Charged

JUNE 28, 2022

However, many may be surprised to learn that a substantial amount of this grant money has been used to subsidize fossil fuel-burning vehicles, in preference to EVs, and to promote the consumption of natural gas. One of the agency’s biggest grant programs spent more than 90% of funds on diesel and natural gas incentives.

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Energy Central

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

A policy that falls in the latter category is the city of Berkeley’s ban on natural gas. Back in 2020, Berkeley banned natural and. However, sometimes when government leaders come up with solutions they face criticism for not doing enough, or that the solution comes at too great of a cost.

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GreenTechMedia

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

Can carbon-free hydrogen augment, or even replace, the fossil natural gas running through pipelines to fuel furnaces, boilers, stoves and other building applications today? Natural gas utilities around the world are seeking real-world answers to these kinds of questions.

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Energy Central

JANUARY 5, 2024

Identify & analyse the Policy Problem The Gulf Region is confronted with a significant policy dilemma about its energy market rules and regulations. Throughout history, the area has been significantly dependent on its enormous deposits of oil and natural gas.

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Renewable Energy World

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

Xcel Energy, provider of electricity and natural gas services to nearly 6 million customers in eight Western and Midwestern states, has committed to achieve net-zero greenhouse gas emissions from its natural gas business by 2050. RMI commended Xcel's desire to expand its net-zero target to its natural gas business.

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Renewable Energy World

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

Preliminary findings of a joint investigation into the freeze that left millions in Texas without power for days last February highlighted an increasing frequency of extreme cold weather events, as well as the devastation caused by the failure of natural gas-fired plants. — Jeff Dennis (@EnergyLawJeff) September 23, 2021.

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GreenTechMedia

JANUARY 29, 2020

Energy Information Administration (EIA) has finally come around to the view that renewables will overtake natural gas in the country’s electricity mix. As recently as last year, the EIA forecast that natural gas would remain the country’s top source of electricity out to 2050.

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GreenTechMedia

JUNE 2, 2020

Earlier this year, Pacific Gas & Electric faced pushback from environmental and solar and energy storage industry groups to a plan to deploy natural gas generators to back up communities facing multi-day fire-prevention blackouts. Natural gas vs. diesel vs. solar-storage.

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EDF + Business

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

The annual conference, hosted by Energy Dialogues, brings together natural gas interests to discuss where the industry is headed, with perspectives from policymakers and civil society. Speakers talked about natural gas as the solution to a trinity of critical energy challenges: emissions mitigation, energy poverty, and energy security.

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R-Squared Energy

JUNE 4, 2020

The short version is that policies to curb carbon emissions were put in place about the same time the shale boom and renewable power revolutions created cheaper, cleaner alternatives to coal. So, how does the consumption of renewables and coal compare to our consumption of petroleum, natural gas, and nuclear power? consumed 11.3

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Business Green

JULY 5, 2021

Growing demand for natural gas will start to be curbed in the coming years, but more needs to be done to meet net zero goals, IEA report warns. Natural gas demand is expected to rise by 3.6 The annual increase in global demand for natural gas is teh expected to hit an average of 1.7

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Renewable Energy World

MARCH 22, 2021

David Cox, Founder and CFO of the Coalition for Renewable Natural Gas. One crucial green energy source that we should be capitalizing on is renewable natural gas (RNG). David Cox co-founded the Coalition for Renewable Natural Gas in July 2011 and serves its members as CFO. homes and businesses.

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

The City of Eugene, Oregon, initiated a process on November 17 that could lead to a ban on new natural gas hookups in residential and commercial buildings, following in the footsteps of dozens of other cities around the country. NW Natural could not be reached for comment at the time of publication. “The

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Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

The group says timely rollout of policy support is needed to deliver on investments. There was strong demand growth in all major consuming regions except Europe, which suffered a hit to industrial activity due to the sharp increase in natural gas prices. of total hydrogen demand.

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Energy Central

MAY 25, 2022

natural gas to aid Europe and are more likely to vote for candidates that support robust domestic energy policies, as the energy crisis and rising inflation remain top of mind for voters. A Sixty-one percent of Americans are in favor of expanding natural gas production to export to European countries, according.

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Energy Central

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

By EDF Blogs By Aaron Wolfe, Ari Pottens , and  Scott Seymour EDF economic analysis found that in 2022 oil and gas operators across Alberta wasted $671 million in natural gas, costing the provincial government over $120 million in lost royalties and uncollected corporate taxes.

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Energy Central

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

Consumer access to natural gas is under threat in Oregon, where two major municipalities are pushing new policy proposals based on deeply flawed research and scare tactics. If passed, it would make Eugene the first city in.

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Clean Energy Canada

AUGUST 19, 2021

isn’t the only jurisdiction to see clean hydrogen as the new natural gas. A number of European Union nations, Western Australia, Oman and Saudi Arabia have together committed tens of billions of dollars to produce clean hydrogen to replace natural gas for domestic use and export. s natural gas industry?

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Energy Central

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

Natural Gas Bans Aren’t the Solution Policymakers Think, Instead More Problems Arise The Midwest’s energy priorities are in a state of serious flux, and it’s occurring at a time when achieving energy security is as important as ever.

