Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 15, 2024

gigawatts of nuclear power lost between now and 2028, and Hinkley Point C won’t be online until after 2030 at the earliest. Hartlepool nuclear power station is among those scheduled for closure (image credit: user:geni , CC BY-SA 4.0 Torness and Heysham 2, at a combined 2354 megawatts, will come offline in 2028.

Nuclear Power 130

Nuclear Power Demand Electricity Law 130

DeSmogBlog

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Credit: Province of BC / Flickr CC Peterson Academy did not respond to DeSmog’s request for comment. Credit: Gage Skidmore / Flickr CC In response to DeSmog’s request for comment, Hicks said that he does not cover environmental science in his courses. “As Additional reporting by Taylor C.

Climate change 114

Climate change Education Sea level rise Global warming 114

DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

According to an analysis released today by InfluenceMap, over 80 percent of corporate policy engagement on CCS between 2021 and 2023 does not meet the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s science-based policy guidance, which includes recommended methods for limiting warming to 1.5°Celsius

Fossil fuels 113

Fossil fuels Carbon Policy Climate change 113

DeSmogBlog

AUGUST 9, 2021

C above pre-industrial levels is in serious danger as policymakers fail to take the necessary steps to curb greenhouse gas emissions. C and 2°C will be exceeded during the 21st century,” the IPCC panel warns, “unless deep reductions in carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gas emissions occur in the coming decades.”

Sea level rise 98

Sea level rise Global warming Fossil fuels Climate change 98

DeSmogBlog

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

C is to stop building new fossil fuel projects. C temperature limit, the country must fully phase out gas from its electricity sector over the same time period, Solutions for Our Climate calculates. “I don’t believe gas is a climate solution,” she told DeSmog. But to reduce South Korea’s emissions in line with the 1.5°C

Asia 107

Asia Fossil fuels Energy Energy 107

Low Impact

AUGUST 26, 2020

It contains many vitamins and minerals, being especially high in vitamin C. Main image: Elderberries by Stephen McKay CC BY 2.0. Elderberry is well known for its antiviral and immune tonic effects which are in large part due to its antioxidant properties. Picking the elderberries. Find the original post here on the Native Hands blog.

Medicine 92

Medicine Cooling Technology 92

DeSmogBlog

JANUARY 26, 2024

C target,” the letter asserts, referring to the Paris Agreement’s more ambitious climate objective. Credit: Ceescamel , CC BY-SA 4.0 In a letter addressed to ING CEO Steven van Rijswijk and the first step in litigation, Milieudefensie says it believes the bank is in breach of its “duty of care” obligation under Dutch law.

Fossil fuels 122

Fossil fuels Pollution Climate change Carbon-neutral 122

DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 24, 2023

Eni’s prediction was quite accurate: Global warming in the year 2000 was exactly 0.5 ° C and CO2 concentrations were around 370 ppm. Eni also understood the need to limit fossil fuel pollution decades ago, according to the report. In 1992, Eni claimed it needed more research before taking action on climate change.

Climate change 144

Climate change Fossil fuels Global warming Pollution 144

ThinkGeoEnergy

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

in 2019, the surface temperatures of the water within the hot springs were measured to be around 50°C. The team inserted thermometers into the wet soil, finding that the temperatures exceeded 90°C. In a study by Lim et al. However, they noticed that there was wet soil with faint traces of steam around the boarded area.

Business Energy Monitoring 105

Business Energy Monitoring Building Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor Soil 105

DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

C by more than 110 percent. A second just-released report reveals that to mitigate that growth, the use of carbon capture and storage (CCS) and carbon dioxide removal (CDR) technologies would have to reach gigaton scale in less than 10 years, which might not be possible. Local opposition to CCS projects have delayed their construction.

Carbon 94

Carbon Technology Fossil fuels Climate change 94

Renewable Energy World

AUGUST 30, 2021

Qi and Koenig, 2017 , CC BY. Randy Montoya, Sandia Labs/Flickr , CC BY-NC-ND. Researchers are working to develop new salts or other materials that can withstand temperatures as high as 1,300 degrees Fahrenheit (705 C). In these devices both the electrolyte and the electrodes are liquids.

Technology 88

Technology Electricity Solar Power Lithium 88

DeSmogBlog

APRIL 19, 2022

“They looked similar, they could have received a C-grade or a D-grade. Credit: Sarah Craig/Faces of Fracking , CC BY-NC-ND 2.0. B neighborhoods had more than A neighborhoods, C had more than B, and D had more than C.”. “So They got a D-grade. Did that lead to more wells being drilled in those neighborhoods?”.

