DeSmogBlog

APRIL 18, 2021

Fossil fuel companies could face legal challenges over their misleading advertising, after a DeSmog investigation uncovered the extent of their “greenwashing” Environmental lawyers ClientEarth have put companies on notice with the publication of the Greenwashing Files. ExxonMobil – “Powering Progress”.

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DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 3, 2021

Nearly two thirds of social media posts put out by six major European fossil fuel and energy companies since the end of 2019 present a “green” image of the company, despite the majority of their business activity remaining in fossil fuels, reveals new analysis by Desmog.

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DeSmogBlog

MAY 6, 2021

If you live in Oregon, it’s likely you’ve been bombarded with misleading PR from the local utility company, Northwest Natural, about the potential for what the industry is calling renewable natural gas (RNG) — methane captured from places like landfills and repurposed into energy for homes.

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GreenBiz

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

Could green hydrogen be key to a carbon-free economy? The Saudis are going big on something called green hydrogen — a carbon-free fuel made from water by using renewably produced electricity to split hydrogen molecules from oxygen molecules. hydrogen is a lot more expensive than other fuels such as natural gas.

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GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

More recently, the transport sector began to move away from fossil fuels. Carbon neutral, profit positive. dairy organization said it would transition the industry to "carbon neutral or better" by 2050. It’s not going to happen without government help, however. But what about food and ag?

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

A regional cooperation for a greener beer brewing process and a greener regional gas network. This sustainable alternative for fossil natural gas will supply gas which is equivalent to the gas needs of approximately 700 households. A sustainable gas with the same properties as natural gas.

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GreenBiz

MAY 11, 2021

It feels almost quaint to remember way back when "80 by 50" — an 80 percent reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 — was a bold goal for a company or government entity to make. Is net zero the same as carbon neutral? Tue, 05/11/2021 - 02:11. The "way back when" in this case seems to be around 2014. Some think so.

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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. The time is therefore now to plan an orderly wind-down of fossil fuel assets and manage the impact on the global economy rather than try to sustain the unsustainable. This may prove to be terminal. Money is gone.

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DeSmogBlog

MAY 10, 2021

The UK government has defended its decision to celebrate representatives of companies involved in Canada’s controversial tar sands industry as “Climate Champions”, ahead of the COP26 UN climate summit it is set to host later this year. TAG), the largest natural gas transporter in Brazil.

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Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 9, 2022

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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DeSmogBlog

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Oil and gas companies have for years marketed fracked gas from B.C. as a global climate solution, with some industry boosters even going so far as to call Canada’s supply of the fossil fuel the “cleanest in the world.” C is to stop building new fossil fuel projects. government last year.

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DeSmogBlog

MAY 10, 2022

In April, the Globe & Mail published an article on its website extolling the virtues of natural gas appliances in people’s houses. The story, headlined “Why natural gas is the smart choice for your new home,” has the look and feel of actual journalism. Natural gas is always available.”.

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Hydrogen Fuel News

OCTOBER 28, 2023

Most H2 is produced using fossil fuels like natural gas, but can the right methods make that green? The term “clean hydrogen” doesn’t have a specific official definition, but on the whole, it tends to refer to H2 that is produced in a way that doesn’t generate carbon emissions.

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DeSmogBlog

JUNE 16, 2023

This story is part of a DeSmog series on the influence wielded by the gas lobby in Europe BERLIN, Germany — Germany’s push to achieve climate neutrality by 2045 could, by some projections , soon turn the vast network of natural gas pipelines powering the country’s homes and industry into one of Europe’s biggest stranded assets.

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Smart Energy International

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

Indian state owned natural gas company GAIL has started the country’s first hydrogen blending with natural gas in Madhya Pradesh state. The hydrogen blended natural gas is supplied to the Indore headquartered Avantika Gas, one of GAILs’ joint venture companies with the Hindustan Petroleum Corporation.

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DeSmogBlog

MARCH 8, 2022

Senior Canadian officials are working with an Alberta company to open up new markets for natural gas in Germany, according to documents seen by DeSmog, contradicting a federal minister who says the Ukraine crisis can’t be solved by exporting more fossil fuels.

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DeSmogBlog

JANUARY 26, 2024

Now, the Dutch NGO that successfully sued Shell over its climate plans is taking those financial backers to court in a case that could help reverse the global banking sector’s support of fossil fuel firms and their activities. liquefied natural gas (LNG). We will of course respond in court if necessary.”

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 16, 2021

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. Blue hydrogen is the name for a fuel product that currently cannot be produced on a commercial scale.

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Business Green

AUGUST 18, 2021

Protium CEO Chris Jackson claims blue hydrogen risks locking UK into reliance on fossil fuels as he quits the trade body. Several governments around the world have announced they intend to subsidise production of the low carbon fuel over the coming years as they seek to wean hard-to-abate industries off fossil fuels.

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DeSmogBlog

AUGUST 28, 2023

A Pathways’ advertisement on a Bixi docking station read “Le captage du carbone est une étape importante vers des activités d’exploitation carboneutre,” or “Carbon capture is an important step towards carbon neutral resource extraction.” Canada’s hydrogen economy depends on government subsidies.

