Business Green

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

There is a widespread political, economic, business, and economic consensus that renewables, energy efficiency, and net zero are a key part of the solution to the UK's challenges this winter and beyond - it should be difficult for the new PM to ignore.

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 3, 2024

Scientists continue to cast doubt on whether carbon capture will ever function at the huge scale required to make a dent in climate change. In another 2023 campaign, Mobil (Exxon’s automotive car fuel brand) launched an advert positioning petrol-powered cars as a way of “disconnecting”, in an apparent swipe at electric vehicles.

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GreenBiz

JUNE 24, 2020

In particular, the unprecedented move will require an unprecedented leap forward in policies that can make electric vehicles affordable and beneficial for Lyft drivers within the next 10 years. Lyft Director of Sustainability Sam Arons pointed to Lyft's policy work in Colorado during the Political Climate podcast last week.

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GreenTechMedia

JUNE 17, 2020

And all of this must happen without excessively raising customer rates, if it’s to avoid political and customer backlash. That’s the view of Michael Wara, head of Stanford University’s Climate and Energy Policy Program and a member of Gov. Gavin Newsom’s Wildfires Blue Ribbon Commission.

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Business Green

APRIL 30, 2020

But advocates of hydrogen argue it offers an effective replacement for fossil fuel infrastructure, is well suited to heavier vehicles, and is highly adaptable as it can also be used to store renewable energy and heat buildings. It isn't a case of electric versus hydrogen vehicles," he said.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 8, 2020

That is the conclusion of a "world first" analysis unveiled by the government's independent climate advisory body today, which for the first time provides a detailed vision for driving down greenhouse gas emissions to net zero right across one of the world's largest industrialised economies.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 18, 2020

Macron reveals plan for climate referendum. French President Emmanuel Macron this week pledged to hold a referendum on changing the country's constitution to include a commitment to tackle climate change and protect the environment. Korea and Japan both have 2050 net zero targets, China has one for 2060.

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Business Green

MAY 18, 2021

Since it was first set up in the wake of the 1973 oil crisis, the International Energy Agency (IEA) has been a hugely influential player in world energy politics. Such a strategy can no longer be deemed credible, argued Kelly Trout, interim energy transitions and futures programme director at campaign group Oil Change International.

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Renewable Energy World

APRIL 22, 2021

I’ve long viewed Jacobson’s life — and his collaboration with researchers, cultural icons, business leaders and political leaders — as a well-written movie script. The Kyoto Protocol is an international agreement adopted by the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change in December 1997. Secretary of State John Kerry.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Pursuing a climate agenda without commercial viability is not sustainable," it states. "On On the other hand, a risk-based, commercially driven agenda focused on how climate change may impact the company - rather than how the company can impact climate change - won't achieve the necessary transition.".

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

UK's climate advisors warn ‘climate compatibility checkpoint’ planned by Ministers for future oil and gas extraction projects must be made tougher, but stops short of calling for an end of exploration. What we need to tackle bills and climate change is home insulation, heat pumps, electric vehicles and renewable power.".

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Clean Energy Canada

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

A commitment to at least maintaining Canada’s current climate and clean energy ambitions is more popular than the opposite approach with respondents from every single province, age group, and gender. It is also more popular with supporters from every political party—including, by a small margin, Conservative voters.

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R-Squared Energy

MARCH 4, 2022

and Germany will continue to rapidly deploy renewable power and electric vehicles. No need for Germany to rely on Russian gas. Of course, renewables and electric vehicles will help alleviate this dependence over time. That brings me to Russia’s natural gas. Natural Gas. I doubt it).

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Clean Energy Canada

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Instead, Ottawa allowed itself to be consumed by political theatre, which painted this as an admission that Mr. Trudeau’s signature climate policy was making life more expensive for Canadians, just as his Conservative opponents had claimed for years. The truth is quite the opposite.

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GreenBiz

APRIL 27, 2021

The road to electric vehicles is paved with disruption. The expectation that electric vehicles will displace the internal combustion engine continues to accelerate. Proponents of electric vehicles forthrightly acknowledge the many technological, management, political and consumer challenges that lie ahead.

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R-Squared Energy

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

has seen a drastic decline in coal consumption over the past decade (but global coal consumption has risen) as it has been displaced in the power sector by natural gas primarily, as well as renewables. As a result, natural gas consumption has increased by nearly 40% over the past decade in the U.S. .

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The Verge: Energy

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Photo Illustration by Cath Virginia / The Verge | Photos by Dee Dwyer for The Verge The US is the world’s biggest producer of oil and gas. As much as climate change is reshaping life on Earth as we know it — the solutions posed are also going to change everyday life. Can Granholm chart a path to a more sustainable future?

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AGreenLiving

DECEMBER 16, 2020

In their eyes, it doesn’t do enough to address climate change and allows emitters to continue polluting the air in the meantime. But seven years on, researchers, regulators and activists are still arguing about how California’s most famous climate policy has affected its most vulnerable residents — and how to do better.

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Clean Energy Trust

JULY 31, 2019

These new record low bids are from 8 Minute Energy, which is known for extremely aggressive bids but is still an eye-popping figure ($38 per megawatt-hour for solar plus storage is cheaper than the new build costs for combined-cycle natural gas). The Chicago based business turns cow manure into renewable natural gas.