Health 90

Health Fossil fuels Government Methane 90

Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 2, 2021

Harlaw Reservoir near Edinburgh (image credit: Patrick Down , CC BY-NC 2.0 degrees C warmer than usual. Businesses and individuals abstracting water are being warned that action is needed now to protect water resources, despite heavy rainfall across much of the country. Ground conditions continued to dry rapidly over the?last?two

Pollution 130

Pollution Soil Climate change Demand 130

DeSmogBlog

JULY 29, 2022

The extreme #heatwave a LST collected on April 29 shows max value exceeding 62°C/143°F. Credit: Robert Scoble ( CC BY 2.0 ). Credit: BLMIdaho ( CC BY 2.0 ). Credit: UN Women Asia and the Pacific ( CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 ). It was in April – May 2022 in India & Pakistan. Al Gore at the World Economic Forum in 2008.

Climate change 98

Climate change Fossil fuels Politics Africa 98

DeSmogBlog

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

Credit: Steven Lek , CC BY-SA 4.0 C above pre-industrial levels,” the spokesperson continued. These claims are demanding damages from oil spills that have devastated the local communities and their environment. Shell’s Pernis refinery in the Netherlands.

Energy 93

Energy Energy Fossil fuels Climate change 93

DeSmogBlog

APRIL 15, 2021

C above pre-industrial temperatures means no longer extracting and using fossil fuels – effectively doing away with the oil and gas industry. Credit: Rainforest Action Network ( CC BY-NC 2.0 ). Pivoting to align a fossil fuel company with what the science says is required to limit global temperature increases to 1.5°C

Fossil fuels 118

Fossil fuels Carbon-negative Climate change Carbon 118

DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 28, 2022

C Paris Agreement target. Credit: Eni ( CC BY-NC 2.0 ). Despite net-zero pledges and official announcements of commitments to the energy transition, a recent analysis by Oil Change International has found that major U.S. and European oil and gas companies, including Eni, still “failed to meet the bare minimum” in relation to the 1.5°C

Fossil fuels 84

Fossil fuels Education Politics Investment 84

Charged

APRIL 26, 2021

For example, those assigned an “A” get reused as a replacement in another EV battery pack, those assigned a “B” are packaged for 2 nd life applications such as load-leveling, those assigned a “C” are no longer useful and sent to be recycled. In the example above AMETEK categorizes the modules into groupings of “A”, “B”,”C”.

Energy Monitor 111

Energy Monitor Building Energy Monitoring Batteries Electric vehicle 111

DeSmogBlog

APRIL 15, 2021

C above pre-industrial temperatures means no longer extracting and using fossil fuels – effectively doing away with the oil and gas industry. Credit: Rainforest Action Network ( CC BY-NC 2.0 ). Pivoting to align a fossil fuel company with what the science says is required to limit global temperature increases to 1.5°C

Fossil fuels 111

Fossil fuels Carbon-negative Climate change Carbon 111

Low Impact

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

Main image by duncan c via Flickr (CC BY-NC 2.0) In the meantime, if you’ve got your own thoughts to share about Extinction: The Facts , I’d love to hear them. David Attenborough’s Extinction: The Facts aired on BBC One in the UK on Sunday 13 September at 20:00 BST. of graffiti on a wall in Shoreditch, London.

Biodiversity 90

Biodiversity Agriculture Climate change Pollution 90

Charged

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

For example, those assigned an “A” get reused as a replacement in another EV battery pack, those assigned a “B” are packaged for 2 nd life applications such as load-leveling, those assigned a “C” are no longer useful and sent to be recycled. In the example above we categorize the modules into groupings of “A”, “B”,”C”.

Energy Monitor 104

Energy Monitor Building Energy Monitoring Electric vehicle Batteries 104

Women in Cleantech and Sustainability

APRIL 27, 2021

Center for Resource Solutions (CRS) is 501(c)(3) nonprofit that works to promote policy and market-based solutions to advance sustainable energy in the U.S. Design experience in Adobe CC. Communications and Marketing Manager | Center for Resource Solutions | San Francisco, CA. and internationally.

Energy Monitor 40

Energy Monitor Business Energy Monitoring Building Energy Monitoring Education 40

DeSmogBlog

JUNE 17, 2021

The former owner Kinder Morgan sought to bail on the project, and instead of letting it die, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau bought the system in 2018 for C$4.5 “Grand Chief Stewart Phillip” by The Narwhal Canada is licensed under CC BY 2.0. billion, effectively nationalizing it to keep it alive and push it forward.

Fossil fuels 98

Fossil fuels Demand Construction Law 98

DeSmogBlog

JULY 7, 2021

The Canadian government has handed over C$23 billion (US$18.5 CC BY-NC-ND 2.0. CC BY-NC-ND 2.0. CC BY-NC-ND 2.0. The government of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau purchased the project for C$4.5 For instance, Alberta took a $1.5 It also offered $6 billion in loan guarantees for the pipeline. October 2020.

Fossil fuels 98

Fossil fuels Government Construction Natural gas 98

DeSmogBlog

JUNE 9, 2021

Credit: Dan Sloan , CC BY-SA 2.0. Opponents of the oil giant’s plans in Guyana have warned that those ambitions are dangerously out of touch with the times — and completely incompatible with a world where climate change is kept below 1.5 Double the Risks”.

