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European scientists group urges ban on new natural gas boilers

Envirotec Magazine

Natural gas is not cleaner than other fossil fuels and using it instead of coal or oil risks achieving little or no reduction in greenhouse gas effects, says science advisory group the European Academies’ Science Advisory Council (EASAC) in a new report “Future of Gas”.

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The world came tantalizingly close to a deal to phase out fossil fuels

The Verge: Energy

The beginning of the end for fossil fuels? This text is a step forward on our path towards phasing out fossil fuels, but is not the historic decision we hoped for.” More than 100 countries came to the table pushing for an official agreement to “phase out fossil fuels.”

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Palo Alto Paying Over $20,000 Annually to Natural Gas Trade Group Fighting Climate Action

DeSmogBlog

City leaders touted the new law , which is intended to tightly restrict future use of natural gas-powered heating and cooling in new construction, as an important part of the city’s plan to slash greenhouse gas emissions 80 percent by 2030.

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Fossil Fuel Firms Use Permitting Loopholes to Fast-Track LNG Export Projects Near Black Communities

DeSmogBlog

Now, Ivor van Heerden , the former deputy director of Louisiana State University’s Hurricane Center, is concerned about the disastrous and potentially lethal consequences of a hurricane hitting a liquified natural gas (LNG) export terminal under construction south of New Orleans. But more than three-fourths of the U.S-produced

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Electrification gets down to the wire

GreenBiz

The push to quickly transition carbon-intensive activities away from fossil fuels while meeting the world’s growing energy needs has put electricity producers and consumers squarely in the forefront of the emerging clean economy. And the era of fossil fuels is hardly over. Subscribe here.

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The LNG export boom just hit a snag in Texas

Canary Media

The liquefied natural gas, or LNG, industry has exploded across the U.S. Gulf Coast over the past decade, burying once-remote shorelines under hundreds of acres of concrete and steel where the fossil fuel is cooled so it can be shipped across the globe. This story was first published by Grist. The war in Ukraine…

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The sins of omission: A cool reception for the King’s speech

Envirotec Magazine

This annual licensing round will only take place if a couple of key tests are met, namely: (1) that the UK is projected to import more oil and gas from other countries than it produces at home, and (2) that the carbon emissions arising from the production of UK gas are lower than the equivalent emissions from imported liquified natural gas (LNG).

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