DeSmogBlog

JANUARY 16, 2024

In November, he instructed his province’s public utilities, SaskPower and SaskEnergy, to stop collecting carbon taxes on natural gas as of January 1, 2024, if the federal government didn’t extend the same carbon price carve out to his province. The most extreme reaction was from Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe.

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Business Green

MAY 18, 2021

Since it was first set up in the wake of the 1973 oil crisis, the International Energy Agency (IEA) has been a hugely influential player in world energy politics. The death knell is being sounded for fossil fuels. By far the most startling aspect of today's report is the outlook for fossil fuels.

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AutoGrid

MARCH 30, 2022

New York and Texas Offer Opportunities to Replace Fossil Fuel Peaker Plants. The emergence of virtual power plants (VPPs) as bona fide replacements for fossil fuel peaker plants has been discussed conceptually, but is there data to support this opportunity? How VPPs Reduce Both Costs and Emission in Meeting Peak Demands.

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GreenBiz

DECEMBER 16, 2020

While California already has cut its greenhouse gas emissions by 13 percent since their peak in 2004, many residents still suffer from high levels of air pollution — much of it produced by fossil fuels. And they have suffered collateral damage from the harmful pollutants produced by using fossil fuels. As the U.S.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

However, the CCC stopped short of calling for an outright ban on new oil and gas exploration, arguing it had not been able to empirically prove the net effect reducing or increasing UK production would have on global emissions. In fact, right now companies are exporting UK oil and gas despite our import dependency.".

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Business Green

DECEMBER 18, 2020

But in the long term We Know This Industry Is Dying, even if the political class in Australia refuse to face up to it. As the eighth largest global institutional investor, the SNB held $5.9bn in 148 fossil fuel companies in its US portfolio at the end of last year, including five of coal companies.

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Business Green

APRIL 30, 2020

But advocates of hydrogen argue it offers an effective replacement for fossil fuel infrastructure, is well suited to heavier vehicles, and is highly adaptable as it can also be used to store renewable energy and heat buildings. It isn't a case of electric versus hydrogen vehicles," he said.

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GreenTechMedia

JUNE 17, 2020

And all of this must happen without excessively raising customer rates, if it’s to avoid political and customer backlash. Natural gas microgrid advocates reply that solar and batteries alone can’t provide more than several hours of backup at a reasonable cost.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

There is a widespread political, economic, business, and economic consensus that renewables, energy efficiency, and net zero are a key part of the solution to the UK's challenges this winter and beyond - it should be difficult for the new PM to ignore.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 13, 2022

But if the green agenda does not provide economic growth, it will ultimately not have political support and it will be self-defeating. "It is in this light that we can achieve our commitments to net zero by 2050, as dark satanic mills are replaced by onshore and offshore windfarms.

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Renewable Energy World

APRIL 22, 2021

I’ve long viewed Jacobson’s life — and his collaboration with researchers, cultural icons, business leaders and political leaders — as a well-written movie script. Jacobson’s Greenhouse-Gas-Free (GHGFREE) Teslas run on solar power, as does his home, built by BoneStructure. Jacobson’s Early Story.

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R-Squared Energy

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

You may count me among those who want to see society move beyond fossil fuels. We all know there are negative consequences associated with fossil fuel usage, such as the emission of carbon dioxide and various other pollutants. Most people drastically underestimate our ongoing dependence on fossil fuels.

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Clean Energy Canada

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Instead, Ottawa allowed itself to be consumed by political theatre, which painted this as an admission that Mr. Trudeau’s signature climate policy was making life more expensive for Canadians, just as his Conservative opponents had claimed for years. In short, the government failed to communicate.

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The Verge: Energy

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

2023 is on track to be the hottest in the books , and unless we want to shatter that record year after year, every country on Earth will have to work together to wean themselves off fossil fuels. The US, the world’s biggest producer of oil and gas , has more work to do than others. Some of the hubs will run on renewable energy.

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Clean Energy Canada

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

It is also more popular with supporters from every political party—including, by a small margin, Conservative voters. When it comes to costs and clean energy solutions, a majority of Canadians (63%) correctly recognize that opting for an electric vehicle and a heat pump is cheaper than choosing fossil-fuel-powered alternatives.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

It can be exciting to consider how visible green technologies or nature-based efforts can fit into and help decarbonise a business's operations, whether its low carbon heating systems, electric vehicles, or restoring habitats and planting trees. As a result, BHP is now in the process to developing a 1.5C-aligned,

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R-Squared Energy

MARCH 4, 2022

and Germany will continue to rapidly deploy renewable power and electric vehicles. Fossil fuel usage will plummet. No need for Germany to rely on Russian gas. Of course, renewables and electric vehicles will help alleviate this dependence over time. That brings me to Russia’s natural gas.

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GreenBiz

APRIL 27, 2021

The road to electric vehicles is paved with disruption. The expectation that electric vehicles will displace the internal combustion engine continues to accelerate. Proponents of electric vehicles forthrightly acknowledge the many technological, management, political and consumer challenges that lie ahead.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

DECEMBER 18, 2023

As a society, we routinely burn fossil fuels at about 1000°C to heat our homes at about 22°C. In part, incentives are needed because the impacts of fossil fuels are often not accounted for when considering the power price. But where is all that electricity going to come from? Doing that depends a lot on policy.

