Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 25, 2024

On the other hand, DNV forecasts fossil fuels will still account for 40% of its energy mix in 2050. Energy independence is a key motivation for Chinese energy policy, but it will be only partly achieved. Natural gas consumption will remain high with 2050 consumption marginally below 2023 levels and 58% being imported.

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Energy Innovation

MARCH 9, 2022

This week, Energy Innovation launched the Oregon Energy Policy Simulator (EPS) , our newest state-specific, open-source, peer-reviewed, and nonpartisan model that estimates the environmental, economic, and public health impacts of hundreds of climate and energy policies. By Shelley Wenzel.

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

Soil acts as a carbon ‘sink’, locking in GHGs that would otherwise be released into the atmosphere. Upgrading UK soils, particularly farmland and degraded peatlands, could radically improve their ability to store carbon. The potential of soil to sequester carbon is huge and should be fully maximised.”.

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GreenTechMedia

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

Arizona may soon join a lengthening list of states pledging to reach 100 percent carbon-free power by 2050, although a final decision on its plan to get there won’t be made until after Tuesday’s election. By midcentury, these utilities will be required to phase out all fossil-fueled generation.

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Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 23, 2022

The UK government’s business as usual housing strategy could consume all of England’s cumulative carbon budget consistent with 1.5°C C of heating by 2050, unless vital action is taken to rapidly reduce the ecological impacts of housing. Researchers estimate that by 2050 12% of the carbon budget for 1.5°C

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 24, 2022

The UK has been ranked 5th out of 15 countries in its deployment of low-carbon hydrogen as a fuel source, according to a new analysis of countries that have branded themselves as potential leaders in the new hydrogen economy. The low-carbon hydrogen index explores countries with a strong potential for production or consumption of the fuel.

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Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 1, 2022

DAC works by capturing CO2 in the air and then either sequestrating it or using it to manufacture carbon neutral fuel. The report added that as part of the Government’s Net Zero 2050 roadmap, CCUS should be included alongside other air transport energy policies. CCUS has both engineering and nature-based solutions.

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Renewable Energy World

OCTOBER 6, 2021

Barring significant changes in policies or trends, U.S. Energy Information Administration modeling forecasts increasing global energy consumption and carbon dioxide emissions through 2050. Renewable energy consumption more than doubles from 2020 to 2050, according to the report, due to government policies.

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Business Green

APRIL 13, 2021

ClientEarth has filed a legal challenge against Belgium's central bank, accusing it of breaching legal obligations to consider environmental protection when buying corporate bonds in a landmark case that could help 'green' the monetary policy of a number of European nations.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 4, 2023

This multi-pronged challenge takes on the Government’s strategy to reach net zero in carbon emissions, which was published earlier this year in response to a previous legal challenge from the same three groups. The UK’s 2050 deadline to reach net zero and the carbon reduction targets that apply along the way are legally binding.

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GreenTechMedia

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

governments at all levels are prioritizing climate action and setting intense carbon-reduction goals. In fact, carbon emissions in the U.S. power sector were 33 percent below 2005 levels at the end of 2019, and a number of the nation’s largest utilities have committed to 80 percent or greater reductions by 2050.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Those subsidies are taking the form of massive new tax credits for carbon capture and storage (CCS), which is a technology that companies use to grow their extraction of oil and gas while burying a fraction of their greenhouse gas emissions underground. “I Reaching “net-zero” entails stabilizing global temperature rise at 1.5

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Impact Alpha

APRIL 22, 2021

Goals for cutting carbon emissions that seemed ambitious when the Paris Agreement was forged. The post 2030 is the new 2050 as countries and companies compete on climate ambitions appeared first on Impact Alpha. ImpactAlpha, April 22 – Call it The Great Acceleration.

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Renewable Energy World

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

Xcel Energy, provider of electricity and natural gas services to nearly 6 million customers in eight Western and Midwestern states, has committed to achieve net-zero greenhouse gas emissions from its natural gas business by 2050. A study by the Center on Global Energy Policy at Columbia University advocated for investments in the U.S.

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GreenTechMedia

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

The policy bracket game for energy wonks who don’t want to play with our future. With March Madness just around the corner and a climate crisis closing in, Political Climate challenged four energy experts to build their ideal policy bracket for decarbonizing the electricity sector. Recommended reading: Policy list.

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

The vast majority of corporate advocacy promoting carbon capture and storage is misaligned with climate science, new research shows. The study shows that IPCC recognizes a role exists for carbon capture technologies. Celsius or well-below 2°C – the targets established by the Paris Agreement.

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Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 30, 2021

The UK has made a legal commitment to reach net zero for greenhouse gas emissions by the year 2050. If net zero policies are to achieve their goals, they must work effectively in rural, as well as urban, locations. Yet policy makers cannot take for granted that what works in an urban centre will also work in a rural location.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 8, 2020

This investment programme is going to breathe life into the UK economy - it's as much an economic policy as a climate policy, particularly over the next 10 years as we recover from the pandemic'. We're going to need to achieve a faster pace of emissions reduction over the next 30 years than we achieved in the last 30."

