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Global warming is projected to exceed 1.8°C, according to McKinsey report

Envirotec Magazine

The energy transition continues to gain steam, with oil demand projected to peak in this decade, perhaps as soon as 2025, according to new research by global consultancy firm McKinsey & Company. However, even with current government commitments and forecasted technology trends, global warming is projected to exceed 1.7°C

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Why We Should All Be Concerned About the Environment

The Environmental Blog

Climate change refers to a broad array of environmental degradation that is predicted to result from increasing levels of atmospheric CO2, including global warming , alterations in precipitation, sea level changes, and more extreme weather events. What is climate change and why should we be concerned about it.

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Connecticut losing ground on building emissions despite efficiency programs

Renewable Energy World

Climate activists say the state’s progress on reducing building emissions has been far too slow given the pace of the climate crisis, and that it needs to end incentives for energy-efficient natural gas heating. Connecticut’s Global Warming Solutions Act calls for a 45% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2030, and 80% by 2050.

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Vodka made from captured carbon dioxide? That’s the spirit.

Grist

Crystal-clear liquid flows from the array into big plastic drums, which chemists wheel toward a tall metal still. Last year, global carbon emissions hit an all-time high of 40.9 billion metric tons), largely a result of burning oil, coal, and natural gas. billion tons (37.1

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Pump up the volume: Hydrogen hits the big time

Hydrogen Fuel News

For this reason, the hydrogen market today is dominated by steam reformation of natural gas, it’s essentially a fossil fuel. For the Air Liquide Normand’Hy project, for example, Siemens Energy will work with a French company to produce the skid-mounted electrolyzer array.

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Environmental and Labor Groups Urge Canada to Support Just Transition

DeSmogBlog

Canada has not provided a transition pathway for its fossil fuel workers to move into other industries, and as global demand for oil and gas wanes, tens of thousands of workers could lose their jobs, say the authors of a new report. degree-aligned oil and gas output pathway,” Newton said, referring to the 1.5

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Why are climate-committed banks living in a fuel's paradise?

Business Green

Frustration with the banking industry is gaining currency - in particular, the sector's role in financing fossil fuels. The funding was dominated by four US banks - Bank of America, Citi, JPMorgan Chase and Wells Fargo - which together accounted for a quarter of all fossil-fuel financing since 2015.