DeSmogBlog

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

“The need for an advertising ban is clear and urgent: every year fossil-fuel pollution is directly linked to 34,000 premature deaths in Canada and over 8 million globally,” said Sabrina Bowman, interim executive director of the Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment (CAPE).

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DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 26, 2021

On Sunday, COP26, the 26th United Nations climate change summit, will kick off in Glasgow, Scotland, in what John Kerry, the U.S. special envoy on climate, has called humanity’s “last best chance” to curb the climate catastrophe. It’s a pollute now, pay later strategy, the report’s authors say. “Net-zero

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GreenTechMedia

OCTOBER 19, 2020

Many people in California are literally powerless since our utility infrastructure is failing to keep pace with the effects of climate change, magnified by our society’s increasing electric power needs. Time to burn that bridge to natural gas. Former U.S. Customer economics for on-site renewables are compelling.

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 4, 2022

Travis Dardar, an indigenous fisherman in Cameron, Louisiana, has a front-row view of the expansion of the liquified natural gas (LNG) industry’s export capacity on the Gulf Coast — and it isn’t pretty. “It If approved, the permit would allow a massive natural gas liquefaction and export facility to emit 3.5

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R-Squared Energy

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

We all know there are negative consequences associated with fossil fuel usage, such as the emission of carbon dioxide and various other pollutants. As a result, natural gas consumption has increased by nearly 40% over the past decade in the U.S. . But if our message is undermined by our actions (e.g.,

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R-Squared Energy

FEBRUARY 6, 2021

Every year, almost four million people die from household air pollution, which is mostly coming from cooking. There are more people who die from household air pollution than the total who die from HIV/AIDS, malaria, and tuberculosis combined. You don’t need to develop vaccines to stop people dying from air pollution.

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Green Business Bureau

MARCH 10, 2021

Incorporating SDG 13, Climate Action, into your business will empower you to tackle the unique challenges of a changing climate and show your customers you prioritize the needs of all. There has been an estimated 6% drop in carbon emissions due to altered lifestyles in COVID-19. Improve climate change education.

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Despite the region’s shrinking wetlands, the government continues to permit new LNG export facilities on the Gulf Coast , and is encouraging hydrogen and carbon capture sequestration developments , though they too will lead to further land loss.

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Business Green

JUNE 9, 2020

The government must now address the market for all the low carbon energy technologies of the future, including hydrogen and CCUS, argues Siemens UK & Ireland CEO Steve Scrimshaw. However, the need for a climate strategy to avert the risks of irreversible climate change isn't stopping. The public wants climate action.

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DeSmogBlog

JULY 27, 2023

This comes as major polluters are increasingly deploying digital tactics to detract from negative headlines about their record profits and decades-long contribution to climate change. percent of their annual capital expenditures in low carbon technologies between 2010 and 2018.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 4, 2020

Test operations at the world's first fossil fuel-free steel-making plant have begun, marking a major milestone in the race to decarbonise the carbon intensive steel industry that is thought to be responsible for around seven per cent of global emissions. Investors flock to Germany's maiden green bond sale.

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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 An entrepreneurial spirit led him to become the theoretical "they" to address the climate crisis, starting with studying sustainable and renewable energy engineering. Myisha Majumder. Stacia Betley, 29.

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Grist

SEPTEMBER 11, 2020

Of all the tools we have to curb climate change, devoting land to growing bioenergy crops is among the most contentious. The reason it’s considered a solution is that plants suck up carbon from the air while they grow. But critics say biofuels’ carbon-neutrality is a mirage. The case for negative emissions.

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Green Business Bureau

MARCH 10, 2021

Incorporating SDG 13, Climate Action, into your business will empower you to tackle the unique challenges of a changing climate and show your customers you prioritize the needs of all. There has been an estimated 6% drop in carbon emissions due to altered lifestyles in COVID-19. Improve climate change education.

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Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 27, 2021

The world has already found some innovative ways to sustainably produce energy without the reliance on coal, oil, and natural gas. Other than the changes we as individuals make, businesses need to adapt their operations to use greener sources of energy – such as wind power. However, there is still more to be done. The pros. •

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 18, 2021

DeSmog’s investigation found messaging that touts companies’ climate pledges without being transparent about their large emissions contributions is widespread across advertising campaigns and social media promotions. percent of its investment in new projects going to low carbon sources between 2010 and 2018.

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DeSmogBlog

JUNE 22, 2023

Research by DeSmog shows that Porter has a track record of publicly casting doubt on established science on human-caused climate change. The BBC regularly covers climate change and the dangers of climate misinformation. She also spoke at a webinar run by GWPF’s campaign arm Net Zero Watch last June.

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 11, 2021

The big stories of 2020 were not just about a pandemic, a reckoning on racial justice, an economic calamity and the ever-imminent rise of climate change impacts. The company, an early partner with the Ellen MacArthur Foundation, has positioned water and carbon emissions as equally critical in the climate crisis.

