Business Green

JANUARY 18, 2021

Announcement of deal to acquire 20 per cent stake in world's largest solar developer comes just days after oil giant quits American Petroleum Institute over climate policy differences. Given the size of the market, India is the right place to put into action our energy transition strategy based on two pillars: renewables and natural gas.".

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Grist

DECEMBER 15, 2021

In British Columbia, Premier John Horgan’s government detailed policies to nearly double climate-protection efforts. Electric vehicles are making huge inroads in the market. Electric heat pumps can replace furnaces and, despite their name, they can actually heat and cool. This starts with cars and trucks.

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Energy Innovation

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

The public health benefits of realizing 100 percent zero carbon electricity by 2035 would be enormous. Beyond improving health, getting to 100 percent zero carbon electricity would also be a boon for the climate, eliminating more than a quarter of America’s greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in 2035.

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Energy Innovation

AUGUST 13, 2020

The public health benefits of realizing 100 percent zero carbon electricity by 2035 would be enormous. Analysis from Energy Innovation’s Energy Policy Simulator version 3.0 So reasonable, in fact, that there is likely some room to go even faster if the policy environment is right. is serious about addressing climate change.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 27, 2022

The findings present a picture of a world that has made significant progress on climate action, powered by the rapid roll-out of clean energy technologies, the acceleration of the electric vehicle (EV) transition, and a growing understanding of the economic and geopolitical benefits ending reliance on coal, oil, and gas.

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Business Green

JULY 17, 2020

Green hydrogen - made by splitting water's hydrogen and oxygen using electricity produced by renewable sources - is a small fish in the "energies pond." Other technologies are in the mix, such as battery electric vehicles. It is energy-efficient, abundant and an environmentally friendly alternative to natural gas.

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AGreenLiving

JULY 15, 2020

Green hydrogen — made by splitting water’s hydrogen and oxygen using electricity produced by renewable sources — is a small fish in the “energies pond.” Other technologies are in the mix, such as battery electric vehicles. It is energy-efficient, abundant and an environmentally friendly alternative to natural gas.

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DeSmogBlog

JULY 5, 2022

The gleaming white Nikola Tre FCEV (fuel cell electric vehicle) was the star of the inaugural Canadian Hydrogen Convention , a three day gathering that aimed “to demonstrate Canada’s leadership in hydrogen.” . Nevertheless, examples of the energy industry’s overly optimistic hype on hydrogen abound. The problems don’t stop there.

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DeSmogBlog

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

A group of natural gas companies and utilities in Colorado formed a front group to oppose the state’s push towards electrifying homes and businesses, spreading misinformation about the cost of electric heating while also promoting false solutions to lock in the ongoing use of natural gas. Citing the U.S.

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Business Green

JUNE 10, 2022

A new league table has highlighted how the global electric vehicle market is continuing to rapidly expand, with China seeing sales of zero emission models top three million units last year. The new analysis from electric vehicle subscription service Elmo confirms that China remains the largest EV market by sales, with nearly 3.4

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

Road travel makes up around 70 per cent of Europe's total greenhouse gas emissions from transport. Electric vehicles (EVs) are at the forefront of the drive to decarbonise Europe's road transport and several of the continent's carmakers are transforming themselves into EV leaders. That implies more than one million vehicles.

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Climate Tech VC

JULY 10, 2023

⚡ Turn2x , a Munich, Germany-based RNG from methanation producer, raised $5M in Seed funding from LEA Partners, Verve Ventures, and First Momentum Ventures. Mobile , an Aachen, Germany-based electric vehicles manufacturer, raised $75M in Debt from Western Asset Management. 🚗 e.GO

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Clean Energy Canada

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

This media brief provides an overview of the key policies, regulations, investments, and incentives being offered, including emissions targets and the effectiveness of each plan to reach them. Introducing a renewable natural gas mandate that requires 15% of natural gas consumption to be renewable. 2030 Targets.

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Green Market Oracle

AUGUST 30, 2020

The State of the Carbon Economy in 2020 (Panel Discussion): To avoid the worst impacts of climate change, we must build a new carbon economy: an ecosystem of companies, capital and policies that work together to remove billions of tons of carbon from the atmosphere every year. That economy is now taking shape.

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DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 29, 2021

Khanna grilled the oil executives about their companies’ membership in the American Petroleum Institute (API) , asking Shell, Chevron, ExxonMobil, and BP to leave API if API continues to lobby against clean energy policies like those supporting electric vehicles. 8: Natural Gas No ‘Climate Solution’.

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Clean Energy Trust

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

This month, we’re talking about partnerships between automakers and electric vehicle charging companies, the recent rolling blackouts in California, and why cleantech investing today may fare better than a decade ago. We’ll also touch on some of the recent cleantech investment, policy, and technology news, and more.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 22, 2021

But the oil industry and its allies fought hard this year to delay meaningful climate policy, part of a decades-long campaign to protect corporate profits at the expense of people and the planet. On a hopeful note, renewable energy and electric vehicles made substantial strides, putting the entrenched fossil fuel industry on the defensive.

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R-Squared Energy

AUGUST 18, 2022

For example, a big part of our energy policy over the past decade has been ramping up the nation’s biofuel programs. “Hydrogen”, on the other hand, appears 65 times in the bill, and “clean vehicle” appears 31 times. New funds for air pollution monitoring, including for methane. Winners and Losers.

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Grist

DECEMBER 8, 2021

When InvestigateWest launched the Getting to Zero: Decarbonizing Cascadia series in January 2021, the latest official data showed that emissions of carbon dioxide, methane, and other greenhouse gases had risen steadily from 2012 to 2018, and the region wasn’t on track to make big cuts this decade. “We

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GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

CNN journalists worked to coax out differences in climate and energy policies among a marathon of candidates on Wednesday night during a town hall centered on the climate crisis. Both Warren and Biden said they would consider a carbon tax as part of implementing their climate policies (Sanders has supported one in the past).

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GreenBiz

MARCH 8, 2021

When it comes to those shaping the corporate climate movement — either from within companies or as part of NGOs and policy organizations that recognize the critical role businesses must play in addressing the climate emergency — I’m grateful to say it’s becoming easier to find women with a seat at the decision-making table.

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DeSmogBlog

MARCH 9, 2022

Biden couched his support for more oil and gas in the short-term with the need to accelerate the clean energy transition. But transforming our economy to run on electric vehicles, powered by clean energy, will mean that no one will have to worry about gas prices. The answer to Russian energy is American oil and gas.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

Concerns over climate change have skyrocketed up the cultural and political agenda in the West, helped in part by the wrecking ball Donald Trump has aimed at environmental regulations, policy, and governance during his first term in office. That isn't so much because of what Trump will do, but because of what he won't do. It's inevitable.".

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CleanTechnica

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

By Alex Grant, Principal, Jade Cove Partners, San Francisco, USA, & Paul Martin, Chemical Process Development Expert, Toronto, Canada Exxon first correctly identified combustion of their hydrocarbon products as the cause of future catastrophic climate change as early as 1977.¹

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CleanTechnica

DECEMBER 17, 2020

Plenty of exciting and positive things happened in the energy space throughout the year. Here we list our top eleven (in no particular order).

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