Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 25, 2024

It also looks at the persistence of fossil fuels in its energy mix. On the other hand, DNV forecasts fossil fuels will still account for 40% of its energy mix in 2050. In absolute terms, China’s emissions will reduce by 70%, following a path close to meeting its target of carbon neutrality by 2060.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 26, 2020

Italian gas and energy infrastructure giant Snam has set its sights on becoming a carbon neutral company by 2040, pledging to invest €7.5bn over the next four years in hydrogen, biomethane, energy efficiency, and digitisation to help drive its transition away from fossil fuels.

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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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Business Green

MAY 23, 2022

Volvo Trucks has announced that its heavy electric trucks are to soon include parts made of "fossil-free" steel, as part of the automakers' plan to slash the carbon footprint of its zero-emission vehicle range. It's especially important for us to lead the way and show that it's actually possible to decarbonise the transport industry.

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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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GreenTechMedia

NOVEMBER 20, 2020

The global peak in oil consumption may already be past us, according to a new report from Carbon Tracker — and China and India's rapid transition to low carbon transport is the reason why. Credit: Carbon Tracker). China and India are responsible for half of that projected growth.

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Charged

MARCH 29, 2023

Fourteen vehicles from the new fleet will be used to transport goods to and from Volvo’s heavy truck assembly plant located outside the city. According to Volvo, the delivery is part of Volvo Trucks’ sustainability target of achieving a 100%-fossil-fuel-free supply chain by 2040. Source: Volvo

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Business Green

JULY 1, 2022

Military alliance announces target to cut emissions 45 per cent by 2030, Australia explores carbon pricing plans, and all the big green stories from around the world this week. However, military emissions are often exempted from countries' official carbon targets. NATO confirms plan to deliver net zero emissions by 2050.

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Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 26, 2021

The phase out of non-hybrid or non-electric vehicles forms part of an ongoing shift towards a greener transport industry, in part driven by government net zero initiatives. The Department for Transport’s ‘Freight Carbon Review 2017’ estimates that 23.5% Racing forward to first place.

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Climate Tech VC

AUGUST 3, 2023

The Tank-up of Tomorrow Transportation accounts for ~16% of global GHG emissions , and while passenger vehicles have likely gone the way of EVs, cleaning up the remaining 55% of hard-to-decarbonize aviation, heavy ground transport, and maritime shipping is still—well, hard! Engines are optimized for fossil fuels.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Despite popular belief, electrification does not always lead to a reduction in carbon footprint. To generate electricity, we require energy and 65% of this energy is currently coming from fossil fuels. Similarly, the US and Canada have targets to double electricity consumption and be carbon-free or net-zero by 2050.

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Business Green

AUGUST 19, 2021

The world's first 'green steel' produced using hydrogen rather than fossil fuels has been delivered to its first customer Volvo, the consortium behind the pioneering project announced yesterday. Then, in July, SSAB Oxelösund rolled the first green steel produced using the HYBRIT technology. "The

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GreenBiz

JULY 8, 2020

The companies said the jet fuel will be made from agricultural waste fats and oils (such as used cooking oil and inedible fats from beef processing). Amazon has pledged to reach net-zero carbon emissions by 2040, and says it will make sure half of Amazon shipments are net-zero by 2030. A drop in the fuel tank.

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Business Green

MARCH 4, 2021

Air cargo operator pledges to invest in sustainable fuels, carbon capture research, and fleet electrification in bid to meet new climate goals. The company said it was targeting a fully zero emission parcel pickup and delivery (PUD) fleet by 2040, a push that will be accomplished by gradually phasing out its existing fossil fuel fleet.

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DeSmogBlog

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

Jordan Cove LNG was a colossal fossil fuel project that would have been the state’s largest single source of greenhouse gas emissions if it had been built. Her opponents tried to carve out a neutral position on the project, as many other Oregon Democrats did for many years. . Support for Jordan Cove. Coos Bay, Oregon, in 2012.

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GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

More recently, the transport sector began to move away from fossil fuels. Farm-to-fork emissions are on a par with transport and electricity, said the wonk, yet progress has been lamentably slow in comparison. Carbon neutral, profit positive. Electricity generation was an early focus.

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

Policymakers met with fossil fuel and biomass producers nine times as often as with their renewable energy counterparts, DeSmog can reveal, raising fresh concerns over the depth of the government’s commitments to reaching net zero emissions by 2050. Drax Access.

