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. Credit: Sam Whitham.

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Clean Energy Canada

MARCH 25, 2024

If the federal and provincial governments live up to their climate commitments (namely on methane reduction, industrial carbon pricing, an emissions cap and ensuring that new LNG projects reach net zero on scope 1 and 2 emissions), over eight Site C’s worth of additional electricity would be required to electrify the six LNG projects in B.C.

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DeSmogBlog

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Oil and gas companies have for years marketed fracked gas from B.C. as a global climate solution, with some industry boosters even going so far as to call Canada’s supply of the fossil fuel the “cleanest in the world.” C is to stop building new fossil fuel projects. Burning all that gas could release 13.7

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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. carbon hydrogen produced globally in 2030 will come from coal and natural gas with carbon sequestration. Energy companies have tackled this issue in several ways. The Role of Hydrogen.

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Renewable Energy World

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

A session called Funding the New Energy Paradigm: Innovative Financing Mechanisms & Clever Capital Structures will be presented during the POWERGEN Leadership Summi t in Dallas, Texas on January 28, 2022. . The push and pull of supply and demand. of total global emissions. Stepping back and taking a breath.

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DeSmogBlog

MAY 12, 2023

In an effort to gain federal approval for a natural gas storage project in south Louisiana, Sempra LNG lobbyists crafted letters for Louisiana elected officials to send to federal regulators in support of the project. billion cubic feet of natural gas. billion cubic feet of natural gas. Mike Reese and Rep.

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

New research predicts that green hydrogen — a clean fuel produced from water using renewables — will be comparable in cost and likely cheaper than blue hydrogen by 2030. He also said: “It is important that we see those costs in 2030 as still being more expensive than the low-carbon fossil options.” CCS is carbon capture and storage.).

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Transitioning from a fossil fuel economy to a renewable one undoubtedly presents challenges. Traditionally, this has meant coal, nuclear and natural gas. Grey hydrogen is currently the most common form of hydrogen, and this is generated from natural gas or methane through a process called steam reforming.

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GreenTechMedia

DECEMBER 9, 2019

“Flexible gas power allows you to absorb more renewables from hour to hour and day to day , and [it] allows.very rapid ramping. This enables minimization of use of fossil fuels and maximized reduction of emissions.” Power-to-gas involves using excess renewable power to manufacture carbon-neutral synthetic methane.

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DeSmogBlog

JUNE 16, 2023

This story is part of a DeSmog series on the influence wielded by the gas lobby in Europe BERLIN, Germany — Germany’s push to achieve climate neutrality by 2045 could, by some projections , soon turn the vast network of natural gas pipelines powering the country’s homes and industry into one of Europe’s biggest stranded assets.

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Business Green

AUGUST 12, 2021

UK government urged to avoid backing blue hydrogen after US study finds its production could be worse for climate than natural gas. Blue hydrogen is currently being supported by the UK and several other governments around the world as a potentially key source of the versatile low carbon fuel. Full paper is here: [link].

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

The fracked natural gas industry has never been the most responsible or efficient consumer of resources. Drillers are using ever-increasing amounts of water and sand in order to produce the same volume of gas, with a corresponding rise in the levels of solid and liquid waste created. But what does RSG really mean? What Is RSG?

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DeSmogBlog

AUGUST 26, 2022

consulting and PR firm, with a long history of waging influence campaigns for fossil fuel corporations, is under scrutiny by a congressional committee as part of a broader investigation into the decades-long efforts by the oil industry and its allies to block action on the climate crisis. A powerful Washington, D.C.,

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Hydrogen Fuel News

MARCH 3, 2024

In this method, CO2 is separated from the exhaust gases generated by burning fossil fuels. Pre-combustion capture Pre-combustion capture is another method, where fuels are converted into a synthesis gas (syngas) consisting of hydrogen and carbon dioxide.

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DeSmogBlog

MAY 25, 2022

Some sections included safety information and tips on energy conservation, but many others promote natural gas, describe its benefits, or position gas as a clean alternative to dirtier fuels. NW Natural knows that teachers possess the power to enlighten students. Answer: a bus that runs on natural gas.).

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DeSmogBlog

MAY 25, 2023

Hoboken is making this claim against fossil fuel companies under the state-level equivalent of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Act, a federal law used successfully to prosecute organized crime groups such as the Mafia starting in the 1970s and later the tobacco industry. Joseph Davis, via DVIDSHUB , CC BY 2.0

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The Environmental Blog

JUNE 8, 2022

Increased use of cleaner fuel. Despite being the most efficient form of transportation, ships are known for using extremely dirty fuel. There are a handful of potential alternatives, such as ammonia, methane, and methanol, but current technology is still incapable of making them viable for larger-scale use.

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Hydrogen Fuel News

JANUARY 19, 2024

As we navigate the intricacies of biomass conversion processes and their impacts on our planet, we encroach upon a dialogue pivotal for the present and future of energy consumption. Biomass energy harnesses organic matter, including wood, agricultural crops, and waste by-products, as fuel.