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 11, 2021

The big stories of 2020 were not just about a pandemic, a reckoning on racial justice, an economic calamity and the ever-imminent rise of climate change impacts. In 2014, the electrical engineer and MBA became the first woman to lead a U.S. Elsa Wenzel. Mon, 01/11/2021 - 02:15. One in five is Black.

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AGreenLiving

JUNE 24, 2020

In particular, the unprecedented move will require an unprecedented leap forward in policies that can make electric vehicles affordable and beneficial for Lyft drivers within the next 10 years. Lyft Director of Sustainability Sam Arons pointed to Lyft’s policy work in Colorado during the Political Climate podcast last week.

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Business Green

MAY 4, 2022

John Doerr donates $1.1bn to support launch of new Stanford University climate school. Stanford University this week announced it is to launch its first new school in 60 years, promising that the new institution will focus on the Earth, climate change, and society's response. THIS JUST IN ??

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Green Market Oracle

OCTOBER 20, 2019

Large application of renewable energy has resulted in significant improvement in energy security, climate change mitigation and economic benefits. Renewable energy can be defines as a form of energy derived from the natural sources which cannot be depleted such as wind or solar power.

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AGreenLiving

APRIL 27, 2021

The road to electric vehicles is paved with disruption Terry F. Yosie Tue, 04/27/2021 – 00:05 The expectation that electric vehicles will displace the internal combustion engine continues to accelerate. Will electricity be reliably available for electric vehicles?

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AGreenLiving

JANUARY 11, 2021

20 C-suite sustainability champions for 2021 Elsa Wenzel Mon, 01/11/2021 – 02:15 The big stories of 2020 were not just about a pandemic, a reckoning on racial justice, an economic calamity and the ever-imminent rise of climate change impacts. In 2014, the electrical engineer and MBA became the first woman to lead a U.S.

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GreenTechMedia

JANUARY 26, 2021

New research asserts most have undermined those goals by keeping coal plants running and building new natural gas plants meant to operate for decades to come. electricity sector by 2035, and the cost imperatives of U.S. utilities that still rely on coal and natural gas for most of their generation capacity.

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 12, 2023

While the window for avoiding the most catastrophic consequences of climate change narrows, the global banking sector continues to funnel huge sums each year into fossil fuels, finds a new report. ConocoPhillips also holds a 30 percent stake in a proposed liquefied natural gas (LNG) export project in Port Arthur, Texas.

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Green Market Oracle

AUGUST 30, 2020

Climate change is the most significant global threat we face today. cities are drafting plans and testing out developing zero emission zones in downtown areas, banning fossil-fuel-burning vehicles and developing progressive pricing signals. What can we learn from these early implementations? How will this market unfold?

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Renewable Energy World

AUGUST 23, 2021

Most of America’s 107,000 gas stations can fill several cars every five or 10 minutes at multiple pumps. Not so for electric vehicle chargers – at least not yet. Each outlet can charge only one vehicle at a time, and even fast-charging outlets take an hour to provide 180-240 miles’ worth of charge; most take much longer.

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Clean Energy Trust

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

This month, we’re talking about partnerships between automakers and electric vehicle charging companies, the recent rolling blackouts in California, and why cleantech investing today may fare better than a decade ago. Credit: GM Authority Automakers Paying for Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure?—?Fool’s

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R-Squared Energy

DECEMBER 28, 2021

That’s a recipe for higher oil prices, and subsequently higher gasoline and natural gas prices. Europe’s natural gas crisis. Europe suffered from a natural gas shortage this year. Russia could help ease the crisis, but Germany suspended the process of certifying the Nord Stream 2 Russian gas pipeline.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 29, 2022

That's par for the course — an exciting advancement here, political or economic pushback there. With good reason: The climate and biodiversity crises, combined with the social and economic equity crises, are providing momentum and incentives for staying the course. Overall, it was more positives than negatives.

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Mr. Sustainability

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

The dark, often viscous liquid is the single biggest contributor to the world’s energy mix, at 34 per cent of consumption, followed by coal at 27 per cent and natural gas at 24 per cent. Even as our thirst for oil seems insatiable, it is becoming politically and environmentally toxic. billion vehicles. (X)

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Grist

DECEMBER 8, 2021

The stakes are clear in the string of extreme warming-driven catastrophes that battered Cascadia this year — events that rattled even experts and activists who’ve spent their entire careers working on climate change. “I Or rising prices could fuel a political backlash. I am deeply sobered,” says Eileen V.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 1, 2021

This is thanks to the very high price of natural gas, which Russia is accused of exacerbating by limiting supplies to Europe in recent months. President Trump scored short-term political points by pleasing US oil producers, and the world has been ' rewarded' with higher oil prices when it can least afford them. Lessons to learn.

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GreenBiz

APRIL 9, 2021

Looking at it as a technology, there is a ton to like about renewables across the political spectrum. . This hasn’t escaped political conservatives outside the beltway. The point is that the concept of energy independence — be it from other nations or your own government — is an attractive idea across the political spectrum. .

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38 North Solutions

DECEMBER 16, 2019

And even if national environmental policy remains rather stagnant, the electric vehicle industry — and domestic gas production — are poised to have a strong year. Hurlbut sees a chance for such a package of smaller energy and climate bills, but Ed Crooks, vice chair of the Americas at Wood Mackenzie Ltd.,

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