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Energy Central

OCTOBER 10, 2022

Switzerland-headquartered company Synhelion has begun construction of DAWN, the world's first industrial-scale factory to create carbon neutral fuels by using solar energy. The process uses the power of the sun to decarbonize transportation. These sustainable solar fuels are.

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Business Green

JANUARY 28, 2021

America's largest automaker unveils plan to achieve carbon neutrality by 2040 by significantly ramping up its electric vehicle range and shifting all its operations to clean energy. We are all in on electrification, and our commitment to create a world with zero crashes, zero emissions and zero congestion.

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Hydrogen Fuel News

JANUARY 21, 2024

Komatsu is aiming to reduce its global emissions by a whopping 50% by 2030, with a further goal to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050. On the other hand, GM has set a target to achieve full carbon neutrality in both its products and operations by 2040. The mining industry is no exception.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Claims that tournament is 'carbon neutral' challenged, as criticism mounts from footballers and athletes over FIFA's questionable carbon accounting and use of offsets. As criticism mounts around shameful human rights violations in Qatar, carbon neutrality claims are being used as a distraction.

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Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 9, 2022

A working prototype portable hydrogen cartridge is able to transport and supply hydrogen energy to power a broad range of everyday applications both in and outside the home. Toyota and Woven Planet are studying a number of pathways to carbon neutrality and consider hydrogen to be a promising solution with significant advantages.

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 26, 2020

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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Business Green

MARCH 10, 2023

The text, which has been approved by ministers from all 27 EU nations , states that the bloc will "systematically promote and call for a global move towards energy systems free of unabated fossil fuels well ahead of 2050", alongside pushing for a peak in fossil fuel consumption in the near term.

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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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Business Green

APRIL 28, 2020

There are reasons to be optimistic about zero-carbon air travel, but governments must carefully consider the lasting impacts of today's decisions, argues Cavin Wilson of Frontier Economics. The reflex response so far has been to extend unconditional support to existing industries, including fossil fuels.

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Business Green

MARCH 3, 2023

UK's current technology agnostic approach to greening transport is slowing investment, MPs on the Transport Committee warn MPs have urged the government to shelve its current "technology neutral" approach to decarbonising transport and start backing specific technology solutions, including sustainable aviation fuels (SAF) and rail electrification.

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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. Green hydrogen is also hard to store and transport without a pipeline.

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Green Business Bureau

MAY 11, 2022

The aim of this emission classification system was to help organizations measure and manage their carbon footprint. These are fossil fuels burnt on site. Stationary combustion : These are the emissions released from the direct burning of fossil fuels to power heat sources (e.g. Fossil fuels (e.g.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

APRIL 29, 2024

Multi-industry technology company ABB has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Vulcan Energy to jointly establish design, engineering, execution, and operations plans for the latter’s Zero Carbon Lithium project in the Upper Rhine Region in Germany.

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GreenBiz

JULY 15, 2020

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. Clean hydrogen could cut greenhouse gas emissions from fossil fuel by up to 34 percent, reported Bloomberg New Energy Finance. .

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Latham's Clean Energy Law Report

MAY 16, 2022

Subsequently, Senate Bill 32 strengthened the state’s GHG emissions reductions target to at least 40% below 1990 levels by 2030 and former Governor Jerry Brown’s Executive Order B-55-18 established a second statewide goal to achieve carbon neutrality as soon as possible, and no later than 2045.

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Business Green

MARCH 29, 2023

In addition, from 2035 a ban on the sale of new carbon-emitting vehicles will come into effect, but in a move that has angered environmental campaigners the rules will allow for the sale of internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles that make use of so-called e-fuels, which advocates maintain can be produced in a way that results in zero emissions.

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

The biggest source of GHG emissions in the EU is the use of fossil fuels in industry, buildings and transport. This means: Embodied carbon: ambitious targets are needed for the future deployment of renewable energy systems. Yet, to contribute to limiting global warming to 1.5

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GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

So says a new report from Deloitte highlighting the known, yet often underappreciated, challenges faced by utilities across the country promising to zero out their carbon impact by midcentury. That’s not news to those who’ve been closely tracking plans to reach net-zero carbon from major U.S.

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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. billion Euros in bonds to the fossil fuel industry, Milieudefensie says. “We

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 20, 2021

The waste management sector bears an essential role in the EU’s ambition to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050, the group explained in a statement in early February. It is likely to trigger more landfilling of non-recyclable waste and more use of fossil fuels.

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