Inhabitat - Innovation

MARCH 25, 2021

This year's Banking on Climate Chaos report shows that despite feel-good environmental marketing, major financial institutions still back fossil fuel companies.

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Inhabitat - Innovation

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

A new study has found that more than 8 million people died in 2018 from poor air quality caused by fossil fuel combustion.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 5, 2023

According to Saudi Aramco’s podcast, the fossil fuel industry is innovating new climate solutions, and BP’s podcast proclaims more of the same. Darren Woods, the CEO of Exxon, celebrates the potential of carbon capture to dramatically reduce global emissions. and Europe.

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Inhabitat - Innovation

JULY 22, 2021

Despite promises, G20 nations continue to invest in fossil fuels amid the climate crisis.

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 29, 2023

Fifteen start-ups deemed to have the most innovative business models in the field of energy transition and climate protection were celebrated at an award ceremony in Berlin on 28 March – recipients of The Start Up Energy Transition Award (SET Award) administered in part by the German Energy Agency ( dena ).

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Inhabitat - Innovation

AUGUST 20, 2020

The DNC has removed a pledge to end fossil fuel subsidies from its ledger of party demands.

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Inhabitat - Innovation

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

While the focus is usually on fossil fuel emissions as the main climate change culprit, a new analysis by the nonprofit Energy Vision concludes that reducing emissions from organic waste would more steeply reduce methane. And it would cost less to accomplish.

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Inhabitat - Innovation

OCTOBER 15, 2019

In a first for the United Kingdom, wind turbines, solar panels and other renewable energy sources have generated more electricity than their fossil fuel counterparts of coal and natural gas.

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The Environmental Blog

FEBRUARY 25, 2024

Innovative waste-to-energy (WTE) technologies offer a promising solution to this challenge, transforming how urban centers handle waste and generate energy. Waste-to-energy (WTE) technologies represent a critical advancement in this journey, offering innovative methods to convert waste into valuable energy resources.

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Inhabitat - Innovation

DECEMBER 10, 2020

The retirement contributions of New York state workers will no longer be invested in fossil fuels.

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Inhabitat - Innovation

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

A group of over 100 creators, experts and educators have released a joint letter urging global PR firm Edelman to stop working with fossil fuel companies. The group includes leaders in the PR sector as well as other like-minded individuals.

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Smart Energy International

APRIL 5, 2024

Hitachi Energy has won an order from SP Energy Networks to design and deliver an innovative power quality solution to balance the grid and boost the flow of renewable energy across the UK. The criticality of technology such as this will become more important as we reduce the usage of fossil fuels.” “We

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DeSmogBlog

JULY 27, 2023

DeSmog analysed examples of more than 100 influencers being paid to promote fossil fuel firms worldwide since 2017, from the US to Malaysia, in campaigns that have reached billions of people. While there’s more knowledge in general around climate change and the harms of fossil fuels, I think that people have a lot of trust in creators.

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The Guardian: Energy

MARCH 23, 2024

Historical objects mixed with interactive displays will show how environmentally friendly energy systems are shaped by imagination and innovation. But the new Science Museum gallery, Energy Revolution, the Adani Green Energy Gallery , has gone down badly – with environmentalists. Continue reading.

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GreenBiz

JUNE 9, 2023

Jo and Joy Banner, co-founders and co-directors of The Descendants Project, explain why we should "stop giving fossil fuels a lifeline." Sifang Chen, managing science and innovation advisor at Carbon 180, unpacks ocean carbon capture.

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Forbes Green Tech

JANUARY 25, 2021

The results are in: last year, for the first time, renewables generated more electricity than fossil fuels across the EU, spurred on by new solar and wind power projects.

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GreenTechMedia

DECEMBER 6, 2019

So the EIB's confirmation last month that it would effectively end support for fossil fuels garnered widespread attention — as much for the signal it sends as for the additional impact the bank can make with the freed-up funds. Since 2013 the EIB has invested €13.4 billion ($14.9

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Forbes Green Tech

MARCH 19, 2021

New research proves massively increased return for investment in renewables over fossil fuels. With 2050 targets requiring $4.4 trillion annual investment in low carbon energy, this can only be a positive for achieving climate goals.

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Forbes Green Tech

AUGUST 3, 2020

When considering the environmental costs and benefits of shifting away from fossil fuels – particularly in the transportation and industrial sectors of the economy – it's important to take into account each energy source's full lifecycle.

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Forbes Green Tech

JULY 23, 2020

It’s official: in the first half of 2020, for the first time, Europe generated more electricity from renewable sources than from fossil fuels.