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Business Green

AUGUST 3, 2021

Late last week, Britain's biggest boiler manufacturers joined together to announce a promise to homeowners who make the switch to hydrogen-ready appliances that doing so will cost them no more than purchasing pure-fossil fuel gas equivalents.

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Charged

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

One major source is the fossil fuel industry. The Hydrogen Council, a lobbying group whose members include major oil companies and automakers, works to encourage investment in hydrogen and fuel cells, and produces reports forecasting a bright future for hydrogen tech. What’s behind the recent resurgence of hydrogen hype?

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DeSmogBlog

JANUARY 3, 2023

Critics of the push say carbon capture technology is still unproven, methane leakage could add untold greenhouse gasses to the atmosphere, and transport complications all make blue hydrogen a much dirtier fuel than the name implies. This has the potential to cut off one area of growth for the fossil fuel industry.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Attendees are present from some of the world’s largest agribusiness firms – such as meatpacker JBS , fertiliser giant Nutrien, food giant Nestlé and pesticide firm Bayer – and powerful industry trade groups. Overall numbers of attendees have doubled since COP27 – and also include over 2,400 delegates linked to fossil fuel industries.

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DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 17, 2022

The utility will send that blend through its existing gas infrastructure into customers’ homes, with the aim of reducing greenhouse gas emissions. The blend would use 5 to 10 percent hydrogen, with the remainder made up of conventional methane gas. First, hydrogen presents a host of safety concerns.

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Grist

DECEMBER 15, 2021

Renewable solar and wind power now typically costs less than fossil-fuel alternatives. That’s looking more doable as renewable-energy prices drop, providing an alternative to fossil fuels. Given the imperative to cut carbon wherever possible, it’s time to start closing lanes on the natural-gas bridge.

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GreenTechMedia

APRIL 14, 2020

The major decarbonization pathways modeled by Afry (formerly AF Pöyry), an international engineering, design and advisory firm, envision big contributions from either new nuclear or carbon capture and storage (CCS) — neither of which is an energy system front-runner at present. Potential criticisms of the study.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Now, the city is at the forefront of the country’s dash to break its dependence on Russian gas. On Saturday, a newly built jetty is due to welcome the Norwegian-flagged Höegh Esperanza, a 280-metre vessel capable of offloading cargoes of natural gas supercooled into liquid form, then shipped across the ocean in specialised tankers.

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DeSmogBlog

MARCH 31, 2022

Flaring — or the burning of stranded natural gas directly at an oil well — is one of the drilling industry’s most notorious problems, often condemned as a pointlessly polluting waste of billions of dollars and trillions of cubic feet of natural gas. How does ExxonMobil plan to reach that goal?

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Business Green

MAY 4, 2020

Turbocharging natural and technology-based carbon removal efforts will also be critical, as will the conversion of heavy industry to become more efficient, more circular, and less reliant on fossil fuels. McKinsey worked with experts across different sectors to build three different '1.5-degree degree pathways'.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

For while electric and ground-source heat pumps are set to play a key role in keeping homes warm in the coming decade and beyond, the energy networks companies that manage the UK's gas grid believe replacing fossil fuel gas in pipes with low carbon hydrogen also has an important part to play in deliver greener heating to the nation.

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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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Grist

JANUARY 10, 2023

As you cruise through this tiny world, you pass more than 400,000 nitrogen molecules, 100,000 oxygen molecules, 219 carbon dioxide molecules, before you find what you’re looking for: a single molecule of methane. Methane is one of the most powerful yet misunderstood greenhouse gasses on Earth. methane emissions.

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Hydrogen Fuel News

MAY 2, 2024

Another pressing issue is methane leakage. During the drilling and fracking processes, methane, a potent greenhouse gas, can escape into the atmosphere. This contributes to climate change and negates some of the benefits of using natural gas, which has lower carbon emissions than coal or oil.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Understanding the role of hydrogen Hydrogen is attracting much attention for its decarbonisation potential because it is a clean alternative to natural gas and petroleum. methane - CH4). Hydrogen gas can be extracted via several methods, the most common of which is steam methane reformation.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 16, 2021

fracked gas industry under the guise of “clean” blue hydrogen. While being presented as a clean hydrogen plan for decarbonizing the energy system, the main focus of the hydrogen section of the bill is to continue and expand the use of natural gas (that is, methane) in the U.S. And then there’s blue.

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Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 12, 2022

However, as countries seek to decarbonise their economies, ammonia, produced by green hydrogen, offers a carbon-free alternative to fossil fuels, and the accurate measurement of emissions is an essential component of any engine development program.”. Background. Ammonia combustion.

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DeSmogBlog

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

“It’s also important to remember that CCS is controversial among some environmentalists who regard it as technology that perpetuates fossil fuel exploration and detracts from efforts to eliminate it,” a post by the global bank ING explains. Air Products, a global hydrogen manufacturing company, is proposing to build a $4.5

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

IEA warns that methane emissions from the global energy sector fell only fractionally last year, despite projects to cut methane leaks providing hugely attractive returns on investment By rights methane emissions from the fossil fuel industry should be one of the easiest climate problems to fix.

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