DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 16, 2022

There, he met with OPUC staff in person and exchanged emails with Lori Koho, then OPUC’s senior official overseeing natural gas utilities. He hoped that his list of complaints would show “how the unethical culture [at NW Natural] goes all the way to the top,” as one of his emails to Koho explains.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 12, 2022

Additional €100bn for renewables, heat pumps, energy efficiency, and biomethane needed as EU faces 'sterner' gas supply test next year, IEA warns. The European Union has made significant progress in reducing reliance on Russian natural gas supplies, but it is not out of the danger zone yet," said IEA executive director Fatih Birol.

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

James Parish town of Gramercy and its mayor, Steve Nosacka, an outspoken supporter of the oil and gas industry. James was planning to hold a protest march in Gramercy in an effort to stop an industry-friendly ballot initiative. The law is on our side,” Lavigne told me. James after a two-year legal battle against the St.

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Latham's Clean Energy Law Report

MAY 24, 2022

Covered Entities : The Program regulates manufacturers, electricity importers, suppliers of natural gas, gasoline and other fuels, and CO2 suppliers that emit more than 25,000 metric tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent (MTCO2e) annually. Retaining a 100 percent leakage assistance factor for industry.

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 5, 2023

If you take Shell’s word for it, the oil giant’s growing petrochemical operations are indicative of its “commitment” to a cleaner energy future. It’s an apt welcome to a place where the realities of everyday life seem to be in stark contrast to the green illusion marketed by the fossil fuel and petrochemical industries.

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Front And Centered

MAY 17, 2019

While the full HEAL act passed in both the House and Senate by significant margins, the Washington Business Building Industry Association of Washington (BIAW) and the Association of Washington Business (AWB) were able to slow reconciliation of the two bill versions, preventing it from passing before the session expired.

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 11, 2021

Each of these individuals is playing the long game and is in a strong position to move their companies and industries into what could be a more hopeful period of reconciliation, recovery and repair. Most support science-based targets and sit on multiple boards, collaborations and advocacy groups to further industry-level sustainability goals.

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GreenTech Gazette

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

But some experts claim that unprecedented “extended heatwaves” are causing significant strain on the nation’s aging energy grid. However, one clean alternative to dirty fuels is becoming popular among green-minded people and traditional fuel proponents alike: geothermal energy. National Demand Expected to Grow.

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DeSmogBlog

JANUARY 8, 2024

Photos I shot last year in South Louisiana illustrate the Gulf Coast’s rapidly expanding fossil fuel industry, and the groundswell of frontline community members, environmental advocates, and activists fighting to stop it. Credit: Julie Dermansky. Flight provided by Southwings. Credit: Julie Dermansky. Flight provided by Southwings.

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DeSmogBlog

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

Air Products, a global hydrogen manufacturing company, is proposing to build a $4.5 billion “Clean Energy Complex” to manufacture blue hydrogen and an accompanying carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) project, that would be operational by 2026. Credit: Julie Dermansky Spoonbill in a wildlife management area, next to Lake Maurepas.

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Mr. Sustainability

OCTOBER 2, 2020

Why push for zero-emission vessels, if the marine industry is only a small part of the total problem? That is because the fuel generally used by the marine industry is the most toxic substance imaginable: Heavy Fuel Oil, commonly referred to as HFO or IFO. The marine industry contributes significantly to these numbers.

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Latham's Clean Energy Law Report

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

Proposed Rule 2305, recently released by the District in discussion draft form, would establish the Warehouse Actions and Investments to Reduce Emissions (WAIRE) Program — which would apply to owners and operators of warehouses located in the South Coast Air Basin (Basin) with greater than 100,000 square feet of indoor space in a single building.

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GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

Hannah Polikov is managing director at Advanced Energy Economy, a trade association for the clean energy sectors. Several states are using dockets to think about how to sustain economic development, including clean energy projects, amid the pandemic. Getting ready for electric vehicles. Statewide data platforms emerge.

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Latham's Clean Energy Law Report

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

Proposed Rule 2305, recently released by the District in discussion draft form, would establish the Warehouse Actions and Investments to Reduce Emissions (WAIRE) Program — which would apply to owners and operators of warehouses located in the South Coast Air Basin (Basin) with greater than 100,000 square feet of indoor space in a single building.

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 26, 2021

This month, EQT, the nation’s largest natural gas producer, plans to launch a pilot project that will certify it to start selling not just natural gas, but something it calls “responsibly sourced natural gas.”. We need to address the brand problem.”.

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Climate Tech VC

JULY 17, 2023

deal on Thursday, ExxonMobil acquired Denbury , a Texas-based energy company focused on carbon capture and storage (CCS) and enhanced oil recovery (EOR) that controls the largest network of CO2 pipelines in the US. Source: Natural Gas Intelligence IRA enticement: The EOR to CCS pipeline? Exxon captures Denbury In a $4.9B

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DeSmogBlog

JUNE 4, 2021

Methane is a highly potent greenhouse gas — more than 80 times more powerful than carbon dioxide over a 20-year time-frame. But while the solutions are well-known, researchers and legal experts told DeSmog that state regulators have done very little to compel the industry to clean up.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 14, 2022

Accelerating the build-out of clean energy will reduce costs and make the UK more secure, write Josh Freed and Isabelle Chan of US think tank Third Way, which released a new policy paper on the topic on 29 September. For example, the UK has the Business, Energy, and Industrial Strategy Department. Why industrial strategy?

