Clean Energy Canada

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

However, much work remains: coal still accounts for at least one-third of global electricity generation, and, in spite of the clear link between coal burning and higher temperatures, its use has increased in 2021 as economies reopened and energy demand shot up. Finance is shifting away from fossil fuels .

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EDF + Business

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

As stakeholder demand for climate leadership surges and as the business benefits of climate action become clear, executives are increasingly embracing net zero by 2050 as the new business imperative. Elizabeth Sturcken, Managing Director, EDF+Business. This means setting net zero by 2050 goals, and turning these pledges into progress.

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Green Business Bureau

MARCH 14, 2022

You’ll understand what products and processes emit g reenhouse gases (GHGs), including the carbon-containing gases carbon dioxide and methane. Carbon dioxide equivalent” is a standard unit for counting greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions regardless of whether they’re from carbon dioxide or another gas, such as methane.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

Firstly, every COP is by definition the most important COP ever, up to the point when global emissions are consistently falling at a rapid rate and the world is mobilising trillions of dollars to fully decarbonise the global economy and enhance the climate resilience of our societies.

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DeSmogBlog

JULY 25, 2023

The most recent example happened a month ago when a ceremony to mark a new, historic 10-mile buffer banning new oil and gas leasing for 20 years around Chaco Culture National Historical Park was thwarted and diverted after protesters blocked roads into the park, demanding that fossil fuel development continue.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 27, 2022

The report notes that, under existing government policies global fossil fuel fuse is set to peak this decade, as coal use falls back in the coming years, natural gas demand reaches a plateau by the end of this decade, and oil demand levels off in the mid-2030 as the transition to EVs gather space.

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Business Green

AUGUST 9, 2022

If we've deliberately restricted gas supplies then by definition that must have served to push up the price. But oil and gas companies are typically making rational decisions based on the future demand destruction that they expect to result from the clean tech revolution. It is clear that some gas production has been foregone.

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 26, 2023

Tyson told the Progressive Grocer it is “trying to be upbeat and different”, with something that speaks definitively to younger Millennial and Gen Z consumers. Methane, a greenhouse gas which is belched out in high volumes by cattle, has been identified by the UN and world leaders as the quickest route to cut global heating.

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Climate Tech VC

DECEMBER 15, 2023

In fact, many of us are flying more – air travel over Thanksgiving week in the US was the busiest ever , and annual demand for flights is growing rapidly in markets like India and China. COVID’s halt on air travel feels like minor turbulence now. Low carbon hydrogen is created, usually using an onsite electrolyzer.

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Charged

MAY 8, 2023

During the recent California heat wave, Nuvve helped to reduce peak demands on the grid through the Emergency Load Reduction Program, using bidirectional-capable school buses to feed energy back to the grid. A regular demand response program, you go down to zero and then that’s it. Charged : Does SB 233 address commercial vehicles?

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

There was definitely some spin and duplication of effort going on, but the vast majority of the announcements point to how decarbonisation efforts can be drastically accelerated. From tackling deforestation to curbing methane emissions, the various multilateral commitments are focused on areas where they can have real impact.

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DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 3, 2021

He continued: “The millions spent on sophisticated marketing and advertising campaigns are about shaping public opinion and maintaining demand for fossil fuels. There are several ways to produce hydrogen , but almost all of it currently in production uses methane as the feedstock, with non-renewable energy powering that production.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

Perhaps a more conducive geopolitical moment and a more assertive full-government push ahead of the Summit to secure concessions from allies - consenting to a trade deal with Australia without demanding much more ambitious action on climate change is a very strange use of diplomatic leverage on the eve of a climate summit you are hosting - could have (..)

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Grist

MAY 18, 2021

Strange as it may sound, demand for this service — a form of what’s called “ carbon removal ” — was just beginning to grow. The potential to expand them is limited by demand for land; the risk of fire, pests, deforestation, and other disturbances; and a lack of robust standards for measuring and monitoring the CO2 they remove.

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Elemental Excelerator

JUNE 28, 2021

Nearly a quarter of that is beef, with environmental impacts ranging from methane emissions (aka cow burps) to land-use changes to water stresses. With global demand for beef climbing and emissions from food production on track to rise 60% by 2050 , it’s clear that something in the livestock production system needs to change.

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Green Business Bureau

MARCH 10, 2020

Business is constantly changing to meet consumer demands. Simultaneously, business must adapt to emerging terms and technologies to support demand. The definition of zero waste varies widely, with various organizations defining zero waste differently, each with their own interpretation as to what it takes to get to “zero.”.

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 26, 2021

Both EQT and Chesapeake will seek certification from outside providers, including a business called Project Canary, which touts its ability to collect data on methane emissions and pollutants from oil and gas wells and offers a certification it calls TrustWell. Voluntary Programs Have Left Emissions Rising.

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Better Ventures

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

As always, the venture community is eager to participate in the blooming opportunity this demand represents. While these distinctions are helpful, they’re definitely not exhaustive or absolute. With all of these signals, it is becoming increasingly difficult to deny an awakening to our looming crisis (finally!) million.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 7, 2021

Another pledge by more than 100 countries to cut methane by 30 per cent by 2030, essential for reducing this potent and prevalent greenhouse gas. While not included in the formal COP26 negotiations, there is an increasing call, globally, for standardised net-zero definitions and reporting frameworks. Standardising net zero commitments.

