R-Squared Energy

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

The is the sixth article in a series on the recently released 2023 Statistical Review of World Energy. Previous articles discussed the trends in global carbon dioxide emissions , the overall highlights of the Review, the production and consumption of petroleum, natural gas production and consumption, and coal production and consumption.

Nuclear Power 78

Nuclear Power Demand Natural gas Carbon 78

Grist

MARCH 14, 2024

Amid a difficult year for North Atlantic right whales, a proposed rule to help protect them is one step closer to reality. Every individual whale is considered vital to the species’ survival, but since 2017 right whales have been experiencing what scientists call an Unusual Mortality Event, during which 39 whales have died.

Climate change 94

Climate change Logging Technology Organic 94

Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

The report noted that surface transport emissions rose for the fourth consecutive year to 10.5 per cent per year. per cent per year. The distance travelled by vans has also increased by over 30 per cent in the past 10 years, and cars, vans and heavy goods vehicles (HGVs) account for 65 per cent of total transport emissions.

Transportation 243

Transportation Aviation Investment Policy 243

Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Earlier this year, one major shipping company suffered penalties totalling $165,000 for four ships calling at US ports, after two other companies were hit with respective fines of $137,000 and $200,000 over violations involving two vessels for each company.

Pollution 249

Pollution Ethics Biodiversity Health 249

GreenBiz

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

Samsonite is proud of its 110-year history of industry leadership in the innovation, quality and durability of its products. Samsonite is proud of its 110-year history of industry leadership in the innovation, quality and durability of its products. Mon, 11/16/2020 - 01:00. We report our progress annually in Samsonite’s ESG report.

Carbon-neutral 470

Carbon-neutral North America Innovation Recycling 470

GreenTechMedia

JUNE 9, 2020

The standards will be reviewed and updated every four years. The program, which enables building owners to avoid the upfront costs to install energy-saving upgrades, with repayment tied to their property tax bill, was expanded to residential buildings in 2017. and Washington state. Louis’ greenhouse gas emissions.

Building Energy Monitoring 130

Building Energy Monitoring Home Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring Solar Energy Monitor 130

Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 22, 2021

The Global Burden of Disease project estimated in 2017 that 3.4 Image credit: David McKelvey , CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 Since the great smog of 1952 killed 4000 people in London, “We’ve known for a long time that air pollution is bad for our health and for the environment” says Mary Creagh in the foreword for the publication.

Pollution 204

Pollution Health Policy Biodiversity 204

Business Green

OCTOBER 22, 2020

That is the headline conclusion from latest edition of the World Business Council for Sustainable Development's (WBCSD) annual Reporting matters analysis, which reveals that despite covid-related disruption corporate sustainability reporting practices have continued to improve in the past year.

Sustainability 83

Sustainability Climate change Government 83

GreenTechMedia

JANUARY 17, 2020

polysilicon manufacturers, who have for years struggled to stay competitive while tariffs hampered access to the Chinese market, which accounts for more than 90 percent of polysilicon demand. billion above 2017 exports that China agreed to purchase over two years. imposed its first duties on Chinese solar cells.

Demand 130

Demand Energy Energy 130

DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Boyd found that the number of known ISDS cases targeting environmental protections has “skyrocketed” in recent years, with nations ordered to pay more than $100 billion in damages to coal, oil, gas, electricity, and mining firms. In 2017, a London arbitration tribunal ordered Nigeria to pay $6.6

Fossil fuels 118

Fossil fuels Climate change Law Investment 118

Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

The researchers reached this conclusion by critically evaluating the UK’s current method of calculating methane emissions, suggesting alternative, peer-review based methods and generating revised emission estimates. These updates resulted in a total methane emission estimate more than five times larger than reported emissions.

Methane 246

Methane Building Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor Natural gas 246

Latham's Clean Energy Law Report

MAY 17, 2019

2018 Year in Review: Public agencies prevailed in 65% of CEQA cases analyzed. Over the course of 2018, Latham & Watkins lawyers reviewed all 57 California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) cases, both published and unpublished, that came before California appellate courts. In 2017, only 43% of cases focused on EIRs.

Law 52

Law 52

GreenTechMedia

DECEMBER 22, 2020

gigawatts of renewable generation in its first auction under a pay-as-bid model introduced earlier this year. aims to correct problems with auctions in 2016 and 2017. The auction review process “needed to be done.". Spain has launched a tender for up to 3.18 Concerns over the details of the auction framework.

