DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 27, 2022

I covered developments related to the rapidly expanding petrochemical and LNG export industries, like new facilities that came online this year and rely on fracking new wells to supply the growing demand for natural gas, which is mostly methane. For instance, Air Products claims that its proposed $4.5 Credit: Julie Dermansky.

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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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Smart Energy International

AUGUST 5, 2022

With widespread commitments made to reducing CO 2 emissions, attention is turning to other greenhouse gases, specifically methane and nitrous oxide as the next largest contributors. A reference value is 0.5%kg/year, Industry whitepaper : How SF 6 alternatives and digital technologies collaborate to solve energy challenges.

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Clean Energy Canada

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

Glasgow moved us a step closer to this goal, with almost 200 countries pledging to “phase down” unabated coal power in the final text (“unabated” refers to coal power without carbon capture and storage). Finance is shifting away from fossil fuels . The focus for Canada is now on swift action.

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 19, 2022

And with global demand for oil soaring, the pipeline project is more important than ever.”. Canada does have some claim to credibility on the climate action front,” reads a National Geographic story referring to the oil sands as the “most destructive oil operation” in the world. “As But certain facts were left conveniently unstated.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

It also retains references to tackling emissions from fossil fuels, albeit with caveats. In addition, after the first text was criticised by NGOs for its omission of methane , a mention of the potent greenhouse gas has made it into the latest draft. The draft text has elicited mixed reaction among green NGOs. without nature," she said.

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DeSmogBlog

JUNE 4, 2021

Only a handful of super emitters are responsible for an enormous amount of the methane pollution in the Permian basin, according to a new study. Methane is a highly potent greenhouse gas — more than 80 times more powerful than carbon dioxide over a 20-year time-frame. That’s equivalent to about 5% of the U.S.

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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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Low Impact

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

The challenge is that the energy requirements are huge and will exceed production capacities needed to: Replace coal and gas in power plants that supply the electric grid Help satisfy new demand for electricity (cars, heating, data, etc.) Replace today’s grey hydrogen (produced from fossil fuels) used for industrial processes (e.g.

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Econaur

APRIL 3, 2020

Reference: Pollutant Formation in Combustion Processes, Grzegorz Wielgosi?ski, Waste deposited, partially burnt emits methane which contributes 21 times the global warming impact of carbon dioxide according to the concept of Global Warming Potential adopted by the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). Reference: [link].

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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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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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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 6, 2022

That’s potentially very bad news for the climate: The huge amount of methane that leaks during the production, transport and storage of LNG means that the carbon emissions associated with importing the fuel could be up to ten times higher than for the equivalent amount of Russian pipeline gas, researchers say.

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Energy Innovation

MARCH 8, 2023

Most of the low-emissions interventions analyzed (70 percent) utilize existing know-how and technologies: reducing deforestation, better managing manure, improving feed and breeding (which can reduce methane emissions from livestock), reducing nitrogen fertilizer overuse and runoff, and adopting renewable energy and energy efficiency.

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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. Burger King committed the sin of lesser two evils in July 2020, with their advertised “reduced methane beef”.

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DeSmogBlog

JULY 18, 2021

methane) from animal and land management and land-use change, which make the biggest warming contributions in the agricultural sector.”. These come from deforestation, changes in soil carbon, methane emissions, emissions from fertilisers, manure, farm machinery, and animal feed production.

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DeSmogBlog

MARCH 2, 2023

In particular, this draft report examined what to do about problems related to the emission of carbon monoxide and nitrogen oxides (collectively referred to as NOx) from domestic gas appliances. New research shows that they also leak methane , a powerful greenhouse gas, and benzene , a known human carcinogen , even when turned off.

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Latham's Clean Energy Law Report

MAY 16, 2022

Figure 2-1, copied below from the Draft Scoping Plan Update, shows the GHG emissions reductions associated with the Proposed Scenario compared to the “Reference” or business-as-usual scenario.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

From tackling deforestation to curbing methane emissions, the various multilateral commitments are focused on areas where they can have real impact. 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.

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

Cows produce methane, a greenhouse gas that absorbs more atmospheric heat than carbon and is currently responsible for 25 percent of all global warming today. Livestock methane emissions are also rising in some of these countries. Livestock methane emissions are also rising in some of these countries.

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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. While the organisation referred to the study as “independent research”, it was commissioned by Beef + Lamb NZ. The science shows that for humanity to stay below 1.5C

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak chose the very day of the summit to announce that his government will push off the deadlines for phase-outs of methane gas-burning boilers, as well as sales of new gasoline and diesel-fueled cars. The case came before the European Court of Human Rights in a high-stakes hearing on September 27.

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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. Burger King committed the sin of lesser two evils in July 2020, with their advertised “reduced methane beef”.

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Climate Tech VC

DECEMBER 18, 2023

The S&P Global Clean Energy index dropped 30% YTD weighed down by higher interest rates and supply / demand imbalances. Key market supply and demand indicators ended the year down. Proterra, the dominant electric bus maker, was just one high profile example. 👻 Spooky season for clean energy stocks.

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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. Charged : Does the bill refer to both of those options or does it leave it open? Gregory Poilasne: The bill is agnostic.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 20, 2022

After hours of tense negotiations and dramatic interventions on the conference floor a compromise deal was reached that rejected the proposed reference to phasing down fossil fuels, and broadened the focus of the energy section of the agreement beyond renewables. warming target.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 13, 2021

The report calculates if all national climate plans are delivered, fossil fuel demand will peak in 2025 and energy-related emissions will start to bend down, falling by 40 per cent by 2050. Deployments of solar, wind, and electric vehicles may be increasing, but these gains are being offset by still increasing coal, oil, and gas demand.

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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 term refers to actively pulling carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere and storing it in soils, plants, rocks, and within the Earth’s crust. They can pay to destroy methane leaking from a landfill.

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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. Traditional Knowledge – Referred to as local knowledge. Methane – Methane gas actually absorbs 84 times more heat than its well-known counterpart.

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DeSmogBlog

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

Credit: Julie Dermansky Air Products plans to build a manufacturing complex near Burnside, a small town in Ascension Parish, that will transform the methane in natural gas into ammonia and blue hydrogen while using technology to capture up to 95 percent of the CO2 emissions created in the process. Retired Lt. Howarth and Mark Z.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

India and China may have got their way by watering down the language, but the precedent-setting reference to fossil fuels in a UN climate agreement and Sharma's canny insistence that India and China publicly own their act of late sabotage on the plenary floor means this debate could now dominate the next decade of global climate diplomacy.

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DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 20, 2023

McKibben explained that an increasing number of wells will need to be fracked to produce the natural gas needed to fill the demand for LNG resulting from the growing number of export facilities. McKibben described the expansion of the LNG export industry on the Gulf Coast as an “enormous carbon and methane bomb.”

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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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Business Green

NOVEMBER 13, 2021

Dubbed the Glasgow Climate Pact, the agreement crucially puts pressure on countries to come foward next year with updated climate plans, promises more funding for climate adaptation, and for the first time ever includes explicit references to the need to drive down coal and phase out fossil fuel subsidies. and coal is in the text.

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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. and regulators in different drilling regions face different issues.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

Of course, this does not mean all countries will so so - and some have already hinted strongly that they will not - but it is a crucial addition to the text that offers a platform for more ambitious countries to demand ever more action from laggards. Methane faces a reckoning.

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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. But meanwhile, the industry’s methane emissions have continued to rapidly rise.

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