Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 12, 2021

Three weeks away from the 26th Conference of the Parties ( COP26 ), the World Biogas Association (WBA) is preparing to travel to Glasgow to represent the global biogas industry at the UN Climate Summit and demonstrate the value of the biogas industry in tackling climate change.

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Agriculture, which is responsible for over one third of the world’s emissions, will be under the spotlight at the upcoming COP28 global climate summit in Dubai. Farming also relies on synthetic fertilisers that are both fossil-fuel-based and emit greenhouse gases, and drives deforestation.

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EDF + Business

JANUARY 19, 2023

Such transactions may help companies reach their own emission s reduction targets, but they do not contribute to global greenhouse gas emission s reduction — and may even result in overall emissions going up. Adoption of the Principles Mergers and acquisitions present an opportunity for leadership on climate risk.

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EDF + Business

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

The UN climate talks hosted in Dubai this month will shine a bright light on the pivotal role national oil companies, like UAE’s Abu Dhabi National Company (ADNOC), can and ultimately must play in the fight against climate change – particularly the urgent need to reduce methane emissions from the oil and gas supply chain.

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DeSmogBlog

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Flying 10,000 feet above the Gulf of Mexico, in a plane outfitted with infrared imaging equipment, researchers could see methane gas bubbling under water, likely from an undetected pipeline leak. natural gas production comes from federal leases in the Gulf of Mexico, according to the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management.

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Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 30, 2021

sent to landfill, incineration, or spread onto land – where they emit harmful greenhouse gases, especially methane, which is 84 times more toxic than CO2 over 20 years). Our research has shown that there are 170 million tonnes of organic wastes generated every year in the UK, most of which is mismanaged (eg.

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DeSmogBlog

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Oil and gas companies have for years marketed fracked gas from B.C. as a global climate solution, with some industry boosters even going so far as to call Canada’s supply of the fossil fuel the “cleanest in the world.” I don’t believe gas is a climate solution,” she told DeSmog.

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Renewable Energy World

MAY 5, 2021

As the United States moves toward decarbonization, cities and states must use all means available to reduce climate pollution, and natural gas utilities should be at the forefront of this rapid energy transition. This first-of-its-kind tool has the power to transform natural gas utility investment decisions.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

New report from the International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT) highlights the need to control methane slips on ships that have switched to using LNG as fuel. The report calculatres that switching to LNG could deliver carbon emissions savings, but these could be partially offset by increased methane emissions.

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Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 28, 2022

Following a 10-year analysis of the scale of methane leakage at almost 1,000 AD plants across the UK and Europe, Tim Elsome, General Manager of biogas specialists FM BioEnergy, outlines why now is the ideal time to tackle unidentified biogas leaks – and how to protect your plant, profits and the planet. The risks of doing nothing.

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GreenBiz

JULY 15, 2020

Early pioneers of these hydrogen-from-waste technologies such as Ways2H, SGH2 Energy (SGH2) and Standard Hydrogen say not only are they making carbon-free, energy-rich fuel, their approaches also will divert mountains of trash from landfills and waterways, cutting greenhouse gas emissions. . There are other ways to make hydrogen.

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Defend Our Future

JANUARY 30, 2024

Strengthening Colorado’s methane regulations is a critical part of improving our air quality in line with Colorado’s 2030 emission reduction goals. Defend Our Future worked with local chapters of partner organizations to turn out 20 people for public comments, with many stressing the importance of creating equitable, just transitions.

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Hydrogen Fuel News

NOVEMBER 4, 2023

As climate change plans roll into place worldwide, H2 has been making major headlines as a low- or zero-carbon option to replace fossil fuels. That said, not all forms of the gas are equally clean, depending on how it is produced. “The importance of this discovery is what it could mean for everybody.”

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

The files relate how the world’s largest meat company, JBS , is planning to come out in “full force” at the summit, along with other big industry hitters such as the Global Dairy Platform and the North American Meat Institute. Scientists say that unless swift action is taken, methane from agriculture alone will take us beyond a 1.5C

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The Verge: Energy

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

GM sponsored a major hub for events during New York City’s Climate Week , coinciding with a United Nations climate summit. I walked past its electric vehicles displayed in a conference hall outside a panel about living in a changing climate. During Climate Week, Google hosted a panel about how to tackle “lifestyle emissions.”

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 8, 2023

The findings of the UN’s climate science body the IPCC show that the long-term goals of the Paris Agreement cannot be met without climate action on food. Even so, a tripling of delegates is alarming – it drives home the urgent need for reforms that limit corporate influence at UN climate meetings.”

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DeSmogBlog

AUGUST 25, 2021

The powerful climate pollutant methane is leaking out of dozens of oil and gas wells, pipelines, and storage tanks in Romania, adding to a growing body of evidence that methane leaks are widespread and pervasive in Europe. The climate can no longer wait.”. The leaks are more than just a climate problem.

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Business Green

JULY 10, 2022

Changing Markets Foundation research highlights growing concern among investors that meat and dairy firms are failing to take account of climate risk. Methane, a potent greenhouse gas, is a particular problem for the meat and dairy sector, due to emissions of the gas from livestock.

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Business Green

MAY 25, 2022

Methane is a blow torch that’s cooking the planet,' scientists warn, as new study argues near term action could play a critical role in curbing global warming. Our study shows that phasing out fossil fuels is essential but must be paired with targeted action now on methane, black carbon soot, HFCs, and smog. by 2035 and 2C by 2050.