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Grist

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

As a result, the industry accounts for roughly 8 percent of annual carbon dioxide emissions, as well as a toxic soup of air pollutants. degrees Celsius and staving off most of the worst effects of climate change, experts say. Doing so is essential to limiting global warming to 1.5

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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 wouldn’t be able to give them enough volume off of Platinum only,” he said.

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DeSmogBlog

AUGUST 19, 2021

Singling out a handful of Canadian oil companies as investment ideas, Goldman Sachs wrote in a report to its clients on August 16: “We recognize, in the near-term, that the group is facing three negative equity narratives.” For Canada, looming large is the oil and gas sector, which is the largest and fastest growing source of emissions.

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DeSmogBlog

AUGUST 2, 2021

It follows five years of campaigning at a local level to shut down the twin ethylene and liquid natural gas (LNG) plants at Mossmorran. In response ExxonMobil have invested £140 million in new equipment at the facility, which they say will reduce noise and other forms of pollution in the area. Credit: Jaye Renold.

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Business Green

MARCH 18, 2020

CNG Fuels' biomethane compressed natural gas - Bio-CNG - is currently 100 per cent sourced from waste feedstocks such as food waste and it claims the fuel is both cheaper and less-carbon intensive than traditional diesel. We're at a tipping point," he said.

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Clean Energy Trust

AUGUST 16, 2019

Clockwise from upper left: pictures of NET Power, Fulcrum BioEnergy, and Lanzatech facilities Addressing climate change is a complex and difficult challenge, but we have more figured out than you might think. particularly technologies that make the most of the carbon that we continue to emit. What are we talking about?

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 5, 2023

For instance, the company’s just-published “ Energy Transition Progress report ” references chemicals right alongside “low carbon energy” and “renewable natural gas” as examples of the company’s stated commitment to lowering emissions. Credit: Beyond Plastics One such community is Convent, a majority Black town in St.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Now, the city is at the forefront of the country’s dash to break its dependence on Russian gas. On Saturday, a newly built jetty is due to welcome the Norwegian-flagged Höegh Esperanza, a 280-metre vessel capable of offloading cargoes of natural gas supercooled into liquid form, then shipped across the ocean in specialised tankers.

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DeSmogBlog

AUGUST 31, 2021

Refinery flares can add to air pollution in the wake of natural disasters. This process adds to air pollution because it leads to flaring off excess toxic gases , together with natural gas and oxygen, to keep the chemicals from building up to dangerous pressures.”. Credit: Julie Dermansky. Credit: Julie Dermansky.

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Mr. Sustainability

JANUARY 25, 2021

The largest carbon capture and storage project in the world has been delayed indefinitely due to Covid-19 Summary - Exxon has postponed development of the ‘LaBarge Carbon Capture and Storage’ project in Wyoming due to Covid-19. It contains natural gas, helium, and carbon dioxide.

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DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 3, 2021

Available figures compiled from various public corporate reports suggest that on average 80 percent of the businesses’ operations remain in oil and gas and, in one case, coal. 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.”.

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Business Green

MARCH 25, 2021

The authors calculated the huge additional costs lumped onto society by the transport and electricity sectors' contribution to climate change, air pollution, land degradation, noise, and biodiversity damage, as well as health and social costs, with the estimated total bill coming to £264bn.

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DeSmogBlog

JULY 20, 2023

An energy trade association that represents and promotes gas boilers and manufacturers is behind a barrage of negative press attacking heat pumps, DeSmog has learned. WPR’s campaign also explicitly promotes hydrogen as a viable fuel for domestic heating.

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Mr. Sustainability

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

To me, this was a particularly silly question, as I recently finished writing an article on the future of fossil fuels and oil prices were actually negative for the first time in human history. A 2018 UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report showed warming beyond 1.5 O boy, was I triggered.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 9, 2021

BASF’s wine tasting is just one example of many such pandemic-style lobbying efforts by the European agriculture industry since the EU has attempted to pass sweeping new policies to combat climate change through measures included in its “Green Deal,” first presented in December 2019.

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Energy Innovation

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

150 million Americans regularly breathe unhealthy, polluted air. But recently announced targets to achieve 100 percent clean power by the House Select Committee on the Climate Crisis and Joe Biden’s presidential campaign would eliminate all air pollution from power plants. is serious about addressing climate change.

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Hydrogen Fuel News

JANUARY 17, 2024

By embedding this technology into various facets of air transportation, the industry takes a significant leap towards carbon neutrality, aligning with global sustainability objectives. From an environmental perspective, hydrogen-powered flight promises significant reductions in atmospheric pollution.

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Greentown Labs

OCTOBER 22, 2020

Multi-year initiative seeks carbon-to-value startups and welcomes first Carbontech Leadership Council members. The C2V Initiative is a unique, multi-year program driving the creation of a thriving innovation ecosystem for the commercialization of carbontech—technologies that capture and convert carbon dioxide (CO?) New York City, N.Y.,

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Energy Innovation

AUGUST 13, 2020

150 million Americans regularly breathe unhealthy, polluted air. But recently announced targets to achieve 100 percent clean power by the House Select Committee on the Climate Crisis and Joe Biden’s presidential campaign would eliminate all air pollution from power plants. is serious about addressing climate change.

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