Business Green

JANUARY 17, 2022

The global economy could face many more years of energy market turbulence if governments do not take steps to turbocharge their clean energy and technology investments, the IEA has warned. The stakes for nations that fail to unhitch themselves from gas markets are incredibly high, according to the global energy think tank.

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GreenBiz

APRIL 20, 2021

Buildings are similarly opening their doors to being powered entirely by electricity, supplanting natural gas and other fuels for heating and cooling. Local jurisdictions are banning the use of natural gas in newly constructed (and, in some places, renovated) homes and commercial buildings. Are we up to the challenge?

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

climate talks in Egypt demanded European governments halt a “dash” for the continent’s natural gas. At least nine gas deals have been struck so far on the sidelines of the negotiations – known as COP27 – five involving Africa. percent of global greenhouse gas emissions. We cannot be Europe’s gas station.

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DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 7, 2021

Just over half of all directors at 30 of the world’s largest insurance companies have affiliations to polluting companies and organisations, reveals an investigation by DeSmog, including several individuals holding senior roles at some of the world’s largest energy companies. The first risk is what we call transition risk,” Shrago said.

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Hydrogen Fuel News

MAY 25, 2024

Therefore, far more polluting methods of H2 production remain the top ways to obtain it.    Mainly, this means grey H2, which involves burning natural gas and leaving the carbon emissions unabated. More recently, natural sources of white H2 (underground deposits) are being discovered in the hopes of tapping them.

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EDF + Business

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Cost is rarely the main barrier to methane abatement, which is generally affordable or even at no net cost, but factors like limited focus on the issue by host governments, lack of technical knowledge and capacity, and constraints on capital investment can limit progress. 19 of the top 20 publicly traded companies have set methane targets.

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GreenBiz

DECEMBER 16, 2020

Pollution, poverty and race collide in many other disadvantaged communities across California — and the country — and some argue that the state’s climate policies haven’t helped. The overall "cap" lowers every year, forcing polluters to reduce their emissions or purchase allowances from others who do. As the U.S.

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Low Carbon Prosperity

MARCH 15, 2021

This technical memo presents modelled jobs and other benefits from investments through 2030 that could be catalyzed by revenue from Substitute Senate Bill 5126 (SB5126), the Climate Commitment Act. In this technical memo, I describe methodology, modelling, and revenue and investment results. Summary of Results. billion to $4.1

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GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

This week, the company announced a Series A funding round to the tune of $63 million, led by The Goldman Sachs Urban Investment Group. Many clean energy technologies save money over time, so upfront finance can be a great investment. There just isn’t a path to a safe climate future without addressing natural gas in buildings.

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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. exporters of liquified natural gas.

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DeSmogBlog

JANUARY 31, 2024

Football fans, campaigners, and civil society from Africa and beyond have all decried this egregious act of sportswashing by the French major, the top oil and gas extractor in Africa. TotalEnergies’ sponsorship of the tournament is a blatant attempt to distract from their polluting practices across Africa.

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Low Carbon Prosperity

MARCH 15, 2021

This technical memo presents modelled jobs and other benefits from investments through 2030 that could be catalyzed by revenue from Substitute Senate Bill 5126 (SB5126), the Climate Commitment Act. In this technical memo, I describe methodology, modelling, and revenue and investment results. Summary of Results. billion to $4.1

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DeSmogBlog

MARCH 27, 2024

Taxpayer handouts to Canada’s wealthiest companies means that less money is available for the types of investments that could actually help people across the country who are deciding between food and energy bills,” she said. It is 10 times what the government has invested in climate change adaptation since 2015.

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 26, 2020

Investments in software and data, as well as building deep relationships with utilities, will be key to helping fleets navigate this daunting ecosystem. At the same time, it's already adopting renewable natural gas to power its natural gas trucks in its short-haul fleet. . that fit fleets' needs.

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Clean Energy Canada

MARCH 25, 2024

families pay more for electricity and natural gas as the LNG industry drives up the price of both. Additionally, there is a risk that LNG crowds out public and private sector investments in renewable energy and locks in infrastructure that is incompatible with a net-zero future. ratepayers or potentially taxpayers.

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The Verge: Energy

OCTOBER 13, 2023

The tricky part with hydrogen is cleaning up pollution from the process of making it. Most hydrogen today is made using fossil fuels, and a few of the new hubs will continue using gas to produce hydrogen. The hubs are expected to catalyze another $40 billion in private investment, according to a White House press release.

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GreenBiz

MAY 11, 2021

Net zero can be achieved, first and foremost, by cutting or eliminating greenhouse gas emissions and, secondarily, by offsetting any remaining emissions through such actions as planting trees, investing in renewable energy projects that replace fossil-fuel energy, or investing in novel carbon-removal technologies such as direct air capture.