Retail 130

Retail Energy Energy Solar Power 130

GreenTechMedia

JANUARY 13, 2020

It acquired a 51 percent stake in 2017 in the wake of SunEdison’s bankruptcy and has increased its stake since then. In a statement of its own, TerraForm Power confirmed the unsolicited proposal from Brookfield Renewable and said it has formed a special committee of independent directors to review the offer.

Solar Energy Monitor 130

Solar Energy Monitor Building Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor South America 130

Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 18, 2021

million of further funding from UK Research & Innovation (UKRI) into the ORCA Hub, a research organisation founded in 2017 and led by Heriot-Watt and the University of Edinburgh. Finding ways to combine the flexibility of autonomous robots with remote human operators has been one of the key strands in my career over the past 20 years.

Building Energy Monitoring 130

Building Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor Solar Energy Monitor Government 130

Charged

OCTOBER 5, 2022

The facility, which is operated by Australia-based Sayona Mining, is scheduled to open early next year. As the Times reports, dozens of lithium mines are in various stages of development in Canada and the US, but most of these projects are years away from production, and some could fail to reach their potential for various reasons.

Lithium 96

Lithium North America Batteries Europe 96

DeSmogBlog

AUGUST 3, 2021

When I then reported on this story for HuffPost in October of that year, FTI said they were initiating an internal review of their procedures, while Bayer denied employing FTI Consulting to work at the trial. . This is despite the company’s campaign to undermine reports on its bad behavior dating back decades.

Climate change 98

Climate change Fossil fuels Agriculture Biotechnology 98

DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 5, 2023

All of the companies reviewed — Bloomberg, The Economist, The Financial Times, The New York Times, Politico, Reuters, and The Washington Post — top lists of most-trusted news outlets in both the U.S. and Europe. “People are reading about it in the news, that’s what shapes their understanding. .

Fossil fuels 121

Fossil fuels Climate change Organic Carbon 121

Business Green

JANUARY 23, 2023

The firm yesterday announced a reduction of emissions across its core business, energy use and wider value chain by 33 per cent overall against its 2017 baseline year, following the implementation of a "continuous improvement strategy" to improve its climate impact. It is not about mitigation, it's about adaptation," said Morris.

Electric vehicle 40

Electric vehicle Waste Waste Electricity 40

DeSmogBlog

MAY 18, 2023

The First Nations LNG Alliance has been funded for years by the B.C. government, according to documents newly reviewed by DeSmog, despite provincial leaders repeatedly claiming to have one of the world’s most ambitious climate plans. The First Nations LNG Alliance has been funded for years by the B.C.

Government 98

Government Natural gas Carbon-neutral North America 98

GreenTechMedia

AUGUST 5, 2020

Eos Energy Storage spent 12 years building up a technology it says can rival the dominant lithium-ion batteries for storing grid power. Riley has followed for several years,” said Dan Shribman, CEO of the BPRM II SPAC, in a June call announcing the opportunity. A “special purpose acquisition company” called B.

Lithium 130

Lithium Startups Batteries Technology 130

Business Green

FEBRUARY 12, 2023

The NIC will gauge whether the current process of reviewing NSPs every five years is effective and determine how statements could be used to increase confidence in planning outcomes. Offshore wind project approval has, in some instances, taken up to four years.

Nuclear Power 36

Nuclear Power Government Policy Energy 36

GreenTechMedia

MARCH 2, 2020

Once the preceding renewable obligation scheme closed to large-scale solar in 2015 and wind the year after, all available backing for the technologies ended. Once the preceding renewable obligation scheme closed to large-scale solar in 2015 and wind the year after, all available backing for the technologies ended. energy policy.

Government 130

Government Climate change Nuclear Power Construction 130

Smart Energy International

OCTOBER 18, 2023

In its second five-year review, the Commission highlights the need for urgent action in the energy sector including the phasing out of fossil fuels and electrification of the system to meet net zero and the need to improve asset and resource management in the water sector to ensure that the demand does not outstrip supply.

Energy Monitor 64

Energy Monitor Building Energy Monitoring Solar Energy Monitor Business Energy Monitoring 64

Latham's Clean Energy Law Report

MAY 17, 2019

2018 Year in Review: Public agencies prevailed in 65% of CEQA cases analyzed. Over the course of 2018, Latham & Watkins lawyers reviewed all 57 California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) cases, both published and unpublished, that came before California appellate courts. In 2017, only 43% of cases focused on EIRs.

