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L’Oreal achieves carbon-neutrality across US operations

Renewable Energy World

French-headquartered beauty products company L’Oreal has reached carbon neutrality for scopes 1 and 2 emissions across its facilities in the US. The project is the largest commercial solar array in Kentucky and the largest worldwide by tonnage produced. L’Oréal uses onsite gas for space and water heating.

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ExxonMobil Urges EU to Remove ‘Policy Hurdles’ Slowing Oil Industry’s Hydrogen Plans

DeSmogBlog

The United States-based oil major’s willingness to publicly throw down the gauntlet to policy-makers underscores the stakes for the fossil fuel industry as the EU fleshes out its plans to slash carbon emissions, ahead of June’s European parliament elections. million tonnes of greenhouse gases during the same period.

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Could green hydrogen be key to a carbon-free economy?

GreenBiz

Could green hydrogen be key to a carbon-free economy? And what energy product will be used both to power this city and sell to the world? 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.

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Technology Trending: data centres in space, smart home appliances, LNG tractor

Smart Energy International

An alternative, now under investigation by a Thales Alenia Space led consortium with support from the European Commission, is to instal data centre stations in space, powered by on board large scale solar power. For farms that already produce their own biomethane a methane liquefaction unity can be simply ‘bolted’ on.

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Can Gas-Fired Power Plants Coexist with a Net-Zero Target? Yes, Southern Company Insists

GreenTechMedia

utility can reach net-zero carbon emissions by 2050 while still keeping natural gas as a central part of its business, both to generate electricity and to sell to its customers. That includes a recommitment to reaching its 2030 goal of reducing carbon emissions below 50 percent of their 2007 levels, potentially ahead of schedule.

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European Union Sets Gigawatt-Scale Targets for Green Hydrogen

GreenTechMedia

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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GHG Protocol: Scope 1 Emissions Explained

Green Business Bureau

The aim of this emission classification system was to help organizations measure and manage their carbon footprint. As such, the business is working to reduce their carbon footprint , which begins by identifying and addressing their direct emissions. a solar power or wind turbine). Patagonia scope 2 emissions.