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Southern California Edison’s Vision for How the State Achieves Carbon Neutrality

GreenTechMedia

Natural-gas consumption is set for a sharp drop in California as the state pushes to achieve carbon neutrality by midcentury, according to utility Southern California Edison. Gas and other fossil fuels will continue to play a role, albeit one that is rapidly diminishing.

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The top 25 most sustainable fleets

GreenBiz

Thanks to converging forces — including supportive policies, dropping battery costs and aggressive climate goals — transportation leaders at large and small organizations are increasingly turning to new zero-emission and low-carbon options that decarbonize fleets and in some cases save money. Media Authorship. Close Authorship.

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Bearing and seal maker shares net-zero manufacturing journey

Envirotec Magazine

As such, it has an ethical imperative to adopt practices that lead to carbon neutrality. Cutting their carbon emissions to zero – as many have pledged – might appear to be an impossible task. million tonnes/year of carbon dioxide equivalent. One day, they will expect these products to be completely carbon neutral.

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Ed’s note: Hydrogen fueled next-gen urban infrastructure

Smart Energy International

But just to refresh your memory, I’ll use the European Space Agency’s (ESA) recent definition: “When they photosynthesise, plants use sunlight to break apart water into hydrogen and oxygen, and then combine the resulting hydrogen with carbon dioxide from the air to create carbohydrates”. Cool, right? Our collective problems solved….

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The Sierra Club's Top 20 Cool Schools

Green Market Oracle

Despite the additional complications posed by the coronavirus pandemic a record 312 institutions participated in Sierra's annual Cool Schools rankings in 2020. Schools give us a glimpse into what carbon neutrality looks like. Here is a countdown of Sierra's top 20 Cool Schools as described by Katie: 20.

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Gas Is Good But Not Good Enough Says European Investment Bank

GreenTechMedia

The European Investment Bank (EIB) will stop backing fossil fuel energy projects in 2021, except those using carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology or offsets to cancel out their emissions. The EIB's new financing criteria will make lending to gas projects very difficult. Gas and LNG may be better but are they good enough?

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The Infrastructure Bill’s Hydrogen Funding Is a Big Win for the Oil and Gas Industry

DeSmogBlog

While being presented as a clean hydrogen plan for decarbonizing the energy system, the main focus of the hydrogen section of the bill is to continue and expand the use of natural gas (that is, methane) in the U.S. This reality about carbon capture’s failure, however, did not prevent the inclusion of $3.5