Sea level rise 98

Sea level rise Fossil fuels South America Climate change 98

Climate Tech VC

DECEMBER 1, 2023

But “there is no long-term market for project-level financing without insurance,” as Aaron Ratner , Chairman and a Co-founder of CC Risk Solutions , a specialty insurance brokerage focused on renewables, puts it.

Carbon 52

Carbon Investment Policy Politics 52

Charged

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

be capable of constant current [CC] or constant voltage [CV] operation); and, more than likely, ensure the current waveform drawn from the mains is aligned in time and magnitude with the voltage waveform (in other words, perform power factor correction , or PFC).

Batteries 67

Batteries Energy Energy Electricity 67

DeSmogBlog

AUGUST 19, 2021

CC BY 2.0). DeSmog previously reported on the estimated C$23 billion in subsidies that the federal and provincial governments have funneled into a handful of pipelines. CC BY-SA 2.0). That is the problem of emissions in the country. It’s the oil and gas sector,” Carter said. Oil sands operations. Credit: Jason Woodhead. (CC

Fossil fuels 98

Fossil fuels Carbon-negative Policy Government 98

DeSmogBlog

AUGUST 13, 2021

CC BY-NC-ND 2.0). CC BY-NC-ND 2.0). government spent more on fossil fuel subsidies (C$1.3 billion, or USD$1 billion) than it did on climate change programs (C$1.1 One estimate puts the provincial subsidies for LNG Canada alone at over C$5 billion (USD$4 billion). ’s LNG export terminals. August 29, 2019.

Carbon-neutral 98

Carbon-neutral Methane Building Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor 98

Energy Innovation

AUGUST 6, 2021

CC BY-SA 4.0 <[link] via Wikimedia Commons. C cooler and grow at higher elevations than their Amazonian counterparts. Brierley, C. Forest and Fields, Rondônia, Brazil, July 18, 2016; Farms and pastureland carve their way into tropical forestland in the western Brazilian state of Rondônia. Source: Planet Labs, Inc.,

Africa 72

Africa Carbon Carbon-negative Carbon-neutral 72

DeSmogBlog

MAY 26, 2021

This article originally appeared on Common Dreams and is republished under Creative Commons (CC BY-NC-ND 3.0). “The court orders Royal Dutch Shell… to reduce its CO2 output and those of its suppliers and buyers by the end of 2030 by a net of 45% based on 2019 levels,” the court said, according to Agence France-Presse.

Fossil fuels 98

Fossil fuels Pollution Demand Climate change 98

Envirotec Magazine

JANUARY 31, 2023

(image credit: Fairphone , CC BY-NC 2.0 To characterize the heat tolerance of the new cathode material, called HE-LMNO, the UC Irvine team used beamline 11-ID-C at the APS, with the support of Xu and Li, to examine what would happen to the material at high temperatures.

Lithium 363

Lithium Batteries Electric vehicle Electricity 363

DeSmogBlog

MAY 10, 2021

Originally published on Common Dreams , CC BY-NC-ND 3.0. C by the end of the century. C of warming by 2100, according to a projection published earlier this week by the Climate Action Tracker. By Jessica Corbett , Common Dreams. From fake oil spills in Washington, D.C.

Construction 77

Construction North America Health Organic 77

DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 2, 2021

C of heating this century, unless countries—starting with the rich polluters most responsible for exacerbating extreme weather—rapidly and drastically slash greenhouse gas emissions, ramp up the transition to renewable energy, and enact transformative political-economic changes.

Fossil fuels 92

Fossil fuels Pollution Natural gas Energy 92

DeSmogBlog

MAY 26, 2023

Credit: Gage Skidmore ( CC BY-SA 2.0 ), Lee Goddard ( CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 ) / Infogram ‘Polluting Public Discourse’ Communications regulator Ofcom has repeatedly found GB News to have broken broadcasting rules with false claims about Covid vaccines, and is probing the channel’s use of MPs as hosts. Adapted image.

Climate change 98

Climate change Fossil fuels Global warming Policy 98

Renewable Energy World

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

However, that transparency and access did not apply to the generation and transmission c o operative Tri-State. Featured Photo Credit: National Renewable Energy Lab via Flickr (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0). Colorado has long had a law ensuring cooperative transparency and access to board meetings.

Energy Monitor 82

Energy Monitor Solar Energy Monitor Law Electricity 82

Energy Innovation

DECEMBER 17, 2020

Photo: UNclimatechange | CC BY 2.0. or 2°C future. Liu’s team partially answers these questions by modeling the emissions impacts of NDCs, finding reduced emissions compared to a business-as-usual scenario, but falling short of requirements to keep warming below 2°C. Adoption of the Paris Agreement, December 2015.

Global warming 52

Global warming Policy Climate change Carbon 52