Business Green

JANUARY 18, 2021

Last year we saw a genuine step change in ambitions to tackle climate change globally crowned by net zero commitments from Europe and China. To date, much of the progress has hinged on a combination of increasing wind power alongside existing nuclear within the power grid.

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Business Green

JUNE 24, 2021

Government's climate agenda marred by uncertainty and delay which risks undermining COP26 and net zero transition, Climate Change Committee warns. I'm afraid we are very concerned about where things stand," said the Committee's CEO, Chris Stark.

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Clean Energy Canada

JULY 3, 2020

Wind power, solar power, electric vehicles, biofuels, cleantech, hydro: there’s an industry association for each of them. economists found that clean stimulus policies have historically been the most cost-effective way to jumpstart economies—and would likely be so now. per cent, while fossil fuel stocks plummeted 40.5

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DeSmogBlog

JANUARY 28, 2022

The source for author Jordan Peterson’s recent claim that climate change cannot be modelled was a climate science denier who received money from a libertarian think tank funded by oil companies. In 1990 he founded the Science and Environment Policy Project (SEPP) that expounded these views.

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Business Green

JULY 28, 2022

Such findings underscore the scale of support among Conservative Party members for ambitious green policies that can help curb the huge hike in energy bills expected this winter, just as postal ballot papers for choosing Britain's next PM are sent out to the membership from next week.

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GreenBiz

SEPTEMBER 4, 2020

Climate change is driving more extreme weather events, including heat waves, everywhere, all while the grid faces increasing demand from electrification of cars, buses, businesses and homes. Outages of dispatchable fossil generation paired with reduced output from renewables, such as the 1,000 MW reduction in available wind power Aug.

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DeSmogBlog

MARCH 1, 2024

The province has outlined 13 new regulations limiting wind and solar projects near agriculture land and other proposed “protected” areas. These include the creation of 35-kilometre buffer zones intended to protect what the province has termed “pristine viewscapes” from wind power development.

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

Telegraph columnists routinely questioned climate science and criticised green reforms as a major backlash against net zero policies raged in the UK, DeSmog can reveal. Wind power is not cheap or secure. Both newspapers [The Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph] are campaigning against climate policies,” Ward told DeSmog.

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Business Green

JULY 20, 2021

Global climate goals at risk without more ambitious support for wind power from G20 countries, CEOs warn. global warming pathway", and current growth forecasts for wind power installations are far below what is needed for a 1.5C At present, however "the world is spinning towards a 2.4C

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Renewable Energy World

OCTOBER 19, 2021

We already have the tools and the technology we need to tackle climate change," said Rebecca Williams, director of COP26 at the GWEC. What we don't have yet is the unprecedented political will we need to make this happen.".

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CleanTX

APRIL 21, 2019

Renewable energy, particularly wind power, has been hugely successful in Texas, thanks in large measure to a combination of federal, state, and local incentives that began more than two decades ago. In case you missed it, subsidies for solar, wind, and electric cars are under attack by shills for the fossil fuel companies.

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DeSmogBlog

MARCH 19, 2024

Smith, a well-known climate change denier and fossil fuel sector advocater , nonetheless announced a series of new regulations critics say would ban wind turbines from much of the southern half of the province. This view is shared by Ruiping Luo, a conservation specialist with the Alberta Wilderness Association. “I

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Business Green

APRIL 3, 2023

The figures, published by the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero last week, revealed that wind power generated an "all time annual high" of 24.6 Largely driven by an increase in capacity, offshore wind farms alone provided a record 13.8 per cent of domestic power last year - or 45.0TWh - marking an 11.5

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

May, who was UK Prime Minister from 2016 to 2019, was speaking last night at an event hosted by the Conservative Environment Network (CEN), which represents more than 100 Tory MPs who back policies to cut emissions and protect nature. In her speech, May called on Conservatives to unite ahead of the UN COP26 climate summit.

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

Liz Truss ’s team – who will advise her through the energy crisis – includes staff who have worked for anti-net zero politicians and opaquely-funded climate sceptic think tanks. Others have attacked climate policies and blamed high energy bills on renewable power. She has blamed previous energy bill rises on renewables.

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DeSmogBlog

JUNE 22, 2023

The consultant was the sole interviewee in the segment, in which she claimed that the move to renewable energy, primarily wind power, was increasing the risk of blackouts. Research by DeSmog shows that Porter has a track record of publicly casting doubt on established science on human-caused climate change.

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Renewable Energy World

JUNE 23, 2021

This year’s COP26 summit is widely viewed as one of the last chances to fulfil the 2015 Paris climate agreement and ensure meaningful progress is made towards tackling our net zero targets and the climate emergency. Policy-driven benefits. The industry needs long-term policy and subsidies to stimulate hydrogen demand.

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Renewable Energy World

JUNE 16, 2021

However, in recent years, their economic competitiveness has improved significantly due to government policies and incentives, as well as technological advances. This has incentivized oil and gas majors such as BP, Equinor and Shell to invest in wind power generation. over the same period.

