DeSmogBlog

MARCH 7, 2024

Experts see the policy as essential to tackle emissions from the UK’s carbon intensive homes, which account for 1 5 percent of greenhouse gases nationwide. This is the strongest confirmation yet that the UK government is sticking to the policy after months of media speculation over its imminent demise.

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Latham's Clean Energy Law Report

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Goods imported into the UK from countries with a lower or no carbon price will face a levy by 2027. Green , and James Bee On 18 December 2023, the UK government announced a proposal for a new carbon border adjustment mechanism (UK CBAM). Davies , Michael D.

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Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

Previous work established the carbon negative position of the business and this paper now sets out the additional greenhouse gas savings that could arise from future activities. Bath University’s research not only validates those efforts but reinforces our vision to improve our already fantastic carbon credentials.”.

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 19, 2024

Energy-from-Waste (EfW) operator enfinium signed an agreement – on 19 March – with green technology company Hitachi Zosen Inova (HZI) to install the UK’s first carbon capture pilot plant at an EfW facility. The aims of the pilot is to demonstrate the use of carbon capture technology at EfW facilities.

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Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 31, 2023

The use of so-called “negative emissions technologies” to enhance carbon sequestration and storage in the ocean is increasingly being discussed. This process, also known as alkalinization, harnesses chemical processes to alter the geochemistry of seawater and thereby increase the uptake of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.

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Envirotec Magazine

MAY 9, 2022

A simple, step-by-step guide to the production, transport and storage of the CO2 is offered below, along with an explainer of how the process can be carbon negative. How is it carbon negative? The AD facilities utilise energy crops from a regenerative farming system with negative carbon at its core.

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

The leader of Cold Lake First Nations has revealed the initiator of a major carbon capture project in Northern Alberta has not consulted with local Indigenous communities. They’re ramming it down our throats,” said Chief Jacko during a media scrum outside a Carbon Capture Canada conference held on Tuesday.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 14, 2021

A report from NRDC (Natural Resources Defense Council) seems to strengthen the case against Bioenergy with Carbon Capture and Storage (BECCS), currently a key ingredient of the UK government’s climate plan. This report makes clear that any UK Government climate plan that relies on BECCS at Drax is extremely high-risk.

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U.S. Green Technology

JANUARY 2, 2023

As people grow more conscious of the negative consequences of fossil fuels, they’re considering cleaner energy sources. The negative effects of carbon emissions on ecosystems and the broader environment are well documented. Solar is currently one of the most.

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Envirotec Magazine

JULY 12, 2022

UK energy utility Drax has unveiled plans to build the world’s largest carbon capture facility with the goal of removing more CO2 from the atmosphere than it produces, and thereby securing “carbon negative” status. Any UK Government climate plan that relies on BECCS at Drax is extremely high-risk.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 13, 2022

The government confirmed £77m of new funding is to be made available to support the development of next generation nuclear reactors, alongside £25m for projects to produce hydrogen using sustainable biomass and waste that could deliver negative carbon emissions.

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Business Green

JANUARY 19, 2023

A new report by the think tank claims the UK can achieve its statutory net zero emissions targets for the land-use sector by supporting farmers and land managers to create healthy natural carbon sinks, such as woodlands, peatlands, and soils.

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Business Green

MAY 24, 2021

Fresh analysis warns plans for UK's largest BECCS facility in North Yorkshire could prove more expensive for billpayers than Hinkley Point C, but developer Drax rejects calculations and insists carbon capture technology is likely to prove a crucial component of the net zero transition.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 12, 2022

Lack of guidance, standards, and regulations underpinning carbon offsetting risks slowing net zero transition, the Climate Change Committee has today warned. Moreover, it warns that owing to weak standards, regulation and oversight, there is a shortage of high integrity carbon credits.

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Envirotec Magazine

JANUARY 25, 2023

A government-funded initiative aiming to accelerate innovation in the roads sector announced funding awards for several new projects on 25 January. The Government is determined to create good, well paid jobs – via innovation and investment across the UK – as we accelerate the road to net zero.”

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Increased federal incentives for “carbon management” technologies are catalyzing a surge in proposed carbon capture and storage (CCS) projects in the United States, from the Gulf Coast to the Midwest to California. CCS proponents are touting their support of local community involvement in developing these sites.

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Business Green

JANUARY 25, 2023

Asphalt made from grass cuttings and carbon capturing cement among the innovations to secure backing from the Decarbonising Local Roads competition The government has today announced the award of £30m in funding to seven innovative projects working to slash carbon emissions from road building and maintenance projects.

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 28, 2020

This morning, digital payments company Stripe announced a plan to let its merchant customers divert a portion of their revenue to carbon removal projects. Rising corporate support of carbontech and carbon removal technologies writ large is one of the biggest reasons driving my optimism that the market is about to take a turn. .

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Smart Energy International

JUNE 13, 2022

T 3 transformation, which encompasses digital transformation, energy transformation and net-zero carbon transformation, is a new model for propelling today’s campuses into the future through systematic reformation and innovation. The world is consuming increasingly more energy, which causes higher carbon emissions.

