Clean Energy Canada

DECEMBER 20, 2023

The final wording of the COP28 agreement – which required consensus among all nations and the chair – codified a commitment to transition away from fossil fuels in energy systems. Adding to the problem is that the fossil-fuel sector is Canada’s fastest-growing source of emissions. But all was not lost.

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Charged

JUNE 28, 2022

As regular Charged readers know, California, which suffers from some of the worst air pollution in the US, has an alphabet soup of incentive and grant programs intended to promote adoption of zero-emission or low-emission commercial vehicles. marine, construction and agricultural vehicles) doesn’t have a widely available electric alternative.

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R-Squared Energy

AUGUST 18, 2022

manufacturing of solar panels, wind turbines, batteries, and critical minerals processing. $10 A Methane Emissions Reduction Program to reduce the leaks from the production and distribution of natural gas. Fossil Fuel Provisions. New funds for air pollution monitoring, including for methane.

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Hydrogen Fuel News

APRIL 2, 2024

Sustainability has become a global goal these days, with increasing awareness regarding the banes of pollution. Steam-methane reforming and electrolysis are the two most common methods used. Industrial businesses can switch to hydrogen as a fuel to improve efficiency and reduce reliance on fossil fuels.

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DeSmogBlog

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

And as a trove of industry documents reveals, Exxon is far from the only fossil fuel company selling carbon capture as its golden ticket to continue pumping its products, despite internal concerns about the technology’s feasibility. For more than three decades, our LaBarge facility in Wyoming has been a center for #carboncapture.

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DeSmogBlog

AUGUST 12, 2021

A number of big polluters, including fossil fuel companies, support and are involved in the UK’s CCS plans. . oil major Chevron, in partnership with other fossil fuel giants. Adopting this technology therefore adds significant costs to fossil energy production when it’s applied to that industry.

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Energy Innovation

FEBRUARY 5, 2023

The five policies are: clean electricity standards, zero-emission vehicle standards, clean building equipment standards, industrial efficiency and emissions standards, and standards for methane detection, capture, and destruction. The five-policy scenario includes strong methane capture and destruction.

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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.

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The Verge: Energy

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Brausch for The Verge Homeowners who want to reduce their carbon footprint by getting rid of polluting appliances have the US government’s full support. The pollution from using a gas heater was also a major concern. Illustration by Nico H. Not so with apartment dwellers. It was a great work-from-home spot,” Spears said.

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Green Business Bureau

JULY 28, 2022

Comparatively, poor waste management contributes to air pollution, exacerbates climate change, contaminates ecological habitats, and is harmful to wildlife and human health. How can you reduce waste and prevent pollution? Yet the most common waste types here are industrial non-hazardous waste and fossil fuel combustion waste.

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DeSmogBlog

JUNE 24, 2021

A December 2020 study from the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) found that the climate benefit of LNG compared to coal is only modest at best, and because it is a fossil fuel with a large carbon footprint, it ultimately presents a big threat to the climate. If the U.S. achieved over the past decade, according to NRDC.

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AGreenLiving

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

Meanwhile, the incumbent’s message seems to be that fossil fuels are A-OK. Fossil fuels The fossil fuel issue is a tricky dance for Democratic politicians. While most agree that the future lies in renewable energy, most cars and airplanes still run on fossil fuels. As the U.S.

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Business Green

JANUARY 20, 2023

Because countries tend to impose higher tariffs on relatively clean finished goods, but lower tariffs on often more-polluting inputs and intermediates, trade policy skews in favour of dirtier product - resulting in an implicit subsidy for CO2 production of $550bn to $800bn per year," she said. per cent while increasing global income by 0.65

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Green Market Oracle

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

China has also contributed to price declines in wind turbines and lithium-ion batteries. This electrification effort is being driven by the nation's war on pollution. This has improved air quality but these scrubbers do not reduce climate change causing greenhouse gas emissions like carbon and methane.

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Business Green

AUGUST 8, 2022

The landmark legislation's climate provisions could unlock billions of dollars of low carbon investment and millions of green jobs - but it also paves the way for new fossil fuel infrastructure. The US is set to get its first ever carbon equivalent tax - on methane. temperature goal is to be kept alive.

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

As the TVA’s aging coal and gas fleet retires, they should be replaced with renewable energy and batteries, advocates say. The problem is the TVA has proposed building two new fossil gas-fired power plants to replace its aging Cumberland and Kingston coal plants, which must retire later this decade.

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GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

While Biden wants to include nuclear, renewables and some fossil fuels in the net-zero emissions generation mix he envisions for mid-century, Sanders plans to transition to 100 percent renewables. You’re not going to be using any more carbon-priced fuels,” she said on Wednesday.

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GreenTechMedia

JANUARY 6, 2021

With power demand expected to triple by 2040 as India’s population continues to achieve upward mobility, fossil fuels are poised to see continued growth even as the clean energy market thrives. And to what extent can they mitigate the increase in fossil fuel use? Solar ticks every one of those boxes.”

