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Cheap Wind and Solar Should Prompt ‘Rethink’ on Role of CCS, Paper Argues

DeSmogBlog

The falling cost of wind and solar power significantly reduces the need for carbon capture and storage technology to tackle climate change, a new paper has argued. Cheap, abundant renewable energy reduces the value of CCS in all areas.”. by the end of the century. Renewables. The Right Kind of CCS’.

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? Alterra’s $30B bridge for climate financing #176

Climate Tech VC

In deals, major funding includes $116M for hydrogen-powered aviation, $44M for sustainability software, and $75M in project finance investment for SAFs. In new funds, energy transition infrastructure is bringing in the big bucks with Brookfield's record-breaking $28B infra fund and Antin's $1.2B sustainable infra fund.

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? 2023’s Most Headliney-Headlines #178

Climate Tech VC

Since the IRA passed, 265 clean energy and manufacturing projects worth $100B+ have been announced. 🏦 The Loans Program Office kept busy. Proterra, the dominant electric bus maker, was just one high profile example. 👻 Spooky season for clean energy stocks. 💪 Climate joined the labor movement.

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'Milestone': Nations agree non-binding 2050 net zero target for international air travel

Business Green

Aviation industry hails first ever long-term climate goal for sector, but green groups remain sceptical over credibility of new target. Nor does it include any aspirations to reduce demand for flights in order to drive emissions reductions, or specific pledges to ramp up development of low carbon aircraft or negative emissions technologies.

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From fiction reality: Could people ever embrace a ban on flying?

Grist

.” — a passage from “ Cabbage Koora ,” by Sanjana Sekhar The spotlight Nearly 4 in 5 people support doing “whatever it takes” to mitigate climate change, according to a survey published late last year by the firm Potential Energy. Another aspect of that future is limiting carbon-intensive forms of travel.

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CCC Sixth Carbon Budget advice: The green economy reacts

Business Green

The Sixth Carbon Budget report published today encompasses around 1,000 pages which offer the most detailed roadmap ever developed on how to transform a modern economy so that it delivers net zero emissions within the space of just 30 years. With that in place, business, government and society stand ready to deliver.".

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Sustainable Freight: Towards a Greener Air Cargo Culture

The Environmental Blog

According to a report by the European Parliament , continuing on the current trajectory with no intervention will lead the aviation industry to account for 22% of global CO2 emissions by 2050. Or will it always be seen as the bad boy for carbon emissions? But what’s standing in the way of the aviation industry?