DeSmogBlog

JANUARY 23, 2024

The event aims to bring together policymakers and liquified natural gas (LNG), natural gas, and hydrogen players to explore new avenues for fossil fuel expansion. The post ‘They’re Destroying Our Coastline’: Activists at the Americas Energy Summit Protest Fossil Fuel Expansion appeared first on DeSmog.

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Envirotec Magazine

MAY 24, 2023

Natural gas is not cleaner than other fossil fuels and using it instead of coal or oil risks achieving little or no reduction in greenhouse gas effects, says science advisory group the European Academies’ Science Advisory Council (EASAC) in a new report “Future of Gas”. The climate does not make compromises.”

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Smart Energy International

APRIL 5, 2022

The report examines the sources of global emissions, explains developments in emissions reduction and mitigation efforts and assesses the impact of national climate pledges. One of the report’s key findings is that limiting global warming will require major transitions in the energy sector. Achieving net zero. C is beyond reach.

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Grist

APRIL 4, 2022

Nations have moved too slowly to curb climate change, and now must take swift and aggressive steps if they hope to avoid the worst impacts of global warming, the world’s top scientists warned on Monday. degrees Fahrenheit) of warming. degrees C and potentially past 2 degrees C of warming. degrees Celsius (2.7

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 27, 2022

Photos I shot in 2022 for DeSmog capture damage from extreme weather events and the continued expansion of the fossil fuel industry — the dominant industry causing global warming. Travis and Nicole Dardar in front of their home in Cameron, Louisiana, near the Venture Global Calcasieu Pass LNG export facility.

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Hydrogen Fuel News

JUNE 11, 2024

Hydrogen can play a crucial role in the decarbonisation of the UK economy, especially where that hydrogen is “green” with zero carbon emissions. As methane is 28 times more potent a greenhouse gas compared to carbon dioxide, each molecule of methane captured is a significant gain in steps to reduce global warming.

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DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 3, 2021

Nearly two thirds of social media posts put out by six major European fossil fuel and energy companies since the end of 2019 present a “green” image of the company, despite the majority of their business activity remaining in fossil fuels, reveals new analysis by Desmog.

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Hydrogen Fuel News

AUGUST 3, 2024

This often involves burning some sort of fossil fuel such as coal to boil water, which sends steam through the turbine, turning it. However, use of those fossil fuels leads to greenhouse gas such as carbon emissions, which contribute to global warming.

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Business Green

JUNE 1, 2021

Letter from 50 campaign groups urges government to heed recent advice of International Energy Agency that growing fossil fuel supply is incompatible with a 1.5C The court ruling was hailed by climate campaigners as a watershed moment that could potentialy pave the way for other climate litigation against major fossil fuel firms.

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DeSmogBlog

JUNE 12, 2023

A hydrogen industry lobby group has produced a comic book aimed at high schoolers that suggests solar and wind power are incapable of fueling decarbonization goals, and that only hydrogen fuel cells provide sufficient energy to eliminate fossil fuels.

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The Guardian: Energy

DECEMBER 13, 2023

We look closely at the text for the truth of the matter The decision text from Cop28 has been greeted as “historic”, for being the first ever call by nations for a “transition away” from fossil fuels, and as “weak and ineffectual” and containing a “litany of loopholes” for the fossil fuel industry.

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R-Squared Energy

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

After all, a substantial fraction of global carbon emissions arise from the production, transportation, and consumption of fossil fuels. Today, I want to discuss the role of hydrogen as a way of improving ESG metrics. The Role of Hydrogen. One of those pillars is “Hydrogen and hydrogen?based

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Hydrogen Fuel News

JANUARY 21, 2024

Transforming Mining Vehicles and The Impact of Hydrogen Fuel Cells on Heavy-Duty Mobility In an exciting development, General Motors (GM) and Komatsu, an industry leader in mining and construction equipment, have joined forces. These fuel cells are not only lightweight but also quick to refuel.

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DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 2, 2023

MANCHESTER – The Conservative chair of a parliamentary group on hydrogen has defended the body’s receipt of £70,000 in funding from fossil fuel giants including Shell and Equinor. Stafford, who is the Conservative MP for Rother Valley, said that his interest in hydrogen directly stems from his time working for Shell. “To

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The Environmental Blog

MAY 22, 2021

It has driven awareness about serious issues like Global Warming and Climate Change. This awareness has led to both governments as well as normal human beings trying to take steps to make the transition from fossil fuels to clean energy. It can also help in effective storage solutions. Distributed Generation Systems- .

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Business Green

JANUARY 14, 2021

A new report from McKinsey predicts global fossil fuel demand 'will never return to its pre-pandemic growth curve', but warns the world is still on track to badly miss its climate goals. Green hydrogen is tipped to become competitive with other forms of hydrogen before 2040 in most countries.

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Envirotec Magazine

MAY 22, 2024

Although prevailing wisdom holds that time is running out, BloombergNEF’s New Energy Outlook 2024 seemingly shows how the world could still achieve the major goal of the Paris Agreement – holding global warming to well below 2°C and avoiding the worst impacts of climate change – and what it would take to get there. is buildings).

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GreenBiz

MARCH 31, 2021

Those processes use a lot of energy and largely come from fossil fuels; one-third of U.S. To achieve net-zero economy-wide emissions by 2050 and limit global warming, industrial emissions must drop while still meeting societal needs. Hydrogen also can be used as a fuel or a feedstock. Start with heat.

