Grist

MARCH 8, 2021

When shipping giant Maersk announced last month it would operate a “carbon-neutral” vessel by 2023, the Danish company committed to using a fuel that’s made from renewable sources, is free of soot-forming pollutants — and is currently in scarce supply. The policy is accelerating efforts to test, pilot, and scale up more sustainable fuels. “A

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Business Green

DECEMBER 16, 2021

But campaigners and analysts have warned the so-called Gas Package does not take a tough enough stance on phasing out fossil gas infrastructure and risks locking in polluting projects for decades to come. Hydrogen can be extracted from fossil gas in a process called steam methane reforming.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

methane - CH4). Hydrogen gas can be extracted via several methods, the most common of which is steam methane reformation. Low or zero carbon hydrogen can be used to replace current polluting hydrogen as an industrial chemical feedstock. On earth, hydrogen is found in huge volumes in water (H2O) and hydrocarbons (e.g.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

From tackling deforestation to curbing methane emissions, the various multilateral commitments are focused on areas where they can have real impact. Despite their mealy-mouthed protestations to the contrary, they continue to cling to the polluting economic models of the 20th century, inviting the planet to burn in the process.

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DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 3, 2021

The simple fact is that they are not reducing their polluting activities by the significant amount required to limit the worst impacts of global warming.”. There are several ways to produce hydrogen , but almost all of it currently in production uses methane as the feedstock, with non-renewable energy powering that production.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 21, 2021

But critics argue that CCS technologies are yet to be deployed at scale, costs remain uncertain, and blue hydrogen can still lead to greenhouse gas emissions, primarily from methane leakage associated with fossil gas exploration and production.

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

Cows produce methane, a greenhouse gas that absorbs more atmospheric heat than carbon and is currently responsible for 25 percent of all global warming today. That’s a larger share of global emissions than aviation. Livestock methane emissions are also rising in some of these countries.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

The difficulty is that each type of transportation - road, rail, aviation, shipping - requires a different strategy to curb emissions. Most hydrogen is currently produced from natural gas, which is highly polluting, but if renewable energy is used then hydrogen can essentially be made CO2-free. Aviation demand offsets efficiency gains.

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Business Green

AUGUST 9, 2022

The demonstrable reality is that burning an expensive and polluting source of energy costs more than generating power through clean and lower cost technologies. But it is the clean technologies that are being deployed right now that provide the clearest evidence that a net zero emission economy can be constructed without damaging the economy.

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Grist

MAY 18, 2021

But even if the world aggressively electrifies cars and buildings and generates enough clean energy to power them all, experts say there are likely to be residual emissions from activities that are harder to decarbonize, such as farming, aviation, and chemical production. They can pay to destroy methane leaking from a landfill.

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Climate Tech VC

AUGUST 17, 2023

Despite fears about cost increases and low-sulfur fuel availability, the change was a success in terms of decreasing pollution that contributes to ocean acidification and harms the health of humans and marine life. Regulatory rewind: On Jan.1, EEXI reflects the energy efficiency of ship design. Ease of Adoption: Easiest.

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EDF + Business

JANUARY 25, 2024

Tune into upcoming webinars hosted by DEC and NYSERDA on the New York Cap-and-Invest pre-proposal and program analysis (Jan 23, 25, and 26) Go Deeper Read EDF’s recent blog: New York is developing a cap-and-invest program to cut climate pollution. How would it work? Read EDF report: Climate Leadership States Could Cut U.S.

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

“Instead of incentivizing a CO2 reduction, the Inflation Reduction Act, along with the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, through their funding of carbon capture, actually incentivize net increases in CO2, air pollution, land use and consumer costs,” said Mark Z. Jacobson, in an editorial published by The Messenger.

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GreenTechMedia

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

WGHI’s members hope this green hydrogen hub can “avoid uneconomic grid build-out, prevent renewable curtailment, repurpose existing infrastructure, reduce greenhouse gases and air pollution, reduce agricultural and municipal waste, and diversify fuels for multiple sectors from steel production to aviation.”

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Business Green

MARCH 14, 2021

While some technologies may well be improving safety on site, reducing methane leaks, and helping firms transition to greener technologies, activists point out that others, for instance digital twinning services that help model underground reservoirs, simply help firms extract more oil and gas from the ground at an ever faster pace.

