Envirotec Magazine

MAY 2, 2024

Hiden Analytical, a global leader in quadrupole mass spectrometers for advanced research applications and specialist process monitoring, proudly announces the launch of its next-generation gas analyser – the QGA 2.0. “In the introduction of QGA 2.0, represents a significant advancement in terms of both performance and user experience.”

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

A new, industry-verified white paper validates the oxygen transfer efficiency of an innovative, gas infusion technology for water and wastewater treatment. The trademarked Dissolved Gas Infusion (DGI) technology has been developed by Fuel Tech Inc., The reservoir testing site.

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NRDC onEarth

OCTOBER 25, 2023

The Biden administration's offshore oil and gas leasing plan places communities and environments at risk.

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Energy Central

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

By Adam Peltz Louisiana has a long history of oil and gas development, with 50,000 wells distributed across the state and along the coast. The state has a responsibility to ensure none of these wells become an environmental or economic liability.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

In an apparent first of its kind within the UK, a pharmaceutical manufacturing site in Northumberland has been equipped with an anaerobic digestion (AD) plant to recycle waste solvents into low carbon gas, which is being injected into the national gas grid. It will also produce enough energy to power an equivalent of 6,000 homes.

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Energy Storage News

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

The UK battery storage market is suffering a “weak revenue environment”, with assets not able to participate in balancing the GB grid or replacing gas-fired generation to their fullest capability, according to Gresham House Energy Storage Fund.

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Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 24, 2023

With the help of ABB technology, organizations such as The Well Done Foundation, the nonprofit that works to plug orphan oil and gas wells in the US, can detect leaking wells. Orphan wells are oil or gas wells that have been deactivated and no longer have legal owners responsible for their care.

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Envirotec Magazine

JULY 15, 2021

Gas leaks and personnel exposure have long been common threats to many industries and these risks continue to grow, especially as we return to the workplace post-pandemic. To ensure worker and process safety in hazardous environments, organisations are investing in tools which aid digital transformation strategies.

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Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 14, 2023

While 2050 may seem distant, without an immediate step-change in implementation the UK will miss its 2030 target to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 68% and be off track for the mid-century goal of net zero. The review highlights the energy policy priorities for the next government – whether Conservative, Labour or a coalition.

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Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 5, 2024

A key test site will be the ICOS Auchencorth Moss station near Edinburgh, where they will be able to measure greenhouse gas exchange between air and peatland and compare their results with high-precision ICOS data time series from the same site. image credit: Konsta Punkka, (c) ICOS ERIC.

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The Guardian: Energy

NOVEMBER 26, 2023

Most of the emissions would be released when the gas was sold and burned overseas. The analysis led by Greenpeace estimated the Burrup Hub expansion could lead to 6.1bn tonnes of CO 2 across the decades ahead if fully developed – roughly 13 times what Australia emits annually. Continue reading.

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

A newer, more accurate method for calculating methane emissions from offshore oil and gas production suggests that the United Kingdom severely underestimates its greenhouse gas emissions. Researchers conclude that as much as five times more methane is being leaked from oil and gas production than reported.

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Envirotec Magazine

MAY 2, 2024

Retention ponds and wetlands constructed as part of major road schemes can reduce the quantities of tyre particles entering the aquatic environment by an average of 75%, new research appears to show. We used it to identify specific components of micro- and nanoplastics that can be unequivocally linked to vehicle tyre tread.

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Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

Replacing gas with hydrogen for home heating would result in huge energy bill rises for households over the next three decades, a report by energy analysts Cornwall Insight appears to find. The report, commissioned by MCS Charitable Foundation, projects that hydrogen would cost 70-90% more than gas on average.

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Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Non-dispersive infrared (NDIR) gas measurement may be the solution for you. Non-dispersive infrared (NDIR) gas measurement is an important application of infrared spectroscopy that has found widespread use in environmental monitoring, industrial safety, and scientific research.

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The Guardian: Energy

MARCH 24, 2024

And on Monday Labor introduced amendments to add safeguards to the offshore gas bill after widespread concerns , including from within it own ranks. Seeking to clear the decks before Easter, the government is expected to reveal tweaks to its proposed vehicle efficiency standards this week.

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U.S. Green Technology

MAY 1, 2023

We can all help to lessen our carbon footprint and take care of the environment by making minor changes to how we use energy at home. We can lower our greenhouse gas emissions, lower our utility costs, and contribute to environmental protection by conserving energy. Saving energy is essential for a sustainable future.

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Envirotec Magazine

MAY 19, 2023

DSM Nutritional Products (UK) Limited, based in Dalry in Ayrshire, received the first penalty to be issued in Scotland under the Fluorinated Greenhouse Gases Regulations 2015 (the F-Gas regulations 2015), which are designed to control fluorinated greenhouse gases (F-gases). Operators will get the environmental regulator they deserve.

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The Guardian: Energy

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Steven Miles has delivered on two of the environment movement’s most pressing concerns within a week of being sworn-in as premier The Queensland government will ban new oil and gas developments in the Kati Thanda-Lake Eyre basin’s rivers and floodplains – belatedly delivering on a nine-year-old election commitment to reinstate protections for the state’s (..)

