Business Green

NOVEMBER 6, 2020

Across Europe electric vehicle sales are continuing to climb rapidly, and more and more manufacturers are responding to the growing demand. The market share for plug-in vehicles last month, including plug-in hybrids, hit 15 per cent in Belgium, 12 per cent in the UK, and 17.5 per cent in the Germany.

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DeSmogBlog

JANUARY 16, 2024

A major cold snap led to record electricity usage in the Canadian province of Alberta over the weekend, culminating in demands from provincial utilities to limit consumption. The extreme cold and record-setting electrical consumption has reignited local debates about whether heat pumps are a viable option in the province.

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Sustainability Consulting

AUGUST 26, 2020

Here’s one of ours: In this insightful interview, Al Gore discusses how the steadily declining cost of wind and solar energy will transform manufacturing, transportation and agriculture, offer a cheaper alternative to fossil fuels and nuclear energy and create millions of new jobs. The rising generation is demanding a brighter future.

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Business Green

JULY 17, 2020

A group of exciting start-ups are exploring whether the world's trash mountains could become a valuable source of low carbon hydrogen fuels. One novel spin on emerging hydrogen fuel options is "clean hydrogen" made from trash. Other technologies are in the mix, such as battery electric vehicles.

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Business Green

JULY 19, 2022

What could the UK's energy system look like in 2050, once offshore wind energy is the backbone of the electricity grid, fossil fuel vehicles are increasingly scarce, hydrogen fuel has gone from vision to reality, and energy efficiency is an everyday consideration for families and businesses alike?

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Business Green

JULY 5, 2022

An energy-intensive process largely reliant on fossil fuels, concrete production is estimated to account for around eight per cent of global carbon emissions - more than both shipping and air travel combined. Concrete and steel emit as much as all road transport globally, and demand is going up.

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Green Business Bureau

JULY 27, 2021

This article discusses measures the seafood industry can take in order to limit their negative impact on our world’s oceans. Reduce fossil fuel use. From litter and pollution to overfishing and habitat destruction, today’s unsustainable commercial fishing has a significant negative impact on the oceans’ ecosystems.

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Elemental Excelerator

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

Several ambitious pledges emerged to phase down fossil fuels, limit methane emissions, stop deforestation, and turbocharge the adoption of electric vehicles. Elemental’s portfolio companies are poised to accelerate progress on pledges.

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Green Business Bureau

AUGUST 10, 2022

Reducing carbon emissions caused by commuting and traveling saves money and your employees’ time. Consulting firms help other companies in a variety of ways across many industries, however as greenness becomes more in demand, consulting firms must stay on top of their carbon footprint and sustainable initiatives.

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Business Green

MAY 18, 2022

The electric vehicle (EV) market may be surging across major economies worldwide, but there are plenty of bumps in the road lie ahead on the journey to mass market adoption, and as a result some of the world's leading auto firms are starting to lag behind the leaders in the pack. per cent of total oil demand.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 15, 2020

ExxonMobil has unveiled several short term targets to tackle its carbon intensity, methane emissions, and flaring activity in a new climate plan it claims is "projected to be consistent with the goals of the Paris Agreement", despite the oil and gas giant's continuing refusal to set a long-term net zero emissions goal.

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E8 Cleantech Angels

AUGUST 1, 2021

Thanks to all the investors, donors, foundations and donor advised funds who invested with us last year: Woman-owned Earthly Labs working on industrial carbon capture and recycling and led by Amy George , Steelhead Composites in composite hydrogen storage with Andrew Coors at the helm, and. Having just completed a $1.6M

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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. Heat pumps will play an essential role in reducing our fossil fuel dependence and making our homes and buildings renewables-ready.”

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AGreenLiving

JULY 15, 2020

Could trash-to-energy technology feed hydrogen demand? Arlene Karidis Wed, 07/15/2020 – 01:00 One novel spin on emerging hydrogen fuel options is “clean hydrogen” made from trash. Still, there is potential for clean — low- or zero-carbon — hydrogen to take off, energy experts believe.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

Oil and gas industry's bets on petrochemicals growth look increasingly dicey as world turns away from plastics, Carbon Tracker warns. Demand growth is expected to fall from around four per cent each year to under one per cent, it said, with demand potentially peaking as soon as 2027.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

Oil and gas industry's bets on petrochemicals growth look increasingly dicey as world turns away from plastics, Carbon Tracker warns. Demand growth is expected to fall from around four per cent each year to under one per cent, it said, with demand potentially peaking as soon as 2027.

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Smart Energy International

JANUARY 20, 2023

which has reaffirmed its march into the Electric Vehicle (EV) arena with the acquisition of EV network developer Volta Inc. This week’s edition of Smart Energy Finances looks at Shell USA Inc.,

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E8 Cleantech Angels

AUGUST 1, 2021

Thanks to all the investors, donors, foundations and donor advised funds who invested with us last year: Woman-owned Earthly Labs working on industrial carbon capture and recycling and led by Amy George , Steelhead Composites in composite hydrogen storage with Andrew Coors at the helm, and. Having just completed a $1.6M

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Business Green

MARCH 5, 2021

UN argues 'rapid deployment' of CCUS needed to meet carbon neutrality goals. The report acknowledges that CCYUS technologies alone will not be sufficient to deliver carbon neutrality in line with the goals ofthe Paris Agreement. The trend now is to shift away from carbon," said Maeda Tadashi.