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Renewable Energy World

MARCH 3, 2021

“Congratulations to Peninsula Clean Energy for moving to carbon-free electricity,” said State Senator Josh Becker (D-Peninsula), vice chair of the Joint Legislative Committee on Climate Change Policies. We hope our experience can serve as a model for other power providers to follow here in California and beyond.”.

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Business Green

JANUARY 20, 2022

Michael Grubb explores how government can better harness the remarkable innovation that is already underway across the energy sector to deliver on its climate goals. Limiting climate change will require an unprecedented global movement to make low-carbon technologies the norm.

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Greentown Labs

NOVEMBER 13, 2020

5 and 6, more than 2,200 climate champions poured in from Somerville, Houston, Nairobi, Warsaw, New Delhi, Vancouver, Kuala Lumpur, Phoenix, Atlanta, Moscow, and more places across the country and around the world with a common mission: scaling climate action to create a sustainable future for all. Champion climate policy.

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Business Green

MAY 24, 2022

With "plenty of opportunities to choose from" young people should be mindful of the climate policies of the firms they now choose to work for, Guterres said, adding that they "must be the generation that succeeds in addressing the planetary emergency of climate change".

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Renewable Energy World

DECEMBER 20, 2021

The state is also poised to solicit an additional 2400 MW of energy from offshore wind, per climate change legislation signed by the Governor’s office in March. This would bring its total commitment to 5600 MW.

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Renewable Energy World

AUGUST 31, 2021

Patrick Judge and Mark Juedeman were both drawn to work around sustainability and climate change because of their backgrounds. Moreover, Judge’s experience working on climate change issues allowed him to identify environmental threats to tourism and agriculture. ” Patrick Judge. ” Patrick Judge. Mark Juedeman.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 25, 2020

PM touts 'green industrial revolution' as fix for climate and Covid crises as he urges countries to step up climate efforts. We are going to be putting a big bet on wind power - we want to be the Saudi Arabia of wind. The world was caught napping by coronavirus," said Johnson.

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GreenTechMedia

DECEMBER 14, 2020

government’s long-awaited energy white paper is out with confirmation of fresh negotiations with EDF over a new nuclear power station and a drive to push up the price of carbon. is reinforcing its effort to establish itself as a climate leader. It will host the next round of the UN climate change negotiations in 2021.

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Green Market Oracle

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

China burns about half the coal used globally while at the same time it is the leading market for solar panels, wind turbines and electric vehicles. This duality is evident in Shanxi, which is both China's coal mining region and the location of some of the country's largest solar and wind power projects.

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GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

“The science is clear: The world must act now if we’re going to avert the worst consequences of climate change,” Pichai wrote in the blog post. It starts with collecting data on the carbon intensity of the power supplied across different regions and calculating the resulting carbon footprints of different facilities.

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Renewable Energy World

APRIL 22, 2021

The plans, available at The Solutions Project’s “ Clean Energy ” link, reveal the unique mix of wind, water and sun technologies capable of powering states, countries and even select U.S. Wind, Water and Sun (aka WWS) include wind power; waterpower from tides, rivers, and subsurface water (geothermal water); and solar power.

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Business Green

APRIL 26, 2021

Last week, the UK government announced it will count emissions from international shipping and aviation in its carbon accounting from 2033, caving to long-running pressure from campaigners and climate experts. Some progress has been made.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 22, 2023

Along with other prominent Atlas Network affiliates, such as the Macdonald-Laurier Institute and the Montreal Economic Institute, the Fraser Institute is a leader in climate change denialism and it attacks any policies that would seek to mitigate climate change causes and effects. EV Prices to Rise?

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Energy Innovation

JULY 2, 2021

Energy Innovation partners with the independent nonprofit Aspen Global Change Institute (AGCI) to provide climate and energy research updates. Vano , and a full list of AGCI’s quarterly research updates covering recent climate change research on clean energy pathways is available online at [link]. and 8.5.

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Renewable Energy World

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

The coalition wrote in a letter to the House Ways and Means Committee that stable, predictable, and long-term clean energy and transportation tax incentives are needed to address the planet’s warming climate and revive an industry hard-hit by the coronavirus pandemic.

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Business Green

APRIL 4, 2023

First off, the framing of the overall announcements showed a clear recognition from the Prime Minister, Chancellor and other ministers across government that the transition to net zero emissions is not just a climate necessity, it is an essential part of reaching the UK's energy security and economic policy goals.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

Meanwhile, businesses are eagerly awaiting a host of crucial green policy frameworks in the coming weeks that should unlock a new wave of investment in low carbon infrastructure. Black said the poll findings "show clearly that people want action and government leadership on climate change".

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DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 10, 2022

Mark Fullbrook, who ran Truss’s leadership campaign, launched a political consultancy – Fullbrook Strategies – in March , with clients including Cerulean Winds, official records show. Cerulean was awarded £825,692 by the government in January as part of a £60 million funding scheme to support floating offshore wind projects.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

The political consensus on the UK's climate strategy has never looked more frayed at precisely the same time as public support for bolder climate policies has never been higher - and the opposition is seeking to take full advantage of that fact. Labour's new green energy policy is a case in point.

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