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Renew Economy

JUNE 21, 2022

Oil and gas giant Woodside is being taken to court by environment groups, seeking to halt the development of the Scarborough gas project. The post Woodside sued over Scarborough gas plans, as fears raised over spill risk appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 6, 2023

UK companies should begin drawing up plans for how to report Scope 3 greenhouse gas emissions created from their supply and value chains, as the UK government is likely to require all organisations to report these emissions in the near future.

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Smart Energy International

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Columbia Gas of Pennsylvania has launched a multi-phase hydrogen blending project to determine optimal blend percentages and their environmental and consumer benefits. The blended hydrogen will be injected into its training centre’s Safety Town gas system in Monaca, Pa. “At Have you read?

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The Guardian: Energy

MARCH 24, 2024

While the resources minister, Madeleine King, had labelled claims she was taking over environmental approvals a “conspiracy theory”, widespread opposition from the Greens, the crossbench, First Nations activists and environmental groups spurred an informal Labor pro-climate group into action.

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

The report, while focusing on paper industries, reflects the experience many energy intensive industries are facing as they look to switch from natural gas to grid supplied electricity. Not only this, but large natural gas consumption is not compatible with the long-term goals of net zero due to the carbon intensity of fuel.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Parliamentary groups focused on energy and the environment received nearly £240,000 worth of support from think tanks backed by oil and gas companies in the past two years, DeSmog can report. The APPG on the Environment received a further £5,000 directly from RWE, a major producer of coal.

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Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Now, according to anthropologists and geologists at the University of Kansas, it’s time to acknowledge humans have become the dominant force shaping the moon’s environment by declaring a new geological epoch for the moon: the Lunar Anthropocene. Future missions must consider mitigating deleterious effects on lunar environments.”

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 21, 2023

A national industry group representing gas producers is quietly paying for digital advertisements urging Canadians to “speak up” to their elected officials against laws addressing climate change and public health, DeSmog can reveal. Natural gas is one of them. Screencap from ad that doesn’t disclose CGA’s connection.

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Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 3, 2024

He and his fellow researcher, Lukas Vashold, developed a new model which they say produced realistic projections under business-as-usual assumptions for the greenhouse gas emissions of 173 countries and five main sectors up until the year 2050. The findings were published in the journal Communications Earth & Environment.

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U.S. Green Technology

APRIL 3, 2023

Internal combustion engines and vehicle gas emissions are toxic and cause climate change. Making your vehicle more sustainable reduces carbon emissions, exponentially benefiting the environment. It’s an excellent way to save money while being less dependent on imported oil. The carbon dioxide and chemical emissions your car.

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The Verge: Energy

JANUARY 26, 2024

In this marshy coastal region between Texas and Louisiana, the proliferation of liquefied natural gas (LNG) export terminal projects, massive facilities that receive and liquefy gas from pipelines, then transfer the LNG to ships for export, unsettles residents, who consider the plants to be a threat to their coast.

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The Guardian: Energy

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Politicians from across the divide say ‘suicidal’ policy U-turns will harm environment and Britain’s economy European politicians from across the spectrum have criticised the UK prime minister’s plan to roll back key climate policies.

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U.S. Green Technology

MARCH 28, 2022

The built environment makes up a significant amount of Earth’s surface, and infrastructure contributes to greenhouse gas emissions through construction and operation. Environmentalists highlight the economic and environmental benefits of sustainable properties.

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Hydrogen Fuel News

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Microbes within certain ecological niches can produce hydrogen gas (H2) as a byproduct of fermentation. These vents, typically found at tectonic plate boundaries, discharge hot, mineral-rich water that can transport hydrogen from Earth’s interior to the deep-ocean environment.

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Energy Central

MAY 9, 2023

Leaks of potent greenhouse gas could be easily fixed, say experts, and would rapidly reduce global heating THE GUARDIAN BY DAMIAN CARRINGTON ENVIRONMENT EDITOR, TUE 9 MAY 2023 Methane leaks alone from Turkmenistan’s two main fossil fuel fields caused more global heating in 2022 than the entire carbon emissions of the UK, satellite data has revealed. (..)

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 18, 2024

Truss writes that “we should cancel” the United Nations annual COP climate summit, and falsely claims that electric vehicles are worse for the environment than those powered by fossil fuels. “In Fracking for shale gas is a controversial practice that risks causing air, water, and noise pollution.

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NRDC onEarth

MARCH 30, 2023

Continuing to extract oil and gas in the Gulf of Mexico will have a steep price for the environment and coastal communities in the region. That's why NRDC and our partners took BOEM to court.

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U.S. Green Technology

JULY 11, 2021

How does commuting affect the environment? Unfortunately, as more vehicles congest the roads across the globe, the carbon emissions from vehicles will continue to harm the atmosphere and our environment. Globally, the transportation sector is the biggest contributor to greenhouse gas emissions. According to the U.S.

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