Business Green

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

Plus 40 nations prep methane plans for COP27, Germany touts cheap transport tickets, and Saudi Arabia launches electric vehicle brand. With increased demand for such solutions, we look forward to continuing to make meaningful impact by deploying the technology with our current and future partners.".

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DeSmogBlog

JANUARY 25, 2024

The science behind the hockey stick graph has been continuously upheld as accurate, and is among key findings that prove burning oil, coal, and methane gas is the primary driver of the climate crisis. Mann and other scientists have steadily pointed out that climate deniers took the emails out of context. —

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 8, 2022

Canadian pipeline company TC Energy is aiming to expand the volume of methane gas that it ships through a long distance pipeline in the Pacific Northwest, potentially locking in higher gas use despite laws in western states that chart a path away from fossil fuels in the years ahead. million tons of CO2 equivalent per year.

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GreenTechMedia

JULY 9, 2020

Cooley agrees with the Commission’s position that by 2030 green hydrogen will be cost-competitive with grey forms of hydrogen, produced via steam methane reformation, but he believes it could even happen sooner in markets with cheap solar power. There are some blue hydrogen projects aiming to come online sooner than the late 2020s.

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Business Green

JULY 28, 2021

The document is expected to set out how the government intends to incentivise and subsidise the UK's low carbon hydrogen market, covering both ‘blue' hydrogen produced from fossil fuels with carbon capture and storage technology, and ‘green' hydrogen made using renewable energy to split water into its component elements.

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DeSmogBlog

MARCH 2, 2023

Now, newly discovered documents reveal that the American Gas Association was studying the health and indoor pollution risks from gas stoves as far back as the early 1970s — that they knew much more, at a far earlier date, than has been previously documented. Venting systems weren’t the only technofix the industry had in mind.

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DeSmogBlog

AUGUST 23, 2023

Greenpeace Italy and Re:Common have alleged in their climate lawsuit — Italy’s first — that despite knowing at least as early as 1970 that burning fossil fuels posed a serious climate risk, Eni went on to promote “natural” –- or methane – gas as a safe energy source for decades. the spokesperson stated.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 17, 2021

The German government has reportedly approved new procurement rules designed to boost demand for 'climate-friendly' products that will come into effect from January 2022. Reuters reported that the five year programme was designed to accelerate demand for green vehicle technologies and support India's domestic auto sector.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 29, 2021

The new International Aviation Climate Ambition Coalition will bring together countries that want the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) to adopt an "ambitious long-term aspirational goal that is compatible with net zero global emissions by 2050", according to documents seen by Reuters. per cent of global carbon emissions.

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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. A GHG inventory is a document that lists the quantities of GHG emissions from an entity – an organization – during a given period – usually a year. GHG Emission Inventory .

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 21, 2023

But leakage of methane — a powerful climate pollutant — during operations to frack, transport and store the gas means that importing LNG can generate up to 10 times the carbon emissions as an equivalent quantity of pipeline gas, according to analysis by Norwegian research company Rystad Energy. on March 29. times the size of Manhattan.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 21, 2021

The document, unveiled by UN high-level champions for climate action Nigel Topping and Gonzalo Muñoz this morning, notes that hydrogen has the potential to play a "pivotal role in supporting deep decarbonisation goals". energy sector pathway". climate scenarios, it stresses.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

The findings further fuelled the cautiously optimistic mood that has built up during the first week of talks at COP26, which has seen a raft of new net zero pledges from emerging economies and a series of global deals to increase flows of climate finance, better protect forests, accelerate clean tech deployment, and curb methane emissions.

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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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Energy Innovation

MARCH 9, 2022

1] However as shown in Figure 1, when emissions from electricity generation are reallocated to the demand sectors, the GHG emissions breakdown by sector is as follows: 35 percent for transportation, 34 percent for buildings, 19 percent for industry, and 10 percent for agriculture. Recent Policy Scenarios.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 19, 2022

And the suggested text invites parties to "consider further actions to reduce by 2030 non-carbon dioxide greenhouse gas emissions, including methane". Including a specific mention of methane in the final agreement has been a leading demand of parties such as the UK and EU over the past week.

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Business Green

AUGUST 18, 2021

Yet at present, the UK boasts little in the way of hydrogen production capacity to meet the expected surge in demand, and scaling up the fledgling sector requires patience, high capital investment and careful planning - a process many a green technology before it has faced.

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

The current push to expand the petrochemical industry and increase LNG exports would lock in an increased demand for natural gas at a time of worsening climate change. Every stage of natural gas production and distribution releases methane pollution, a powerful greenhouse gas.