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Business Green

OCTOBER 5, 2021

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) yesterday used its Annual General Meeting in Boston to approve a resolution calling for the global air transport industry to achieve net zero carbon emissions by 2050. The scale of the industry in 2050 will require the mitigation of 1.8 gigatons of carbon.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Before the case can move to trial, the court requested that plaintiffs’ attorneys revise the complaint to focus on challenging a particular government action or policy. to cumulative carbon emissions from new oil and gas projects through 2050. Initially filed in 2019 by 15 young Canadians, La Rose v.

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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). The UK has made a number of decarbonisation commitments including reaching net zero by 2050.

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Business Green

JULY 19, 2021

Britain's £2bn glass industry has today unveiled its vision for a net zero glass manufacturing chain by 2050, with the publication of a major new strategy focused on shifting to renewable electricity and hydrogen fuels, increasing glass recycling, and harnessing carbon capture and storage (CCS) technologies in order to cut CO2 emissions.

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R-Squared Energy

NOVEMBER 6, 2020

The Implications for Policy section offers BNEF perspective on some of the most important policy areas that emerge from our two core scenario analyses. years’ worth of energy sector emissions between now and 2050. Thus, the report predicts that 2019 will be the peak of global carbon dioxide emissions.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 4, 2021

The Border to Coast Pensions Partnership has set out its commitment to achieve net zero greenhouse gas emissions across its investments by 2050 or sooner. The Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) pool last week launched a framework setting out how it will reach the 2050 goal, including setting interim targets for 2030.

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DeSmogBlog

JULY 7, 2022

Just 13 financial players out of hundreds assessed from around the world have restrictions in place against funding oil and gas industry expansion, according to the Oil and Gas Policy Tracker. Now, the tracker has broadened its reach, assessing the fossil fuel policies of 369 banks, insurers, and investors. And there is precedent.

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Smart Energy International

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

The Council has been established with the aim of contributing to the UN Secretary-General’s coalition to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050 and providing engineering pathways to achieve comprehensive decarbonisation by that date. Publishing technical briefs on zero-carbon technologies, including breakthrough technologies ?

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 7, 2021

UK pension provider becomes the latest in the sector to commit to both 2030 and 2050 portfolio decarbonisation targets. Scottish Widows will aim to halve the carbon footprint of its investments by 2030 on the way to achieving net zero across its entire portfolio of investments by 2050, the pension provider announced today.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 8, 2021

The CCC's annual progress report on Scottish emissions policy, published yesterday, concluded the country's climate strategy lacks clarity and detail. The CCC said in a statement that "it has not been possible to determine how promised policies will deliver these laudable ambitions, nor how funding will be allocated to their delivery".

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Renewable Energy World

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

electricity by 2050. could reach the milestone in the Biden administration’s quest for a zero-carbon grid. energy storage capacity to grow from 30 GW to 1,700 GW by 2050 to provide flexibility and resilience for renewable energy sources. The study calls for the U.S. by 2035 and employ as many as 1.5 trillion to $1.7

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

Airlines, manufacturers, air traffic controllers, and airports claim that reducing net CO2 emissions to zero by 2050 from flights within and departing from the European Economic Area, Britain, and Switzerland is possible. per cent annually. But whilst we embrace our responsibilities, it is clear that we cannot do this alone.

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Women in Cleantech and Sustainability

DECEMBER 1, 2021

Associate Director – Standards & Test Procedure Advocacy Strategic Lead | 2050 Partners | Oakland, CA. 2050 Partners is seeking a bright and mission-driven Associate Director to join our team. Experience or exposure to energy policy/law, including appliance standards and/or building energy codes. development.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 5, 2022

Global body calls on governments to establish 'credible and irreversible' climate policies that drive 25 per cent cut in emissions by 2030. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has warned that the cost of climate inaction will dwarf the economic hit of a managed transition to a lower carbon economy over the next eight years.

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Business Green

MARCH 30, 2020

But roughly $150bn of subsidies, carbon pricing and more supportive policies may be needed for green hydrogen to reach full decarbonisation potential, finds analyst. As things currently stand, however, policy support for the hydrogen economy is "insufficient", the report notes. MMBtu) by 2050.

Fossil fuels 101

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Planet Pulse

APRIL 5, 2022

As the EU aims for climate neutrality in agriculture and land use by 2035, as well as becoming the first climate-neutral continent by 2050, the “greening” of agriculture becomes a top priority. Müller and Lucas shared their perspectives on Earth observation (EO) as an essential tool for greening agricultural policy.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

Agnes Szuda, policy manager – Sustainability team at Policy Connect. These surveys also showed that amongst MPs, only five per cent of placed gas boilers as their top three priorities to reduce the UK's carbon emissions. First and foremost, the strategy needs to show a step change in terms of ambition for low carbon heat.

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DeSmogBlog

JULY 12, 2023

Research Manager Emil Panzaru and Latam Policy Fellow Antonella Marty both completed internships at the Cato Institute, while Marty is also Associate Director of the Center for Latin America at the Atlas Network. The warnings were repeated in an article from the group’s public policy analyst in 2023.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

The CCC's advice on what to do with the Third Carbon Budget's pandemic-boosted emissions savings is unequivocal - the government must resist the temptation to cynically weaken the UK's world-leading climate targets The government could soon make the most important domestic climate policy decision of the past decade. rise by 15%?

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