R-Squared Energy

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

The RFS was first passed into law with the Energy Policy Act of 2005, and it was subsequently expanded in 2007 (both under President Bush). He definitely didn’t “make ethanol happen” for the U.S. It is true that oil and gas production have continued an ongoing surge during President Trump’s administration. I have no idea.

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DeSmogBlog

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

After the Biden administration’s bipartisan infrastructure law was passed , the administration hailed the bill’s $4.7 billion package to cap orphaned oil and gas wells as a move to tackle “super-polluting methane emissions,” saying it will combat the climate crisis and create jobs. Who Writes the Bills That Become Law?

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Charged

DECEMBER 14, 2021

The EV industry applauded the inclusion of a plan to fund charging infrastructure in the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA)—now rechristened the Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill (BIB)—that President Biden signed into law in November. However, until now we didn’t know exactly what we were cheering for.

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Renewable Energy World

APRIL 28, 2021

For nearly four years, Piedmont Natural Gas — one of Duke’s wholly owned subsidiaries — and the state’s other major gas distribution company have stymied incentives for new high-efficiency homes, claiming with scant evidence that the rebate scheme will lose them customers. Musser questioned.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 16, 2022

Companies need shared definitions if they understand what greenwashing actually is and how it can be tackled. Now more definitions of greenwashing are cropping up, in Europe in particular. These definitions, coupled with new anti-greenwashing laws , are meant to help suss out bad actors.

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Renewable Energy World

DECEMBER 27, 2021

On Thursday the 19 th of August, the Climate Council in partnership with the law firm Shearman & Sterling, hosted an intriguing panel to discuss a major topic in the energy industry: Will low-carbon hydrogen be the silver bullet in APAC? By David Stent. 58% of the audience agreed, edging out the 42% that disagreed.

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Energy and Cleantech Council

AUGUST 11, 2022

5060 ), titled An Act Driving Clean Energy and Offshore Wind, into law on Thursday August 11, 2022. The law keeps the required procurement total at 5.6 The law excludes biomass from the definition of renewable energy, meaning it is no longer an eligible resource under the Renewable Portfolio Standard. GW by 2027.

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Grist

APRIL 8, 2022

It doesn’t contradict the laws of chemistry and physics to get to 1.5 Now, previously impossible policies — like phasing out the use of natural gas or halting the construction of new fossil fuel infrastructure — seem not only possible but necessary. As of 2020, the planet had already warmed by 1.2 degrees.). “It

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 26, 2021

This month, EQT, the nation’s largest natural gas producer, plans to launch a pilot project that will certify it to start selling not just natural gas, but something it calls “responsibly sourced natural gas.”. We need to address the brand problem.”.

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Jigar Shah

OCTOBER 8, 2019

As of this year, 29 states enforce a form of a clean energy standard, and seven states — along with Puerto Rico — have passed laws mandating 100% clean electricity by 2045 or 2050. But if we were to convert that energy into hydrogen, we could use it to offset the hydrogen made from natural gas transported long distances.

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Business Green

AUGUST 14, 2020

The EPA said that having rescinded the existing rules it would bring forth a new rule with a definition for "significant" which would govern future methane standards. However, environmental campaigners are convinced that this legal gambit is clearly designed to weaken standards and allow higher emissions from the oil and gas industry.

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38 North Solutions

MAY 3, 2024

Expired since 2013, the law provides $10 billion in credits for qualifying advanced energy projects, $4 billion of which must be allocated projects located in energy communities. other advanced energy property designed to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, as may be determined by the U.S. Secretary of the Treasury.

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

But over the next few weeks or months, a methane fee has a real chance of being signed into law by the President. The oil and gas industry is one of the largest emitters of methane, which leaks at every stage of the production and distribution process. The end result,” he told DeSmog via email, “is nothing getting passed.”.

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Jigar Shah

OCTOBER 8, 2019

have passed laws mandating 100% clean electricity by 2045 or 2050. But if we were to convert that energy into hydrogen, we could use it to offset the hydrogen made from natural gas transported long distances. Clean energy standards are all the rage in 2019. along with Puerto Rico?—?have energy production.

