Business Green

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Just 50 nations worldwide now outside initiative that aims to cut methane emissions 30 per cent by 2030. First launched with just over 100 national backers at the UN Climate Summit in Glasgow a year ago, the Global Methane Pledge commits signatories to collectively reducing emissions of the gas by 30 per cent between 2020 and 2030.

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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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Business Green

OCTOBER 21, 2021

UN backs green hydrogen as it publishes seven principles designed to guide policymakers and business leaders approach to scaling the low carbon fuel. energy sector pathway". In the UK, the government is still mulling the use of low carbon hydrogen for home heating.

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DeSmogBlog

MAY 26, 2021

Inadequate bonding requirements means there is a serious gap in available funding to properly clean up after the fossil fuel industry. We’ve made policy choices in boom times that have really exacerbated our over-dependence on oil and natural gas revenues,” Jimenez told DeSmog. Well pad near Roswell, NM. Credit: BLM. (CC

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Meat emits around a third of global emissions of methane, and action to cut this greenhouse gas has been identified by the UN and world leaders as the quickest route to slowing global heating. Farming also relies on synthetic fertilisers that are both fossil-fuel-based and emit greenhouse gases, and drives deforestation.

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Charged

JUNE 28, 2022

As regular Charged readers know, California, which suffers from some of the worst air pollution in the US, has an alphabet soup of incentive and grant programs intended to promote adoption of zero-emission or low-emission commercial vehicles. marine, construction and agricultural vehicles) doesn’t have a widely available electric alternative.

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Clean Energy Canada

DECEMBER 20, 2023

The final wording of the COP28 agreement – which required consensus among all nations and the chair – codified a commitment to transition away from fossil fuels in energy systems. To anyone paying attention to global oil and gas demand future forecasts, even under existing policies , the COP28 agreement should not be a surprise.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 15, 2020

European Commission unveils flurry of major policy plans as it seeks to help deliver on 2050 net zero goal, but green groups warn bolder action is still required. However, green groups were today quick to warn that the Strategy did not go far enough, pointing to the omission of any plan to phase out fossil fuels for heating and cooling. "A

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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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Hydrogen Fuel News

APRIL 2, 2024

Sustainability has become a global goal these days, with increasing awareness regarding the banes of pollution. Steam-methane reforming and electrolysis are the two most common methods used. Industrial businesses can switch to hydrogen as a fuel to improve efficiency and reduce reliance on fossil fuels.

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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. .

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Front And Centered

AUGUST 29, 2022

The other bright spot—which is not traditionally considered climate policy but does make up a key part of the Just Transition—is that the IRA contains baby steps to curbing the systemic advantage of large corporations. This includes a 15% corporate minimum tax, a stock buyback tax, and a methane leakage tax.

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Hydrogen Fuel News

JANUARY 19, 2024

Biomass energy harnesses organic matter, including wood, agricultural crops, and waste by-products, as fuel. As we seek alternatives to fossil fuels, biomass holds significant potential due to its sustainability. Syngas can be subsequently burned to generate electricity or processed into transportation fuels.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Meat and dairy firms in particular are coming under increasing scrutiny due to pollution from livestock, which emits around a third of the global output of methane, a short-lived greenhouse gas identified as the quickest route to slowing global heating. Not the private interests of the biggest polluters on the planet.”

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DeSmogBlog

AUGUST 17, 2023

billion liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal in her Pennsylvania hometown, she will be facing off against some of the most powerful fossil fuel interests in the United States. LNG boom threatens to release vast amounts of methane, a powerful climate pollutant that is the main component of natural gas.

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DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 17, 2022

A coalition of environmental and social justice organizations have filed a petition with state regulators to halt a hydrogen project by Oregon’s largest gas utility, alleging that the project poses health, safety, environmental dangers to residents already living with polluting industries. ” Industry in West Eugene.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

Progress did seem to be forthcoming on cutting methane emissions, with more than 100 countries (although not China) – committing to a 30% reduction by 2030 compared to the 2030 baseline. CCUS was the focus of more than 30 events at COP26, covering areas like policy, business, and social and technical challenges. Carbon capture.

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DeSmogBlog

JANUARY 21, 2022

On Wednesday, a group of more than 450 scientists called on advertising agencies to cut off their fossil fuel clients and to end their ties with an ongoing misinformation campaign that has time and again killed progress on addressing the climate crisis. And as this letter makes clear, they have had enough. ” Arena said.

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DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 25, 2023

As Louisiana attempts to spew less climate-warming pollution, which disproportionately comes from industry, fossil-fuel companies have convinced lawmakers to jump onto the bandwagon of carbon capture and storage (CCS), a controversial and unproven method of addressing the issue. CCS is also an energy-intensive process.

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The Verge: Energy

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Brausch for The Verge Homeowners who want to reduce their carbon footprint by getting rid of polluting appliances have the US government’s full support. The pollution from using a gas heater was also a major concern. Illustration by Nico H. Not so with apartment dwellers. It was a great work-from-home spot,” Spears said.

