Energy Innovation

FEBRUARY 5, 2023

By Olivia Ashmoore This week, Energy Innovation Policy & Technology LLC® and RMI published 48 state Energy Policy Simulator (EPS) models. The free, open-source, peer-reviewed, and nonpartisan EPS model empowers users to analyze the effects of hundreds of climate policies. climate goals. With the release of the U.S.

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DeSmogBlog

MARCH 2, 2023

But this latest attempt to shut down discussion of the health impact of stoves is nothing new. It’s less widely known that the gas industry has long sponsored its own research into the problem of indoor air pollution from gas stoves. This draft, recently discovered in the U.S. It also lobbied for a massive expansion of U.S.

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

Investing in the ground beneath our feet could have wide-ranging benefits for the environment, animal and human health – as well as moving closer to Net Zero, according to new research. Governments, however, need to quickly implement ‘regenerative agriculture’ policies to incentivise farmers to take up the challenge, the researchers argue.

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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. All these methods work to improve the soil, reduce air and water pollution, cut emissions, and boost biodiversity.

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Energy Innovation

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

150 million Americans regularly breathe unhealthy, polluted air. But recently announced targets to achieve 100 percent clean power by the House Select Committee on the Climate Crisis and Joe Biden’s presidential campaign would eliminate all air pollution from power plants. million workdays to poor health.

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Energy Innovation

AUGUST 13, 2020

150 million Americans regularly breathe unhealthy, polluted air. But recently announced targets to achieve 100 percent clean power by the House Select Committee on the Climate Crisis and Joe Biden’s presidential campaign would eliminate all air pollution from power plants. million workdays to poor health.

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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. million project is costly and ineffective.

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EDF + Business

OCTOBER 26, 2021

For the 128 asset managers and 61 banks that have committed to align trillions of dollars with the Paris Agreement, this moment presents a once-in-a-generation opportunity to achieve their climate goals – not through investments but through public policy advocacy. Advocating for climate policy is in investors’ best interest.

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Bernard Goldstein, a young professor at the New York University School of Medicine, researched the health impacts of nitrogen dioxide (NO2) produced by gas stoves. The industry used these studies to influence public opinion, undermine public health efforts, and block regulation.

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The Environmental Blog

JULY 14, 2020

The health of human beings depends on the state of the environment as well. Moreover, poor methods of managing waste lead to an increase in soil and water contamination and air pollution. Lessens Environmental Pollution. Pollution is one of the current environmental problems tormenting the world. billion tons per year.

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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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Business Green

APRIL 4, 2023

Outlining the new water strategy today, Environment Secretary Therese Coffey acknowledged "things need to change", and insisted that stronger regulatory action set out by the government would help push the water sector to reduce polluting activities. "I

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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. And, finally, the criteria pollutants are closely correlated to GHG.

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DeSmogBlog

JANUARY 11, 2022

So, it’s this really close range where we are seeing a potential impact right on women’s health.”. The health effects were worst for women living within 0.6 miles (one kilometer) of a drill site, with the links to negative health outcomes dissipating beyond 1.8 There’s a lot of potential mechanisms.

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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 Past marketing drives run by the AHDB include the £3.5-million

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Business Green

OCTOBER 15, 2021

When it comes to ocean health, the work of convincing farmers to ditch their synthetic fertilizers can't happen fast enough. We're bringing them in as formal employees and providing health insurance.". "To some of them, it sounds a little like a joke. They look at you and say, 'So my plants are going to taste like fish?'

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EDF + Business

OCTOBER 20, 2021

Leveraging Environmental Defense Fund’s independence and our deep scientific, economics and policy expertise, ESG By EDF will publish data-driven analysis and tools to help manage climate risk, assess opportunities, and accelerate urgent action in the sectors that matter most. What investors need to know about flaring.

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DeSmogBlog

JUNE 22, 2023

Federal Trade Commission has the power to hold companies liable for marketing that harms consumers’ health or wealth by misleading them into buying a product or service based on a false or deceptive claim. Many people involved in climate policy privately acknowledge the limitations of carbon offsets. Under the law , the U.S.

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Hydrogen Fuel News

MARCH 3, 2024

It exemplifies how innovation can turn a detrimental pollutant like CO2 into an opportunity for reducing global carbon footprints, ultimately contributing to a cleaner, greener planet. Hydrogen production primarily happens through two methods: electrolysis and steam methane reforming (SMR).

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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 The health benefits of these actions alone will pay for the huge investment by the state.