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Clean Energy Trust

AUGUST 16, 2019

Decarbonize the electric grid (shift from fossil fuels like coal and natural gas to carbon-free sources like wind, solar, hydro, and nuclear, paired with storage and demand-side solutions), B. particularly technologies that make the most of the carbon that we continue to emit. What are we talking about?

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Business Green

MARCH 8, 2020

The Treasury should set in stone a new fiscal rule for an annually-increasing carbon price in the UK, argues SSE chief executive Alistair Phillips-Davies. Ahead of COP26 in Glasgow I think it's imperative the Treasury installs a new fiscal rule: the need for an annually increasing carbon price.

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Energy Innovation

JUNE 16, 2022

This year’s Draft Scoping Plan proposes a pathway to achieve the state’s target of 40 percent emissions below 1990 levels and economy-wide carbon neutrality by 2045. . This scenario includes BAU policies as well as a higher carbon price, vehicle electrification, and mode shifting (shifting from vehicle to active and public transportation). .

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Andrew Winston

JANUARY 5, 2022

Virtually all of the world’s largest companies now issue a sustainability report and set goals; more than 2,000 companies have set a science-based carbon target; and about one-third of Europe’s largest public companies have pledged to reach net zero by 2050. Maersk even advocated for a $150 per ton carbon tax on shipping fuel.

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Green Business Bureau

MARCH 23, 2022

Customers Are Demanding Sustainability. Now is the time for commercial and residential landscaping and lawn care companies to make the necessary changes in order to keep up with the demands of the next generation of consumers. How Do Landscapers Negatively Impact the Environment. Negative Impact on Ecosystem.

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Business Green

JANUARY 28, 2022

When you shift your tariffs to a zero-carbon tariff, you might think it is going to cost you more. In fact, it's very easy to find some of the best and cheapest tariffs on the market which happen to be the ones that come from renewables and nuclear, not from fossil fuels.".

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Business Green

JULY 27, 2021

A blanket dismissal of the net zero concept demands not that polluters come forward with credible strategies that could work in both principle and in practice, but rather fuels the impression any and all plans are 'greenwash' and are not worthy of consideration. It's that simple.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

Ofgem's new chief executive, Jonathan Brearley, has used his first day in post to unveil a wide-ranging Decarbonisation Action Plan for the influential energy sector watchdog, pledging to better support the rapid roll out of renewables and electric vehicles over the coming decade in pursuit of a net zero energy system.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 7, 2022

The government of Boris Johnson may have delivered an official Energy Security Strategy last April, but the plan was most notable for the near complete absence of near-term measures to curb energy demand and boost domestic energy supplies. A flurry of largely overlooked but significant announcements followed.

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Business Green

MAY 31, 2022

Expanding renewable energy capacity, encouraging a wider and faster switch to electric vehicles (EVs), reducing traffic in cities, and designing and constructing greener buildings all provide cases in point. All of these things offer excellent opportunities to boost UK productivity, the report argues.

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Business Green

APRIL 28, 2021

The fossil fuel economy's devastating impact on the planet is common and inescapable knowledge, and students are lining up in droves to apply for degrees that will set them up for careers in purpose-led finance and business. Fast forward a couple decades and the world looks very different.

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Hydrogen Fuel News

MAY 2, 2024

This contributes to climate change and negates some of the benefits of using natural gas, which has lower carbon emissions than coal or oil. Hydrogen extraction produces no direct carbon emissions and, under perfect conditions, would generate only water vapor when burned.

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Business Green

JULY 27, 2020

A minimum of 80TWh of hydrogen is needed to decarbonise shipping and the heavy goods vehicles, and the fuel could provide anywhere between 21 and 59 per cent of end user energy needs by mid-century. There is a widespread uptake in domestic electric vehicles, and growth and investment in hydrogen and carbon capture technologies too.".

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 11, 2021

In 2014, the electrical engineer and MBA became the first woman to lead a U.S. As electric vehicles drive toward the mainstream, General Motors has come full circle as well. It mass-produced the first electric car in the 1990s, then literally crushed most of them in 2003. LinkedIn | Personal website. million acres the 4.4

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Players in the carbon dioxide pipeline industry canceled major pipeline projects in recent weeks, marking an inauspicious start to President Biden’s ambitious plans to develop carbon capture infrastructure as a key emissions mitigation tool. Stockman pointed out that the U.S. Midwest to be injected and stored underground.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

Meanwhile, the advance of low carbon alternatives to the hydrocarbon-driven economy has been far too slow to meet that challenge. For example, placing plant-based alternatives and climate messages more prominently on restaurant menus can help drive demand with recent research suggesting the approach can double plant-based meal sales.

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Business Green

AUGUST 11, 2021

The combination of terrifyingly visible climate impacts and record weather extremes, alongside plummeting clean tech costs and the normalisation of renewables and electric vehicles, has seen environmental issues soar up the list of the public's priorities in countries all around the world.

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GreenBiz

APRIL 28, 2021

In particular, the plan adopts a technology-neutral Clean Electricity Standard, which puts us on the path to achieving 100 percent carbon-free electricity by 2035. That is, it allows the market to determine the best way to meet the Clean Electricity Standard. It supports electric vehicle manufacturing and adoption.

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