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The Environmental Blog

DECEMBER 8, 2022

By reducing how much raw material you need to produce new products and packaging materials, you can also reduce how much air pollution your business produces. By producing less waste in the first place, you reduce how much fossil fuel needs to be burned for these facilities to function correctly.

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DeSmogBlog

MARCH 28, 2023

The pad is owned by a fossil fuel operator that’s come under fire in recent years for purchasing tens of thousands of low-producing oil and gas wells without a clear business motive and for making unrealistic budget projections that minimize the true cost of plugging , critics say.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

California's new decarbonisation plan, Austria's windfall tax, and global methane reduction efforts. The agency said the strategy represened an unprecedented effort to drastically slash pollution and accelerate the transition to clean energy. "No California Air Resources Board publishes sweeping net zero strategy.

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Animal agriculture is the largest emitter of methane, a greenhouse gas 80 times more potent than carbon dioxide when measured over a 20 year period. Scientists say that unless swift action is taken, methane from agriculture alone will take us beyond a 1.5C It’s really about production at the end of the day.”

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DeSmogBlog

JUNE 22, 2023

JBS, the world’s largest meat company — whose methane emissions exceed the combined livestock methane emissions of France, Germany, Canada and New Zealand — has also claimed to be on a net zero pathway based on offsets. Many people involved in climate policy privately acknowledge the limitations of carbon offsets.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 15, 2021

Wastewater from overburdened urban septic systems and air pollution from burning fossil fuels contribute to nitrogen pollution, but often runoff of the synthetic fertilizers used in industrialized agriculture is the primary culprit. As with climate change, government policy is needed to move things along.

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Grist

MARCH 8, 2021

When shipping giant Maersk announced last month it would operate a “carbon-neutral” vessel by 2023, the Danish company committed to using a fuel that’s made from renewable sources, is free of soot-forming pollutants — and is currently in scarce supply.

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DeSmogBlog

JULY 11, 2022

Pollution from residential and commercial buildings in Oregon currently makes up roughly 35 percent of the state’s greenhouse gas emissions – largely the result of burning gas for heating and cooking. A household in Bend, Oregon would save an average of $192 in the all-electric scenario compared to a household that still uses some gas. “We

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Front And Centered

JANUARY 14, 2021

By Paulo Nunes-Ueno , Front & Centered Transportation and Land Use Policy Lead. Instead of focusing on the category of gases that cause climate change, we should work to reduce and eliminate the pollutants that cause immediate health impacts. First, obviously, fossil fuels are entwined into every part of our economy.

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GreenTechMedia

JUNE 2, 2020

The groups argued that California utilities shouldn’t be adding new carbon and pollution-emitting resources when the state is trying to meet ambitious zero-carbon goals. Solar-storage companies and environmental advocates have opposed fossil fueled microgrids to solve California’s wildfire and blackout challenges.

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Low Carbon Prosperity

OCTOBER 17, 2018

The initiative, also known as the “Protect Washington Act”, imposes a steadily increasing carbon pollution fee on most fossil fuel uses and directs revenue toward projects to reduce carbon emissions, as well as investments in forests, water, community preparedness, and support to displaced workers and people with lower incomes.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

There are (admittedly optimistic) reasons to think that if current plans are expanded and translated into near term policy measures the world could soon find itself on a 1.8C From tackling deforestation to curbing methane emissions, the various multilateral commitments are focused on areas where they can have real impact. trajectory.

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Green Business Bureau

JULY 5, 2021

A study conducted by the University of Kentucky found that the dominant contributor to the carbon footprint and variable costs of field-grown trees is equipment use, or, more specifically, the combustion of fossil fuels which occurs at harvest time. Organic waste in landfills generates methane, a potent greenhouse gas.

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Green Market Oracle

DECEMBER 10, 2020

Emissions include carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4), and nitrous oxide (N2O) and (commonly measured through what is known as carbon dioxide equivalents or CO2e). Fossil fuel use is a major contributor of GHGs and coal powered power plants in particular are incompatible with emissions reductions.

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

This shaped federal regulation of both indoor and outdoor air pollution. A few months later, the New York Times reported on the study, bringing national attention to the issue, and an op-ed in the Yale Law Journal described indoor air pollution, as a “menace” that required “comprehensive federal legislation.”

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Green Market Oracle

DECEMBER 10, 2020

Fossil fuel use is a major contributor of GHGs and coal powered power plants especially harmful. Efforts to manage emissions demands major reductions in our use of fossil fuels. A 2019 study by the International Energy Agency (IEA) showed that fossil fuels accounted for almost 70 percent of global energy demand.

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DeSmogBlog

MAY 25, 2022

“The primary purpose of these booklets is to promote continued use and consumption of fossil gas by influencing public opinion, in this case — the next generation,” Greer Ryan, a policy manager at Oregon-based Climate Solutions, wrote in the testimony filed with the PUC. Promoting “Clean” Gas to Kids.

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