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DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 26, 2021

The market needs clearer definitions and standards,” Microsoft’s 2021 carbon-removal report admits, according to the Journal. If emissions had peaked back in 2000 we would be skiing down a bunny slope toward 1.5C. Today we face a double black diamond, and in a few years it will be a cliff.

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Charged

MAY 31, 2022

Salim: We started WattEV with the intent of becoming the main provider of public charging for electric trucks, but we quickly realized that it wasn’t enough for us to just build the infrastructure and expect the demand to pick up naturally. Salim: I think the biggest factor for them is having enough of a market demand to do that.

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Latham's Clean Energy Law Report

MARCH 11, 2021

The MOU leaves open the possibility that certain “blendstocks” (such as ethanol-blended fuel and biodiesel) will not be considered Affected Fuels based on the definition in the MOU. Auctions will have a reserve price, and if total demand for allowances exceeds the number of allowances, cost containment reserve allowances may be sold.

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Mr. Sustainability

APRIL 18, 2021

This article explores the current situation in Rotterdam, how many refineries there are, the fuel and hydrogen demand, the basic technological requirements for a synthetic fuel refinery and the costs involved. It can also be argued however that prices will go up as demand for CO2 might outrun supply. For that we need green hydrogen.

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Mr. Sustainability

APRIL 18, 2021

This article explores the current situation in Rotterdam, how many refineries there are, the fuel and hydrogen demand, the basic technological requirements for a synthetic fuel refinery and the costs involved. It can also be argued however that prices will go up as demand for CO2 might outrun supply. For that we need green hydrogen.

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Mr. Sustainability

OCTOBER 11, 2020

Lab-grown meat dramatically cuts back on carbon emissions , methane emissions, water consumption and land use. Meals on demand, no waiting time involved. I therefore definitely recommend this book if you are interested in the subject. What if we could genetically enhance cows to not emit methane anymore? Absolutely.

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Green Business Bureau

JANUARY 28, 2021

the consumption of microplastics by marine wildlife) and indirectly (landfill sites provide ideal conditions for methane-producing bacteria). The pandemic has instigated a dramatic dent in office demand that is expected to remain, with firms predicted to have 20% more office space than required.

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DeSmogBlog

MARCH 31, 2023

Shell explained at the time that it wanted to prepare itself to deal as “effectively as possible” with seasonal fluctuations in demand for oil. Wilson saw WOCOL as a definitive study that would buoy support for coal among policymakers around the world. Wigley would go on to receive a £10,000 research grant from Shell.

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DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 6, 2021

The situation illustrates the intermittency problem with renewables like wind and solar power and how outages can increase demand for fossil fuel generation,” Energy In Depth , a project of the Independent Petroleum Association of America that is run by FTI Consulting , wrote about Europe’s gas price crisis on September 22.

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Green Business Bureau

DECEMBER 28, 2022

We can see the degression in this definition – Earth’s resources are cast off quicker than our planet can regenerate them. This figure highlights a supply-demand discrepancy in the U.S. In oxygen-poor environments, the material will break down into the potent greenhouse gas, methane.

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Clean Energy Trust

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

Don’t get me wrong, we’ll definitely need a robust high-speed charging network for most vehicles to transition to electric, that’s true. Link Wither Methane? The Trump administration announced they were eliminating a regulation that required oil and gas companies to monitor and limit methane leaks. Well, yes and no.

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Green Market Oracle

AUGUST 30, 2020

In this session, leaders of the Circular Carbon Network (CCN), the organization that has assembled the sector’s definitive dataset, will present an overview of key trends: Who is investing, where those funds are going and which areas are poised for the biggest growth. That economy is now taking shape.

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DeSmogBlog

MARCH 5, 2024

Less than six months later, Virginia Natural Gas boasted that it was supplying “NextGen Gas,” or gas “produced with lower greenhouse gas emissions,” to satisfy up to half of the energy demands of its 300,000 customers. One major certifier claims that the practice reduces methane emissions by more than 50 percent.

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

As global oil prices fluctuated over the following years, carbon capture was paused at the plant during periods when CO2 demand for oil extraction dropped. Blue hydrogen is the industry’s term for hydrogen produced by burning fossil gas through steam methane reformation. Department of Energy states it captured only approximately 3.9

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DeSmogBlog

JUNE 24, 2021

Analysts saw demand for LNG in Asia rising in both a steady and unrelenting fashion, expanding for years or even decades into the future. This decision to move ahead has definitely crowded out other players. That risk is compounded by the fact that future demand growth is no longer rock solid.

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Grist

AUGUST 13, 2021

But a new study has found surprisingly large emissions from the production of so-called “blue” hydrogen, a variant being enthusiastically pushed by the fossil fuel industry and probably falling under the definition of clean hydrogen in the Senate bill. Dozens of gas companies in the U.S. degrees Celsius (0.54 degrees Celsius (0.54

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

The oil industry has launched an all-out pressure campaign to kill an attempt by Congressional Democrats to tax methane – an extremely powerful greenhouse gas – for the first time. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, which is considering the methane fee as part of the $3.5 Congress Eyes Methane Fee.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

Young people were already using their purchasing power to demand change, he added. Reflecting on COP26 so far, Obama said there was "good and bad news" to come out of the Glasgow Summit, hailing progress on methane emissions, climate finance, curbing fossil fuel investment, and protecting forests.

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