Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 15, 2023

An apocalyptic “meh” seemed to greet the government’s bumper package of energy- and climate-related policy announcements and documents released on 30 March, which appeared short on new ideas and sources of funding. Hydrogen: Not a time to get blue?

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Low Impact

AUGUST 11, 2021

We have to stop burning fossil fuels and leave them in the ground. It looks as though, in a corporate-dominated, growth economy, no fossil fuels are going to be left unburnt. Recently, Bloomberg NEF and Bloomberg Philanthropies produced a report on the scale and impact of global fossil fuel subsidies.

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Energy Central

DECEMBER 13, 2023

"The United Nations climate conference known as COP28 ended early this morning with a first-ever agreement calling on nations to transition away from fossil fuels, the main cause of climate change. COP28 president Sultan al-Jaber called the plan a "historic package to accelerate climate action."

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Grist

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

The chemicals, called phthalates, are typically added to plastics like food packaging, shopping bags, and shower curtains to make them more flexible. Still, the federal government lacks strong rules for phthalates in common items like food packaging, and the chemicals remain ubiquitous.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 10, 2021

An in-depth article by the website Carbon Brief argues that the fuel is unlikely to be taken up universally, particularly as “the volume required to satisfy all the possible applications for low-carbon hydrogen would likely far exceed the amount available, even if production is significantly scaled up.”. Credit: Gaia Lamperti.

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The Environmental Blog

JANUARY 7, 2021

Experts estimate that if mankind continues at its current rates of energy usage, deforestation, excessive reliance on fossil fuels , and other activities, the world as we know it will continue to suffer as the years go on. It Shows Responsibility and Humanity. It Can Inspire Others. Retailers Are Becoming More Demanding.

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Business Green

AUGUST 2, 2022

The Scottish government has announced it plans to ban the installation of fossil fuel powered boilers in all new homes in Scotland from 2024. Instead, properties would have to be heated with low carbon alternatives, such as heat pumps, solar, and electric boiler systems.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

The government has unveiled a £9.1bn package of support for households to help ease the burden of the looming hike in energy bills, as the Chancellor Rishi Sunak today confirmed the UK's reliance on fossil fuels and gas heating was broadly responsible for the ongoing crisis.

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GreenTechMedia

JUNE 22, 2020

The EU’s trillion-euro coronavirus recovery package may not support big renewable energy projects in the way that was expected. trillion) recovery package. Europe's overall recovery package is not as unequivocally green at this stage as many expected. The EU is currently working through the details of a €1.85

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

Analysis claims UK continues to plough billions of pounds into fossil fuel sector despite government's ambitions of being a world leader on climate action. Yet beyond the targets and policy announcements, its own agencies have continued to plough public funds into fossil fuels.

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Business Green

AUGUST 4, 2022

And I urge people everywhere to send a clear message to the fossil fuel industry and their financiers: this grotesque greed is punishing the poorest and most vulnerable people, while destroying our only home.". Every country is part of this energy crisis, and all countries are paying attention to what others are doing," he said.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 13, 2021

Further wording was also added in the same sentence on coal and fossil fuels calling for "targeted support to the poorest and most vulnerable in line with national circumstances". This is not a perfect package, but it is a possible package," said the Costa Rican head of delegation. within reach, but its pulse is weak.".

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Business Green

MARCH 27, 2023

The government is widely expected to unveil a wave of decarbonisation and energy policies on Thursday as part of a package that had been badged as 'Green Day' by Whitehall insiders. It also reported Number 10 is keen to see gas play a critical role in the new package of measures. "It It is not Green Day," one insider told the paper.

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Front And Centered

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

Last year the House and the Senate each proposed massive, multi-year packages that failed to pass and failed even harder at closing the justice deficit in our transportation system. But as June’s heat dome emergency should make clear, the price of our addiction to cars and fossil fuels will be paid by all of us.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 21, 2022

New Climate Transparency report reveals fossil fuel production subsidies surged to highest levels on record in 2021. G20 government support for producing and consuming fossil fuels reached a record high in 2021, despite publiuc commitments to end inefficient fossil fuel subsidies and accelerate the clean energy transition.

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Business Green

MARCH 9, 2021

A £20m research and development (R&D) competition to fund "the most promising electric vehicle (EV) technology innovations", has been announced by the Department for Transport (DfT) as it today confirmed fossil fuel cars and vans would as expected be banned from sale in the UK by 2030.

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GreenTechMedia

AUGUST 4, 2020

We can take the offtake, package it with natural gas and solar, sell clean energy with guaranteed flow and at a fixed price if they want. BP has been upfront about the ongoing role of fossil fuels in its long-term plans. By the time you stick a PPA.on “We think we can do things differently.

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Business Green

JULY 23, 2020

Clean energy generated more electricity than fossil fuels in the EU over the first six months of 2020, largely due to a raft of new solar and wind installations dominating an electricity market pinched by Covid-19, new findings have shown.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 2, 2020

The University of Cambridge has committed to divest from all direct and indirect investments in fossil fuels by 2030, as the institution works towards its goal of reaching net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2038.