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 15, 2021

When Laura Briggs and her husband finally found their dream home in West Texas, they knew they’d be sharing space with the oil industry. In Texas, property rights are split into two categories: the land on the surface and everything underground, including oil and natural gas. This story was supported by the Pulitzer Center.

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 15, 2021

When Laura Briggs and her husband finally found their dream home in West Texas, they knew they’d be sharing space with the oil industry. In Texas, property rights are split into two categories: the land on the surface and everything underground, including oil and natural gas. This story was supported by the Pulitzer Center.

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AGreenLiving

JANUARY 11, 2021

Each of these individuals is playing the long game and is in a strong position to move their companies and industries into what could be a more hopeful period of reconciliation, recovery and repair. Most support science-based targets and sit on multiple boards, collaborations and advocacy groups to further industry-level sustainability goals.

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DeSmogBlog

JULY 18, 2021

An organization run by former Obama-era Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz, with the backing of the AFL-CIO, a federation of 56 labor unions, has created a policy “blueprint” to build a nationwide pipeline network capable of carrying a gigaton of captured carbon dioxide (CO2).

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Charged

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

Charged ’s home state of Florida is something of an EV hotspot—there are an estimated 58,000 electric vehicles in the Sunshine State, and according to the DOE, Florida has the third-largest number of charging stations in the US, behind only California and New York. Duke Energy won approval for $63 million, and Tampa Electric for $2 million.

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DeSmogBlog

JULY 14, 2022

The complex contains a circuit board of pipes and steel tanks that cough out steam, flames and toxic substances as it creates the building blocks for plastic from natural gas liquids. The plant is the first joint venture in the Americas between Saudi Basic Industries Corp., Remnants can be found in the tissues of humans.

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Latham's Clean Energy Law Report

MAY 1, 2024

EPA’s action finalizes aggressive emission reduction targets for certain subcategories of fossil fuel-fired power plants, based on implementation of carbon capture and sequestration. This significant new regulation was part of a suite of four power sector rules EPA finalized on the same day. By Stacey L. VanBelleghem , Karl A.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 22, 2023

Although it has been linked to leukemia since the late 1920s, it is unevenly regulated because of relentless opposition from industry groups. And there are still no federal standards for ambient benzene exposure — the amount that people who live near industrial facilities can safely breathe as they go about their daily lives.

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Women in Cleantech and Sustainability

DECEMBER 10, 2021

SDG&E is an innovative San Diego-based energy company that provides clean, safe and reliable energy to better the lives of the people it serves in San Diego and southern Orange counties. SDG&E is a subsidiary of Sempra Energy (NYSE: SRE). After all, it takes the best to build the best.

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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. Note: There is a lot happening in the world.

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Climate Tech VC

JANUARY 16, 2024

  Ship Orders  Yara Eyde, a joint venture between Yara Clean Ammonia and North Sea Container Line, aims to be the  world’s first clean ammonia-powered container ship. Saudi Arabian ACWA Power outlined a $4bn green hydrogen and ammonia facility in Egypt that could produce up to 600,000 tons of green ammonia per year.

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Proponents hailed it as one of the most important environmental projects undertaken by the oil and gas industry in recent U.S. It lies in the heart of north central Appalachia’s booming Marcellus and Utica gas fields — America’s top natural gas-producing region — and was built to process 600 truckloads per day of fracking wastewater.

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GreenTechMedia

JANUARY 26, 2021

New research asserts most have undermined those goals by keeping coal plants running and building new natural gas plants meant to operate for decades to come. electricity sector by 2035, and the cost imperatives of U.S. utilities that still rely on coal and natural gas for most of their generation capacity.

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Carbon capture and storage (CCS) was high on the agenda at New York Climate Week last week, where critics of the technology raised concerns it would be used to extend the life of the fossil fuel industry. Terrell Natural Gas Processing Plant (“Val Verde”) Operator: Occidental Petroleum, 1972-present Location: Southeast of Ft.

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Jigar Shah

OCTOBER 8, 2019

Clean energy standards are all the rage in 2019. As of this year, 29 states enforce a form of a clean energy standard, and seven states — along with Puerto Rico — have passed laws mandating 100% clean electricity by 2045 or 2050. energy production. energy production. However, we shouldn’t celebrate just yet.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 29, 2022

Even the negatives — the politicization of ESG investing and reporting, the economic downturn, the energy crisis created by the Russian invasion of Ukraine — are temporal phenomena, part of the regular ebbs and flows of economics and policy. Overall, it was more positives than negatives.

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Jigar Shah

OCTOBER 8, 2019

Clean energy standards are all the rage in 2019. As of this year, 29 states enforce a form of a clean energy standard, and seven states?—?along have passed laws mandating 100% clean electricity by 2045 or 2050. energy production. energy production. along with Puerto Rico?—?have But we’re not quite there yet.

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DeSmogBlog

JULY 1, 2021

In June, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) narrowly approved the construction of a new 42” diameter gas pipeline that will connect shale wells in Louisiana, Pennsylvania, Texas, and Ohio to a liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal on the Gulf Coast, carrying over a billion cubic feet of fracked gas to be transported overseas every day.

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Climate Tech VC

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Deals of the Week (10/8-10/15) Venture Fundings 🔋 Skeleton Technologies , a Tallinn, Estonia-based graphene-based supercapacitor and battery energy storage developer, raised $113M in Corporate funding from Siemens Financial Services and Marubeni.  💼 Find or share roles on our job board here.

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