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Hydrogen Hype Bubbles Over At German Gas Lobby Conference

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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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After the Texas freeze, people are asking: Is electrifying buildings risky?

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Renovate buildings and redesign cars to run entirely on electricity, power them with renewable energy from the sun and wind, and bing, bam, boom, you’ve just knocked out a majority of the carbon entering the atmosphere. Making the electric grid more resilient to extreme weather is urgent, regardless of decisions about gas. In the U.S.,

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This NGO Won a Climate Case Against Shell. Its Next Target? Dutch Bank ING

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When Royal Dutch Shell lost a landmark climate lawsuit in The Netherlands, climate advocates said the Dutch court’s ruling put polluters and their financiers on notice. liquefied natural gas (LNG). That means big polluters like ING and Shell must also take responsibility.” This is the only way to limit warming to 1.5

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Government Defends Praising Tar Sands Industry Figures as COP26 ‘Climate Champions’

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The online event on 4 May, which included a keynote speech from Canada’s Infrastructure and Communities Minister, was organised by the British High Commission in Canada and the Canada Climate Law Initiative (CCLI) to mark six months to the COP26 conference in Glasgow. TAG), the largest natural gas transporter in Brazil.

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As EU Weans Itself From Russian Energy, U.S. Shale Gas Industry Pushes New LNG Export Plant in Pennsylvania

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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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Lessons from a year of reporting on climate solutions in Cascadia

Grist

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. This project is produced in partnership with InvestigateWest and other media outlets. If not sooner.

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Revealed: Fossil Fuel Giants Are Using British Influencers to go Viral

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This comes as major polluters are increasingly deploying digital tactics to detract from negative headlines about their record profits and decades-long contribution to climate change. percent of their annual capital expenditures in low carbon technologies between 2010 and 2018. million views.