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DeSmogBlog

JULY 27, 2023

The evidence against big agriculture’s role in driving the climate crisis is growing. So, in the lead up to this year’s COP28 summit in Dubai, DeSmog will be investigating powerful agribusiness interests and finding out whether the “climate solutions” they put forward are likely to result in meaningful cuts in pollution.

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EDF + Business

DECEMBER 8, 2022

Food and agriculture is a significant contributor to climate change, emitting a whopping 30% of global emissions, approximately the same size as the transportation sector. Addressing the climate solutions within animal agriculture is challenging, and often requires a dedicated team of experienced individuals.

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The Environmental Blog

OCTOBER 31, 2022

Did you realize that by throwing food out, you’re also wasting water and causing climate change? billion tonnes of greenhouse gases (GHGs) equivalent to carbon dioxide are emitted annually due to food waste. And when we discard it, it continues to produce greenhouse gasses into the atmosphere as it rots. Approximately 1.3

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Grist

NOVEMBER 14, 2019

According to a new study published in Environmental Science Technology, hundreds of active hydropower plants are making a worse impact on the climate than fossil fuels. Scientists have known for a while now that hydropower facilities release greenhouse gases — mostly methane, but also CO2 and nitrous oxide.

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Grist

APRIL 5, 2021

Amy Townsend-Small has been chasing methane her entire professional life. Sniffing out the potent greenhouse gas, which traps 86 times as much heat as carbon dioxide after it’s emitted into the atmosphere, has required her to breathalyze cows and take chemical measurements at large manure lagoons. Christopher Collins.

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Business Green

JULY 27, 2021

The Pathways to Dairy Net Zero initiative, which was unveiled in Rome on Monday, calls on the entire industry supply chain to join the movement to ramp up climate action across the global dairy sector towards achieving net zero emissions before 2050. per cent of total global greenhouse gas emissions.

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DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 10, 2023

LIVERPOOL – A senior executive at the UK’s largest gas distributor has been accused of lobbying to slow down climate action after pushing for the use of hydrogen in heating at a Labour Party conference panel on net zero. It is one of over 40 studies that find hydrogen should only ever play a “limited and complementary role” in heating.

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Green Business Bureau

JULY 5, 2021

Sustainable Greenhouses and Nurseries: Green Everywhere Possible. Nurseries and greenhouses are directly connected to making our world greener and healthier. Why Greenhouses & Nurseries should become sustainable. Other important environmental issues facing this industry are water use and water pollution.

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Business Green

JULY 15, 2021

Carbon markets offer an immediate and straightforward means of financing technology to combat methane emissions at landfill sites, explains Margaret Williams of the American Carbon Registry. Methane is a potent gas, from the perspective of climate at least. And to do that, we need to look beyond burping cows.

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Business Green

JANUARY 3, 2021

Brussels is gearing up to use its satellites to spot and track global methane emission hotspots, writes Andrew Warren. The global climate agreement which the USA is set to rejoin this month, is largely built on trust that countries cut greenhouse gases in line with their pledges. Big Brother is watching you.'

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Grist

APRIL 29, 2024

Twelve months of broken records later, the oceans are still more feverish than climate models and normal fluctuations in global weather patterns can explain. You have winners and losers, and the losers, you don’t know if they are important in the ecosystem,” he said. This is sort of horrible confirmation that it is.”

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EDF + Business

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

The perspective one gains and the beauty one sees at that altitude are an endless source of inspiration and motivation, especially when confronting big challenges like climate change. That mountain energy boost came just in time to kick off a busy fall, starting with Climate Week. I hope to see many of you there!

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Business Green

MARCH 13, 2020

Cow's methane-heavy burps and farts blamed for CO2 associated with butter in study commissioned by margarine maker Upfield. The climate impact of consumer diets has yet again fallen under the spotlight, after research this week concluded butter is 3.5 times higher.

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Renewable Energy World

MAY 24, 2021

A troubling story recently emerged about a group of gas utilities whose mission is to fight electrification. Instead of blocking progress to safe, affordable, clean energy, gas utilities concerned with the future should be taking steps today to accelerate the energy transition. by Natalie Karas, EDF.

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Grist

JULY 24, 2019

Natural gas has been touted as a green energy source by some because, when burned for fuel, it emits less CO2 than coal. But before that happens, leaks from across the natural gas supply chain — from the drilling process to gas stoves — can unintentionally vent methane into the atmosphere. McKain explained.

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Smart Energy International

AUGUST 5, 2022

Sulphur hexafluoride (SF 6 ) and other greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reduction, beyond CO 2 emissions, is the next frontier for urgent action in the energy sector due to their extreme potency. In developing such plans consideration needs to be made across all aspects of the business and to encompass all greenhouse gases.

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DeSmogBlog

JUNE 15, 2023

If there was a common theme at the second annual Canadian Hydrogen Convention, held in Edmonton Alberta this spring, it was the hydrogen industry’s effort to move away from “blue hydrogen” and other color-coded descriptions. Gray hydrogen is created from methane using something called the “steam reformation process.”

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DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 2, 2023

The Hydrogen APPG received more than £70,000 in February from Connect, a PR firm that is funded by oil and gas companies to run the parliamentary group. Using methane – [to make] blue hydrogen – always results in some residual emissions. However, it is more scarce, expensive and energy intensive than other forms of hydrogen.

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