GreenBiz

OCTOBER 26, 2020

Thanks to converging forces — including supportive policies, dropping battery costs and aggressive climate goals — transportation leaders at large and small organizations are increasingly turning to new zero-emission and low-carbon options that decarbonize fleets and in some cases save money. The top 25 most sustainable fleets.

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Low Carbon Prosperity

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

Evaluating regulations, subsidies, pricing mechanisms, and hybrid policies. The latest, most urgent call to action from the IPCC has increased attention on policies to reduce CO2 emissions and enhance carbon sequestration. Regulation: The most effective carbon reduction policy option is regulation.

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GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

” The key electoral battleground for energy and climate policy looks to be the Senate, where a third of the seats are up for grabs, most of them held by Republicans. Major natural gas and oil pipeline projects have been abandoned or halted by legal challenges. But what would a Biden win bring about?

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

Project partners include major industry near the Blackburn Meadows site, with strong interest from steelmakers in testing the use of hydrogen as a way of switching away from natural gas in heating and forging processes. We recognise the significant investment that E.ON The study will run from September 2022 to February 2023.

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GreenTechMedia

DECEMBER 17, 2020

Tuesday’s report comes as President-elect Joe Biden is pressing for a major shift in federal energy and climate policy, including a $2 trillion clean energy and infrastructure spending plan that faces the likelihood of strong opposition from Republicans in Congress. In the U.S., “Who benefits more, and who pays more?

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GreenTechMedia

OCTOBER 19, 2020

Fortunately, with current solar, battery and heat pump technology every building with a sunny roof under two stories can be a net generator of energy — essentially carbon negative. Moreover, with grid-connected batteries, buildings can easily provide the resiliency that our grid needs during power shortages and blackouts.

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GreenTechMedia

MAY 21, 2020

The bankrupt utility is struggling to secure its grid from causing more deadly wildfires and has been stymied in attempts to set up natural-gas-backed microgrids to power substations during fire-prevention blackouts. Vote Solar, an advocacy group, argued the plan could undermine solar, batteries and other carbon-free alternatives.

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Clean Energy Canada

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

Even without carbon pricing, wind power is set to be 40 per cent cheaper than gas-fired power in Alberta and Ontario by 2030. Our analysis also explores the costs of using battery storage to complement wind and solar power, finding that, even with storage included, both are still highly cost-competitive.

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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. The policy is accelerating efforts to test, pilot, and scale up more sustainable fuels. “A

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Grist

DECEMBER 8, 2021

We now know that Cascadia’s greenhouse gas pollution went on increasing in 2019, according to state and provincial data assembled and analyzed by InvestigateWest for this report. What’s hopeful is that climate policies leaped forward this year in Washington, Oregon, and British Columbia.

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Renewable Energy World

OCTOBER 4, 2021

As environmental lawyers and professors of law , we are surprised to see FEMA move forward on a path that runs directly counter to the White House’s energy and climate policy. Burning more natural gas will affect air and water quality and contribute to climate change. In our view, FEMA’s actions don’t support those goals.

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Grist

AUGUST 6, 2020

In 1845 , English scientist Sir William Grove (aka “the father of the fuel cell”) demonstrated that, given the right conditions and the addition of oxygen, hydrogen gas — also called H2 — can undergo a chemical reaction and produce a potent, and non-polluting, electrical punch. natural gas equals energy security,” he said.

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GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

renewable energy and battery manufacturing, although it remains to be seen whether such growth could be achieved rapidly enough to meet Biden’s targets — or the industry’s needs. climate and energy policy would be enormous — and perhaps nowhere more so than in the power sector. Historical U.S. Source: WoodMac.

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Renewable Energy World

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

It’s time for Louisiana leadership to prioritize resilient solutions – solar photovoltaics paired with battery storage ( solar+storage ) paired with energy efficient housing – over continued fossil-fuel investment. Distributed solar+storage systems would avoid installing dozens of polluting natural gas generators.

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Renewable Energy World

APRIL 20, 2021

This drop happened thanks to policy, market and technology drivers. has also become more energy efficient since 2005, thanks to policies and technology improvements. Finally, natural gas generation grew rapidly, driven by the shale gas revolution and low fuel prices. Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, CC BY-ND.

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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. The growth of this fuel alternative in all major consuming regions witnessed robust growth with the sharp rise in natural gas prices. Anthropogenic emissions have resulted in a global temperature increase of 1.1°C,

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DeSmogBlog

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

CCS and the related carbon capture, utilization, and storage (CCUS), are a set of technologies designed to trap some of the carbon pollution produced from industrial facilities. A natural gas demonstration plant in Texas tests carbon capture technology. Credit: NET Power , CC BY-SA 4.0

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GreenTechMedia

JANUARY 5, 2021

California is facing a major decision under a tight deadline — whether it should push for large-scale power plants and batteries to prevent a repeat of its August 2020 rolling blackouts this coming summer, or turn to behind-the-meter resources like batteries and demand response. 14 and 15 last year. None of that is specified.”

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GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

CNN journalists worked to coax out differences in climate and energy policies among a marathon of candidates on Wednesday night during a town hall centered on the climate crisis. Both Warren and Biden said they would consider a carbon tax as part of implementing their climate policies (Sanders has supported one in the past).

