Grist

MAY 18, 2021

It had been about a year and a half since he left his job at an aerospace company to found a clean energy startup in San Francisco with three of his friends, but the path to success he’d once envisioned had crumbled. Charm would use the same technology, but instead of turning plants into a useful energy product, it would offer a service.

Climate change 125

Climate change Startups Building Energy Monitoring Carbon-negative 125

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. As such, in 2022 81% of S&P 500 companies reported their own emissions (scope 1), and the emissions of the electricity they bought (scope 2).

Carbon 78

Carbon Business Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor Building Energy Monitoring 78

Green Business Bureau

DECEMBER 16, 2021

Yet, rather than meet the demands of environmentalism, many corporations chose to hide dirty operations under a green sheen. To answer that question, let’s refer to the rules of sustainability. Energy Star. Burger King committed the sin of lesser two evils in July 2020, with their advertised “reduced methane beef”.

Business Energy Monitoring 78

Business Energy Monitoring Sustainability Plastics Building Energy Monitoring 78

DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 20, 2023

First, on October 19, the Louisiana Bucket Brigade called out the Federal Energy Regulatory Committee (FERC) for granting Venture Global’s request to construct its Plaquemines LNG gas export terminal on a 24/7 construction schedule. He and other participants on the call are urging the Biden administration to deny permits for the $13.5

Construction 114

Construction Energy Monitor Building Energy Monitoring Methane 114

DeSmogBlog

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

billion “Clean Energy Complex” to manufacture blue hydrogen and an accompanying carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) project, that would be operational by 2026. More broadly, backers of hydrogen energy and CCS tend to see environmental advocates as obstacles to these technologies. Lake Maurepas at sunrise.

Carbon 98

Carbon Building Energy Monitoring Fossil fuels Hydrogen 98

Business Green

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

And it sees countries back a "phase down" of unabated coal power, after a dramatic 11th hour intervention from India on the conference floor saw the initial "phase out" phrasing weakened. Polluters have been put on notice. temperature target stands tall.

Fossil fuels 67

Fossil fuels Business Energy Monitoring Methane Building Energy Monitoring 67

DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

The project’s supporters assert diverting the river to its historic path and unleashing the power of nature will result in the creation of 21 square miles of new submerged land in the basin’s wetlands over the next 50 years. And HDR has done extensive work on the project for the CPRA and is also a client of Emergent Method.

Building Energy Monitoring 119

Building Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor Business Energy Monitoring Home Energy Monitoring 119

DeSmogBlog

APRIL 26, 2021

EQT’s move comes on the heels of a similar announcement from Chesapeake Energy, one of the pioneers of fracking which recently emerged from bankruptcy. When it comes to Project Canary in particular, the company says its standards are high — and that there’s not enough gas from its most “responsibly sourced” wells to meet demand from buyers.

Fossil fuels 98

Fossil fuels Carbon Building Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring 98

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. and regulators in different drilling regions face different issues.

Pollution 97

Pollution Building Energy Monitoring Methane Home Energy Monitoring 97

Elemental Excelerator

OCTOBER 5, 2020

We select a subset of companies to go through technical and financial due diligence, product evaluation, reference checks, commercial analysis, and most importantly getting to know the founding teams on a deeper level. ” And finally, the twin threats of a pandemic and economic calamity made this a year unlike any other in memory.

Innovation 105

Innovation Business Energy Monitoring Building Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor 105

DeSmogBlog

JULY 14, 2022

or SABIC, a chemical manufacturing giant tied to one of the world’s richest royal families, and Exxon Mobil, America’s biggest energy company. As climate concerns lead to a slow but steady decline in the demand for oil, the companies’ collaboration represents a shift by the fossil fuel industry. Credit: Julie Dermansky.

Plastics 97

Plastics Energy Monitor Building Energy Monitoring Home Energy Monitoring 97

Green Business Bureau

DECEMBER 28, 2022

Fossil fuel energy avoidance : Incineration with energy recovery. For each material type, we’ve indicated how much waste ended up in a landfill, was recycled, composted, or combusted for energy (measured by weight generated in 1,000 U.S. Combustion with energy generated. Waste contamination : Controlled storage.

Packaging 78

Packaging Retail Innovation Sustainability 78

DeSmogBlog

MARCH 9, 2024

Rita was really, really bad,” he said, referring to the 2005 hurricane that decimated Cameron Parish. “I The power lines had been replaced four times in the past two decades. “It Department of Energy (DOE) revises its review process. I had a house right over here. The only thing that I found were the bricks that it was set on.”

Building Energy Monitoring 63

Building Energy Monitoring Home Energy Monitoring Natural gas Business Energy Monitoring 63

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. In the same month, Sempra Energy delayed its LNG project for Port Arthur, Texas until 2022, also because of a struggle to find sufficient interest for its LNG. Credit: The White House.

Building Energy Monitoring 98

Building Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor Business Energy Monitoring Natural gas 98

Climate Tech VC

DECEMBER 22, 2023

For us this year’s hurdle was to move from delivering point-in-time insights on climate tech to building a platform that could be a single point of reference for the space. Energy under the hood. From DAC to eSAFs some climate technologies can’t help but consume a lot of energy, making sharp price falls hard to see. 

Business Energy Monitoring 88

Business Energy Monitoring Building Energy Monitoring Solar Energy Monitor Energy Monitor 88