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Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 5, 2023

UK blue carbon aquaculture business awarded six figure project funding for UK ocean engineering trials A carbon removal technology that aims to remove carbon from the atmosphere with the help of seaweed in the Atlantic Ocean has won a significant grant worth a quarter of a million pounds through Innovate UK.

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Clean Energy Canada

JUNE 16, 2021

VANCOUVER — As jobs in fossil fuels decline amid a shifting global landscape, rapid growth in Canada’s clean energy sector will more than make up the difference. At the same time, Canada’s fossil fuel sector will see a 9% drop in employment. The clean energy sector’s GDP is forecast to grow 58% by 2030.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

Ursula von der Leyen sets out plans to mandate revenue cap on electricity generators and secure a 'crisis contribution' from fossil fuel companies in her State of the European Union address. We are in a fossil fuel crisis, the fossil fuel industry has a special duty too," she said.

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Inhabitat - Innovation

OCTOBER 27, 2021

A recent poll found that 60% of Americans believe gas and oil companies are to blame for the climate crisis. The poll, commissioned by The Guardian, Vice News and Covering Climate Now, sought Americans' views on the climate issue. The poll asked Americans from different social, political and ethnic groups their opinion on specific climate issues.

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

GLASGOW, SCOTLAND – Only two of the 35 stalls lauding countries’ green credentials at the COP26 UN climate summit mention the need to cut fossil fuel production — the chief cause of the carbon emissions driving climate change. . We urge all leaders to put people and the planet over the profit of the fossil fuel industry.”.

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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. Credit: Julie Dermansky.

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DeSmogBlog

MAY 21, 2021

The UK government gave over £150 million in tax breaks to fossil fuel companies in the space of three years, new research has found. A new paper out today reveals that tax credits for fossil fuel extractive companies to conduct research and development (R&D) increased by around £20 million year on year between 2014 and 2016.

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Smart Energy International

JANUARY 29, 2022

The future of the US electricity system modelled National Grid pilots emissions reduction mechanisms at Deeside innovation center. Jean-Paul Harreman, director of EnAppSys BV, said: “The proportion of the fuel mix occupied by fossil fuels nudged upwards from 33.1% Have you read? in 2020 to 33.8%

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FuelCellsWorks

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

In an ambitious project spearheaded by a Fraunhofer research team, Castrop-Rauxel, a town with deep roots in the Ruhr area's industrial history, is set to

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

World leaders must bring in stricter criteria to exclude fossil fuel companies from decision-making, campaigners have urged, as talks at the crucial COP26 summit enter their fifth day. The UNFCCC, the EU and UK should ensure climate decision-making is protected from fossil fuel interests at the regional, national and local level.

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Forbes Green Tech

MARCH 18, 2020

JPMorgan Chase has contributed $268 billion to coal, oil and gas firms since the Paris Agreement, and in total banks have funded fossil fuels to the tune of $2.7 trillion over the last four years, according to a new report.

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Forbes Green Tech

MARCH 2, 2021

Although fossil fuels may have no future in a decarbonized world, fossil fuel firms may still have a role to play in the decades of climate transition ahead. Can responsible financial engagement with these companies support current energy needs and climate goals?

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Grist

JULY 15, 2021

We talk so much about the supreme challenge of reducing emissions — something that already requires transitioning our entire economy away from the burning of fossil fuels, adapting to existing climate threats, and doing all that in a way that at the very least doesn’t add to the burdens of already marginalized communities.

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Inhabitat - Innovation

JANUARY 29, 2020

The tower, which will be the tallest building on campus, will feature a suite of energy-saving and energy-generating technologies, including geothermal wells, state-of-the-art shading systems and triple-glazed windows.

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GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 27, 2019

At many of these facilities, fossil fuels, and especially natural gas, are the energy feedstock used for process heating applications. But what if the sun’s energy could take over the job much of the time and displace fossil fuels? primary energy demand, according to the Department of Energy.

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Business Green

JANUARY 5, 2024

by Stuart Stone ( @sstone26 ) Analysis: UK electricity generation from fossil fuels plunges to lowest level since 1957 Fossil fuel-generated electricity fell more than a fifth in 2023 to lowest in 66 years, but renewable power generation has also 'effectively stood still', Carbon Brief finds. -

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Renew Economy

JULY 16, 2023

Rather than viewing NSW as an outlier in its progress away from fossil fuels, we should consider it a precursor to other states following the same path. The post In the flight to renewables, innovation is the key to consumer value appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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