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

For more on the climate implications of CCS, see DeSmog’s accompanying news analysis: How Carbon Capture And Storage Projects Are Driving New Oil and Gas Extraction Globally. Terrell Natural Gas Processing Plant (“Val Verde”) Operator: Occidental Petroleum, 1972-present Location: Southeast of Ft. What CCS Projects Promise.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

It will also explore how complex or jargon-heavy language can be used to mislead costumers and whether companies that fail to provide all relevant information about the sustainability of a product of service - for example, whether it's non-recyclable or highly polluting - have breached consumer law.

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GreenTechMedia

MAY 6, 2020

At the end of March, it had installed 16 percent of the 592 grid sectionalizing devices it will use to isolate and minimize power outages, and deployed fewer than one in 10 of the 400 weather stations to measure wind speeds and humidity, and 200 high-definition cameras for spotting broken equipment or fires as they’re happening.

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DeSmogBlog

MARCH 7, 2023

United Front Since the proposed revisions to the buildings directive were unveiled by the European Commission in December, 2021, LPG lobby groups have forged a united front with competitors in the natural gas, hydrogen and biogas industries to push for a raft of amendments. Credit: ruralfutures.eu

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DeSmogBlog

JULY 27, 2023

I’ve definitely copped a lot of criticism for it [working with Shell],” he said, yet adding that Shell offered him, “a younger person”, the opportunity to “feel represented” and “build more trust” in their so-called “nature based solutions”. million views.

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DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 3, 2021

Reacting to DeSmog’s findings, Karen Sokol, a professor at Loyola University New Orleans College of Law, said “the industry’s ‘climate and society friendly’ messaging is nothing new. In a blow to the industry, the world’s leading energy analysts recently warned the use of natural gas must be drastically curtailed to meet climate goals.

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 22, 2021

If the industry was not exempt from hazardous waste law,” said Troutman, “the characterization of their waste would be far better, the tracking would be far better, and it would be harder for companies to manipulate the system like this.”. Current federal laws give the company confidence that these imports are legitimate. “As

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 5, 2021

I’m definitely concerned about the increased intensity of storm seasons,” said Sarah Giltz, a marine scientist with environmental group Oceana, which published a report in January warning about the hazards of offshore drilling. Last year not only brought a record-shattering number of hurricanes that made U.S. Credit: BP, via NOAA Fisheries.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 16, 2022

NW Natural did not respond to multiple requests for comment regarding Dye’s allegation. employees away from the question of whether their bill would be adjusted to reflect the fact that they had been receiving lower quality gas over multiple periods in which the efficiency of their industrial boilers dropped by 2 to 4 percent.

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Mosaic

DECEMBER 27, 2022

The great majority of them are heated with natural gas or oil, and parked in their garages and driveways or on nearby streets are some two hundred and ninety million vehicles, an estimated ninety-nine per cent of which, as of August, run on gasoline. It’s still very popular, but there’s definitely slippage.” Thanks to the I.R.A.,

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Women in Cleantech and Sustainability

DECEMBER 10, 2021

Position tracks public policy developments, engages with business unit management and subject-matter experts, Law Department, and Regulatory Affairs to understand state policy objectives; shape applications, regulatory positions and filings; and plan and execute effective advocacy strategies. Preferred Qualification. Learn more and Apply.

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Mr. Sustainability

OCTOBER 2, 2020

Although heavy fuel oil is conventionally used in the shipping industry, Sleipnir operates on Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) with Marine Gas Oil (MGO) as pilot fuel and as a back-up. It is an argument based on existing convention or belief, but not grounded in- or prohibited by the laws of physics.

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Andrew Winston

JANUARY 4, 2023

Now, they say, fossil fuel use in the power sector has likely peaked, wind and solar are adding more capacity to the grid annually than natural gas has in any previous year, renewables as a source of energy will pass coal by 2025 , and total fossil fuel use across the economy will peak in the 2030s. This is somewhat expected.

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