DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Increased federal incentives for “carbon management” technologies are catalyzing a surge in proposed carbon capture and storage (CCS) projects in the United States, from the Gulf Coast to the Midwest to California. use the captured carbon to drill for more oil in a process called enhanced oil recovery.

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Planet Pulse

OCTOBER 6, 2022

The recently-passed Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) is such a game-changer for domestic climate action that experts at ClimateWeek often referred to it, reflexively, as the Emissions Reduction Act. In the near-term, the conflict is exerting negative impacts on climate emissions. Here are my four key takeaways: U.S.

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DeSmogBlog

JUNE 22, 2023

Porter went on to say – in a reference to interconnectors, high voltage cables that allow neighbouring countries to trade excess renewable energy – that if countries in Europe pursuing similar strategies to the UK “get the same weather at the same time” there won’t be enough people “exporting to meet demand”.

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Green Business Bureau

MARCH 10, 2021

There has been an estimated 6% drop in carbon emissions due to altered lifestyles in COVID-19. Top Carbon Emission Contributors. Two examples of this are carbon capture , trapping CO2 before it is emitted and storing it elsewhere, and carbon credits/cap and trade programs , permits that allow a company to emit a certain amount of GHGs.

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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. UK government research has found heat pumps to be three times as energy efficient as gas boilers, and plans to install 600,000 of the devices per year by 2028.

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Green Business Bureau

MARCH 10, 2021

There has been an estimated 6% drop in carbon emissions due to altered lifestyles in COVID-19. Top Carbon Emission Contributors. Two examples of this are carbon capture , trapping CO2 before it is emitted and storing it elsewhere, and carbon credits/cap and trade programs , permits that allow a company to emit a certain amount of GHGs.

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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.

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Low Carbon Prosperity

OCTOBER 17, 2018

In this Low Carbon Prosperity Institute (LCPI) analysis, we explore scenarios of carbon reduction investment performance based on the revenue allocation described in Initiative 1631. The measure is intended, but not required, to reduce carbon emissions in 2035 to 25% below 1990 levels, consistent with the state’s legislated target.

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Mr. Sustainability

APRIL 30, 2018

Not taking into account the negative externalities. An example of this is the creation synthetic fuel, where natural gas is recombined into liquid fuel products (also called Gas-To-Liquids or GTL). Source: IRENA, Rethinking Energy 2017. A huge amount of energy is required to transform these chemicals.

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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. Both are reliant on a steady stream of cheap natural gas.

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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.” Prime Minister Justin Trudeau likes to champion his government’s climate action, and he has implemented a carbon tax.

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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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Low Carbon Prosperity

NOVEMBER 28, 2018

Economics are a primary concern in a well-designed strategy to reduce carbon. The potential ways to reduce carbon emissions vary dramatically on an economic basis. The amount of carbon abatement that a given method can accomplish also has limits in scale. Some items are shown as negative cost. Intro to MAC Curves.

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Grist

APRIL 14, 2021

Connecting all of this is a walking route, a physical course through the landscape, variously referred to as a heritage trail, or a Dreaming track, or a songline. Broome residents attend a 2011 protest rally against the proposed natural gas plant. To follow the trail is to plot the land, to replenish it with narrative.

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Mr. Sustainability

DECEMBER 25, 2020

When there is no sea ice and no continental glaciers whatsoever on the planet, it is commonly referred to as greenhouse Earth. Unfortunately, all kinds of positive (or negative?) This ‘active ingredient’ in natural gas, is up to 28 to 84 times more potent than carbon dioxide as a greenhouse gas.

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Green Business Bureau

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

The average price of fossil fuel energy – oil, natural gas, and coal – has increased since 1976 , with a very recent surge in gasoline prices hitting record highs in 2022. By real-time inventory management, we’re referring to an automated process of recording sales and purchases via software.

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DeSmogBlog

MARCH 28, 2024

Some of the slogans that have recently popped up in public facilities, billboards, and on buses and bus shelters throughout downtown Ottawa include: “Global Oil & Natural Gas Demand is Growing.” “Our As Long as the World Needs Oil & Gas, Shouldn’t it be Canadian?” Our Allies are Asking for Canadian Energy.” “As

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Green Market Oracle

OCTOBER 20, 2019

It most often refers to plants or plant-based resources which are specifically called lignocellulose biomass. Environmental change can truly have a ton of negative outcomes. A green economy is thought of together that is low carbon, asset conservative and socially far reaching.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 22, 2023

Randy asked, referring to TCEQ officials who have known about the area’s benzene problem for years. The reports said the accident released about 3,000 pounds of xylene, which can cause headaches and irritate the eyes, nose and throat, and 240 pounds of carbon monoxide, which can cause fatigue and confusion. I’d like to understand why.

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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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Mr. Sustainability

MAY 30, 2021

The fundamental thought of the soft path is based on the “Three R’s”, which are often referred to in circular ideology: Reduce Reuse Recycle Energy The Wizards see nature instrumentally, as a toolset freely available to use. Another tool that shows great promise is a carbon emission tax. References & Other Stories Charles C.

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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. It is a modern form of dowsing for highly educated people, who never cross-reference actual findings with their past predictions.

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Yet a Peterson interview from this year entitled “The Great Climate Con,” during which he framed rising greenhouse gas emissions as a positive for making the planet “green in the driest areas,” was accompanied by ads for Birch Gold and Masterworks.

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Mr. Sustainability

JUNE 27, 2020

The roaring twenties refers to the 1920s, a time of unprecedented cultural, technical and economic prosperity in the Western World. What is this Roaring Twenties you are referring to? The Roaring Twenties refers to the decade of the 1920s in Western society. So what kind of vulnerabilities is he referring to?

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Mr. Sustainability

OCTOBER 22, 2020

A sudden collapse of the industry - called a carbon crunch - could lead to economic disaster of epic proportions. For the first time in history, oil prices were negative. Carbon Tracker states that the world is “witnessing the decline and fall of the fossil fuel system”. The transition is among us.

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DeSmogBlog

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

But at a time when the climate emergency is worsening and the Democrats’ climate agenda is sputtering, DeFazio’s anointed successor for his relatively safe Democratic seat is a candidate who has a long record of supporting Jordan Cove, the now-defunct liquefied natural gas (LNG) export project that southern Oregonians battled for more than 15 years.

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