Hydropower Methane Natural gas Pollution 
DeSmogBlog
AUGUST 13, 2021
Under growing pressure to rein in greenhouse gas emissions, developers of liquefied natural gas (LNG) are turning to questionable claims about “carbon neutrality,” “net-zero,” or “green LNG,” in order to pass muster with governments, investors, and society, who are becoming increasingly anxious about the climate crisis.
DeSmogBlog
JUNE 7, 2023
Austin Wall was attending an environmental law conference at the University of Tennessee not long ago when, during a discussion of natural gas pipeline projects, a map appeared on the screen and gave him a surprise. If you count hydropower and nuclear as clean energy sources, as the TVA does, that number bumps up to about 50 percent.
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Grist
DECEMBER 8, 2021
When InvestigateWest launched the Getting to Zero: Decarbonizing Cascadia series in January 2021, the latest official data showed that emissions of carbon dioxide, methane, and other greenhouse gases had risen steadily from 2012 to 2018, and the region wasn’t on track to make big cuts this decade. “We
DeSmogBlog
JUNE 8, 2023
Austin Wall was attending an environmental law conference at the University of Tennessee not long ago when, during a discussion of natural gas pipeline projects, a map appeared on the screen and gave him a surprise. If you count hydropower and nuclear as clean energy sources, as the TVA does, that number bumps up to about 50 percent.
Grist
FEBRUARY 3, 2021
As a result, the industry accounts for roughly 8 percent of annual carbon dioxide emissions, as well as a toxic soup of air pollutants. And if the facility can use cheap, plentiful renewable electricity, perhaps from a hydropower plant, its steel would cost less than the competition. “At
Grist
DECEMBER 15, 2021
The second most important target for green power is replacing fossil fuel use in buildings, especially growing use of natural gas for heating; in Vancouver, British Columbia, that causes nearly 60% of the city’s carbon pollution. The current 50,000 or so stations are to be expanded to 10 times that by 2030. And that’s crucial.
DeSmogBlog
OCTOBER 3, 2021
The simple fact is that they are not reducing their polluting activities by the significant amount required to limit the worst impacts of global warming.”. However, 13 percent of Shell’s posts focussed specifically on renewable energies such as wind, solar, and hydropower.
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