DeSmogBlog

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Canadian LNG can help Asia switch from coal to gas, a huge win for the climate,” declared the conservative political advocacy group Canada Action , which received $100,000 in 2019 from the gas producer ARC Resources, a report in The Narwhal revealed. Yet this is still being presented by gas advocates as global progress on climate change.

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Business Green

MARCH 10, 2020

He also warned that delivering net zero emissions any sooner than 2050 - as some campaigners and political parties have advocated, proposing target dates ranging from 2030 to 2045 - would be a major challenge.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

However, amidst the political turmoil and fall out of the cost-of-living crisis and Russia's invasion of Ukraine, its competitors have anticipated the coming EV boom and been investing heavily and ramping up creative policies to exploit this market. To miss this chance would be a major lost opportunity.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

A former Number 10 advisor has today unveiled plans for a wide-ranging new campaign designed to drive UK economic growth through the development of new clean energy infrastructure, housing, and local transport networks. We believe that Britain's economic decline is not inevitable, but a result of political choices.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

The NIC - the UK's independent infrastructure advisory body - set out a number of recommendations today in its annual assessment of government progress towards key infrastructure priorities, including boosting transport connectivity and decarbonising the energy system.

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Hydrogen Fuel News

OCTOBER 9, 2023

It’s produced from various domestic resources such as natural gas, nuclear power, biomass, and renewable power like solar and wind. These qualities make it a promising option for both transportation and stationary power.

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Business Green

JANUARY 11, 2023

Yesterday's draft strategy also reasserts the Scottish Government's long-held opposition to building any new nuclear power capacity in Scotland "under current technologies", arguing the investment would be better focused on renewables and energy efficiency projects. "We

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Business Green

AUGUST 16, 2021

It argues the costs of removing emissions from the power system are likely to rise over the coming years as policymakers plot how to deliver firm and flexible low carbon generation capacity that can oust unabated fossil fuel power from the grid.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

A week is a long time in politics - but the last year has felt like decades in climate and energy policy. per cent as, for example, low river levels disrupt supply chains by affecting transportation, and increase electricity prices by forcing nuclear power stations to close because of the lack of water cooling.

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Renewable Energy World

APRIL 2, 2021

Cobalt is a key ingredient in the lithium-ion batteries that power electric cars, because it enables the energy density required in batteries intended to last for hundreds of miles per charge. However, the mining of cobalt is fraught with political issues. The mining process also causes terrible pollution in local rivers.

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Business Green

JANUARY 4, 2023

In addition, the committee recommends that the Department for Transport consults on measures to improve energy security, reduce oil demand, and cut climate-changing emissions from transport. The government will insist that considerable progress has been made since the political chaos of the summer months.

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Business Green

JANUARY 13, 2023

The findings of his Review may do little to convince the net zero sceptics in his own party, but if they take the time to read it they might find themselves pleasantly surprised by how reasonable its 129 recommendations are - and how economically, politically, and socially rational to boot.

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Business Green

MARCH 9, 2022

Their price will vary depending on international changes to energy supply and demand as well as major economic and political events. It also requires converting several sectors of the economy such as transport, heating and heavy industry to run more heavily on electricity rather than oil and gas.

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Hydrogen Fuel News

APRIL 24, 2024

Combined with a noticeable decline in political and economic support for the energy transition, the sector witnessed a standstill in the installation of new turbines, leading to financial losses, project cancellations, and auction failures. Such an output is capable of powering nearly 90% of the European Union’s electricity needs.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 19, 2021

We will play a central role in the drive to reach net zero and by committing to have a decarbonised power system in place in the 2030s, our sector will also be providing the clean power needed to transform other sectors like housing and transport. No commitments have been made to protect the seabed - a glaring absence.

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Climate Tech VC

AUGUST 17, 2023

Ships need a one-time EEXI certification that they’ve attained the required level of energy efficiency, and existing vessels may need to implement new technologies like power limitation or waste heat recovery to meet these standards. CII reflects the energy efficiency of ship operation. The biggest shipping companies (i.e.,

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Unsustainable

APRIL 30, 2019

Live in Rome and, even if you refuse to do as Romans do, you’re going to end up living as Romans live, living in the local housing and heating (or cooling) it the same way everyone else does, using local modes of transport, buying what foods and clothes are locally available, and working the types of jobs there are for Romans to do.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 27, 2021

There were notable fresh announcements regarding business rates relief for green technology investments, £1.7bn funding for a new nuclear power plant this Parliament, and fresh funding for skills, but these were counterbalanced by a hike in Air Passenger Duty and yet another freeze in fuel duty. Our research shows that 1.7?million

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Hydrogen Fuel News

OCTOBER 25, 2023

” As Germany, Europe’s largest economy, has shut down its last nuclear power plants, its looking toward developing hydrogen infrastructure to help supply the power that so many of its industries desperately need. Most of Germany’s existing grid can transport hydrogen.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

Taking action to get Britain's economy moving again by beginning construction on transport and green infrastructure projects shows immediate delivery," he said. "A The new plan secured a cautious welcome from CBI Director-General Tony Danker who welcomed the move to deliver "long overdue" reforms to planning rules.