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DeSmogBlog

AUGUST 22, 2024

The BBC has produced dozens of films and articles for oil and gas companies, agricultural giants, fossil fuel states, and high-emission transport firms in recent years, DeSmog can reveal. Fossil fuels are not only poisoning our planet – they’re toxic for your brand,” he said.

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DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 29, 2021

s investigative journalism arm, and the British Channel 4 News this summer exposing how the oil giant and lobby groups such as the American Petroleum Institute seed doubt about climate change and undermine legislation to stop global warming. This conversation has been edited and condensed for clarity. Document 1: 1959.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 7, 2021

Pall Corporation's Maria Anez-Lingerfelt sets out some of the challenges and benefits of building up a supply chain for widespread green hydrogen production. With most of the world's energy demand being supplied by fossil fuels, we are facing the harsh reality of climate change. Hydrogen is inherently a green fuel.

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The Verge: Energy

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

It doubles down on the need to swiftly switch to renewable energy while minimizing the use of technologies that are still largely in demonstration and prototype phase today, including carbon capture and hydrogen fuels. Today, “hydrogen production is more of a climate problem than a climate solution,” the report says.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 7, 2020

Iberdrola, Ørsted, ACWA Power, CWP Renewables, Envision, Yara and Snam lead UN-backed drive to halve cost of hydrogen by 2026. The world urgently needs to massively ramp up deployment of breakthrough solutions like green hydrogen," said Nigel Topping, COP26 High Level Champion for Global Climate Action, and former CEO of We Mean Business.

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 29, 2021

The UK’s principal climate science denial group the Global Warming Policy Foundation (GWPF) has appointed an Oxford University professor with ties to the fossil fuel industry to its board of trustees. . During his time at the University of Birmingham, Edwards was founder of the UK Sustainable Hydrogen Energy Consortium.

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DeSmogBlog

JUNE 26, 2024

Renewable carbon gases is a euphemism for biomass and hydrogen, among others. While hydrogen derived solely from electrolysis may be close to carbon neutral , FortisBC is primarily a supplier of natural gas. And while gas can be used as a feedstock and energy source for hydrogen production, it is neither renewable nor low carbon.

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GreenTechMedia

OCTOBER 16, 2020

Another $70 million will go toward hydrogen refueling infrastructure, with $25 million more for “zero- and near-zero carbon fuel production and supply” to meet the need for alternatives to battery-powered vehicles in the decades to come. This week's announcement follows on Gov. and the Netherlands. and the Netherlands.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

Unlike thermal coal, which is used to generate electricity but is struggling to compete with renewable energy, coal-based steel-making is still significantly cheaper than alternatives such as hydrogen. To limit global warming to 1.5C WCM has already agreed to dispose of mine waste underground.

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Renewable Energy World

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

At COP21, world leaders agreed to reach net-zero emissions by 2050 in pursuit of capping global warming to 1.5°C C threshold by 2030, with global energy-related emissions falling by only 9%. Fossil fuels will continue to make up 50% of energy demand by 2050, with gas maintaining its position, according to the report.

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Smart Energy International

MARCH 25, 2024

He said the fight against global warming was “the most important story of our political time” and delivering successful action to combat climate change also “means a free world order”. And with the most recent Climate Change Conference in Dubai, it has become clear that the age of fossil fuels is nearing its end.”

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Clean Energy Canada

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

On the plus side, the pact reaffirmed the central importance of 1.5C (our best chance to avoid the worst impacts of climate change), mentions coal and fossil fuels for the first time, and calls for countries to “revisit and strengthen” 2030 climate pledges by the end of 2022 instead of waiting another five years. of warming. (If

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 6, 2020

Plus all the top green business news from around the world this week, including global wind capacity forecasts, food system CO2 fears, and an IKEA second-hand store in Sweden. Russia eyes fossil fuel growth as it unveils 2030 climate goal. We believe that the share of natural gas in the global energy mix will only increase.

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Business Green

JULY 22, 2021

World Benchmarking Alliance warns that the global oil and gas industry is on track to smash through the carbon budgets that would prevent global average temperature increases spiralling above 1.5C. The world's chances of limiting global warming to 1.5C If we want to meet the IEA's 1.5°C

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DeSmogBlog

MAY 9, 2023

But the groups have unearthed a 1970 report by Eni’s Isvet research centre that warned of the “catastrophic” risk the build-up of carbon dioxide (CO2) caused by burning fossil fuels could pose to the climate. Methane is the clean energy of the future,” ran a 1986 promotion in Eni’s company magazine Ecos.

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DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 10, 2022

Cerulean, which specialises in floating wind power infrastructure and calls increased North Sea fossil fuel production “vital”, received public funding in January to back its plans to power drilling rigs with offshore wind turbines. Green Party Peer Natalie Bennett said: “We need fossil fuels to stay in the ground.

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Business Green

MAY 7, 2021

Macquarie, Asian Development Bank, and Church of Scotland all strengthen their restrictions on fossil fuel investments. Climate change is one of the most complex and critical challenges facing the world, and the finance sector has a vital role to play in efforts to limit global warming," it said.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 6, 2022

Global investment needs to rapidly shift away from fossil fuels to green energy throughout the 2020s, but bets against that happening look increasingly risky. In order to cap global warming at 1.5C From 2011 to 2015, for example, the low carbon to fossil fuel supply investment ratio was 0.5:1.

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Business Green

JULY 5, 2022

European fossil fuel giant pledges to ramp up investment in hydrogen and end sale of carbon-based products by 2040. The study concluded that in the short-term, distributing hydrogen as a compressed gas via road trailer is the best option to stimulate the UK market for hydrogen fuel for heavy duty transport.

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