 is a key milestone on the path to net zero. Canadian pension funds, often maligned for their dirty investments, have quietly cut fossil fuel holdings by 90% over the past decade, while ploughing $150 billion into clean energy.

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GreenTechMedia

OCTOBER 4, 2019

I look forward to tapping into that desire and building on the strong foundation that Bob has built as we meet society’s demand for cleaner, better energy," he added. ” Among other priorities, Looney went on to cite carbon capture, a long-term plan for hydrogen and a desire to end methane leaks from its own operations.

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Energy Innovation

MARCH 9, 2022

Recent climate policies in Oregon have established the state as a climate leader, including a stronger transportation sector clean fuels standard, new zero-emission medium- and heavy-duty truck standards, and legislation establishing a timeline to fully decarbonize the power sector by 2040. Business As Usual Scenario. Recent Policy Scenarios.

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Business Green

APRIL 15, 2021

New study from UCL and HSBC argues farmers need to develop proactive investment plans and accurate emissions measurement practices if they are to meet net zero goals. Government, regulators and consumers are increasing demands to implement sustainable practices to reduce emissions.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 13, 2020

Rapidly falling clean technology costs alongside mounting investor pressure, consumer demand for change, and tightening government policy is pushing more companies to ramp up their climate targets towards net zero and beyond. or 2C boundaries.

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Renewable Energy World

JULY 30, 2021

Bp has committed to be 40% invested in renewables by 2030, and are studying plans for a large blue hydrogen plant at Teesside in the UK. In France, TotalEnergies has invested $8 billion in renewables since 2016, including $2.5 If supply follows demand, oil and gas could fall by 30% from now to 2035-2040.

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Business Green

AUGUST 3, 2021

They also claim any boiler primed to run on low carbon hydrogen but installed initially to run off methane would require "no more than one hour's labour" to convert it to run on hydrogen, should higher volumes of H2 get blended into the gas grid or even replace methane altogether in future.

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Business Green

MAY 11, 2021

As such, it posits that investment and collaboration on a scale never seen before between policymakers, farmers, industry, and other stakeholders will be required, recommending "a target-driven structure" like that pioneered by the US government in the 1960s through its Apollo missions to reach moon.

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DeSmogBlog

JULY 20, 2023

But TC Energy, the Canadian owner of a major regional gas pipeline, has asked federal regulators to approve a plan that would dramatically expand the line’s capacity, flooding the region for decades with new supplies of methane gas – even as demand dwindles. percent a year on average through 2050.

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Business Green

AUGUST 11, 2022

In a section setting out the government's projections for emissions reductions through to 2040, it argues total output of carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxide emissions are on track to fall by 52, 68, and 70 per cent below 1990 levels, respectively.

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GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

They’re also a key dispatchable assets to help meet peak grid demand. Stage 2: ‘reshape’ the demand side of the grid. Deloitte’s second stage, dubbed “reshape,” concentrates on the demand side of the equation, namely shifting electricity loads to match a primarily renewable-powered grid.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

The climate impact of farming practices are significant too - in the UK, agriculture and land-use are responsible for around 12 per cent of greenhouse gas emissions, including almost half of the country's methane emissions. Food waste and the increasing cultivation of crops for bioenergy are both serving to further increase these impacts.

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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. So, what’s behind the United States’ meteoric rise?

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AGreenLiving

MARCH 2, 2021

An inside look at pricing in the forest carbon market Wilder Person Tue, 03/02/2021 – 00:05 On June 23, Amazon commenced its $2 billion Climate Pledge Fund to further endeavors to become net-zero by 2040. In January 2020, Microsoft committed to invest $1 billion over the next four years as part of their Climate Innovation Fund.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

Of course, this does not mean all countries will so so - and some have already hinted strongly that they will not - but it is a crucial addition to the text that offers a platform for more ambitious countries to demand ever more action from laggards. Methane faces a reckoning.