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Clean Energy Canada

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Feb 2, 2023 OTTAWA — In Alberta and Ontario, wind can now produce electricity at lower costs than natural-gas-fired power—with even more reductions on the horizon, according to a new report from Clean Energy Canada, which was informed by research commissioned from Dunsky Energy + Climate Advisors.

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Energy Innovation

MARCH 9, 2022

This week, Energy Innovation launched the Oregon Energy Policy Simulator (EPS) , our newest state-specific, open-source, peer-reviewed, and nonpartisan model that estimates the environmental, economic, and public health impacts of hundreds of climate and energy policies. By Shelley Wenzel. Business As Usual Scenario.

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Energy Central

FEBRUARY 26, 2022

Natural gas has been getting short shrift in the U.S. They are attempting to evict natural gas and force utilities into reliance on intermittent renewables. But events in Europe may cause a rethink about natural gas, both as a transition. energy debate. It deserves better. Much better.

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Renewable Energy World

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union on February 2 proposed including nuclear energy and natural gas in its plans for building a climate-friendly future, dividing member countries and drawing outcry from environmentalists as “greenwashing.” By Samuel Petrequin.

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

The report, while focusing on paper industries, reflects the experience many energy intensive industries are facing as they look to switch from natural gas to grid supplied electricity. Not only this, but large natural gas consumption is not compatible with the long-term goals of net zero due to the carbon intensity of fuel.

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GreenTechMedia

NOVEMBER 6, 2020

Dominion Energy marked two key milestones in its Thursday third-quarter earnings call — its exit from its interstate natural gas pipeline business, and its latest steps toward building the mid-Atlantic’s first gigawatt-scale offshore wind farm. per share in net income reported for the third quarter of 2019. East Coast.

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Grist

JULY 24, 2019

Natural gas has been touted as a green energy source by some because, when burned for fuel, it emits less CO2 than coal. But before that happens, leaks from across the natural gas supply chain — from the drilling process to gas stoves — can unintentionally vent methane into the atmosphere.

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AGreenLiving

AUGUST 13, 2020

Renewable Natural Gas: Today’s Carbon-Negative Fuel Renewable natural gas sits at the intersection of two critical challenges: addressing increased emissions from organic waste and laying the foundation for zero carbon transportation across all sectors.?

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Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

The report, commissioned by MCS Charitable Foundation, projects that hydrogen would cost 70-90% more than gas on average. The authors of the report conclude that hydrogen will be a much more expensive heating fuel than natural gas and thus it would be better to prioritise other technologies to decarbonise domestic heating, like heat pumps.

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Solar Power World

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

According to a new report by Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI), portfolios of these clean energy resources can provide the same energy… The post Report finds consumers could save $29 billion if clean energy replaced proposed natural gas plants appeared first on Solar Power World.

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EDF + Business

JUNE 9, 2020

Seven European energy majors have joined EDF and other stakeholders in calling on the Commission to set stringent requirements to certify all natural gas produced and consumed in Europe as low methane gas – a vital measure to help deliver on the promise of the European Green Deal. ” Download the policy recommendations.

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GreenTechMedia

JANUARY 12, 2021

transmission grid policy has stalled the growth of wind and solar power. ” “They’re both right — and it’s because we have a systemic problem,” said Gramlich, a co-author of the new report, “Disconnected: The Need for a New Generator Interconnection Policy.”

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Energy Innovation

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

The EPS allows users to model numerous policies that affect energy use and emissions including a renewable portfolio standard, fuel economy standards for vehicles, industry methane standards, incentives for clean energy technologies like we see in the Inflation Reduction Act, and accelerated R&D advancement of various technologies.

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Energy Central

MARCH 4, 2024

The Biden administration’s decision to pause new liquefied natural gas export permits was based off a study that was deliberately published prior to peer review, and is part of a broader effort to “get rid of fossil fuels as quickly as possible,” according to the author of the study.

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DeSmogBlog

AUGUST 10, 2020

Read time: 5 mins As California works to shift away from fossil fuels to meet its climate goals , one of the state's largest suppliers of fossil energy is fighting tooth-and-nail against this energy transition, even to the point of taking California to court over its energy policy.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 21, 2023

A national industry group representing gas producers is quietly paying for digital advertisements urging Canadians to “speak up” to their elected officials against laws addressing climate change and public health, DeSmog can reveal. Natural gas is one of them. which would ban natural gas hookups in new buildings.

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EDF + Business

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Here are some ways you can support the policies we need to deliver those emissions cuts: 1. Let them know you support policies to cut GHG emissions and improve resilience. Support EPA’s methane policy All signs are pointing to EPA finalizing its oil and gas methane standards in the run-up to COP28. See EDF’s statement.

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Clean Energy Canada

JANUARY 30, 2024

TORONTO — Rachel Doran, vice president of policy and strategy at Clean Energy Canada, made the following statement in response to the announced refurbishment of the Pickering nuclear plant: “Building clean electricity capacity is an economic strategy and climate action rolled into one. Previous review studies found similar results.

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