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DeSmogBlog

AUGUST 17, 2023

billion liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal in her Pennsylvania hometown, she will be facing off against some of the most powerful fossil fuel interests in the United States. LNG boom threatens to release vast amounts of methane, a powerful climate pollutant that is the main component of natural gas.

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GreenTechMedia

DECEMBER 9, 2019

That is because when inflexible combined-cycle plants run at minimum load, they use much more gas to produce a megawatt-hour of electricity than when on full output, thereby producing more CO 2 emissions while adding fuel and maintenance costs for every stop-start cycle.

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

The government of Alberta announced a $7 million contribution to Canadian oil giant Cenovus to study the possibility of using small modular nuclear reactors (SMR) as part of the province’s effort to decarbonize oil sands production. Almost all of the emissions created in this type of oil sands facility are from boiling water, she continued.

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DeSmogBlog

JANUARY 3, 2023

Salmon might seem like a good alternative to meat, in a world that needs to shift away from carbon-intensive cattle — at least the fish farming industry would have you see it that way. Drax already receives over £800 million a year from the UK government to burn these pellets sourced from around the EU and the U.S., Aquaculture.

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Clean Energy Canada

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Canada’s transition to clean electricity is under intense scrutiny, and the centrepiece of the debate is the federal government’s proposed Clean Electricity Regulations published in August 2023. The proposed regulations would establish performance standards to reduce GHG emissions from fossil-fuel-generated electricity starting in 2035.

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DeSmogBlog

AUGUST 13, 2021

Under growing pressure to rein in greenhouse gas emissions, developers of liquefied natural gas (LNG) are turning to questionable claims about “carbon neutrality,” “net-zero,” or “green LNG,” in order to pass muster with governments, investors, and society, who are becoming increasingly anxious about the climate crisis.

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GreenTechMedia

JULY 9, 2020

At the same time, Brussels signaled that it will also encourage the development of "blue" hydrogen produced from fossil fuels paired with carbon capture, at least for the time being. The Global CCS Institute, a carbon capture think tank based in London, called the EU's strategy ambitious, but warned against picking winners.

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Grist

DECEMBER 15, 2021

This story is part of the series Getting to Zero: Decarbonizing Cascadia , which explores the path to low-carbon energy for British Columbia, Washington, and Oregon. The economics of carbon-free living have fallen into place. Renewable solar and wind power now typically costs less than fossil-fuel alternatives.

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Smart Energy International

JULY 27, 2022

The Canadian government published its proposed Frame for the Clean Electricity Regulations (CER), a follow-up to a discussion paper published in March. According to the proposed rules, compliance may be achieved through a variety of technologies and the regulations are intended to be technology-neutral.

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GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

“They’ve done their best to try to prop up fossil fuels, but it hasn’t really come [at] the detriment of renewables.” Major natural gas and oil pipeline projects have been abandoned or halted by legal challenges.

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 25, 2020

Many cleantech innovations are now market ready for major-scale application, with improved government funding providing the boost needed to support their commercialisation. Accounting for eight per cent of the world’s carbon emissions, the current process for making cement is far from eco-friendly. Hydrogen as a fuel source.

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DeSmogBlog

AUGUST 13, 2021

Panelists, who included representatives from the energy banking industry and advisors to energy companies seeking financing, also expressed strong commitment to continue working to fund the expansion of fossil fuels. Bankers Plan to Fund Fossil Fuels As Long As It Pays. Lending Issues Due to Failed Economics, Not ESG.

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DeSmogBlog

JUNE 23, 2023

The two corporations investing billions to build three new factories just outside Columbus, Ohio, have said that the facilities will be carbon neutral — despite Ohio’s near-total reliance on electricity from fossil fuels. This is the approach Honda says it will take to make its new Fayette County plant carbon neutral.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 14, 2022

It did so by making a bet that only government policy could move the economy and private sector to embrace clean energy at scale; and the only way to do this required restoring US manufacturing, addressing the supply chain crisis, and making energy both carbon-free and cheap. Components of a UK Clean Energy Industrial Strategy.

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Business Green

JANUARY 21, 2021

Progressive Energy says pilot project will provide evidence base to support switch from fossil fuel to hydrogen, as industry advances plans for UK's first hydrogen fuelled town. Andy Burnham, Metro Mayor for Greater Manchester, said the Rochdale pilot project would help establish the region as a leader in the UK's low-carbon economy.

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DeSmogBlog

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

This arresting visual captures the sentiments of opponents of a plan to develop the world’s largest carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) project under the lake. billion “Clean Energy Complex” to manufacture blue hydrogen and an accompanying carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) project, that would be operational by 2026.

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

In the wake of blazing heat, rising food insecurity and devastating floods, COP28 leaders have released a four-point “food and agriculture” agenda for the conference, which will call for governments to work with industry to find new solutions. These big ag entities often link regenerative agriculture to carbon storage in the soil.

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