Law 40

Law 40

Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 3, 2019

Epping Forest has been designated as a Special Area of Conservation (SAC) under the Conservation of Habitats and Species Regulations 2017 due to the presence of beech woodland and heathland. The forest supports over 80% of the UK’s ancient beech trees, many of which are in excess of 500 years old including some of the oldest in Europe.

Pollution 194

Pollution Europe Construction Sustainability 194

Climate 4.0

JULY 7, 2021

I've gone back over a decade to review study reports on this question. This piece published bit over a year ago in Medium.com's Age of Awareness I found thoughtful. The upshot, for me, is that I will keep our very low-mileage 2017 Subaru Forester that gets middlingly good mileage for a small SUV. Do we need a second car?

Ethics 98

Ethics Sustainability Energy Energy 98

GreenBiz

JULY 8, 2020

billion in assets under management and $168 billion in assets under advisement, recruited Ingram in 2017 as part of an effort to expand its ESG and socially responsible investing capabilities. I worked as chief of staff for — now Lord, then Sir — Nick Stern on his landmark review on the economics of climate change. Shannon Houde.

Climate change 294

Climate change Investment Health Government 294

R-Squared Energy

AUGUST 11, 2021

The is the fourth article in a series on BP’s recently-released Statistical Review of World Energy 2021. Previous articles provided an overview of this year’s Review, an examination of the data on carbon emissions, and a look at oil supply and demand trends. LNG exports grew last year to 61 billion cubic meters (BCM).

Natural gas 78

Natural gas Energy Monitor Carbon-negative Fossil fuels 78

GreenBiz

OCTOBER 21, 2020

Enviva had built its first North Carolina plant there two years before. . On top of those impacts, as many scientists and environmental groups now say, wood pellets are not the hoped-for transition fuel championed just 11 years ago. . Europe’s wood pellet market is worsening environmental racism in the American South.

Building Energy Monitoring 543

Building Energy Monitoring Home Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor Solar Energy Monitor 543

Grist

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

This powerful relationship has been on display over the past few years in the maritime shipping industry : As freight ships have stopped using dirty bunker fuel since 2020, they’ve also stopped emitting trails of sulfur dioxide, which has caused world temperatures to jump by an additional.05 Clean Air Act. 05 degrees Celsius.

Pollution 90

Pollution Climate change Global warming Health 90

Sunrun

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

Power Outages are Increasing at an Alarming Rate Power outages and blackouts were unfortunately common last year, affecting millions of people1 in the path of severe storms and wildfires. 2 The bad news is that these are only two examples of disasters and blackouts in 2017; in total there were 3,526 power outages across our country.3

Global warming 84

Global warming Power grid Demand Electricity 84

R-Squared Energy

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

After a steady rise that lasted nearly 50 years, U.S. Since coal’s peak demand year of 2007, carbon dioxide emissions in the U.S. First, while I do agree that electric vehicle (EV) growth will remain robust for many years, the turnover of the transportation fleet is a slow process. coal consumption peaked about a decade ago.

Demand 78

Demand Natural gas Electric vehicle Carbon 78

Mearth

JANUARY 25, 2021

More Australians have been using electric scooters in recent years due to its popularity as a convenient and efficient personal transport around the city. For those who are new to electric scooters or can’t decide which electric scooter to buy, we rounded up some of the best electric scooter reviews in Australia and globally.

Scooters 52

Scooters Electricity Electric vehicle Startups 52

Grist

MAY 16, 2023

While a century of fire suppression and other land management choices contribute to the severity, climate change is a key factor fueling these fires, roughly doubling the acreage burned over the last 40 years. They lied and engaged in this orchestrated campaign of deception for years, and it didn’t have to be this way, right?”

Fossil fuels 145

Fossil fuels Climate change Law Global warming 145

Business Green

JULY 19, 2021

Highways England has laid out its route for delivering net zero emissions across road travel, construction, and maintenance over the next 30 years, alongside a suite of new measures to decarbonise its own operations by the end of the current decade. Nick Harris, acting chief executive?

Construction 101

Construction Transportation Government Climate change 101

DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

They published these results in 2013 in the peer-reviewed journal Environmental Research Letters. The Heartland Institute , a self-described free-market think tank notorious for its climate science denial efforts, is at it again. That result wasn’t a fluke, either. Survey shows only 59% of scientists expect significant harm.”

Climate change 98

Climate change Global warming Education Recycling 98