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Grist

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

In an essay for Slate , writer Rebecca Onion, who lives in Ohio, said her family had been planning to ditch their gas stove for a new electric induction range, citing gas stoves’ climate footprint and scientific findings that they release dangerous indoor air pollution. Someone, please (sincerely, I’m all ears!), In the U.S.,

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Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 14, 2022

We need to embrace multiple renewable and clean energy solutions to achieve our net-zero ambitions and we need real investment in infrastructure to develop affordable, reliable, sustainable energy in the future.”. We believe that hydrogen will be recognised as a global commodity that will be traded in the same way that natural gas is today.

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Charged

JANUARY 21, 2021

Some envision the lightest element as a medium to store energy from intermittent renewable sources, and others see it as a way for fossil fuel producers to find a market for natural gas reserves that otherwise risk becoming stranded assets. The Strategy is supported by a federal investment of $1.5

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Business Green

JANUARY 17, 2022

Investors with €50tr assets under management group call on EU to revisit plan to sanction spending on some gas power plants under its new green finance rulebook. We remain strongly opposed to any inclusion of gas within the scope of the taxonomy," the investors said. "The

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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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Clean Energy Canada

MARCH 25, 2024

would greatly miss its target with LNG adding so much climate pollution to the province. should be highly skeptical of investing in the expansion of an industry whose market is far from guaranteed, and which risks crowding out public and private investments in cleaner industries better poised for growth in the coming decades.

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DeSmogBlog

JANUARY 25, 2022

The European Union’s scientific and political communities are locked in a battle over whether gas and nuclear can be considered green investments. It’s a “green investment guidebook,” said Henry Eviston, spokesperson on sustainable finance at WWF European Policy Office.

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GreenTechMedia

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

The problem is that despite this momentum, even sophisticated investors lack the breadth and depth of commitment to avoid the vast majority of speculative oil and gas investments. It also means industries like utilities and auto manufacturers that make up the bulk of demand for oil and gas. Indeed, it’s why U.S.

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

The findings underscore concerns over the role of the fossil fuel industry at the negotiations, known as COP27, which have become a focal point for deals to exploit African natural gas. We need to kick big polluters out.”. Many climate groups believe such practices will provide an excuse for big companies to continue polluting.

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EDF + Business

SEPTEMBER 11, 2020

The first time I saw a natural gas flare in the oilfield was in 2015. A company representative explained that natural gas, or methane, was being burned on the spot rather than sent on for productive use in the economy. This waste destroys shareholder value and pollutes the environment, but it can be stopped.

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Renewable Energy World

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

"The bill is transformative far beyond the renewable energy sector, with policies around utility ethics reform, transportation electrification, and pollution reductions.". The bill will keep three Excelon nuclear plants open for five years while requiring the state's coal and natural gas plants to decarbonize or close by 2045.

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Clean Energy Canada

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

Even without carbon pricing, wind power is set to be 40 per cent cheaper than gas-fired power in Alberta and Ontario by 2030. Alberta is phasing out polluting coal power, while Ontario has plans to decommission aging nuclear plants. Similarly, companies are increasingly prioritizing clean electricity when making investment decisions.

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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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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

Project partners include major industry near the Blackburn Meadows site, with strong interest from steelmakers in testing the use of hydrogen as a way of switching away from natural gas in heating and forging processes. We recognise the significant investment that E.ON The study will run from September 2022 to February 2023.

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The Verge: Energy

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Cleaning up pollution from homes, buildings, and transportation will require electrifying everything from cars to heating and cooling systems. To be successful, the IEA says countries need to triple renewable energy capacity globally and triple investments in clean energy in developing economies. degrees of global warming this century.

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DeSmogBlog

AUGUST 10, 2022

However, Toogood is a chief executive at Johnson Matthey , a FTSE 250 multinational which markets technology that can produce blue hydrogen “from natural gas at scale”. Blue hydrogen is simply another way for the gas industry to carry on polluting, hidden behind hydrogen greenwashing.”. Blue Hydrogen Interest.

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GreenTechMedia

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

The upshot is that a region with big climate goals and physical constraints on its natural gas supply will meet its hours of greatest electricity demand with a bit more battery power and a bit less gas-fired power. Gas plants are the go-to source of on-demand power for the U.S.

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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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ThinkGeoEnergy

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

million cubic meters of natural gas, reducing the greenhouse gas load of Szeged by 4,482 tons of CO2 annually. The geothermal heating capacity of the city of Szeged in Hungary has been further expanded with the completion of a new geothermal heating system in the Sziler district. The project displaces more than 2.2

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DeSmogBlog

JUNE 17, 2022

Efforts by oil and gas companies to build massive liquefied natural gas (LNG) facilities on B.C.’s But as a Vancouver Sun story points out, the organization’s primary function is “to promote natural gas.” . A co-panelist Robert Johnson concurred. “I Credit: BC Liberals via Twitter.

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