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 11, 2021

In 2014, the electrical engineer and MBA became the first woman to lead a U.S. As electric vehicles drive toward the mainstream, General Motors has come full circle as well. It mass-produced the first electric car in the 1990s, then literally crushed most of them in 2003. One in five is Black.

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AGreenLiving

DECEMBER 16, 2020

While California already has cut its greenhouse gas emissions by 13 percent since their peak in 2004, many residents still suffer from high levels of air pollution — much of it produced by fossil fuels. And they have suffered collateral damage from the harmful pollutants produced by using fossil fuels. As the U.S.

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Hydrogen Fuel News

OCTOBER 3, 2023

“This agreement will underpin the development of this new fuel not just for our respective countries but also for an international trade that could be transformative in our work towards achieving net zero emissions by 2050,” said junior minister in the energy department of the UK government Martin Callanan.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 14, 2020

Recent weeks have seen a new 2030 emissions target, the National Infrastructure Strategy, the Treasury's Spending Review, the confirmation of an end to overseas financing of fossil fuel infrastructure, and, of course, Boris Johnson's Ten Point Plan for a Green Industrial Revolution. Electric vehicles are part of the energy strategy.

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Green Market Oracle

OCTOBER 20, 2019

They are the natural energy present in all forms ranging from sunlight, wind, waves, geothermal heat and tides. Although there is unlimited supply of the fossil fuels, we should go for the use of renewable energy as it is not only safe for the environment, eco-friendly but also less prone to pollutants if any.

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AGreenLiving

APRIL 27, 2021

The road to electric vehicles is paved with disruption Terry F. Yosie Tue, 04/27/2021 – 00:05 The expectation that electric vehicles will displace the internal combustion engine continues to accelerate. Will electricity be reliably available for electric vehicles?

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 12, 2023

While the window for avoiding the most catastrophic consequences of climate change narrows, the global banking sector continues to funnel huge sums each year into fossil fuels, finds a new report. Last year alone, the 60 largest banks financed fossil fuels to the tune of $673 billion. trillion on fossil fuels.

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AGreenLiving

JANUARY 11, 2021

In 2014, the electrical engineer and MBA became the first woman to lead a U.S. As electric vehicles drive toward the mainstream, General Motors has come full circle as well. It mass-produced the first electric car in the 1990s, then literally crushed most of them in 2003. One in five is Black.

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GreenTechMedia

JANUARY 26, 2021

New research asserts most have undermined those goals by keeping coal plants running and building new natural gas plants meant to operate for decades to come. electricity sector by 2035, and the cost imperatives of U.S. utilities that still rely on coal and natural gas for most of their generation capacity.

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Clean Energy Canada

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Instead, these challenges galvanized the Biden administration, and with some deft political maneuvering, the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) was passed. While Alberta’s fossil fuel future may be uncertain, the province’s economic opportunities excel in other ways.

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Green Market Oracle

AUGUST 30, 2020

cities are drafting plans and testing out developing zero emission zones in downtown areas, banning fossil-fuel-burning vehicles and developing progressive pricing signals. Automakers that make electric vehicles are starting to take the market seriously, and utilities are deploying pilot projects to test results.

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Mr. Sustainability

OCTOBER 22, 2020

The time is therefore now to plan an orderly wind-down of fossil fuel assets and manage the impact on the global economy rather than try to sustain the unsustainable. The worst year for oil ever Oil fueled the 20th century. Many of us now believe it is not a matter of if, but when we will transition away from fossil fuels.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 29, 2022

That's par for the course — an exciting advancement here, political or economic pushback there. So, too, the reversal of political fortunes in Brazil (Jair Bolsonaro out, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in) and Australia (Scott Morrison out, Anthony Albanese in), where climate deniers were replaced by more action-oriented leaders.

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Mr. Sustainability

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

Don’t agree on the assessment or the different pathways to get rid of fossil fuels? This is a review of an article from the Financial Times , which first appeared in February 2020 just before the fossil fuel industry had its worst year ever. Comment down below. The article was called ‘can the world kick its oil habit?’.

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Renewable Energy World

AUGUST 23, 2021

Most of America’s 107,000 gas stations can fill several cars every five or 10 minutes at multiple pumps. Not so for electric vehicle chargers – at least not yet. Each outlet can charge only one vehicle at a time, and even fast-charging outlets take an hour to provide 180-240 miles’ worth of charge; most take much longer.

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Grist

DECEMBER 8, 2021

Activists won a string of local victories, passing municipal and regional laws to ban new and expanded fossil fuel developments. What was missing were government policies capable of shoving economic growth onto a track that required less energy from fossil fuels. Or rising prices could fuel a political backlash.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 1, 2021

This is thanks to the very high price of natural gas, which Russia is accused of exacerbating by limiting supplies to Europe in recent months. President Trump scored short-term political points by pleasing US oil producers, and the world has been ' rewarded' with higher oil prices when it can least afford them. Lessons to learn.

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GreenBiz

APRIL 9, 2021

Looking at it as a technology, there is a ton to like about renewables across the political spectrum. . This hasn’t escaped political conservatives outside the beltway. The point is that the concept of energy independence — be it from other nations or your own government — is an attractive idea across the political spectrum. .

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