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Green Business Bureau

MARCH 24, 2022

One of the biggest culprits when it comes to an industry’s impact is packaging materials and accessories. This has led to a wave of innovative new eco-friendly alternatives from environmentally damaging packaging materials. BIODEGRADABLE PACKAGING PEANUTS. CORNSTARCH PACKAGING. Similar U.S. They are also less expensive.

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Business Green

AUGUST 3, 2021

The idea of only using sustainable packaging – eliminating waste, low carbon footprint, recyclable or compostable - seems easy enough, yet the reality for many businesses is more complex and dependent on the industry they work in. A lot of plastic is produced from fossil fuels. The plastic choice. Reducing waste.

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GreenBiz

MARCH 3, 2021

FedEx — which uses over 180,000 vehicles to deliver packages across continents and operates the world's largest cargo airline — has been implementing sustainability practices for years, but the announcement represents a major acceleration of the company's commitments. That fuel also accounts for 6 percent of its annual operating budget.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 16, 2022

Crisp brand to drive down virgin plastic use with clutch of packaging design innovations. Walkers is to invest £14m in packaging designs it claims will cut 250 tonnes of virgin plastic from its supply chain each year, the crisp brand announced last week.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 29, 2020

The UK could reach a 60 per cent renewable power system by 2025 were it to shift Covid-19 energy sector recovery funds from fossil fuels to green power, report concludes. The current road could lock-in unnecessary fossil fuels, create 60 per cent fewer jobs and miss the UK's net-zero target," he explained.

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Business Green

JULY 15, 2021

Global demand for electricity is also growing faster than renewables capacity post-pandemic, opening the door to more fossil fuel energy in many parts of the world. As the economy rebounds after the pandemic, we've seen a surge in electrical generation from fossil fuels," he said. "To per cent this year and by 2.5

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Business Green

DECEMBER 2, 2020

Despite lockdown generating a steep decline in fossil fuel production, COVID-19 recovery plans risk accelerating it beyond pre-COVID levels, a UN-backed study warns. The world's governments must draw down fossil fuel production by six per cent a year through to 2030 to move into line with a 1.5C

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

Announced today, the new package offers customers access to discounted EV charge points and installations, in addition to any associated home solar panels and battery storage. Octopus Energy is so excited that NatWest has committed to promoting sustainable practices and will be joining us on this mission to green our roads," he said.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 16, 2021

A wide-ranging package of legislative measures designed to curb emissions from the gas industry unveiled by the European Commission has come under fire from campaigners and energy analysts, who have warned they could 'lock in' fossil gas infrastructure across Europe for the years to come.

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Business Green

MAY 19, 2020

In its latest forecast today, BNEF said fossil fuel car sales likely already peaked in 2017. It was inevitable that the pandemic would severely impact demand for cars of all stripes in 2020, but it looks like fossil fuel car sales are unlikely to enjoy the kind of fast tracked recovery that the EV sector could yet navigate.

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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.

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Renew Economy

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Gas price cap passes parliament, electricity futures prices plunge and Greens hail "the end of gas" with a package designed to take the fossil fuel out of homes. The post Electricity prices plunge as Greens hail cap and “beginning of the end of gas” appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Business Green

MARCH 28, 2021

Fossil fuel firms are increasingly eyeing up plans for blue hydrogen production, but think tank E3G fears the nascent sector risks locking in a new generation of high carbon infrastructure and jobs.

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 18, 2024

The Inflation Reduction Act is a $369 billion package of grants and subsidies by the U.S. Truss writes that “we should cancel” the United Nations annual COP climate summit, and falsely claims that electric vehicles are worse for the environment than those powered by fossil fuels. “In is beyond reach.

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The Environmental Blog

JANUARY 7, 2021

Many restaurants and coffee shops around the world will sell packaged drinks that people can take with them. Reduction in Fossil Fuel Usage. An additional environmental benefit that comes with the use of a biodegradable cup is that they result in less fossil fuel usage.

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The Environmental Blog

MAY 19, 2021

The increasing population density in the world , migration and urbanization movements, rising living standards, increasingly increasing and excessive consumption of fossil fuels such as oil, coal, and natural gas for the last 150 years, and changes in land cover as a result of the increase in intensive industrial production.

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Business Green

MARCH 29, 2023

Moreover, the technology results in more air pollution than EVs or fuel cell vehicles and environmental campaigners are fearful that allowing manufacturers to continue to produce ICE vehicles could leave the door open for the continued use of fossil fuels.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

MAY 2, 2024

Green Giraffe Advisory acted as the sole financial advisor to the Borrower to structure the debt financing package. Switching from fossil fuels to geothermal energy can help decarbonise the EU population’s energy needs and reduce our energy bills,” further commented Wopke Hoekstra, Commissioner for Climate Action.

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