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Business Green

AUGUST 1, 2022

There is potential to create a more circular economy that ensures these crucial raw materials are re-used multiple times, but there is no credible path to net zero emissions that does not require a significant increase in demand for multiple mining commodities, even as demand for fossil fuels plummets.

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GreenTechMedia

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

Some of the thinking can be traced back to the legacy organization of the Desertec initiative, Dii, which addressed the proposal in a North Africa-Europe hydrogen " manifesto " document published last year. One of the authors of that manifesto also co-wrote Hydrogen Europe’s 2 x 40 GW initiative paper.

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 26, 2023

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. It underplays climate impacts, stating that “research has shown that cows do not produce as much methane gas as was once believed”.

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AGreenLiving

JANUARY 22, 2020

In recent years, seaweed has been quite a catch for health-conscious consumers, in turn, making kelp, a brown macroalgae, one of the more in-demand types of seaweed offerings. Related: Eating seaweed could reduce cows’ methane production Why is kelp a good idea for food sustainability?

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Business Green

JUNE 13, 2022

The government is today facing fierce criticism over its new Food Strategy with critics from both the food and farming industry and the environmental movement accusing Ministers of producing a document that is "flatter than a pancake and missing most of the crucial ingredients needed to truly ensure our long-term food security".

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Business Green

AUGUST 11, 2022

In a section setting out the government's projections for emissions reductions through to 2040, it argues total output of carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxide emissions are on track to fall by 52, 68, and 70 per cent below 1990 levels, respectively. A strategy document briefly published on the Gov.uk

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DeSmogBlog

JUNE 19, 2023

These two statements — that Alberta’s oil output can continue for another century and that demand is forecasted to accelerate — is challenged by a recent policy brief by the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD), that finds Canada’s oil sector is vulnerable to declining global oil demand and falling oil prices.

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Business Green

JUNE 14, 2022

Even the author of the independent review that led to the government's strategy, Leon founder Henry Dimbleby, was quick to criticise the document, telling the Guardian it had not really earned the right to be called a Strategy. "It For farming and environmental groups alike the frustration with the long-awaited strategy was palpable.

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DeSmogBlog

JUNE 29, 2022

Properly plugging and abandoning oil and gas wells is vital to protect the environment and stop methane leaks – but for decades, oil operators have often slipped away without paying to clean up, leaving millions of deteriorating abandoned wells across the U.S. “This is taxpayer money that was expended on a false document.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

Consequently, the Glasgow Climate Pact points to a new approach whereby NDCs become living documents to be updated annually as new policies and targets are adopted - policies and targets that will hopefully reflect the rapid pace at which clean technologies and public engagement is evolving. would be truly dead and buried.

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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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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Fossil Fuel Lock-in The meat and dairy industry’s high methane emissions are increasingly well known. The International Energy Agency (IEA), the global energy watchdog, warns that petrochemicals could drive a third of all growth in oil demand by 2030 and half by 2050. Plastic packaging is produced from natural gas and crude oil.

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AGreenLiving

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

“It is the missing part of the puzzle to a fully decarbonized economy,” the European Commission wrote in a July strategy document. Hydrogen derived from methane — usually from natural gas, but also coal and biomass — was pioneered in World War II by Germany, which has no petroleum deposits.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

For the first time in 25 years of UN climate talks, coal and fossil fuel subsidies have been singled out in an official document. Methane faces a reckoning. Campaigners and energy experts have long dubbed methane emissions as the 'low hanging fruit' of climate action. Fossil fuels get named and shamed.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

The tech sector can help deliver on COP26 promises such as curbing methane, ending fossil fuel finance and reversing deforestation, explains techUK's Craig Mason. Improving upon energy saving tech can reduce domestic demand for power, and innovations made in the UK will be ripe for export in coming decades. Global curbs to methane.

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Green Business Bureau

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

Such businesses better meet the demands of the regulatory environment while coming into alignment with investor, consumer, and employee preferences. With these political shifts comes heightened regulatory demand for businesses to measure, track and report their GHG emissions. Carbon accounting is a must for any becoming business today.

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Green Business Bureau

JULY 28, 2022

Tip #6 – Go completely paperless : Instead of using paper documents, communicate through email, instant messenger chat, via video meetings, and save everything safely in the cloud. This is because composting facilities optimize the organic breakdown of food to reduce the amount of methane emitted. Cafeteria and food waste.

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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. It is well documented and well remembered by the investment community. With all of these signals, it is becoming increasingly difficult to deny an awakening to our looming crisis (finally!) Why Climate Intelligence? million.

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 15, 2021

In October, she invited a university researcher onto the property and discovered that several wells were leaking methane, a greenhouse gas more potent than carbon dioxide. This increases the risk of methane seeping into the air and oil migrating into the surrounding groundwater. A decade ago, the U.S.

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