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

million tonnes of carbon dioxide in 2020, including 13.2 million from burning biomass, according to environmental law charity ClientEarth – is sponsoring an event called “How Can the UK Build a Zero Carbon, Lower Cost Energy Future?” Drax – which emitted 19.4 at the Labour conference in Brighton on Monday.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

Drax CEO argues deal will play 'pivotal role' in the development of voluntary carbon markets. Respira would then sell on these credits on the voluntary carbon market to corporations and financial institutions looking to achieve carbon neutrality and net zero emission targets.

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Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 9, 2022

“The consortium has a vast amount of knowledge and experience, which we are leveraging to produce carbon negative hydrogen – there is no better goal to be working on right now.”. Although the primary goal of the work is to produce hydrogen, the Levidian LOOP is also a unique carbon capture and utilisation technology.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 3, 2022

Drax has come in for renewed scrutiny over the environmental sustainability of its supply chain, with a major investigation having found evidence of carbon-rich primary forests in western Canada being felled to supply wood pellet feedstock for Britain's biggest power station in North Yorkshire.

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Business Green

JUNE 6, 2022

Voluntary Carbon Markets Integrity initiative and UK government launch new draft code of practice for carbon offset projects. The provisional code was launched today by the Voluntary Carbon Markets Integrity initiative (VCMI) and the UK government and has already gained the support of leading UN agencies and governments.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

KPMG report predicts governments set to take a 'multi-faceted approach' to pricing carbon that could prove difficult for businesses to navigate. The global reach of carbon pricing and tax regimes is likely to be extended in the coming years, creating a complex tax landscape that could prove challenging for some businesses to navigate.

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Business Green

JULY 6, 2022

The government has presented further details of its plan for scaling up direct air capture, CCUS, and BECCS technologies in the coming decade. The estimates come in the government's response to a host of recommendations from the National Infrastructure Commission (NIC) last year on the role for carbon removals in the net zero transition.

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Green Business Bureau

AUGUST 4, 2022

Carbon Positive- Business as Usual. Though we are beginning to see a shift towards greener business practices and sweeping sustainability commitments, companies are almost all still carbon positive, meaning they produce emissions greater than zero. Carbon Offsets. Net Zero Emissions vs Carbon Neutral. In the U.S.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 19, 2021

The government is offering up £26m to help increase UK production of biomass energy sources such as grasses, hemp, and seaweed, with the launch today of a funding competition to help develop more environmentally sustainable fuels for heating and powering homes and businesses.

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Business Green

JUNE 1, 2021

Acquisition aimed at addressing growing demand for carbon removal projects such as direct air capture, BECCS, biochar and carbon-embodied buildings. Carbon removal is a process through which CO2 is physically captured from the atmosphere and stabilsed into durable storage.

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GreenTechMedia

MAY 29, 2020

.'s largest-ever solar project, received its government planning approvals this week. The developers say they will not seek any government subsidy and will not participate in the contracts for difference (CFD) auction next year. ” Government auction? “The problem with U.K.

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Business Green

MARCH 28, 2022

Government greenhouse gas targets offer heavy emitters "a free pass" that could undermine efforts to cut emissions from industrial sites and accelerate the roll out of carbon capture and hydrogen technologies, according to the Environmental Audit Committee (EAC) of MPs.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 7, 2021

Direct air capture technologies a major winner, as government announces fresh funding boost for UK clean tech developers. The government today announced over £116m of new funding is to be split between three streams designed to help businesses develop new green technologies.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 3, 2022

BeZero Carbon research points to growing commercial interest in carbon removals such as direct air capture, enhanced weathering and biochar. Over the last year, we have seen the market for carbon dioxide removal jump-started from relative obscurity to one of the highest potential growth industries in the world," he said.

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Elemental Excelerator

JANUARY 23, 2024

And while Canada’s coast faces countless climate threats, Elemental Policy Lab Fellow Na’im Merchant said it also could become important for climate resiliency as an unparalleled resource for ocean-based carbon dioxide removal (CDR) methods. The world needs to go net-negative, and not enough people are paying attention to that.

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Business Green

JANUARY 12, 2022

Influential analyst firm argues prices for carbon offsets could reach as high as $120 a ton by 2050, or as low as $47 a ton. That is the conclusion of a new report this week from influential research firm BloombergNEF, which details how carbon offset prices could reach as high as $120/ton or as low as $47/ton by 2050.

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Business Green

AUGUST 10, 2021

The UK is committed to achieving net zero carbon emissions by 2050 and this year's edition of National Grid ESO's 'Future Energy Scenarios' shows that a 2035 clean power sector driven by a massive expansion of renewables is now the benchmark for the UK if it is to reach this goal. Zero carbon power by 2035. Credit: Ember.

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Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 6, 2023

Good Law Project is supporting the action being brought by the local council and campaign group, Protect Dunsfold, against the Government which gave the project the green light. The Government failed to take this requirement as its starting point, as it should have done, explained a press release from the Good Law Project.

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