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Elemental Excelerator

OCTOBER 5, 2020

As always, equity and access is at the forefront of our mission to fund critical solutions for climate change, particularly in communities affected by the compounding effects of pollution, vulnerable infrastructure, and limited economic opportunities. Hydrogen-electric aviation. Why is that? ZeroAvia | DEMONSTRATION.

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Climate Tech VC

JULY 10, 2023

⚡ Turn2x , a Munich, Germany-based RNG from methanation producer, raised $5M in Seed funding from LEA Partners, Verve Ventures, and First Momentum Ventures. ✈️ Joby Aviation , a Santa Cruz, CA-based electric vertical take-off and landing aviation company, raised $100M from SK Telecom. 🚗 e.GO

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DeSmogBlog

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

For Nuñez and her friends, the fight against the scheme — known as Rio Grande LNG — is about protecting their community from air pollution; preserving shrimping and tourism; and defending habitats for pelicans, endangered ocelots, and aplomado falcons at the project site on unspoiled wetlands between Port Isabel and the larger city of Brownsville.

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Mr. Sustainability

APRIL 18, 2021

Rotterdam refineries are among the biggest polluters in Europe Rotterdam has the dubious title of being the absolute leader in the throughput and storage of crude oil in northwest Europe. Aviation and maritime shipping industries will only become fully electric on the assumption that miracle batteries are invented and produced at scale.

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Mr. Sustainability

APRIL 18, 2021

Rotterdam refineries are among the biggest polluters in Europe Rotterdam has the dubious title of being the absolute leader in the throughput and storage of crude oil in northwest Europe. Aviation and maritime shipping industries will only become fully electric on the assumption that miracle batteries are invented and produced at scale.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

Other demands include cutting methane emissions by 30 per cent between 2020 and 2030, working to tackle other damaging pollutants, and taking more ambitious action to decarbonise transport such as aviation and shipping.

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Green Market Oracle

AUGUST 30, 2020

Conference New Green Revolution: How to Cut Pollution without Sacrificing Yields (Panel Discussion): Increasing yields often means using more fertilizer, pesticides and herbicides. But more chemicals generally means more greenhouse gas emissions and other pollution. Because you never forget your first.

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R-Squared Energy

AUGUST 18, 2022

A Methane Emissions Reduction Program to reduce the leaks from the production and distribution of natural gas. Grants to Reduce Air Pollution at Ports, funded at $3 billion, support the purchase and installation of zero-emission equipment and technology at ports. $1 New funds for air pollution monitoring, including for methane.

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Business Green

APRIL 28, 2020

Within hours the whims of the American Electoral College system empowered autocrats, nationalists and polluters everywhere. The implication contained in all green recovery programmes is that some clean industries deserve stimulus and other polluting sectors should only receive government support if they promise to change their ways.

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Grist

AUGUST 13, 2021

Senate and hailed by Joe Biden as a key tool to tackle the climate crisis includes billions of dollars to support a supposedly clean fuel that is potentially even more polluting than coal, new research has found. But others are more upbeat about the use of hydrogen to help lower emissions in some stubbornly polluting sectors.

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Sustainability Consulting

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

Water Pollution In April, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Chief Andrew Wheeler said safe drinking water, plastic pollution and other litter in the oceans, drought in western states and water infrastructure are "the largest and most immediate environmental and public health issues affecting the world right now."

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Climate Tech VC

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

In either case, this wasn’t on our bingo card… In the news, the British government passed new reforms to speed up interconnection, Colombia launched a $1B biodiversity fund, the US released $6B in funding for climate resiliency, and the US and China made modest progress on methane reduction at APEC.  SPAC valuation ).

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Business Green

AUGUST 8, 2022

The US is set to get its first ever carbon equivalent tax - on methane. Methane is a powerful greenhouse gas with a global warming potential many times higher than that of CO2. The IRA introduces a charge on methane emissions starting at $900 per metric tonne, before rising to $1,500 per tonne after two years.

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Business Green

MARCH 26, 2021

New York City Comptroller Scott Stringer, Mayor Bill De Blasio, and other trustees confirmed they plan to double investments in companies offering alternative energy sources, energy efficient technologies, and pollution prevention measures. The proposals require parliamentary approval and the precise level of new fees is yet to be finalised.

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