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Green Business Bureau

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

Such businesses better meet the demands of the regulatory environment while coming into alignment with investor, consumer, and employee preferences. With these political shifts comes heightened regulatory demand for businesses to measure, track and report their GHG emissions. F) above pre-industrial levels by 2040.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

The key final decision texts on the UNFCCC website include a raft of new commitments and legal language aimed at pushing for more investment, resources, and ambition in support of efforts to drive down emissions, boost economies and support countries tackle the worsening impacts of climate change.

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DeSmogBlog

JULY 18, 2021

In step with rising global demand, meat production has more than quadrupled in the past sixty years. JBS has recently announced a target of achieving net-zero emissions by 2040 that includes indirect emissions. Despite this tremendous growth, forecasts indicate that the world is still far from reaching “peak meat”.

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Mr. Sustainability

APRIL 18, 2021

This article explores the current situation in Rotterdam, how many refineries there are, the fuel and hydrogen demand, the basic technological requirements for a synthetic fuel refinery and the costs involved. That leaves us with one question: how much would that be of the fuel costs be with these CAPEX investments? Where do we start?

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Mr. Sustainability

APRIL 18, 2021

This article explores the current situation in Rotterdam, how many refineries there are, the fuel and hydrogen demand, the basic technological requirements for a synthetic fuel refinery and the costs involved. The investment costs for the eelctrolyzers alone are in the order of €2.5 For that we need green hydrogen.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

Speaking earlier, Johnson acknowledged that while there had been a flurry of "game-changing announcements" on methane, deforestation and finance last week, the Summit was now "firmly in the hard yards of international diplomacy", adding that "with a few days left there is still a huge amount to do".

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Business Green

AUGUST 9, 2021

OECD countries must phase out existing coal by 2030, with all others following suit by 2040. By 2030, solar and wind capacity should quadruple and renewable energy investments should triple to maintain a net zero trajectory by mid-century. These risks should be measured, disclosed and mitigated. Those days must be in the past.

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Green Market Oracle

OCTOBER 25, 2020

At this ag-ed powerhouse, popular courses include Food Systems and Intro to Sustainable Agriculture, and researchers are working to enhance carbon sequestration through crushed-rock soil amendments and devising seaweed-based cattle feed amendments to slash dairy cows’ methane emissions.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

Moreover, it specifically urges nations to halt "inefficient" coal subsidies as soon as possible, and stop investing in unabated coal projects both at home and abroad, in addition to setting an end date for domestic coal power altogether. The climate threatened nations have everything at stake here in Glasgow.".

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Grist

AUGUST 13, 2021

But this process involves the incidental release of methane, a potent greenhouse gas, and uses a huge amount of energy to separate and then store the carbon dioxide, some of which escapes anyway. If methane, a short-lived but very powerful greenhouse gas, were cut by around half this decade, it would shave 0.3 degrees Celsius (0.54

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GreenTechMedia

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

Dominion’s own emissions-reduction plan pledges to eliminate emissions of carbon dioxide and methane on a net basis by 2050. That’s greater than its previous commitment to reduce net carbon emissions from its power sector by 80 percent by 2050 and methane emissions from its natural-gas operations by 65% by 2030 and 80% by 2040.

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GreenBiz

MARCH 8, 2021

Ardern is being watched closely : Her administration has been criticized for being lenient on reducing biogenic methane from agricultural production — notably dairy cattle and sheep — which accounts for almost half of New Zealand’s greenhouse gas emissions and roughly 6.6 Mellody Hobson, Co-CEO and President, Ariel Investments.

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Business Green

MARCH 26, 2021

Boston Consulting Group (BCG) and and Blue Horizon Corporation have this week published a new report suggesting that the rapid expansion of the plant-based foods sector could result in demand for meat peaking as early as 2025 in European and North American markets. New York State Pension Fund announces $6bn climate-focused investment drive.

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