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Grist

DECEMBER 8, 2021

When InvestigateWest launched the Getting to Zero: Decarbonizing Cascadia series in January 2021, the latest official data showed that emissions of carbon dioxide, methane, and other greenhouse gases had risen steadily from 2012 to 2018, and the region wasn’t on track to make big cuts this decade. “We

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Grist

DECEMBER 15, 2021

Renewable solar and wind power now typically costs less than fossil-fuel alternatives. That’s looking more doable as renewable-energy prices drop, providing an alternative to fossil fuels. This currently is mostly achieved through rooftop solar and is increasingly augmented with big batteries. If not sooner.

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GreenTechMedia

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

ACES will provide up to 150,000 megawatt-hours of energy storage capacity, a scale that dwarfs the lithium-ion battery capacity being installed in California and across the Intermountain West. Mitsubishi also makes lithium-ion batteries for the rapidly growing global market, said Paul Browning, CEO of Mitsubishi Power America.

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

They contend that gas companies, which have lobbied hard for hydrogen, are prioritizing their profits over cutting greenhouse gas pollution. The Labour Party’s climate and energy policy proposals, released this week, feature expansion of hydrogen as a replacement for methane gas, alongside nuclear and tidal energy.

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Business Green

JANUARY 21, 2022

Rio Tinto's $2.4bn Jadar mining project would have made the Anglo Australian firm one of the world's top producers of lithium, which has found itself in increasing global demand as a key raw material for EV batteries and other clean tech products. As such, Guterres said that "the battle to keep the 1.5C

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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 9, 2022

Upfront investments in low carbon infrastructure deliver much faster paybacks than they did a year ago, because the fossil fuels they displace are orders of magnitude more expensive. per cent gain, almost entirely as a result of higher fossil fuel prices. per cent loss of GDP to a 0.5

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Business Green

APRIL 22, 2022

French President ramps up green offering, as EU accelerates efforts to tackle fossil fuel imports. He also promised action to slash air pollution, plant 140 million trees, close 50 large open-air landfills, and reform regulations to ensure corporate bonuses are linked to environmental performance.

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Elemental Excelerator

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

These decentralized tools will help municipalities and utilities reduce pollution and improve operations to provide clean water for all communities. And we’re placing bets on technologies that can put a dent in methane by targeting organic waste and … cow emissions! The seaweed solution to livestock methane emissions.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 13, 2021

The report calculates if all national climate plans are delivered, fossil fuel demand will peak in 2025 and energy-related emissions will start to bend down, falling by 40 per cent by 2050. The global energy mix is set to shift dramatically - and there are big prizes to be had for businesses.

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Unsustainable

FEBRUARY 17, 2020

Then, there are also methane, nitrous oxide, and other industrial gasses, about which we seldom hear. Methane and nitrous oxide do not persist in the atmosphere as long as CO 2. Methane is a component of natural gas. We may be able to improve our living conditions, but escaping from polluted air is virtually impossible.

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Business Green

AUGUST 1, 2022

BusinessGreen sits down with CEO of the International Council of Mining and Minerals to discuss the battery gold rush and the potential for a European sustainable mining boom. The World Economic Forum estimates that production of certain minerals could increase by 500 per cent by 2050 to meet demand for clean energy technologies.

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Mr. Sustainability

JANUARY 25, 2021

The project would also help Exxon clean up its image as one of the foremost corporate climate polluters. Most of these carbon-capture projects are run by fossil fuel companies. Solar panels, wind turbines, and lithium-ion batteries have all followed this trajectory over the past two decades. That number, about 0.1%

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Green Market Oracle

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

Invest in battery technology. And the Green New Deal that I support, by the way, will create up to 20 million good-paying jobs as we move our energy system away from fossil fuel to energy efficiency and sustainable energy. That is more important than the profits of the fossil fuel industry. You frack oil, as well.

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Mr. Sustainability

APRIL 18, 2021

The costs for such a refinery would be in the billions, with fuel prices ranging from €900 to €3,000 per metric ton. 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. Download Hydrogen Cost Tool.

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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. Why focus on creating sustainable marine fuels? We however are not interested in replacing all fuels. No surprise there.

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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. Entrepreneurs may have half the solution, and communities often have the other half.

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Energy Innovation

MAY 9, 2022

Residents in disproportionately burdened communities—frequently lower-income communities of color—endure greater air, water, and soil pollution, as well as other environmental harms. The connected ground-source heat pumps eliminate methane emissions from gas combustion and offer a low-carbon heating and cooling option. recently found.

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Climate Tech VC

AUGUST 17, 2023

1, 2020 rules adopted by the International Maritime Organization (IMO) came into effect that substantially decreased the amount of sulfur allowed in maritime fuels with the goal of cutting sulfur oxide emissions from ships by 77%. Source: Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller Center for Zero Carbon Shipping Liquid fuels are critical and sticky.

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