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R-Squared Energy

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

nuclear power supplied another 8.0%. but would have also transported oil from the Bakken in Montana and North Dakota. There is always a political risk that energy companies have to consider. Most people drastically underestimate our ongoing dependence on fossil fuels. of our energy in the U.S.;

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Hydrogen Fuel News

DECEMBER 23, 2023

However, this policy shift may also have substantial implications for the nuclear industry. Anticipated growth in hydrogen demand could stimulate industries involved in hydrogen storage and transportation, fostering innovation in related fields such as fuel cell development and advanced materials science.

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R-Squared Energy

MARCH 4, 2022

It would have transported oil from Canada and from the Bakken Formation in the U.S. Let’s ignore for a second whether this is a good political weapon—as in, do you think Putin will pull rethink the war if Europe stops buying Russian gas? The Keystone XL Lesson. Can Europe live without Russian gas right now? I doubt it).

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Earth Gratitude

AUGUST 27, 2017

Anti-Nuclear Power Plant Rally on 19 September 2011 at Meiji Shrine Outer Garden. Power to the People! Walk, ride a bike, take public transportation or drive an electric car to reduce my personal oil consumption by half or more this year. Support a ban on nuclear weapons. © WikiMedia Commons. Used with permission.

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Business Green

MARCH 9, 2023

The Committee's overarching conclusion is both clear as day and extremely pertinent at the current geopolitical juncture: a net zero energy system is technologically, financially, and politically achievable within the 2035 timeframe, but the government simply cannot afford to waste anymore time in building it.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 14, 2020

With Hinkley Point C costs skyrocketing and timetables repeatedly slipping, at the same time as advances in wind, solar, and battery technologies continue to surpass all expectations, some had hoped the White Paper would mark the end to the UK government's long-running love affair with nuclear power.

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Business Green

APRIL 8, 2022

After weeks of delay and much political wrangling, the UK's Energy Security Strategy was finally released yesterday , sparking a decidedly mixed response from across the green economy. The government's new plan to build eight new nuclear power plants is hugely ambitious and could play a starring role in the drive a zero-carbon grid.

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Clean Energy Trust

AUGUST 5, 2020

Electric vehicles are superior to their internal combustion counterparts, will help us reduce emissions (transportation makes up the largest share of emissions in the U.S.), Energy companies spending big in the political realm is not big news; it’s a great value proposition for them. Understandably?—?I’m So, definitely a rosy future.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

But the promise of streamlining the planning process may also offer a much-needed boost for major low carbon energy projects such as nuclear power plants and offshore wind farms. Taking action to get Britain's economy moving again by beginning construction on transport and green infrastructure projects shows immediate delivery.

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Climate Tech VC

AUGUST 7, 2023

The US grid got its first new nuclear power in nearly seven years last week. Plant Vogtle began commercial operations from the first of two new reactors, but the over-budget and years-delayed project could be the last hurrah for big nuclear construction in America. Happy Monday! Department of Agriculture.

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Climate Tech VC

JANUARY 16, 2024

Unlike hydrogen, ammonia stores and transports as easily as propane, enabling global clean hydrogen markets alongside other low-carbon uses. The former Secretary of State brought gravitas, political experience, and influence to a position typically filled by diplomats.   So what’s all the ammonia mania about?

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GreenTechMedia

DECEMBER 21, 2020

Congress is under pressure to pass both bills Monday to ensure continued funding of the federal government and complete a politically pressing extension of coronavirus pandemic relief measures passed in March. R&D for clean energy, energy storage, carbon capture and nuclear power. Nuclear power will receive $6.6

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GreenTechMedia

JANUARY 26, 2021

The same challenges hold true for other utilities that don’t already get a significant share of their energy from hydropower or nuclear power, the two primary carbon-free resources in the country. Wind and solar power accounted for just above 10 percent of U.S. generation capacity in 2020, according to federal data.

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GreenTechMedia

MARCH 12, 2021

But beneath the similar political dynamics lie a dramatically different set of ground truths — primarily, the ascendance of wind and solar power from relatively marginal and costly resources to the lowest-cost and fastest-growing source of electricity in the world.

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GreenTechMedia

JULY 9, 2020

The climate task force brought together Democrats from across the political spectrum to hash out a shared vision for action on climate change. This also means that the country needn’t ditch the carbon-free nuclear power that delivers one-fifth of annual electricity production right now. Increase zero-emission vehicles.

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Mr. Sustainability

OCTOBER 22, 2020

The biggest consumer of oil is the transportation industry. Land-based transport in term is the largest of the three, consuming almost 65% of all petroleum-based products in the world. As the transportation industry uses the most amount of oil, the working from home policies hit especially hard. The shift involves big risks.

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GreenTechMedia

JUNE 30, 2020

“It shows that the committee has been listening to stakeholders and has watched the Democratic primary carefully,” Leah Stokes, a political science professor at the University of California, Santa Barbara who recently published a book on U.S. clean energy and climate policy, told The Guardian. degrees Celsius of warming.

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