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Green Business Bureau

JULY 5, 2021

Other important environmental issues facing this industry are water use and water pollution. Additionally, specifically for greenhouses, they can use an excessive amount of energy to heat outside of planting season which can contribute to pollution. Organic waste in landfills generates methane, a potent greenhouse gas.

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Hydrogen Fuel News

JANUARY 19, 2024

Gasification Gasification involves subjecting biomass to high temperatures in an environment with controlled oxygen, which converts the material into a mixture of gases including hydrogen, carbon monoxide, and methane, collectively known as syngas. Such policies nudge utilities to incorporate biomass into their energy mix.

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DeSmogBlog

AUGUST 17, 2023

As co-founder of the community group Chester Residents Concerned for Quality Living, Mayfield has spent years fighting to protect her majority Black and low-income city from the pollution spewed by the nearby Covanta waste-to-energy facility — the country’s largest waste incinerator. natural gas.

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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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EDF + Business

AUGUST 18, 2020

A perfect storm of factors has exposed the extreme volatility and unsustainability inherent in the traditional oil and gas business model of producing as much oil and gas as possible, as quickly as possible, without regard to the climate and public health toll. Century-old businesses must be transformed from the inside out.

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AGreenLiving

OCTOBER 26, 2020

These changes to our food systems could improve human and planetary health Oliver Camp Mon, 10/26/2020 – 01:30 On the recent World Food Day, the clarion call was clearer than ever: We must fix our food systems to improve human health, drive economic growth and save the planet from environmental collapse. Looking back with regret.

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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. NW Natural Seeks to Weaken Portland Public Schools’ Climate Policy.

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DeSmogBlog

MAY 26, 2021

Enormous sums of taxpayer money and money meant for public schools, along with the long-term health of our lands, are on the line.”. We’ve made policy choices in boom times that have really exacerbated our over-dependence on oil and natural gas revenues,” Jimenez told DeSmog. “That’s $8.1 Well pad near Roswell, NM. Credit: BLM.

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EDF + Business

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Dear Colleagues, The EDF team recently returned from COP28 , which brought important progress including a pledge by 50 oil and gas companies to cut methane emissions up to 80-90% (see EDF’s statement ) and the launch of the Dairy Methane Action Alliance. Read on for key policy developments and advocacy opportunities in the U.S.,

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 19, 2022

live within a mile of an oil or gas well — putting them at higher risk of health problems like heart disease, breathing issues, anxiety and depression, and complications during pregnancy , a growing body of research shows. It is, I think, gravely concerning how plugged wells may be adversely affecting health.”.

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Green Business Bureau

JULY 5, 2021

Other important environmental issues facing this industry are water use and water pollution. Additionally, specifically for greenhouses, they can use an excessive amount of energy to heat outside of planting season which can contribute to pollution. Organic waste in landfills generates methane, a potent greenhouse gas.

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EDF + Business

DECEMBER 17, 2020

Businesses were, rightfully so, focused on ensuring the health and safety of their workers, and on pivoting supply chains to help create personal protective equipment, ventilators, and sanitizers to help fight the global pandemic. In addition, we must do all we can to protect current carbon stocks.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 9, 2021

In February 2021, German agribusiness giant BASF hosted a virtual wine tasting, a seemingly cozy affair swirling glasses of Portugal’s finest in front of a webcam debating the future of EU agricultural policies. Invited to the event was a small group of Members of the European Parliament (MEPs).

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 14, 2023

The study found that an alternative method of quantifying the impact of methane emissions has led to a raft of industry-friendly findings that the livestock sector seems to be using to claim climate neutrality as they continue to pollute. GWP* prioritizes the trend over the last 20 years. Credit: Matt Brown/Flickr (CC BY 2.0)

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

But the event was overshadowed by the major polluters who didn’t attend. UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak chose the very day of the summit to announce that his government will push off the deadlines for phase-outs of methane gas-burning boilers, as well as sales of new gasoline and diesel-fueled cars. Climate action is a legal duty!

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DeSmogBlog

MAY 9, 2022

For example, last year NW Natural paid for digital advertising that suggested that indoor air pollution from cooking occurs regardless of whether the stove is gas or electric. “No This information was omitted from the NW Natural ad, obscuring the health risks of gas stoves. NW Natural’s RNG campaign is a bait and switch.

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Greentown Labs

OCTOBER 8, 2020

In November 2020, Greentown Labs will host its first-ever Climatetech Summit to dive into the technology, finance, policy, and justice needed to scale climate action. Not to mention those who live in neighborhoods where pollution from today’s energy sources impact their health and wellbeing right now. But what is climatetech? .

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