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GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

"They’re really trying to appease a nascent but quite powerful movement of [environmental, social and governance focused] shareholders and institutional investors," said David Pomerantz, executive director of utility watchdog group Energy and Policy Institute, which tracks carbon targets. GW of solar and batteries.

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R-Squared Energy

AUGUST 18, 2022

For example, a big part of our energy policy over the past decade has been ramping up the nation’s biofuel programs. 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.

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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. She didn’t foresee, however, the high energy bills that would result from cranking up the gas heater when her apartment would turn into an icebox in the winter. Illustration by Nico H.

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Clean Energy Canada

APRIL 12, 2023

But while certain heavy industries have garnered the attention of funding programs and policymakers alike, the biggest polluter of the lot has not received the same attention. But the bottom line is that the biggest polluting sectors provide the biggest clean-economy opportunities.

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Grist

DECEMBER 15, 2021

In British Columbia, Premier John Horgan’s government detailed policies to nearly double climate-protection efforts. Combined with other innovative devices such as electric induction cooktops, heat pumps mean we can completely stop feeding so-called “natural” gas to buildings. And that’s crucial. That’s begun in Cascadia.

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Charged

JANUARY 2, 2020

They save money for fleet operators, and reduce both local air pollution and carbon emissions. The ICF study also found that, of all the available alternative fuel options, battery-electric trucks deliver the greatest total reductions in greenhouse gas emissions, nitrogen oxides and cancer-causing ultra-fine particulate matter.

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Clean Energy Canada

JUNE 28, 2021

Beyond just renewable power, Canada’s clean energy sector is made up of companies and jobs that help reduce carbon pollution, whether by generating clean energy, helping move it, reducing energy consumption in transportation, buildings, and industry, or making low-carbon technologies. Already, 127 countries —including the U.S

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

LIVERPOOL, UK – Gas companies and hydrogen lobbyists are using the Labour Party’s annual conference to push “false solutions to the climate crisis”, according to green campaigners. Labour has made climate and energy its central policy agenda, and its conference in Liverpool this week has touted the slogan “A Fairer, Greener Future”.

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Clean Energy Canada

AUGUST 8, 2023

This media brief summarizes some of the most relevant studies on what a clean power grid means for provinces, electricity costs, jobs, and public opinion, while providing a run down of similar policies in place elsewhere in the world. Already, provinces with the cleanest grids typically pay the least for electricity.

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Clean Energy Canada

JULY 2, 2020

Currently, the majority of hydrogen around the world is produced from fossil fuels (76% from natural gas, 23% from coal). In some cases , hydrogen from fossil fuels is produced in conjunction with carbon capture and storage, meaning that the carbon pollution is captured during production and sequestered. in Keele in the U.K.).

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Green Business Bureau

APRIL 11, 2023

THE INFLATION REDUCTION ACT REDUCES ENERGY WASTE THROUGH THE METHANE EMISSIONS REDUCTION ACTION PLAN The Methane Emissions Reduction Action Plan will aim to reduce leaks from natural gas production and distribution, streamlining operations and energy use while also reducing harmful emissions of potent greenhouse gas.

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Green Business Bureau

OCTOBER 26, 2021

There’s no shortage of sustainable outcome gaps that need bridging, and market solutions are preferable to state and policy mandates in many of these cases. The ‘sustainability marketplace’ is just beginning to blossom with opportunity as nature’s threat reveals itself worldwide.

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Sunrun

AUGUST 23, 2019

When you choose to install a home solar system and a battery, you can better control your average electricity costs over a year. For states with TOU rates, going solar with a home battery allows you to run your appliances when you want, not when electric companies tell you to. With solar and a home battery, you are in control.

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GreenTechMedia

JANUARY 20, 2021

The government has also repeatedly delayed the implementation of pollution regulations for coal plants, effectively throwing the dirtiest coal plants a lifeline. Last year, the Modi government sought to boost the domestic coal mining sector with a series of commercial auctions. “We have an abundance of coal.

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GreenBiz

MAY 17, 2021

Growing up outside of Boston, Zack Angelini spent summers swimming, but one polluted river was off limits. "I Badalian received an environmental law degree from Lewis & Clark Law School, which helped shape his policy work, he says. Zack Angelini, 29. Senior Environmental Stewardship Manager, Timberland; Malden, Massachusetts.

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Clean Energy Trust

JUNE 9, 2020

May Cleantech Roundup: COVID & EVs | Enormous Storage Investments | Scooter Consolidation | Insanely Cheap Solar Clean Energy Trust’s cleantech roundup highlights interesting cleantech news and perspective, across industry, technology, policy, and investing. Link A gigantic battery procurement is underway in California.

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Green Market Oracle

MAY 12, 2020

The pollution generated by the fossil fuel industry is deadly killing at least seven million people annually. Such pollution also makes us more vulnerable to respiratory diseases including Covid-19. In many parts of the world electricity generated by wind and solar are cheaper than natural gas and coal. percent of U.S.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 4, 2020

The partners expect the first fossil fuel-free steel to hit the market in 2026, after tests are carried out to compare production using hydrogen and natural gas. A change of rules in the EU's carbon market could see major polluters shelling out millions more Euros to cover their emissions over the years to come.

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